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The Washington times., 1905-12-17

would let me alone. ] can do things
as well as any boy il they would only
give me time and not be nagging me
all day"
He was late with his sums that day
The teacher kept him after school and
he knew that he would be late getting
late anyhow, he did noi care much. He
would rather be late any time than to
hurry.
AS he passed on his way home along
path leading through piece of woods.
he came 10 a place where the way divid-
ed. one path going up over the hill and
one down through the meadow.
Beth came out on the highway at
equal distances from his home, and as
usual Robert hesitated which path TO
take.
whats the hurry. anyhow" said the
boy 10 himself. and sat down on a
rock
II was an afternoon in the late fall
and warm for the eason of the year
The last leaves were futtering down
from the trees and here and there q
squirrel OF blue1ay could be seen. So
Robert Just looked around langudly and
loafeo. thinking OF nothing In particu-
BY and by he saw n particularly bI-
biuetay hoDping across the carpet OF
follen leaves and coming right toward.
him This rather surprised Robert for
as a rule. bluejays are shv birds. When
the bluejay had hoped close UP to him.
IL put its head on one side and looked
up al him with a funny expression in
It's little bead-like eyes.
Then. to the boys utter aStonishment
the creature spoke In n thin. reedy
voice. saying: We'll Rob. how goes II ?''
AZ first Bob was too surprised 10 re-
ply. and. 10 tell the truth, he was q
little frightened. too. for one must ad-
init that = IS calculated to make any
body a trifie nervous 70 have a bluejay
speak in a mans language.
come. come. cont be all day" SAID
the bird. sharply. Speak Jip."
Well i declare, exclaimed Robert
%, OF course. you do. But what do
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bad enough to be afflicted with Pro-
crastination and. Iudecision without add
ing Impoliteness to your faults
The boy assured the Wishing Bird
that he had not meant to be impolite
and asked the bluejay how il got it's
funny name.
%, /" replied the bird, II was born that
way. IL is my duty to go around and
give people a chance TO wish And,
what's more TO the purpose. what they
wish for they get Now / viii give you
just one wish. And remember this is
your only chance / never speak to q
person but once during his lifetime
Now wish Give il a name. Do not be
bashfui. No trouble to oblige."
There were many things Robert want
ea and the more he thought the more
should name as his wish. He thorght
| and he thought and took so long about
IL that the Wishing Bird finally became
| impatient
other. ard finally said petulantIy: 20,
come now. don't be all Eight about it,
1 Hurry up.
Il wish you wouldn't hurry me-" said
| Rohert right out before he thought
.Hai hai" screamed the bird you
/ have got your wish,
And IL flew away. Squeaking out q
horribly 6iscOrdant laugh as it went.
As Robert walked rapidly homeward
he was so grieved at the thought Of
what he had lost that the tears came
to his eyes in spite of all ne could do
The first thinG he did when ne reached
the house was TO look up the words
'Indecision" and '.Procrastination'' in
the dictionary and read over again their
definitions
From that day his parents and his
TEACHER noticed a great Improvement IN
Kooert; who came to do things an
promptly as any other boy and. though
he has never been able 10 ind the
Wishing Bird in any work on orni-
thology, he is convinced that he lost
q a~n- hx- Ir7sla -suf1
end Procrastination when the blue1aY
net him coming home from school.
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HOW THE JAPANESE Battle.

In Japan every one. rich or poor. takes
enc hot bath a day.
Each house possesses a round. barrel
like tub. and in IL the bather kneels
The temperature OF the water varies
from ITO 10 10 degrees. and no Japanese
thinks of taking less than an hour to
battle in.
Before going into the bath preliu-
mary scrubbin" takes place. for which
each person is provided with a brass
bowl full OF water and q small stool 70
sit on. The bowl is constantly rehlled
with hot water and the skin thoroughly
Scrubbed. The body at last gets so per-
fectly cleansed that when its owner
steps into the bath tub the water is not
''sOileG. so TO speak.
A japanese considers his or her bath
before food. and there - no doubt that
the vitality and endurance OF the Jap
apeSe are greatly dWe 10 their cle9nly
habits. The water Is nlw7vS heated by
charcoal. and II is said that JepaGese
woman takes five minutes 10 wash one
arm
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breeze enough and to spare. For FIVE
hours We drove, through IL blindly.
From my station on the after-deck
could not see the lookout at the bow.
and ! could see our foremast only a.
q vague shape
We kept the horn going faithfully
and listened sharply for the signals %
other vessels. Several times we passed
ships in the thickness without seeing
them. but their horns and whistles
told us that they were a safe distance
Off. Then suddenly we heard blast
right ahead of US. / ordered the helm
hard down Instantly. and the good
schooner answered II as quickly as q
high-strung horse would. But IL was
too late.
A dim mass ioomed over US. and the
next Instant we heeled. while our main
topmast came down with a smash. A
tramp steamer had hit US full and fab
on the port quarter.
The vessel backed off. again i'm
mediately. but not before | had spied
the name on her bow. Even while the
TOP hamper was still rattlsng down and
coming about our ears. I shouted TO the
steamer to stand by: but there was no
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THE WISHING BIRD.
A Storu of Procrasunauon and IndecIsIon y

you declare? That's what 1 want TO
know. Come. time is fiyingr'
You are just like everybody else"
said Robert. wanting me to hurry,''
We'll. yes, but the point is. you see"
replied the bluejay, that YOU don't
hurry Now what do you think OF me-
Well said Robert slowly, .'I think
never heard bluejay talk before"
'Of course you didn't said the bird.
with little toss OF It's little head. and
you probably will never again: so you'd
better make the most OF this conversa-
ton
What sort Of a bird are you any
way;' asked Robert.
'Me?'' said the bluejay. 20, am he
Wishing Bird"
The Wishing BirdI" repeated the
boy.
Yes, the Wishing Bird said tho
bluetay somewhat testify, .ard my pa
thence Is not the longest in the world
either. so you had better look out" and
the little creature assumed a threaten
ing air that made Robert laugh.
Don't laugh" said the bird. 1t 10
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PUNISHED.

Robert Have you done your home
work yet?'
No. mother. not yet"
Every night this couveTsatio took
place between Robert and his mother.
for Robert was one of, those boys who
never did anything that he could pos
sibly put off.
The next day at school his teacher
said to him:
Robert. YOU have two great faults,
Indecis.On and Procrastination."
These were pretty big words. and the
teacher saw by her pupils expression
that he did not quite understand them.
SO she said sharply: Go and look up
'fndecision' and 'Procrastination' in the
dictionary at Cncei At Oncei''
Slowly Robert did as he was told and
found that the teachers remarks were
far from complimentary.
It's the same old story, said re TO
himself Everybody tries TO hurry me.
It's Robert, dc this at once, and Rob
ert. why don't you go Immediately.
from morning Till night. l wish people
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the head of it, who had prepared every
thing with her own hands. Jean sat
opposite Isobel- The place opposite Mrs
Stewart was still empty.
Uncle ready?" said Jean
Just a moment. dear. He was de-
tanned at the office rather late"
lsobel remembered suddenly that she
had never met jeans uncle.
He came minute later. and Isobel
was surprised. He was a very young
man. Isobel had always thought Of
uncles as gray-haired or baldheaded
or gray-haired At least.
Mr.. de Puy was dark and slender. His
face was thin, and he had beautiful
dark eyes. he looked like his sister
Iscbel was afraid she was not going
TO like Mr.. de Puy But when the first
course was over and he got up and be-
gan removing the plates with a grand
sweep of his arm she changed her mind
quickly.
You see. we do It this way" smiled
Mrs. Stewart. First course, Francis;
second course. Jean; third course Elo-
ise. That gives each one an opportunity
TO display his talents. and no one gets
too tired
% 20. then. please what can I do?" cried
Isobel. Il just love TO do things"
Jean allowed her TO assist in removing
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THE LIFE-sAvING CHRISTIANS TREE

This is the story Of a Christmas tree
that saved the lives of seven of us on
bitter December day.
1 had bought Il schooner in Portland,
Me.-one Of those fine New England
built craft that can outstay almost any
storm and outrun the ships CT almost
any other country. My object was to
ioad her in New York with all sorts Of
5tuff-clocks, medicines, cotton cloths,
cutlery, and little OF everything else
and go trading down the san Bias coast
and along the north coast of South
Africa.
When We got ready 70 start there
came a chance to do a little business in
the way of Christmas trees-a belated
lot that had been detained in the woods
by a railroad wreck. owing to their
late arrival in the port. t:Iey were prac-
tically worthless, for most OF the deal
crs had filed all their orders and no
one wanted to touch them.
In this predicament the owner came
to me and said:E "a
See here, captain. You are going to
New York empty. Your vessel is fast,
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To Sallie as she closed her eyes
There came a terrible surprise.
Dreams had just come into her brain
OF what her stockings would contain.
When she woke up. and full OF dread
Saw stocking standing on her bed.
Poor stocl<ingi Full OF holes was he,
A most he3rt-rending sight TO see,
Needle and thimble. egE and spool.
Were with him. looking stern but cool
And each his finger held i'm air
And said to Sally. Now beware,''
And stocking growled: There will not
be
a single gift for you in me,
Because you would not darn me. so
/ Will not hold a thing. you know"
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answer except a confused shouting and
then the sound of her screw got
fainter and fainter as she ran on.
Quickly we got tarpaulin over the
rent in our side and so checked the in
rush OF water temporarily. TIL we
could clear away the wreckaze that
threatened TO beat another hole in ouI
side. But II was only too plain that
our schooner was done for
While part OF the crew labored at the
pump and others chopped the topmast
and gear loose and let 1t drive of IN
the sea. | pointed the vessel straight
toward the Long Island beach. Ac-
cording TO my calculation We should
have been about abreast OF the Fire
| hoped that we could get close enough
In to attract the, attention OF the life
saVers-our only hope. since our boats
were gone.
Well. she sank fast. but despite IT she
stiil sailed wonderfully well Just be-
tore DUSK. the weather cleared and we
could see the beach. very far away.
I ordered the signal gun to be fred at
once. but to my horror discovered that
IT had been carried away when the mast
went. BY this time the schooner had
settled so that her rail was awash. and
we all had to climb UP on top OF the
cabin The cold soon began to overcome
us. for We had ali been well soaked dur
ing the work Of clearing the wreckage
l realized that no one would be likely
10 sight our sunhen hull. and as the cold
was getting worse and the sea was ris-
ing again. 1 knew that we were in a
desperate case.
Then a lucky idea came to me. Our
first mate had saved a big Christmas
tree and lashed II on the cabin to-, 10
take home to his children. / gave orders
TO tie II 20 one OF the ropes OF the main
mast and then set fire to it. As soon as
II burned up well we hoisted IL to the
top OF the mast. and II made a mighty
flare in the darkling sky
Well, within twenty minutes we saw
the beautiful. graceful boat OF Uncle
sam life savers climb over the sweIls.
and before O'Clock that night we were
IN the station. safe and sound And /
made that steamer pay me for that
schooner and the Christmas trees too
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makes the fewest errors wins it. Care
must be taken 70 select words Of com
mon use that are generally mispro-
nounced. Of which there are more than
one would think without making a list
of them.
The following are suggested for tho
first game. There are only twenty Of
them, but the player who can CORRECTLY
pronounce them all should have the
richest prize that the family can afford.
both as noun and as verb
A-dult-accent on the last syllable
Ap-pa-ra-tus-accent on the third svI-
liable, with the as in rate
A-cous- -tic-accent on the second svI-
liable, with the "ou'' as In "our"
-to-mo-bile-accent on the third syI-
liable, and bile" as in bill" not ''beel -
Bi-cyc-le-accent on the first syllable
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why, look at me; I'm rusted red"
In thin voice the needle said
And carning egg said: Il feel small
Because you don't use me at alli''
thlmhie and spool cried: Yes, indeed
A spanking is the thing you need"
Stocking groaned hoarsely. moaned and
sighed.
on how these holes do hurt he cried.
! IN hardly able to believe
she II hang me up for Christmas eve
Just think what sorrow / would caust.
TO dear old Mister Santa ClausH'
linen needle. thimble. spool and egg
1ried, "Saliie. use us quick. we begr'
Ibey gave poor Sally such a scare
she mended stocking then and there
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and with anything like fair weather. you
should make port two days before
Christmas Now II. you VIII carry my
lot of trees you may sell them for
whatever they will bring and send me
half. Thus / will be saved from total
loss and you will make something for
your trouble"
That suited me first rate We hurried
the trees aboard anc SET sail in one
OF those beautiful late December after
Moons. when the sea lies as still and
smooth as mid-su.1iner ocean. 1t
was bitter cold. however. and the light
wind that drew from the northeast was
cutting as a whip.
That night II continued TO grow cold
presently we were snoring through
green seas and carrying such bone
in our teeth that il was a delight to
watch the vessel with the white seas
cascading on her bow continually.
She proved all that ! had expected
OF her. All day long, though the wind
became greater and greater, She bored
her way steadily on, and even when the
breeze had risen to half a gale she re-
mained so stifr that We carried every,
thing until sunset
Every sail on her was sttff as board
and we overhauled and passed 4 Clyde
built steamer so fast. that before dark
the fellows smoke could hardly be seen
asfern.
weather got worse. II was a half gale
no longer, but full one. and we put
reefs In and took I'm some of our top
canvas. Despite this precaution, the
seas became so violent that at midnight
they smashed two OF our life boats,
hanging 70 the falls. Later a sea came
abeam and carried our only remaining
boat. II dinghy that was lashed on deck
clear from Its fastenings and stove 1t
against the mainmast.
However. with such a good vessel
under us we didn't mind the loss OF tho
boats much and we pushed right on.
Well. we did so well that we raised
the Long Island coast a full half day
ahead of our best calculations; and then
all at once a white sea fog shut down.
II was not the kind without wind.
Although the gale had gone. there was
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HAM SANDWICHES.

Most of us know the good old doukis-
oarreled riddle. why need we never
Starve in the desert - s.Recausa ~ tha
sand which is there" How did the
sandwiches get there7 Ham settled
there, and his descendants bred and
mustered. The following is a clever
rhymed version OF the cid joke:
\ traveller DER the desert wild
Should ne'er let want confound him.
For he at any time can eat
The sand which is around him
II might s rsm strange that he shousA
find
Such palatable fare,
Did We not know the sons Of Ham
Were bred and mustered there
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in" 1t is universally pronounced CO.
cane
Cor-net-accent on the first syllable.
ze-ma-accent on the first syllable
Ex-em-pla-ry-accen on the first svl-
liable. with ''ex" as "egz"
Gla-di-o-lus-accent on the second evil
liable with the 1 long.
Ob-n-ga-to-ry-accent on the first syl-
liable.
Or-tho-e-pist-accent on the first syl-
liable.
Par -e-sis-accent on the first syllable.
Pro -gramme-accent on the first svI-
liable. with the a in the second syllable
as I'm "am"
Py-ram-i-dal-accent on the second
syllable. with the in the first syllable
soft.
Not one person In a thousand. perhaps,
pronounces all those words correctly.
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BILLYS THOUGHT.

Ihere isn't any other month
As good az Is November,
for there are two good holidays
In that one month. remember.
ana then. what corking holidays
Those two are for feller,
Both jammed full OF excitement from
The attic 20 the cellar.
Ihe FUN around the voting booths
Is simply something glorious,
And certainly the bonfires
AT night are just uproarious.
And later on the turkey. not
To mention the minee piesi
Wei. just bet November is
The month that takes the prize.
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PETERS SLEEP FRIENDS.
PIE CALLS ON HIM.

One night TO Peters bed came Pie,
And screeched: You ate me on the sly!
Though i was big enough for four,
You bolted me, and looked for more;
And, fearing that you would be caught,
You did not chew me, as you ought.
Mince pies must not be treated SO,
However good may be the dough.
And therefore I'll sit on your chest
And not give you moments rest.
I'D make you dream that you were dead,
With big gravestone on your head.
My teeth will grind, my eyes viii slare,
Until of mince pies you beware"
And Peter. when he woke. said: ''Myi
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JEAN STUART ENTERTAlNS.

Isobel had been invited to dine with
Jean on the Friday night following her
party. Jean had asked her in school,
came to Mrs. Strickland from Mrs.
Stewart
Mrs. Strickland already knew the
story of Jean and her mother and the
shirtwaists. but as she tossed the note
across the breakfast table to her hus-
band. she said:
Charming note. She must have been
well brought up. 1t shows social train
ing. l don't mind if Isobel goes, do
your"
Isobel knew quite certainly that her
father did not
Everything on the table that night
was as dainty as the dainty woman at
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the second course, while Mr.. de Puy
made fun OF her because she went so
slowly and cautiously After he made
fun OF her she was sure she liked him.
for there were merry lines about his
mouth and eyes as well as sad ones.
Mrs. Stewart brought on the ice cream
and they were forced TO admit that she
did her share more quickly and grace
fully than any of themselves.
She always does" sighed Jean. Its
terrible 10 have a Derfecionist for o
mother"
Altogether the dinner seemed to Isobel
the best and iolliest she had ever known.
Mr. de Puy helped them put away the
dishes. teasing them both all the while
in q boyiGh. pleasant way
Now come on and play!" cried Jean.
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A PRONUNCIATION MATCH GAME

No pleasant OF more instructive en-
tertainment for the young people OF the
family, or for the whole family. for that
matter, could be devised than a pro-
nunciation match. Or suppose we drop
the word match" and call il a game
to be played around the sitting room
table In the evening.
Here is the way TO play it; Appoint
some one leader and let him give out
the words by spelling Inem. Offer a
prize of some kind, and the player who
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A QUEER LAKE.

Slr Peter Lumsden read a paper be-
lore the Royal Geographical Society, in
which he describes lake In Asia about
six miles long, the bed Of which Is one
solid mass Of hard salt, perfectly level.
ana covered by only an inch or two of
water. To ride over ir yUas ISIsa rtdt, :,
over ice or cement. The bottom was
covered with slight sediment: but
when that was scraped away, the pure
white salt shone out below How deep
this deposit may be IL Is impossible TO
say. for no one has yet got 10 the bot
tom OF It
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SHUT-EYE-TOwN.

10, no! thcre---an aboard Tor "shus-
Eye-Town.'
The brakes are all up. the signals pullsa
down;
How silVery and soft the conductors
last note.
AS over the ear the sweet syilabies
noat:
By-lo. by-lo TO Shut -Eye-Town..
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with the long and "cyc" as sick" The
y in this word is not long, as Il IS in
the single word cycle"
Cdf-fe-in-accent on the second sylla-
bic
,Ci-ca-trix-accent on the second syIla-
BILE
Cfc-a-tri-ces-accent on the first and
thlrd syllables, with 'tr-,- as in trial -
Clem-a- -tis-aCcent on the first syllable
Co-ca-ine-accent on the first syllable.
the in Ca" obscure, and line" as
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GLAD THOUGHTS.

I'm glad the hippopotamus
Does not live in my town with US.
For think how awkward il would be
IL one should ever step on me-
I'm glad that Nightmares are not real
For they are bad enough AT night
And II they ran around by day
l guess US boys would die from fright.
! m glad that pumpkins have no legs,
For our cook is very wise.
And II she had TO chase them. she
Would not bake many pumpkin pies.
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IF YOU LOVE YOUR DOG

Don't overfeed him
Don't chain him up whore ne can
not get under cover
Let his kennel be dry and warm
Let him have a good run after his
bath.
Let him have exercise every day
Give him fresh drinking water each
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FER CHOICE

Dorothy was accus tcTred TO havfnk
her eggs broken mo tae cup oeTOs .
they came 10 the table. One morning
she said: Mamma. why can't have
my eggs cooked with the hulls on. saua
as you do?"
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or WASEIINGTON TIMES JUNNOR READERxGN
PEN NAMES AND NIcKNAMEs.

I. Charlotte Bronte-Currer Bell.
2 Samuel Clemcns-Mark Twain.
2. Joel Chandler Harris-Uncle Re
mus
(. Charles Dickens-Boz.
- D Shakespeare-f,ard Of Avon
Z. Wadsworth-Poet of Nature
s. Bunyan-Immortal Dreamer
3. Benedict Arnold-The Traitor
10. Napoleon Bonaparte-Little Cor
poral
II. Peter Dunne-Mr. Dooley.
10. William T. Adams-O,iver Optic
IL. Mary A. Dodge-GaH Hamilton.
IL. Gladstone-G-a nd Old Man.
10 Benjamin Franklin-PooT Richard.
16 Jennie Lind--Sw wedish Nightingale
II. Jonathan Trumbull-Brother jon
athan.
1s Francis Ciark-Father Endeavor.
10. General HarriSon-Tippecanoe
70 Mime Dudevant-George Sand
Il. John Watson-Ian Macla-en.
Y. J.. c. Holland-Timothy Titcomb.
y. Donald G.. Mitchell-Ik Marvel
. Elihu Burrftt = The Learned
2s. Samuel c. Goodrich-Peter Pariey
H. DR.. Oliver Wendell HolmeS-Auto-
crat OF the Breakfast Table.
e. United StateS-Eucle Sam.
PUNISHED.
There was a boy, who said: There is
No Santa Claus ar ALI
And when the rest of US got gifts
Why, he got none at all.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-08-05


Tenemen enen t but no % license less than 1863
urinal basin private house From zoe 10 800
Watercloset in bar saloon From GOO 500
family
Lots 9: feet front to be sndard Irritating to be done
Excessive regulating Idaho
Springs Water Department
Tumbler Washer Drug From 100
quantity
quantity
quantity
quantity per
cubic
100 cubic feet
from
cubic
approval super
the will be shut on The the right all and
pipes the sdewa applicant the
An
d [
license shall be granted for less @ time for fountains
pnkng for household No hose shall
sprinkler shah be
private hydrant irrigation sprinklns The
the
comsbmsnt Of single cnnecon with thing
section Any person pe7a tap
without the
o.
change the ang connected wh
person. upon of specified
hee articles conviction
shall
o this ordinance are hs
Ch Of Springs approved
---+.--.....- "A d
Mayor ~
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-08-05
Ate est
Cir CLERK
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
Published TO compig With the State Law
AN ORDINANCE
IL RelatIon TO Iases.

City uf of
Section
of
annually
mixed within
yided
full
ordinance
specify the object which
Of mills
mills
in mil
dollar
which shall
Aforesaid shall
include said
the Of
month
The Immediately
him provided
the
the
az he eb
l ne OF
day OF f.- A D. 1905.
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