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Orr TIE TaAcK-WRECK OF i DUMP
CAR.-The 3:i5 p. ". t...,i,. from Virginia
did no; reach Carson las; might until
!. about 1898 O'Clock, whereas i, should
have been here at about p. NJ. From a
passt nrcr we Learn that tie cause OF the
detention was rs follows: The train con-
sisted OF five or So .-duinps' or iron
ear, ll!ed with siivel ore, Immediately
i,ei!l.;, the Cnoiac. tender ana wood cars;
%. .iyc platform ears, and Il c;sburse car
with passengers brought up thc rear.
When some distance below tie Mound
House and iiear the Eureka switch, the
i.aiu pissed :. nar.ow curve III the roaI
G,;itr .iri-kiv, bar not AZ AL 900 fash i0r
SCI, travelling, VIXEN !. was noticed that
SOM. thin, was wrong, anu the conductor,
gu Ike caboo5e, put down the brakes.
after which i. WAS seen that one o. the
damp Ears {inadtd with i'clciier or0 foI
the A.c.rimac ,@.l!-l:;,r MOI, We think }
WIZ; depressed below the others on the
right side, ans! the engine was stop
ped. Inl dump WAS oil Il" ir:icN,
an! has. run So from The curve
above mentioned, about three hun
drel yards, the ri8ht-h.nd wheels ran-
ming outside and tie left wheels inside
the rails, and injuring the ties cunsids T.
ably. Alter the injured c;ir had been
? separated FROM the others, the men from
th,. train commenced tiircw:nz, eat the
Gre and making othr. arrangements to
clear the track. Oul Informant did not
leave Tx. c.t3no:, fer tBe wreck iilnledi-
;ttcly. and before he dad So toe engine
.I,;. evidently sn"t!, III! effort 10 pull the
wr, tx oil the track and failed, for the
scene WAS melancholy To behold. The
d. road was strewen with quartz, al..; the
dump ear wa, all of 1t heap, with lis nose
III the ground and stern i'll the air like
Il hi. III IL small trough: fnr the fore
and hii.,i wheels were all hud,i!Cd to-
geiher in front, the whole sianting
against The hillside, whereas the only
hope was to throw the wei over tie
o. her or left side If the track, watch
Was prccipitous. \ cable was then at
i:tche,, and the engine pulled and
,;ilnppe! it in twain : bat i; WAS again
attached, and after Il few pulls tn" dump
was dragged and thrown sulie ten
feet over the PIE ipice. After this the
engine gave out, and thu, matters stood
while new trains Accumulated On both
sides Besides, the track had IL be re-
paired. The wrecked dump could not
se;:&ily ~ seen while oil tilc tfa-h, as it
was next to the head of the dumps, and
moved along without noise.
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SI30, 800:
sIGj Cash Prizes amounting to SOB

sIGj Cash Prizes amounting to $3.50. 800
Thi, enterprise is endorsed by thu best bust
nc.S men OF our state. The sIaall price OF tic
k,ts j. guarantee of speedy salc--luaking this
0!l, q: thu be st chances ever offered. Money can
be 81 ut safely in Registered Letters. Post once
Money Orders, by Express or l.; letters, care.
fully scaled and plainly directed.
MAKE Up YOUR CLUBS and send orders
soun as only a few ticketa remain to be sold
y 3. Tie sane honesty and fairness that
characterized the two former drawings is guar.
antccd in this.
Agents wanted. Liberal COMMISSIONS allowed.
J. NJ. pATIEE, Manager.
Omaha, Nebraska.
CARSON AGENT:
a. de NECF,
JaElI-.d At John G.. FoA's Jcwclry Store.
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1t vas idly rumorad, yesterday, that
til. marriage Of Justice Bcii.nap 10 the
daughter of his Exrel;eilcy Governor
Bradley was indefinitely postponed. We
have it from the best source that Sucil is
by 10 means the case: h:l: that 4 mere
Temporary pos;ponement has been rem
dercd necessary by the extreme Illness Of
Mr. Mc,.oyc1n. journal Clerk Of the
ASS. n!,ls, vino is lying at the point of
.iea;h in one Of the chambers occupied,
at present; us the gubernatoriai mansion,
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GRAND ELow OUT.-To-morfow (>at-
nrdry) night, there will DC ut Virginia
city grand convention of all interested
in the celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary Of the United States. The
movel., IN this mass meeting want every
body to be there and take pant.
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TIE alie,lgcd ag.,tcssor III the shooting
scr:ti,a of Wednesday comes up Tor trial
before Justice Witilercii to-i;y at ~
O'Clock.
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Z. $. DRANcH MINT REpoRT.-Ihe
total amount of mixed bullion. gold and
silver, received. yesterday, at the Carson
CITY Branch Mint was l,OA ounces,
sent in from different parts i'll the State
for melting and assaying.
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Omaha Lottery.
18th LEGAL DRAWING.
Time Extended to March 3 st.
LAST CHANCE.

Great portion of the Tickets already taken.
Tickets 81 Each, or Six for s..
Many who DELAYED purchasing tickets in our
last drawing were unable to secure them at any
price.
Tickets will be sent by Express. and Money
Collected on Delivery, when desired.
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ME. McGovcrn. so DR.. Herrick tells
rs. is nlucl, better and Strong hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
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We acknowledge our Indebtedness
for complementary tickets to the select
readings by Miss Dargon at the Metho-
dist Church on the "a inst.
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WE call the attention of those who
wish lightning lessons in photography,
telesraphy by sound, and verbatim re-
porting, to the advertisement Of Thos.
Gouldin, i'll to-day's issue of the APPEAL.
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Co.r ON DIrosIT.-A gentleman who
lost his coat in the general grab game at
the Legislative ball, took somebody else $
to Reno with HIM, which he has sent
back to the railroad Office III Carson to
the care OF Mr.. Hun!er-a large tine
brown ovcrcoat Cali and get it.
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CENTENNIAL There were some substan-
ial results coming from Major McCoy's
call for Wednesday, night. The meeting
Was well attended notwithstanding the
fatigue arising from the ball Of the pre-
vious night, and as many as one hundred
and eleven shares We're subscribed Tor
upon the spot. The work Will be pros
ecuted in Virginia, where Il cenntenial
meeting is soon to be held.
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VXYANTED-- BY am American Woman
w situation as housekeeper; is an excel
nreferrnd Address: Mrs. II. B, TILLINGHAST,
Virginia CITY, Nevada. 1eIs-A"'
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TUMBLED THRoUGE.-In the grand rush
Presentation. JOHN CARRIER ca

pEKsONAL.-Ioll. John Carrier came
in from Phoebe yesterday. He seems
like Il man VINO has returned to his hap
~ ana eXrectallt family i'll full and per-
fc,,t health: and while We congratulate
them upon his evident hcalthfulness, We
are WY glad 10 See him III Carson once
more: and with many another, hope
til AZ, ha!f-formed San Francisco pro-
j.c; may be given up in favor of this as
a place OF residence.
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WE have heard from sources which we
are not incinc,ito question that the mar
rias, in l.:g!, life which has been on the
tqp;s for some time has been deferred for
the present, on account Of the extreme
illness of Mr. Mct.ovcrn, who occupies a
chan.ber in the suhcrnatori.l mansion.
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A gentleman appeared at Lcagate' $
stand an,! was absorbed in plate of hot
cakes over 'Gr,wle. $ counter, the morn
ing after the crab game for hats and
oycrv,,ats al the Legislative ball he was
riyged out in somebody else's coat and
h::-when a dlrll"v slid up behind him
and said: Mister, that $ myc GOAT you We
got on" And 50 it was. But where is
the gentleman coat?
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Fourtll-rrhis Company's losses 1T CHICAGO
were less than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
and have been paid i'll full. DOLLAR For noILAR
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conduct his cousin into a solitary walk
joined them. and he left US. then en-
tered on the delicate subject. nude no
secret Of my birth. nor Of my want Of
fortune; aud added. Il possess nothing in
the world but my sword. and the
good will Of the general; and mus,
leave you in fortnight Open your
heart to me. I feel myself disposed TO
love you with all my soul; bu, this is no,
sufficient. II this marriage does not
please you. reposc n full conf lcncc in me ;
It will not be difficult to find n prctext To
break II of shall depart; you will no,
be ,ormentcd, for l will keep your secret.
While ! wns speaking she kept her
eyes fixed on the ground her only an-
swcr was n smile, and she gave me the
noscgay she held in her hand cm.
braced her. Wo returned slowly to the
company. and cieh, days nfterward we
went TO the municipality. The follpv-
ing day, poor priest who had not taken
the oaihs. married US in the small convent
Of til" Conception, in tho Rue st. Hon
ore.
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COUNTY DELAWARE MORNING.

der; tho gardens producing apricots 10
May: peaches, plums. applcs. pears aud
carobs in June; grapes, figs aud prickly
pears in July; pomegranates. lemons and
dates in August; oranges 10 October.
sweet lemons aud bnnarns in November.
aud the mulberry aud Seville oranges in
January. In old times we know there
was "corn in Egypt" now there is also
cotton in Egypt" and cotton, too. Of the
best description. Even six years ago
there was not less than two hundred steam
mechanical aid TO production has. in fact.
been made use Of. and the result is mn
enormous increase Of wealth both TO the
people and their ruler.
The romance Of travel in Egyp, is fas,
disappearing. A new bridge has been re-
Gently bull, by the kheIiyc over the Nile,
so tina, travellers can now 20 direct in car.
ringcs from their hotel to the pyramids
wi,hou, being obliged. AS formerly to cross
the river in boats aud finish the excursion
on camcls or doukcys The old :. daha.
beal,, /" or Nile boat. is giving way to the
comparatively luxurious Nile steamer, and
The charms Of that dreamy Ericnr"sn life.
floating up aud down the great river, w,,i
soon become memory Of the past No
more cucanpments beneath the myriad
stars and the wonhrous sky Of an Egyptian
night, amidst the labyrinth Of pillars. obc-
lisks and fallen temples Of Luxor or kar-
max Instead of. a. heretofore, passing
the night on land under ,ent. the travel.
cr now sleeps in his comfortable berth on
board the kh"dives steamer, and docs"
the Nile in three weeks. instead Of three
months, MS in the Palmy day, of The deha-
beahs During the winter Of 1871, be.
fore the steamer. began to ply. the price
asked for iir.i-rlass boat was from S450
to $500 month for three or four months.
while now the voyags--5si miles from
Cairo TO Philm. few miles above the frs,
cataract, aud back again, can be made by
the passenger steamers on the Nile belong
ing to the khcaivr administration at a cost
Of S22n including steamer living guides.
aud all other necessary expense ". j.
NchuHic
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Modern Egypt.

The land Of the khcdiyc is likely soon
To rival in greatness the ancient kingdom
of the Pharoahs aud the Ptoenics. Mol.
ern Egypt caunot. il is true. compare with
ancient Egypt in the number Of lis inhab-
itants. for Diodorus tells US that the latter
contained 81. 900 towns aud villages, hilc
llerodo,us says that in the reign of Amasis
there were in Egyp. 90. oOO cities. Wha,
successive soyereigns, however, from Se-
sostris to the caliphs failed to effect. or ac-
complishei only in part. has been com
pletely achieved under the rule of the Khe.
dive by the opening of the Suez Canal.
Alexandria aud Cairo are fast becoming
cities Of palaces, and the wealth Of the
country is every day increasing
Western prejudice attributes the present
ignorance Of the Mussulman population Of
Turkey TO lslamisn,. aud concludes that
the religion Of Mohnmmed is bar to all
human progress. Any one. however. who
visited Egypt ten years ago, and could
now see the vast improvements that have
been aud ars being made by the khediye.
would at once have his prejudices very
much modified, " not altogether removed
lie would SEQ tho harbor Of Ale andria
the finest. probably, in the world, crowd
ed with tho shipping Of all nations, with a
new break water and new docks in course
Of completion. warehouses filled with cot.
ton. grain and other agricultural produce
ready for export, railways in operation OF
in course Of construction n--ovaryw where. in
fact, the signs Of Increasing civilization
aud prosperity. He would see Alexanoriu
itself more like Europcan than an Eas.
tern city. with its magnificent building,
aud its place dcs Oonsuls." that exceed,
in sise and beauty any square to be found
10 Europe. He would see tho land. irri.
gated BY the Niles overflow or by mean,
Of machincry. everywhere ,ccming with
rich crops Of wheat. maize. barley. bean,
and peas. clover and Aax. rice. sugur.can
tobacco aud cotton, coffee, Indigo and mad,
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COLT and Su,nor.
Gen. Oass and John Guy,

Guy bore . striking resemblance 70
Gen Lewis Cass. and while hs was Pro.
p-ictor Of the National Hotel in Washing.
ton. the Michigan Senator wss among his
favored guests. Guy dressed like Case.
aud although no, As portly, his face. 10.
cludIng the wart. was strangely similar.
One day Western friend Of the house
ca'nc in after . long ride. dusty and tired.
and. walking up to the Office. encountered
Gen. Cass who was qui,ely standing there.
Misiaking him for Guy. he slapped him
on the shoulder, and exclaimed -. Well.
old fellow, here am the last time hung
my hat up in your sbsusy. one Of your
clerks sent me to the fourth story but
now tina. have got hold Of you, iusist
upon lower ROOM"
The General. = most digni6ed person.
age, taken aback by the startling salute.
coldly replied ;-"You have committed
mistake. sir. l an not Mr.. Guy; | am
General Csss, Of Michigan" and sngrily
turned away. The Western man was
shocked at the unconscious outrage he had
committed; but before he had recovered
from his modification, Cen. Cass. who
had passed around the Office. confronted
him again. when. a second time mistaking
him for Guy. he faced him and said -
"lIcre you are at last have just made
a devil Of a mistake met old Csss and
took him for you. aud | am afraid the
Mchigander has gone of mad" What
General Cass would have said may we'll
be imagined, II the real Gay had not AZ.
proached and rescued tho innocent of.cn-
der from the twice-assailed aud twice-an-
gcrcd statesman From the .inccdotes If
Public Men by John Forney.
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Heine.

IN Mr. Sterns Seintilla,ons from
Heinrich Ilens" occur the following
sparks:
Wit isolated is worthless.
In art, form is everything; matter,
nothing
We mus. seek the history Of poets in
their poems, and there find their deepest
condolences.
Victor Hugo is the creates, Of French
poets
Byrons death affected ms deeply. lie
was the ony man with whom found ms.
self IN sympathy
Thought is invisible nature nature is
visible thought
The young girls say The gcnllcnan
must be very rich. for he is very ugly, :"
la like manner the public says: The
man must be quite learned, for he is cx-
eessiyely dull. > This. in mnny instances
accounts for the success Of Germans IN
Paris,
am firmly convinced that blasphcm.
iug Frenchman is spectacle more pleas.
ing 10 the Lord than praying English
man.
In France. courage is polite and we'll.
bred, aud honesty wears gloves and lift.
lis hat
Napoleon's words at St. llrlenn TINT,
in the eatly future the whole world would
resolve it,tlf Into American republican.
i'm or Rn-san mpctialsm--are mos,
diseonraging prophecy.
The folding loots of the French salon
are epen 10 the mos. notorious Me-salina
80 long as her husband patiently amble.
al her eide.
Pretty women withoa, religion are like
inwers without perfume.
There is only one writer in whom
iind something that reminds me Of the
dlrretncs- Of style which is found in the
Bible II is Shakespeare
While ,ranslating the Bible, Luther
created the German language.
Ps.ehtal pain is more easily born,
than physical, aud if hai my choice
between bad conscience aid hni too,l
+ should choose the former
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to the street. you can easily step in and
out and make your bargain. When a
cucumber falls into the canal the trader
will stop business. and spend twenty
minutes or more to spcare |, in the filthy
mud and fish il up. This is Dutch thrift.
! wonder who buys these dropped cucum-
bcrs? One end Of the barge is often
tas,efully At,ed up like li,:lc house
Painted green aud white outside the
windows hung with clean white blinds.
trimmed sometimes with n colorci ribbon.
Inside there arc tao or three compart.
menis. n fire place, paper on the walls.
aud carpet and there is many a worse
place for honeymoon than the inside Of a
snug. clean aud commodious barge. On
feast days the bargcs are deserted, aud
every one goes ashore. II is curious how
fond all Dutch people seem TO be Of walk
ing about the streets We doubt whether
any one is ever run over in Amsterdam /;
there is nothing but an omnibus or two to
run over them. High aud low. young
and old, towards evening. especially on
Sunday. emerge in ,roops--family troops
and social troops; late .: night, alas !.
noisy. convivial troops. They 60 to the
market, then they go back again they
go down one side Of the Rokcn, and up
the other side Then they crowd into the
streets full Of fashionable shops, aud
crowd ou, again bu, the crowd is almost
always dccorus. Canal life in America
is exactly similar.
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STRIKING PanLoG MATCHES There
was an elderly Indy, from Sugar Hollow,
trading in enbhetts store. Nelson street.
Saturday She had been locking a, the
coffee and sugars, and was examining
sumo hair Plus by biting ih":. 10 ser if
they were genuine, when she stepped en
paror match. which was lying ON the
floor The explosion which followed IN
startled her that shc jumped to one side.
and. in 50 doing, struck against barrel
Of axe.helscs, and overturned them. lost
her balance. sought 10 save herself by
clutching the show case. but was too late,
and went down with the axc.helves,
drawing badly dcmoralized showcase on
top OF her, aud nearly choking herself to
death with half-swallowcd hair.pin
On Monday. the agen, for rarlor matches
called on MIR. Cobbcit to show his goods,
and wns immediately pounced upon by
that individual. who. after knocking him
down. dragged him out on the walk, and
held him secure while the clerk warmed
him with an axe-helvc. aud Mrs. Cobhc.t
poured water on his wais,band Then
Cobheit told his wife and clerk to hold
him while be went into the house for n
gun. aud il was during his absence on his
missionary enterprise, that the agen. sue
ccedcd in getting on his feet. aud out Of
tho neighborhocd We don't know where
be is now. but he undoubtedly lief. town.
as Mr.. Cobbctt looked around for him
with the gun. until late that night. with :
out any success. Danbnry Nems
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ing about ma,erialism dropped the subject
aud picked up their heels in the same di.
rection. Then five boys ins,inctiveiy took
leg in. These were followed by n mum.
Der Of elderly people. aud before the sub.
urban youth reached White street. he be.
came painfully aware tha, he was pursued.
This led him to rcdoublc his excrtions,
but the increase communicated itself to
the surging mass behind. And when he
turned into White street, his eyes stood
like billiard bails. and his huir pointed
hcavcnward mostly. On this avenue he
found himself so sorcly pressed that be
jumped into the lirst open hatchwny mud
disappeared in the dnrknes Of the cellar.
The painting and eager crowd sho, up to
the entrance, aud al'nos, into it, and after
pccring into the darkness wi,hou. seeing
anything. commenced to look at each
other. Then TIE silence was broken.
Who was Lc?" said one. Il don't
know" said another "What had he
been doing = asked the third. II don,
know" said the fourth Then they
stared a, each other again, and the frs,
man said, Don't any man know who be
is = NJ answer. and then the FIRST man
who appeared to be burning up with Gu.
rosty. added. what in the thunder did
you run for, then y "Because | saw the
others run What did yoa run for r
We'll. that's the reason run" Thi.
seemed 10 exhaust the topic. and the crowd
gravely dispersed. .-Dt,nbary Ne~s.
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young man from one Of the suburbs
appeared from store on Nest street. on
Saturday noon. in quest Of tho family
team. but not discerning it. stepped quick.
ly To the corner Of Main stree, and looked
up that asenu. just in time 10 detect the
familiar establishment about turning into
White street on the homcward course
Then hc took his ha. in his baud aud
struck out on the chase at a speed that
was wonderful. A clerk in store that
he shot by. ran out to see what was the
matter. and finding a man fleeing for dear
life, he pu. after him. This created a
curiosity in man who was digging out n
gutter. and he forthwith dropped his
shovel and joined in with commendablo
alacrity And then milkman who was
getting into his cart suddenly changed his
mind, and went Logging up tho stree. in
rear Of tho others. Two merchants talk.
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A young man Of Nuremberg. who had

A young man Of Nuremberg. who had
no fortune. requested a lawyer. friend Of
his, to recommend him to family where
be was n daily visitor. and where thcro
was a handsome daughter, who was to
have a large fortune. He did 90. Tho
father euquired his means; the lawyer
said he did not exactly know. but bs
would enquire. The mex, day he saw his
young friend. aud asked him il he had
any property at all.
no, replied he
We'll" replied the lawyer: would
you suffer any one to cut off your nose il
be would give you twenty thousand dol
lars for j, +
Not for the world -
lis well, replied tho lawyer. Il
hal n reason for asking"
The mex, time he saw the girls father
be said
Il haso enquired about the young
mans circumstances. He has. indeed.
no ready money. but be has "a jewel. for
which to my knowledge, he has been
offered and refused $40. 600"
This induced the old father to consent
10 the marriage, which accordingly took
place. though it i. said that in tho sequel
he often shook his head when he thought
Of the jewel.
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4 prri. TniRtY ir.ns A6o A Cali.
fofnla paper reprints the story OF the duel
thirty years ago. between John Hampton
Peasants. editor Of the Rithaond Mig,
anil Thomas Ritehic, Jr. editor Of the
Richmond enquirer. The challenge from
pleasants to Richie was one Of tho mos,
extraordinary ever sent will be on the
Manchester rile Of the James river. near
the factory. between the river and canal
Tomorrow morning at ) o'clock. armed
with rife. pistol and sword. We will ad-
vance aud fire on each till one or tho 9TH
cr falls" This was the substance Of Mr.
Pleasant. challenge Mr. Richie object.
ed To ii for various reasons. among which
were: because il gives the challenging
party the choice Of time, place and weap-
nns. right invariably accorded by the
code 10 the challenged because its terms
are savage. sangninary anl revolving Ia
the tastes Of civilized society Notwi,h.
standing the objections will be ut the
place named. armed in the manner dc.
scribed. and will defend myself from any
attack made on me- When the due
came eff. Pleasants was mortally wounded
bu, returned Riches fire aud continued tc
advance on him. aud when within striking
distance. drew his sword. giving Richie y
severe cut on the lip. which was NIL ,h,
wound the latter received. Pleasants lin
gered only few days and Richie cndct
his life by rcmorscful dissipation,