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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIDURE " " IIIA L. BARB, PubllHlior r TERMS: $1.00 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, . NEBRASKA. FROM MANY POINTS EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINES. UTE EVENTS BOILED Personal, Political, Forelflti and Other Intelligence Interesting to the General Reader. CONGRE8S. Secretary Bryan has named Prof. T. .1. Brooks of the MisslsBlppI ngrl culturnl collego and Prof. C. W. Pugs loy of Lincoln, Neb., to ropreaont the United States at tlio International In stitute on Agriculture at Homo In May. In keeping with tholr announced policy of opposition to appointments belloved to havo been made for polit ical reasons, republican senators have bo far held up forty of President Wilson's nominations for small post offices. Hen C. Davis, confidential secretary to Secretary of State Hryan, was made chief clerk of tlio state depart- ntrni, lmvia nveu in umiuia uuer completing his courso at Carthago college, Illinois. No was Mr. Bry an s secretary when tlio latter was In congress. Senator CummlnB Introduced a res olution to amend tlio constitution so that when legislatures or sixteen .states or 15 per cent of tlio voters of 'A states petition the president for ( constitutional amendment, It May be ratified by two-thirds of tlio fntlre stntes, either through tlio log IsWurcH or by a direct voto. Tho question of who shall succeed General P. II, Barry as a member of the national board of governors of soldiers' homes wns resurrected by the decision of tho sonato appropria tions committee which struck out tho provision reducing tho membership cf tho board from cloven to live. Tho lioufio has attempted for soveral bob eIoiib to make this ohnngo, to which tho senate linB not consented. When General Barry resigned to becomo governor of tho San Monica, Cal., home, it was expected his pluco on tho board would bo legislated out of existence. W. V. Allen of Madison, Neb., W. II. Groen of Omaha and B. P. BnrncB of Grand Island, Nob., were candidates for appointment. W. V. Allen then Btood'tho best chance of being selected and may got tho placo If tho action of tho sonato com mittee Is upheld. GENERAL. The "hunger Btrlko" bill passed Us third reading in tho House of IordB recently. Plnns for establishing an endow ment fund of $100,000 occupied a ro cent session of tho mld-blcnnlal coun cil of the General Federation of Women's clubs In Washington. Elmor Itlco followed his wlfo who had loft tholr homo near Molla, Neb., recently and shot her, thou killed himself. Mrs. Rico will' probably re covor, being merely wounded In the thouldor. Two now bills dealing with tho question of land ownership by aliens n California each repreHcntjng tho view of n considerable faction In tho legislature, will bo offered nnd voted on by tho senate Tho Presbyterian parsonngo at To ledo, 111., was dynamited recently. Tho Rev. W. II. Wllaon and his wife, who Mere in tho liourio nt tho time, escap ed with slight bruises. Wilson has been a vigorous foe of saloons. William E. Lochnor, onco a wealthy cattlo dealor of Klncald, Kas., ar rested nt Kansas City on tho chargo cf stealing 101 cattlo valued ot $7,000 in Washington county, Colorado, Is on tho way to Akron, Colo., in tho cus tody of a sheriff. Lochnor agroed to 0 without extradition papers. Three United States senators, a former vico president of tho United States, tho govornor of Illinois, threo former governors, nearly tho entire membership of tlio Illinois legisla ture and many prominent citizens of tho state joined in Springfield In pay ing tributo to Ko memory of Stephen A Douglas m tho one hundredth an niversary rf his birthday. Thlrtyour of tho thirty-six states which hvo ratified tho constitutional nmendmont for direct election of Vnl'-ed States senators had glvon for mal notice of tholr action. When Sec retary Bryan recelveo similar notices 'om his homo state, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, ho will bo ready to pro tilalm that tho seventeenth amendment to the constitution is operative. Three million six hundred and ton thousand dollars was the amount of tho damago sustained by tho Pennsyl vania Railroad company through the recent floods In tho mlddlo west, ac cording to a statement issued by tho company recently. More than half tho Belgian work ers who took part in tho strlko for equal suffrago returned to their em ployment An agreement has been reached be tween tho partisans of Gonornl Felix Diaz and President Huertn nnd his cabinet to ntuko freah efforts to hnvp u general election called. Tho Paris auto bandit, Monier, Cal lemln and Soudy, were executed at dawn Monday. Secretary Bryan's "grape Juice" dinner received attention from all over tho world. English papers now refer to "Wlshy Washington." Total appropriation made by tho Inst Nebraska lcglslaturo beat the record by $1,430,000. PostmaMer General Burleson has" ordorod that unpaid, misdirected im mailable and unclaimed postal curds, ub well as postcardB deposited for local delivery bo returned to sender. "Tho navigation of the Panama ca nal should bo free and open to all nnd ought to be exercised on equal terms for all," This wus the declaration of George W. Gram, minister of state of Norway. Nearly half a hundred men knelt and prayed before the bar of a saloon nt Plainfleld, Wis., whllo a revival meotlng was being conducted by threo ministers. By direction of Lindley M. Garrison, secretary of war, tho Panama canal one will bo without saloons during tho coming fiscal year. At the pres ent time ther aro thirty-five saloon in zono towns. Slnco the tornado, 2,000 changes in address have been filed nt tho post ofllco in Omaha, showing that moro than 5,000 pcoplo have been com pelled to abandon their homes on ac count of tho storm. A decree ordering tho continuance of tho obligatory teaching of Chris tianity In tho Spanish public schools, but exempting the children of non Cntholics from compulsion, was slgncJ by King AlfonBO nt Madrid. Testifying for tho defense In the btrnl of Arthur D Smith, charged with the murJer of his wife, Florence C. Smith, by poisoning, Dr. Bills K Schilling of Columbus, O., a pathol ogist, dclnred that Mrs. Smith's doath wbb duo to natural cauBes. Definite plans for the construction of ono of tho biggest and most expen sive hotels In tho world aro said to havo been completed for Chicago's down town district. Tho new hos telry Is to cost $!t,000,000, nnd will be built at tho southeast corner of Clark and Madison streets. In a letter to Milwaukee authorities recently, John Schrank, now confined in tho Northern hospital for the In iiuno near OBhltosh, Wis., asks tc hnvo sent to him tho revolver he used In his attempt to nsBasslnate Theodoro Roosevelt last October. A demrrer In the case of the fed oral government against the late J. A. Waylnnd, Fred D. Warren and C. D. Phlfor, owners nnd editors of a socialist paper at GIrurd, Kan., wns sustained recently by Judge John C. Pollock of tho federal court nt To poka. Fnlluro to show ono case in whlcr ho had Investigated homo conditions to which an adopted baby wnB to be assigned, featured the testimony of Dr. L. D, Rogers, head of a muternlty hospital at Chicago, when tho legls lntlvo commltteo investigating treat ment of orphans was resume;!. Coal mlno accidents took a death toll laBt year of 2,300 mon, according to a statement mnde public recently by tho United States bureau of mines. Tho statemont addB, however, that these llgurcs represent a deatlj rate of only 3.15 In every thousand men omployed, tho smallest rate of mor tallty slnco 1899. The number ol tons of conl mined in proportion to tho number of lives sacrificed was tho greatest on record. Thero are at present, according to tho statement, a total of 750,000 men employed In tho Industry. Hotel men say the new Nebraska hotel law will prevent assignation houses from masquerading as hotels. Omaha, Lincoln nnd other cities have numbors of such "hotols," and moro thnn over slndo the Albert law went Into offect. The new law Is nlmed at this distinction through requiring that any placo holding Itself out to tho public as a hotel and using the namo "hotel" shall be a place with one or moro dining rooms or cafes, Borvlng menlB.to transient guostB nil In tho snmo building nnd under the samo management. 8PORT. STANDING OF TEAMS. Western League. W. UJ Pet Lincoln 5 1 .833 Denvor 5 1 ,833 Omaha 4 2 .007 St Joseph 3 3 .500 Sioux City 3 3 .500 Topoka 2 4 .333 Dob Moines 2 4 .333 Wichita 0 C .000 Two Australian tonnls champions havo arrived to tako purt In tho Davis International meet "Kid" Whcolock of Beatrice won over Tommy Murphy of Denver In a seven-round mntch recently. Frank Chance, tho peerless leader of Now York Americans, was again Injured and Is out of the game. Polo players aro practicing on th' Ocorgo Gould grounds In anticipation of tho International match In June. Director Porter of tho department of public safety has Issued an order that "Juck" Brltton, tho Chicago light wolght pugilist, and "Pnl'' Moore, a Philadelphia boxer, shall bo burred from appearing In boxing matches In that city In tho future All of tho classic events of formei horso racing days, tho Suburban Metropolitan and Brooklyn handicaps, tho Lawrence realization and othot futures, aro to bo renewed during tho eighteen days racing, which will be tried at Belmont park, Now York, be ginning on Decoration day. 10 DEFY THE POWERS UNDERSTOOD THAT SCUTARI WILL NOT BE EVACUATED. RUSSIA PROTESTS TO AUSTRIA Essad Pasha, Defender of the Cap tured City Proclaims Himself Albanian King. London. Monday was considered the fntetul day In the history of the Balkans problem, In which now and dl cult complications havo arisen. The ambassadorial conference has to decide whether tho European concert Bhall coorco Montenegro or whether Austria shall bo left to act alone In compelling the evacuation of Scutari The ambassadors of tho powers presented a note nt Ccttlnje, formally demanding tho evacuation of tho city, but tho Montenegrin ministers ex cused themselves from consideration of tho noto until after the Eastor fes , tlvitles. It Is understood that tho reply when given will bo an emphatic neg ative. , In tho meantime King Nicholas has issued a proclamation at Scutari formully taking possession of the town. The report that an Austrian expedition left Trieste has not yet been ofllclally conilrmcd, but thero Is great warlike activity in Austria, and Archduke Franz, heir to the throno, who is regarded as tho leader of tho military party, has returned unex pectedly to Vienna from a holiday Ho had a long conference recently with Emperor Francis Joseph. EBBnd Panha, tho hero of Scutari, who had a picturesque and adventu rous career, made a dramatic move In proclaiming himself king of Alba nln, and Is said to be innrchlng Into tho Intorlor of Albania" with -10,000 men. Ho was received with onthus tasm at Alessto and Is proceeding to Tirana to bo proclaimed and to take possession. Essad Pnaha is an Albanian chief tain of tho typo which earned for the Albanians n rcpututlon for barbaric simplicity approaching savagery. Ho was always opposed to tho young Turks' repressive measures In Alba nia. In Vienna and Paris his surren der of Scutari la regarded as having been nn arranged matter with King Nicholas, who approved his plan to proclaim hlmBolf Indopendont prince of Albania. Tho wholo schema of the alleged storming of Scutari and the marching out of Essad Pasha's army with tholr arms Ib now regarded as a coup d'theater to decelvo Europe. Essad Ib said to havo joined DJavtd's army of 9,000 men nnd If ho has tho support of Servla and Montenegro it will bo a severe blow for Austria. A Belgrade dispatch to tho Dally Mall assert that Essad Pasha's Alba nian standing assures his Buccoaa and that he has an nlllanco with King Nicholas. Tho dispatch adds that Es sad Ib approaching Tlrania with 26, 000 troops and that DJavId Pasha will becomo his mlnlstor of wnr; A Balkan correspondent ot the Times thinks tho occupation of Al bania by tho powers may become necessary. According to tho Vienna correspond ent of tho Times Austria la propared to wait until Wednesday or Thursday for tho powers' reply. Tho Russian ambassador has made verbal representations to tho Austrian government, deprecating precipitate action nnd pointing out that tho pow ers havo not yot exhausted tholr mennn of pressuro and persuasion on Montenegro. Levee Breaks at Ferrlday, La. Natchez, Mlsa.- A long-threatened bron"k In tho main lino Mississippi rlv er loveoB along tho west bank In up per Louisiana came early Sunduy when Lake St. John levee, twelve miles north of Ferrlday, La., went out, turning tho Hood waters looso upon tlno farming lands and villages of lower Tensas and Concordia parishes. Approximately 20,000 persons will bo driven from their homes In a re gion of about 900 square miles. Tho property dnmngo will total several hundred thousand dollars. Peoplo living nearby woro warned fully two hours bqforo tho crash came. Most of the live-stock had been moved to tho hlllB on tho Mississippi stdo ot tho river. Federals Attacked by Rebels. IireJo, Tex. Five hundred rebels, followers of Venustlano Carranza, made nn unsuccessful attempt to dls lodgo General Trucey Aubort's fed eral troops at Lampazos. Pardoned By President, Washington. President Wilson re. leased CharloB F. Hamilton, sentenced at Phoenix, Ariz., Octobor 22, 1912, to ton months In tho fodernl prlsun for bigamy. Hamilton would lose hU claim to an entry In Arkansas unless ho returned to tho land before May 1, Millionaire to be Vice VVitness. Los Angoles. Cul. Georgo II. Blxby, tho Long Boach capitalist, wanted m a witness In tho county grand Jury white slavery Investigation, will ap pear In court soon. MOHTEHEBRa NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. Coming Events In Nebraska;, May 8 to 10 Annual Convention Mississippi Valley Historical Associa tion, Omaha. May 20, 21 and 22. Thirty'-seventh Encampment G. A. H Fremont A new telephone exchange Is being built in Holdrege. Patrick Murray, nn old pioneer of Washington county, died recently at Blair. Tho city council of Wymore In reg ular session sworo In the nowly elect ed city officials. G. A. Swanson of Surprise killed an old wolf and captured four little ones Thursday. Tho convention of the State Letter Carriers' association was held In Beatrice and closed with a banquet. Fire destroyed buildings, stock nnd bIIos of tho Dorsey ranch, Ave miles cast of Fremont, causing a loss of $20,000. An attempted Jail break at Fre mont wns nipped by the sherlfT. Two convicts had sawed their way out only to bo confronted by the official. O'Neill Is enjoying a building boom. A new hotel la rendy to open, a school house and public library aro contracted for. Group Two of the Nebraska Bank ers association met In Fremont with tho largest attendance in its history 151 mombers. Tho Rock Island mechanics and helpers in the locomotive shops at Fairbury havo been favored with an increaso of 2 cents per hous in wages. Frank Tracy of Norfolk, assistant In tho otllco of the city engineer, nc cldently cut tho tip of his nose off whllo shaving recently. Her educational facilities are good, but will be much bettered With the coming of the new school houses. Ne braska Central College has a large en rollment every year. Tho light on tho Hastings brewery securing a license was the warmest ever experienced In that city, though It Is but a repetition of what occurs almost overy spring. Ira BIdwell of Kansas City has ar rived at Beatrice and will mako an offort to put l ball team in tio Mink league this season to represent Wy moro and Beatrice. Thero aro more dollars invested in automoblleB In tho county than In farm machinery. Yet the people are thrifty, and the bank deposits aggre gate a large figure. Central City is the county sent of ons of tho nine counties of the state which have fnrm demonstrators, and tho best methods of farming are tested by the county's best agricul turalists. Appropriations of the 1913 session of tho legislature run up to $5,247, 905. This amount is dlveded into $G1,321 for claims, $1C2,5C8 for de ficiencies, $9G2,310 for salaries and $3,075, 3G for maintenance. Georgo Gaddls, a pioneer resident of Box Butte county and government Btock Inspector, was found hanging to a hay loader on the Eldred ranch, twenty-five miles southeast of Al liance Mra. Sarah Miller, who makes her homo with her Bon, Lyman Miller, in York, foil down tho basement steps, striking on her head. Her neck was broken and she died instantly. Sho wns 8G years of ago. Five new road drags and two graders wero received by Franklin county this" week. Steps have been taken to put the roads of Ohlowa and surrounding territory in the best of condition this summer. General Hall lias chosen tho points for mobilization of the Nation al guard battalions next August. Points chosen are: Elk City, Wnhoo, Hooper, Fremont, Greenwood, Louis ville, Memphis and Gretna. A proposition to build a pavement road from Fremont to the Platte riv er bridge Is being advanced as a meanB of finding' use for the old cob. blestones which nro to be removed from Main and Sixth streets in Fre mont to make room for new brick paving. Copies of the code Insurance bill, enacted Into law at tho lato session of tho legislature, will not be pub lished nnd distributed by Auditor Howard. Tho latter was asked by a clerk if ho would attend to this for mality and ho replied with much heat that lie "certainly would not." A move to bring the county boards of Dodge and Washington counties togothpr on the proposition of re building tho Magnnu steel bridge ovev tho Elkhorn has been launched by tho Fremont Commercial club. The brldgo was washed out over a year ago, when the river broke up In 1912. The large dam and reservoir, eight nilleB west of Kimball, will get Its first real test this spring and sum mer. Moat of tho land to bo Irrigat ed will bo cultivated this year and in a short limn sufficient wntor will bo ctored to meet all demands. A large ocreago of beots Iiub been contracted for nnd n great many fnmllles of Rus sians from Lincoln are coming to tend to tho cultivation. Roscoe Fuller of Fremont Is In Jail there, charged with passing a check drawn for GO conts for $G0. The David City Building and Loan association has filed Its articles ot In corporation with the state bank ing board. That a gang of Juvenllo burglars Is operating In Fairbury Is the bellof of tho city police at this point Guy Freomnn's storo was brokon Into re cently nnd four rovolvora and a num ber of other articles takon. Sheriff Ed Hughes arrested Cal Lenholm on tho charge and found the revolvers In his yosaeeslon. 10 BEWEFIT B 5 HOW FARMERS IN DENMARK GET RESULTS IN DAIRYING. SHOULD USE Sill METHODS With More CattleS and Smaller Land Areas Denmark Surpasses Ne braska. Comparison Is Given. Denmark Is about one-fifth the slzo of Nebraska, but has twlco as muny milch cows as this stuto; tho rapidly lnci easing prosperity of tho Danes has attracted the attention of agricul turists all over the world. Tho fol lowing brief account of their methods will be of Interest to tho farmera of Nebraska: "There are 1,250,000 milking cows. In Denmurk. In twenty years they havo Increased thlr exports of but ter 1G9 per cent, nearly all of which Is attributed to Improvement of the individual cow. The extra caro cf tho single cow Ib very Important. It may be more profitable to have ten cows and give them proper Individual caro than to have twenty-five and not do so. Revenue From Cows. "The yearly revenue from the cows of Denmark on small farms is $120. Seventy thousand persons farm less thnn eleven acres. There la no dairy commission, the Danish government does not employ any expert to help tho people. Tho experts arc employ ed by tho farmers' organizations known as Agricultural associations. The chief one has 800 members who pay $5 per year each. There are 11G Farmers' associations, with 8G.000 members. They study tho farming conditions of each locality, a:id if a man discovers a better way of killing weeds or cultivating roots he Informa tho association. "There are three kinds of these as sociations, county, provincial nnd na tional. They hold live stock shows, field experiments and farming com petitions. There aro also 723 amnll farmers' associations with 38,900 members. Two-thirds of tho entire number of holders belong to ono of these associations. They havo 1.S85 live stock associations. No wonder they havo Improved their cows, tholr pigs, their horses and their sheep. The farmers run their Immense ba con business themselves. Thero aro 500 associations for special purpose of keeping cow records; 21 creamery associations and 24 butter-makers' associations. There are 1,200 co-op-eradve societies for buying seeds, manures and Implements." Nebraska has ten times as much good agricultural land ns Dnmark; with the rapidly Increasing develop ment of her dairy Induatry there is opportunity for expansion In agricul ture such as no country In the world has ever seen If her farmers will heed and profit by the lesson taught by the thrifty Danes. Killed By Train. Elkhorn, Neb. R. R. Steele, an In surance agent of Valley, Neb., was killed by Train No. 17 near hero re cently. Steolo camo to Elkhorn to sell Insurance to farmers In this vi cinity. He stopped at tho hotel and then started to walk out along the track to call on tho farmers. Appar ently, he did not notice tho train and was struck about two miles from hero and instantly killed. Steele was walk !ng along beside the track Intently studying an application for a. life in surance policy when hit Sues Saloon Men for Damages. Kearney. Suit has been filed in district court of Buffalo county by Mrs. Freelca Moron' of Shelton, Nob., seeking to recover $10,000 damages, which she alleges sho sustained by tho doath of her husband, who was killed accidentally at Shelton. Moso Klthcart and Martin Slattory, both sa loon mon of Shelton, are namod as defendants, as are their bonding com panies, tho Massachusetts Bonding company nnd tho Illinois Surety com pany. The petition is filed by Mrs. Moran and her minor daughter, Alice. Stockholders Get Dividend. Fremont, Neb. Tho Fremont Power-Canal compnny divided up tho $20,000 received from the Kountze in terests for the Fremont rights nnd survey. Subscribers and stockhold ers alike received their monoy back together with n dividend of 25 ' per cent. The Fremont company dis solved. It wns organized in 1898. L. D. Richards has boon its president from the start. Over $1,200 waB spent for surveys alone. Getting Ready for Convention. Fremont, Neb. The Elks club rooms will be given over to the Com mercial clubs of Nebraska when they hold their annual convention In Fro inont on May 6 and 7 and the social features of the sesalona will bo car ried out thore. Tho Fremont Qom morclul club, Ad club and Merchants' association are planning to glvo the Commercial club men a royal wol coma. Tho organization was perfect ed In Fremont sevornl years ago nnd the convention in May will bo the llrst ono hero since. S FARMER ROD THAT LOCATES SPRINGS'- Member of Congress of "Spring Seek ers" In Paris Has Sensitized In strument to Find Wells. Paris, France. Thero was recently demonstrated during tho congress or "Spring Seokers" in Paris, what ordi narily would bo considered magic of tho highest order. With the aid of a sensitized rod, M. Pcleprat, a member of the congress, was able to discover a hidden spring that up to that time had been unheard of. The photograph shows M. Pele prat surrounded by members of the press and the congress on the spot on the Bois do Vincennes, where be IVbbbbV Using tho Divining Rod. actually located a spring of pure fresh water. In America, we havo often heard of the magical rod that possesses tho power of discovering hidden oil or minerals. These rods, Invented by an Ingenious "get-rich-quick" genius, wero nothing more nor less than a means of separating gullible folks from their ready cash. It Is because of this that many Americans, reading of this wonderful divining rod, may bo skeptical, yet the truth remains that M. Peleprat discovered not only one spring whose very existence had been unheard of, but a number of them. The secret Is one with which ho doea not care to part The rod is of metal; nothing out of the ordinary excepting that it Is sensitized. It Ib suspended from a loop attached to any part of the garment of the wearer, who holds both ends firmly in his hands. When the searcher arrives at a place where a spring Is to be lound, tho rod undergoes a series of violent vibrations, similar to those recorded by a seismograph when an earthquake thousands of miles away takes place. MINISTER BESTS THE BENCH Witness S,pars With Judge In Dublin Court and Carries Off the Honors. London. A little sparring match between tho church and the lavxre cently amused Dublin. The case con cerned a certain ktnematograph film ofa Biblical subject which is to be shown in Dublin. Threatened with an Injunction, tho kinematograph syndicate produced several clergymen as witnesses to the edifying effect of tho film. One of them was a distinguished Irish Jesuit, who has been dubbed "the Father Bernard Vaughan of Ireland." "Do you approve of actions simulat ing such scenes In cold blood for the purpose of making money out of it?" he was asked. "I cannot answer yes or no," was the cautious reply. "Tho question Ib a very plain one," said the Judge, a well known Hon ol the bar a few years back. "It is not a plain question to me," replied the Jesuit. "If a person ask ed mo did I think it right that n judge on tho bench should distribute justice, which is one of the highest virtues, and do it for tho sake of his salary. " "What on earth has that to do with it?" hastily Interposed tho Judge. "Persons may have several mo tive's," replied the Jesuit. "We can not Hvo in this world as ethereal be ings, and if a person's motives aro to do good and en passant he also mnkes hiB living by it I see no objec tion." Honors rested with the church. Finds Penny and Gives It Up. Kalamazoo, Mich. Kalamazoo layB claim to having tho most honest man In Michigan. "The man who refused to givo his name, walked Into police headquarters nnd pushed a penny over the desk with the remark he had found It on tho street and that the police should keep It until tho owner called for It. Tho sergeant in charge Btili has tho ponny. Dentist Pulled Wrong Tooth. Montclnlr, N. J. Miss Florence N Peck will recelvo $384 for tho loss ol her second upper left bicuspid, which sho said, was extracted by Dr. Fred crick W, Stevens, of Newark, lu mis' take for the first bicuspid. The dent let offered no defenao. Explosion Skins a Miner. Locuat Gap, Pa. Whllo Samuel Brazier was at the bottom of a slope ho climbed on top of n rnino wagon to see what was In it. His lamp Ignited a body of gas, causing a torrific ex plosion and tearing the skin In stripi from his body. ) I H
