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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-11-04
Sept. 18th, 1859.


u THE SUBSCRIBER will sell at public auction, SRI
:n the late residence OF Lott Croom deceased III 2
a@A New Hanover county, Friday the llth day of--
November, 1859, THREE HUNDhED AND I TWENTY
FIVE ACRES OF LAND, less-ad joining the
lands of VIM. S. Larkins David E. Bunting and VIM K.
Penny Esqrs being the lands belonging to the estate oi
Lott Groom, deceased. The improvements consists OF a
dwelling and all necessary out buildings. About 100 acres
of the tract cleared and under cultivation the present
year. There Water Mill seat short distance from the
dweing also task of Turpentne boxes already cut
Also, at the time and place., one other tract OF l2
acres adjoining the lands OF Thos Fure Hlory Croom
and the heirs Of Jesse Groom, deceased.
Aso other tract of 25 acres adjoining the lands OF
Col VIM Robitzsch and John r. Crews, ESQ., upon which
there task Of Turpenne boxes in their second ear
Of cultivation.
The two named t;acts also the property OF the
above deceased. All of which will be sold in accordance
with the VIII of the said deceased.
Tern8.-One and two years credit will be given. Pur-
Chasers will be required give bonds with approved
ry bearing interest from the day of sae and also to
for title papers. JOHN JONES, Ext
Aug. 18Th. 1859. ol-fsT
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L Nj B R Old E RIES.

Is department CT our stock attractive than usual
'ery rich FRENCH and SCOTCH EMBROJDERIES, at
very great bargains.
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wHLTAMHImpVVvr

NETHOLESALE AND RETIL DRUGGIST, and Dealer i
w Paints Oils, Dye Stufs Window Glass, Garden Seeds
Pertumery Patent Medicines, &C. &C., of Front
Market SITS Immediately opposite SHAws old stand Whining
ton n G.
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,IOSERH L. KEEN

{ tONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the
public that he prepared take contracts in his line
0 business He keeps constantly on hand, LIME, CEMENT
BRICK, &c.
n b. 10 Dstlers of Turpenne-he is prepared to put
up Stlls al the shortest notice May 20-37-1y
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GROUND PEA LAND FOR SALE.

LAND FUR
YHE SUBSCRIBER being desirOus change his busne
1 offers for sale valuable TRACT OF LAND containing
from eight to thousand acres of which from three to
thousand we'll adapted the raising of Ground
Peas There are the four hundred
swamp land of which about eighty cleared and highly
productive
The improvements of the best character. For erms
which will be made very accommodating, apply to
u. w. JORDAN,
Little River 5. G.
JuIy 8th, 1859 45-u
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&lIO u EW ARD
Wanted,
NOT A HUMRUC

NOT A HUMRUC&,
XETANTED-One or more Young Men in each Sta,e, t
W whom will be paid $50 to S5 per month and exper
For particulars address, with stamp
NJ. B. ALLEN Co,
Sent. ID, lS59-I-3m PIaistOW, N. II.
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Drugs. Medicines. Paints. Oils. &c.
THE LIVER
IN vie O L 4 7 r.!

> . PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD.
COWPOUNDED ENTIRELY FROM GUMS
7 $ ONE OF THE BEST PURG ATIVE AND LIVER MET
L ICINES now before the public
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/ n0N ACRES OF LAND, lying on the West side -
I.OltU of the North East branch Of the Cape o.
Fear River l8 miles from Wilmington and three miles @
from the Railroad, known the
TATTS. or FERRY PLANTATION
The Lands underlad with the best of marl and well
adapted to the growth Of Cotton Pea Nuts There 4O
to so cleared, good Land there is the
ty with good Dwelling and outhouses Negro Quarters
Stables and Barn. the last two, framed buildings
medately the bank of the River.
If not sold before, the Land Team and Farming UteEsis
of all descriptions, will be offered public sale, TIE
premi- es, the 10th day of December.
TERMoThe Land will be sold for neourth cash, bas-
in one two three and four years. with approved
bearing interest
For further information, apply to LEVIN LANE, or
VIM. W. LANE, Agent.
Tarboro Souherner and Newbern Progress copy weekly
until otherwise ordered
October l4th, I859-7-tf
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J A Wis & BAKERS ISLAND
GUANO,
FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
IMPORTED
AMERICAS tiUANO COMPANY,

AMERICAN tEUANO COMPANY.
NEW YORK
fE7HIS GUANO is far superior any other fertilizer
known, and Of permanent value to the so sold at
hty per cent less than Peruvian Guano Its peculiar
t0I combination of the Phosphates and Suphates of Lime
enable to restore to the soil the lost properties by
slant cropping and the Planter will be enabled merely
to reap from its present Drop but find his land at the
end OF the season. healthier and stronger, requiring less
amount of Guano for the next planting.
This guano feeds but does stimulate to excess the
roots of plants and they thereby enabled withstand
he effects of drought 70 greater degree than by the
Of any other fertilizer known
For n information and reports of successful experiments
with this Guano, apply to
DEROSSET, BROWN & CO.,
Agent for the State of North Carolina.
4 SUPPLY OF TIE ABOVE GUANO Just received, and
"A will be kept constantly on hand; for sale by
DEROSSET, BROWN co.
October 18th, 1859-35-6-8-tf.
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Rosemary is an admirable stimu-
liant it will promote the growth OF
the hair, and cure headache. Purifi-
ed Castor OIL is valuable for its n0ur-
ishing and Strengthening properties,
and when they are skilfully blended,
so as to be free from greasiness, and
the injurious properties of alcohol
and spirits, they form an invaluable
iDY fOr all diseases of the hair and
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All ohO using 1t are gUing their unanimous testimony
IN ITS f0U0r.
Ma eoar IN the mouth ,0h the hUig0rat0r, and saoaHoo
both together
PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
DR.. SANDFORD Proprietor, No. 335 Broadway n York.
Retaied by all Druggists. Sold also by W H. LIPPITT
WALKER MEARES, and DRAKE 4 MCIIN, Wilmington,
n. c. March 24th, l859.-30-ly
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CAPE FEAR BAR AND RESTAURANT

MEALS AT ALL no UKS. - - -
~ ~ WITH A VIEW TO THE ACCOMMODATION
SMcx of passengers arriving by the night lines on the
W. different Railroads, well as for those depart
ing by the same and meet the wishes of the public
generally the subscriber gives notice that hereafter the
establishment will be open and prepared furnish
meals and other refreshments at all hours of the night as
well Of the day,
OYSTERS, GAME, etc., in season, always be OBJ
tained served up in the best style.
R. B. BURNETT, Proprietor.
Oct. 9th, 1859. 26-6t-6-6t
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VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE

VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE.
- THE SUBSC' IBER having determined to go ezas
H5 West will sell, moderate terms his PLANT Sx5s
-21 ALTON in Columbus county situated 36 miles -N@-
from Wilmington, the Wilmington Manchester Railroad
and within from hafane one-and ahalf miles from the
Waccamaw Lake.
he contains 900 acres. of which 200
der good fence and in order for cultivation and well adap
ted the production of CORN, PEAS COTTON and PO-
TATDES. If desired TWO Plantations might be made
the whole might be included in plantation well situated
in body.
The RANGE for Cattle and Hogs is unquestonaby the
best in the lower part Of the State.
On the place is NEW DWELLING, with comfor-
table rooms Negro Houses Barn, other usual
houses. The stock would be sold with Plantation
Sept. Is, l859-3-6m* II. J. SMITH.
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE TIMBER, TURPEE-
TINE AND FARMING LANDS.
OFFICE OF THE ALA. FLA. R. R. Co.,
Pensacola, Sept s, 1859. {
gsss= THE Alabama and Florida Railroad Company will
E9SE sell Public Auction i'll the city of Pensacola,
-- A0nday the 5h day Of December next, and suhse-
Quent days portions their lands lying along the Rail
road and Perddo and Escambia rivers and between the
Gulf of Mexico the State line of Alabama Within these
limits fist Timber, Turpentne and good Farm
ing Lands
The completion of the Railroad by the 25h April next to
the State line of Alabama and the construction mmed-
atey of Branch Road Of miles length connecting the
valley of the Perdo with the city of Pensacola, will open
large portion of these lands to easy direct and cheap
commune alton with the rising and valuable market OF Pen
| sacOa.
Persons desOUs of making purchases before the day
pointed tor the public SALE do at private sale on
plcaon the undersigned at The office OF the mpany i'll
! the city of Pensacola.
By order of the Board of Directors.
! GEO. W. HUTTON,
Secretary Ala & Fla. r. r. Co.
| Can't 18th
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We ale the ONLY IMPORTERS of
u - ES@E MAMN @N@ -
IN the State We selling the best manufacture ofNENS
at 20 P"r Cent Less than New York wholesale prices
quality guaranteed.
i0O HLICES DUNBAR, Dixon Co.'S LINENS received
per last Steamer from Europe.
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TO PLAN RS

We offer 1900 NEGRO BLANKETS; every style OF
NORTHERN KERSEY-also, all grades of the celebrated
SALEM hERsEY8 at Factory prices NEGRO SHOES
and NEGRO CLOTHING, Ready Made.
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General Notices.

NOTICE.
I'VE SUBSCRBEES having at the present October Term.
$50 Of the Court OF Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Du-
pn County, qualified Executors Of the Last WIN and
Testament OF Timothy Newkrk deceased, hereby give
notice to all persons Indebted the Of said deceased
make immediate payment. and to those having demands
against the to present them duly authentC Gated within
The time by law this notice will be pleaded in
bar Of their recovery.
JOHN D. POWERS. r,otz
H.. F, MURPHY, Executors
Oct. 18th, A. D. 1859. 96t-w
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ANOTHEfk FACT

ANOTHER FACT
yVyHAT EVERY BUSINESS MAN ought to have a No. l
etfer copving press Such article with Mans best
Letter Copying Books, can be had by calling at
Oct 18th 1889 KELEY'S BOOK STORE.
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NET RIBBONS.

LOGO Pieces BONNET RIBBONS, bought at sacrifice
and viii be sold surprisingly cheap.
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AGAIl,I-I.uuRAL IEIPL ERI . Nfls.

AGRICULTURAL IEIPLERIENTs.
HE SUBSCRIBERS having accepted the agency for the
sale of E. WHITMAN & CO.'S (Baltimore) celebrated
AGRICULI URAL IMPLEMENTS AND HORSE POWERS,
prepared to furnish the at Baltimore prices at
shortest notice.
Circulars containing list articles with prices furnished
by ELLIS & MlIChEii"
Wilmington, N c., October 81, 1859. sly
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IL @ Sic RY

Men, Women and Chidrens WORSTED SILK and COT
TON, in great variety.
Gents, Ladies, and Children's UNDER GARMENTS.
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tGElWlS,

ZCE'oWa% FEMALE COI.IEGI4pE. INSTITUTE
Ma ILL COMMENCE IT'S FALL SESSION ON THE
w first Wednesday in October next Catalogues CON
tanning tut particulars may be had oy application to
BFNJ. !. SPEIRS.
aug. Z6s Is39-52l7t* MurfTees boro' n, G..
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NEGROEs WANTEn.

9s1 THE SUBSCRIBER is in market for a number o
Il Negroes for which am determined to pay the high
~A est cash prices Persons having such property fo
would do well to give call address at Si1
Runs, Sampson county, N. &. JOHN BARDEN.
AnpnSt 18th 1859 52-6m
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-11-04

These Gums remove all
mOr6id or bad matter from
the system, supplying in
their place a healthy flow
of bile, invigorating the
stomach, causing food to
digest well, purifying the
b'C0d, giving tone and
health TO the whole ma
chinery, re ID wing til e
cause Ofthe disease--effect-
ing a radical cure.
Bilious attacks are cured.
and, what is better, preven
ted by the occasional use
Of the Liver Invigorator.
One dose after eating is
sufficient to relieve t b e
stomach and prevent the
food from rising and sour
ing.
Only one dose taken be,
fore retiring, preVe mt
nightmare.
Only one dose taken at
night, loosens the bowels
gently, and cures c0StiUe-
ness.
| Ore dose taken after each
meal will cure Dyspepsia.
One dose of two teaspoon.
fuls will always relieve Slck
Headache.
| Only one dose immediate,
! IV TnIinynG TDHp " n ! q
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EDWtN a. KEITH,

COMMISSION MERCHANT,
I WTMINGTON, n. G.
Offers his services to Planters as Factor gent for the
sale Of Cotton; will give his personal attention to the sale
Of Cotton
hale additional charge will be made Cotton forwarded
10 New York for 10 cents per bale.
oct. 4th, 1859
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I1LIsBOROUGH. n. {. MILITARY ACADEMY.
eGT45zsSA THIS ACADEMY Is CONDUCTED ON TIL
<sgsEA plan of the Virginia and South Carolina State
sss# Military Institutions. For circular address
the superintendent, Col c. c. Tew, Hisborough, n. C.
jan 9th 1853 23-l2m*
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March 4, 1859

NOTICE TO si4AVE-T5OLDEKS IL NORTH AND
SOUTH CABOIISA.
% AM IN MARKET NOW FOR THE PURPOSE
* OF BUYING NEGROES. All persons who have such
a. property to dispose would do well to Gail
ad1Iess me Warsaw, n. o. will any part Of either
of the above named States after negroes.
All letters promptly attended to.
August 26 lS5g-52-6m NORRIS FREDERICK.
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ALDERMAN & BETI ENCOURT,
VETHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS,
w No. 32 NORTH WATER STREET.
% Orders for Goods accompanied by the cash. or from
punCtua customers solicited and will receive prompt and
faithful attention. [July 20, 1859
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OWEN 81 YAEBROUGH
rTAyE THIS day entered into COpartnership for the
i nurpose of transacting the COMMISSION AND FOR
V4RbINC BUSINESS, in all its branches, in Wilmington,
d will give prompt personal attention all business
trusted to their care -
liberal cash advances will be made consgnments of
country produce.
ag- Office on North Water street. H. VonGlahn's
-tTTe JOHN W. OWEN.
O. 5. YARBROUGH.
WILMINGTON Oct. 90 l859-8lv
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ALFRED ALDERMAN,
7 INSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
WILMINGTON. n. G.
VIII give prompt attention to all business in his line.
Feb. 2Oth, 1857. 25-1y
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r. NJ. BIZHEEEE,
~ NROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
N No. 20 NORTH WATER STREET
WILMINGTON, N c.
Prompt and personal attention given to the reception OF
al kinds country produce either for sale or shipment
Orders for groceries from cash customers Will receive I'M
mediate attention, free of commissions.
Nov 10Th, 1858 l2-ly*
Fay. Obs. Il and send bill to this office Immediately
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Professional and Business Cards
WILMINGTON HOOK BINDERH: =,
+ Poeop,puf of Ng,C {" Journal Bu1tdt't9-

l. y pialit5TiGITfAR ATTENTION paid to the
/7EfEfzA Rndina of Periodicals also Music, Law and
El[6<sI Wedicai Bo. KS a Il kind of Ruling executed
4 1esfess and despatch and BlankboOks OF any pat
tern h&nI"ItSlS oatI I9Eo SU 60 9-3m
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n.Rs. mcCALEE,s HoTEi..

August lst, 1859.
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FULL CASH PRICES FOR NEGROES.
Rkn ALL PERSONS WISHING TO SELL NEGROES
* requested to call the subscriber as he deter
~ mined to pay prices that will justify persons to sell
Please call address at Clinton, N c. and yol
shall have the worth of your Negroes you will sell then
me and that without telling fbs that Negroes have
fallen. l.. A. POWELL,
Aug. 5th, IS59-49-6m* Clinton, N. c.
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Z EVANSVILLE FEMALE SEMINARY
hiS SCHOOL viii be opened again under the same corps
OF Teachers on Thursday the 18th day of September
Inc scholastic year comprises months with vaca-
non o two weeks ct Christmas. Fees for Tuition hereto
lore ard able half Christmas and the other at
the close. the second Thursday in Juy. 1860.
For further paTticu circular will be sent on appca
ton to T. OSCAR ROGERS, Principal.
rto D. Ma LARD Sec'y of Board Of Trustees
July ZZ. 47tf
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eA TO THE FARMERS AND CITIZENS of the coun
* ties OF Duplin, Wayne Johnston, HaTnett Moore
IL Cumberland Robson, Baden, Columbus Brunswick
New Hanover and Sampson:
The subscriber being desirous of purchasing number OF
likely young Negroes, of ali classes and descriptions ayaS
himself of this method of informing those who may have
such property dispose that they would do well to visit
me at home address Clinton n Co. for which they
shall receive visit word to the wise is sufficient, as
EVERETT PETERSON.
Am
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CA Harness - Leather Establishment. T-I ~,
EsHR4 RTdas yaEetX Wb6s of Sadde add nRs nRs III
Harness. Band String and Sole Leather, Calf SKIN, LINING
&c. all kinds of OIL Coach Trimmings, Carpet Bags Vases
&C. nable Condition Powders, for diseased Horses
Cattle every description of Ploughs and Agricultural Imple
mens The largest stock in the State and sold wholesale
retail, at the lowest New York prices
Harness and Saddles manufactured to order and
paired. JAMES WILSON,
Dec. 3-l4-ly No. Market St., near the wharf.
WILLIAM J. PRICE.
INSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Socs the patronage of his country friends and all 9th
ers engaged in the Turpentine business
RB-Of1ce opposite No. Al, North Water Street.
Nov 24th, 1858. 68-1y-w.
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ALIlfN & CLARK.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN LIME,
< Calcned Plaster, Hydraulic Cement Hair, &C.,
WILMINGTON, n. G.
AgPrompt personal attention given to consgnments OF
Naval Stores, Cotton other Country Produce for sale or
shipment. [Apri l, l859-3ld
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! One dose often repeated
: is a sure cure for Cholera
- M0rbts, and a preventive
- of Cholera.
"a Only one bottle is needed
- to throw out Of the system
S1 the effects of medicine after
1 a long sickness.
81 Cne bottle taken for jam
dice removes all sallowness
81 or unnatural color from the
sSsJ skin.
. ! One dose taken d short
S time before eating gives
Sk] vigor to the appetite and
. makes the food digest well.
ID One dose, often repeated,
- cures Ch1 onic Didrrh8a
in its worst form, while
& Summer and BO2Cel Com
& plants yield almost to the
q first dose.
- A few bottles will cure
DrOpSy by exciting the alb
sorbents.
80 We take pleasure in re-
p .commendinp this medicine
FY as a preventive for FeUey
ga e and Ague, ChiH FeUer and
"a all Fevers of a Bilious type,
e 1t operates with certainty,
81 and thousands are willing
"a TO testify 10 its wonderful.
2aEJ virtues.
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COMMISSION MERCHANT,
~ WILMINGTON, N. c..
Rg-Will give prompt and personal attention to all
cOnsignments of SPIRITS TURPENTLNE, ROSLN,
TIMBER, COTTON FLO UR, and other country produce,
either for sale shipment.
My wharf and warehouses being conveniently located for
the reception Of produce either by Railroad River
bles me to make charges light. Nov. 12-l1-1y
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-01
SunburV & Erie Railroad.

The prospect Of the early completion
Of this work gives peculiar significance to
the following extract from Hon. y. X
MCLUEE's speech in support of the bill
authorizing the sale of the State canals to
the Suubury & Eric Railroad Company
delivered the session Of 1857
81 regard the completion Of the Sun
bury & Erie Railroad, as the great meas.
uro of the age. 1t is not merely question
o. today, nor of the generation. When
you aud |, Mr.. Speaker, shall have passed
away, the fruits of this great measure will
not have yet reached their fuiluess. Ths
naloy rarmvrs VI the North, who are
strangers to the bounty Of the Common
wealth, will teach those who are to come
after them to bless the men who this day
plead their cause. They have struggled
for quarter of century, but now can
point to no evidence of progress around
them that is not the fruit of their unceas-
ing toll They have hoped on, and still
hoped on, as disaster cloudcd the prospects
Of this great movement; and still hope for
the day, which trust is now soon to dawn
upon them, when the Lakes and tie At
lautic shall strike hands with the Northern
wilderness, and pour its exhaustless na-
tive wealth into the lap of commerce.
They have borne their share of the bur
dens imposed upon the people to make
our more favorable sections develope their
wealth they have helped. by the fruits Of
their labor, to build our railroads, our
canals and our colleges; and now they ask
not our bounty, not our gifts, not our
credit; bu. they ask that We shall enable
them, by generous policy, involving no
pecunary sacrifice to the State, to con-
summate an enterprise that must scatter
enlightened progress and untold wealth
over the long eglected regions OF the COM
mouwealth."