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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
ALARM CLOCK STARTS
FIRES IN EARLY MORN,
FASTENED TO WIRES
Connecticut Man Lies Abeo
Until the House Has Been
Nicely Warmed.

Waterbury, Conn. Feb. 2S.-Menlo
Park may have its Wizard Edison, but
little old Thomaston village thinks the
universe should pay some attention to
its tinkerslnith, Burns.
He's first selectman and keeps the
jewelry store. but these honors are not
his claim to undying fame. My, mol!
He does not like to get up early morn-
ings, nor does he like to open a cold
store. Wherefore:
Burns nailed an alarm clock securely
to the floor. To the key he attached IL
stout string, n TO the string he fAs-
tened three wires. The wires are fas-
tened respectively TO the lower regis
ter, the cold air draft. and the stove
pipe dalnper of the store stove. Burns
sets the alarm an hour earlier than
the time he formerly had To jump out
of bed and tend the stove. The result;
The alarm goes off. the key revolves.
the wires wind up. the fire in the stove
gets a hump ON.
Can you beat it?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
BEATS PASTOR.
HIS EYE SMASHED

Detroit, Mich. Feb, 2S.-in the reg
nlar quarterly meeting of the Metho-
dist church at Flint, Mich, as the meet
ing was drawing to a close, Mrs. Mag
gle Fields, a member of the church.
made her way to the front of the
church and attacked Rev. c.. F. Hin,
The pastor.
She hit him in the face and then
landed nothe blow on his right eye.
closing his optic a few minutes later.
The minister attempted to defend him
self and in the scuffe the woman re
ceived q slight injury.
Mrs. Fields, however, had a grievance
growing out of a disrespectful remark
which she alleges the minister made
during d discussion of church affairs
last summer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
CASH
GIFT TO CAMPAIGN
fund, NO LARCENY
New York Supreme Court So
Holds, Acquiring Perkins
by just One Vote.

Albany. n. Y, Feb. 2S.-The u of
appeals today decided in favor of
George w. Perkins. vice president of
the New York Life Insurance company.
in the matter of the charge of grand
larceny against him in connection
With the payment of funds Of the New
York Life to the republican national
campaign in 1904.
The decision is by a divided court.
voting 4 to 5. The prevailing opinion
holds there was no larceny. owing TO
the absence of any criminal intent.
The dissenting opinion holds that
larceny consists in taking property be-
longing to some one else. even for
~commendable purposes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
DEPRIVE LAFoLLETTE OF
CREDIT, is HOUSES AIM

Washington. D. c.. Feb. PA DELHI
crate attempt to rob Senator IaFollette
of the credit of legislation limiting the
working hours of railroad employees
was made when the house, after consid-
erab,e debate. passed its substitute for
the LaFollette bill.
The most important amendment is
the elimination of the word "knowing-
ly" wherever it occurs. which has the
effect of relieving the railroads Of re-
sponsibility for overwork unless 1T is
permitted or required With the know
ledge of the railroad management that
an employee has worked overtime. An
other amendment strikes out the pro-
Visions in the section regulating en-
ploynent which reads:
Unless Immediately prior to said
Neutrality-suspicious. period such employe
had at least eight consecutive hours off
duty and during said period of twenty
four hours following had at least six
consecutive hours off duty"
The measur is also so amended as
to require reasonable prudence" not
ORDINARY pr~udence,' as the house sub
Etltute provided.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01

hat ran from a plea for legalized COM
oinat!ons of railroads under government
supervision to a suggestion that the gov
ernmen control railway stock issues.
a charge and an admission that the
misconduct of the railroads created this
popular anger that moves determinedly
Tor their regulation.
a charge that no other country in the
world is so hostile to large transportation
interests.
An assertion that the purchase of South
srn Pacific by the Union Pacific had
given the southwest ten years advantage
N development, that the failure of the
Union Pacific to secure the Northern Pa
,ific left the northwest ten years behind
where it would have been if control had
1een obtained.
All this ended in a remarkable scene
where the government and the man
stood confronted. The days events
gave vivid INC intimate realization of
the problems of swollen wealth and
railway regulation. 1t made notable
contribution to the financial history,
light and dark, of the time.
Mr., Harriman's examination was
conducted by Mr.. Kellogg, of ST. Paul,
Mimi. special counsel for the govern.
| nent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
SWISS GIRLS WARMED
AGAINST THE

Geneva. Feb. Is. The police depart
ment of the cantons OF Berne ana
ThurgoVie ave issued warnings adNis-
ing the people not TO einigrate To Salt
Lake City.
Mormon missionaries have obtained
many converts, aimost exclusively
young girls, in these two cantons, and
letters which have been received from
the police.
From these it appears that the girls
We're tempted away BY the most glow
Ing accounts of life in Utah. but that
when they arrived and had spent what
money they possessed they were
turned out on the streets.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
WYOMING soLoN IN A
SMOOTH LAND GRAF

Washington, d. C., Feb. 27.-As a
parting shot, Secretary Hitchcock has
thrown a bomb among the politicians
IN congress who have criticised the
campaign against the public land graft
Prs. Representative Mondell, of Wyom-
ing, induced the house of representa-
lives LAST week to adopt an amendment
10 the sundry civil bin forbidding the
examination of lands embraced in any
entry on which inal proof had been
Saade. While Mondell was advocating
he amendment, Hitchcock learned that
ne had filed fina proof for a patent on
leo acres near his home town of New
Castle, an affidavit accompanying the
application that Mondell declared he
had resided on the place continuously
For the term required by law. The de-
partment is informed there is no resi-
fence on the homestead and also that
there Is coal underlying the surface.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
CONFEREEs AGREE ON
RIVERS-HARBORS BILL

Washington, D. c.. Feb. 2S.-The con-
ferees of the two houses or the river
and harbor bill reached an agreement
his afternoon. The bill will carry $780,
963, 600. Among the senate amendments
which the house conferees refused to
accede to was the increase in the APP
preparation for the Improvement of the
Mississippi river between the mouth OF
the Ohio and the mouth of the Mis-
souri,. CARRYING s LOCO. O0A
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
is WILLING TO HANG
AND SAVE EXPENSES

st. Louis, Feb. 2S.-"Ill just plead
guilty and stretch hemp It'll save
the cost of prosecutin' my case said
Thomas w. Morgan when arraigned
before Judge MCKINNEY in circuit
court.
Il killed my man and I'm willing to
take the consequences. | guess it would
cost he state q couple of thousand to
try me. and | want TO save it the trou-
ble OF finding me guilty"
judge MclIlhinney refused to accept
the mans plea and will assign him AN
attorney.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
DOES NOT
MIND PUNCTURED LUNG

P%ittsburg. Feb. 2s.-.All the victims of
Fridays wreck on the Pennsylvania are
doing Well. From Altoona comes word
that Postmaster John r. Kline, of Jo-
liet, IT, man most seriously hurt, will
recover. He is much improved oday
and his punctured lung is not giving
him much trouble.
Postmaster Busse. OF Chicago. is also
much improved and expects to go home
FRIDAY.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
IF MONKEY IS MADE
PRETTY, man WILL Be
Experimental ON
Beauty Specialist to Bleach
Ape, Give Rosy Cheeks and
Change Chin Bone.

III. Lewis, a wealthy man who has suf-
fered from a complication of diseases,
has entered into an odd contract with
IA beauty specialist by which he hopes
to improve his personal appearance.
He has agreed to pay $4,000 to the
physician for AN operation on the face
and head of n haboon and if this is
successful the colonel agrees to under
go a similar operation and pay $50, 600.
The specialist agrees to perform the
operation on the baboon to bleach its
entire face and neck, tattoo rosy cheeks
on the ape. resllape the nose and fill
the cheek hollows. modify the chin bone
and increase the growth of the hair.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
REAL SPOTLESS TOWN
is PLAN OF SPOKANE,
EVERYBODY TO SCRUB
Mayor Orders Cleaning-Up Day
and Bankers, Women and
Laborers Will Pitch In.

Spokane, Wash. Feb. 2s.-Mayor
next month. setting aside April s as
Arbor and cleaning-up day. when 5O,-
900 men, women and children of the
$4,000 population will join in u move
ment to clean the city and plant trees
and shrubs.
Not a penny will be raised, all being
lone by voluntary service, and min
ing kings. lumber barons. bankers and
prominent business and professional
men and women will work shoulder to
shoulder with statesmen, clerks and la
OorerS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
TYPHOID ATTACKS
ADMIRAL EVANS MEN

Washington. ID. G., Feb. 2s.-The sec
Rotary of the navy today received a
dispatch from Rear Admiral Evans,
stating that the battleship Connecticut
would sail Immediately from Guantan-
amo for the north With a typhoid cpl
demic aboard. there being thirty-fvs
cases now under treatment
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
KATY BEATS KANSAS
In COAL LAND CASE

Washington, Feb. 2s.-The %stubbornly
contested case Of the state OF Kansas
against the United States, which was
brought al an original action in the
supreme court. was decided by that
court by dismissing the states petit
ton to be adjudged the owner as trus-
tee for the Katy ROAD of vast and valu-
able tracts of coal and farming lands
in ndian Territory.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
BIG FOUR MANAGEMENT
BLAMED FOR DISASTER

Fowler, Ind, Feb. 2s.-Coroner Comfy
today returned his finding in the case
Of the Big -Four disaster January 10.
He finds the assistant train dispatcher,
conductor, engineer of the freight train.
and head officials of the Big -Four guilty
Of gross negligence, but does not order
any arrests.
P-cENT FARE BILL
SIGNED BY GOV. HANLY
: indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 29.-Gover-
nor Hanly today signed the 2-cent fare
act. 1t goes into effect in June.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
POLICE CHIEF SAID
TO FLEECE TOURISTS

Salt Lake City, Utah. Feb. 2S--George
Sheets, chief of police. and George
Raleigh, chief of detectives, We're ar
rested today, charged With completely
in a conspiracy to fleece tourists pass
ing through Salt Lake City.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
BURNING GIRL JUMPS
IN BARREL OF WATER

Tulsa. /. T.. Feb. 27.-With her cloth
ing aGanle. Mrs. Pu:nam, of this city.
escaped Death by burning, by plunging
into a hogshead of water. She was Sc
Nerely burned.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
LACEY INDIAN BILL
is NOW AGREED UPON

Washington. ID. G.. Feb. 21.-The
house and senate conferees have agreed
on the Lacey bill, which provides for
the distribution OF the Indian tribal
funds pro rata to all those mixed
and fullblood Indians whom the sec
rotary of the interior may decide To
he competent to run their own fairs.
This is OF much Importance TO the
northern Minnesota tribes, as there
are many OF them who have consider
able amounts to their credit. When
Simon Michelet, superintendent at
White Earth. arrives here this week.
he will take VI the matter OF proper
distribution With the Indian office.
PENSION BILL PASSES.
Washington. ID. c., Feb. 27.-The sem
ate this afternoon passed the pension
appropriation bin, carrying s145,0 00, 900.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
MOVES A RAILWAY
TO HIS FRONT DOOR
Indian Puzzles Survey Engineer
by Changing the laYout
OF Stakes.
KATY WINS IN LAND SUIT
vernon Aanly, of Indiana, Signs the
2-cent Fare Bill to Be
Effective Next
June,
KAT WINS IN LAND SUIT
TRUESpALE ALSO
EORSEES TROUBLE.

New York. Feb. &~-President
William Truesdale. OF the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western. in a
published interview says:
"A campaign Of agitation against
exec,rfiys aathas,+W 10 tsatns vaged
throughout the country. AT the
same time there Is manifest every
where a spirit of unrest and dis
trust regarding general financial
conditions and the continuation of
our great prosperity. / may be ex-
IRENE In my comparison. but The
prices OF both labor and commodi-
ties cannot go on forever increasing
without a day of readjustment. No
doubt there is some justification for
the public hostility against rail-
roads. On the other hand. there is
little doubt that the conditions com
planned of are not SO bad or so uni
Versal rs claimed"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
PHILIPPINE CYCLONE
KILLS TWO HUNDRED

Madrid. Feb. GA Manila dispatch
that the southern Philip
pines have been ravaged by a cyclone,
and that 200 persons We're killed and
thousands rendered homeless.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
COLORADO IRON HEAD DIES.

Denver, Colo, Feb. 2S.-Frank j.
Hearne, president of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company. died in his apart
ments at the Brown hotel of peritonitis,
aged co.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
WHOLE FAMILY DIES,
POISON SIGNS ARE FOlJkr

Wright and her 5-year-old daughter
were found dead and Mr.. Wright in a
dying condition today in their home.
Traces of cyanide potassium Were dis
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
CHAMPION %HENPECKED
MAN Is MR.. STAMhl

st. Louis. Feb. 27~.-According TO the
allegations in his petition for a divorce.
Edward n. s;aa2m. a molder. is en-
titled to wear the belt as the champion
hen pecked husband.
He alleges he was forced to cook for
his mother-in-law.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Chicago, Feb. 27.-New York ex-
change S per cent. discount
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01

Washington, u. c. Feb. 27-rhe can
teen loses again. SO far as veterans are
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21

and Mrs. Amos Martyr, Miss Anna
Huston and Miss Della |. Perry
attended the musical entertainment
in Andover Monday evening. Yes,
and Supt. Hetley's smiling counten-
ance was present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Otto's three
little boys were taken sick suddedly
Sunday and made the moments
lively for their attendants and DR..
Murphy. Our telephone lines are
not strong enough to tell about the
laughable experience, so we are
minus.
c. j. Day, owner of the marble
and granite works at Bookings, was
in Pennington Saturday. Mr.. Day
erected the most beautiful monument
in this part of the state Friday for
Mrs. V. n. Perry and children to
mark the resting place of their dear
one who was called from earth Nov.
Z, 1906.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21
High School Notes.

The chemical laboratory table is
here waiting to be set up, also the
library tables and reference table
for the assembly room. The chemi.
cal laboratory hood will be con-
structed at once.
Albert Hyde and Earl Goodwin
are putting in their vacant periods
wiring the high school building.
The teachers meeting was held in
the eighth grade room last Tuesday
evening. The subject was Instinct"
Don't forget the social at the
school house Friday evening. Every
body is invited.
The football boys go to Milbank
next Saturday to play the high
school team. Thanksgiving day the
Milbank team will play in this city.
The NIilbank basket ball team
will play our team in Webster a
week from Friday. The local team
has secured the Kading hall for
practicing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21
DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dan.
gerous For Webster People
To Neglect.

Tie great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health Ii
gradually undermined. Backache
headache, nervousness, lameness, sore.
mesa lumbago, urinary troubles, dropsy
diabetes and Bright's dieease follow in
mertiless succession. Don't neglect
your kidneys. Cure the kidneys with
the sertain and safe remedy, Doan's
Kidney Pills.
MIRA Louls A. Carter. living in the
northsastern part Of Sisseton, South
Dakota, says: II heartily recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills, ss have found
them to be a remedy Of great merit. /
usedthis remedy twoor three years ago
when suffering dragging down pains
and weakness in my back, caused by
disordeted kidneys. and they brought
prompt relief. Again last spring / sat
fered considerable annoyance on
account Of the irregularity Of the secre-
tions and package, 90 severe that I was
unable 70 rest either day or night. /
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21

eastern failures. The money market
was OF course put in panicky state,
but did the western man gain any
thing thereby Were not hundreds
Of factories closed in the east? The
employees Of those factories have
been fed from the farms Of the west.
and where will the portion they
would have used be disposed of? Is
II not time to call a halt and stop
and reason? Time to forget the
east, the west, the north and south
as locality and work together as a
nation. Time to cease clamoring
for the destruction Of the large
financial institutions Of the east and
rather seek their cooperation in
building up western industries.
Time to notice some Of the great
benefits that have been worked
throughout the entire western and
southern country by the munifcence
of eastern capital rather than trying
to array section against section by
mentioning only the deeds of oppres.
sion aud lawlessness. Without the
markets and financial aid of the east
the farms of the west would grow tc
weeds. Without the farmers of the
west the eastern mills and banks
would close. An injury to one is
the concern of both. 1t is time tc
return to unselfshness. There can
only be one road to a continuation
OF the nations greatness, the great.
est good to the greatest number
without attention to section, caste OF
condition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21
30 o'clock p. m.
Auction.

The undersigned will sell at public
auction on his farm Section six, Web
ster township, commencing at II o'clock
noon, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, the follow.
ing described property to-wit: One
brown mare with foal, years old One
pony seven years old. One colt q
months old. One colt six months old
One milch COW. go young hens. One
lumber wagon. One top buggy One
two seated buggy. One Home Com.
fort range. One sewing machine One
bed. Other household furniture and
articles too numerous to mention.
Terms of Sale:-All sums of $1,000
and under cash. On sums over $1,000
time will be given until Nov. /, 1908
on approved notes bearing eight pei
cent interest. Two per cent off for
cash.
+. @ Edgar.
j. r Chapman, Auctioneer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21

4 very fine hove party was given at
the farm of Mr.. and Mrs Fred Spearing
ia honor OF the birthday of their two
children, Elmer and Edna. Although
Elmer is fifteen and Edna thirteen
years OF age yet by a strange coincidence
their birthday comes OH the same day.
About twenty OF their young nelghbor
friends gathered there "Wednesday night
and a most ENJOYABLE TIME was had by
all. Games, dancing and music fur
nished pleasure for the evening followed
by a bouutiful supper of good things
The masquerade ball gwen at the
opera house last Friday evening was
one Of the most pleasant social events
of the winter. The attendance was
large, the music fine, the costumes many
and very pretty. Miss Rose Block, as
the flower girl. was awarded the first
prize among the ladies. Xavier Gagnon
scared the gentleman's prize, and Mrs.
Gould won the prize for the comical
costume The event was so successful,
happy and pleasant that another IS
promised IN the near future
Charles ) Ashton, brother.in- law
of DR. II. A. Peabody, OF this city, who
now owns a newspaper at Madison, ).
d, is in Sioux CitS, Iowa, this week
as the defendant in $4,000 libel suit
brought against him by woman for an
affidavit published by him when he run
the Northern Nebraska Journal nc
Ponca, Neb.. few years ago The
woman won the case III the lower court
two GEARS ago, but through the supreme
court Ashton secured new trial which
comes OFF this week
The local lodge of the Modern
Brotherhood of America which was
instituted in Webster several years ago
and which has paid two death claims
here, is now adding class of new
members with the aid of State Man
ager w. E. Stegner and Prof H l..
Moore, OF Sioux Falls The Modern
Brotherhood of America is on the
reserve fund plan, accepts both ladies
and gentlemen, pays both life and accl-
dent insurance and old age pensions
You can join now without riding "that
awful goat.
There have been nine cases commenced
in the circuit court of this county ask
ing that the court deny the right of the
county commissioners to open the new
road from Granville to this city. The
complaints allege that the new plat
is unnecessary and that the road can
better follow the section lines than the
new plat. In case the court does not
deny the right of the commissioners to
open the road the plaintiffs ask for dam
ages in various sums for the land appro-
priated. Anderson & Waddle are attor-
neys for the plaintiffs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21
Pennington Fashions.

Open the door for Thanksgiving
Henry Otto and wife are visiting
in Iowa.
DIR. Murphy, of Pierpont, is a
frequent caller.
Butcher Meng, of Pierpont, was
with us Sunday.
Mrs. Will Rudolf has been SER
iously i'll the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. v.R. Potter returned
Sunday morning from their visit in
the east.
Merchant Hildahl, of Pierpont
was out Saturday and finished the
new deck roof at "valor Heights"
Supt. Hetley is in northwestern
Day this week looking after his
teachers and their little locks.
Miss Clara John son, who resides
south of Pierpont, commenced school
Monday in the Tompkins district.
Plasterer Newman, of Pierpont, is
lining Fred Wagner's house and
making i more comfortable for VIM
ter.
Lumberman Raffelson and wife
and daughters, Of Pierpont, journey
Cd to Pennington Sunday by the
gasoline route and we're guests Of
Lake View" and "vslor Heights"
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Brooking, Mr..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-21

again appealed 10 Doan's Kidney Pills,
u.aln received prompt relief. My back
is now strong and the kidneys are IN
uerfectly healthy condition l teel well
m every respect and owe my good
health 10 Doan's Kidney Pills,
For sale by all dealers. Price Do cents
Fost, r. Mllburn 90. Bntfalo, Ne" loIH,
sol. agents tor the United states.
Remember the nume-Doan s--and
taAe 10 other.
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Teachers Meeting.

The following is the program OF the
teachers meeting TO be helt at the
assembly room of the school house, IN
this city, on November % aud 30, 1901.
These meetings are of great Importance
TO teachers and County superintendent
J. Fl. Hetley urges every Day county
teacher 10 make special effort 20 be IN
attendance at all OF the meetings:
PROGRAM:
Friday, November 80 $3.50 o'clock m
Song ................... Association
Prayer 40. .. Rev. l.. Y. Slocumb
Promotions ........ Prof Van Walker
(Discussion)
Violin Solo ................P Prof. Rest
English In 7th aud Sth Gardes 49,.
...... -. Miss Alice Stratton
(Discussion)