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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16
TIE MOOR As A SERVANT.
~ y Picturesque Person. But Has
n uwn Nbtiena u Hps-
piiality

Al sftisf ln iosh bas q Moor for :
sefsauf fhe ar'ia fauad him ttnrinz
10 a si8e khas 81 fhe fair ana theY
had little shat fefesaa dances. says
ite NeN F0rk Ean Il aas uaas
SIZED shat Cor 'at asa ka0es little
EaElish ihaaEa BE- knee enough EaF
lish ur human nstafs d sag that hs
had beea a aetYnui ~ thH sgliAme fe.
fore the Nnf danced Asaia ulo artist
BAD ASKED aim to b. rs servant
The Nauf ulgit n0f say mdfestig
what la iha ATTIRE Scr hla seAnel
fobfs aaa taftAa etfe fnfsens but
hs di1 mufmur aamethiHs sboui be.Hs
dressed differently f1am Amen a.
servants Thr aftisi wasted hlm ~ ha
vas and said -
So 4s b Be- ln scarlet grandeur. ha
waitt ua ths artists studio apartments.
The Naessa bold thelf breath Has
n'ten the saeFmoaa man in red eaters
ths fesem e ap fhe fss taoffs The
artist noaseef bfrafhss assaiy
Ite as3 has tfsek = hospitality
toward BE smpiafrfs satsis ~ whIzh.
perhaps. i soali te sci faf the ART s
Cd hfaaa hiu Al t Ffafss neTse saa1.
tsfiug e. the aniul3sfsa 90 aoiemaiH
iatas Is Hbaa BIN saif g frrrt each
gefai as - ~ she arrives siis pfuf.
farsd haaa sn9 ae gIaHffs mufaaf
MH ffssa1
frfhHH tha artist hthA li tef
upi % eaffest ihe N Hewa tery
blr msn saa 'hs aftH treats tia -
In.ll
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16

Plants HaHer from eieasss aud -
ATTACKS q germs rrflans even mufe
than anluala an Some 4 fhrlf aHee
tihus hfe bfsg treated ii medicines
sprnFk ssF tut uihega NHh az ealls.
arkeFa HHstalts t0H fceMra the
radical usa af fhe Eulfs The growing
etonomie Importance q iHls hfantt =
agriculture IS saoNn b he recent ifsas
~ 1o Iase volume - ~ b Kumsf
of Halle. affaisd lo plant surgery ans
der ihe uils 60 fhe ialHaiosi.ai Arafs
omy of pianls = 0iats
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16
nnhmlns, clmkl-

The Bfahmlns ciocts divide ibe daY
iuio % huafs - et minutes sarh oailaa
shureta Qensi0uslly 4tuiauts
sana.slaaa s Hf hat maFr common.
D aEpf Enal eHh rg smal'
hoie Us ghs a1sHm af q taa bowi D..
lnE pla 81 tat slfiaEH il IRE uates
and graaHaHg allied % tas aeie ln fhs
hnfom Is saTettlg st ths haal
ainiH in e minaifs this Faesiru ths
dunuoa ~ ere shgfsf A. auealsu'
iheuupln fmptlrs thH basin ana
str.ssa the aaar q ihe dsy or nighi sa
tAe seas
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16
NplA's HIGH DEATH ROLL.
Mortality from Disease Takes or
MoFe People Tsen ThsTe Are
ID aam NatlonH

sesun mgluon 81 fstdfse and tueiss
thousand psrsosa nNmbsF greater
lAan ihs sheie popaiailon q ilenm4rA
Norway and Greece died in india ih
ie49 sroofains 10 a. plbssai Ftpoft tusi
issued The hEerfs afa amasina. says
tts fnndon Telsssnpa. ana in fact The
mortality fAte was hlehsF thAn in ihs
pFeceasak year helnk rapai n Nit AZ psf
1000 TIE principal rausss u death aFt
ihaa Summarized
Fstes tai nYserfsss s. ~ -
Efs'fra ss ssttN fissaH Sos. "a -
amalFef .sa HeA
% the sAisf diseases cholera sAs isss
prsssisnt than in 1901 TIE nprthNssl
frontier province ard ceofg vefe quite
free ffem ne disease. aHa in az tAs
ether provinces. escepi Bengal and
AssAm, tAs mortality va lower than in
the pfsvtoas yeAr The mortality frwW
amailpas eanflnWee ia Fass AHd aetnaut
"a fur ilt saa deaths bslne an lncreass
81 IS SIS - tAs numher recorded ia
1901 Ffom fefers also ths uqmbsf q
deaths Wa somewhat larger lhan 10 The
previous gsar riaFue spread consider
ably dafles tbs year are ias dsAlhs BE-.
creased - nsAFlf gQ pee eeaf % ths
mortality la 1901 ~ these lsfI5g o.
safrsd ia lsombay she Punlah eomins
test wifh ~ ~ followed b she united
provinces Ana nrnEai Atth t941 and
al s6i aeasaa respectively
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16
COMMERCIAL
CLUB DO|NCS
To Charge $500 for a Mem
hershlp Afier Iune Iit
RECITATION

Whereas. the Commercial club 81
yinitA las teen ofaAnlssd Tor Years
and during aaid time has constantly
iahoFod for ihe best interest u Niul-
"a and vicinity, trying % promote ia
growth aud the prosperity q Of -
people. 4ud
whefeaA only comparative teN
have buen faithful IN atteudAnce and
III manlisaslnF an enthusiastic isalfe
Ia pfomota the Alms and purposes q
aAlt riah and
WferssN. a great uamhey ~ tbe
most Influential rltlIeus sud heaviest
pruporlg owners q tie city of Niulta
have failed Or fcfasei % ueoome mem
bars 81 this club and have IN 40 Nsy
slgulnes tlelf interest ia Is wofk of
welfare. and
wlareas, this club i tlle only uf.
ganl8eA body ~ clslfeuA nos wofslna
goE the 10 llalldlug ard welfare u
Ninlta s. interested Ia IS Etowth.and
Whereas. an residents and cltissus
81 Vinlfa should b. interested n IL
growth. and pnRpeFlig
Therefore b. a n1oFti that tie
president u this club appaln, eame
mites. consisting q three memhsrs
from eAeh ward 70 inaaife into the
Gauss Of such eglaefn Withholding
their membership AMI Influence from
this eiab ard solicit tlielt help And
corporation ard a. report 81 ti.e ueat
meeting of thls clab iilir names q
such peFsoas a. they aiay have Inter
siensl AMI tlic Results of rhalr 10.
qaiy
TIE fallosihg committees sege ap.
pointed
Fin, para Phillips nagby Lab.
mar
seaoaa uara 0r Easietar, C0n.
nor
Thira aard shahalan Wilkinson.
Ctar.ess0ffh
roarth ward csley Narr camp.
boil
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16

TIE Giub me' ia IL new BAH over
tiie pssioriee. Tiers esfe about thlf
tY memhefs present NJ Whf ffum
east u Ktnlga was 4 guest ut Tie Clah.
telnR invited tg tie President Nj
Rladle i atfisa with lie Club regard.
ing fte buila.ng = 3 bridge acfu@
Little Cabin. near NJ Niffa fafu
a eommltise Wa appointed - -
care tie cd subscription lisf uaaf uas
onco lsfafe gotten ua and push tie
matter e hlihiiug thls bfIdFv = eam.
pietiou s. fast a. possible
tbs committees ou eous ituilou ard
hY.i4es reported sai read the usw
equalization ana hY.AAa ahleh ta.ef
Thought iass ciab sasla 90 sell =
adopt
it Nas practically 81 approved -
TIE club except as q Tie natter q
chaiglas an admifianos fcs O. rev
nlemtsfs of 500 afIef June 1. lsa
and slso "a old nlemlans
rhe club discussed this matter alfh
a goed deal % spirit and the anal 4dtc
showed ) divided taHe With oalg 4
small majority lu fagef u ths prafsnl.
tiun L seems "a e tlts wlll q tie
most active menoamHa adopt the in.
itlation fee pfacilee balEsome Thought
The e - elangc O. al1 membors sualf
clsi 3 fefy material Ios ln tlie meu-
heriir and would Hampef our p61a-
pecls e getting hes memlsm t8 take
their place b. charging stU % nav
memisFs
The alsaie mattaF mast gu through
prpsas u Published hatioos accord.
sac e tie feKt % tie GA bylaws for
% days sui II the old msmters ala
we're nat present lass night saal :
voice II tits matter. they viii have
an oppaftenlty ateb
The sla addltloual fee ctareed -
raemiets entities them % nicely
framed certificate uhleh mas be hung
~ % conspicuous place in the 0fIce
ur place u business il such memlxF,
a. does tie stu tee. The idea u the
$500 ehAfKt after June ]. t6 seems
20 he q induce certain Influential eIl-
liens Of TIE town, si5a are NOT no8
memtsfs % come into the club. ard
failare - - ~ before June 0. means
additional eost
Speaking u tto cia6 thls muruiuka
hlslusa man remarked III sou wfll
put laaf saf q ths Kf8und yoa can
hear certain fumhllnes that ara bound
90 effect Ihls town and community
Tor eoei that emiuale from the hail
0f the Commercial club. ana ii faa
cndofse llle d0ines e this ~ n men
Who are tF4lug iu 30 wllaf Is la.si faf
Tor Nlnlta aud viii give - Youf sas.
pori. fa8 Nill add just that mpah Ia
tile right klnd ui pneoafaFement
A committee was appointed Is =
cure. 4 possible, visit from pfesI.
dent Roosevelt when DO passes
Through hefe April 8 and III not. "a
~ leaat haNe him and hia party maize
short stop and give il 4 iio mil
utes speeeh
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16

The eEaf Asmfilmea wishes pflfaet
IN hie pafaes Al pssefhef thefe ls q
sumner aialHE h0uSe - arranged that
there ueea uol BE- aay ssfsanfs preset
durlnE the meal 4 telI s io,ieh 8
e ihe cad Il every eaaFe and TIE
table ART 81 g iis taaisats tsicsuda
ihforfh he noof 70 Fszepeaf iadsn
sta tishes FER me nsst eoafss
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16

Take Lexatige Bromo Quinlne Tab.
let4 Al druaglsgs refund the monsy
u y fAils = calr. = y Groves sla.
nAtlfe : 81 each box zse
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
PEOPLE IN PRINT.

Earl Carr, of Mountain View, Wash,
is known as the champion wildcat
killer. He is IA years old.
Dorr w. Stevenson, mayor of Arispe.
Ia, is Il years DID, but he had not
reached his majority when elected.
Jen Tom, one of the most progress
sive Cinnamon in St. Louis, will soon
make application to be admitted to the
bar.
Judge Joseph H. Kibbey, just APP
pointed governor of Arizona, has
high reputation as an expert on irri-
cation law.
Mrs. Moy Kee, wife of wealthy Chi
nese merchant in Indianapolis, is popu-
lar in the most exclusive circles of the
Hoosier capital.
United States Senator-elect George
S. Nixon of Nevada, now many times
a millionaire, was telegraph operator
26 years ago.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, English
ambassador to the United States, has
thoroughly mastered the subtleties OF
the American joke.
Mrs. A. Caroline Knight, preceptress
of the U. S. Grant university at
Athens, Tex, has resigned. Her teach
ing life covers a period of 6S years.
Mrs. John Cox, wife of New York
architect is the first woman to become
principal of the Chappaqua institute,
one of the best known Quaker schools
in the United States.
Frank Vincent Du Mond. the famous
artist and proprietor of the Lyme
school. has been appointed chief of the
art department of the Lewis and Clark
exposition.
The French government has be-
slowed the decoration Palmes AGA
demiques upon Miss Frances Johnston,
of Washington, G. But one other
American woman has been honored
In this way.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
CINDERELLA TRIES POISON.
Girl Forced to Stay at Home While
Sisters Enjoyed Pleasures
Would Die.

New York.-Because her elder sisters
could go to dances and theaters while
she was forced to stay, Cindarella-like,a at
home at night after working to help sup
port the family by day, pretty little Pau
line Katz, Is years of age, living on Sec
ond avenue, attempted to commit sui
eide by swallowing wood alcohol.
Prompt work by an ambulance sur
geon saved the girls life, but after be-
ing saved she sobbed that she wished to
die, and threatened to attempt her life
again if she had the opportunity.
For weeks Pauline has brooded over
her lot in the long evening when she
stayed at home after hard days of toll as
buttonhole operator in a downtown
clothing factory. She worked at the ma
chine all day, and on Saturday turned
in her wages to help run the home.
She longed for the pleasures of life,
but her parents told her she was too
young. and forbade her going to dances
or theaters or receiving the attentions Of
young men.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
OLD-WORLD ODDITIES.

Although roasted whole for IL hours
over coke fires, bullock, cut up and dis
tributed among 500 poor people at Sun
derland, was found to be still uncooked.
During the hearing of a case at High
gate police court it was stated that 10
persons were living free of rent in Sgd
ney Road Hornsey, because no land
lord ever called to collect it.
Along the converts made in London
by Torrey and Alexander was a we'll
known musical entertainer" Quenton
Ashlyn, who has decided that he cannot
conscientiously continue in his profess
sion.
An aged Korean councillor of state.
who is a strong reformer, Mr.. Choi TX
Yen, has been sitting outside the palace
gate at Seoul for five days" says jap
anese newspaper. HE proposes to sit
there until the needed reforms are car
ried OUT
Life saving runs in the family of Mr.
]. Parsons, young lighterman. of the
Hollows, Brentford. England, who. on
his twenty-third birthday, received the
Royal Humane society's certificate for
rescuing two boys from drowning. His
'ather saved 4S persons from drowning.
and the son now has total of % lives
to his credit.
A short time ago. at Camberwell
(Eng) registry Office, well dressed old
gentleman wearing a Panama hat. and
who gave his age as rs, was married to
young girl who has just passed her
seventeenth year. After the ceremony
son of the old gentleman, who will be
DO in few days, went through the form
OF marriage with lady who is in her
sixty-eighth year. Leaving the Office
together, both the happy couples entered
motor car that was in waiting and
drove away.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
SCIENTIFIC SPECIALS.

A cigarette smoker sends into the
air about 4O00,00O.0OO particles of dust
at every pull, according to DR.. Atkins
Investigations.
Experiments justify the conclusion
that increasing the intensity of light
100000 times does not alter its velocity
by as much as two feet a second.
Prof. Molisch, of Prague, says that
photographs can be taken by the light
emitted by raw potatoes and hard
boiled eggs in which the phosphores-
cent germs have been artifcially culti-
waited.
The degree of humidity of the at
mosphere, says M. Jaubert, a Paris
meteorological, is shown by the state
of the pavements. When these remain
covered with mud there will be no i'm
mediate change in the weather.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
FACTS AND FIGU hES.

Australia's exports OF wool to the
United States have doubled within
year.
The total number Of passengers car
ried by electric lines each year In the
United States is 1886, 0ue, 900.
The recent birth rate for St. Georges
in-the-East. London, the headquarters
of the alien invasion, is at the rate OF
CO.'S per 1000. This is the highest birth
rate ever recorded in England.
In spite of the many jokes that are
made at the expense of the Georgia
peach crop, that state produced more
peaches than amy of the eastern states.
1t is said that there are over 100000
trees that bear peaches in the state.
Sealskins to the number Of 3, 1913 were
shipped from Alaska last season. An in
dustry pursued incidentally with that
of sealing on the Pribiloff islands is that
of raising the blue fox for its pelt.
These animals, under the system in use,
are fed and cared for as if domesti-
Gated.
1t is said that the biggest shell ever
made was turned out by the Krupp peo-
pie at Essen, Germany. 1t was made
for Russia, and weighed $500 pounds.
The gun which is large enough to use
this shell is mounted on the fortifica-
lions at Cronstadt, and has a range of
IL miles. Each time that it is fired it
costs the car $500.
In the last nine yeras $1,000 motors
have been registered in England. Of
these $500 have been used for CONNER
cial purposes. The motor-wagon users
have formed an association and it has
issued a circular in which it is urged
that commercial automobilism, if gen
eral, would reduce the cost of keeping
up the roads and streets, lessen the
blocking of the streets by congested
traffic and make them less dangerous
to pedestrians.
The 1888 firms of brewers in the
United Kingdom last year brewed &c.
O54.657 barrels of beer, and upon this
they paid 6 1852 1873 in duty to tlae ma
tonal exchequer. According to a par
liamentary return there is only one firm
of brewers which has an annual output
of over 100000 barrels This firm
alone used 6,293, 963 pounds of hops and
4,359,71S bushels of malt, while its
payment in duty amounted to $685.
Ola shilling and pence.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
FUTS b4N -N LOVE ET MAIL
Postmistress Issues Cruel Manifesto
Against the Boys and Girls
at Glassport, Pa

Pittsburg, Pa.-Ihe postmistress of
Glasspor Mrs. r. M. Russell, who is
past the 'spooning" age, is not popular
with the young men and women OF that
town. A food of letters has passed
through her hands OF late. How the
postmistress knew they were love let
tiers is something the young people of
the town are determined to fathom.
When they reached the post Office
they read notice which said that no
more love making" would be permit
ted in the post Office and that "all boys
and girls under Is years of age must
have written order from their parents
before mail is delivered"
Mrs. Russell says the young people
of the neighborhood have been stimu-
lating their love affairs through the
United States mail. many tender mis-
sives being exchanged. She says the
parents complained, and to protect her
self she posted the notice. The young
people declare they will use their in
fuence with the department to find out
how the postmistress knew love mis-
sives were being received. Meanwhile
McKeesport, three miles away, shows
an increase in mail. Glassport young
people exchanging correspondence
through that Office now.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.

The Berlin police authorities intend
to take severe measures to suppress the
practice of placing poker in public
places.
Wildcats are on the increase in Scot
land. One measuring four feet long was
captured in a trap in Poolewe few
weeks ago.
The Liverpool police have stopped the
practice-common thereof canvassins
for the sale of collins at houses where
a death has taken place.
1t is expected that the expenses OF
Germany's colony in Southwest Africa
will reach over $7O,OOO,OOO before the
present instruction is put down.
This is a gross case" said Man
chester magistrate to prisoner, who
was making his one hundred and forty
fourth appearance before him for drunk
enness.
The French army administration is
organizing an extensive automobile train
service. to be used as conveys. The
trains are built after the designs OF Col.
Renard, a well-known writer on military
topics.
The British Army and Navy Gazette
asks: SIS it not sign OF racial degen-
GRAFTON when our soldiers feel pride in
wearing upon their breasts. in the recog-
nized place for war decorations, medals
gained through attending processions?"
While the foundations for the London
derry new municipal technical schools
were being made recently large num-
her of human skeletons were unearthed.
he place is near the Royal Bastion,
where there was heavy fighting during
the siege in $685.
The British war department is
alarmed at the horse outlook. The de-
velopment of the auto is diminishing
the horse breeding business, the class
of horses demanded for war purposes is
deteriorating. and foreign purchasers
are draining the available supply.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
DoN'Ts FOR THE YOUNG.

Don't think ii smart to be sarcastic,
Rudeness is often mistaken for Wit
Don't grow old too rapidly. The
world is sweeter in youth than old age
Don't write social letters on type
writer. Only business letters should be
machine made"
Don't laugh nor talk loudly in public
places, nor in any way attract undue
attention. 1t is vulgar to force ones
self on the notice of others.
Don't risk meeting with accident to
prove yourself brave. Many persons
are seriously hurt through foolhardi-
ness and a desire to "show off"
Don't lose your temper because 1t
rains on a day when you have planned
for an outing. The elements cannot
postpone work, but you can postpone
pleasure.
Don't ape the manners of the blase
man or woman. 1t is sad to see these
living who no longer take keen IN
terest in life. The world Is tull Oh
beauty, change and goodness.
Don't linger in the hall or at the
door when taking leave of host and
hostess. Your call is ended when you
rise to depart and you should STAND
not upon the order of going, but go al
once"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
BITS BY THE BABES.


Are you going to the circus VIII.
he?" asked the visitor.
1 s'pose I'll have to-" replied the lit
tie fellow. Papa wants to go and Pm
the only excuse he's got"
Mamma-Why, Johnny, is it possible
you are in the jam again after
whipped you an hour ago for getting
into it?
Johnny-Yes. ma'am. heard you
tell grandma you had whipped me too
hard. so thought I'd make it even.
School Teacher-"Children. can any
Of you frame sentence with the
words bitter end in it?" Little Girl
Tin front)-"Yes, teacher, please
can" Teacher-"All right. Nellie Won
may do So" Nellie-"Our big black
dog chased our neighbours cat and biz
her end.'
When a certain we'll known humor-
list first started newspaper work he
took house near Cincinnati. and one
day an actor friend went to dinner
with him. The humorist told some
new stories, and the actor, turning to
his hosts little girl. said:
Clever papa you've got, my dear"
Yes" responded the demure little
miss. when there's company"
Her parents had told a certain little
girl that it was very rude to contra
dict. She schooled herself against the
practice. therefore, with great con-
scientiousness. But one day a half
jesting accusation, made against ner
by some unsuspecting member of the
grown-up part of the house. nearly
made her fall from q state of grace
Luckily her imagination supplied her
with compromise In voice trern-
bling with tears and passion, size
gasped out: Il really think you are
mistaken-you-yoD beastl"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
Thoroughly Trustworthy.

The Japanese have reached hlgn tloe'
and their luck is about to turn. Inc
Chicago Tribune remarks that tne II
formation comes straight from sn'ne"-
tic Russian sources.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-07-22
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-02

Vania Gazette when IL was on the yerge
of bankruptcy and under his editorship
# became the bost paper in America
His Poor Richards Almanack. which
he started when he was twcnty-slx and
continued to publish until he was past
sixty gave him an international rcpu.
tation and was the source Of great
profit. BY the time he reached middle
life he was the best known aud most
important man In tho colonies
At this time Franklin was an Intense.
ly loyal British subject He had done
excellent service for the home govern
ment, and he was well and fayoraby
known in England. In the wars against
the French and Indians he had been
very active and had been honored with
the doctorate by both oxford and Ediu-
burgh. He visited Great Britain and
was feted and lionizod by everybody Of
note. He remained abroad several years
and had serious thought OF spend.
ing the remainder Of his life I'm London,
His scientific discoveries made him
more prominent IN European centeH
than he had ever been in Philadelphia,
which had not yet learned how to ap-
precate him. His fellow citizens were
quite ready to admit his business aud
political sagacity. but they were not 50
certain OF his scientific prestige
When the stamp act was first sug.
gested Franklin was sent 10 England
TO nip it in the bud. He did every.
thing he could to prevent it, even go.
ing before a committee Of the house
of commons to combat 1t. This made
him bad friends with the king, who
manifested his displcasure by profess
ing a sudden unbelief In the philoso.
piers electric discoveries. This was
Franklin's vulnerable point and il cut
him TO the quick SIN. he bore II in
silence and remained in London as the
advocate OF the cause o. the colonies
until the rupture was inevitable Then
he resolved to cast In his lot with his
countryncn and landed at Philadelphia
two weeks after the battle Of LeNIns.
ton, TRUMAN l.. ELTON.