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/. BEAuvoIr, Harrison County, Miss,
Jan. %. 1892
oupt. Hvrtsr Ddrtdson

".
sur: Yours OF the 9th December 10 dupli.
cateJ has been received and opens with call
on me TO do You justice. IL you wSrs sur
mentioned In connection with torpedoss. / was
certainly not less no at your arraignment of me
as having done you injustice by tho omission.
II you will refer to tho preface u the book
YOU will see IN the first paragraph the an
nopncement OF the purpose for ~hieh II was
Tor numerous Omissions Of events entitled to
consideration. AS well ss tho expression of the
hope that such omissions would be more than
snl pli.d by this reports and contributions OF
The motive which iinpellcd mo to an un-
wont labor. that OF writinH a book. WAS from
historical data TO yindicate the cause of the
Southern psop e,and to show that their conduct
military. naval, and civil affairs was annexed,
but tho reader was notified that did not at
tempt to give an accurate account OF all the
letter indicates that you feel aggrievod be-
cause of ton. G. J. Rains being alone mon
that 1t Will hereafter bo supposed no was
awaI ded tho whole.crvdit for that moana NJ dc.
aU nGL s soe oe ts' & ee .eat snoh
Ter mo--201, vol. 2-l wrote or torpsdoes a. a
means known but nndsveloped. n ding: 1T
remained for the ski! and ingenuity OF our Of
hcers 10 bring the uso OF this terrible instru-
ment t0 perfect on"
AT date long before this perfection had
been attained Gen. HAMS is named 1. cidentAliy
with the order putting him In charge II sub
marine defencss and tho q, ,st rudely construct
ed torpedo at "Drewry'S Bluff"
lie hnd previously beoa distinguished by
hrst usinR snleterra shells with sensitive prini-
ers-seo page %. vol. :.
On page lo!. VOL =. y)u may SEQ to what l
ettributeo the rcrulse OF the euemy's aset at
Drewry Bl1n, and that the euomy, like my.
self, thought IL was our artillrrls,s and rife.
men Who Disabled and DRIVE of tho fleet.
" seems Il me that the remark The Sc ret
OF ali his 'ltRinh's) future success consisted in
the sensitive primer" is by no means a denial
that success sne obtained by other persons
employing different methods. lhe descrip-
Ton OF tye simple TOR ,cdoss empi yed bv him
Vas evidpntly not intended 70 apply TO rhs
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A Sneak Thief 1. . Rsssery.

sneak thief got into st Petor's Church
rectory in Jersey City yesterday morning while
the priests were at breakfast. He went throu Oh
several OF tho rooms and picked up all the small
articles which wero lying about. Three gold
watches and several razors arc reported among
tho things missing.
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dwelling Aousss to gst-guaatrs.

GS0 MoNTHLY.-ib minutes out, close station,
Sco house ~ rooms. modern convenienoes lawn
old trees, barn, 10 acrea Room lo. ~ Wall a
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asal estate for Sale or 90 grt.

EOR RENT OR FOR SALE-Bronx lle. Harlem
= Railroadi modern house, built for architects re-
idenoe improvements water, high land. view, trsssl
rsns 5000. Apply osrHoFf, l2o2 broadway.
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4sal estate .Sor Sals-serstu Cim

NEW. tasteful seyen.roori dw~ilips on Jersey city
Heishts, convenient to trolley, 22 minutes from
DOWNTOWN. New York; contains all improve eneutS
handsome decorations, mantels 40; large lot pace
eS,Oo0i $500 cash; balance monthly instalnIents
WALTER CoNDICT. Montgomery ST.. Jersey city.
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1T aated-M Males-Merhautrs, &c.


IuRsT.CLAss CYLINDER PREssMAN and feeder
l. wanted at
LOCKWOOD PRESS. 024 West broadway. city.
DRINTERS.-Wanted, union printers by q leading
i house; nrrtclass Btonenen practical readers
speedy kypcsetters artistic Jobbers; the youth and
the genius only need apply; all time work and per-
manont positions at better than scale rates to the
right men. Samples OF work subnitted by Jobbers
viii bo carefully returned Book hands must furnish
retercuces to general character. 30. Address
PAINTERS. box l7S Sun once.
Observation-Disclosures q nrst-class Journsyman who
thoroughly understands his buslness to take charge
OF shop In this ctyi 10 the right man steady Job
viii bo given and interest In the business Address,
giving fulb particulars az 70 experience and salary
pectcd, O.. box l3v sun once.
NNANT a well.qualined man general superin-
w tendent OF a shoe factory which makes general
line OF mems and womens shoes In Goodyear and NO
Key sewed; references required. Apply to
EAGLE SHOE COMPANY, Frelericksburg, Va.
IITANTED-An idea-who can think OF some simple
w thing to patsnt2 Protect your ideas they may
bring you weaith. Write JOHN WEDDERBURN Il
co. Patent Attorneys, wash, ID. O., for their Sl 500
prize orer and new list OF 1000 inventions wanted.
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aetstrhtstsr Go. PROPERTY for Sale.

S2 Nl CASH, balance same rent win pur'
sD,OVFo chase elegant new modern cottage 40
picturesque Park Hill, Yonkersi circulars sent
@. X. BILL | broadway,
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for Sale or a. Get, afsstehsster C ..

NEW RoCHEILE,--Modern house OF l2 roomsI
~ choice location, near depot rent $500. Apply
OWNER Al Washington av.. New Rochelle.
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SGr Sale OF % Tet-New srrssu.
A sBURY PARK.-Hotels, boarding houses and cot
IA tages 70 rent. HANNAY. Q West iAth st. room 22
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FURNISHED flats 90 Eet.

G1O--NEw FLATS. newly furnished; rooms and
sp1O bath; exceptionally hne. Apply 90 West gBth
ST. or J. Il. HAY, Z Wall ST.; reference.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

II J.. m'd thnt tie cXtraOrdinary influ.
enc. v.',h ,2a. IL cscrtcd Over men who
hac g.. j. u sll.i.t perception of the scope
Ut hl- wnn!erlui l3ental powers was duo
a. much 20 uiivc: a! belief IN his disin
tere>tr,,neS~ - - IN, magnetic personality
Mr. 4. +. W!.i;p.e once told an incident
which illustrated this fact
On one OCCASION. when his museum was
IN need of money Tor a purely scientific
purpose be- invited the members of the
legislature ol The ,ta'e of Massachusetts
them t. vote the sum he required After
d short persuasive address delivered in the
hall nf the museum. he led them over the
building, pointing OFT the great things
that had been achieved and the still great.
or things that were TO follow II his plan
was carried ont.
In ascending the stairs I happened to
IDENTIFY farmers who were considering the
propriety of giving the proposed legislative
aid
Il don't know much " said one, about
the value Of this museum AS a means NJ
education, but of one thing l am certain
that If we give AgassiZ the money he
wants he will not make a dollar by it.
That in his favor
The appropriation was made day or
two after. though II was generally cohsid.
cred that no other man could have wrung
the sum from tho reluctant hands Of that
economical legislature
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
4 BAD licstr ming.

Here is story told by q city ourate
81 whom the experience happened OF
The occasion Of his first wedding. IT,,
rector had told him TO be careful TO I'll
up the register with the correct ages o'
the bride and bridegroom. The cere
mony having been gone through, the
happy couple, who were of mature age.
adjourned to the vestry to sign the reg
lister
The bridegroom, when asked his age.
gave II at Ouce a. go, but the bride,
with the modeSty natural TO the Sc
merely said she was oS full age while
when demonstrated with she pertly told
the curaCc that IL was not the first time
she had gone through the ceremony, and
she meant TO insist uTon her rights.
Finally, a. the bride remained oh
durate, the bridegroom, thIEK,ng to puf
matters straight, told the curate the age
Far from serving as the oil on the wa
rers, this only made matters worse, fU
The bride flew into passion and insist
I'd upon the bridegroom telling her how
he knew her age.
Il looked at your family Bible, my
dear y was the quiet rejoindcr.
And what right had you. pray. &c
take such u liberty before we were MAJ
ticd:' And the two, who had come t.
church as atfectionate a. pair of turtle.
3oves, left IN pet The ourate who
was responsible is still wondering what
was tho final upshot Of this unfortunate
Incident. London Tit-Bits
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
tLeCTKlC SPARKS.

A Massachusetts firm Is Introducing a
new electrical heater for practical use 10
pIbuc buildings and offices
A company has been formed TO utilize
the power of the Susquohanna river for
electrical works something like those al
Niagara
An electric rattrap is the lates, thing
A biz Of cheese is attached To wire, COP
nected with dynamo, and when the rat
nibbles IL he Is shocked to death.
a Manchester (England) man carries on
MS person complete pickpockot alarm
system. Removal Of his watch, pin or
other jewelry causes the ringing of bell
The electric plant weighs - ounces.
1t is stated that Thomas A. Edison has
already expended nearly 81, 600 900 i'm his
experiments To find n commercial method
OF reducing low grade ores by electricity
Should he finally succeed he says it viii b.
his greatest Invention.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Tho rarmer's Friend

writer in Tho rarm Journal writes
about a device which he calls tho farm.
er's friend. He SAYS:
While mills for pumping water cost
from $50 10 $3.50 my farmer friend"
can be put up for about $is or $50 and
run for years without a dollar 5 expense
| bought three molasses hogsheads for e
dollar apiece, soaked them out few
days and then bad the blacksmith put
on each four hoops Of castoR wagon tire
at 20 cents hoop. l built "a staging
feet high and set the three casks on il
and connected them near the bottom by
a threc-quarter inch lead pipe, then ran
q galvanized driven well pipo from one
Of them through my wood shed into tho
washroom, and 90 the end Of this pipe
attached globe faucet. To make tho
pipe joints tight ! drove soft Pine
wedges around them, callled the holes
with cotton and painted over the joint
with thick white lead. Tho water is con.
ductcd from the house roof into the
casks by troughs and spouts have just
completed a similar arrangement for my
barn, and the cattle like it better than
well water. Ihave a brass valve screwed
on the end of the conducting pipe to
shut off water frolp pipe in cold wealth.
or TO prevent freezing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
KIN TO IT.
Novel Phase of the New Woman Ques-
tion ON "A Train.

81 was amused at woman on train
coming into Washington from the
south. said a gentleman. 1T showed
a novel phase Of the new woman qres.
ton
AT GoldsborO man got on tho train
with IA baby in his arms. \ woman fol-
lowed. but paid no attention TO the man.
The baby was evidently sick, and the
father, Il North Carolina mountaineer.
paced up and down the car trying 10
quiet the child Every lady on the car
except the woman who got on the train
at Colds boro was interested. Considera-
bic speculation was INDUCED IN as to
the father and child, the consensus OF
opinion being tnat he had just lost his
wife and WAS taking the baby 10 its
grandparents. After two or three hours
the woman who boarded the train at the
same time the man did spoke 10 him.
and he then passed on, fondling the
baby.
A benevolent looking old lady seat.
ed near the woman, curious 10 know
something about the matter, said:
The child seems 10 be sick.
eyes m.
saw you speak to the father. Do
you know him?'
'''Or er he's my husban, "
"'Do you mean to say that you are
that child's mother and let the baby
suffer that way:
g He's jess as able TO tote it as / be.
He's jess as much kin lit as | be- and
the woman turned unconcernedly to the
window, while the man continued to
walk and dandle the child. "-Washing-
ton Star
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Not So Easily Deceived.

1t is laughable-and sometimes sad.
too--to see the devices adopted by the
people who take a pitcher or can to
the saloon for beer.
A man has no war 10 hide il, and he
is generally the most sensitive on tho
subject. Sometimes ho will put it in a
paper. Often he will take ont a large
bottle and staff il in his pocket, and ]
saw one. man hide "A pitcher with his
broad brimmed hat and saunter away
from saloon bareheaded.
Women use their aprons as covers,
though | never observed one yei who
didn't make her erraud all tho more
comspicuc',s by this means.
one scrvant girl placed "a can OF bee.
at the foot of "A haby's pcranbulator and
covered il with shawl, and 1 expected
the amber fluid to scatter in all direc
tons
knew of one woman VINO used {,
SEM out tin can marked mil -
often the stage fashion of labelling POI
sous. liquors. etc. but | don't think :
ever doc wed any quo Now York Re-
sordei
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Wordsworth and Burns,

friend writes Us from England; VS.
visited the simple tomb Of William
Wordsworth III Grasmere churchyard.
The old church stood near it. among
the ancient trees The rapid Roths
passed the graves and the grand hills
lifted thel' green domes in rhe cloudIess
sky.
We had ridden past the poet tuned
lakes of Windcymore and Grasmere.
with memories of Coleridgo De Gum
cey Christopher Nrh, Mrs Hemans
and Harriet Martinclu, ana had rested
by Rydal Water in the shadows ut RI
dial Mount
WORDSWORTH said one Of our par
ty, calling TO mind the author Of the
Excursion, seems 10 be the soul II
all these scenes. He made himself the
ever preva.ling spirit of the English
lakes. :"
Burns was his teacher, " said anoth,
sr.
How WIS ihat?'' we asked.
There, unuor the grand trees lifting
their solemn tops 10 the sun, our friend
repeated a single verse from Words
worth S poem ON the death Of Burns
mournod with thousands. but as one
More deeply sricvod, for h. was gone
Who's light hailed when first it shone
And showed my youth
How verse may build "a princely throne
On hunbls ruth.
Youths COmpanion
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Rough on the sentry.

One Of TIE most amusing stories OF tho
day treats Of mistaken philanthropy. Al
certain army post there was scntry on
duty near the hospital The surgeon WAS
preparing TO go TO bed inside, wien he
was annoyed and alarmed at the sentry's
coughing His experienced ear tod hm
that the man had severe bronchial 6iflo
ton, needing IA strong remedy.
He debated awhile with himself, and
then, going into the dispensing room, com
pounded powerful mixture Thi, ne took
outside 10 the sentry with Instructions to
swallow it Immediately. The man refused
The surgeon insisted and finally command
eel the soldier to take the medicine which
be did with much grumbling. Then the
worthy surgeon went to bed pleased TO
hear no more coughing.
Next morning To his surprise the com
handing officer sent for him and said thai
the sentry had complained, declaring that
the surgeon had forced him TO swallow
something he thought was poison An
invest cation followed and revealed the fact
that while the surgeon was mixing the
medicine the coughing sentry had been rs.
hpVed. and consequently the remcdy had
been given 10 the wrong man -Iooaop
Tit.Bit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Mr.. CARROLL'S GREAT IDEA.
IT Puts Man at His Best When He IA
Held Up by Robber.

Taylor Carroll is engaged in devising
formidable system Of defense for lone
pedestrians when they wander in dan
eeroua places VIII police protection is
ineffective and tho risk of being "held
up is eve: u'esent His plan is to con-
vert the cree luTHn body into a minia
ture revolving tuuCt, armed az fOn
points and capable of dealing death in
front, rear or flank simultaneously or
of sendiag four successive discharges
in the same direction
Mr.. CAROLS design is still in its ru-
dimcn,ary stage. with uumberless minor
details 10 be Elaborated, Int his central
idea is we'll developed He says he has
not yet prepared diagrams or expert
mental apparatus. but has merely out
lined II mentally.
II would have small storage bat.
terry worn in a belt, " he said, with
small copper wires running from it up
through the sleeves and connected with
each hand on the great or middle finger
with a copper ring the thumb can reach
in the palm of the hand. When the
thumb touched the ring. an electrical
current would discharge four batteries
loaded with ball behind and in front.
This discharge could take place when
the hands We're being held under the
threat If an armed robber.
THE ring should be placed beyond
the reach of the thumb except in cases
of emergency, SO the thumb Will never
discharge the battery accidentally,
Nv 4 al oil ~
clan CT mechanic, being an actor by
profession. He has not figured up the
weight of the storage battery 10 be car
ried on the belt, nor is he adverse 70
considering the advisahility of substi-
tuting a dry primary cell
In his zeal for the application Of sci
entifc methods 10 the protection of the
citizen the inventor has apparently left
out of sight everything but the tactical
advantage of the lonely pedestrian at
tackled i'll front by the bold marauder or
clasped from behind by the lurking gar
roter. Thus he has not yet figured ont
how slim young man is TO avoid as
Stunning Falstaffian dimensions when he
braces storage batteries and arsenals
around his waist.
Nor does he forecast the possibly trag
zeal consequences that might some day
result from the clasp Of loving hand
upon the thumb and palm that carried
the potential copper appurtenances he
describes, making inadvertent electrical
contact and producing catastrophe
when only endearment was intended
Chicago Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Death and Rest.

The lines engraved on Professor Hux
iey's tombstone show confusion oil
thought that one would not expect in the
burial place of this great man;
And Il there be no meeting past the grave,
Ii all l. darkness silence yet It's rest.
1t is not rest. There is NJ rest where Their,
is no consciousness Rest implies con
sciousness We lie down, we sit down, &c
r.st; we enjoy the repose. If death is an
utilization, there is nothing; neither light
nor darkness, neither work nor rest
There is nothing There are no words by
which We can express annihilation, be
cause there are no thoughts by which we
call understand the state Of nothingness
To me this total inability TO understand
nothingness Is one of the thousand .nd.
,atioEs o! ths continuity of life w altss
ur~~o.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
CA6LE UP THE AMAZON.
rs BE Laid I.4Oo Miles Up stresm-A
Hint for This Country.


An interesting variation in the usual
run of submarine cable work will soon
be shown in the laying of cable from
the mouth of the Amazon, | 400 miles
up the great river. This novel work
sill place the large and growing trade
If the dim but rich interior in direc.
communication with Europe, as well
rs with the immed late shipping ports,
and will unques tionably contribute
largely to the development of Brazilian
commerce. To carry land lines over
this vast and little known territory
would simply be impossible, and, as
there are practically no railroads par
alleling the river, the steamboat and
the cable are the great means of com
merce and civilization. There is a hint
here, however, says the New York
Post, that might well be adopted evcu
In the United States, where, il wires
were cabled and carried along the beds
of all available streams and rivers,
there certainly would not be the inter
ruptions now experienced through the
failure OF the land lines every time
strong gale blows. In Germany, where
military considerations often cause
things TO be done that would not be
done in the mere interest of peaceful
trade, no small proportion of the tele-
graph wires arc thus submerged in or
der TO avoid any bresE i'm the service nj
critical rNoments
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
GENERAL GRANTS FUNERAL.
The Procession In New York Was Eight
Miles In Length.

The procession, eight miles long,
wendell up Broadway between lines Of
old soldiers-hags yelled, drums muffled
and arms reversed. The Grant family,
except Mrs. Grant, who was unable TO
be present, followed in four carriages,
succeeded by the generals old staff, his
cabinet officers and detachments from
Grand Army posts. Members Of the
Aztec club. survivors Of the Mexican
war, formed Il group. President Cleve-
land rode with Secretary Bayard, and
they were followed 10y the vice president
and the cabinet, the supreme court JUS
tees, United States senators and COM
mittee of the house Governor Hill and
his suit aud committee of the state
legislature were of the cortege; also gen
tlemen who had occupied diplomatic and
consular offices under Grant while pres
ident Besides all these were official
guests filling 100 carriages.
Over the ashes Of the man who had
said Let Us have peace" all bitter
memories were forgotten. Speaker Car
Isle and eX-Speaker Randall rode with
CongresSmen Hiscock and Reed, Senator
Morrill, with Senator Cockrell, sherman
with Ransom, Ingalls, with Harris.
Famous Confederatos, distinguishable
by their gray silk slshos, fraternized
with Federal chieftains. Generals Joe
Johnston and Euckner officiated with
sherman, Sheridan and Logan among
the pallbearerS. Three other gallant
southerners, Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh
Lee and Gordon, were also present at
the funeral -~Prcsident T.. Benjamin
andrews III Scribner :
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Some Eugene Field Humor.

it was only a year or two ago when
Field played his last joke on George
CASTOR, the big hearted Italian, who is
still IN Kansas City and will sit and
read Fields poems for hours. Every
year he seemed to think more of the
singer humorist. When Field went TO
San Francisco, he wrote CASTOR letter,
briefly telling him of the fact. Us we'll
as the time and train which would find
him i'll Kansas City. Field would be
stopped over half an hour at that point.
But the worth Of the letter lay in its
pictures. On one sheet the humor:st
drew very bad picture of himself 60
ing to the train in Chicago. Over on
another sheet train was drawing rap
idly toward a station named Kansas
City; while in the foreground was a
very excellent likeness of CASTOR him
self, trudging stationward with two
baskets, one on each arm, and both
heavily freighted with bottles and cigar
boxes. CASTOR took the hint, and the
bottles and the cigar boxes and no were
all there ON time. SO was Field. Today
CASTOR regards this letter as one of his
proudest possessions. Washington Post.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05

II. O. Sheldon and W. :. Iiobcr ;
of Paw Paw. drove into piece If
woods and hItchcd their team near "A
large lree they proposed cutting 4 'wn.
The tree fell ihc Wron@ way and
crashed between the horses. Knocking
them both 10 The ground and smash
Ing the wagon to bits Nnattcrn prp's
work cXiricatcd the horses. VIII Cd
were none the worse Tor their expert
cnce.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Sizes of Heads.

Thackeray had an enormous head and
notably heavy brain, but some one
discovered an idiot who died about the
same time and left a heavier brain. OF
noted or notorious persons Mr.. Glad
stone and Lord Salisbury take large
hats, and Sir William Harcourt and Mr.
Chamberlain very small ones. Notes
and Queriea
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
History.

Mr.. Figg-What did you learn at
school today?
Tommy-Teacher told Us how the
cruel Emperor Nero used 10 amuse him.
self when he was boy by pulling the
legs OFF the flies.
Mr.. Figg-Pulled their legs, did he?
What became of him: Did he become a
promoter :-Indianapolis Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Hard Lii es.

Belle Elderly is getting some very ha-d
lines in her face
It's the strain OF being so girlish
That whore her hard lines come ia. -.
New York Tribune
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Accomplished

Over the shop IF barber IN 'hc ls,e vi
Man who supplies n, customer with oil
kinds Of fishing tackle max be read Pts
catorial Repository Tcn-orial Artist.
Ply ,iognomical Hairdre>-er Uranium
Manipulator Capillary Abridgcr. SHAY
'h2 and Hair Cutting with Amhidrxtrous
Facility Shampooing on Pathological
PrlnCiules
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
ALMA BUSINESS DI 2ECTORY
BAN X ( r S.

w s. TURCK " Ca general bank NJ
III business transacted. Dealers in Fore On
and Domestic Exchange. Special sttenti".
given O Collections. Office holrs 30 TO II q
m; l2 80 to 1873 p m standard Time.
WV. TUROK. A. ". WRIGHT. u. ). WAR;
} 4. SEAvEH.