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IBB' CHBOIJIGL T7ILKE8BORO, N. C. Socialism is said oroeress in Spain. to t make rapid The students of the University oi California have pledged themselves to improve and beautify the grounds of the institution by their own labor, thria mAlriny improvements, for WUlCn the university has no money. - j f The Rev. H. K. Haweis,, who has re turned to London after, a prolonged sojourn in this country, says that the distinctive thin? about. American ( re ligious congregations is that they pre fer what is , unconventional and up to date. : .- ': ; - -- ; : It is a curious fact, and one not. gen erally known, except by those who J carefully study their almanacs, that the last , month of last year had two full moons, an event which has not oc curred in any December since the be ginning of the Christian era. "Sir Walter Besant, tj&e English nov elist, in commenting on . Hall Caine's views of the United States, :, and pub lished in the London Daily Chronicle, says : "We don't know the American people in this country, and we onght to know them; they come over here by the thousand by the hundred thou sand, and we do nothing to entertain them or to 'make their acquaintance or to show them that we should like to know them. Are we . ashamed of ourselves of our homes -of our women, especially that we do not want to show ourselves to them? fWe have no reason to be ashamed. The Englishwoman is not so intellectually cultivated as the American, but she need not fear comparison. - As for the people generally, I am right glad to see Hall Caine proclaiming the truth about them ; that is, that they are al most childlike in their singleness of - " ,, . ...... " J heart, easily moved by simple things, the youngest minded and the youngest hearted people in the world. As I did not say this myself, I copy it, I steal it, and I adopt it. The material great ness of America takes away one's breath ; the kindness of the Americans takes away one's power of criticism. On a rln pa Tint trn hwrt frnm a. ripliortif. iul evening and begin at once to carp and sneer and insinuate suggestions. Only, if f by any machinery we could do something to make the American visitor feel at home with us, we should be doing a great thing for ourselves. I don't want him to b introduced to belted earls, but I want American, men and women of culture to be able easily to meet English men and women of culture." " ' The Atlanta Constitution says that the trouble between the Boers and the British in South Africa has directed publiox attention to the Dark Conli- nent. Twenty years ago very little was known of Africa. - A few ".explor ers penetrated its forests and wrote books, but the tide of immigration did not turn in that direction. Becently there has been a big change in the sit uation. , The Boers have gained their independence, but the British in Cape Colony have never given up their idea of extending their dominion into Cen- . tral and -East Africa, thus establish ' iag an empire extending from Cairo ;to the Cape of Qood Hope. The Ger mans, however, occupy a large portion of East Africa, and .the Congo Free Ci.i.' 1 ..it I .wnaio : uu aiBU: i nits JroriUgUeS pOS-j sessions. The discovery of gold and diamond mines of course draws peon to these regions, and now the countr has a large white population, wit -ruiway ana steam ooat lines, an flourishing cities equipped with ever modern convenience. " There are rail f ways 500 miles long, and the cojintrj is being settled by a good classs - o: : - "oionisxs. v Wearly twenty-five ;cities . have a population of over 10,000 each 'All indications point to Africa as the continent upon which Europe wil : hereafter expend her energy and her . eapitaL1 vThere will never again bo such a rush of immigrants to thii country as , we have had in the past In future theywill go to Africa, am gradually turn it into a white; man'n country. They will exterminate, tho i natives as we exterminated the Indians and before many years the. native A 'ricans will be m the minority. ;TJnde ! European methods this heretofore al ". ' jnnlmnvrt v IflTMl .Will Vio.n-.v L '- thickly populated and civilized group "of States.- ; Later the , colonies . will throw off their allegiance to the Eur d - pean Governments, and they ; will re neat the r. example : of the -United RfatA. Perhaos -the main point of in ' terest to us is the fact that immigrjt tion will never again be, as great a fac- .1' ..' 't '1 J -;. ltaaViasn in ' --tor m our npuuuumg i.a' the past. Africa,' ' The tide is turning to South ' DOWN THE STREAM. Tjove! It began with a glanee, " Grew with the growing of flowers, " Smiled in a dreamful trance, , Becke¬ the passage of hours; t 1 Our passion's flood rose ever, f 1 , Flowing for her and me, ' .' Till the brook became a river, ? ' And the river Decame a sea. ; ' Grief I It began with a word, i Grew with the winds that raved j h A prayer for pardon unheard, ' Pardon in turn unoraved; v The stream bo. swift to be free! Till the brook beoame a river, ; And the river became a sea. . Life! It began with a . "sigh, Grew with the leaves that are dead; s Its pleasures with wings to fly, ' ... Its sorrows with limbs of lead; And rest remaineth never ' ? For the wearier years to be,'. Till the brook shall become a river, And the river become- a sea. & V. Lord Houghton. FOR ERIC'S SAKE. EARLY 3 o'clock in the morning had arrived when Norah's cat riage drove up to the door of the house in South Audley street. The footman rang the bell, and, alighting, she en- ered the hall, running quickly up- btairs to the drawing room. ( Her tall figure was still slight and girlish; her blue eyes wore a look of alation; for her beauty had never aroused greater admiration, her suc cess had never been . more triumphant rchan that evening. . "Has baby been all right? she asked her maid. ( "Oh, and can you tell me whether Mr. Fordyce has come borne!" . , .-"Mr. Fordyce came home at 10," was the answer. "He has been in the study";... xiot waiting for the rend of the sen tence, Norah went downstairs again. "Too bad, Digby, ; Shabby not to turnup" She had begun to speak as she opene 1 the door, but as soon as she saw his face, .stopped abruptly. . The room was cloudy with tobacco smoke. Though the June evening was hot, the fire had been lighted and the grate was full of papers burned to cinders ; but what astonished her the most was Digby's own appearance. As he stood Upright their eyes met for a moment; then his were . cast , down -shamefacedly. He had shaved off his heavy black mustache, transforming his swarthy, handsome face ; he wore a shooting suit instead of his evening clothes. . "What is the matter, Digby?" she demanded ."if you really' are your self." "I I by heaven !I can't tell you, Norah.": Drawing nearer she rested her hand caressingly on his shoulder. , "Anything serious, darling?" "I've got to make a bolt of it. There's not a minute tc lose. To morrow will be too late. I only, want ed to see you. I couldn't go without, happen' what might. t D 1. X J ! X i 3 1 " she faltered, gazing into his lace in bewilderment. "I've played my game and .lost; that's alL For the last four years I've been a heaven help me ! It will be all over the town to-morrow. I lost my last chance to-day. My name will be a byword." Sitting down, she could still stare up nelplessiy into his pale, haggard face. The diamonds in her fair, brown hair caught the gaslight and sparkled. "Barford will know everything di rectly he gets to the office to-morrow," Digby continued. "I must be out of the way before then. Norah; I should like to see the youngster." i Automatic ally she rose and left the room, shivering fas she drew ner rich plush cloak round her shoulders. On her return, she made a charming pic ture standing with the four-months- old cnim in ner arms iuss as sne naa taken him from his cot. ; Poor little beggar 1" muttered Dig- by, bending, over, him. Laying him gently on one of the large armchairs, Norah laced her hus band. ,.4- ": "I I can't Tealize it vet." she said. "I have looked forward to nothing' else the Jasfr four-years." Before-before you married me? ' she demanded. r "Ioa knew this when you first met me I Xou knew, it, and asked me- - - ' "I loved you, Norah." "Love 1" she cried, contemptuously. "And you loved meV . "I loved - the man I - thought you were. A man wno never existed." ' "For heaven's sake be. merciful!" he said, buttoning his coat. V I You have made me a party to your crimes," She cried, and raising her hands, trembling with anger, she tore from her hair the diamond tiara.; ."At Jeast a word of forgiveness." he said, taking up the jewel quietly, and lurusiing iii m nisjacKetpocKet. "Just a word before we part it will be for ever, Norah." - - "I can't.forgive you, "she answered. "It is no use. I could forgive much; if it had begun since our marriage, it might Have been 'different. v But you deceived me too utterly. " . " ' It - had fallen upon her like a , bolt out of ' the' - blue, without a warning 8ign,'at the moment of her supreme success. v - Henoeforth she would be known only as the wife of a defaulting solicitor, v Her love seemed to be crushed, ; together - with, ber hopes.' Iiong after he had gone, while the chi d lay sleeping on the chair, Norah stood in the smoky room, half dazed by the recent disclosure, till' the day broke,' and a new era in her life began. fAh, Norah'; anything up? 7hexe's Disby?" - Major Armistead glanced round the dining room. He was tall and spare, the more noticeably because he al ways buttoned himself ' tightly -; in a long : frock coat. (His darkly-tanned face appeared above a very , high col lar ; he wore an enormous iron-gray; muataohe. ' Long a widower, : since Nofah'a marriage two years ago he had lodged near Hyde Park, possessing only' a small income, besides his pen sion. 4 She took his hand and kissed him, then looked but of the window. : "A delicious morning after the rain,' she faltered. . , -; ' 'Come, come, you didn't drag me out "beforei breakfast to tell me it was a fine morning, Norah. Little chap all right?" 'Oh, Eric is splendid, " she said. "Then what on earth is it? .You're not looking well this morning too much dissipation. Isn't Digby down yet?" . . i ".tie's gone crone away. Me is ruined." "Ruined! Digby! Bless my 'Worse," she continued; "he has committed a crime. You can- hardly realize it? Neither could L But it is true. He has committed a crime. All this," she waved her hands as she glanced round the large, handsomely furnished room, "all this is the result. I am wearing: some of the proceeds. I can't stay, father ; take me away from it all me and poor little Eric 'The evening papers were full of the news, and sold largely in consequence. The nue and cry being raised, and a reward offered, a few days later the fugitive was arrested. Tried and con victed in due course, Digby , Fordyce was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. Major Armistead rented a small house, almost a cottage, on the out skirts of the town of Tunbridge Wells, and there Norah lived with her boy. Only twenty-three, she had bidden good-by to the world; instead of thousands a year, her income consisted of but a few hundreds, and these not her own. Yet she was not entirely unhappy. Compelled by her altered circum stances to devote herself to the child, he soon afforded a new interest in her life. She watched his developing in telligence, listened for his earliest lisping utterances. The day he first stood alone was a red-letter day. Her father beoame Eric's guide, philos opher and friend ; and later wasf ought a bftttle royal to decide who . should teach him to read. Major Armistead took his defeat so much to heart that Norah magnanimously gave way, and would sit always working, sometimes laughing, at others half crying, to ob serve the impatient man s patience. When Eric was more than common ly winsome,! Major Armistead always said the same : "Pity his father was a scoundrel." And Norah never demurred. It was the "simple truth. Eric was now six yeaTS old, tall, thin, delicate, with his father's hand some features and black hair. "I hope to goodness Digby won't begin to pester us," cried Major Arm istead one evening. He was an old man now and inclined to peevishness. Norah looked up quickly, i "It isn't seven years." "They don't serve their full time if they benave themselves. In prison Digby would behave himself." "He will .not trouble us, father." "I don't know. Scamp enough for anything. He may think you will take him back." "I shall never do that," she replied. "After what passed between us he knows I shall not." "I hope not, Norah. I hope not,' for Eric's sake. Is that Eric cough ing?" he asked presently. After listening attentively for a few moments Norah laid aside her work and ran upstairs, where he still slept beside her own bed. The child was feverish. Next day a doctor was called in, and now began a period of intense anxiety, till one night the- end seemed imminent. " ' . Major Armistead di 2ot undress ; at regular intervals he looked into the room, and Norah shbok her head des pondently. When the morning sun broke through the clouds at 10 o'clock, all the blinds in the little house were drawn down, and the light had gone out of Norah's life. . A few days later she stood with her, father white-haired and bowed now beside the open grave. The gray clouds hung low, and the October wind blew chilly across the . cemetery. ' Henoeforth she spent many hours there, always alone, since the distance was too great for Major Armistead to walk. She always pictured Eric's grave .as a kind of bed, and himself . asleep, as she ' often used to watch him. - - . ,.- .. : "I should like to put up a handsome tomb," said the old .man. "It isn't much, but it's all I. can do for the little ohap. I feel X must do some thing." : v;.;. -L V:.-. :'Ifwe could make some other chil dren happy," Norah suggested. 'That is what I should like; to endow a cot in a children's hospital."; . Major Armistead entered into the scheme with immense' enthusiasm. ; "Of course," he said, presently, "you must remember, thai' you won't have much to live on after I am gone, dear." ; r That does not matter," she an swered. "Nothing of that kind mat ters now. Nothing matters in an empty world, ' There is nothing left to live for."f -r - "- ! - ' "Iwill write to Ormond- street and inquire how much it would cost," said Major Armistead. - "We will call it Erio's Cot.',! '. Two days' later, going to the ceme tery in the afternoon,' Norah came to a sudden standstill a few yards from the grave, then hiding: herself behind isome headstones, watched the" ehabby- loo!uns aaa who stood bareheaded at its foot In spite of his black beard, and mustache, m spite of his white, haggard, dissipated face, she recog nized him on the instant. After standing there a few miuutes he covered his face with his hands, and presently, stooping, broke off one of the faded flowers from the solitary cross Norah had placed there. , Having stayed until he went away, she also left the cemetery, but on reaching home said nothing to her father. All the rest of the afternoon she busied herself in various Sways, her father glanoing at her from time to time, wondering what transformed and illumined her face, i Despite her troubles, she was ; a beautiful woman. . Her figure had de veloped; and albeit sad and grave, her face had retained all its former charm. To-night it seemed to Major Armistead like the face of an angeL J At o'clock the postman brought a letter, but when he would have broken the seal she came to his chair, resting a hand on his arm. I "From the hospital, Norah." ''Father." she said, "I 1 have thought of another way." "Well, let us see" 'I saw Disrby this morning." she faltered. : "Ah, I know the scoundrel wouldn't leave us alone 1" cried Major Armis tead., i "He did not see me. . He was stand- incr by the crave. Before he : went away he stooped and and broke off a piece of stephanotis. He is in very low water.": "He deserves to be !" 'Yes, fie deserves to be. - But I I am afraid he is sinkmsr lower. He looks utterly broken desrraded. He can have no hope in life nothing to help him upward " "Norah 1" her father exclaimed, "you're not going to play the fool! You know you don't love the man." "I I don't know. Since Eric's death I feel differently about many things. I am not certain about my self. I see what he has fallen to, but he is still a young man clever oh, might there not be some chance for him if . But I doubt my own strength. I am not sure I can do it. As I watched him at the grave the thought flashed upon me. We talk of a memorial for Eric ! Could anything be better than to save Eric's father, body and soul?" "Too late, Norah, my dear ; too late !" . "Ah ! but is it A it ever? If there were not a germ of good in him, would he have come to the grave ? You don't know that the cot at the hospital will actually save a child's life, yet you would endow it. So with Digby. He has fallen very, very low ; he may be incurable, but is that any reason why I should not make the effort ?" Major Armistead leaned forward and kissed her forehead. For his own part, he sincerely hoped she would never see her husband again, and yet he no more liked to interfere' than he would have done with her performance of some religious rite in which he could not participate. For several days Norah walked, to the cemetery at the same hour, but it' was not till a few days before Christ mas that she saw Digby again. As he stood lost in thought at the foot of the grave she drew near. "Digby!" He started like a man whose nervous strength is sapped. "Norah!" Instinctively his right hand went np to his cloth cap, as he stepped a few feet away. They stood . one on each side of the grave, which was now hid den by. young evergreens and plants. "You have been here before," she said, hardly knowing what to say. - "I did not intend to come again. I saw the announcement of the boy's death. m Tell me of him, Norah. " - Across the grave she gave him in formation concerning Eric's short life and last days, and then she asked: ' "Why why did you come to-day Digby?" . "I came in the hope of seeing you. I had no right to put myself , in your way but I am . leaving England. I have fallen very low. " He threw out his hands. "You see what I am. The first time I came simply to look on the spot where the boy lay. I saw you had put my name. 'Eric, " he read from the headstone, "dearly beloved son of Digby and Norah" , r "I hesitated,"- she admitted. "I hesitated, till I was looking for a text. Then I thought it ought to be there. Where where are you going?" "Heaven knows. I neither know nor care. What does it matter? Look at me. Do you think I. can sink lower?" .. ; "You can.rise higher, Digby. .-..Is it ever too late?" . v "Oh," he cried, "I dare say you are right. Sometimes I feel I have it in me. It is memory that throws me baok. Norah, you don't know what the utter desolation of it is. Ah, I know ; you have lost your child, and he had a scamp for .a lather ; but you don't know the curse of being your own accuser. On all the earth there is not a human being who cares wheth er I go under or how soon " . ,"Yes," she said; "there is one wha cares." He stared at her for a few moments, then leaned eagerly forward across the evergreens. , N What what do you ; mean ?" he muttered. : , 1 ' . " Norah held out her right hand. ;; ' ; "Digby." she said "I will bury the past, and if you will let me, I will do my best to help you in the future." . "Do you mean you will corned come away with me?" ....," 'For Erio's sake, " she sai i, quietly.' ; The- caretaker of -the cemetery stopped to look at , the poorly clad man, beside the grave; and . Norah standing v witft her hand on his shoulder. . ' J At "first Digby shrank from facing Major Armistead ; but she e vwd him to this as to muon ubbiuob. aiu had found once more, a purpose m lifeV while Erie's father began a new career that day. Ana a career wuiu went far to make atonement . ior iue past. Household Words. : SCiESTIFIC ANl IffDUSTBrAl " 4 --7 ; ; ' Some experiments at Leavenworth, Kan., show that paoKea snow oue an excellent resistance to Duuecs Th atmosDhere is so clear in Zulu- land,' that objects can ; be seen by starlight at a distance w. bbybu tuxtoo., ; The mouth of the lobster is smaU, and he must tear his , food to pieces with his claws before he can devour it. Telegraph poles ip Switzerland are preserved from rapid deoay by being charged i with a creosote compound, pressed by gravity into one end of the WOOd. ; .-:'V";:'': : As speaking tubes are found not to work on the English war ships owing to the rattling of the machinery, the Admiralty has determined to try tele phones. m ' v ;, The eieotrio stevedore is a movable conveyor for4oading a ship with flour or grain in bulk. It works ; on the endless chain and buoket plan, and has a record of seventy-five tons per; hour. J A new knapsack attachment without straps is being: tried on the Gordon Highlanders. The pack is fastened to the shoulders by metal hooks, and is prevented from wabbling by a back plate. Egyptians are very prolific. The native births in 1894 were 335,549, while the deaths were only 192,103; the native population of Egypt up to the Second Cataract and including the oases, is about 8,000,000. A proposition bas been made recent ly by bicycle riders to several gentr and manufacturers of . bicycles thai the inannfactarers get together m a convention and agree; to reduoe nu merous parts of their different ma chines to standard proportions. ; An examination of the two products, butter and oleomargaine, for microbes, reveals an average in the former oi from 700,000 to 1,500,000 to the grain, against 25,000 to 40,000 in margarine. Cold, moreover, reduces the microbes in margarine thirty-three per cent., and in butter but three per cent. A change of 100 degrees in tempera ture changes the length of an iron post in one of the monster buiidi'iga by an inch and a half. In case of fire a change of 1000 - degrees nay result, causing an expansion of fifteen inches. . This would wreck the building, as the brick and tile would not similarly ex pand, V. ; Among illustrious personages with queer fads must be numbered 'Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. His collection of beetles is the most extensive and complete in the world, and the Prince is a skilled entomologist, deeply versed in the habits of ants, bees, moths, flies, earwigs and all creatures 'that creep and crall and wriggle. Where They Should Go. Singers to Alto, Ga. , Bakers to Cakes, Penn. ' .Jewelers to Gem, Ind. ' Smokers to Weed, Cal. Printers to Agate, CoL The sleepy to Gap, Penn.' HP Vi a 4 A a fr Pncf liTinn . Cranks' to Peculiar,' Mo. ' 1 i iroets to irarnassus, irenn. Dead heads to Gratis, Ohio. Actors to Star City, Ars. Perfumers to Aroma, Hi. , Apiarists to Beevilie, Ind. Tramps to Grubtown, Penn. Bankers to Deposit, N. Y. Small men to Bigger Ind. . Widowers to Widows Ala. Brokers to Stbckviller Nev. Old maids to Aniquity, Ohio. Lovers to Spoonvile. Mich. , Hunters to Deer Trail, CoL . Young ladies to Bangs; Va. Hucksters to Yell ville, Ark. Cobblers to Shoe Heel, N. C. Politicia ns to Buncombe, N. C. Theosophists to Mystic, Conn. Physicians to Doctortowh, Ga. v Puzzle fiends to Riddieville, 43a. Drummers to Modest Town, Va. 'Druggists to Balsam Lake, Wis. t . Prohibitionists to Drysfone, Cal. Political orators to Stumptown, Penn. ... The gum brigade v to . Chewtown, Penn. ' , . . Newly married couples to Bliss, Mich , - Three-card-monte men to Trickum, Ky. New York World. . . Electric light for Invalids. ' . ' ; There has been designed by a clevei En glishman a little electric-light fit ting for the bedroom that deserves to be widely appreciated. It, is in tended more particularly , for the use of invalids,; especially ' in .houses still unequipped with the electric light. The lamp is of two-candle power,; and gives a f beautiful soft! illumination.' It can be : fastened to any'part of the bedstead and coven trated in whatever, direction may be required The accumulator is con tained in a small box; which may be placed beneath the bed. New '"York Mail and Express.!: An Engineering freak, f, If you want to see a cpriosity "in the way of railroad engineering," said a prominent railroad officer, . "you must take a ride over the - Guerneville branch of the Donahue road. It is a narrow-guage line, i with more l twists -'and curves in it than you wpuld think possible: In one place an immense redwood stump stood directly on the " surveyed line, and instead of blasting it out the men who constructed ; the road built around the stump, and there " it proudly ; stands ; to-day,- the only ! stump in the country that ever made a railroad turn ou" San Francisco' Post, i ' -1 XSou Drug Store. erry uro$,y Wilkesboro, N. C. Keep on hand a full line of Fresh Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Painti, Varnishes and Everything kpi ia a First-Class Drug Store. Prescriptions Carelnlly Store in the Old Steve Johnson ' Building, just opposite the Court House. : t , Be Sure to Call anfl See Them. B. II. STALE! & CI DEAIiEB IN fATENT WIEDICENES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, . .- . . . Cigarettes, Fancy and Toilet Soaps, etc., etc. ' "'4 ' ' J : ' - Prescriptions promptly and accur ately filled: Situated in the Brick Hotel Building. . UYBRY & FEED STABLES; A. C WELLBORN. PROP. :. - '. 1 1 1 ' .-- : i I ; Bituated on Main 8tret, eait of tht Court House. ' Good horses as d daw hioles of all kinds redy for the accom modation of the traveling public. Horsei carefully fed and' attended to. Gin ns a trial and see how we feed. ' A.C.WjEJLLBOItN, Wilkesboro, - North Caroliuk R v ; 'IS. H ACKETT, Attorneys at Law, WHiKESBORO, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Court. f '. , - IOAAC C. WELLBORN, Attorney at - Law, WlXlcoslDord, so, o. Will practice in all the courts. Deilei In real estate. Prompt attention paid to oolleotion of claims.' T. B. Ftjclst. H. L. Q.wxm FIHLEY & GREENE; Attorn oyo - at.- Law, WILKESBORO, N. O. f Will practice In all the court. Col lections a specialty Real estate sold oo aaaamiaslon. Didn't Like Tea. C. E. Davis has Just returned from a timber inspecting trip in North Caro liha. ' While in the mountains of Swain County - he says that a peculiar kind of drink was served by is host, and be asked:,, : .' . "What is this drink' made of?" 'Wilier leaves' ; f VDo you. idrink It all the time V 4M6stlv. 'pp.ntih' Kfissfrns season 1 reckons you'hs drinks a.'' '. ". "Yes; and coffee," stld Davis,. VI don' keer for tea, but I knows it's kin'b' fashionable," ; continued tie iSiountaineer. "We tried some o4ct. A peddler sol' it to usi We cooked a rness ofj it, ,an'. the soup war too bitter, while I'd rather hev ' danderline than the1- greens part. Samanthy kin' 0 liked it with molasses poured In,-so planted the rest in the garding, but wouldn' grow, so we didn' buy no mo of the stuff." Birth of " Tip." .' 'T'lioro line TooItt hoon mnrh tion regarding the origin of the word j tip.'UThe truth is that in an old w lish tavern a receptacle ;for small com was placed Jn a conspicuous - Pjjf' over' which appeared in writing, "T0 insure promptness.' Whatever placed iA the box was divided amck the servants. Other - taverns followed the example, and soon the words were abbreviated to T. I. P.; everybody knew wnat they indicated. Then ttj jjuuctuatxon marks were dropped, ana "tip" ttsj botn. . . . j
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