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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-08

Mr.. and Mrs John Gurley; Of
Pine Bluff, Ark, came to .ur city
Tuesday to make it their future
home.
Miss Ida Jones, recentlv Of Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, has decided to
spend the Spring and Summer here
The Editor was the dinner guest
of Rev. and Mrs G. l.. Netherland
Wednesday evening at their palati-
al home on East Archer. Mrs Ne
therlsnd is indeed al ideal hostess.
DR. l. J. johnson of Coweta
came over in his five passenger car
Sunday and remained until Mon
day. The DR. was accompanied by
Mrs Johnston, their children and
Miss Mamie Perry sister of Mrs
Johnston While here they we're
the guest of Mrs James Cherry,
Mrs, Mary Penny OF Paul Valley
Okla is the guest of her sister Mrs
Arie Newberry on Frisco Avenue.
Mrs, n. A, Perkins, of Claremore,
Okla, was the Monday guest of
Nrs. Jefferson, on the corner O {
Frankfort and Cameron.
Miss Myrtle Begley, Of Bristow,
Okla, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Maggie Armstrong, was here
Saturday evening in-route to Lena
pah, Okla, where they will spend
several weeks with their sister.
Mrs. Minnie Spivey of N. Detroit
will leave Thursday the 18th. for
Chicago, III.
Mira. G II Hutohins is up again
after a week of confinement.
Mrs. Beatrice Ragsdale Carter
and little daughter, accompanied by
Mrs. Bessie Willis, came over from
Muskogee Wednesday to visit in the
city for several days
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-08

Miss Ida Jones, recentlv of Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, has decided to
spend the Spring and Summer here
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-08

Mrs. Minnie Spivey of N. Detroit
will leave Thursday the 18th, fol
Chicago, III.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-08

Mr. and Mrs John Gurley; Of
Pine Bluff, Ark, came to ur city
Tuesday to make it their future
home.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-08

Mrs. G II Hutohins is up agal
after a week of confinement
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-08

Mrs, N. A, Perkins, of Claremore
Okla, was the Monday guest Of
Mrs. Jefferson, on the corner o
Frankfort and Cameron
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His Real Victory.

The writer has seldom witnessed
deeper feeling or more enthusiastic ap-
plause from a student audience than
that which greeted the confession OF
southern student who arose before the
men OF his university and confessed
dishonesty In debate. The young man
had recently won the sOphomOre-jun-
Tor prize debate, but later in chapel he
asked permission to make a statement
to the student body, saying: Il over
heard my opponent rehearsing his de-
bate In an adjoining room, and, al
though 1 stopped my ears and refused
to listen, my roommate took down the
points. Afterward the temptation was
so subtle and strong that l took the
notes and arranged my debate accord
ingly and won But" said the stu
dent, with feeling, Il stole 1t, and !
have come to plead the forgiveness OF
the student body."-Christian Herald
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STAGE Eriaht.

Stage fright, II may encourage star
tied readers, does not appear to have
affected William Goblet, whose maid
en- speech in the house OF commons
must have been one OF the most aston
ishing performances that even that
seasoned assembly had ever listened TO.
Here Is the opening sentence: at ap-
pears to me that since have been sit
ting here i have heard a great deal of
vain and Improbable talk" By way
Of contrast. we have the case Of Glib
son Craig. whose abortive eloquence,
on his introduction to parliamentary
life. was thus described by Disraeli:
Gibson Craig, OF whom the Wings had
hopes. rose, stared like a stuck pig and
said nothing. bis friends cheered, he
stammered. All cheered; then there
was a dead and awful pause, and then
he sat down, and that was his per.
Torrance. London Spectator.
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. chs.tsrHsId on Tooshbrushss.

When did the English first adopt the
toothbrush habit? In 'Esmond" Thack-
cray makes Lord Castlewood spend "a
tenth part Of his day in the brushing Of
his teeth and the oiling Of his hair" and
in doing so the novelist commits dOu-
BILE anachronism. During the first half
Of the eighteenth century all fine gentle
men wore wigs and had no use for oil
ON their hair. while the toothbrush was
50 late as 1854 unknown to Lord Ches-
terfeld. Writing to his son, Chester
field says: Il hope you take great care
OF your mouth and teeth, and that you
clean them well every morning with q
sponge and tepid water, with a few
drops Of arquebusade water dropped
into It / do insist upon your never
using those sticks. or any hard sub
stance whatever, which always rut
away the gums and destroy the var
nish Of the teeth."-LOndon Graphic
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Mother Remembers.

A hall bedroom, a battered suit case,
a single bed, a cheap washstand, plas-
ter falling from the walls, loneliness
and
A post card from mother!
Your birthday HUH Almost for
got
Funny that mother didn't forget
Moo, she didn't forget 1t isn't q
mothers way.
What, weepingl Let 'em come, boy.
Tears more manly were never she'd
Save the card It's sacred Twenty
years from now you'll weep over II
again and thank God for the chance
Say a prayer for its sender, the best
mother a fellow ever had
And then sit down and write-well-
write Just the kind Of letter she's been
waiting to receive from her boy
Cleveland Press
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The Royal Box.

Prince Henry Of Prussia, brother q
the German emperor, has just received
a patent for an apparatus for cleaning
the wind shields Of automobiles.
King George v. must be the most
widely travelled monarch In history.
Beginning with a trip to Ireland at the
age Of eight, his majesty has visited
Canada, the United States, Palestine,
Egypt, the Crimea, Constantinople,
Russia, France, Germany, Scandina-
via, Australasia, South Africa and In
dia-
The Empress Carlotta, as the Prin-
cess Charlotte was known after her
husband was made emperor Of Mexico,
became insane after a mental break
down in 1866. In 1879 she was pro
nounced incurable and confined by her
family near Brussels, where she has
been kept ever since. She Is the aunt
Of King Albert Of the Belgians-
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ATuv.lino Opinion.

Mr.. Fazakeriy, an eminent counsel
was once stopped by a country gentle
man, q neighbor, who asked him about
some point then very important to
him and got the opinion verbally.
Some time after the gentleman called
on the counsel and said he had lost
E5OO by his advice, as it was a wrong
ouinion. The counsel said he had new
er given an opinion and. turning to
his books, said he was confident OF
that Being reminded that 1t was CIV
en- during a drive the neighbors had
one summers day near Preston, the
lawyer replied: ''Oh, / remember now
But that was only my travelling Opin-
ion. and. to tell the truth, neighbor,
my opinion is never TO be relied upon
unless the case appears IN my fee
bookcase and Comment
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In Defense of Constance.

The meanest thing ever said about
conscience were the words put into
Hamlefs mouth by William Shake
speare: '1Thus conscience does make
towards Of us al"
This remark has caused many people
to believe that conscience was nothing
but a coward maker, and consequently
they have refused to have anything to
do with it Never was anything more
unjust -Shakespeare's assertion is true
only on the assertion that we are al
sinners. To be fair, he should have
said: Thus conscience does make COW
ards of all OF us who have sinned or
who are about to sin" Then he would
have been more in agreement with Sol
ONION, who was wiser, and who said
The wicked fee when no man pur'
sueth, but the righteous are as bold
as q uon."-LAfe
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Low Of Money.

The love OF money can hardly be the
root OF all evil, for It Is only one per
verse passion out Of many. But there
is a kind Of decOrum about money
which makes the love Of II peculiarly
dangerous, since 1t conceals from the
lover the nature and effects OF his pas
sion. II a man wants too much food,
he Is evidently greedy. II a woman
wants too many clothes, she Is evident
" vain But money is not thing, like
clothes or food, that can be enjoyed by
itself. 1t is only means Of getting
things that can be enjoyed. and so
greed for money is not a direct greed,
but indirect 1t Is a civilized means OF
conducting the struggle for life, which
10 a great extent conceals from those
who use IL the ugliness and the animal
nature OF that struggle. 1t Is, in fact,
a kind Of diplomacy, politely conduct,
ed, behind which there is war. But the
diplomats often do not see the war
London Times.
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A Whit. Houna Eata.

know nothing more impressive In
its dignity, more complete In its way,
than the White House en- fete- 1t en-
bodies all our best tradition Of hOspi-
tally and cordiality-of perfection
without ostentation- Then there Is
something In the atmosphere which
hangs about it-especiaIly during the
days Of a closing administratiOn-which
makes one thiEk OF that serenity that
seems TO cling around the woods Of
Mount Vernon and which appears there
almost like a material reflex from the
calm and tempered ripeness Of its own
er's soul There is, imagine, an aim
ity, a certain likeness in the magma
nimity Of all generous, wise and simple
men whether Of ancient OF modern
times. Alas, too hard for our genera
ton Of cyclists to follow or even re
spect! The only ideal which Is preach
ed nowadays is zones duty to ones
self."-|Pieces Of the Game"
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Porpoise Jaw oil.

Practically all the porpoise oil used IN
this country, even II not in the world
for lubricating watches and other DELI
cate instruments is made near New
Bedford, Mass, which many years ago
was important as a whaling port The
product Is taken from the jaw and Ger
tain other parts Of the animal, which
IS caught especially for this purpose.
When the industry was in its infancy
whalers were depended upon to supply
the porpoise, bat now the manufactur'
ers maintain a fishing department,
which follows the schools Of porpoise
migrating along the coast and furnish
es a continual supply Of them The
history Of the New Bedford industry
reaches back to the early part OF the
nineteenth century to a watch tinker
who regulated and cleaned the time
pieces of the whalers--Popular Ne
chanicS.
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new YORK SOLDIERS
AT WARFARE PRACTICE
Midsummer .Encampmant Has
Attracted Unusual interest

The camps Of state militia have at
tracted unusual attention this year, and
naturally so. for the question Of nation
al defense Is looming large In the public
mind The encampment OF the national
guard OF New York state at Camp
Whitman, Fishkin Plains. drew many
thousands OF spectators. There have
been encamped at Fishkin Plains 5000
guardsmen and 500 regulars. Never be
fore had this particular section Of the
state Witnessed such scene, and one
thing that every officer, regular as wei
as militiaman, commented upon, was
the apparent fact that the people were
much more interested than In former
years In the military organization that
would form the backbone Of the land
defense In the event OF a national crisis.
The men were put through the PAGES
OF up to date warfare. Trench work
was featured. and the pick and shovel
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Some beaver dams. II built By human
beings, would be styled feats Of engi-
neering. They sIe by no means lOcat-
ed haphazard Zach site Is carefully
selected and each dam accOmplishes a
purpose that seems as II reasoned out
In advance Trees are felled with a
nicely that can lie duplicated only by
skilled woodsmen. And the beaver
does not limit bis tree cutting to sap
hngs. In the AdirOndacks the animals
have been known TO cut down trees
twenty inches and more In diameter.
They prefer yellow birch and poplar.
though they will cut any tree that
seems necessary to their purpose The
dams are built Of alder sticks, mud
and grass and are finally chinked with
moss, making a solid wall that often
must be dynamited TO be effectually de
stroyed- The cutting teeth Of the beav-
er are very sharp, and there Is great
power behind the little jaws. 0rdina-
~ beaver chips are about half the size
Of the chips made by the average
woodchopper. and they much resemble
chips made with an Ak, 50 smoothly ara
they cut
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NEURALGIA,

Severe neuralgia can be cured by IN
jecting alcohol into the nerves, but the
cost Is terrible, for the price Is the
death of the nerve, with paralysis as
the result Such. In brief, is the con-
clusion which DR.. Williams B. Cad
walader reports to the Journal Of the
American Medical association after ex-
periments made at the laboratory OF
neuropathology Of the University OF
Pennsylvania The alcohol kills not
only the nerves Of sensation, but the
motor nerves as well. In a nerve like
the sciatic this would be serious. For
the nerve may remain paralyzed for
year after the injection Of the alcohol.
In trifacial neuralgia, which is caused
by a purely sensOry nerve, this action
is Of little importance. The cure is not
permanent, however, but affords free
dom from pain for several months, per-
haps as much as a year. The nerves
regenerate just as they do when sew
cred
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The Earliest Tampa

TIE most primitive lamps were prob
ably the skulls OF animals, IN whics
fat was burned, while certain seashetis
were also employed for this purpose.
saws an exchange When pottery and
metal began to be used the princpae
Of these natural lamps was for a long
time retained, rs seen IN ancient EgyD-
tan, Greek and Roman lamps and m
the stone cups and boxes Of northern
nations.
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Get acquainted with your neIghbor:
YOU might Ike him" This, from the
Ietterbead OF western village improve
ment association. Is excellent advice.
What fine things large personal &C
ouaintanee can do for Us, provided we
are worthy Of it, Let Us put aside
any petty dislike. engendered perhaps
by fancied faults in other people. ana
90 out and shake hands with neigh
bors whom we probably have never
really known. Let US talk over our
common problems with them; discuss
the welfare OF our community. the
state the nation, so that we may all
have a better understanding of our
common hopes and aims. An this
pays. Its returns come not alone in the
help we can be one to the other. but
in the greater discernment with which
our personal business can be conduct.
ed, and in the better feeling and prog.
ress that follows In a town or city
where all are working for the common
goOd-COuntryside Magazine.
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The phrase fire lands" originated In
q passage OF early history, which also
gave rise to the term western re
serve After the Revolutionary war,
when the colonies consented TO cede
their claims to western lands to con-
gress, Connecticut reserved from her
cession tract embracing a large part
OF northern Ohio. The tract thus re-
served included the present counties OF
Trumbull, Geauga. Portage and Ash
tabula and became known as the west
ern reserve. ]. was settled chiefly by
emigrants from Connecticut and was
sometimes called New Connecticut
In promoting the settlement OF the
land Connecticut reserved half a mil
lion acres from the western end Of the
tract for bestowal upon her citizens
who had suffered losses during the
war. and the lands embraced in this
special reserve were called sufferers
lands" and later fire lands" because
most Of the sufferers had been losers
by fire. In early times the phrase fire
lands" was sometimes used In deeds
In describing the location Of land In
the tract referred to. - Philadelphia
Press.
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cur;ou. Old Drink Theory.

One of. the most singular views ON
drinking ever recorded occurs In a
letter from Sir Henry Ingelby on Aug.
q, 1851, printed In -Pryings Among
Private Papers"
~Sfr William is 20 H." wrote the
barunet, zone Of his doctors told me
yesterday there was no manner OF
hope. - / have been taught that
Jupiter allows every man who comes
into the world a different proportion OF
drink, which, when he has dispatched
there remains nothing for him to 90
but to die, and that the proportion and
expedition make great difference u
mans sRes."-LOndon Standard.
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The possessions" OF the Uuated
states are as follows: Alaska. purchas-
ca from Russia in 1867. price. 81 200
O0o, area, 590.Ss4 square miles; the
Hawaiian Islands. annexed by the re-
quest Of the inhabitants In 1893, area.
6,449 square miles; Porto Rico. area.
S0O6 square miles; Guam, area, 90
square miles, and the Philippine Is
lands, area, 1l5.O26 square miles.
eeded by Spain In the treaties Of 1895
and 1900 on payment Of so, 100000;
American Samoa, area, u square
miles, acquired without money pay
ment In 1899, and the Panama canal
zone, which is not actually owned by
the United States, but to which the
country In consideration OF the pay
ment to the Republic of Panama Of
100000 and in addition an annual
rental" Of $4,000 has acquired Der
petual right Of occupation, use and con-
troll The canal zone Is ten miles wide,
and its area Is 436 square miles. No
payment was made for the territory Of
Hawaii, but the United States assumed
the public debt Of that country to the
amount Of $4O00O00.
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The Dipper.

That beautiful constellation, the
Dipper, hangs, silent and solitary,
amid the northern star lighted frma-
ment. like aeveritable sky dipper In
deed. or a sky pillow driven around and
around POlaris, the north star. AS we
all know. the diPper's pointers, !"
Nerak and Dubhe. indicate pretty &C
curately the whereabouts Of the north
ster. There are five other stars in the
Dipper. They are respectively in or
der from the end Of the handle Benet-
nasch, Misar, Alioth, Megres and Phe-
Goa. Here in the United States we
speak Of this collection Of stars as the
Dipper, while abroad IT is known as
La Grande Curse, Der Crosse Baer
Orsa Maggiore, and among the ancient
Egyptians, who were not acquainted
with the bear, IT was known as the
HippOpotamus.-New York Times
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NanoIson,s Ocean Prison.

The iron duke was responsible for
Napoleon's exile 10 St Helena. Return
ing from India In 1906, Wellington's
ship touched at St Helena, and the
soldier was heard TO remark upon the
utter barrenness and desolation OF the
place. Upon getting into the ships gig
after taking leave OF the civil and NIL
itary authorities Of the island yelling
ton said to the governor, IF had an
enemy whom wished to bury alive I'd
send him to this island" The over
throw Of Napoleon gave him the
my" and the wish, and he did not cOr
get the place.
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Educational Notes.

There are 1900, O4O pupils in United
States public schools.
A million and a quarter Of dollars Is
on deposit in school savings banks In
the United States, according to the ma
tional bureau Of education This
money is distributed among 217.OOO
pupils, who thereby learn lessons OF
thrift for use In later life.
Two out Of every thousand public
high school boys receive military In
struction In school as compared with
Eve IN every thousand fifteen years ago.
While the total number Of boys in pub
lie high schools has increased since
1900 from 216.2O7 to 541. 4S6. the num-
Der Of boys taking military drill has
decreased from 1O.455 to 9.532.
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He Understood Nj, Prots..;Oc.

The professor of Jurisprudence In a
western university was lecturing to a
hundred embryo lawyers. He asked
whether every one In America could
own property. One fellow answered.
NO; a criminal can't own property"
But the professor said: Suppose a
man owns a ranch, gets into trouble
with his neighbor, assaults him and Is
put into the penitentiary. Does he still
own the ranchT'
The class was unanimous that he
did.
IF he did not continue TO own II, !"
went on the professor, ''what would
become Of itT'
That was supposed to settle the dis
cussion, but one boy called out, The
lawyer would get itr'
There was hearty laugh, Of course,
and the professor added:
I'VE learn two things from that apt
remark-be a lawyer. and don't be q
criminal youths Companion
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Wireless Whispers.

Regular wireless business is daily
handled between Long Island and Ger
many and between Boston and Nor
way.
Massachusetts, students Of wireless
have had good success with expert
ments In sending and receiving mes
sages with aerials laid on the ground
The United States navy win estab-
Ish a wireless station on Cape Cod es-
peciaIly equipped to guide vessels
along the Atlantic coast in time OF fog.
Within a few months wireless mes
sages have been sent from q station In
this country to Paris They are sent
direct and not relayed from ships at
sea.
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Short Stories.

Biscuit comes from the Latin words
IBIS eoctus" Ctwiee cooked.
Perfect eyebrows are found In no
animals other than mankind
OF the 1000 or more islands compris-
ing the Philippines only about 400 are
inhabited
Costa Rica Is nominaIly on gold
basis, but nearly all its gold bas either
been collected by q few nnaLeiers or
shipped out Of the country.
The Italian government has made
strict regulations concerning the width
OF wheels on wagons and Carriages
ne breadth Of its wheel depends on
the gross weight Of the vehicle
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He Taught Him

Yells from the nursery brought the
mother, who found the baby gleefully
pulling small Bnly's curis-
Never mind, darling" she comfort
ed. Baby doesn't know how It hurts
Half an hour later VIVID shrieks from
the baby made her run again to the
nursery.
why, Billy" she cried what Is
the matter with the babyT
Nothing, muzzer," said Billy calmly,
only now be knowsF' - Harpers
Weekly.
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Wood Screws.

OF the many varieties Of screws that
known as the wood screw from their
exclusive use in wood Is the most COM
mon, and 1t has been made by ma
chinery for many years. At first such
screws had blunt points, and therefore
Il was necessary TO bore a hole for
their reception, but about 1850 Thomas
]. Sloan. a native Of the United States,
devised the well known gimlet pointeo
screw and machinery for its manufac-
ture.
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Shot and Shell.

German soldiers carry small TN wins
de- TO blow for medical aid should thsy
b wounded
Il q claimed that half an hour % the
eooss step does as much for the mus-
eIes Of the les a. half days route
marching.
When shells are nIled win shrapnsi
bullets there q poured n about q pint
Of boiling resin. which kseps an Fixed
unti1 The discharge.
CONS with bore Of twelve inches o.
mouD can only IRE ninety Inn ehargsA
Tnay are chsn considered - - wesn
oue ma haps % - slnt b u n1y
. h.ss . ~ go neHlsa
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u CAMP AT FIsHKmL PLAINS
played an important part In the drills
There were pontoon building and Cross
ing streams under fire. The men were
taught how to advance under artillery
fire and were hurled against barbed
wire entanglements. The mounted
forces were instructed how to perform
services Of screening and reconnoiter-
ing. The hospital units were practiced
In the rescue and care Of the wounded
Sham battles were fought, and a mill
tary aeroplane participated in the ma
neuvers.
After fighting a sham battle on the
morning Of July p the national
guardsmen and regulars proceeded to
the reviewing grounds, where they
were reviewed by Governor Whitman,
In whose honor the camp was named
The review was the biggest military
spectacle ever seen In that part Of New
York state and was witnessed by about
10000 persons. Every man In the
camp, regulars as wen as militia, ap
peared in the reviewing line.
The national guard Of New York
state is unusually active this season
and not a day will pass until the end OF
August without a portion Of the guard
being engaged in field service. The
training has been arranged along new
lines adopted from lessons learned
from the grim warfare in Europe.
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Irate Parent-what do you mean By
holding While Jones down 10 the mnd
and skinning his nosel
Young Culprit-It wasn't my fault ne
rot his old nose skinned The mud
where I had him was son, but he kept
wriggiing around and hit his beak on
n rock-Richmond Times-Dispatch-