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American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-08

The officers and crew. together with the armament and
stores of the late s. Brig Enterprise have arrived in
New York. The officers and in good health not
having lost man by sickness Joshua Frost, quarter
ter was lost ovetboard off Porto Rico the 18th ofJune
Smyrna papers have been received in Boston, which
state that the situation of Salonica, in the beginning Of A.
pril truly distressing Greeks, Jews Turks all trent
bic before the Pacha He has caused deep bitches to be
dug into which the bodies of condemned criminals are
thrown and executed in the silence of the night Com
merce stopped, and the inhabitants and strangers hide
their money, and become feeble with misery The Greeks
making great preparations at the Morea, and their
feet designed to prevent the union of the Agerine
and Ottoman fleets. is calculated that the latter when
united will amount to one hundred and twenty vessels
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-08

profession the following Information may be Interesting to
those who would suffer the fair seek to Oushine them
if they could help it.
From the Boston Galnry.
"ADvERTIsEMENT.--Girt and Girdles, Belts
and Bellybands, Cubs and Cruppers, with Brass,
Plated and Pinchbeck Buckles, for Ladies and Hor-
SEES, constantly hand, for SALE by Peter Pullem
tight, chase trimmer, cober and boot black, the
| Boston City Ladies' Fashionable Grlh Warehouse,
No. 100 Rawhide-sreet corner of SlendeFwaist
Lane where every favor will be gratefully &C.
knowledged ~" Measures taken in the neaest
manner.--SL51 Sole leather furnished for ladies'
who prefer making their Belts at home.-Belts and
Brdes purchased Of the advertiser, cleaned gratis.
so" Cash and the highest price given for old Har-
nesses,"
Since the above in type the following advertisement
| has been handed us for Insertion
| The ECLIPSE Belly Bands !t!t
San5o Squeezem, BellyDsnd maker her Sable High
ness Queen Ainy, sends he compliments de ladies in
Wilmington be grateful for past avors and he bow to
de ground wild de most greatest respect while he informs
dem dat shark was lately caught in harbor in Rhode
Island and dat in de belly of dis shark dere found
calf and sheep. But sambo tnk he hear dc lady say
Sc what hab dis TO do wild Ladies Belts" Stop. Good
deal He tell you Out ofde skin Of dis cafand dis sheep
what was found in de sharks belly what you tnk Sambo
doi Why he got made in de city of New York many
Ladies' Belts de stuff would make and he links dey
lbe truly called belly bands and he derefore offers dem
lde Ladies' under de Of de Eclipse Belly Bands, in
honor of de great New York Horse, and he dose
who may purchase dat desc Bands strong dat dey
will eclipse de very soul out Of de body and snap de cords
of life asunder before dey will break.
! NIB. Nobody else but he sef only has got de gea,
Inc cL1psE HELLr-BASDs for SALE dat he would advise
ladies not to purchase from nobody but hesef lie
u lin Leather-Belt Alley
\ Ladies Relts.-The editor of the Cincinnati Re-
publican, respectfully suggests to the female e.rqal
sites of that town, 10 add sword "a lcooden one
will answer, and being light would be most con
venent aud appropriately to the belts with which they
at present decorate their persons This, the editor
adds, would give them appearance la miiitaire
md
$ With aroodea swords stuck in their belts.
i Which might be done quite handy,
Il They'd look as fierce and be as brave
5 As any modern dandy
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POIiTENESS

Modes Of @aimation in varisus Countries
Grec"landers have none, and laugh a.
the idea Of one person being inferior to
another,
Islanders, near The Philippines, take
persons hand OF foot, and rub ii over
their face.
Laplanoers apply theiF noses strongly
agains' the person they salute.
In New Guinea, they place leaves NO.
n the head OF those they salute.
10 the stats Of The Sound, they rai.e
the Left foot ot'be Person they salute ,pas.
ing II gently over the right leg, and
hence over tie face.
The inhabitants Of the Philippines
bend very lo", placing their hands on
their cheeks, aud raise one foo, in the
air with the knee bent.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-12-22

That last half stanza-it has dash'd
From my warm lip the sparkling cup,
The light that DER my eye beam nash'd,
The power that bore my spirit up
Above this bank note worlds gone
And AIuwCk IS but market Town,
And this, alas, its market day,
And beasts and borderers thl ong the way,
Oxen, and blea.ing lambs IN lots,
Northumbrian Doors and plaided Scots,
Men in the coal and cattle line,
From Te,io's bard and hero land,
From royal Berwick's beach OF sand,
From Wooler, morpeth, Hexham, snd
New-CasIle-upon Tyne.
These arc net the romantic times
So beautiful in Spencer rhymes,
So dazzling to the dreaming boy;
Ours are the days OF fact, not fable,
Of knights, but not Of the Round Table
OF Bailie Jarvie, not Rob Roy
IT'S what tour President Monroe,
Has csIPd "the era of good feeling -
The Highlander, 1.-The biterest foe
TO modern laws, has felt their blow,
Consented to be tax'd and vote,
And put on psnisloons and coat,
And leave off cattle-steaIlDg -
LORD Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in red behring's
And noble name and cultuF'd land,
Palace, and park, and vassal band
Are powerless to the notes Of hand,
Ol Rothschild, or the Barings.
The age Of bargaining, said Burke,
das come--to-dsy the turban'd Turk,
ISleep, Richard Of the lion heart,
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aIDlsreH
VILLAGE LAWYERS IN CHINA

VILLAGE LAWYERS IN CHINA.
We have read some curious ext,ee,s
from late "Sacred Edic, BIZ the emperor
hang-he,' published in the Asiatic iour.
nal. After an exaoriation to the soldiers
the edict proceeds as follows -
"b"t the people in their origin are all
good f; probably there may no, be more
man one or two persons among them
"ho' not attending to their proper dnrv
wish to become pettifoggirg LAWYERS;
and wi!h thai view, connecting themselves
with persons in the public Offices, thew
learn 10 compose few sentences ON nm
accusation, the one half intelIieible the
other not. They speak many hing,
. OH '''>'- INV 'hinds of oilers. ~
persons set themselves up in the viiIaa
"''u move persons to lawsuits.
aching as busy bodies, between the 'bb5sfn l
ties, with the spacious pretensce of being
radiators )swindle money and drink from
both. Moving and at rest they have only
one topic, 'maintain your dignity they
also say, 'ralher lose money than sink
your character"
by this it would seem that there is
more difference between the looks and
dress ola Chinese and ain American net.
uio9ger, than there is between their
character and disposition. Alter having
descanled much Of the improprietv of
employing OF listening to such men. the
author concludes this part of his subject
with the following peroraiion :--"W ere
men constantly 10 maintain in their minds
dispositions Of harmony, they would obev
the instructions OF our sacred father
Cmeanlog the emperor.) From hence
moitals would more and more improve
children and b hers would increase il
) iraiernai resPect, persons ofIhe same cIat
would more and more narnoDize anc
even down to your sons and grand. sops
the common talk would be 81 will hell
, you, and you shall help me-" Thi
would complete The harmony and peac
oftbe world! Bolh his imperial majesty 8
yoU' the people, will rejoice together |!
Commerciat yIdVerliSer.
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FAIREAN CoURr H0usE

u, DECEMBER, 18TH, 1923
10 MessrS White and Lipppncut, merchants
ana Joint partners, trading under the firm of
White & Lippencut:
fNAkt notice, that's the 2d Monday in Jan
n 1879, al the house Of Thaddrus Norris, at
ra'!,i",eg our p1 '.onse va shall take the de-
read in evidence, in support of moGon "s ~
made torhe county court of Fairfax, in Virginia
on the Sd Monday III January, 1921, TO dismiss
an attachment in chanCery, issued out of the
said court, by you, against me aud others, upon
the grounds that the said Swayne was at the
time of sueing out said attachment, a resident
of the state ofVirgiuia. Yours, &c.
dec 10 THOMAS SWAYNE.
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NOTICE.

MARINE assurance COMPANY OF ALrN,Ypsr,
tb>hh stockholders will please take. notice
" that an election for fifteen directors will
pe he'd ut the Office of said company, on
. o'clock r. Wv
Inc transfer books will be closed from o
O'Clock ON Saturday, the 10th of January. unit
the election is CLOSED. J. e NICKOJiS SOC
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BACON
SMOKING ESTABLISHMENT
ON wAsHINGToN--TREET

ON WASHING IUs- VIZ
TFJIIR subscriber will receive at his smoke
1 house on Washington streeS back OF ms
s,,rar house, 100000 weight of pork, which he
viii smoke with good sound hickory, if deliver
ed at the same time, and taken away in one
bndv. At the rate of one dollar per thousand
woisbt of pork, and at 50 30 per thousand
weight of pork, if continued in rhe smoke house
dnring the summer, to he taken away at the
convenience Of the owner, an hoHr being affixed
for delivery each day f; in that case the utmost
attention will he given TO smoke IT, ut all tunes
when required to preserve the meat ~ Sounu
state. IN either case the meat VIII be at my
risane against fire and theft.
Immediate application is requested to he
roadc. in order to ascertain whether suilicier'
quantity can be obtained to make u am ohJeci
why oC attention JACOB HOFFMAN.
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Little River Turnpike COMPANY.

November 25th. 1895.
VIE s'oct holders in this institution will
n meet at IT, Cagett's Hotel, in the town of
Atesamtria on FRIDAY the NINTH dav erIANU,
nv, lSGi, FOR the purpose of electiug a prcsi-
dant, four directors and treasurer; also for
settlement of the accounts of the last YEAR
on the following lay the superintendent of the
roa'' aud collectors of tolls AT all the gates will
be appointed. JONAH THOMP son treas
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MDplDBSo
NOI,IcR

A n ELECTION, for five Directors, Trcos,.
L n rer aud Clerk, vii! be held at tho court
mouse on the FIRST MONDAY in JANUARY, 1926.
oil the Washington and Alexandra turnpike
company 10 serve for ono wear
Alex q. dec I'D to r. CRUISE, treasurer
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Gbe Fnunt.
From The New York Evenirr p,

In the following lines our resde
viii find themselves engaged with no O
: dinarv poet. The third s,anza contai,
! one line exquisitely beautiful; but,
snail leave him or her, who can duly ar
Preciate il, to find it out.
LINES
HflFfen on .Hlnzvict Castle, The Srot n
the Duke Of Northumberland, octo
Der, 1922.
Home of the Percy's high born race.
Home NJ their beautiful and brave,
Alike their birth and burial place.
iheir cradle and their grave
sun sternly DER the Castle gate
ihe'r houses Lion stands in state,
As IN his proud departed hours
And warriors frown in stone on high,
And feudal banners 4 u the sky"
Above his princeiy TOW ers.
A gentle hill its side inclines.
Lovely in Englond's iadeless green.
10 meet'he quie, stream which winds
Through this romantic scene;
AS sllently and sweetly still,
rs when, at evening, on that hill flow :.
While summers wind blew soft and
seated by gallant Hotspur's side.
ms katharine was happy bride,
A thousand years ago.
Geze on the Sbbey's ruined pile
does rot the Succouring ivy keeping
Her watch around it, SEEM to smile
As DER a lov'd ore sleeping?
une solitary turret grey
Still tells, in melancholy glory.
The legend ofthe Chcviol day,
The Percy's proudest border story,
hat day It's roof was triumph's arch,
Then rang from aisle 10 pic;ur'd dome.
he light step OF the soldiers march,
he "usic OF the trump end drum,
hrd babe and sire, the old. the Young.
AND the Monks hymn and minister's song
And woman's pure kiss, sweet and long.
Welcom'd her warrior home.
wild roses by The Abbey towers.
Are gay IN their young bud and bloom.
They were born of race of funeral
flowers
''HSub :' '''''p gone hOur9,
-..Ai-sIia r,lar,e riolllv tomb.
On the holesI spot ofIhe Blessed land.
Where the cross was damp'd with his
dving breath,
When blood ran free as festal wine,
And The sainted air of Palestine
Was thick with the darts OF death.
Wise with the lore Of centuries,
W hat tales, there be 'tongues in trees"
Those giant oaks could tell,
Of beings born and buried here,
Tales OF the peasant and the peer,
Tales Of The bridal and The bier,
The welcome and farewell,
Since, on their boughs, the startled bird,
FIRST, in her twilight slumbers, heard
The NormaD's Cuifew bell.
| wandered through the lofty halls
Trod by the Percies Of old fame,
And traced upon the chapel wells
Each high heroic name,
! From him" who once his standard set
Where now, DER mosque and minaret,
| Glitter the SultsD's crescent moons
To him, who, when younger son,t
Fought for King George at Lexington,
A Major OF Dragons
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= Dollars Reward.

Sixty Dollars Reward.
n Ran away from the subscriber
* residing in Culpeper county, Va.
fNSP on the night Of the 18th inst three
S1y/ negroes-FRANK, JAMES, and
AL~n BEN Frank has very dark COM
plexion, prominent cheek bones,
an acdueline nose, sunken eyes, rather a con
sumptive form, and has a slight cough, and =
conspicuous scar on his LET; wrist, which has oc
casioned the loss liquidation in that arm; when
he eoped, ne wore a red yarn coat and white
pantaloons his age between 30 and 40. James
has a light complexioD,is oflow stature and has
lost most of his fore teeth; is apt TO smile when
spoken to by trade a blacksmith, cooper, and
stone mason, of which he is very fond Of talk
ing. Ben is black, stout made, with remark
ably thick lips, and has knot or scar on the
hack part Of his head ne went off on a large
bay horse. The above reward will be given TO
any person who will apprehendsaid negroes and
secure them in any jail so that get them again,
or $50 for either, secured as above.
GEORGE w. s. THORNTON.
Thornton Hill, Va. Sept. 2l--"g If
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iEiiN EAS } AN = EY
AS has just received, per brig Elizabeth,
u e Sturgcss, from Stockholm,
40 tons Swe'!es bar iron & plough plates
lie has also in store, aud offers for sale,
800 tons Of SwedeS and English iron, well
assorted, fiat, square, and round, and
tons of Swedes steel in bundles
Liverpool fine aud coarse salt in sacks
Claret, g. sweet oil in cases of ,loz borilcs
Malaga, dry and sweet wines, in ,lr casks
Madeira q Burgundy do in pipes x ar casks
Russia clean hemp
Do quilts and crash in bales
Do duck
Ravens do
Welsh slate Of various sizes
White lead, Spanish brown
Ivory black, Veniian red
Canton grapes, shawlS and figured silks
Cambria muslins, and spotted cravatS
Ladies' lead coored cotton stockings
Loaf sugar, cut nails, and brads
Hr likewise offers for sale
100 bushels Liverpool fine salt
So sacks of do do
On board schooner Armand Mary, at Mer-
chants wharf dec
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NOTICE.

wv W..
's'HE subscrihers would ncain remind those
L VIVA have accounts with them, thar but n
snort tue 'onger can possibly he given for the
closing "f all the business of the irm of 5. I'D
hee y and thar in future nc credit will be given
al their store, aud hope none will ask itas thew
shaii he under the necessity Of refusing indis
criminately.
E Y. r. 4 general assortment Of good
.AohOES :nr sale on reasonable terms NJ
SZthe OLD stand, for cash only
Ell S!LtS REED,
E%3 oct 10 u DAVID REED
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DO.NESTTC GOODS.

such as cassinctts, bedtick, Sc which they will
sell at The lowest prices for cash Those wish
ing to purchase the above articles are request,
eo 10 can and examine for themselves. All e..
vorS thankfully received
Wanted, an APPRENTICE to the bo,tipo
business from III to Is years of age. One Of
steady habits will be required n Cash given
FOR al kinds of FURS. IF ,io. M
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NO. 2051.

eeep on, nor from your cearmen,s start
Is England's friend and ia, al!y,
The MosIem trsmples on a., Greek,
IND on The cross and Altar store,
And Christendom looks tamely on,
And hears the Christian maiden shrek,
And sees the Christiun father die,
and not sabre blo,. is given
fn' Greece and fame ,for faith and heaven,
ny Eutope's craven chivalry.
You'll ask yet the Percy lives
In the arm'd pomp Of feudal state?
Inc present representatives
w Hotspur and his "gentle Kate
Are some halt, dozen serving men,
In the drab Goa, OF w lillian Penn,
hChambermaid, whose lip and eve,
And check. and brown hair BIRCH, and
curling,
spoke Na'ute's aristocracy
And one, halt groom, half Senschal, hall.
VINO DO" d me through court, bow er and
from donJoD keep to turre, wall,
FOR ten and sixpence sterling. c.
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Drore nnd Wagon Pork

q n hand, dnd every endeayor will be used 10
* eep regular supply, and sold at small .,, aa.
vance. Large preparations made for killing
al the usual price gee 10
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A FRESH
SUPPLP OF DRY GOODS

WV subscribers have lust rec eived i'm add,
non % thrir former stock, a well selecte.
ana completes assortment of seasonabIe ,,oods
consisting in part of
super and superfne London and common
blue and black cloths
10 do do olive, brown, aud drabdo
DO do do blue and black cassimeres
Do do do Coronation, and drab Mai, an,
striped do
SaSSinets, blues, and blue and grew mixed
from Sykes's factory
Hose, Whitney, point, and Duffil blankets
lied, white, aud yellow flannels -..e
pearna"sh', flushing, and booking baizes
Blue aud drah plains
Devonshire and marble kerseys
i,'nsey wo"'sev, huriaps, and ticklenburgs
Russia sheetings and diapers
Irish linens and long lawns
Linen cambria aud brown Hollands
Bandanna and fac hdkfs
Spiitieiicld new fashion twi!l.d silk h,,,,fs
o., "A, 81 cotton checks, Dorchester bed.
ticking
Rhodcs's bombazetts, plain and figured, of
various colors
Black hombazeen
"a new fashion super French chintz
rs do do London do
ANA general assortment of low priced cali
Indigo blue plaid domes.ics
A., rs, 81 bleached and brown shirtinps
aud 'hretings, from the celebrated Black
stone factory
Lambs wool, worsted aud Vigona half and
long hosiery
Black italian, and hatband grape
canton and Nankeen grapes, in pieces and
robes
Mull,jaconct, and cambria muslin, sc.
And great variety of other articles. too nu-
nerous TO mention, all of which will be sold
VERY Low For CASH, or to punctual customers
rs usual. Also
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A CARD.

4 CARD.
TNREoD0RE MEADE respectfully Informs
n his friends and the public generally, that
having been appointed a CONSTABLE for
me county Of Alexandria, under the new
law Of congress, he will ever he readyto attend IN
any business, (which they may place in mis- hands:
and pledges himself that il shall he executed
with the utmost promptness and accuracy. Al
the sametimc he assures them, that for MONEYS
collected they shall never be under the nere>si.
y OF calhne on him. june rs
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'one OF the ancestors of the Percy
'a'ni,y was emperor of Constsn,lnople.
he late duke. The poe is here at
'auIt IN his history The prescn, duke
Oh Northumbe' lard, then carl Percy, a,
.ne oal!e OF Lexington, was colonel of
'he British fifth regiment, and comman-
ded the expedition after the reinforce.
men'' arrived. Atthat time there we're
no Dragons 10 America. Bost Ce,t
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CONSISTING OF
Extra superfine, fine net and book muslins,
and common blue and real India IDul muslins,
black London cloths suPerfine and common
& CassimereS, fancy CO. Cd Cambrics, super
lorcd cloths, fashiona- book muslin hkfs, ca
BILE mixed cassincres lcOeS (rich dark pat
ribbed (new stylc), Va erns) ,cirCasSian paids,
lencia and Swansdown blk white and lead CO.
vestings, figured and lord superline worsted
plain bombaZetts, cas- hose, English and
sinetts, merino shawls { French hosiery (plain
81 hdkfs, imitation do, and ribbed), black and
Cashmere scarfs, fine white silh gloves, linen
black bomba8nes, rich cambriCs diapers, Lew
figured gross de ma is y IOmes's super gilt
Piles silk, figured levan : buttons, crimson, red,
black Italian utstrng, white aud yellow fan.
| satins, levantines aud nels, blue and white
| senshaws, black and kerseys, linsey wool
colored silk vevets ,lta- sey, booking baize rose
| lian Grape, Nankcen blankets, point do, a.
and Canton grapes, prom and furniture
| Grape shawls, scarfs Il checks, he'd ticking do
| handkerChefs, inser s nestle plaids & stripes
ton trimmings, jdco with variety of
OTHER ARTICLES,
| all which will be sold extremely low for cash
n. 5000 lbs cotton yarn. oct 10
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CHEAP HAT STnRE.
Wa1,ER PROOF HATS

81 'heirown manufacture, do mems and bows
low priced do. Also, low priced New York
manufactured do. Also, just received good
assortment of
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-08-13
MISCELLANY.
THE DOG STAR AND DOG DAYS
n.

The ancient Egyptians, in their OBJ
servations on the stars, had noticed that
when certain star of considerable
magnitude first appeared above the ho-
Fison in the morning, just before dawn,
the Overlooking of the Nile Immediate
ly followed. Before. warned by this
precursor, they retired to the high
lands to escape the inundation, CARRYING
with them things necessary for their re-
treat. AS this star performed for them
the service Of the house dog, by warn
ing them of approaching Danger, they
called it the dog star, and surprising
that this star was the cause of the ex-
tFaordinary heat, which usually falls out
in that season, they gave the name of
dog days TO six or eight weeks of the
hottest part of the summer. They as
cribNd an extraordinary influence 10 this
star, paid to it divine honours, and from
its colour formed prognostics, what the
season would be. The Greeks and Ro-
mans also held the opinion that the dog
star was the cause of sultry heat usual
~ felt about this time.
Its influence was esteemed 20 great
BY the Romans, that they sacrificed a
brown dog to it every year 10 appease
Its rage.
All these notions Of the ancients, and
all similar opinions, that prevail at the
present time on this subject, are mere
idle faneies. The dog star has no more
influence in producing heat and sultri-
ness, than any other star that decks the
sky, and the days usually denominated
dog days, might with as much propriety
be said to begin on the 10th or 18th of
July, as on the 25th. The atmosphere
suffers no greater change on the Gath
and 25th of July, nor on the 5th and
9th of September, than il does on other
days preceding, and subsequent to those
days, If the term dog days has any ap-
propriate Specification, it is because the
word is intended to denote forty or City
days Of the most hot and sultry part of
the year; but as these days vary almost
every year in their commencement and
termination, spy notice in the Almanack,
Or elsewhere, pretending to define the
time when dog days begin aud end, is
futile, and of no more importance than
the predictions concerning the weather.
Dog days in England have fluctuated
very much, as appears from their cal
epdar. Bede refers to calendar which
placed the BEGINNING ef'dcg days on