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NORTH STATE NEWS I tenia r State Interest Gathered and Told in Brief. TO INSPECT HAREORS Examination cf N. C. Coast to Be Made on Harbors of Refuge. A Washington, D. C, special of tbo 12th says: The National Waterways iTomrtiisif iou, r.xm motion of Mr. Simmonn, has decided to semi the committee to North Carolina to in vestigate and rejort upon the water way system. The plan, as made now, is for the committee to leave here on the night of the 21st by boat, reach ing Norfolk Saturday morning. Tliere a government boat Avill be waiting. Saturday morning will be spent in passing through the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal, which it is prob able, will he purchased by the gov ernment. That night will be spent in Elizabeth City. The Congress men will go to Newbern, arriving in the evening the next day. They will be at Feuufort and -' Morchead City, leaving1 in time to reach Wilmington the nest morning. After examining the Cape Fear below Wilmington, they will go to Fayetteville, to study ihe upper Cape Fear, Tuesday. The parly will be composed of Senators Simmons of North Carolina rim Clark of Arkansas, and Rep resentatives Stevens of Minnesota, Wanger of Pennsylvania. Sparkman of Florida, or Moon of Tennessee. Senior Burton and .Representative Alexander will pixbab! johi the party at Wilmington. Bonds Ars Rejected. A ppeeial from Providence.. R. I., says th. House of Representatives unanimously repudiated the North Carolina bond project by passing without debate an act repealing the act which required their acceptance of the bonds and providing for their return to the donors. The Senate will do likewise, it is thought. Gov. Kitchin said, in talking of the bond issue: "Such action is in accord with views 1 have before ex pressetl. I felt sure that Rhode Is land, with full information, would not wish to harass North' Carolina about the fraudulent bonds issued id reconstruct ion da vs. ' Masons Elect Officers. Raleigh, Special. North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons elected the following o.'licors at its meeting here last week; Grand Master, R. N. Ilaefcctt, Wilktshoro; deputy grand master, W. B. McKoy, Wilmington; senior grand warden, J. T. Alr.enuen, Henderson; grand treasurer. Leo. P. Heart, Raleigh; grand secretary, John C. Prtwrv, Raleigh; senior grand deacon, E. P. Hobgood. Jr. Greensboro; junior grand deacon, A. B. Andrews, Jr., grand marshal; Claud L. Iridgen, grand sword bearer; Geo. S. JNorffcet, Winston Salem. A committee was appointed to set about the work of establish ing a Masonic and Eastern Star Home of aged and infirm Masons, their wiver; and daughters. Definite plans next meeting. Granam Bust is Unveiled. Raleigh, Special. A large audience witnessed the unveiling of the bust of Gov- Wm. A. Graham, presented to the State by the State Historical Society, in the rotunda of the capitol last week. Col. J. Bryan Grimes made the presentation speech. Gov. Kitchin made the speech of accep tance, and other prominent men Muiue onei laiKs in iionor or the former governor. The Laymen's Meeting at Greens- boro. Greensbcro, Special. More than 1,000 men attended the Laymen's Missionary Movement here last week. Representatives of more than 40 denominational churches discussed tbe missionary movement. Charged With Infanticide. Wadesboro, Special. Eugenia Crawford, rolored. is found guilty of murder of an infant during Xmas week. Tbc dhaild "s head was severed from its tody either by an axe or knife. "Hie Pythian Orphanage. Clayton, Special. Dirt was broken here on he first building of the group to constitute the orphans home of the PytbLans. Poiirti Beprieve Granted. Lvirnberfon, -Special. On account of the death-chair not being in read Bess at the State penitentiary, Gov. Kitchin has issued a fourth -reprieve to Walter Moore, of Robeson coun ty, to February 2nd.' lie was to have been the first to pay the pen alty in the electric chair! . By its elofhing igniting from the Sreplaee, the 2-ycar-old daughter of Mr. A. S. Got eh. near Washington, A'as burned fo death. Fourth Reprieve Granted. Lumberton, Special. On account of the death-chair not being in read ness at the State penitentiary, Gov. Kitchin. has issued a fourth reprieve to Walter Moore, of Robeson coun ty, t February 2nd. He was to have heeu the first to pay the pen alty in the electric cii.iir. JJy its clothing igniiiivr from the fireplace, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. A. S. Got"h. iur Washington, was burned to death. rARLiJLUS- GST VAST SUM. Corn, Wheat And . Cotton Exported at High Prices. . Washington, Special. A picture which reflects the prosperity of the country, especially that of the farm er, is drawn m the statement of domestic exports for 1909 prepared by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Corn at 70 cents a bushel, wheat at $1.04 a bushel and about 12 cents for every pound of cotton exported is the record for 1909. More than $24,000,000 worth of corn and $48, 000,000 of wheat went from Ameri can ports to "1'oed the world last year. More than $400,000,000 worth of cotton went to foreign looms, and as these figures show only the ex portations from the principal ports erf trade, the detail statements will be larger. Labor to Go Into Politics. i Washington, Special. Labor is preparing to take an active part in the coming congressional election. All' organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor are to be urged to prepare themselves for the coming tight, and a resolution recommending such action was adopt ed by the executive council of the federation in session here. The feel ing of the members of the council was that labor should make itself felt in shaping the legislation of the country. Found Strangled to Death. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special. Sarah 0. Breynier, aged 26 years, a pretty7 and cultured governess at the summer home of Mr. atid Mrs. Barnes Compton, at Millbrook, Dutchess county, was found in her bed strangled to death. Frank Schermerhorn, aged 20, employed as coachman on the Compton place, was brought here charged with the murder, lie made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, cutting his throat with a razor. Pass White Slave Bill. Washington, Special. By a viva voice vote the house passed the Ben-net-Sabath "While Slave Bill." The "White Slave" bill is the re sult of an investigation of traffic in alien Ayomen, made by the national immigration commission. Provision is made for deportation and exclu sion of immoral alicnls and for ex clusion and punishment of their pro curers who traffic in immoral women becomes subject to restrictions of interstate commerce laws. Sugar Men Scntenc3d. New Yorlc, Special. Edward A. Boyle. John R. Coyle, Thomas Kehoe, and Patrick J. Hennessey, checkers on the Williamsport docks of the Havemeyers and Elder Refinery, who were convicted with Oliver Spitzer, of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment, have been sentenced in the United States Circuit Court, to serve a year each in the penitentiary. Want $95,200,000 For Army. Washingt on . S pec i al. Carry in g an appropriation of $93,200,000" for the maintenance of the army for the fiscal year of 1911, the army ap propriation bill passed the house by a vote of 18G to 10(5; pi-esent and not voting, 9. Weyler's Book Nearly Ready. Madrid, By Cable. General Wey ler's Jong awaited- book. entitled "My Rule in Cuba." in which the captain-general of Catalonia, it is expected, has made important reve lations, is almost ready for the press. The work consists of four volumes. Graves to Be Forester. Washington, Special. President Taft has appointed Henry S. Graves, director of the Vale Forest School, as Forester of the United States to succeed Gifford Pinchot. He ap pointed Albert F. Potter, at present acting Forester, as associate forester. Leader of Kn Klux Dead. Montgomery, Ala., Special. Judge John Calvin Heed, of Atlanta, Ga., noted as a lawyer, author and scholar, died, here, aged 73. He was active leadervin the Ku Klux Clan. Creditors Will Get Part. Erussels, By Cable. The Princess Louise's share of King Leopold's fortune is $1,200,000. of which credi tors will get $800,000. Calhonn Statn3 March 12. Washington, Special. The House agreed to a resolution offered by Representative Finlev of South Caro lina, fixing March 12 as the date ef the ceremonies for the forma! ac ceptance bv Congress of the statue of John C, Calhoun. ' Say Early is "Probable Leper." New York, Special. John R. Early upon whose case medical men have been divided is in reality Icon, according to a decision rendered hy a special committee of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence. 3osfon Y. M. C. A. Building Burns. Boston, Special. The Boston Young Men's Christian Association building at the corner of Boylston and Berkley streets in the Back Bay district, has been destroyed by fire of unknown origin, entailing a loss of more than $200,000. An advance in westbound trans Atlantic rates to the United States ha teen agreed 'inoa. MESSAGE ON V CONSERVATION Taft Urges Issuance of $30, 000,000 in Bonds. SOME NOTEWORTHY REFORMS Importance of Conserving Water ways, Forests, Public Lands Set Forth By President Taft. Washington, D. C, Special. Presi dent Taft last Friday sent to Con gress a special message on Conserva tion ot our .National Resources, which, in part, is as follows: To the Senate and House of Rep resentatives: In my annual message I reserved the subject of the conservation .of our national' resources for discussion in a special message, as follows:' In several departments there is presented the necessity for legisla tion looking to the further conserva tion of our national resources, and the subject is one of such importance as to require a more detailed aud ex tended discussion than can be en tered upon in this communication. For that reason I shall take an early opportunity to send a special mes sage to Congress on the subject of the improvement of our waterways; upon the reclamation and irrigation of arid, semi-arid and swamp lands; upon the preservation of our forests and the re-foresting of suitable areas; upon the re-classification of the public domain with a view of separating from agricultural settle ment mineral, coal, and phosphate lands and sites belonging to the gov ernment bordering on streams suit able for the utilization of water power. In 18&0 we had a public domain of 1,055,911,288 acres. We have now 731,354,081 acres, confined largely to the mountain ranges and the arid and semi-arid plains. We have, in addition, 308,035,975 acres of land in Alaska. , Noteworthy Reforms. Among the most noteworthy re forms initiated by my distinguished predecessor were the vigorous prose cution of land frauds ainl the bring ing of public attention of the neces sity for preserving the remaining public, domain from further spolia tion, or the maintenance and exten sion of our forest resources, and for the enactment of laws amending the obsolute statutes so as to retain gov ernmental control over that part of the public domain in which there are valuable deposits of coal, of oil, and of phosphate, and, in addition there-i to, preserve control, under conditions favorable to the public, of the lands along the streams in which the fall of water can be made to generate power to be transmitted in the form of electricity many miles to the point of its use, known as "water power" sites. Land Frauds. The investigations into violations of the public land laws and tlfe prosecution of land frauds have been vigorously continued under my ad ministeration, as has been the 'with drawal of coal lands for classifica tion and valuation and the temporary withholding of power sites.' Since March 4, 1909, temporary withdrawals of power sites have been made on 102 streams and these withdrawals therefore cover 229 per cent, more streams than were covered by the withclraAvals made prior to that date. Should Meet Conditions. The present statutes, except so far as they dispose of the precious met als and the purely agricultural lands, are not adapted to cary out the modern view of the best? disposition of public lands to private owner ship, under conditions offering on the one hand swfneient inducement to private eapital to take them over for proper development, with restrictive conditions on the other which shall secure to the public that character of -control -which will prevent a mon opoly or mis-use of the lands or their products. The power of the Secre tary of the Interior to withdraw from the operation of existing sta tutes tracts of land, the disposition of which under such statutes would be detrimental to tho public interest, is not clear or satisfactory.. This power has been exercised in the in terest cf the public with the hope that Congress might affirm the ac tion of the Executive by laws adapt ed to the new conditions. Unfor tunately, Congress has not thus far ' tally acted on the recommendations of the Executive, and the question as to what the Executive is to do is, under the circumstances, full of difficulty. It seems to me that it is ! the duty of Congress now, by a statute, to Aalidate the withdrawals which have been made by the Secre tary of the- Interior and the Presi dent, and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior tempo-arily to with draw lands pending submission to Congress of recommendations as to legislation to meet conditions or emergencies as they arise. With respect to the public land which lies along the streams offering opportunity to convert water-power iato transmissible electricity, anoth er important phase of the public-land question is , presented. There are valuable water-power sites through all the public land States. The opin ion is held that the transfer of sov ereignty from the Federal govern ment to the territorial govtrameita as they beeorae States, included the water-power in the liters except so far as that 'owned by. riparian pro prietors.' I do not think it neeessarv to go into a discussion of this some what mooted question of law. It seems to me sufficient to say-that the man who owns and controls the land along the stream from which the power is to be converted and trans mitted, owns land which is indispen sable to the conversion and use of that power. I cannot conceive how the power in streams flowing through public lands can be made available at all except by using the land itself as the site for the con struction of the plant by which the power is generated and converted and securing a right-of-way there over for transmission lines,.' Uiider these condtions, if the government owns the adjacent land indeed, if the government is the riparian own er it may control the use of the water-power by imposing proper con ditions on the disposition of the land necessary in the creation and utili zation of the water-power. To Thwart Monopoly. The development in electrical ap pliances for the .-conversion of the water-power into electrieity to be transmitted long distances has pro gressed so far that it is no "longer problematical, but it is a eertain in ference that in the future the power of the water falling in the streams to a large extent will take the place ol natural fuels. In the disposition of the domain already granted, many water-power sites have come under absolute ownership, and may drift in to one ownership, so that all the water-power under private ownership shall be a monopoly. If, however, the water-power sites now owned by the government and there are enough of them shall be disposed of to private persons for the investment of their capital in such a way as to pre vent their union for purposes of mon opoly with other water-power sites, and under conditions that shall limit the right of use to not exceeding thirty years with renewal privileges and some equitable means for fixing terms of rental and with proper means for determining a reasonable graduated rental, it Avould seem en tirely possible to prevent the absorp tion of these most useful lands by a poAver monopoly. As long as the government retains control and can prevent their improver union Avith other plants, competition must be maintained and prices kept reason able. Drainage of Swamp Lands. A work of the utmost importance to inform an dinslruct the public on this chief. branch of the conservation of our resources is being carried on successfully in the Department of Agriculture; but it ought not to escape publie attention that State action in addition to that of the De partment of Agriculture (as for in stance in the drainage of SAvamp lands) is essential to the best treat ment of the soils in the matter above named. Dry Farming. The act by Avhich ' in semi-arid parts of the public domain the area of the homestead has been enlarged from 160. to 320 acres has resulted most beneficially in the extension of ''dry farming," and in the demon stration which has been made of the possibility, through a variation in j ihe character and mode of culture, of raising substantial crops without the presence of such a supply of water has been heretofore thought to be necessary for agriculture. But theer are millions of acres of completely arid lands in the public domain which, by the establishment of reservdirs for the storing of Avater and the irrigation of the lands, may be made much more fruitful and pro-ductiA-e than the best lands in a cli mate Avhere the moisture comes from the clouds. Congress recognizes the importance of this method of artifi cial distribution of Avater on the arid lands by the passage of the recla mation act. The proceeds of the pub lic lands creates the fund to build the works needed to store and fur nish the necessary Avater, and it Avas left to the Secretary of the Interior to determine what projects should be selected among those suggested, and to direct the Reclamation Service, with-the funds at hand and through the engineers in its employ, to con struct the Avorks. Recommends $30,000,00 in Bonds. One of the difficulties which has arisen is that too many projects in vicAv of the available funds have been set on foot. The funds available un der the reclamation statute are in adequate to complete these projects within a reasonable time. And yet the projects have been begun ; set tlers have beep irv'W to -ake no and, in many instances, have taken up, tho public land Avithin the' pro jects, relying upon their prompt completion. Tho failure to complete the projects for their benefit is, ia effect, a breach of faith aud leaves them in a most distressed condition. I urge that the nation ought to afford the means to lift them out of the very desperate condition in Avhich they now are. This condition docs not indicate any excessive waste or any corruption on the part of the Reclamation Service. It only indi cates an over-zealous desire to ex tend the benefit of reclamation to as many acres and as many States as possible. I recommend, therefore, that authority be zien to issue, not exceeding $30,000,000 of bonds from time to time, as the Secretary of the Interior shall find it necessary, the proceeds to be applied to the com pletion of the projects already be gun and their proper extension, and the bonds running ten years or more to be taken up by the proceeds of returns to th Teei.rua4ion fund, wkifh rtnrna, m the years go en, will ' increase rapidly in amount. Therfe m no doubt at all that if these bonds were to be -'allowed to run ten years the proceeds from the publie lands, together with, the ren tals for water furnished through the completed enterprises, would quickly create a sinking fund large enough to retire the bonds Avithin the time specified. I hope that, Avhile the stat ute shall provide that these bonds are to be paid out of the reclamation fund, it will be drawn in such a Avay as to secure interest at the loAvest rate, and that the credit of the Unit ed States will be pledged for their redemption. I urge consideration of the recom mendations of the Secretary of the Interior in his annual report for amendments of the reclamation act, proposing other relief for settlers on these projects. The President here devotes much space to inland waterway, improve ment to the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers. Our Forests. The forest reserves of the United Stains, some 190,000,000 acres in ex tent are under the control of the De partment of Agriculture, vith au thority adequate to preserve ' them and to extend their growth so far as that may be practicable. The impor tance of the maintenance of our for ests cannot be exaggerated. The pos sibility of a scientific treatment of forests so that they shall be made to yield a large return in timber Avith out really reducing the supply has been demonstrated in other countries, and Ave should Avork toward the standard set by them as far as their methods are applicable to our condi tions. Upwards of 400,000,00 acres of forest land in this country are in private OAvnership, but only. 3 per cent, of it is being treated scientifi cally and with a vieAv to the main tenance of the forests. The part played by the forests in the equaliza tion of the supply of water on water sheds is a matter of discussion and dispute, but the general benefit to be derived by the publie from the extension of forest lands on water sheds and the promotion of " the growth of trees in places that are noAV denuded and that once had great nourishing forests, goes Avithout say ing. The control to he exercised oer private owners in heir treat ment of the forests Avhich they oavii is a matter for State and not na tional regulation, because there is nothing in the constitution that au thorizes the Federal government to exercise any control over , forests Avithin a State, unless the forests are owned in a proprietary Avay by the Federal government. For reasons Avhich it is not neces sary here to state, Congress has seen fit tor order. an investigation into the Interior Department and the Forest Service of the Agricultural Depart ment. The results of that investiga tion are not needed to determine the A'alue of, and the necessity for, the new legislation Avhich I haA-e recom mended in respect to the publie lands and in respect to reclamation. I earnestly urge that the measures rec ommended be taken up .and disposed of promptly, Avithout aAvaiting the investigation which has been deter mined upon. WILLIAM; H. TAFT. RECIPES. .Rye Cakes. Beat well 2 eggs and stir in gradually with a pint of luko warm milk, then" stir enough rye meal to make a thick ibatter. Add a teaspoonful of yeast, stir a little, cover the basin Avith a cloth and set in warm place to rise. When the surface is covered with bubbles turn it onto a board and form into flat cakes. Bake on a griddle and serve hot or .cold as desired. Chicken on Toast. Boll chicken until very tender, then shred into email pieces, add 1 cup of rich milk to the liquor, and when it boils a Ht tl? thickening; cook until yon have a smooth rich gravy, season: have' pieces of stale bread toasted and pour the chicken and gravy over, cov ering each slice well; stand In oven fcr two or three minutes, then place on table and serve very hot. Sweet Chutney. Chop fine two grepn pepners, first removing the seed.s eight green tomatoes, one dozen peeled spples. and one cup ot seeded raisins. Chop separately, then mix. add two cups of brown su.sar, two tablespoons each of salt and drv mustard, and one quart ot beet vinegar. Put in a porcelain ket tle and crok slowly for over an hour, then put In small srlass jars. Gre?.n Pepper, Catsup. Fl'l a six mart porcelain kettle with green peppers, cruOi ore tablespoon each of cloves, a'lspi-ee 'and mace and Ftrew among t.Ve penper5. addins four cr fiv -t?'ks of celsrv. finely cbrppe-1. Till the lc4t.t? with vine rar on'! boil u"t:l th neppers can l:o reac'ilv mashed. Ke covered mt'l cool, then rub through a sieve, br-ttl? and cork tiehtly. Red Peorpr Cat'sun Cut four . dosen red periPprs ln sTall pieces, add two roots of horseradish (grated), six large stalks of celery (chopped fine), two tablespoons of mustard seed' and one of fait. Putv into a granit? Vrttl" with vinegar and water and boil for ten minrtes. Stir in one pound of brown sujar and let boil for one hour. Plice v.n aabestcs mat under the kettle so it will not burn, and stir w5th e, wooden or granite spoon onlv. Thin with a pint of vinegar before removing from the fire and let cool before bottling. lr. -!? -vn wrr" Tot v;" t,,f of ..mail woud ra. 3aiatt i'tt AN EABLY-rFRnflKI. John Foster the First to EstaMfti 9 Press in Boston. The Connecticut Historical Society has received from the Massachusetts Historical Society a work on "John Foster, the Earliest American En graver and the First Boston Printer." His claims to both titles are clearly set forth in the volume and, being the first of the Boston printers, he cctnld with but little violence be considered as in the ancestry of The Courant. Foster was born in 164 S and grad uated from Harvard College In 1667. Because of his learning he Avas a schoolmaster as well as a printer and engraver. That he was well thought of Is shown by a letter written bjf John Eliot, the Indian apostle, who refers to him as "an ingenious 3roung scholar." A specimen of his work as an engraver Is a picture of Richard Mather, who, after making all possi ble allowance for the austerity of the Puritans, could not possibly have looked as forbidding as he isdepicted. Another work by Foster appears on a broadside entitled "God's Severe Judgments Upon Sabbath Breakers in Their Unlawful Sports, Collected Out of Several Divine Subjects." It bears four cuts by Foster, one shoAving tho drowning of a party of)f;oung men who were piajijug luiiuciii ,uu iv.o on the Lord's day, another the burn ing of a woman and her two daugh ters avdo were drying and spinning flax on the Sabbath, a third the burn ing of a mill because the miller was grinding on Sunday aud the fourth a Biblical scene showing the punish ment inflicted on Sabbath breakers. All are thoughtfully provided with captions in order that they may be recognized. Foster was more active as a printer than as an engraver and, like the men of his time, he printed sermons and especially those dellvreed by Increase Mather. One notable example is "The Wicked Man's Portion. Or a Sermon Preached at the Lecure ln Boston on the 18th dayxof the 1' Moneth, 1674, when two Men, Nicho las Feaver and Robert Driver, were executed Avho had Murthered their Master Wherein is Shewed that Ex cess in Wickedness doth bring Un timely Death." The Dorchester records bear this entry under date of 1681: "This year died Mr. John Foster, son of Captain Hopestill Foster, schoolmaster of the colony, and he that made the then seal of arms of the colony, namely an Indian with a bow & arrow." He wa3 of such importance that an elegy upon him wa3 written and printed, fortu nately after his death. It contains some seventy-five lines and its char acter can be judged by its beginning, which follows: "Here lye the relict Fragments that were1 took Out of Consumption's teeth by tho Cook. Voracious appetite dost thus devour Scarce ought hast left for Worms t? live on an Hour." Hartford Courant. A Soft Snap. "Hay all in?" asked Amzi Clover bud of Israel Pepperpod, as they drew rein in the road leading to the vil lage. "All in," said Israel. "I reckon I'll finish up mine by Sat'day. What are you doin' noAv?" "Not much o nuthin'. Haviu' a kind of a soft snap of it. Ain't milk in' but nine coavs now, an I take it easy in bed until 'most 5 o'clock mornin's. Fact is, I ain't got much to do this fall but dig ten or . twelve acres o' pertaters and grub out six or eight acres o' my timber land an' git it ready to seed down in the spring an' git seventy-five cord o wood I agreed to deliver in town by Christ mas. Got to put up 'bout half a mile o' wire fence an' shingle my barn an' putter round at work o' that sort, but I got so much less than usual to do that I feel as if I wai havin' a kind of a soft snap of it." Puck. Matches Made at Country Houses. In former days it was always at the end of the London season that one heard tidings of "interesting" en gagements, but now it seems as if this, like so many other customs, ha3 changed, for. autumn and winter ap pear to be the times when young men's fancies turn to thoughts of love much xnore than in the season itself. This bears out a pet theory ot mine, that the young people see a great deal more of each other during a country house visit of four or five i"vo. than thpv do at all the balls of a London season put together. Therefore to mothers who wish to get their daughters what early Victorian writers called "an establishment" I strongly recommend a course of coun try house visiting, Avhich possesses tho additional advantage over town meet ings of making young people less ar tificial and more natural. Gentle woman. An Irish Centenarian. Patrick Clogan, a native of Dro mina. Charleville, has just passed away, having attained the remarkable age of 112 years. He enjoyed re markable health during life, notwith standing the fact that he always worked hard and often withstood great exposure. He had been, however, invariably temperate in hU habits and consti tuted in himself a remarkable expo nent of the cult of the simple life. He had a wonderful memory. He had a large family, his youngest surviving child being at present close on sev enty years, while his eldest died soma years ago at the ripe old ase of elShty years. -Yondon Clobe.
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