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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
NORA PALMA DEAp.

It is hard to believe that the radiant Nora Palma" who visited Montgomery once. and who was one of the most noted bellies and beauties of the South. is dead
 The news that flashed over the South yes terday told of the sad truth Mrs. Nora
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
New Year
 Demands

A complete inventory of your re- sources and serious thoughts in re- gard to advancement of business and prosperity. Old expensive methods should be done away with, and up-to-time ideas grafted upon business machinery, We have some suggestions along this line, and among others we want to mention & & As s&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
For Stomach. Liver and Bowels.

Laxo Pills are a mild. gentle and re- liable laxative, designed to promote the healthy and normal action of the stom- ach, liver and bowels, and to correct habitual constipation. Druggists. % cents
 adv,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

The members of the Beauvoir Club will give a german on the evening of wednes- day, January B.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
YUcATAN RAILROAD MAN.
P. A. Fitzpatrick Visiting Montgou
cry Talks of That Country.

cry Talks of That Country.
 Phil A. Fitzpatrick, chief engineer of the United Railroads of Yucatan, reached Montgomery last night and Is the guest of his cousin. Division Passenger Agent R. s. Hay of the Mobile and Ohio Rail- road.
 Mir. Kilpatrick's headquarters are in Merida, Yucatan. the inland town that the railroad starts from. After being in South America a number of years he has been spending the holidays with his fam fly in Mississippi.
 He says that the Yucatan railroad now has about $50 miles in operation with something over 100 miles in course of con- struction. The cost of construction ia bringing 8 apiece. It is all home capital, however, one of the ironclad rules being that not one dollars worth of stock shall be sold to foreigner. The country as a whole is level as c floor and rocky, that being the only soil adaptable for the raising of hemp. The rolling stock and motive power are mod ern and up-to-date. while the roadbed is as good as any average railroad in the
 United States.
 MT, Fitzpatrick will leave this morning for New Orleans. where he will sail on the first steamer for South American ports.
 Big New Engines. The first of the six new Se-ton passenger engines for the Mobile and Montgomery division of the Louisville and Nashville reached the local shops Sunday night and
 took train No. to Mobile yesterday morning. The second one arrived last night and
 will probably take No. 5 south this morn ing, while the other four are expected daily.
 Of course it is rather. too early for the merits or demerits of the engine which
 went south yesterday to be seen, as the
 engine is new and stiff. but it is thought
 that these engines will be far superior to any of the other passenger engines on
 the division. There are eleven of these big engines altogether. the Mobile and
 Montgomery getting six and the South
 and North-Montgomery to Decatur-fve of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Mr. c. 0. Williams of Atlanta, has been the guest for several days of MT. and Mrs. George Greene.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
TO MRS. ToNrY.

On New Years evening at their home on Goldthwaite street. MT. and Mrs. James s. Pincbard entertained few friends delightfully."- in compliment to Mrs. Toney of Louisville. Ky. The evening was spent in conversation and the en- joyment of delicious boufret refresh ments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Mrs. c. c. Greene left last night for a short visit to friends fin Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Miss Petty of New York is the guest ,f Mrs. Montgomery Smith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
IN coArpLIMENT TO MRS. roNEY.

~ AA4sS' 4O&GI \ .
 Mrs. Louis B. Farley's luncheon on Sat- urday to Mrs. Sterling B. Toney of Louisville, Ky. was one of the swellest small affairs of the past week.
 The table was spread with renaissance lace, over red satin, the flowers used were red carnations, and the lights were red shaded and burned in silver candle sticks.
 Mrs. Farley's guests were:
 Mrs. Toncy, Mrs. Charles Thigpen, Mrs. Wm. c. Oates. Mrs. James S. Pinckard, Mrs. R. F. Ligon. Mrs. W. ]. Drum, and Mrs. Hubert Dent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Misses Essie Powell and Katie McClarn have returned from visit to relatives at Garland and River Falls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
.Apueal for Aid.

Mrs. A. c. Birch is visiting friends | Washington, D. C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
NOTICE DIXIE CHAPTER U. D. C

The regular monthly meeting of the Dixie Chapter of the U. D. c. will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 3:9( o'clock at the home of Mrs. James s. Pinckard on Goldthwaite street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05
PERSONAL ITEMs.

A marriage to occur this evening in Union Springs is that of Miss Maggie Lou Hanson and Mir. Ike Feagin, in whom Montgomerians are deeply interested The bride is daughter of Mir. Donald Hai,- son. and her mother was Miss Bessie Copeland, who was before her death one ot the most loved women in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Mrs. Hubert Dent will entertain at luncheon tomorrow in compliment to Mrs. Toney of Louisville. who Is the guest of Mrs. Vim. c. Oates, and Mrs. H. s. Ma thews of Birmingham, who is the guest of Mrs. Louis B. Farley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Hubbard and daugn- ter. Maggie Hubbard, will leave this morning for Union Springs, where she goes to attend the Hapson-Feag wed- ding. Miss Maggie will be one of the six ribbon girls at the wedding.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

Miss Coralette Metcalfe, who has spent the holidays with her parents. left yes terday for Atlanta, where she will visit for few days Miss Alice Stelle. and tEe two friends will return together to school at Alexandria. Va,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

News has come that Mrs. J. J. Collins of Chicago, mother of Mrs. ". J. Drum and sister of Mrs. de Cottes, was present at the burning of the Iroquois Theatre In Chicago, and worked through the entire day and night in resuscitating the in- jurod. Her description of the. horrors of the day is full of thrilling interest.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
SLANT SYSTEM
FOR SCHOOLS
VERTICAL WRITING DISPLACED
THE CURTIS SYMMETRICAL
SYSTEM NOW ADOPTED.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-The
Board of Education, after careful and
exhaustive investigation" of the diffe-
rent systems of penmanship submitted
70 its consideration, has concluded that
a change from what is known as the
vertical system of handwriting lis i'm
peat've, the vertical system of writing
being awkward, unnatural and incon-
sistent.
1t was therefore ordered yesterday
by the Board that the system of writ
ing known as the Curtiss semivertical
freehand writing, and publish by the
American Book Company be adopted
for term of four years, commencing
June 3, 1904, as the official series of
penmanship to be pursued in the de-
partment.
The award is made conditional on the
making of such changes in the script
Of the cony books as the Board may
require before July %, 1904, and on the
exchange of the new books for old ones
Of the vertical system held in stock by
dealers in San Francisco. 1t is stipulat-
ed that the adoption and distribution Of
system of penmanship by the State
text book committee. The Ameican
Book Company is equied to enter into
written contract and execute bond
for $50 600
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR
MAY 1904

MAI lJUt.
acknowledgements mean for the
month, al; normal, TAI; average daily
maximum, sos; average daily mini
mum, 68.3; mean daily range, 1875 de-
grees; greatest daily range, 20 degrees
0lth); least daily range, 6 degrees
9th; highest temperature, "a degrees,
C23rd); lowest 81 degrees Q1th).
Barometer average 3O.O1O normal,
30.O31; highest, 3O13 9th, 9Th and 6th)
lowest, 29.91 (21sD; greatest 24-hour
change, that is from any given hour Of
one day to the same hour on the next,
SO g a. m. and 8 p. m. to a. m. aud
p. m. 9TH, and 9 p. m. to 9 p. m. 18th
18th; lows passed this point, 9th TO
18th and goth to 25th inclusive; highs
LIST to 9TH and 10th to 18th inclusive
Relative humidity average, 69,5; nor
NAL, 1875; mean dew point, 629; normal,
GAO; mean absolute moisture, 6,31
grains per cubic foot; normal, 6.53.
Rainfall, 1888 inches; normal, 2.55;
greatest 24-hour rainfall, O.3O inches
(from 3 a. m. to a. m. l5th); rain req
ord days II; normal, 49,
The artesian well water fell from $500
10 $3.50 feet above mean sea level May
3lst. 1903 il stood at 3i65, The average
daily mean sea level was go, the os-
summed annual mean being 40 feet above
datum, For May, 1903 10 was o a.
Trade wind days, 26 O. NNEli normal,
ai average force of wind, beaufort
scale and during daylight only, 90, ay
erase cloudWtss, tentha of sky, $40,
normal a..
approximate urrrantaF. uf district
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15

the famous beauties of
all the oong
and which Dixie is famed.
:+:%:o0
COUNTY COMMISSION MEETS.
held yesterday
L. Crabb W.
M l. Crabbe elected
chairman and the absence of Chairman H. Cooper
presided the Chairman Cooper have presented
performed by the commission but his absence
OF Hawaii this being done.
M the necessity of appointing clerk to attend the
his views this matter being endorsed by Vice
promised the work for
meeting enOgraphc of the proceedings
transcribing give lump
o 5000 $500 for the whole.
Lloyd mentioned for the position but
made for the The commission adjourned to
meet next Tuesday evening at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
BISHOP B CO.
BANKERS
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Transact business in all departments
of Banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
Commercial and Travellers Letters
Of Credit issued on The Bank of Cali
fOrnia and n, NJ. ROthsChild q Sons,
LOndOn.
Correspondents: The Bank Of Cali
fOrnia, Commercial Banking Co. Of
Sydney, Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong q
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank of India, Australia
and China.
Interest allowed on term deposits at
the following rates per annum, VIZ:
Seven days notice, at per cent.
Three months, at per cent.
Six months at 81 per cent.
Twelve months, at 4 per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT,
Act as Trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates (real and personaO.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable Papers, Wills, Bonds, Etc,
received for safe-keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEPARTMENT.
Auditors for Corporations and Pri-
vate Firms.
Books examined and reported on.
Statements of Affairs prepared.
Trustees on Bankrupt or Insolvent
Estates.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15

rainfall as compared with normal; Ha-
wall; Hilo district, 80 per cent; Hama
kua, 1O5; Kohala, SO; Waimea, 3d. KO-
ma, 40; Kau, variable, from ~ per cent
at Hilea to 166 at Naalehu; Puma, l25.
Island of Maui 76; Oahu, Honolulu dis
trict, Ga; Nuuanu, 65; KOolau, Is; Eva,
90; Island of Kauai, 30 per cent.
The heaviest monthly rainfall was at
Olaa O7O0 IT elevation), 1888 inches.
The heaviest 24-hour rainfalls were
at Olaa G7OO), Az inches, Ookala, 800
and Puuohua, Hawaii, 2.67; all on the
4th
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
RED CORPusCLES.

According to DR.. =. b. Hawk, who
has been testing the blood Of athletes
before and after eve. aisn. the increase
In the number of red corpuscles is
greatest after swimming. The actual
figures showing the percentages OF gain
after dir 'rent forms OF exercise are:
1OO-yardu dash, PAS; l2O-yards hurdle,
Els; half-mile run, l79; mile run, 1879;
two-mile run, SS, broad jump, six
jumps $50, three-mlnute game Of wa
Ter polo, lOiA
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
TEMPERATURES.

Eva Mill: dew point, $40; relative
humidity, 61.O; barometer average, 5000.
Kohala: dew point, GAG; relative hui
nudity, 7I2.
The precipitation throughout the
group, with the exception of the Island
of Hawaii, was considerably below the
normal, and was the lightest May rain
fan recorded at the Weather Bureau
for eight years Dew at Honolulu four
mornings.
Notes from other stations: PepeekeO,
Hawaii, snow on mountain tops 18th
and still visible END; easterly winds
throughout, average force, 1.2; heavy
surf LIST to Sth inclusive dew two morn
ings Kohala and Waimea, Hawaii,
trade winds all the month.
r. c. LYDECKER,
Territorial MeteOrolOEist.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
RUssIANs REPEL ATTAcK.
ISOLATED Press. Morning Service.

Associated Press. Morning Service.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.--Gen.
Stakelberg reports that battle began
at noon around the Russian position
four and one-half miles $ nth of Vafan-
go, the enemy making repeated at
tempts to dislodge the left flank The
attack was repealed. Colonel Khayas-
touroff and Lieut.. NodOchinsky We're
killed and Gen. GemrOss wounded,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
Claus Spreckles. VIM. G. Irwin.
Claus Spr0Ck0IS & Go,

HONOLULU, H. 1.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
National Bank of San Francisco
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada Ma
tional Bank OF San Francisco.
LONDON-Union OF London & Smiths
Bank, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Corn Exchange National
Bank.
PARIs-Credit Lyonnais.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank Of New Zealand, and Bank OF
Australasia.
VICTORIA AND vANCoUvER-Bank
OF British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issued. Bills OF tx
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
IN MEMORY

70 prrprtuatr the memory of D. G.
fcnrosr who w one oft the foremost
authorities ou GrrcN architecture, %
library bearing DIS name will Boz erect
ga Zoo connection With thu British
school ut Athens
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
Notice to BOndhOlders
EVA PLANTATION co.

In accordance with the terms under
which It's bonds were issued, the Eva
Plantation Company will pay, with ac-
crued interest on July LIST, 1904, One
Hundred TIL, Jsand Dollars ($1OO OON. OO)
of its bonds. TIE numbers of the
bonds to be paid are as fC"ows:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15

Associated Press, Morning Service.
TOXIC, June 15.-The Vladivostok
squadron has appeared in the Korean
straits. Firing is heard from Tsushima
and it is believed an engagement is
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15

TACOMA AFTER CONEMAuGH
Associated Press Morning Service
SAN FRANCISCO, june Tho a.
b b Tacoma has sailed boz search of th,
tuurWauEh.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15

JAPANESE MARCHING NORTH,
Associated Press. Morning Service,
LIAOYANG, June 15-Three thousand
japanese are marching north towards
Huay Ensiang
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
MNInN MINEMa nMrnMINn.

VICTOR cob juno la Thirty .s.E
union minors have boon lrp0uri
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15

Short Trips
FOR
Travellers

Tourists who wish to see the wind
ward side of Molokai, with it's wonder
full cliffs, deep gulches and fertile val
/ Us, with the most unique and beau
tiful prospects on every hand, should
take the trips on the new steamer Like
like. Around Molokai in 7"ylight with
night run to Lahaina the ancient CAPT
tol.
Sailings, Monday at 8 p. m, re-
turning Tuesday night.
Wednesday at p. n, returned Fri
day night.
New steamer, all deck staterooms,
airy and commodious.
Full particulars at Wilder's Steam
ship Company office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-15
THE
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Territory Of Hawaii.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-17
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Department Of Insurance.

Tense. When the time comes Japan
will guide the yellow whirlwind and
direct the yellow storm, and I am
prone to think that certain nations
will find it veritable sirocco. In
that day, not so far distant as may
be imagined by those who have not
been thru China Of late, Japan will
feed fat on territory"
So a renowned Satsuma graduate of
German university talked to the for
eign attaches, who listened to him
seriously and discussed his startling
statements for days thereafter. Thru
the length and breadth Of Japan you
hear the one tale that the empire is
putting all the strength Of her kim
dred race soul into the effort to forge
China into weapon for her handling.
In China the clever Japanese turns up
everywhere.
The spirit which won the world
great battles is the spirit with which
modern Japan, the child of the world S
old age, will go into action on sea and
land. mo surrender is the Japanese
motto. and they mean it. God help
any officer who quits in conflict, no
matter what the odds. He had better
go to hades than back to Japan. Death
Is nothing to be feared, and it may
be made glorious if the sacrifice is
for the son of heaven and the sun
flag. AS the Kokumin, a Toxic news
paper, declared a few days ago, ''bet-
ter for a Japanese the sorrows of a
hundred bells than defeat or disgrace
on field or food
A few days ago in Yokohama har-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-17
Minneapolis Resident Officers
r. A. Chamberlain, E. H. Moll|ton, H. H. Thayer

filled with bursting charges of dash
and initiative, and brilliantly led. De-
spite their stiff, Earring German step,
they are able to cover remarkable dis
tances in surprising time. Keen
eyed, hardbitten, sturdy chaps they
were; short and compact with depth
and breadth for lung and heart plant.
They were proud and felt their oats;
and why shouldn't they? being quar-
tered on the helpless inhabitants of
the district, under arbitrary and in
solent rules that turned every house
holder into a military chambermaid.
Like the Yankee bad man, they de-
clared, in the vernacular, they could
'whip their weight in wildcats"
China to Fall Back On.
The younger officers were not slow
in saying that they wanted to pitch
into Russia. Said a major of the
great old clan Of Satsuma, which, with
Choshiu, rules Japan thru the Sat
Che combine:
Japan is in no danger of race sui
eide. The mothers are not Sinking
maternity as in other lands, and the
result is that we can spare half a
million men a year for an indefinite
number of years and not miss them.
It is not conceivable that we should
have to pay such price in any pos
sible war, but it is just as we'll, per-
haps, that we are ready and willing
to pay. This year the productive area
Of Japan has been increased from
one-fourteenth Of the total to one
twelfth. Barring Formosa and the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-17
fcorrasnondence London Mai1.)

CORRESPONDENTS LOlluol Me1li''
Yokohama, Nov. 16-In the comfy
Of nations, Japan is young III years.
but old in wisdom.
Her elder statesmen play world pol
itics serenely, confidently, ana WIN d
subtle craft that bears the palm away
from the sophisticated diplomats OF
the occident. Has not Japan, tho pal
fled oft. yet won in the END practlcally
every worthy thing she coveted, except
Port Arthur, which it took three ma
lions to despoil her Of. Treaty reV1-
sion. sisterhood with the powers, and
alliance with England, colonies, com
merce, an army and navy, q merchanI
marine and manufactures, and all good
things like these she has won for her-
self in a generation.
She is the infant prodigy among the
municipalities and powers Of the earth,
and, as poor old China. who taught
her so much, learned to her exceeding
cost, Japan can be the enfant terrible
fIust now it is Russia who is wonder
ing how much of a fight the child OF
the worlds old age could put up
against a military nation.
The Spy Fever.
Not seeking but not averse to con-
hict, the warhawk Of Japt is soaring
over the mouni >tns of Nil N, keep
IS ing a sharp look-out on Ko1 "a. From
{ the Kuriles to Formosa there is not a
! son Of Anna who questions for mo-
ment but that at It's first swoop the
battle-bird Of the sunrise kingdom
would tear the eyes from the Roman
off bear. If you care to feel like a
prodded bear In cage, just conjure
with the word Russia at present in
Japan. Talk about the publicity of
royalty! 1t is clustered gloom to the
searchlight of publicity that is thrown
upon a Russian unfortunate enough
to be In these islands now. The mere
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-17

Dor, I was on the Chin Yen-taken
at the Yalu-where she lay sur
rounded by the battleships of England,
France, Germany and America. The
officer Of the deck pointed to the long,
white, smart and beautiful French
cruiser, the Chateau Renault, and re-
marked:
1--WE would sink her like a liner. She
shakes herself to pieces at full speed"
Pointing to the mighty bulk Of u.
S. S. Wisconsin, on the other, I asked:
What about that one?" And the
cocky little officer on his little black
ocean bulldog, cried confidently:
Anyway, she can't lick us!''
A little later, on the Wisconsin, a,
tall, thin-faced, acid-voiced lieutenant
said, with sublime certitude:
''Say, you put any Jap you like on
our port bow and any other on the
starboard, and we'd get 'em both. And
that goes for the ships of any other
country, too. Look at that twelve
inch baby up forrid thar. Only hits
about twelve times out Of fourteen.
That's bad, I guess. We were mighty
raw with the big guns at Santiago,
but never again"
|, Stephen ENGLAND,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-17
JAPAN 1.-THE CHILD OF
THE WORLDS OLD AGE''
the onWhy Japan Is Land Hungry
Room-The yellow Whirlwind of China
Led by the Japs-National Sentiments

presence of a 'ski' or "off'' in your
name is proof that you are Russian
spy, and the entire public resolves it.
self into a committee of the whole to
take notes. From the number Of
spies reported weekly to the authori-
ties, it would seem as if one-half of
Russia is in Japan, preparing for the
other half to invade.
saw the army maneuvers which
closed this week in the presence Of the
emperor. who is aging rapidly, his
careworn air being generally re-
marked at the launching Of a new
third-class cruiser at Yokosuka, and
at his birthday ball. Tenshisama has
his troubles, and they are not all po-
litical. The new woman is not un-
known even in the palace at Toxic,
now a city of 100000 souls.
But back to the maneuvers, which
were impressive, showing a thoroly
disciplined body Of intelligent men,