S|T''
Deer Farming
IN THE
United States i
CSy D.&.LANTZ i|
\U.S. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
That the nmm§ pevea ed href and mutton m the United Stairs ran be partially orrr- |
came by rmmmg dorr for mnm. u wsmmtwmad hy Dr. C. Hart Herriam. chief of the Uni
?'<2 * *: 5. Knty Arcarciuf to Dr .V-rrwn dt meat can Iff produced cheaper
tnom • or -'.item tn many Motions '•* the United States and m.th comparatively little
'f 'I si ■ pest**.-Is : make raising .err *or as pr ntable as any other livestock indus
try Eteryeesa who ham aeon the large numbers of d*er browsing on private estates in Eng
. l • : as r_.“ r snd sheep troncert why in.encan enterprise has not long since
dei*’ ’ e-ee^-.ng deer *yr food ia this ct un try
£. • C.RAI. of ceer ur*
failed for breeding in en
■rlneur** In the l" lilted
State* the axis deer the
Japanese at; Pekin i!tu
the red and the taikm deer
of Europe, and especially
the Rocky Mountain elk. or
wapiti, and the Virginia
deer While experiment
with the foreign eperiee
tamed : iffer every promise
J of aacrea* tr the owners of
V Amed-as preserves. the elk
and V 'gmix deer are ree
ommet te-i aa haw tdaj ed for the production of
eesiaoe ft the Tatted State*
The ftxrrr of venlaoa i* iteOnrtlve. though ft
•ucgoasa mutton rather than beef is chemical
oo-t^w •:« St is very similar to beef A lean
I«*n>on reose be»ore nnakrllg has been found to
contain h an averts TS per cent at ■ *•-*■ J|
per ‘'estt of protein or n'tr*g*—..us material end
2 per cent eg fat. a lean beef rump. some CS to
T# Ier rent of water *r- to 22 r cent of pro
•eta and 1 tr !« jet cen* of fat. and a lean leg
I of moroc «" per cent of water. 11 per cent of
protein and IS per cent of fat
The general popularity of w»!vot <a so great
and the demand for it ao widespread that over
ptwdwervm is tmffrobsMc The other firodocr# of
tbs deer —skins and boms are of considerable
importance aad In roen'rtes where deer are abun
dant and aspeetel'y where large herds are kept
in aems :omeatiraxiou. the commerce In both is
very extensive
The wapiti, known generally s® America as the
elk. ia next to the soon the largest of our deer
It wa» once abundant ovvr the greater part of the
ftired Sta'e* whence :ta rxt.gr extended north
•*rd to about la'ltude V> degree* In the Peace
rtver region of the interior of Canada. In the
’‘aite; r't'.** the limits of its range eastward
were the Actrwndacfca western New Jersey and
inatsrs Pennsylvania, southward St reached th»
southern Al'agheniw. northern Texas, southern
New Mexico and Artxoua. and aestward the Pa
efite oceaa.
Af tie present ttae the elk are found only
a a f»w oronsfwd toralfles outside of the Tel
tow»tone Nat.onal park and the mountainous
country surr»/endiug p a here large herds remain.
*tx. *r b»-4# atm occur S* Colorado. wwt«i
Mcavlana Idaho eas-ern Oregon. Manitoba A!
berta Brirlst Co: umbta and the const mountains
f Washington, Oregon and northwestern Califor
ate. A bond of the small California valley elk
»::2 mtah •* the southern part of the San Joa
sum valley
Th* harda thaf vrritef in the Tellowstone
Nation*- park and in winter spread southward
is: esvward te Wy^rn tg ere said to number
abocr 2* Wf* tend and const!* ut* the only large
‘wads of this nob> game animal that are left
A ' tr* r i jro*ec2ed in their summer rang** and
;wrtia.»y *aJ-xn*erded from destruction in winter
by th* at*:* of Wyoming, there is yet gr«-at dan
ger that theee her is may perish from lack of food
•a a la^wsos of severe winter* Partial pro
riskoe ' .r winter ‘-cage hna been made within
th* am mal park but the supply is Inadequate for
'he i-r- number* of animate ffurther safegruarn*
nre needed bn place the Wyoming elk her is be*
rood '-he ranch Of winter starvation
in a: : .* t * * m* 1 her s * there I* a con
alterable sumi-er f elk in pel v ate game preserve#
and twrka aa wen as la nearly ail the public ro
•rcgtcal park* and garden* of th:» country. The
her-;* m captivity form the nucleus from which,
under alee management. some of the former
ranges of til* aatmai may restorked aad from
which a prufrable business of growing e!fc venj.
•an for uiiraet may be developed At the pres
eat - # This species affords a most premising
firld for venter** la breeding for profit
Tr* eik is both a browsing and a grxxing an!
ma »tfl* it eat# grasses freely and has been
cs* * - to subsist er*'.reiy opera pasture, it seems
to prefer a mixture of gras* and trowwe
T:e elk is eotremely polygamous The adult
km..# sbed their anier* uaaClr in March or
A;t. and res ones attain their full site is about
b day* Th* *veivet* adheres until about As
gust White th* boms arv growing the bulls usu
ally *w< solitary h*«s bat early in September
• hex *ae horns are fully matured, the mating
■east' begin# Ftgh's for supremacy then take
placr fin; tbs svtor tax** rhu|to( as many ctws
a* he can round up an! control.
Although the eik is leas prolific than the com
mow deer and roe otter >perries tViet have* Seen
bred is parks it tarr<-a*es fully as rapidly t* the
common mg oeer of Europe Moreover, it makea
op far say teen of fecundity by its supenar har
diness and ease of management u Las bees am
ehmatiaad is many parts of th* world and shows
th* same ngcr aad bar dines* wherever it has
been trass* tented la Europe it las bees sue
ceswfuCy I'g'imsd with the Altai wapiti and the
rad leer aad ia both nstaaces the offspring were
v.;ent* m *-** and stamina to the native Monk.
The 5«: of the aU_ although somewhat coarse,
la ie;etvr la fiavor to moot rnlsn That of th*
bafte Is lx Its heat condition about th* time the
veivet is abed is October their fi-sh is in the
jteuswnt nocem. As the ope* season far elk
la nsnaay is Ortobcr and November and only
t ails are kilted, it toitens that hooters often ob
HERO or DOMESTIC ATEO VIRGINIA DEER.
in the same pasture
with sheep and goats.
An elk is the natural en
emy of dogs and wolves.
We suffered great losses
to our flocks until we
learned this fact; since
then we have had no
loss from that cause. A
few elk in a thousand
acre pasture will abso
lutely protect the flocks
therein. Our own dogs
are so well aware of the
danger in our elk park
that they cannot be in
duced to enter it,”
Elk thrive best in
preserves having a va
riety of food plants—
grasses, bushes and
trees. Rough lands,
well watered with clear
streams and having
some forested area, are
' tfv JSPn TTesniy killed. but should be
•rfs hanging for four or five days before it is
uRed
With few exceptions the early attempts to
domesticate elk were made by men who were
wealthy enough to disregard all thought of profit
in raising them They were usually placed under
the care of servants and the bucks were left un
asrrated until thev became old and unmanage
able Soon the serious problem of controlling
t^em outweighed the novelty of their possession
and one by one the attempts at domestication
were abandoned.
A desire to preserve this important game ani
mal has caused a renewal of attempts to breed
it in confinement and at present there are small
herds under private ownership in many places In
the I n.Ted States. The biological survey has re
cently ctrained much information from owners
of herds in regard to their experience in breeding
and rearing the animals and also their opinions
as to the possibility of making the business of
rising them profitable. Of about a dozen suc
cessful breeders nearly all are of the opdnion
that raising elk for market can be made rerou
n- ra-:-. e if pr«-«ent laws as to the sale of the meat
are modified
One especially Important fact has t*een devel
oped by the reports from breeders. It is that the
elk readi’y adapts Itself to almost any environ
ment Even within the narrow confines of the
paddocks of the ordinary zoological park the ani
mal does well and increases so that periodically
the herds have to be reduced by sales.
The fullest reports that have been received
by the department of agriculture from breeders
of elk are from George \V Russ of Eureka
Springs. Ark
Mr Russ has a herd of 34 elk. They have
ample range In the Ozarks on rough land covered
with hardwood forests and abundant underbrush.
Tee animals improve the forest by clearing out
part of the thicket. They feed on buds and leaves
tc a height of eight feet and any growth under
Tiia is liable to be eliminated if the range is un
restricted If not closely confined elk <io not eat
the bark from trees nor do they eat evergreens.
It clearing out underbrush from thickets they
are more useful than goats, since they browse
higher. Coats, however, eat closer to the ground,
and as the two animals get along well together
Mr Russ recommends the use of both for clear
ing up brushy land and fitting it for tame grasses.
The increase of ek under domestication 1*
erual to that of cattle. Fully 90 per cent, of the
females produce healthy young. An adult male
e'k weighs from 700 to 1.000 pounds; a female
from 000 to 000 pounds. The percentage of
dreased meat is greater than with cattle, but.
owing to hostile game laws, experience in mar
keting it la very limited An offer of 40 cents a
pound for dressed meat was received from St.
Lonls. hut the law would not permit its export.
Mr Russ aays:
"From the fact that as high as $1.50 a pound
has been paid for the meat In New York city and
Canada and that the best hotels and restaurants
pronounce It the finest of all the meats of mam
mals. we are of the opinion that If laws were
such that domesticated elk meat could be fur
nished it would be many years before the supply
would make the price reasonable compared with
other meats. Elk meat can be produced in many
aectloes of this country at leas cost per pound
tnan beef, mutton or pork."
Mr Russ thinks that large areas of rough
lands In the I'nited States not now utilized, espe
cially is localities like the Ozarks and the Alle
ghenies. could be economically used to produce
venison for sale and he regards the elk as espe
cially suited for this purpose.
Another feature of Mr. Russ's report is of
more than passing interest. He says:
"We find from long experience that cattle,
sheep and goats can be grazed in the same lots
with elk. providing, however, that the lots or
tnelosures are not small: the larger the area the
better. We know of no more appropriate place to
call attention to the great benefit of a few elk
well adapted to their needs. About ^as many elk
can be kept on such a range as cattle on an equal
area of fair pasture. There should be thickets
enough to furnish winter browse, but this should
be supplemented by a supply of winter forage.
Except when deep snows cover the ground, elk
will keep in good condition on ordinary pasture
and browse, but a system of management that pro
vides other food regularly will be found more sat
isfactory. Hay and com fodder are excellent win
ter forage, but alfalfa hay has proved to be the
best dry food for both elk and deer.
Elk are much less nervous than ordinary deer
and less disposed to jump fences. When they
escape from an enclosure they usually return of
their own accord. If tame, they may be driven
like cattle. Ordinarily a five-foot fence of any kind
will confine elk.
The cost of stocking an elk preserve is not
great. Usually surplus stock from zoological parks
or small private preserves may be obtained at low
cost, varying with the immediate demand for the
animals.
The Virginia or whltetail deer Is the common
deer of the United States. Including the half
dozen geographic races that occur within our bor
ders. it Is distributed over most of the country,
except Nevada and the major portions of Utah.
Arizona. Washington. Oregon and California. It
is extinct in Delaware and practically so In a num
ber of stales in the middle west. South of our
borders a number of closely related species occur.
In view of the wide natural range of the Vir
ginia deer, its adaptability to nearly all sections of
the United States cannot be doubted. Testimony
as to its hardiness in parks and preserves is not
so unanimous as that concerning the elk; but the
general experience of breeders is that with suitable
range, plenty of good water and reasonable care
in winter, raising this deer for stocking preserves
or for venison may be made as profitable as any
other live-stock Industry. Not only do deer thrive
on land unsuited for cattle or horses, but. like elk.
they may be raised to great advantage in brushy
or timbered pastures fully stocked with cattle or
horses, as the food of deer rarely Includes grass.
Advocates of the Angora goat Industry state
that within the United States there are 250.000.000
acres of land not suited to tillage or to the pasture
of horses, cattle or sheep, which are well adapted
to goats. Much of this land is suited also to deer
and elk and can be utilized for these animals with
less Injury to the forest cover than would result
from browsing by goats.
\ irginia deer have often been bred In parks for
pleasure or In large preserves for sport, but the
economic possibilities In raising them have re
ceived litUe attention. Recently breeders have
recognized the fact that they are profitable under
proper management and would be much more so
were conditions for marketing live animals and
venison more favorable.
The chief obstacle to profitable propagation of
deer In the United State* is the restrictive char
acter of state laws governing the killing, sale and
transportation of game. Many of the states, fol
lowing precedent, lay down the broad rule that all
the game animals in the state, whether resident or
migratory, are the property of the state. A few
states except game afllmals that are ’under pri
vate ownership legally acquired.”
The laws concerning the season for killing
and the sale of deer are often equally embarrass
ing to those who would produce venison for profit.
The owner of domesticated deer cannot legally kill
his animals except in open season.
Instead of hampering breeders by restrictions,
as at present, state laws should be so modified as
to encourage the raising of deer, elk and other
animals as a source of profit to the individual and
to the state.
it is believed that with favorable legislation
much otherwise waste land in the United States
may be utilized for the production of venison so
as to yield profitable returns and also that this
excellent and nutritious meat, instead of being
denied to i*S per cent, of the population of the
country may become as common and as cheap in
our markets as mutton.
Welcoming In The New Year
to
ft *m st flsrtts's tts: tw conic
siiy trfIKisst nsoas af scmag ncUun*
tot cSscusrs• w Arts* after sine
c clock at S*« Tsar a rte artgtsstcA
Ts if. s Ulut M ail m \c» Y«sr •
•»» »• «*<*&; tket joai **t ate yoa
must drink what joe are told, de
Julian Street la Everybody*
Notice* to this effect ara posted in
ike cafe. Does this strike you as re
markable effrontery T Let me tell you
that It Is not more remarkable th»«
the abject apathy with which Broad
way receives to. Martins, and other
Broadway restaurants which have
copied the device, are almost always
packed with eager spenders.
I know a man who went to Mar
ti*'* three weeks before last Decem
ber Ji to reserve a table for that
night of nights.
"Give me your order now,*' said a
bead waiter, “and 1 will see what can
be done about lt“ In other words, he
might have said: “If you agree to
spend enough money you may come.**
1 passed a New Year's eve in Mar
tin's once. No one seemed to mind
drinking ‘nothing but champagne.”
They not only drank champagne, but
spilled it on the tables and the floor
Many new acquaintances were mad*
; night—and forgotten the next
! day. Everyone was kind, indulgent
Now and then some one stood upot
i» table and bayed at the moon. Every
body seemed good-natured, and al
most everybody seemed drunk. But
then, you must remember. It Is not
thought good form, in Lobster Palact
society, to be anything but drunk 01
New Year’s eve.
r is ww-wiilr
PRESIDENT’S NEW SECRETARY
Charles ll. Norton, the new secretary to the
president, had been bolding down the Job of "buf
fer" of the Taft administration only a few day's
until he "buffed" Francis Burton Harrison. Demo
crat. and member of congress out of the White
House in a huff.
The secretary to the president la there to do
Just that sort of thing and Mr. Norton did it with
such ease that two other members of the Empire
state delegation who were present did not 'know
that Mr. Harrison had been "buffed."
The story of the clash between the president
and the New York congressman is not the sub
ject of discussion for this short sketch, but
suffice it to say that criticism by Mr. Harrison
of the presidential action in connection with the
B«llmcer-Pinchot row made the New York cob
pressman persona non grata at the White House and Mr. Norton was the
one who told him so.
Mr. Norton only a short time ago succeeded Fred W. Carpenter to tbw
office of secretary to the president. He had been serving as an assistant
secretary of the treasury when President Taft selected him as the "buffer."
Mr. Carpenter had expressed a desire, so some Washington newspaper cor
respondents expressed It. of being minister to Morocco. Why anybody would
desire to give up the job of secretary to the president to go to Morocco ts
hard to tell, but that is what some of the accounts of Mr. Carpenter's retire
ment from the White House said. Others said It was because the president
had found that Mr. Carpenter wasn't quite big enough for the "buffing'’ job.
The secretary to the president must know who the president wants to
see and who he doesn't. Conseqpently when Mr. Harrison came In Mr. Nor
ton turned him aside. When Grover Cleveland was president Daniel lament
was the force to be reckoned with. Then came McKinley, who had Mr.
George B. Cortelyou. Following Cortelyou came William I.oeb. It has been
said that Mr. lamont was the ideal secretary and there has been much
praise of Cortelyou. Loeb probably had the hardest job of any of them,
for he had a different sort of master to serve as a “bufTer" for Roosevelt, the
strenuous.
Mr. Norton Is in his fortieth year. He was born in Winnebago county,
Wis.. at what is now Oshkosh, and is the son of the Rev. Franklin B. Nor
ton. a Congregational frontier missionary. From his early manhood until he
became assistant secretary of the treasury last year he was identified with
the Nothwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, first at the home office
in Milwaukee, later at Chicago in partnership with A. W. Kimball, becoming
sole general agent there In 1905 upon Mr. Kimball s death. He has all the
qualities of a good secretary.
RIPLEY ACTIVE RAIL CHIEF
Edward Parson Ripley, president of the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company, is
about the busiest railroad chief in this country.
Whenever anything big Is going on among the
railroads, especially those In the west, Mr. Rip
ley is pretty sure to be found right in the front
rank.
Recently the western railroads considered it
necessary to increase their freight rates and bad
everything ready to do so when President Taft
took a hand. As a result of presidential inter
ference Judge Dyer of the t'nited States district
court Issued an injunction restraining the roads
from raising the prices for which they would
haul freight.
Several of the railroad chiefs, among them
Mr. Ripley, E. A. Delano, president of the v\ a
basb and S. M. Felton, president of the Great Western met In Chicago They
decided to take the matter up with the president personally at the White
House and were received In conference with Mr. Taft. As a result of the
meeting It was agreed that the Injunction suit would be withdrawn and that
the roads wonld not attempt to Increase the rates. *
It was not President Ripley's first Important visit to the White House.
He was there more than once when the railroad rate bfll was before congress
and caused such a big fight. The president of the Santa Fe had the confi
dence of Theodore Roosevelt and he wielded hts influence In the interests ol
the stockholders of the Santa Fe.
Mr. Ripley was horn In Dorchester. Mass.. 55 years ago and after being
graduated from the high school there began railroad work as a clerk for
the Pennsylavnta Railroad company. His work was of such splendid char
acter that he soon gained promotion to New England agent then general
eastern agent. From the Pennsylvania Mr. Ripley went to the Burlington,
serving first as traffic manager and then general manager. From 1890 to
1895 he was third vice-president of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul road
and In 1896 became president of the Santa Fe. which has steadily improved
and grown under his guidance.
BARRETT'S PRAISE OF GIRLS
John Barrett, diplomat, author, one time re
porter. editor and war correspondent and a great
believer in the future of South America, turned
his attention from the affairs of the Latin repub
lics long enough a few days ago to give some
advice to the fair girl graduates of the land.
Mr. Barrett was speaking to the graduating
class of Belcourt seminary In Washington, but
his words could well be taken to heart by every
young woman who is leaving school this year to
enter upon her battle of life.
He said the women of the world have their
eyes on the American girl and are watching
every ^tep of her progress; they look upon her
as a model aftei*~»hom they may pattern with
profit. He said the young women of this coun
try should at all times prove themselves worthy ;
or mis trust wnicn me women tn me other countries of the world are placing
In them.
The young woman, he averred, who leaves a Washington seminary j
should, upon her return home, do her best to exercise her influence for good
upon the community In which she resides. This, it was explained, does not
mean that she should enter politics, but rather that she should do all tn i
her power in meeting men who direct affairs to Impress upon them their 1
duty to their country, 6tate and city.
The Washington seminary girl, Mr Barrett continued, has the advantage
over gtrla educated tn other parts of the country of having seen the ma
chinery of one of the greatest governments in the world. If she travels, he
said, she should take advantage of the opportunity to learn at all points. !
so that when she returns home she may have profited by her Journeys.
Mr. Barrett has been director of the International Bureau of American
Republics since 190« and has never lost an opportunity of talking about
Its work and the good that is to be attained through closer relationship
between the United States and the Latin American republics.
| SUCCESSOR TO GOV. HUGHES
When Gov. Charles E. Hughes retires in Oc
tober to become a member of the Cnlted States
Supreme court. Lieutenant Governor White will
become the chief executive of the Empire state
Meutenant Governor White ts only forty-four
years old. His father was Horace K. White, a
member of a distinguished Syracuse family. An- ■
drew D. White, ex-president of Cornell university
and former ambassador to Russia and to Ger
many. U his uncle. He U a lawyer by profes
sion.
He has been active In the Republican party
ever since he attained his majority. He has
fought his party’s battles on the stump in nearly
every state and national convention for the last
20 yean. In 1898 he was chairman of the Re
publican state convention which nominate Th^
dor* Roosevelt for governor. White was first elected to the state senate in
1S95 and remained a member ot the upper house until his election aa lieu
tenant governor two years ago.
He eats by the clock and Bleeps by the clock. According to his friends,
he to in deadly fear that pestiferous germs are lyic.- in wait for him and
has adopted an elaborate system of safeguards to ward them off.
•‘White would drive a span of wild hor^.s that Roosevelt would be
■cared to tackle, but the thought of a typhoid germ will make him Ue awake
nights." said one ot his friends recently.
Lieutenant Governor White is the best looking man in the senate. With
hte good looks are Joined a gentleness of voice and demeanor, an unfailing
courtesy, a precision of speech which frequently has been Interpreted as
weakness by those at the capitol who have not had the same advantages of
breeding and environment, but which never falls to captivate persons ol
intellect and education.
A USEFUL QUALITY.
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“This watch of mine ts absolutely
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"That is a great idea. It will not
hurt the works when you 'soak' It.."
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According to Her Count.
"Yes.” said the young wife; "Philip
and 1 have lived together a whole
year, and we re never had the slight
est quarrel.”
"What are you talking about! You
and Philip were married seven years
ago!"
"To be sure we were, but you forget
that he's a traveling salesman."
How’s This?
Wf r-e-r Or* Hundred tV-U»r* Rrwvd tor •*»
«■** c4 CatarTfc Unl cannot b* cv_-*d by Bails
Caiarrn Cure.
F J. CHENEY A CO. TVH-d.v O.
W*. th* undrmrned. have known F J career
tor th* ui li rear* an* h*J*re -a r*rt*ot.v how
«*b> tn a!I bijtm*** traiemruon* and SaanrWJly
atM* to carry out ary obnauon mad* br ha trm.
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mrn. TruttmootaV wet tree, me* :s «•*** wf
hot-.*. Soul by a!: Itrucyata
I at* Ha- a Faaltr flto tor rootwattoa.
Not Transferable.
Miss A. had on a skirt of delicate
fawn color, which the others coveted.
"Do bequeath that skirt to me. Miss
A„" said one friend: “it matches a
waist of mine exactly “
"1 don't see what yon want of this
old skirt." Miss A. replied. "It's on Ita
last legs now."—Success Magazine.
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Good Scheme.
“It's a shame." commented the
friend of the restaurant proprietor.
“What's a shame T" asked the ree
taurant man in surprise.
“Why. that you should give that
pretty waitress all the tough steaks
for the patrons at her table."
“Oh. I pay her extra for that. Ton
see she Is so pretty not one man
would kick if the steaks were so
tough they pulled his teeth ouu“
Why He Whitewashed.
A country doctor tells a story of a
man mho moved into a dilapidated old
cottage, and mas found by the doctor
busily m-hitewashing it inside and out.
"I'm glad to see you making this old
place so nice and neat." said the physi
clan, "it's been an eyesore in the
neighborhood for years." "'Tain'*
nothing to me about eyesores," mas
the reply. "The last couple what limed
here had tmins three times, and I he pm
whitewash is a good disinfectant. Ye
see we've got ten children."
Honored by the Governor.
Effusive compliments have been
paid to Governor Marshal! many
times, but it remained for an old Iris*
woman to cap the climax.
The governor met her at a fuaem.
which he attended the other day and
she was full of reverence for the Icdi
ana executive.
“Ah." she said, "an' Tia the gum'
nor." and she swallowed up the gom
ernor's slim right hand in her csrs
right hand, made large and muscular
by many days of toil. “Yin, *tls the
gur'nor. an' It's glad 1 am to see yn
guv'nor. an' lndade the corpse ts hen
ored by your priaince.'—Indianapolis
Newa.
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