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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
BRITISH LOSE Ht(VIlr N
THE nEs0P0TMIl FlGH1IhG

BERLIN. MAY i-Four British
general. aud 500 CaAatian. English
aud Indian officers PRO among the
prisoners taken by e Turks AZ
Kat-el-Amara. seeord)ps 20 adviees
from coastantinople. The British
losses in the MesopoPmia fighting
during March and A I'll are es;i-
mated at ee.0ea.
General rosnsh-nd st offered 70
surrender the sa~n ~it1 all the Brit
ish artillery aud more An sive mil-
lton doliars IN ezsh n be allowed
10 retire wffh his so.cs4 With mill
tasy honor- Ths Turks Declined the
offer and Towu>snd taet agreed O.
an unconditional surrsndir
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
GENERAL PO|T0FF|CE
REDUCED TO RUINS
MAGNIFICENT fsTHrcTrRf ~
DUBLIN WsECkEp ny
BRITISH SHELLS.
Many snipers W Pre- Killed or Cap
tnred stature y Night--The
RetsisRAre Now
scnf fcstng.

DUBLIN. MayIi Sunrise today
found the rcbel{ still! holding Four
Courts and anodA Der handful held
81. stephens Creu. but the main
body were prisoeers OF the govern
ment forces Bdeh the Four Courts
and Sc. Stephen1 Green were invest
ed by British toops The rebels
aro without food and have scanfy
supply OF ammlhition. Except for
the groups at titse two points and
Isolated bands II rebel forces have
disappeared. Ntny snipers were
killed or captured Saturday night.
In sackville st |et. a rebel strong
hold, pedestrtan4 were safe today
and crowds adbered about the
ruins OF the eneral postoffiee.
shells by British troops reduced this
building to HAP OF blackened
debris.
The backbone q the rebellion was
broken when Jauts Connolly. gen
eral or the Irish army" was fatally
wounded az Libert Hall Connolly
was struck by tell from a British
gun boat. whee Peter pearca.
leader OF the rebNls. was wounded
I'm the leg most OF his followers sur
rendered. Large brces OF the reb-
els have discarded their uniforms
and have iaid dow their guns.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
REPORTED B0RDta|all0
PROVED u Dc 1 HOAX

sAN ANTONIO. Ttx. May L.
The reported border "a % Villis,as
AZ Texas point nea1 Laiitas. Mex
leo. proved to De . nyth. accord
ing 20 advieez recetF Fed today By
Mai BaFnam. Geueraf Seott's chief
aide A commanding officer al
Marta. near the scene bf the report.
81 raid. declared thsrs hat been No
troabie ia that sicinl< and denied
that any bandits xefw hn the region
of Lasifas
Al % the ace fspops eoneen-
trard- a. colambrs tor Cenerss Per.
shsax.s aid lave mostd fnf0 Me1k.
co. 4 wss anaounesdi TO-DAY.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
NOTHING I'd INDICATE
CONFERENCE WILL END
Ir II STATED tHAT THUS FAR
CONFERENCE ) HAVE REEN
ONLY rrd SUMMARY.


WASHINGTON May There ~
nothing In the differences between
Generals Scott atd obregon now to
Indicate an nnfa tprable end OF their
conferences. Tit war department
has taken no be- IL such Is in
line. The conference thus far have
teen designated D. preliminary aud
as the situation tands obregon has
suggested the wehdrawal OF the
American foreesI while Scott has
emphasized the ked OF moro actual
CO. operation between the de faeto
forces and the lifted States troops.
War department ben doubted II rnr-
ther reports wouo be received from
Scott before nixtt Scott will con
tlnue his efforts to PERSUADE Obre-
gon that the def facto government
can itself deternpne the time for
the withdrawal dhiefiy By acting
whole heartedly b actual eoopera-
ton.
Administration smen believe that
while Carranza id extremely anxious
for withdrawal n has only taken
show OF resistaecc. For this rea-
son there is hope tthat an agreement
may be reached
President Wilson is keeping In
close touch with lhe conference and
the suggestion bal been made that
he sent instuctioAs 10 Scott over
night.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
|ll[AT GERMAN ATTACK
EPUlsEO BY THE FRENCH

'AHlS' May Following a vio-
p Oombarlment the Germans
Auened, what the war office des-
''sS as a powerful assault. against
trenches recently gained by the
'AVh north of Dead Mans hill last
"a Out It was broken down by
'N'n hre, the enemy suffering
F'1E Another German attack
'N' Cumlenes sevctor was also re-
Fssd
he Germaa attack was delivered
mute Nlelence than the fight
- we c1wn princes resump-
ais dfte en- Verdun. Guns
''seF llrst assailed the po-
1ei u 81 OF Verdun and the
Gas not only directed
Ad plans hill. but also
Y g. even extending the
\ /, nt N the east bank of
e 4 To Vaux. The cur
\ ah fire swept the .nvad-
| alai mowed than dow n
-aAFe4 A stroke against
gas then delivered in
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
Renew DEMAND
Of WITHDRAWAL
r,RRsNzs's prNsSp FoR M
MEDIATE EVACUATION on
MEXICO nrIrtRsrED.
MEETING NEAR END
Funston states Thai Probably Only
One More confertnce Win ne
Held Brtweer{ Generals
scott ard breson.

WASHINGTON. as I.--Meslean
Ambassador arrcdsh hdo called ON
secretary Lansing 1odsy and reit-
Grated the carrn. demand that
the American sr" be withdrawn
Immediately from cxieo.
Lansing said he would not reply
until he had ec~oesi further adj
vices from tseneraif Ssott and Fun
stoa AT III paso.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
Street CAR MEN stake
PEOPLE WAll TO WORK

PITTSBURGH. NAY IA aaurter
n,!llou of people q lked 10 work
,caay as a result Of Soeai street car
meu striking In dsafnd for one eeat
:, hour more ~axe- than ths street
ear company offered Most people
.eean,sd the strike - q Joke
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01

SOMEBODY TOLD HIM 4
1O "HIRE HALL" 4
AND HE DID 4

: AXIOM. Ohio. May Post =
, mastef A. r. Reed. upon being .
= advises to hire a hall" while Q
giving his personal views one .
, day, pok the suggestion seri- .
? ously. He did hire a hall and Q
, he opened it here today "for the .
, free discussion by everybody .
, and anybody of every subject of .
, Interest and benefit to human .
, ity.' The forum, as Reed calls .
, 1t, is fto promote civic intel Q
, ligence, harmony and prog .
ress." Reed pays the rent. Q
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
COURT AsKI , FOR DECREE
IN iERICAN CAN CASE

BALTIMORE. Nd. May l-As-
sistant Attornky General Todd today
filed in the utited States court here
a motion seeding to have the court
issue a decred declaring the Ameri-
can Tin Can bmpany trust. The
motion seeks 4 have the company de-
clared trustkin restraint of trade
and dissolved.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
FIGHTING IN m loaaEss
At NJ AID MANS HILL

BERLIN. May -Fierce fighting
ls in progress at Dead Mans hill.
northwest of verdtn. but tho battle
has resulted In D. change tn tbs
situation. the war; office announced
today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
CONFERENCES At 81 raso
~ ,HISG AN END

FL rAso. Tesa. May i.---s.cnersl
Funston sa,d thssi would probably
b. M session or The confcrces to-
day. Ne gave II hi. opinion that
only one more eotfereaee wo.ld be
held between t.esFraI- ~cott and
Dbrrgon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
faEE1nG TEMPERATURE N
WESTERN PlhT Of STATE

SAN ANGELO. Tstas. May -
Fre.xinx temperature d=zeerdsd on
wexx T~xzs IN tAe Fs4on of San Az
geIo AMI much aggEthensaon - felt
~ farmers for the S4fefy u erops.
TIE arop folIo~~ss a severe r2in ant
haIIstorm last night
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
CHILLY svualY OPENS bIs
uuPuu N Mfls eIII

KANSAS cry. No. AZ II
ThsEty-s<ssn thousand per}pns bEav-
- a drivsng r2in yesserdzk 10 hear
Riuy san<sy sp~n his fi3t broad
side against she eontiase3ss Of sin
and tss devil
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
fl y. IHEIA ARMS lI
Hll PlRlEll MONUMENT

\ Nay The Irish rebels
- p q shen's Green sur
! le government forces
LOU $50 Others en-
tie eentraI part Of the
their arms al the
arneIi monument
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
c0LON[l ROOSEVELT WILL
SPEAK It | plsls CITY

KANSAS CITY. ay Col.
Roosevelt will speak pere on nc
mortal day The @. A. X. Spanish
American war veterans and Con
,aasra,a veterans. who txtended the
imitation TO the colonel are making
arrangements for a bis meeting IN
convention hall
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01

Generally spesking. the rsadiag q
the minutes Of abe last meetisE are
the dailest reaciax
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
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GETTING rrAsH FROM
NfnRasSa LAKES

. LINcoLNt Neb.. May L. .
, A company has been organized .
, to take pottsh from the briny .
= lakes in testern Nebraska. o
, northeast n Alliance. There .
= has been a potash famine ever .
, since the Jhr cut off the Ger .
, man supplf and boosted the .
, price from Isss to $500 ton. .
The water in these lakes CON .
tains a strong solution of .
, potash. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
ANTICIPATING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

T1URIiG IMPROVEMENTS seldom dictated by
gency They usually talked of long before they
period preparation
years The which it
months Certain principles should
part be applied by municipalities in contracting public
works
They should preferably be constructed money is
plentiful order to avail high interest if
contracted
They should preferably during periods
poorly occupied private industry
trary-
should contracted the shortest
term and not for the longest
Better yet the Improvement should be far orseen
permit it to be provided for in the annual tax rate
Bridgeport been making its Improvements
regard these precautionary Instead borrowing
the market it has borrowed millions
Instead of borrowing convenient term it
for the longest witness the year
furniture for the high school, which draw interest
though during earlier
needed obtained at from three and onehalf
cent
Instead of planning improvements when
they planned to fall into periods
or accurately fallen they happened for
lack of plan.
happens that the city instead Of buying
price pays highest highest rates in
the Of the market for materials
the privilege of competition has
large contracts have been tossed
to selected persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
The Patchwork Empire

Austria-Hungary is truthfully de-
scribed as "the patchwork empire
as few nonarchs in all history nave
ruled over a nation containing so
many different people as does the en-
pire of Francis Joseph. Few reIef-
ence works give more than an 1no1ca-
ton of this remarkable diversity IN
race, language and religion In the
kingdoms and provinces represented
in the Vienna Reiohsrath there are
about 18,50O,O0O non-Germans as COM
pared with 100000 Germans OF
the on-Germans there are about IT,
1000 Slavs, including the Croats ana
Serbs in Dalmatia. The EasCerh
Orthodox church has about $4,000
adherents, and there are about $780,
900 Greek Uniats. In Hungary, Croa-
tia and SIavonia there are about w.
100000 Magyars or Hungarians, some
1000, 900 Germans. 3,0Oe,OOo Rou-
1nanians and 100000 Slays. The
Greats, or Roman Catholic Serbs, are
about L. 100000 in number, and there
are about 100000 Serbs who are adj
herents of the Orthodox church In
round numbers, there are about H.
600, 900 Roman Catholics of various
races, in Hungary and her subject
Kingdoms, 100000 Orthodox adher-
ents, and 100000 Greek Uniats.} In
Bosnia there are more than 100000
MohaInmedans, principally of Serb
stock, $4,000 Orthodox Serbs, and.
4S5,OOO Roman Catholic Croats. The
Dual monarchy contains altogether
about 25, 100000 Slavs, of whom one
fifth are Poles, largely Roman Catho-
lies. The Serb race numbers alto
gether about $4,000 divided be-
tween Mohammedanisrn, Roman Cath
olicisrn and the Orthodox Church.
There are about 1928, 900 Rouman-
ians. No matter how the war ends,
the holding together of this patch
work empire is. likely to prove a
gigantic task.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
THE PROBLEMS OF
RETAIL TRADE, NO. 6.

II the merchants can attain a unity
like that described in our last arttcle
town can always make a large ex-
Hpanslon. No matter how strenuous
~ the merchants may compete with
each other the total home trade of
the town is limited by it's population.
A business can only get about so far
Tar before it runs UP against the blank
wall created by the limitations of the
towns size.
But the opportunity is always open
to attract trade from the surround
ing country. The free use of auto
mobiles increases this chance anaaz-
ingly. There are many people with
motor cars who are making it a regu-
lar practice to trade in towns .25 to
so miles distant, sometimes even more.
They are roaming around the country
all the time that the roads are good.
The women look in the store windows
quite as eagerly as at the scenery. The
men have an eye for what looks like
good business enterprise too And
there is a constant stream of people
who are travelling over the railroad
in the search of good bargains.
1T takes both individual advertis-
ing and community cooperation to
get this distant trade started. The
idea of Merchants weeks. trade bar
gain days, etc, is spreading all over
the country. An announcement that
all the merchants of a town have
agreed to give bargains on a certain
day will draw people from many miles
around. If the visitors are pleased
they will come again.
These enterprises are successful only
when the merchants generally agree
to give special bargain values. It is
hard for a few of the merchants to get
the current started. Everyone needs
to take hold. if the thing is to be
made a success.
There are too many merchants who
are unwilling to help in such efforts
unless they can see a profit coming
right off. Successful expansion of
trade is not built up in that way. 1t
is slow growth, and few new enter
prises or. trade currents pay the first
year. The merchants must take hold
with an idea. of building for the flu
ture, forgetting all grouches and sore
nesses caused by competition. IF
this spirit prevails. a town will grow
and the people will flock to it from
many miles around.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
THE EXPRESS BUSINESS.

The express business is a peculiarly
American institution. It started II
years ago today, Feb. %, 1899, when
William F.. Harnden, Boston
Yankee, published an advertisement
in the New York and Boston news
papers, announcing a. new venture.
Harnden had been q railway conduc-
tor, but his health was not good. and
he began cudgelling his brains to de-
wise some plan for making more
money with less work. He hit upon
the idea of carrying parcels between
New York and Bottom. AS a railroad
man, he could ride free on the trains
between those cities.
The Newspaper advertisement
which was the foundation of a bui-.
ness which made great fortunes for
many people, ran as follows:
civilian f. Harnden has made ar
rangements with the Providence Rail-
road and the New York Boat Com
pany to run car through from Bos-
ton TO New York. and vice versa, four
times a week. He will accompany
the car himself, take care of all
small packages that may be etrusted
to his care and see them safely de-
livered." Harnden gave his. Office
addresses as Wall street, New York,
and 9 Court street, Boston.
Harnden's "car'' was purely a
kights of the Imagination, but it was
prophetic of what was to come, when
express cars were to be operated or
all railroads of North America A
vaIise was quite large enough to hold
all the parcels entrusted to Harnden's
care on his early trips. Harnden lost
$500 in his venture in the first six
months. Then, thanks to persistent
newspaper advertising, the tide turn
ed. Harnden made himself useful to
by delivering to them the latest news.
in advance of the mails. He was
thus not only "the original express
man." but a news bureau in embryo.
The newspapers returned the favor
by literally .complimenting Harndcn
and his venture.
In 1910 the business had become
so profitable that Alvan Adams and
P. B. Burke started a, competing ex-
press company. This was the begin
ming OF the Adams Express Co., the
sole ownership soon devolving upon
Adams, who had been a grocer in
Vermont. Harnden extended his bus
mess to Philadelphia, and Albanq in
1841, and Adams also put an Office
in the Quaker City E. S. Sanford,
the Adams agent in Philadelphia, also
formed partnership with S. M.
Shoemaker of Baltimore and inaug-
urated an express line to the Mary
land metropolis and to Washington.
Harnden died before he had been in
the business for three years. His
partner, Wells, started a line be-
tween Albany and Buffalo, with Will
liam c. Fargo as his agent in the lat
ter city, The two formed a partner
hip, Wells, Fargo & Co. Three other
companies were united in the Amerf-
can Express Co., and the National
Express Co. opened line from New
York to Montreal. Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s California express was launched
in 1849.
Harnden, the pioneer In the BUSH
ness which made SO many fortunes,
died in poverty-the usual fate OF
pioneers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
ENTENTE ALLIES
NAVAL STRENGTH
TRIPLES ENEMIES
Power of Big Combine Three
to One, Compared With
Opponents

Paris, Feb. 23.-The naval power
of the Entente Allies in proportion to
the naval power of the Central En-
pires is as three against one,i as cal
ouIated in official quarters.
The number of vessels of the differ
ent fleets at the end of 1915 are given
as follows:
Entente Forces.
BattIeships, 12; dread
noughts, ID; fighting cruisers o; pro-
tected cruisers, 81; cruisers and scouts.
II; torpedo boat destroyers, ST.
Great MISUNDERSTANDING AZ;
dreadnoughts. s4;A lighting cruisers.
10; protected cruisers. %; cruisers
and scouts, 73; torpedo boat destroy.
ers, 239.
Batt1eships, IL; dread
noughts 5; fighting cruisers, 3; pro-
tected cruisers, o; cruisers and scouts,
10; torpedoboat destroyers. So.
Italy-BattIeships II; dreadnoughts
5; fighting cruisers, o; protected cruz
sers, 8 cruisers and scouts, 20; torpe-
doboat destroyers, As.
Japan = Battleships, IL; dread
noughts, 5; fighting cruisers. g.; pro-
tected cruisers, 8; cruisers and scouts.
Is; torpedoboat destroyers, 81.
Total - BattIeships 50: dread
noughts, 81; fighting cruisers. 81; pro-
tected cruisers, II; cruisers and scouts.
1913; torpedoboat destroyers, 542.
Central Power Forces.
any-tBattleships. 20: dread
noughts, IT; fighting cruisers. s; pro-
tected cruisers, 8 cruisers and scouts.
26; torpedoboat, destroyers, LA.
Austria Hungary - Battleships, IL;
dreadnoughts, 4; fighting cruisers, 0;
protected cruisers, 2; cruisers and
scouts, 8; torpedoboat destroyers, 25
MISUNDERSTANDING III fighting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
LIFE OF a, STORAGE BATTERY

1t is a moot question among mo-
tor car owners and dealers as to how
long a starting and lighting battery
should last in ordinary service, The
conditions governing the life of a. stor-
age battery are such that it varies
with almost every car owner, the New
York Times asserts. In the first
place the battery plates are really
what determine the life of the bat
terry. A storage battery will perform
its functions as long as the plates hold
together. The plates used In the best
batteries are heavy and rigid and
contain more than the usual amount
of anthony to stiffen them, The OK
ides used in the paste are selected
only after chemical, electrical and mi
croseopic tests have been made. These
oxides must be coarse grained SO they
will grip each other firmly and hold
together much in the same way as the
coarse grains of sand increase the
cohesive properties of concrete, Fine
grained oxides disintegrate rapidly and
shorten the life of g. battery plate.
Too little aHtineny leaves the plates
soft and crumbly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
SIR GEORGE GAVE,
BRITISH SOLICITOR
GENERAL, SO TODAY

Sir George Cave, who succeeded
Sir F. E. Smith as British Solicitor
General late in 1915, was born so
years ago, Feb. %, 1856. Sir George
has had seat in the House of Com
mons for about 10 years. but in that
time he has achieved a prominent
place in the councils of the Unionist
party. He was born in London, the
second son of the late Thomas Cave,
a prominent member of Parliament.
After leaving Oxford he entered on
the practice of law, and eventually
attained a place among that select
body of legal Iuminaries known as
"Chancery specials" who will not APP
pear in court unless they receive a
special fee of so guineas, in addition
to the regular fee.
For more than a year prior to his
entrance into the Asquith admins
tratfon, Sir George was a, member of
the household of the Prince of Wales.
serving as his attorney-general In
that capacity it isShis duty to look
after the legal affairs connected with
the large estates of the heir to the
British throne, and to advise the
Prince on legal affairs.
Sir Georges pay envelope is about
the heaviest received by any member
of the British government. The So
licitor- General receives a salary of
$780, 900 per year, but that is a minor
portion of his income. The fees
which are perquisites of office add
some $4,000 to his income. Lest the
Solicitor General should starve to
death, however, a kind government
permits him to utilize his leisure in
carrying on a, private practice, al
though he is limited to cases in which
the government is in no way inter
ested.
The Cave family has been prorni-
nent for several centuries, and come
of ancient Worcestershire stock Sir
Georges father was long a leader in
the Commons, as We're several Of his
ancestors before him. Although they
are of different political parties, Sir
George. and Mr., Asquith have long
been firm friends. In speech Sir
George is as fucid as Asquith, and
while he has none of the tricks of
the orator. his addresses have often
been praised as masterpieces of criti-
cism.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK & SON,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
Mrs. Charles Hall
Soprano Soloist Of
Park Street Church

Mrs. Charles Hall was yesterday
appointed as soprano soloist of the
Park Street Con gfegational church for
the ensuing year, Mrs. Hail. it will
be remen bered, was soloist at OIivet
Congregational church for two sea-
sons, which position she resigned last
year. The committee of Park Street
church is to be congratulated on its
choice, as Mrs. Hall is not only the
possessor of a sweet and we'll modul-
ated voice, but also a. competent pian-
oforte aecompanist. She is natur-
ally born musician, Mrs Hall has
had considerable experience in church
and oz,atoFio societies, having toured
France with the famous Yorkshire
Chorus. and also sung in several must
cal festivals of Yorkshire. England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
COAST DEFENSE

q MONG THE most promising of are
"A in propositions mobilization
Of long artillery at suitable points Bridgeport
which the
together
for firing.
Another has patented plan the which
guns with suitable carriage
dominating points along epIacements are
to be constructed in advance.
These enplaeennents will be impressive Guns with
but with regard to the ordinary
Of
number necessary to operate the plan
Large
points might necessary
rail in the nature side tracks,
of this plan consists in the fact that the
Atlantic is paraIleIed by railroad fines.
battery few heavy guns dominating landing party
stop the landing especially at the point
guns heavy materials have to be foated
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-23
ROAD RONH1s IN JERSEY

e pending before Jersey legislature
spend 100000 state highways It proposed
money issuing bonds fourteen years
Of this proposition Trenton Evening Times Says
At the rate of $500000 it Will take A to
100000 of bonds that time the roads will
rebuilt the plan if precedent
It enough to that such fnaneerng will
eventually. The plan much like the
schemes that worked 80 40
the disappointment of thousands of dupes."
hogyish Jersey If they
content to spend 100000 year, the authorities in Bridge
port they could fourteen without attracting
they let high prices
without bids, which would add to the feature
the scheme, and be much nicer and safer