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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

The captain, lieutenauts and buglers
ofCo A have been issued gloves by
the government.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

The German singing society will
hereafter give a dance every Monday
night at Brills
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

p B Smith. L. p. Bernardian and
exTreaSurer sam Murphy are up from
Oklahoma City
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

h \lLloyd Cattle is sick.
Board Of trade meeting tonight
---------------
NAwin Myers was in Perry yesterday
l.. b. Johns is here from Kansas
City.
\lAttorney DevereuN is IN oklahoma
City.
H6n. W. I Walker is up from Nor
man.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ Brooks,
aAboy.
Prof Richardson is tuning pianos in
Purcell.
by Wits outwitted Thursday eve at
McKennon's.
Reserved seats for Wits outwitted
are going rapidly.
Mrs. H. j. De Vault of Perkins is
visiting in Guthrie.
Mrs Charles Brown and family have
returned from Chicago.
The Jack Everhart fistic stars want
a date at the McKennon.
h A delightful lance was given by the
Germans at Brills last night.
Hon. Baxter Brown, commissioner
of X county, is in the city.
Treasurer stiles and son, VIII, have
/ returned from Oklahoma City.
n
| ND putty Sherff Harry Painter is suf-
fering an attack of typhoid fever.
The Capital City whist club has been
reorganized by last years members.
/ Al lliXon is growing an orchard and
vineyard on his place west of town.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

Warren Bennett, it is reported i,
Niilied two wolves on Risley's farm
yesterday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

Mrs Geo r. Stillman will return
Thursday to her home in Chattanooga,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

Mrs. w. NJ. Bronson has returned
from pleasant two weeks visit at
-Minfield
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. IL II. Hagan will leave
for ST. Marys, Kan, today to visit
several days.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

Board Of trade meeting tonight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14

by Wits Outwitted" Thursday
night
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

Brazil. Ind, has caused the citizens 10
organize for the maintenance OF law
and order.
Mrs. John III. Oman, wife OF an Eagle
township, (O) farmer, was murdered,
it is believed. by robbers Who were
convicted by her testimony.
John Danerer, a wealthy farmer
near Davenport, Iowa, hung himself TO
an apple tree as a result OF despon'
dency over the death Of his wife.
Paul Schumacher, aged 45, a carpen-
ter out Of work and respondent, took
morphine at Columbus. Ohio, and his
body was found in a fence corner JUST
out of the city limits.
Spring Valley QI.) miners threaten
to prevent operation of the mines at
La Sale and Peru. Sheriff Taylor,
with 100 armed deputies, will endeayor
to preserve order.
HOlgate. Iowa, is excited over the
shooting of Frank Babbett by Eman-
uel Ball. to whose wife, 1t is said, Bah
bett was paying too marked attention.
Babbett was able to leave Holgate.
Vernen Riley was instantly killed at
Toledo, Ohio. while forcing an entrance
into the residence of Clifford Eddy.
Robert Hodges, Eddy's brother-in-law.
did the shooting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith had af amily
fight at Frankfort, Ind, which ter
minated in the woman Selling II rife
and firing a 3S-caliber bullet into her
husbands body.
While waiting for n train at the
union derot in st. Louis John +. Land
more was enticed behind some cars,
gagged. robbed and stripped to the
skin. He did not succeed in freeing
himself from his bonds until the car
had reached Tyson, about twenty miles
out.
John Cullen, aged 81, n of the ear
Hest settlers Of kokomo, Ind, died from
voluntary starvation. A few weeks
ago his tongue was a%mputated for the
removal of a canverous growth. Four
teen days ago he resolved he would
end his life by starvation and kept
his word.
William b. Melville, the young col
lection clerk Of the Bank of California,
who was recently arrested for embez-
element after his flight to Nebraska
and who now confesseS to embeZzle-
ments ag%gregating $4,000 during a
period extending over several years,
was sentenced at San Francisco to
eight years in the San Quentin peniten
tiary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
FIJI up the Water Courses.

The first artesian well Of a series OF
TOUR contracted to be put down in Doug
las county under the provisions OF the
artesian we'll law, has been completed
and formally accepted from the contrac-
tors by the county commissioners. The
well is located at the head OF Andreas
creek, a water course without water,
except for a short time in the spring, is
937 feet deep, flows 900 gallons per
minute, with temperature of6l degrees.
The successful completion OF the well at
this time means much. The water is al
ready being drawn for miles in all direc-
tons by farmers for domestic purposes.
The remaining three wells in other locali-
ties are TO be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

Naoyemon Hashiguchi, the Japanese
consul general in New York, who has
spent several years in Corea, says the
reports that the Corean king is invisi.
BILE { o his subjects are inaccurate.
when the king goes abroad" he adds,
.she does so in a huge chair. like convey.
ance, very high, carried by bearers,
and every one can see him then and
approach him. He Is very handsome,
about 46 years old and strongly built.
The open way in which he travels is
altogether different from that Of the
Chinese emperor. When the latter stirs
out Of his palace mating is hung all
the houses. If. for instance, he
were to go from the p~ostoffice to Cen
trail Park. supposing he ruled In New
York, every house on Broadway would
be covered with mating, so that moi
q soul might e him."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Held Over From Last Year.

The crop prospects are not so bad in
Oats and corn yields areligbt, but wheat
is up to the average and there is plenty
Of it. Many OF the farmers have their
grauaries full OF wheat and corn from
last years crop and will scarcely realize
that there has been a shortage this year.
4 few weeks ago considerable alarm was
ielt for the hay crop. but where corn
promised a failure it has been cut and is
being dried for fodder. Rains any time
within two weeks wi. ireshen the grass
and permit pasturing until late in the
iall. The greatest loss from drouth is to
vegetables OF all kjrds. There has been
no such dry weather in that county for
more than thirty years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Huron Land Omce.

At the United States land office in
Huron business for the month OF July
was up to the average, in spite OF the
hard times. The total number OF acres
acquired during the month was 1903.
10. Of this there were four cash entries,
covering 32S.76 acres: 4S final timber
culture entries, 7.6l7.S0 acres; 80 home
stead entries, 6,22l acres; % final home
stead entries, 4,4S2.97 acres. Besides
The above $3.50 acres wereput to record
as state indemnity lands, and 13,4OS. go
acres Tor the state agricultural college at
Brookings, making a grand total OF Al
12o acres for the mouth. The total re-.
selpts Tor the office iorJuly was S1,5l4.-
ID. The showing is an excellent one, all
conditions considered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Benevolent Mission.

W. s. Sherrard. superintendent OF the
Children's home, OF Sioux Falls, has gone
to White, this state, on a laudable mis-
sion. A few days ago Peter Giegler, OF
that place, tried to ravish his adopted
daughter, a young girl OF Is years. He
was aidei and abetted by his wife.
Both were arrested, the former placed
under $500 bonds to await the action
OF the grand jury and the latter simply
fined So. The young girl lett the house
and has been cared for since by neigh
5ors. Supt. Sherrard went there to Sc.
cure, il possible, letters OF guardianship
OF the girl, and il he is successful he will
place her in some good home. She has
lever been in charge OF any benevolent
association.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Criminal DOings.

A dangerous gang Of counterfeiters
In Connecticut is broken up.
A Philadelphia a shoots his wife,
her uncle and himself.
A vigilance committee, formed dur
ing the Cripple Greek strike in Celora-
do. Is unearthed.
An Iowa man kills his sweetheart,
MORALLY wounds her mother and sister
and then commits suicide.
judges at Helena, Mont, charge an
attorney Of that city with subornation
Of perjury.
Martin r. Yates, Of Goshen, Ind,
committed suicide at the Windsor ho-
tel, New York, by taking poison.
Postmaster John A. Wilson of Cas-
ner, ILL.,, was shot and seriously wound
ed by two unknown men. Cause un-
known.
Albert Guest was fatally shot at
Bardwell, Ky, by the city marshal.
Guest was breaking into the railway
depot.
A brutal assault on two laborers at
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Washington

The senate passes a bill for the exclu-
sion and deportation Of anarchists.
President Cleveland vetoed the bill
for the relief of Eugene Wells, late
captain Of the Twelfth infantry.
Secretary Carlisle has decided to
postpone action looking to increasing
the gold reserve until after the disposal
Of the tariff bill.
Among the nominations sent to the
senate was that Of Amos NJ. Thayer OF
Missouri to be judge Of the Eighth jul
dicial circuit.
House Democrats caucus on the tariff
without action. The statement Is
made that the senate bill must pass,
IL any.
A bill subjectiug national bank notes
and national treasury notes to state
taxation passes the senate. 1t has al
ready passed the house.
Colored EN- ployes of the government
In Washington charge that n colored
concern Is trying TO blackmail them out
Of campaign contributions. The civil
service commission will investigate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Unfortunate Events.


James Haley was killed on a rail
road track at Ottumwa, Iowa.
Several buildings burned at Grand
Mound, Iowa, causing u loss of $23,-
600.
Miss Pauline Laupheimer was struck
by a street car at Quincy, Ill, and died
Of her wounds.
John Charters Of Niles. Ohio. was
struck by a train on the Pennsylvania
railroad and killed.
Five persons were killed in differ
ent parts of New York city on the 9TH
by electric ars
Johanson Case, a twelve-year-old boy,
was killed at Clinton by a fall down
stairs.
Miss Lalse King, al invalid, commit
ted suicide at Bourbon, ILL.,, by setting
fire to her clothing, burning to death.
G. G. Campbell and his wife were
drowned at Burlington, Iowa, by the
capsizing Of their boat.
Fire causes a panic at a ball game
In Chicago. in which several persons
are badly injured.
Miss Emily Mears Of st. Louis was
killed at Battle Greek, Mich, by falling
from the fourth story window Of a san
itarium.
A traction engine on which Charles
Hudson and Will Dandelien were rid
ing broke through a bridge lea Spring
field, Ill, and the men were killed.
A picnic wagon was thrown off a
bridge near Bellaire, Ohio, by an cleo
trio car. Two horses were killed and
eight Of the twenty-five picknickers
injured.
While playing with a revolver at
Princeton, Ill, Ray Trimble, son of
Judge Trimble, shot Arthur Thompson.
putting out his right eye. The ball
made its way toward the brain and
may cause his death. Both boys were
ten years Of age.
Lightning struck the house Of Mrs.
Frances T.. Cowles at Liberal, Mo-, and
when neighbors rushed in to help save
the goods they stumbled upon a coun-
terfeiter's outfit and a wealth Of bogus
silver half dollars. Mrs. Cowles' son
was arrested, charged with being the
owner of the spurious coin and was
bound over in the sum Of $1,000 to
await trial.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

Members of the Sioux Falls hre de-
nartment have Just made q discovery
which will net them dollars. They nave
Sr the past five years been paying ~
school poll tax annually. They havenow
learned that they are exempt rom al
noll tax under the state law. Ihey nave
sccured their release from the 1854 as
and now they contemplate de,
handing from the city a refund lor all
money paid in this way during former
years.
For the benefit OF those who might de-
sire to take q trip to Devils Guich ana
satisfy themselves with a sight OF the
MANY curiosities and wonders which are
to be seen there, says a correspondent OF
the Sioux Falls Press, it may be sald
that the gulch cannot be found near
Brandon, as stated by "a Sioux Fails pa.
per. but Within the, corporate limits OF
Garretson and only about eighty rods
from the center OF the city.
The people in Union township, twenty
miles northwest OF Kimball, are very
much excited over the discovery OF what
is thought to be a child's grave. 1t was
found on a claim owned by a Mr.. Cum
mings, a single a So far as the
neighbors know no child has died in that
vicinity lately, and when the finding OF
the mound was reported hall a dozen
men went to investigate. They dug 1t
up and found a box about two feet long,
on the top OF which was written:
Dead: was received at kimball depot"
This seems to have frightened the invea-
tigators and they replaced the box, filled
the hole with earth and notified the
proper officials, and a thorough investi-
cation will be made.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
e

Bowen and Carroll fight twenty-ons
rounds to a draw.
Many more foreigners leave the
United States for Europe than arrive.
Corn makes a jump of seven cents
in Chicago.
Two large mills, a grocery and sew
eral small business houses burned at
Marion, Iowa. Loss, $4,000.
The large receipts Of fruit at San
Francisco have sent the price Of
peaches and plums down to 5 cents a
basket.
Fifty thousand acres of land have
been purchased in the State Of Arkan-
sas by the Slavok Colonization company
of Pittsburg, Pa.
A rich strike of lead carbonate, the
ore which gave LeadvilIe, Colo, its
great boom, has been made on Mineral
Hill, Cripple Greek, Colo.
At the camp meeting of the Indiana
Spiritualists fifty mediums INDUCED in
a war dance while under control Of In
dian spirits.
Extra meetings are necessary to ac-
commodate the crowds of visitors to the
Moody conference at East Mortified,
Mass.
Over 300 women voted in the school
election at Canton, Ill. Mrs. Carrie
Black defeated Ephraim Shadley by
two votes.
At Komoko, Ind, the wholesale IL
quor house of Parker & Sayler made an
assignment for the benefit Of creditors,
j. ii. Watson being appointed assignee.
The assets are estimated at S15,0 600,
with liabilities $1,000.
Junius Dana, vice president Of the
First National bank of Warren, Ohio,
states that the whole amount of the
notes Of David X. Paige improperly in
dorsed by John Huntington was $685.
600 instead of $4,000 as has been re-
ported.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Warren Live Stock company at Chey-
enne, Wyo. The liabilities are $500, 200,
assets 100000. Ex-senator Warren is
president of the company. The recciv-
ership was forced by The failure Of
the Kent bank.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Personal Mention.

Felix Geoffdion, who had been a
member of the Canadian parliament
for t~hirty-one years died at Montreal.
A Japanese graduate of the Harvard
law school becomes his country's min
lister to the United States.
John w. Harmon died near Muncie,
Ind. where he had lived for fifty years.
He arrived there penniless and leaves
an estate valued at $4,000.
Ex-Gov. Austin Blair was buried at
Jackson, Mich. the funeral services be-
ing attended by many men prominent
In politics.
III. H.. Warner the patent medicine
IA has returned from Europe penni-
less having lost the remains Of his for
tune at Monte Carlo.
The Rev. Samuel J. Knapp, pastor
Of the Macdougal Street Baptist church
New York died at his summe home at
Mystic, Conn. He was 60 years of
age.
An autopsy showed that Mrs. Os-
borne, the once noted opera singer and
wife Of George Poole, died from star
walton. Her death occurred in Balti-
mire.
Congressman Bryan Of Nebraska, at
the request of the Democratic Free
Coinage league Of that state, announces
himself as a candidate for United States
senator.
+. H.. Underwood, United States con-
sui at Leith, Scotland, died at that
place yesterday of blood poisoning. He
was appointed consul at Glasgow by
President Cleveland IN 1885, and was
appointed consul at Leith June Sth,
last. His home was in Boston.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

Little shops ape the ways of the big
ones sometimes with absurd results.
One sees now and then a tiny 10 by IL
shop fairly hidden beneath hysterical
declarations that a great stock must
be sacrificed. Sometimes a shop that
could by no possibility hold more than
a few hundred dollars worth of goods
announces e great clearance sale, when
a half-hour's rush such as the big shops
occasionally have would leave the
place as bare as Mother Hubbard's
cupboard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

II applied Immediately after attack
aqua ammonia, ii is claimed, is a speci-
&c for bee stings. 1t should be applied
thoroughly, and will reduce or prevent
swelling.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

Abram Barton Of Bristol, England,
has revised a submarine boat for which
he claims a speed of sixteen srots. 1t
is shark. shaped, and is proIe.led by
twin screws located at what would be
the fans Of the fiuke in the fish.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

An exchange says that "a photo
graph has been taken 500 feet below
the seas surface" Whose photograph
was it and who took it there and what
did they go down there for TO have it
taken?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
EIahinn III. Burned.

Danville, Ill, Aug. 1l.-A In.S,,a
entire business portion OF r IA
town Of 800 inhabitants, eie'eD Il
west Of this city, burned hs M h
The loss cannot be stated AZ W.
Origin Of the fire unknown.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Foreign Gossip.

Many Americans offer to serve in the
japanese army in the wal with China.
The Carina wins the yacht race for
her majesty's cup, beating the Vigilant
The Vigilant is disqualified.
G. I. Benfie, a rich mine owner, was
a~ssassinated at San Nicholas del Orc,
Mex, by Benabe Boyes, who escaped.
A death from cholera is reported at
Amsterdam. Cholera is reported at
Marseilles, France.
The evictcd tenants bill passed it's
third reading in the house Of COM
mons by q vote of 100 to 1877.
Indians of Labrador are said to be in
danger Of extinction from starvation,
owing to the scarcity of game and fur
bearing animals.
Russia is credited with an intention
Of Selling one of the most important
ports Of Corea and establishing a SOW
ereignty over it.
A dispatch from the London Stand
ard from Athens says that a bomb
exploded with terrific force in the Jew
ish quarter of the city of Corfu, killing
seven persons and doing considerable
damage to property. There Is no clue
to the perpetrators Of the outrage.
A special dispatch to the London
Times from Quito says that owing to
the protest Of English holders Of the
Ecuadorian bonds against the Suspen-
sion Of interest On the public debt,
congress has decided that the money
necessary to pay the interest shall be
deposited in the Bank Of Ecuador
pending negotiations Oh the subject.
The head of the Corean traitor, KIM
ok Kun, which the government intend
ed to exhibit in all provinces, was
stolen a few weeks ago while the
Waterman who had it in charge was
asleep. The king has offered n big
reward fer the discovery Of the thief.
1t is said hat since the theft the father,
wife and daughter Of the conspirator
have been beheaded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

The patents applied for in Washing
ton last year numbered 10000. The to-
tai number of patents outstanding on
Jan. 1 was $4,000. The receipts of
the patent office were 81, 200 900, and
the expenses $4,000 less.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

A sturgeon weighing LAO pounds
was caught in the Caspian sea two
weeks ago. The head alone weighed
22S pounds, and the fish furnished
about 100 pounds of roe for cavtare.
The fish was sold for $160.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

The most formidable check to the in
crease of scrpents and venemou in
sects in the tropical regions is the album
dance Of ants which, attacking in thou
sands, will kill and devour animals Oft
en- Of considerable size.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

The largest and oldest chain bridge
In the world is said to be that at
Kingtung, in China, where 1t forms a
perfect road from the top of one
mountain to the top of another.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

1t Is said that a man at Hemings
Corners, Tenn, shrinks once a month
from $50 to 40 pounds and remains
I'm that condition for a week, after
which he regains his original height.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

A man versed in language heard ten
different tongues spoken while he walk
Cd across the Brooklyn bridge the other
day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

A gold weighing machine in the
Bank of England is so sensitive that a
postage, stamp dropped on the scale
will turn the index on the dial Il dis
lance Of six inches.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

On the Indianapolis board of health
IS DR.. carp. The board passed a reso-
tuition for the compulsory uprooting CT
weeds on vacant lots. The doctor was
among the first victims Of the law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

An international matrimonial paper
IS about to make it's appearance in
Berlin, Germany. The new journal
will be printed in three languages-Ger-
man, English and French.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
Hank Hwy. a Saw Mill

Ashland, Wis, Aug. LIE saI
Manufacturing company mas I'D
saw mill and standing pine,
quantity Of lumber, at I i Il
tho Merchants National ba soo0 N
Paul for a consideration OF w.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

1t is claimed that the dark Lady
90 whom twenty-eight OIL Shakespeare's
sonnets were dedicated, was the no
torious Miss Mary Fitton, maid of hon
or to Queen Elizabeth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

1t is said that the oldest life boat in
existence is one now in South Shields,
England. 1t has been in service since
1880, and has been Instrumental in
Sc wing 1,02S persons.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16

Under n decision of the supreme u
Of errors of Connecticut boys and their
trunks cannot be held for board. Yale
youngsters gave rise tc the decision.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-16
ri. R.iu Complete.

Omaha, Aug. 11.-Repor's i,css
Gus portions Of the state 1rSy
prevalence all day of exur
winds, and all corn not ,sorJ
the previous drouth Is now
be past any possible hope