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WHEATLEY FALL
FETE ENDS

The fall conference opening cele-
bration at the Phyllis Wheatley Y
w. c. A. closed yesterday with
''home coming day" concluding &c.
tivities begun on Friday night.
Included among the participants
wete Mrs. William Stuart Nelson,
Mrs. J. II. jenkins, Miss Thomasine
Corrothers, Miss Eliza Shipper, Miss
Bertha Mcneil and Miss Nellie
Quander.
Mrs. Martha McAdoo, general
secretary of the Phyllis Wheatley,
announces the following program
for the fall:
Talks on books and interracial
lectures by Dean Kelly Miller, of
Howard University; health talks by
Mrs. Alice Boone Dumas, of the
public schools, division 1913; public
speaking and dramatics by Mrs.
Halle Queen Jason, child study
by Mrs. Anne Thompson; physical
education by Miss Ida Mae Hall;
music by Miss Marie James; French
by Miss Kapulani Stewart and dress
making by Mrs. Aldina Brown.
Mrs. Francis Boyce, president of
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SOV|ETS P | A n
AMERICAN
HuGiuOh
FACTORY

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 U.N.sJ.-
George A. Bryant. jr.. vice presi.
dent of the Austin Company of
Cleveland, Ohio. who returned to
the United States from Europe
aboard the liner Berengaria, an
nounced that Russia has embarked
upon gigantic program for Amer
acanizing industry. The program
covers a five-year- period and in
wolves an outlay of $4,000. 900 900
Bryant returned with a $4,000
ooO contract to build a huge auto
mobile plant and a model industrial
city to be located near Mil Nov.
gorod and be called Austingrad.
1t will be designed for the ulti
mate population of nearly $4,000
people. The automobile plant will
/. be built to produce 100000 Ford
cars and trucks annually with a
final capacity of about SOC, 900.
preliminary dredging work has
already been started and actual con-
struction will commence next spring.
The company expects to complete
the job within Is months.
Bryant sees an extensive market
Tor American skill and machinery in
Russia. In building Austingrad
modern American construction
equipment will be used in addition
to from 5000 tol 10000 Russian la
borers.
The Austin company will be paid
In gold from this country for its
work. Bryant declared that his ne
sotiations with the leading figures
III the Soviet government had con.
Vlnced him of their business acumen
as we'll as their honesty.
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Middleburg Hunt Club
Scores at Bryn Mawr

LEESBURG, Va, Oct. 1.-THE
kennels of the Middleburg Hunt
Club of which Col. d. c. Sands,
Of Benton" Middleburg, Va, is
M. F. H., was represented in the
classes for foxhounds held In con-
nection with the annual Bryn
Mawr, Pa. horse show. The'entries
from this hunt, in competition with
the best kennels in America, won
as follows.
First and second in class for
unentered bitch hounds; first in
class for couple of unentered bitch
hounds; third in class for couple Of
entered bitch hounds. Also won
the Huntingdon Valley Hunt Chal-
lenge Cup offered by Huntingdon
Valley Hunt Club, to become prop
erty of the hunt winning the cup
three times: the American fox
hounds medal for the best bitch in
the show; the Presidents silver
plate and the silver medal offered
by the American Fox Hounds Club
for the best American foxhounds.
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MAY TEACH HER
4AT HOME

WOODBURY., N. j., Oct. 7. -
Charles H. Elliott, State commits
sioner OF education, advised Francis
b. Davis, solicitor for the school
board yesterday that Mrs. Gertrude
May Boakes, who refused to send
her four children of school age to
school, saying she could teach them
better at home, might do so if she
chose, providing the children took
school examinations twice a year.
Mrs. Boakes is a former Philadel-
phia school teacher. She writes
verse and paints.
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Clarendon Women Aid
Demand for Policemen

CLARENDON, Va, Oct r.
Determined to support the Parent
Teacher Associations, together with
Sheriff Howard p. Fields and
County Superintendent of Schools
Fletcher Kemp, who have insisted
the need of retaining the three spe-
cial police officers recently APP
pointed by the couAt to aid in the
policing Of the county schools, the
civic committee of the Organized
Women Voters Of Arlington County.
of which Mrs. N. Rex Hunt is the
chairman, will hold a special meet
ing tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock at the
home Of the chairman, at which
time the question will be discussed
and assurance is given that the
committee will take suitable action.
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DECIDE SCHOOL
STRIKE TODAY

Decision as to the disposition OF
the 81 striking school children OF the
Park View community Is to be
reached today by the Board of Edu'
cation.
Although the irate parents OF the
youngsters will not be satisfied I'M
less their children are allowed to at
tend the Park View School and not
the Monroe School. as the board
ordered, 1t is expected that DR.:
Frank Ballou, superintendent OF
schools will ask the board to sup
port him and his assistants in max
ing the transfer.
The incident, which has been tax
ing up the school boards time for
the past few weeks. will serve to de-
termine whether the Board of Edu'
cation or the parents are running
the policies incidental to the opera
ton of the school system. The Off
cials are said to have taken the posi-
ton that they are able to transfer
the pupils whenever 1t has seemed
necessary. The parents insist that
they, as taxpayers, should be allowed
to decide upon which school their
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JAIL FOUR IN Va.
. ON DRY COUNT

ALEXANDRIA,, Va. Oct. 7. -
Four colored men, charged with
liquor law violations. were fined
$3.50 and costs each and three were
sentenced to three months in Jail
in police court today. They were
John Gilmore, William Lewis,
Bigsby Frank Wilson, William
Thomas was sentenced to the same
fine but got only 80 days in Jail.
The will of the late DR.. George
7. klipstein was admitted to pro.
bate in the Corporation Court yester-
day. The estate of $250.000 is left
to his wife and sisters with be-
quests of $1,000 to the Alexandria
Hospital and $1,000 to st. Pauls
Church.
A. p. Taliaferro. Of the Bureau
Of Aeronautics, will be the speaker
at the dinner given by the city
to the members of the League of
Virginia Municipalities which will
hold it's convention here October
Is and IS. Over 800 city officials
are expected to attend the meeting
which. according to City Manager
Lawrence. is expected to be the
largest ever held.
Judge William S. Snow, of the
Juvenile court, yesterday stated that
his system Of parolng small boys
charged with vandalism had not
been successful and in the future
he would attempt to break up the
destruction of property IL assessing
fines on the parents of the children.
Col. Clarence Deems. military in
structor at the Alexandria High
School. was the speaker at the
monthly meeting of the American
Legion Post last night. He spoke
on the subject of military training
for school boys. An entertainment
program was in charge of George
Downham.
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Romance of Bedford
Fair Ends at Md. Altar

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct. IA
whirlwind courtship at the Bedford
Fair, in Bedford, Pa. ast week,
ended in Hagerstown, when Miss
Evelyn M. Wolfe. of Bedford, and
J. E. Lukens, of Barlow, Calf, were
married at the parsonage of st.
Paul's Methodist Church by the Rev.
DR.. J. M. Gillum.
Miss Wolfe and Lukens met on
the last day of the Bedford fair and
planned to elope to Hagerstown.
While Mrs. Lukens, who is an at.
tractive brunette, disposes of jewery
to. visitors, her husband operates a
concession on the midway.
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LASHES AWAIT
MAN IN JAIL

WILMINGTON. Del, Oct. z. -
Seven years from now, Charles e.
Struthers, 81, will be taken to the
whipping-post at Dover, given to
lashes and then put in Jail for 10
years.
The sentence was imposed today,
after Struthers, whose home is in
Ellicott City, Md, pleaded guilty to
robbery.
But Struthers Is in Jail now, serv-
ing a seven-year term. So the new
sentence must wait until his present
term Is ended--in 1885.
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Car Aiding Injured Man
Hits Girl. Driver Held

NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Harold
Cook, Of New Rochelle, a chief
petty officer of the Navy, was
a.rraigned in Homicide Court and
ordered held pending an investiga-
ton into the death of Anna de
Mairoe. 16.
Cook was taking an injured man
to the hospital in his automobile
when 1t collided with another car
at One Hundred and Seventh
Street and Park Avenue. Cook s
car was shunted to the sidewalk
where it struck the De Mairoe girl.
The man Cook was taking to the
hospital died later.
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Martinsburg Woman
Ends Life With Gas

MARTINsBURG. w. Va. Oct Z
Seated before a gas plate with the
jet full on. Mrs. Pearl Virginia
Alderton, 35, of this city. was found
dead in the home of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Asa McKever.
It was the second attempt of the
woman to take her life.
Following an examination, Coro.
ner H. G.. Tonkin determined an
inquest was unnecessary. She IL
survived by her husband. father.
one brother and her grandparents.
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Charles Hensler WEEDS
Miss Katie Galloway

NARTINsBURG, W. Va, Oct: z
Charles W. Hensler, of this city,
and Miss Katie Lura Galloway. of
Berryville, Va, were married at
the parsonage Of the Winchester
Avenue Christian Church here by
Rev. P. A. Cave, in the presence of
several relatives and friends.
.. They win reside here
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LOCAL STOCKS
FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
SALES

FURNISHED by w. h Hibbs & Coz
SALES
Washington Gas 6s B, $200@102.
Capital Traction Co, 20@S7, 20
QS7.
Potomac Electric IS pfd, $5@111A
Lincoln National Bank, SO APO.
Riggs National Bank, $3.50,
10M607.
Lanston Monotype, 10@13o, 100
1870, 5@130.
Merchants Transfer and Storage
pfd, 100104h, 50104, 50103&.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric 512s pfd, So
105A.
Potomac Electric Cons. IS, $1,000
@9SA.
Washington Gas IS A. $1,000
@100A.
Capital Traction Co., 1O@S7.
Georgetown Gas, IS, $500@97R.
Chevy Chase Dairy pfd, 10Q107,
50107.
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Graf Zeppelin Is Safe
After Battle With Winds

FRIEDRICHSHAF Germany,
Oct. 7 U.N.S).-The Zeppelin works
officials here officially denied re-
ports that the Graf Zeppelin had
met with q mishap.
The Graf returned at Asst p. m
Noday from a trip over Switzerland.
The return was before schedule.
The great ship was hangared safely
after q battle with high winds.
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES
Bids for Road Near
Berryville Sought

BERRYvILLE, Va, Oct. 1.-THE
State Highway Commission is adver.
Using for bids on the construction
Of one and four-tenths miles of i'm.
proved road on the BerryvilIe. Win
chester highway. It Is to be of
macadam and will be five and seven
tenths mile west Of Berryvilla
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SHOW KEITH ART WORK

The Keith exhibition of color
prints, etchings and wood cuts will
be opened at the United States
National Museum, division of
graphic arts today. The work, by
Miss Elizabeth Keith, of England.
will remain on display until
November 3.
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EXTRACT PLANT REOPENS

WAYNESBORO, Va, Oct. Fol
lowing several important changes
and several weeks of accommodating
raw material, the Gardner Extract
plant, now under the ownership Df
the jain H. Held Company, of
Lynchburg. resumed operations to-
day.
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children should attend.

children should attend.
Dr., Charles Carusi, president Of
the board and chairman of the COM
mittee as whole, believes. 1t was
reported, that an amicable settle
ment can be reached. The parents
said last night, Everything will be
amicable IL our children are sent
back to Park View School; other.
wise, no."
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II you're interested In used car
VALUE, then you're interested m
tised for sale In Times and Herald
Classified ads today,
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ENGINEERS TO MEET

The Washington Society OF En-.
gineers will meet Wednesday night
at S:15 o'clock in the Cosmos Club.
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the "Y", has called a meeting to-
night of the board Of directors to
conside. The new budget.
The Washington times., 1929-09-16

pocket to put the flask into
it,
Instantly Johnny whipped
out a twenty-dollar bill. But
the attendant had no change
for it. y
1--WE don't keep much
change on hand on Satur-
day nights. There have been
too many hold-ups lately, -"
he said.
lyon got any change,
Forsythe9" Brooke asked.
Nope, y" he said shortly.
Nothing but a twenty-dol
lar bill. =
Johnny laughed. "No use
asking that bird to spend
any Of his money!" he said
sarcastically. "His motto
is Let the rest Of the world
go buy!" I know him. !"
He handed his own bill
to the man. "We'll stop
for our change on the way
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sense enough to fight
Back!"
The kitchen door flew
open and Alice came dane.
ing in, all powdered and
eurled and manicured and
wrapped in her kimonc.
"Stop chewing the fabric
and come on upstairs and
get dressed. Ann Marie y
she cried, radiant with ex-
element. We're all going
out to celebrate my engage
ment! Johnny just tele-
phoned a while ago. He and
Neal are coming straight in
from the club, and Brookie's
coming for Jeanne and 80
Come on!" She seized Ann
Marie by the elbows and
pulled her up out Of her
chair.
Have you heard from
Johnny's motheri Does she
know the engagement has
been announced in til e
paper9" asked Ann Marie
who knew that she did not
know about it.
"How dol know what she
knowsi" snapped Alice.
And what do / care She
can go straight>to Calcutta,
or any other hot place, so
far as I'm concerned, be.
lieve you me I"
At half past eight the six
of them started out in
Johnny's roadster.
The night was cold and
clear. There was no moon,
but the sky was powdered
thickly with stars.
1--WE re going out to 81
monds'," Johnny said, nam
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when she spoke her voice
sounded like icicles break
ing.
Good EVENING"" she sang
out in that chilly voice,
How are. you, Miss Macy"
Miss Macy! " = : Miss
Macy, when she had been
calling Ann Marie bv her
first name all her. life!
She's putting me in my
place. thought Ann Marie,
Treating me like some
stranger who waits on her
in a store instead of one of
her daughters friends!"
But there WASH t a trace
of unfriendliness in her face
when she spoke to Mrs.
Lawler.
I'm very well, thanks,
and how are yous' she said
sweetly. What can I do
for you tonight?'
Mrs. LAWYER waved a
white-gloved hand toward a
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"Mr. Peter Hasbrouck
Macy, Of Pleasant Street,
she read, announces the
engagement of his daughter
Alice Pauline, to Mr.. John
NJ. I4awler, Jr.. The we'd
ding, which will be an event
of early June, will unite two
of the city's eldest and
most exclusive families. :"
coolest and most exclu-
sive families-oh. my hat ="
Ann Marie giggled to her.
self as she read it. And
wouldn | just give a lot
to see Mrs. 14awler s face
when she sees this
And then, all at once, she
did see Mrs. Lawler s face.
The front door of the shop
opened, and in walked Mrs.
Lawler, bundled up in "a
brown fur coat that smelled
of mothba1ls and violets.
Above the fluffy collar
her long straight nose was
red with the cold. And
The Washington times., 1929-09-16

'CMoOTH SKIN is a perpetual
~ attraction" says Allan Dwan,
famous director and sums up what
SO orenost Hollywood directors
have learned from the movies.
"Thekind ofrose- petalskinwhich
can pass the test of the closeup is
the kind of beauty that gets the
American public every time," he
goes on to say
It is for this reason that 9 out
OF 10 screen stars use Lux Toilet
Soap. They have found that it
keeps their skin satiny and soft
always. And all the great film stu
dos have made this white fragrant
soap the official soap in their dress
ing rooms.
LRrH,y such as yoG hare found
only in French soaps at SOe and
$1.0O the cake INK
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ing a roadhouse that Ann
Marie had heard was very
gay and lively. I'D stop in
at my house for something
to drink. but I'd rather not
see my folks until they We
had a chance. to get used to
the notion Of Alice and me
getting handcuffed.
That Is alI right. We
can stop at my house and
Ill get some, = answered
Brooke Walters as they
started off.
The others waited in his
car while he went into the
Walters big stone house
and got the liquor. He
came out, wrapping a quart
bottle in a towel.
"Got a flask in my pocket,
too, +" he said, and they
started off again. =
Simonds place was far
out on the State Highway.
When they were halfway
there, Brooke drove into a
gasoline station.
Fill Ter up" he said to
the attendant. But when
the tank had been filled he
found he had no money to
pay for the gas.
II must have left my roll
on the sideboard at home, =
he explained, when / took
everything out Of my hip
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Automobiles for Sale
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Beard and Room
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I MISUNDERSTANDING
TAK0MA PARK. MD.-Two
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located.
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card that Ann Marie had
tackled up on the wall OF
the shop earlier in the week,
"ORDERS TAKEN
HAND-PAINTED
CARDS AND FAVORS
OF ALL KINDS. =

CARDS *AIND ia NOAeo
OF ALL KINDS"
it read, and Ann Marie had
signed her name to it.
IL came in to order some
cards for a luncheon ] m
giving on st. Valentine 9
Day, 2 she said, naughty as
the Lady Clara We're de
We're. aI'H want II of them.
How much will they be,
please7''
"Three dollars, answered
Ann Marie promptly, jot-
ting down the order in her
little notebook.
"All right. " And without
another word Mrs. Lawler
turned on her high heel, and
started out Of the store.
"She's doing this to let
me know where I stand from
now on, = thought Ann
Marie, watching her go with
unhappy eyes. She s show
ing me that / can't expect
to be invited to parties of
hers or Florence's from now
on--that my part is just to
make the place cards for
them!"
She wanted to say some
thing cutting and bitter and
mean to her. But she never
knew how to say nasty
things. There was no keen
sharp edge to her tongue.
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"a smooth skin 10 . stars
most priced possession, !" says
JOSE PHINE DUNN.
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer star.
''Lux Toilet Soap keeps my
skin perfectly smooth. -
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A Gripping Love Serial Of
The Girl Of Today by a
Famous Author
CHAPTER XIX

an Friday Alice went down town to the society
Z editor Of the town newspaper.
And on Saturday the news of her engagement to
Johnny Lawler printed in it.
Ann Marie read it in her father book store Saturday
night while he was at home, having his supper.
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BETTY BRONSON, Warner
Brothers star, in the luxurious
marble bathroom built in Holly
wood just for her charming
youthfulness. She uses Lux Toilet
Soap not only in her bathroom,
but in her dressing room on loca-
tion-wherever her pictures are
being made.
The next time you see her in a
closeup, notice how smooth
this daintily fragrant white soap
keeps her skin.
She says about Lux Toilet Soap:
"a star must have smooth skin
for the closeup. lind this lovely
soap is wonderful for my skin -
Nmyh>-~~~
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Her cold eyes were fixed
on Ann Marie s card.
"You re very sensible to
come right out in the open
like this and admit that you,
are working for a living, =
she said. GIVE always
thought that you Macy girls
were foolish to try to keep
up with the other young
people in the town--the
young people whose parents
can afford to keep them in
idleness. The crowd that
Florence and Johnny belong
to-"
Ann Marie just looked at
her, not knowing what to
say.
cts been very silly Of
you girls to sail under false
colors when everybody 3.
known what a struggle it is
for your father to keep YOU
all going, = the terrible voice
went on, running along like
a stream Of ice-water. !" And
it would be a very good
thing if Alice and Jeanie
would follow your example
and find themselves good
jobs somewhere-To come
down from their lighthouses
and go to work like other
poor girls -"
"Alice and Jeanne !" re-
peated Ann Marie, interrupt
ing Mrs. Lawler, "Why =
Alice - don't you know"
- She picked up the news
paper, folded to the society
page where the news OF
Alice's engagem ent to
Johnny was. printed.
She took a step toward
Johnny's mother, holding it
in her hands.
And then suddenly she
stopped =" After all, what
good would it do to show
her the little paragraph !
She would see it, herself,
soon enough. 1t didn't do
any good, anyway, to try to
change peoples minds.
Goodnight, Mrs. Law
ler," she said lamely.
eff I'd been Alice I'd
have showed that newspaper
into her face, and made her
read what was printed on
It'll" she told herself when
Mrs. Law1er was gone. "I@
have made her eat all her
mean cruel words! I'd have
made her swallow them all !"
When Mr.. Macy came
back to the store fifteen
minutes later he found her
sitting on a packing case
at the back Of the store, cry
ing her eyes out.
"You mustn't feel badly
about this" he said, patting
her heaving shoulders.
"Johnny Lawler isn't the
only man in the world my
dear"
Good grief! He thinks
I'm in love with Johnny!"
thought Ann Marie. But
she did not tell him the real
reason why she was crying.
Her eyes were still red
around their rims when she
sat down to supper at home
a half hour later.
The girls had had their
meal with their father, and
so she and Mrs. Leezy ate
alone, sitting at a corner
of the table in the : kitchen.
Well, and so you found
out that you liked that there
Johnny better than you
did, said Mrs. Leezy,
taking in her red eyes and
tear-stained face. "But
don't you grieve over him
FOR a minute! There's as
good fish in the sea as ever
was caught, my dear. 3" !"
/ And like as not the weddin IL
never come off in June. For
as soon as Alice starts usin ;
her nasty disposition on her
| Johnny and she soon will,
mark my words-he won t
be so crazy-cracked-mad to
marry her as he is nowl No
man wants a bad-tempered
woman no more n he wants
bad-tempered horse, and
Miss Lady will soon find it
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Making Angling Easter

recenynvened fishing automatically retrieves the line
after BY spring wound the plug the line
travels through the air. The tension produced sufficient to wind
the reel after casts Of so feet
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gNNZl "a g 81 = u n ll2s a1EiGs BLlRI0k ~

home tonight" he said.
you're open all night,
aren't youY''
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The AsiGtic and American BuffGtOes
The Asiatic buffalo similar the bsOn but has thinner
horns slope backward Some Of them eight feet from
horns tail five half feet high at the shoulders