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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
WAR OF DIFFERENTIATION.
More Conflicts With the Hatfield Gang
In West Virginia.
Cold-Blooded Murder of One of the Mem
pers Thereof by One of the Capturing
Party-State Aid To be Invoked.

"a ,r,prrsn T. n, r =.
exterminatior h.,,rao,, tho u.tae,,
McCovc 10 s,;,, - ny .a "n"
West Virginia and ,1iII oontinmo u,,,u ona
or tfe otber 81 ,ho go - 'l''' anya o,o
wiped from tho face ~ na oar,h Tho
steomer FronL p,os,o, ,,,.;ro1 80, nm
VILE this after,oor ond hnan,,h, a. saI
lowing intellioence of tho ancou,,o, ha-
,,yeon ,h, ,rre,i,, -. , ~,
fields on last saturday. IN Thnrsdar
last the canturinq mart, nrn,l,orin,r 80
tv, left P,kevilIe for Tua riror ,f,an
crossing tba rivar tho, ,,rfooo1oI ahs.
distance in West VIRGINIA rnmolos,od
but when nearing tho rcsidorco NJ Con,oin
Hatfield camo . ccross n ,ceno,, ~ ,a,'N.', ',',
with A bucket who wos stand ~, ~ oiaLo, ,D"
and who immediately gave tho oIor,r ma
CAPTURING marty Continued ,hoi, ;a'.an, m
for few rods and whom ,rrninon ,,ain,
in the road were fired rnon Inv eorra -
eight from the Hatiield gono p,d Noro,,
was shot ,hronob tho s,onIdon onS
dangerously wonndod Two - M ha
posse were detail Il 10 oo,.o Co.,
him and taka him homo Tho oao
turing party immediotolv ro,rrnod ,bo
fire, and win Damnsev of tho Uo,aolJ
gang, fell 10 the ground shot thronah ,ha
bowels At ,lis ipnctrro ,ho Ira,c,tIo
beat a has,v retreat ,hro,virg ,wa, thoi"
blankets oyercoats ctc III rosso ,ront
nm to where Demnsor woe o,,hon.h Wv ha
was in dyino condi,io, md honoa5 ,;.o
ously TO he saved 40 no woui1 ~. pi,. ,i,,o
long, despitc his cr,os for morom ,ba ,aa,, .
that killed Jim Vance on ,ha CO.. naI, "aa .,
his prn against nonn,o,,,a ,oa', .o pu'
most blew il off ttbis inhnr,on ~ "nu IT,.
ening net ono If tho nrrs,,iro ant, ",.,, tA n
came angry loft ,ha 'nIso . pa. y W
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
AT TER A FORTUNE.
Two Branches of Claimants for Valuable
Land in the West,

PITTsBURGn, Jan. 23,-About fifty men,
bers of the Renault Heirs Association met
in Rochester, Pa, Saturday, for the pur-
pose of furthering their plans for the pros.
ecution of their claims as heirs OF Philip
Franz Renault, the owner of large tract
Of land in Western Illinois and Eastern Mis-.
souri, in the vicinity of Peoria. There were
present representatives from Missouri, Hi.
nois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, also
two representatives from the Detroit and
Canada associations. There are nearly 400
persons directly interested in this matter
and the value OF the property is placed at
over s5O,O0o,0N. Messrs. Gilman and Berry,
of the Detroit and Canada claimants, made
statement to the meeting Of discoveries
made by them and committee of three was
appointed 10 confer with them and exchange
information. One fact discovered is that
the Detroit and Canada claimants profess
to be 'lineal' heirs, while the local ones
merely claim to be 'collaterar' heirs, and
that one or the other of the two branches
is on the wrong track. This is conceded by
both, and in order to establish which is
right, the tissues have been pooled,n and
are to be engaged in ascertainng whose
claim is the legal one.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
SPACE ANNlHllATED.
The Wonderful Power OF the Electric Cur.
rent Illustrated

LONDON, Jan, 23.-The Pan Mall Gazet'.
contains an article this evening headed
Telegraph ng Ex x,raordinary-Interview
by Cable Across the World The article
says; An altogether unprecedented feat in
Biography was performed last night, when
an interview took place by cable between
our special commissioner now at Van.
couver and the editor at the Offices of the
Commercial Cable Company, this city. The
exact distance traversed by the electric
current conveying the messages was1 ,6l9
miles. This uDequaled interview by wire
outstripped the sun by eight hours, it be.
ing o'clock in the afternoon at Vancouver
when o'clock at night in London. The
time required for the answers to come
was about six minutes. The messages
were repeated seven times ON the circuit,
or, in other words, it trequred seven points
for current on the continent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
RE CANCELLATION,
Brought About by Texan saving the Life
of Ills VIE at "A Fire

WACO, Ten, Jan. cat ten O'Clock this
morning fire was discovered in the mil
linery store of T.. Nicholson under the
Fifth Street Hotel, and in few minutes
the whole building, which covers or @.
fourth OF a block, was a blaze. Many OF
the guests OF the hotel esca, ed by
sliding down aWning-rosts. One lady
got out on an awning with a child in
her arms and jumped to the ground.
sustaining very little injury Mrs. Leh
man, who was proprietress Of the hotel,
and who had been separated from her hus-
band about year, was rescued by him
from the building and they have agreed
10 bury their grievance against each other
and We together. Mr.. j. J. Bogart II ached
his wife, who was helpless paralytc just
IN time TO prevent her suffocating in the
smoke.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
IN RETALIATION,



KINGSTON, Ont, Jan. 22.-In retaliation
for the hard fight being made by the TEN.
perance people of Leeds County, eleven
buildings have been burned at Irish creek,
the Methodist church and tanncry have
been burned at Kempville, and five consta-
bles have been beaten. Dr. Ferguson, NJ.
T., and three others, one of them minis.
ter, were assailed and beaten, and two dea.
cons of Baptist church have been warned
to dismiss their minister or have their
church burned.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 2?.-The captain OF
the government steamer Newfield has for
warded to the Marine Department the fol-
lowing letter picked up near Sable Island a
week ago
NEWFOUNDLAND, 18th Nov, 1857.
DEAR PARENTs-I come to bid you farewell
forever. / will soon be in the other world
not alone, however, for we are 800 pas
sengers in terrible despair. Only one-half
hour to live and then farewell Take
courage and think no more of me.
At the bottom of the letter is signature
which apparently reads l.. Linther of st.
Meurthe. Meurthe at Moselle is a depart
ment of France. The marine department
is making inquiries respecting the matter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
HOARDED GOLD.
Coins of Various Nations Hid Away by an
Old Ocean Pilot - Rich Find for His
Friends.

Friends.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Edward Maull,
the Nestor OF the Delaware pilots, died last
week. Mr.. Maull left an estate OF 81, 600
The legal repi escniatives of the dead man
nave found among his papers letter
addressed to them which throws curl
Gus and romantic light upon lis char
acter and habits. He informed bis fam.
lily he had accumulated large box
OF gold coins and that this glittering
treasure would be found buried beneath
his house at Lewes, Delaware. The com
munication explained that this money had
been collected from time to tine for forty
years or more, and consisted of every
foreign gold coin he had ever received Tor
his services as pilot. Explicit directions
were given as to where the strong box
with its golden fortune could be found
The old pilot had never coun, ed the CONS,
but had tossed them in from time to time
Upon searching as directed, the heirs found
the box, and upon breaking it open found it
heapcd up with gold pieces Of almost every
nation. Some of them were cd coins of
their intrinsic worth. The smallest coin
was California twenty-tiye-cent piece,
and the largest coin worth intrinsically
about $50 Their total value will amount
to about IS COS No one dreamed that the
old pilot had such a hoard # wealth
about the premises, and tho curious col.
lection is to his heirs a totally unexpected
II To- go l.nt., r..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Important Arrest.

DENNIsoN, Tex, Jan. 23--Two of Capt.
ain Furlong's men, of the secret service,
made very important arrest in this city
Saturday night in the person Of William
Clary, alias George Mowry, wanted in Chi
cago by ]. W. Norton, chief of the Chicago
q Northwestern service, on the charge Of
being the leader of band of freight car
thieves, there being eighteen indictments
against him. Clary will be taken back to
Illinois. He has been switchman in tho
Missouri Pacific yards in this city. He is
twenty.three years Of age and unmarried.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Charged With Voodoing n Woman.

PiTTsBrRGH, Jan. s2,-As sequel TO the
recent suicide of Mr. Wilcox, Of Allegheny,
during tit of temporary insanity, l., AL.
lonbach, brother of Mrs. Wilcox, yoster-
DAY caused the arrest Of Adam Delaware,
an aged herb doctor, residing in East Lib
erty, on the charge Of necromancy. Alien
bach claims that his sister was "be.
witched' or wooded by the doctor,
who had placed signs, papers, wreaths
and other objects in Mrs. Wilcox's house,
affecting her mind by that means. Della
ware is we'l-to-do, and hears a good repu.
tatiOn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

LoNoN, Jan. "A. In the divorce court
today, in the case of an English woman
named Turner, who had married an Amer.
lean named Thompson, and who had had
the marriage annulled by an American
count, the judge held that the woman, hav-
ing married an American and lived with
MN III America, was entitled TO the same
laws as hcr husband, and therefore the
decree pronounced in America was bind.
ing in England without q further decree
from an English court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

PARIS Jan -Pasteur's Rough on Rab.
bits has had grea, success in the estate
near Rheims, where it was tired by his
nephew, Mr.. Loir The warren was in
large cave, and all attempts to extermi.
nate its denizens having failed, the estate
proprietor has invited Pasteur to try
the plan he had proposed to the
New South Wales Government. Pas.
teur being i'll, Mr.. Loir went down
TO Rheims. In The cave he played
sheaf OF hay which he waterel with six
quarts of fiui infected with chicken
cholera microbes. The result was that
within twenty four hours nineteen bunnies
were found dead. Two days afterward
..~e!ro an ~orr found, dud no signs OF
the rest of the pests. On search being
made in holes groups of five, six and ten
corpscs were found. Since then The warren
has been quite deserted. Mr. Pasteur's
plan has, therefore, proved completely
successful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

people who have invested money In Industries
along the line OF our road, an extra price per
Ton tor coal-a price beyond what the same class
OF industries pay on the lines of other anthua.
cite coal roads--tt would only be a question Of
time when these industries would leave us and
go TO points where they could obtain cheaper
fuel
For these and various other reasons, which
every business man can understand, il would be
impossible for us to maintain even a solvent
corporation, much less return anything to the
shareholders II We were co onpeed to pay for
our product more money than our neighbors
pay Tor theirs. We regret exceedingly that this
action on the part Of the employees OF our road,
as well as the action of our miners, promises to
Drlng such disastrous results to those portions
OF me state dependent upon the output OF the
Reading collierics, but there is no alternative
ior this company, that ! can sec, except to in
sist upon, first, the right to manage its own
property; and second, the right to employ labor
in the mining Of its coal SO that it will
nave at least an equal chance with its neigh
Dors IN every competitive market to which an
thracite coal goes. The $3.50 basis established
by this company In 1885 is liberal one for the
miners. Under that basis they receive as much
money for their labor as miners receive in other
localities In the Wyoming district as am in
formed, the miners are paid certain agreed
sum, without regard to Fhe prize of coal. who
our miners share in the increased price beyond
the S2.D basis, and every miner of our coal
knows that under that basis, with the prices
uary, those in the Schuylkill Valley would have
received wages very considerably in excess of
the wages paid elsewhere. and even at a lower
basis than that obtained their wages would still
nave been in excess of those paid in other local..
ties.
For twelve years. commencing January l.
1916 and ending January |, 1888, this company
has mined 5l0O0,O0C tons of coal paid for il to
its miners s57, 40 600 and has received, as the
net proceeds for the coal SO mined only $i4siO,-
OOJ making an actual loss in the mining OF Sl2.
10000 during that period, In other words we
have distributed throughout the country 81, ,OO0.
Uo0 tons OF coal, the miners have received every
dollar of net money we obtained for it and we
lost in the operation Sl2270,O00 besides, and dur.
ing all these twelve years the stockholders of the
railroad company, which transported this coal
VINO have paid up SI0,0DO,0D0 of money for their
stock, have not received one cent by way of divi.
dends, and they have just been called upon, with
portion OF the junior securities, to pay in, by
way OF assessments, Sl2,0000O0 OF fresh money
TO make good the losses OF the company.
In view OF these results. it is not the time now.
according TO my Judgment, to undertake to pay
more money for the same class Of labor than is
PAID by other competitive companies
AUSTIN CORBIN, President
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Bank Closes lis Doors

AUBURN, N. V, Jan. %, The doors ol
the First National Bank of Auburn were
closed this morning, and the following no.
iice posted; pending an examination OF
the affairs of this bank and in theabsence
OF the cashier this bank will be closed un.
I'll further notice. Demands payable here
will be received here Bank Examiner
Clark arrived here Friday, and it is sup.
posed his visit precipitated matters.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Saved the Hanqman a Job,

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 24-Ed. Coffey,
the convicted murderer, who cut his throat
in the county Jail last Wednesday, died at
u O'Clock this morning from his injuries.
Captain William Moore. who has
been in the Yukon country during the
past season with the Ogilvie Dominion
geological survey, discovered an easy
pass through the mountains. 1t is
probable the Dominion and Provincial
governments will construct a road
through the pass to the headquarters
OF the Yukon. as the miners ara all in
Canadian territory.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Anti-Chinese Bill,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-Representative
Cummings, of New York, to-day intro.
duced in the House Senator Mitchelrs bill
oil last session prohibiting Chinese immi-
grafton, with the addition of an amend
ment authorizing Collectors of Customs to
construe the act, resting the burden Of
proof on the persons accused Of violating
It's provisions; requiring all Chinese resi-.
dents within the United States before the
passage of the act to furnish information
as to the means by which they obtained Gu.
trance TO the country, and forbidding the
introduction of Chinese by writs of habeas
corpus
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
ARMING THEMSELVES.
Latest From the McCoy.Hatiirld Battle.
Ground on the Kentucky and West ylr-
RInia Itnrlar


Ground on the Kentucky and Wet yir-
eInia Border.
CATLETTsDURG, KY, Jan. 2i.-There is
nothing new today from the fierce ven
delta that is being waged between the
Hatfield and Mccoy factions in Pike
County KY, and Logan County, W. Va.
fne scenes are now in Logan County, a
sparsely settled district without railroad
or telegraph facilities, and with only a tri
weekly mail, consequently all news of gen.
erai character is brought by special
courier Some Pike County people were
here today and purchased and shipped
sixteen Winchester rifles, 80 and A cali.
Der, having purchased all that were to be
had at our hardware stores. 1t is also a
known fact that Hatfield party was hero
only day or so ago and purchased
10 worth Of ammunition. This, coupled
tn :be fact that the county judge
and county attorney of Pike County have
gone to Frankfort in quest of arms, looks
very much like the war is on in earnest,
and that the wilds of West Virginia will
ring with music during the coming week.
Almost every body is upin arms in tho
two counties named above, and the excite.
ment increases daily. There is big fun
aleal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Oueer Names

ef private bills introduced in Congress are
some for people of remarkable names.
One mem bcr introduced bills for the relief
of James Allgoner and Sampson Goliah.
Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, introduced bill
to pay Pleasant Bumpass 1868 for property
taken from him during the late war 1t
is said that Pleasant was a cayalrymau Of
more than local celebrity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

!tA LOUISVILLE undertaken said, the
HJtcr day: Ever since the death of
4 nry Ward Becchcr it has been no.
led by gentlemen in our line OF busi-
's, that for one death out of every
y, s ec, instead of Grape being hung on
'-door-knob, beautiful wreaths of
IFite flowers are placed as cmblcmatic
another soul gone to glory. Before
NJ. Bcecher's death he requested that
ny thing be bright and cheerful,
~ that no strcamcrs of black be hung
the door of his home"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Child Smothercd TO Death.

NEW YORK, Jan. ga fire broke out in
the rooms occupied by Charles Smith, AT
10 Pike street, this morning, ID the fire.
men found Smiths two-year-old girl un.
der the bed smothered to death. Tive
other children who had leen with heI
escaped. 1t is supposed one of the young
sters had upset lamp, causing the fire.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

MARSHALL, Ill, Jan. 20.-The farmers
Mercantile Association of Martinsville,
stock company composed of seveuty-three
farmers and organized in 1915, has failed.
The association conducted a large general
store. The object was to supply them
selves withl merchandise at wholesale
rates, the expenses being paid by tho
profits on the goods sold to outsiders. The
liabilities are Sl2 600 and the assets 5000
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

CHESTER Pa, Jan. 2i.-At the Chester
IRON works for the last few days there has
been successfully tested the application
OF powdered coal for fuel. The combus.
ton is perfect Both ashes and smoke are
entirely consumed, etfecting "A saving of
irom forty to fifty per cent. in fuel. The
coal is powdered by the cyclone principle,
and applied to the furnaces by process
invented by }. g. McCaulcv
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Seed Wheat for Western Kansas

KANSAS Cry, Mo, Jan. pa promi.
nent official of the Atchison and Topeka
system said to-day that their company has
decided 10 buy one hundred thousand
bushels of wheat and ship it 10 Western
Kansas for spring seed. The company
will charge nothing for transportation and
sell it at cost, taking notes from the
farmers due in one year at three per
cent. He thought the action of his COM
paay, would be duplicated by the Missouri
pncifc
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 23.-There was
filed in the United States Court, Saturday,
the complaint Of the Hornsilver Mining
Company against Dennis Ryan, demanding
that he pay plaintiff the sum Of $4,000 the
amount of loans unlawfully made to them.
selves by Frank G. Brown and Charles g.
Francklyn, while directors Of the company
with Mr.. Ryan from 1880 to 1884 1t is
stated that Brown and Francklyn are now
insolyent,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Threw Her Child From n Train.

BAY CRY, MIcn, Jan. ao-Hatte O,ney,
of Vanderbilt, Mich, threw her six. weeks
old illegitimite child from Il Michigan Cen
trail train, near Lapeer, last night The
child was found cut in two. The woman,
who is cripple, and uses crutch, was
arrested shortly after the arrival of tho
train at this place. She claims that the
child was dropped accidentally.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

I'ls'zl,soar ! is slowly but surely gath.
:! q herself goodly portion of
York Qty's export trade. In 1886
1ofk exported 72per cent. of the
amount of goods sent from that
b6lfmore, Boston and Philadc!-
more sent s per cent. This
yser ew York sends only 6S per
~ eltimore nearly Upper cent.
ner a4X litigation shows that New
sIoeAnd Baltimore's gain is in
5NE1lng aside from New York of
shlrnents of wheat and wheat
~ 1he West.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
PROMINENT OHIO DIVINE DEAD.
Rev. j. :. Isroadwel1, of the NJ. +. Church,
Passes Away After Brief Illness at
FredericktOwn,

Rev. j. :. Tsroadwell, of the NJ. +. Church,
Passes Away After Brief Illness ut
Fredericktown.
Mt. VERNON, o., Jan. 23-Rev. j. s.
Broadwell, of Fredricktown, one of the
most prominent ministers of the NJ. T..
church in Ohio, died at his home Saturday
morning of paralysis at the base Of the
brain. The attack came on after the rev.
Grand gentleman mad gone home Thursday
night from the church where he has been
holding protracted meetings, since which
time he was unconscious until his death.
Mr.. Broadwell has been pastor Of many Of
the more important Methodist Episcopal
churches of this conference. He was sta
toned at Mansfield before he came to this
city, and his first wife died there Shortly
after he came to Mt Vernon he was at
lacked with softening of the brain and was
unfit for duty for several months. When
he recovered he was sent to Fredricktown,
where he has been about year. On the
10Th Of Dece mber, 1887, he was married to
Mrs. Dora II. Chilcoat, a teacher in the
public schools of this city. -'
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n ThiinDle,

PARKERsBuRG, W. Va, Jan. CA little
daughter of Edward Prunty, OF Richie,
swallowed a steel thimble with brass lin
ing four years ago. The child has never
suffered any Inconvenience from the metal,
and it was supposed it had passed of in u
natural way Yesterday she became ill
and threw up the brass lining of the thim-
bic The acid of the stomach, it is sup
posed, had entirely destroyed the ste
facing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
An lmnoriaoi RilI Veinad

ST LorIs, Jan. "a dispatch from
jackson, Miss, says the Governor has We.
toed the bill providing for the holding of
"A Constitutional Convention. The veto
message is long, and reiterates and en-.
large' upon the objections urged in debate
by the opponents of the bill when it was
before the two houses. A red-hot debate
.-!ooiso : for when thn hill romaa ,4r r..
passage over the veto
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

lHE z newspapers are advising Mr..
.rbuckle, the New York coffee mer-
|hant to pay Miss Campbell the Si5,-
'W recovered by her in her breach of
'romise suit against him. Mr.. Ar
'ucklc, however, treats the press with
'ntcmpt He refuses to pay and will
.ppcal. Probably he wants more free
ivertising.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Coffee in Siuht.

New YORK, Jan. 24-Brazil coffee forma
the bass of the supply for this country.
Tho visible supply is 80, coo bags. Since
Saturday the Coffee Exchange has turned
over 400 900 bags. This would seem to in.
dicate an unusually large sale of futures.
The expected Brazil crop due shortly is be-.
licvcd to be larger than ever. No fears
are entertained Of n scarcity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28
Rescued After Great SUFFERING.

New YoRK Jan. 2i.-The steamer San
Marcos, which arrived to-day from Hav.
ana, broIght the ccew of the bark d. Cha.
pin, of Boston, which sank at sea Dccem.
Der 25. After being in their boat ten days
without food or water, and losing by
starvation and exposure Captain W. c.
Hull, the cook and one seaman, the rest OF
the crew were rescued on January 4.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

bryERAL of the colored pupils in the
Bost0n evening schools are described
is more than fifty years old, and one
nan is nearly sixty, but they are "pa-
,ien.ly and earnestly striving to gain
no knowledge of which they were de.
,rived In their younger DAYS"