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WONU CHUNG POO.
A Buddhist Missionary Enlight
ens a Chicago Audience.
[Chicago Tribune, Sept. 19th]
on £ Chung Foo, a worshipper of
Buddha and a discipline of Confucius,
a kind of bronze Bob Ingersoll, gave
his views on religious topics at Ilcrsby
Music Ilall, last evening, to an audi
ence of several hundred people. Mr.
hoo was dressed in the picturesque
garb of his country. He spoke the En
glish language fluently with almost
faultless acoent—with graceful action
and gesture. He is a young man of
about 30 years of age,'evidently tbelong
mg to the middle class, and possessing
considerable sprigtrtliaess of iateHeet.
He stated that he had a’great many
things to say, which announcement his
subsequent remarks fully demonstrated.
For the past half century American
Christians had been in the habit of
sending missionaries to the heathen
nations of the world, and especially to
China. Of all th ese heathen nations
none has been so grateful as the Chi
nese. The kiudness of the Americans
had struck them so forcibly that they
did not know what to do to reciprocate.
Finally they concluded that the com
pliment should be returned by sending
Chinese missionaries to this country.
[Laughter.]
He did not come to ask his hearers
to believe in Buddha. He did not ask
them to forswear their own religion.
Christians had been making a mistake
a mistake for the last 1,900 years. They
were beginning to understand that they
are not infallible. They were begin
ning to discoverer their mistakes within
the last five years. There was great
CONFUSION OF BELIEF
Among Christiau believers. Some be
lieved in baptism by immersion; some
in baptism by sprinkling; some believ
ed in predestination, "or the doctrine
that before one was born he was destin
ed to be consigned to eternal damnation.
The doctrine of Confucius was a deep
philosophy. Christians had a deep
pride among themselves. They claim
ed that they were th<* most favored of
all God’s children. They were the
only ones that God had guided on,
whilst these other nations were the
small fry of the world. [Laughter.]
Could such a great, loving Creator
omniscient and omnipresent—this mag
nanimous Creator, have such a small
idea about the principles of humanity
that he would create more than one
half of his creatures to be neglected.
He said of the 999 Chinese who heard
of k the Christian religion frcm the lips
of the missionaries, not more than two t
or three became sincere believers. All
ibe balance must be condemned to hell,
because they had heard the word and
did not believe. So the missionaries
who came to China only endangered the
salvation of the souls of the hearers.
Buddha was known to the world thous
ands of years before Christ, and Con
fucius 550 years before Christ. lie
scouted the idea that the Chinese wor
shipped idols. They were no more ad
dicted to the worship of idols than
Christians. He had seen Protestants
break bread and drink wine. They call
ed the bread the body of Christ, and
the wine His blood. He had seen
strong men moved to tears while par-
ticipating in this ceremony. He had
betn into a Catholic church and had
seen the worshippers there kneel before
the image of the Virgin and blow before
the picture of Christ. This was not
more than the heathens did. The Chin
ese liked symbols as well as the Chris
tians to bring to tbeir minds the reali
zation of holy things. The Bible was
a big book, but the Christians would
have a murderer who bad never read it
believe it five minutes before his death,
and then go to Heaven. For his part,
he thought if such a man were to go to
Heaven, lie would kill a man there yet.
[Laughter.] He believed there were
many things in the writings of Confu
cius which were equal to the teachings
of the Bible.
A Gardner's Secret.
Peter Henderson, the veteran gard
ner, made a very significant statement
before the convention of nurserymen
and florists. This statement embodies
the remarkable fact that if garden seeds,
when planted in the spring, are firmly
pressed when under the earth by the
ball of the foot at the time the gardners
are putting them into the ground, they
will invariably grow, drought or no
drought: and what is still more impor-
they will spring up earlier and
ffrow faster and mature better than any
of their kind which have not been sub
jected to this discipline The same rule
of pressure, he says, holds true in re
gard to transplanting trees, shrubs, and
plants. This is an item of great prac
tical value to many of our people, and
especially to those who live in the sub
urbs. — Cleveland Herald.
DAWSON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1879.
The Handsomest Fodt.
How the Foot of a Southern Lady
Compares with that of a 1' an
kee Lady.
[New Yark Sun.]
A Sun reporter dropped into a Block
er street shoe store on Friday evening,
and saw Mr. Charles Wolf, a clerk,
selling an exquisite pair of gaiters to a
handsome girl.
“What is the largest size of gaiteis
that you ever sold to a lady?” we ask
ed.
“The largest was a pair of nines,”
Mr. Wolf replied. “Two sisters—and
very pretty girls they are—-live not far
from here One wears eights and the
other nines.”
“How do their hands compare with
their feet?” was the next question.
“Their hands looked as though they
required a gentleman’s kid gloves,”
said Mr. Wolf. “But they were fault
less in shape, and had the sweetest pink
nails that I ever saw on a hand.” He
smiled as he again referred to their
feet. “The oldest sister,” he continu
ed, “tried hard to squeeze on a pair of
eights, but without success. Finally
she gave me an order to make a pair
of nines, and they really look well on
her feet. You wouldn’t think they
were nines to look at them!”
“Were the girls Americans ?”
“No,” Mr. Wolf answered. “They
are rosy-cheeked Irish girls.”
“What is the smallest size of gaiters
sold ?” we asked.
“Number ones,” Mr. Wolf respond
ed. “Tliey were bought by a married
lady living in Macdougall street, and
they were actually a little too large.”
“Do you sell many number ones?”
“More ones than eights 1 ” said Mr
Wolf.
“I have been iu the business over
fifteen years, and I find that the major
ity of those who wear ones are southern
aud Spanish ladies.”
“What is the difference between the
foot of a southern lady and the foot of
a Yankee woman?' we inquired.
“The difference is the] same as the
difference between the foot of a south
ern man and a Yankee,” Mr. Wolf re
plied. “Southern feet are narrow, and
bowed in the middle, giving them a
very high instep. The Yankee foot is
spread at the toes, and has more surface.
You, for instance,have a genuine Yan
kee foot. The distance from bunion to
bunion—l beg pardon, from the joint
of the big toe to the joint of the little
toe—is much greater than that of a
southern foot. There is much grace
about the foot of a Yankee lady, but it
lacks the suppleness of a southern foot.
Its merits are its exquisite shape, small
heel, and strength.’ Compare the walk
of a southern woman withayankee wo
man. The yaukee lady has short
springy steps. The little heel first
catches the sidewalk, and the gaiters
sound like the click of a telegraph in
strument. The southern woman walks
languidly, and makes long steps. The
feet make the difference. Let a yan
kee girl attempt the step of a southern
lady, and she would turn her ankle.
There is only one woman in the north
whose foot will compare with the south
ern foot.”
“Name her,” said the reporter.
“The Jersey woman,’ said Mr. Wolf.
‘The true Jersey woman has a foot on
a par with that of a Kentucky bel ! e
I can’t imagine where she gets it, but
she has it. One would think that the
deeendants of the Aquackenonck Dutch
ought to have splay feet, hut it is not
so,’
“Numbers of the Aquackenonck
Dutch married among the French Hug
uenot families of Staten Island,’ the re
porter remarked. “Isn’t it possible that
the mixture of the blood may have
something to do with the size of the
feet V
“That’s so,’ replied Mr. Wolf. “I
never thought of that One thing is
certain. I never saw a prettier foot
than the foot of the blue-blooded Jersey
woman. They would go into a salt
cellar. It’s worth a trip to Jersey just
to look at the feet of the women.’
“How do the feet of the Jersey men
compare with them V
“Good Lord,” exclaimed Mr. Wolf.
“Don’t talk about it. The real Jersey
man has a foot like a griddle. Put a
brick in a glove box, and it would lay
clean over the foot of a Jersey man.
If there is any one man in this world
whose foot is uglier than that of any
other one man in this world, that uiau
is a Jersey man.”
Here a customer entered the store,
and Mr. Wolf turned his back upon the
reporter and concentrated his powerful
mind upon anew subject.
Laura D. Fair, who shot and killed
A. P. Crittenden in San Francisco in
1870, and who was subsequently tried
and acquitted, was announced for a
lecture in New York on Tuesday even
ing, on “Chips from California!”
■Whirling! Through the Air.
An Unskillful Rope-Walker Drops a
Boy Fifty Feet.
[Salt Lake (Utah) Herald.]
A few days ag) the Herald casually
mentioned that an Ogden tight-rope
walker would undertake the feat of
breaking his neck if a sufficient collec
tion could be raised to pay his funeral
expenses. Though the intimation did
not prove true, it is rather a matter of
regret, as one younger and proportion
ately more innocent suffers from the
foolhardy exhibition. Last night was
the time set for the feat, and, in addi
tion to walking the rope at a great
height, Meggiuson, the rope professor,
promised to carry a twelve-year-old
boy on his back across this rope, to
stand on his head upon it, to lie down
on his face, balancing the pole over his
back, aud to carry two pails of water
from one building to another. The
rope was stretched across Main street,
lie commenced his exhibition, and while
endeavoring to carry the boy across lie
lost his balance aud dropped him to the
pavement, fifty feet below, after having
walked within ten feet of the end. The
rope was on an incline of about three
feet. In stepping on this incline the
Professor seemed to lose his balance,
his pole swinging to the perpendicular
and almost instantly after the immense
concourse of people who had assembled
to witness the affair were horrified to
sec the boy whirling through the air,
striking his head with a sickening thud.
Megginson threw himself over; catch
ing the rope witu one hand in his fall,
and after hanging a few seconds in mid
air succeeded in gaining a window,
going hand over hand. The boy, whose
name is stated as William Allen, is
said to be a son of the City Marshal of
Junction City, Kansas. It is alleged
that he ran away from home and was
taken up by the traveling performer,
many exhibitions having been given
successfully. The boy struck the pave
ment on the right shoulder and head,
partially dislocating the nock and caus
ing concussion of the brain. He is
still alive, hut no hopes are entertain
ed of his recovery Megginson is arrest
ed.
Recently, Charley Cochrane, who for
many years the faithful groom for the
celebrated trotter, Goldsmith Maid, ar
rived from California, and wishing to
see the grand old trotting mare aud
her colt, called on Mr. Smith, her own
er, to obtain permission to visit Fashion
Stud Farm, in New Jersey. Mr. Smith
accompanied Cochrane to the farm, and
on arriving there remarked: “Charley,
the Maid is very jealous of her colt, is
very cross, and will permit no one to
approach it.” Cochrane arranged that
Goldsmith Maid should hear his voice
before she saw him, and, although they
had not seen each other for two years,
a loud whinny presently assured the
visitors that the mare recognised the
man’s voice. Cochrane next showed
himself, when a touching scene occurred.
The old queen of the turf, who for
months would not allow any one to ap
proach her, making use of both heels
and teeth if it was attempted, rushed
with a bound to her old friend forgetting
even her colt, and rubbed her head
upon his shoulder, her nose in his face,
played with his whiskers, and showed
by her every action that her heart was
full of joy to see him. Directly the
colt came up to them, and the old mare
was delighted when Charley placed his
hand on the little fellow. When Coch
rane left the place the mare followed
him to the gate, whinnying for him even
after he had passed out of her sight.
The State Fair Trick.
Soon after breakfast, Tuesday morn
ing, a negro who was crossing the Cam
pus Martius was halted by a run down
white man with a bad kink in his left
eye, and asked if he intended to visit
the State Fair during the week.
“Yes, sail—lze gwine up dar at least
fo’ times,” was the reply.
“Boy,are you up to snuff?” whis
phered tho stranger.
“Well, sah, 1 knows a trick or two.”
“Good—l thought you did. Now,
then, I want ten cents to get a drink,
and I’ll tell you how you can make vour
way through any of the gates without
the least trouble.”
“Wouldn’t cotched 1”
“Not a bit of it. 11l warrant you
to go through without a word, and I only
want ten cents for telling you how. I
wouldn’t give it away to anybody but
a sharpe, keen man like you.”
“Well, I’ll take dat in,” said tho
negro as he handed over the dime. Now,
den, how kin I pass de gates ?”
The white man put his mouth close
to the other’s ear and replied :
“Pay ’em fifty cents !’’
It would have been a pretty even
fight, hut an officer came along and
squelched it tho blossom. —Detroit Free
Press.
• ii.
A dead snake can be brought to life
with a pint of whiskey. You drink the
whiskey, and look at the snake.
Making Bricks on Sunday.
Wonders will never cease. A super
natural appearance is reported from
Ermland, which must have b(en more
astonishing than the most inexplicable
of the mysteries laid before us by our
most dexterous conjurers. On a recent
Sunday morning, an impious brick-ma
ker of Schonbruck, near Allenstein,
was feeding bis kiln with fuel. Just
as the hour of holy mass he happened
to look at the open furnace door aud
in the very middle of the flame he per
ceived a beautiful maiden with child in
her arms. Turning round in obedience
to an irresistible impulse, he saw, stand
ing close behind him, a strange, black
haired fellow, leering hideously, aud
holding lightly between his teeth an
incandescent cigar. With singular
presence of mind the perplexed brick
maker reverted to the kiln door, and
cast more fuel into the furnace. Upon
this the radiant maiden vanished and
the infant suddenly split into two halves.
At that moment the bells of the neigh-
boring churches rang out in notification
that the elevation of the host was then
taking place within the sacred edifice.
Immediately the evil-lookiugindividual,
in whom the brick-maker had instinct
ively recognized the Father of Lies,
disappeared with an angry growl, and
the overwrought brick-maker fell down
in a swoon, from which he only recov
ered to foreswear brick-making on the
Sabbath for evermore. It is especially
interesting fo notioe among the details
of this spiritual manifestation that Satan
has so far kept pace with the habits of
comparative modern times as to have
taken to smoking. We presume that
his favorite brand is labelled “Infcr
nalcs,” and is distinguished from mere
mortal weeds by an uncommonly full
flavor.— London Telegraph.
Miisterman’s Dong Sleep.
Robert Mustennan, a farm laborer,
employed by Mr. Baisley near Flat
lands, L. 1., went to bed on Wednes
day night last at 10 o’clock. As he did
not get up on Thursday morning, Mr.
Baish'y started to call him. Muster
man was apparently fast asleep. Mr
Baisley attempted to awake him, but
could not. After shaking Mustermau
roughly and using every means he knew
of to arouse him, Mr. Baisley gave it
up, and sent for W. H. Bowlsby of East
New York. Dr. Bowlsby applied re
storatives, but without avail. Muster
man’s sleep was apparently as sound as
Rip Van AVinkle’s. On Friday Mi.
Baisley called in Dr. Ingram of Flat
bush, and he, too, was unable to awa
ken the sleeping man. lie thought it
was a case of apoplaxv, caused by
drinking strong liquor.
Mustennan is a German, about 29
years of age, aud has been employed
by Mr. Baisley for some time. He
possesses great strength, being able to
do the work of two ordinary men. Up
to yesterday afternoon his condition
had not changed, except that his eyes
opened for about three minutes, but
they closed again. He lies on his back
and breathes regularly. Yesterday he
had been sleeping 113 hours, and Dr.
Ingram fears be will not recover.— N.
V. Sun.
A Peculiar Duel.
I was looking over the stories presented
last week for the prize, and I wonder
that the editors did not insert this one,
which is really too good to he lost:—
“There is a curious duel now pending
in Boston which begad several years
ago. Mr. A., a bachelor, challenged
Mr. 8., a married man with one child,
who replied that the conditions were
not equal, that ho must neccassarily
put more at risk with his life than the
other, and he declined, A year after
wards he received a challenge from Mr.
A., who stated that he, too, now had a
wife and child, and he supposed, there
fore, that the objection of Mr. 8.,
was no longer valid. Mr. B. replied
that he now has two children, conse
quently the inequality st 11 existed.—
The next year Mr. A. renewed his
challenge, having now two childrou also,
but his adversary had three. The mat
ter when last heard from was still go
ing on, the numbers being six to seven,
and the challenge yearly renewed.”
The Conyers YVackly says: “We
learn that a horrible case of child mur
der occurred in this county this week.
It seems that a negro woman and her
seven-year-old boy went out to pick
cotton, and as they would be gone all
day carried their dinner. About ll
o’cloek the woman went off to a neigh
boring field to see some other negroes
and left the child to mind the dinner.
When she returned the child had eat
en the dinner, whereat the enraged
mother took a large rock and spattered
the ground with the child’s brains.”
VOL. 16-NO 29.
How He Convinced Them.
Ex. Gov. S. W. Throckmorton cer
tainly understands all the arts of an
old Texan. In his speech defending
Ed. Bnmar, at Gainesville, after having
Spoken about an hour, said :
“Gentlemen of the jury, it is said by
the prosecution that because the deceas
ed was in bis shirtsleeves when he was
killed he had no pistol.”
Here Mr. Throckmorton pulled off
his coat and stood before the jury in
his shirtsleeves.
“You may say,” continued Mr. Trock
morton, “that I am not armed because
I am in my shirtsleeves. Look ! do you
see any arms ?” cried he, holding up
his hands.
No signs of arms could be seen.
Mr. Throkmorton then drew a pistol
from under his left arm, another from
under his right, one from each boot,
and a huge bowio knife from the back
of his neck, placing them on the table.
“You see, gentlemen, though in my
shirtsleeves, I could be well armed.”
This was a clincher and it carried
the point, entirely destroying the augu
inent of the prosecution. —Dallas Her
ald.
A Swan Guarding A Child’s
Grave.
[Waterbury (Ct) American.]
Over the grave of a three-year old
child, buried near Milford last year, a
beautiful white swan has ever kept, con
stant watch, scarcely leaving the mound
even to eat. Any one who attempts a
near approach is greeted wilhthe bird’s
shrill cries and preparation for an at
tack. The swan’s male endeavored for
some time to induce her companion to
return to the lake, but without success,
and eventually died of grief. Hundreds
of people visited the cemetery to wit
ness the singular conduct of this self
stationed sentinel.
A Cotton Gin Playing Cards.
The following is from the Meriwether
Vinditator: Brother Itevils took back
the story about the frogs eating up Col.
Harris’ chickens, and “bulldozed” all
the newspaper men of the State, until
they were afraid to say “frog” or
“chicken,” but he must hold to this,
which we think almost as tough a story
as the other.
“The owner of a load of cotton
brought to Mr. Winslow’s gin this
week, lost his deck of cards while ri
ding on the cotton. The pack was un
discovered until the feeder commenced
supplying cotton to the gin, when the
machinery turning five Jacks in succes
sion led to an investigation, when the
saws and condenser showed the remain
der of the deck properly cut and shuf
fled for the screw box. The entire pack
was pied except the jacks which turned
all right and in extra numbers.”
Where the Profit Comes From.
A Geyman gentleman, who keeps a
seven by nine lager beer shop at the
South End, treated himself to a day’s
vacation recently, leaving his son in
charge of “ter pizzness’’ and a keg of
beer. On his return he found the keg
empty, and addressed his offspring as
follows : “How is dis, Yawcob, dot you
make me only und dollar and dirty
cents for dose keg of peer ? Show me
how you draws dor peer.” Yawcob
took the glass and drew it full of beer,
but with the least margin of froth, wheu
the old gentleman, seizing his hand,
said, “You make dose glasses stand
higher down from dor keg, Yowcob ;
der profit in der peer pizzness is in dcr
pubbles.” —Boston Bulletin.
A Fool Under Water.
Tlie followingperforinauce of Captain
Jsmes Swan, “the man crocodile,” at
the Theatre Comiquc in Providence, R
1., came near resulting fatally, the other
evening. He was in a large plate-glafss
tank of water with an alligator six feet
long, and, after stirring up the reptile
until ho was furious, he tore its jaws
and placed his head between them.—
Quick as a flash they closed and Swan’s
death seemed certain. With almost
superhuman exertion he freed himself,
however, and sprang out of the tank,
his cheeks being gash by the a liga
tor’s teeth. , In a moment he returned
to the water, forced tho reptile into
submission and went on with his exhi
bition.
The Detroit Free Press utters these
words of wisdom):
“The sanctimonious Sleek who roiis
up the whites of two eyes, turns out
the palms of his hands and unctuously
declares that he will suffer any loss of
present reputation rather than vindi
cate himself as lie can by exposing
somebody else, attacks the latter far
more violently and effectively than he
could by open denunciation.” Respect
fully referred to whom it may concern.
Jiil!ed By fils Wif'e.
Hartford, Conn., September 24.
Rov. David Lounsbuty was shot dead
while asleep,, by his wjfe, tlus morning.
The coroners’ inquest developed- that
Mrs. Lotfnsbfluy ’Wfcs'an invalid. Some
unpleasantness had existed between her
and her husband, touching a surgical
operation which Lounsbury thought
ought to be performed on her. The re-
sult of the disagreement was % rush of
blood to head, alter which Mrs. Louns
bury claims to remember nothing. The
revolver was purchased a year ago, os
tensibly as a protection against bur
glars, but the knowledge of its presence
in the house was always carefully kept
from the husband. The coroners ver
dict attributes the shooting to tempora
ry insanity, caused by disease.
Macon has a mystery. The Tele
graph says: “Yesterday morning, in
the gray dawn, on the doorsteps of the
house of Mr. Watson, one of the engin
eers on the Macon and Western Rail
road, who lives on Troup Hill, beyond
the city limits, an infant was found.
The babe is a beautiful little Caucasian,
and when found was sleeping the quiet
s'ccpof unconscious innocense. It is
about a year old, aud was clad in very
nice clothing, trimmed plentifully with
laces, and on its head a little sun bon
net. By the side of the little strauger
was a bundle of clothing, also of flue
material and neatly done up. Tho
babe was taken in by a Mrs. VCeister,
and will be cared for by Mr. and Mrs.
Weister, who have no family of their
own. Nothing about the child gave
any clue as to its parentage. It is
supposed by some that it was brought
from another city and left as stated
above. We hope the little one will be
well oared for and prosper. It is well,
perhaps that she has passed from the
keeping of a mother who could be so
unnatural as to abandon it to the cold
charity of the world at its tender age.”
Oglethorpe Echo : “Mr. Sock Pruitt,
of the Athens Banner, is said to own
the finest madstone ever found. This
is a strange formation, found in the maw
of deer, and is a sovereign cure for all
poisons. They are worth many times
their weight in gold dus’, and are very
rare. The strangest thing is that if you
allow one to fall its curative .properties
vanish. Old hunters say that aS soon
as they kill a deer they can [ell by its
appearance if it contains ono of these
stones. The loadstone owned by Mr.
Pruitt was given to his father by an
old friend from Southwest Georgia
while a member of the Legislature be
fore the war.”
The minister asked the Sunday
school: “With what remarkable weap
on did Samson at one time slay a num
ber of Phillis tines?” For awhile there
was no answer, and the minister, to as
sist the children a little, commenced
tapping his jaw with the tip of bis fin
ger, at the same time saying: “What’s
this? what’s this ? ’ Quick as thought a
little fellow innocently replied : “The
jaw bone of an ass, sit.”
Shot in Game.
[London Lancet.]
I'll is being the season when game
killed by shooting, and probably con
taining the peliets, is eaten, it may be
worth while to caution those who con
sume the flesh of birds with avidity
that the proportion of instances in which
shot is found is probably small in com
parison with the number of cases in
which the pellets are unwittingly swal
lowed. It is a matter of speculation
how much mischief a shot may do when
passed to the intestines, but the fact
that anomalous diseases have been set
up by the presence of very small bodies
which have become entangled in folds
of mucous membrane renders it desira
ble to put the pnolic on fHeir guard.
Occasionally the most disastrous results
have followod such small causes. We
have in recollectiou the case of a physi
cian who died, af.er prolonged and un
explained sufferings, from the impac
tion of a very small nail which had
found its way into a pudding, and was
inadvertently sv\ allowed. A little care
will avoid this contingency,but remem
bering that the bird had been shot,
some pains ought certainly to be taken
to avoid swallowing the missile.
Visitors to the Searbrough aquar
iums were treated f o a struggle between
a man and a large devilfish. The keep
er, while cleaning ont the tank occupied
by the oetopods, was seized by the lar
gest of the creatures, which fastened
four tentacles round the leg of the
boot, and with the other four held
firmly on the rocks forming the back of
the tank. A stiuggle took place, dur
ing which the man found he oould not
disengage himself without killiug the
animal, and finally hit upon the expe
dient plau of slipping his leg out, leav
ing the boot iu the waller.
Says the Lumpkin Independent :
“Tho following eel ton picking was
done on the 12th ot September on the
plantation of Feagan & Grimes, which
is superintended by-Mr. Robert Feagan:
Wade (latchings 445 pounds, Frank
Catching* 400, Rnss Randall 412,
Miles C&tehings 412, Liza Catching*
429, Charlie Wilson 351, Amanda
Catchings 316, Henry Bryant 296,
making a total of 3,394 pounds for
nine hands. The five best hands pick,
ed 2,098 pounds. Who can heat it?’.
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Twenty-two colored people were bap
tized near Amerietjis [as; Sunday week.