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A CnMpI.AINT

I wish to complain Of q very old nuisarce,
yet, withal, very young one, too;) one which
has furnished q themo for many and many q
monody before, and which, believe, will yet
be sung again and again. My only excuse for
treating 90 trite q subject, must be the woes
have endured on its account-an account in
which, / may say, there is nothing to my
credit.
Simply, then, protest against babies.
Brute 30 cries the feminine reader, and
skips my article for the next
But the husband, who still remembers how
coldly the floor saluted his unshod feet, and
how comfortless was his situation, in sac-ds-
NUT and nothing else, when he was aroused
ain the dead waste and middle of the night"
to walk up and down, back and forth, with the
stars pitilessly glimmering through the icy
vindow-panes, upon him and bis living, strug-
gling-and squalin'-burden
The husband reads my article, and tacitly
believes in me. He won't acknowledge 1t to
his wife, though.
The baby is not an ornamental object. 1t is
not q useful object. Then what is it As the
original What-is-it Is said to be a connecting
link so am fain to think is the baby con-
Meeting link between humanity and insnity.
Babies are goggle-eyed. You, fond mother,
brooding, doVe-like, over the cradle where
your irst-boru cherub lies in smiling slumber,
scorn me for that assertion; but it is true
Take a sudden glance at any little bald-head-
ed, fop-esred, nO-eyebrowed, boneless, shade
less epitoms Of man-except your own-and
confess that, on squick view, to an impartial
observer, the visual effect Of the baby is Of the
google description.
They wear unwholesome flannel things, al.
ways wedged up under the arms and on the
nspe of the neck, or rather the crease where
the nape should be. Their salivary glands are
defective. They have no sense. They must
be kissed. That, perhaps, is the worst charac.
tsristie they possess.
Who, in the name Of all that Is unlikely, frs
conceived the notion Of kissing q Baby A
high-colored, shelless oyster. with rudimental
Indications Of features, and q strong tendency
To uettle-rash. Is this an esculatory subject
Not any Yet what man Of ordinary nerve
dare refuse when the Baby is handed him tC
kiss? Not I, certainly, and Hsse RIo iaet'
Tyno.
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You, madame, will own that you have seen
cases of Baby, that were, to use the mildest
word. unprepossessing That child Of Mrs:
Jones, your neighbor, its head as white and
shiny and hairless as a billiard ball with aw-
fully anatomical veins meandering over it. Its
half open mouth, of stretchy appearance, emf
nently conducive to the erratic economies Of
the salivary glands before mentioned. Its
black, unwinking eyes, like glass beads in a
ball of putty. It's meaningless gibber and quer-
ulous vail You know the child, and observe
that you don't kiss it, if you can help yourself.
Madame, every week of my life have several
just such beings presented me for admiration,
and / am inevitably expected to bestow upon
those skinny, clsmmy countenances, the high
est pledge Of affection, the sweetest seal of love
eternal,
Do you know my idea Of Paradise. 1t is a
place where they get along without Babies.
want to 90 to Paradise.-Panity Fair.
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u,BE ALL SUFFICIENT THREE.


TRIESEMkQ.1.a and s-Prctected By Roys
Letters Patent Of England, and secured oy tbe
Seals of the Ecole de Phkfmsess oe ferf, eno tne
Imperial College Of Medicine, viennA
No. Is invaluable for exhausto1 eno nstofInees
and all physical disabilities.
No. completely ersdicstes oil trscse ot moe
seoGs and pernioious use OF copalys ano Gu oe. "a
No. hss entirely suppsnted the INJURIOUS 0se 2i
mercury, thereby ilsurlne 20 the SUFFERER ~ eSss
relief, dlspeIsinE oil impurities, and roofing ~
the venom of disease.
TRIESEMAR, Nos. !, and 5. are prepared IN
the form OF loxenge, devoid OF TASTE and smetl q
and can be carried IN the valstcoat pocket sold
II u cases, and divided into separate dosee % 90
mInistered By Vepesu, Lallemand, koux. kloord.
go. Price eS each, or four Gases for es, which
saves Is and IN sT cases vherebv thsfs u q, ~ ~
BARROW, of 1s4 Bleeoker street, New York.
ImmedIately on receiving q remittance, DR.. Barroy
will forvardthe Triescrar 20 any part the yoro,
securely packed and addressed according 20 the In
structiOns Of the writer.
The Book, Of al others, that should be resd ey
men with damaged and broken down consttu hons
10 "Humau Frailty, or Physiological Researches. .
IL in beautifully illustrated. and treats Tlnutey OF
ell the symptoms that InvsrIaby develop them
selves, sooner or later, resulting from the hsllree
and vitlstng hsbits Of earle youth. Ineapecitstns
the victim from sharing the fIuition Of the uatn-
nonial state, and. il not checked n time defener-
him, step by step, 70 lingering and pntimely death
Sold BY DIR. IA RROW, 1e4 Bleecker street, four
doors below, Msodouesl, New York. Pnee u
cents. Sent free every where.
Sold also By 9. G. Ford, Jr- Drug stors. Ws.h-
ington, ID. G. de e&em
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EoLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment,
ruER n

fhs sny ,afs and certain errs fer Csne.u, Pss, Ia
ssrs, fusingt and Brsnehils Csitrs, Far,ys, NsH
lSs, Nsaknsss Of ths Mpcls, Chrenic ntsInmatsry
RhbImstifn, efnis 2 the Jsins CsntrSesd blpselss
LifamsntI, Earashs fsoshaehs, Bruises Gprsins Fresh
Cats, Wsrnd', Clesn Fever sors,, Ceksd Breast ssrs
EppsI, Surnr scslss, ssrs Threat any
pain, differences hsv sewers lsnE the disease maj
have existed, mcLEAh7 CEkEBRAfED LINIMENT 10
q certain Tsnsdy.
Thssssnds Of hsnAn ssngs s.vsd a life Of dis
srspues and misery the Of hs invsrabs rsnsdy
MeLEAN'S VOLCANIC OIL LINIMENT
viii rss,s pain ,nss instAtAnse.sy, and IL will clsan
purify heal the fssls In nersdibs shert tine
FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS.
AeLEAN1 CELEBRATED LINlMENT 10 the only safs
and reliable remedy for the Of Spawn, Rim
NindEalls, epntB, Unnatural Lsmps, Nodes "a
Il never failed TO Big Head, Pss'i, Fis;sa, od
ssnninr ssrss, or swssny, II properly applied. Fer
sprEn,, Brutss cratehs Craetsd Reels, Chafs Saddle
Cellar 6sllE, Ots ssrss, Wspnds IL 10 nfahls
msay. Apply directed and 10 certain in avery
instance.
Then tnfs lsngsr vi tie many vsrthI,rs Lnirsnts
sfsE,i 70 ysL Obtain apply Of DR. mCLEkHp CELE-
BkATED LkIMENT. twill cure yea
}. h. MCLEAN, Ssls rrepristsr,
Csrru Third and Pine I;I- o. Lesis Me-
CHARLES eTOfT, Tt Pc. sv., ssls agent In w,shiaf;
tea - CIsaGk. sss.rstsv~ ssS pkWI-
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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
IN BuysdH of Con stTxctiO1 6c June I. Ia


Proposals. will be received at this Bureau until
and equipment of steam Screw Gun Boats, in
and anchors, tanks, casks, furniture, co. king ap
paratus and all the outfits for vessel of war ready
for sea service.
The steam machinery, the fuel for the same, the
armament and provisions, Will be provided by the
Government.
Proposals will only be received from ship build
ers VINO are actually ged in that business and
satisfactory evidence to that effect will be req vi red
from pa ties proposing who are not known to the
Department.
Upon app ication to this Bureau, parties will be
furnished with specification showing the dImen-
MONS Of the vessel and the description and azs of
the materials also, a section showing the length
OF the tim bers amidships Building plans will be
furnished by the DeS Srtment when q contract is
made. ith the Specifications will be enclosed
the form of contract the suoeessfu person will bs
required to execute, with sureties to the fun
amount of the contract
The parties must state in their offer the total
amount for which they will engage to do all that
the contract and specihoatinns req uire giving sep
ara the amouEt demanded ifthe vessel be launch
cd In sixty days, in seventy-fve davs, In min ty
days, aEd in one hundred and FIVE days. from the
date Of the contract the vessel in each case to be
eompleted and ready for sea in thirty days after
being launched.
The Department reserve the right to accept the
proposition most to the interest of the Govern
ment, and to reject them all, &C its option.
Parties Will state the number of vessels they will
agree to deliver within the times specified.
jeS1W
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WASHINGTON LOCK HOSPITAL.

nR. SHUMAN has, siter an experience of ten
~ years, establ shed the above refuge from
quackery, self labeRed Indian or German doctors,
eral
This is the only place where q sure and speedy
cure can be obtained IN the world for ali improper
and evil habits, gonorrhR, gleet, seminal eak-
ness, syphllIls, primary secondary. and tertiary,
organic weakness. pslnS In the loins, structures,
general debility prostraton, nervou ness rest ess
nights, papitation OF the heart ringing in the ears
loss OF memory, confusion, melancholy, affections
OF the head, throat, nose, and skin, and al those
peculiar disorders arisinE from the indsoreton of
youth, rendering them unit for either business,
study, society, or marriage.
DR.. :. has the greatest remedies in the known
structures, philis, seminal weakness, self abuse
&c. There is no case in which they fsll 10 cure In
from 70 days.
Vlotlms Of thsee horrible complaints, who would
wish 10 be valuable men and ornaments 70 society,
should emhrsce the earliest opportunity for relief
DIR. human mas Daho the most comp etc arrange
meats for the comfort OF his patients who come
from distance. Tney will be furnished with the
most pleasant and agreeable guar terS, neoessar
diet, ana Elsoe az oom oTtshie as they would be al
hrsr c.sss hotel sc less than half the oosf
Do not forget tsc name and number. DR. Shu
mans otlca IL On the corner Of Sixth street and
Pennsylvanis avenue, Clarendon Hotsl, opposite
the NshOnal Hotel, Washington ID. 9
Persons 81 distance should enclose stamp for
return postage. 0fios hours, A. n. TO 20 ~ Nj :
Narlocs fsTtlec lInve Teen entloed from nsy iD-
sntutloG b. certain swlndeTs on back stresta an
this city, who will rue IL till the dAJ OF their death
word to the wise is sufficient, % Sly
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FEMALE BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
l. ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MCCORMICK, PRINCIPAL.


The thirteenth annual session of tnIs Iustitatlon
wlll commence on Tuesday, September 18th, In the
No. $50 King street.
The course of study pursued will comprise all
the branchea resulslte to o thorough English Edu-
cation, and Music, French, Latin and Drawing, il
In addition to day scholars, Mrs. Mccormick is
prepared to receive q limited number of pupils as
6oeraers, who, constituting part of her own FAM
lily, will he under her immediate care and supervI-
sioh. She will endeavor, Is far pOss ibe to sur
of Home.
>, RCrsnees.-Rev. Geo. n. Norton, Rev. DR.. Elias
Ess., Edgar Snowden, Esse.. Edmund F. Witmer'
EEss" Henry HsEnIy Ms56u,y. Es,., LEWIS M9HsHEle
Editor Evening star, Benjamin w sters, Ess. ,Jas
Entwlsle, Jr., EsS., Col. John w. Minor, Loudour
Messrs. Blackjack Il Marshall. Messrs Cofse
Brothers.
Board, with Tuition In al the English Branc hes,
IN advance.
Music snd Languages at Professors prices.
IL No extra charges. su23-r
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mar E-H
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR AND REALER
~ OF GAS METERS,

,, WAsHlNeroH, July IL, 1880.
ably TO the proviions Of ths ordinance OF ths Cor
PORTION approved May u, l3so, the undersigned is
no nov sre.sred whsIeEer IeSSired in writing. and
examine, test, PROVE and ssoertan the nocuraoy OF
Iexlstatlon Of sny sss meter in gse in this city"
and another, scaled ard marked rs true, VIII bo
set In l's place: II proved to be accurate in ita
measurement OF gas, il will be scaled accordingly,
and AGAIN put in position for use.
once No. $40 Seventh street, (near Odd Fel-
ows hAl.l Open from q. m, to D.m m.
CHARLES w. CUNNINGHAM,
ty B-n Inspector and Sealer Of 6xs Meters.
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IL An intelligent Englishman, lately from
New Orleans, says that while the regular military
com panies from thu city are In good condition for
service. the troops from the parishes present sad
spectacle They are mostly planters sons, unused
TO toll Of any kind, reared In incidence, often dis
sipated and physically wcak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-10

III While the ladies OF this city were recently
gathered in cutting out drawers for the soldiers,
Il appeared that after their labor was concluded
cloth WIS left for just one leg Of the same The
question being raised ss TO what should pe done
with this, one Of the number promp pity responded,
"Oh, that will do for use after they get back %
No.folk paper.
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DENTISTRY.
NR. cHAs. R. BOTELER,-

II NH. WAS. X, BUTELEK,
u SURGEON DENTIST,
Having boosted himself perma nent y in Washing
ton, offers his professional services to cItI-
zens and solourners, in all ths varIOusSpSSTzS
branches of his profession, upon the most SAo
recently improved system of Dentistry.
DIR. b., having studied with one of the most en-
insnt and experienced Dentists of Washington,
and also With the Dental College of Be- timore,
from whom he has received his diploma. feels con
hdent that his operations will prove emlnently sat
isf.c'ory to those who will test his professional
abb ity.
Once No. s36 Pa avenue, between 9th and 10th
SITS, over stevens's Lace Store open from q m
70 q p m. ep l-eo2m
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" GAS FIXTURES,

w Have In store, and are daI- receiving, GAS
FI4TUR ES Of entirely New Patterns and Designs
end tinlsh superior IN style to anything heretofore
onered IN this market We invite citizens general
y 10 call and examine our stock of Gas and Water
Fixtures, feeling confident that we have the host
selected stock in Washington.
All Work In the above line Intrusted to eur care
viii be promptly attended to-
MYERS & moGHAN.
mar t-u 316 ID street.
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~ FEMALE EDUCATION.
l. HOSE Parents who wish their daughter 70 re-
oeiye thorough and systematic education, where
their training will receive daily and special
attention, under the most approved stem of Calls
themes and Gymnastics, are especially invited to
VISIT the Union Female Academy, corner Four
teenth st. and New York sy.
MR. 4 MRS. z, hICHARDs,
suS Principals
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NJ u The undersigned bess to inform the
~. x; pubic that he has on hand la,ge stock
&c, a, baltimore and Philadelphia prices. Also,
new style of Drawings be seen at the ard anda
new syls of MsIbls Mantsls. Table Tops dc.,
promptly attended to. VIM. BRADLEY,
ma IL -eaSm Pa av. bet I'ff md 18th SITS.
GREAT B,RGAlNs IN PIANOs.-Ons verJ
VI moe Ba Il Sons make for $50; Gne-N
very nice Rosewood ChIokerInss' make
for 500; one ko ewood Ne wmsn d o.sUIAIi
make for SIS, at the Music store of w. @. ME1Z-
EROTT. sole agent Of Steinway & ronf' snd
Raven, Bacon & co . piAnos. nrs II
CHICKERIN6 sons PIANOS FOR SALE
~ on monthly payments, OF discounts for Dash.
~. -- JOHN F. ELLIS,
aDu 306, between eth and lOth gts,
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SNYDER

H. PLUMBER AND GAS ETTTER,
Has removed to the corner of Twelfth and F ats,
He Is prepared TO introduce Water and Gas upon
satisfaction.
n e has on hand . lot of COOKING and other
wishes to get rid of them. no II
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SCHWERIN'S PILLS are sure death To Rats
and Mice. M Schwerin has received certificates
House of Refuge, Pennsylvania Hospital, ard
other Prominent Institutions of PhiladelphIa u.
New Orleans, La
The original certificates can be seen at the
Wholesale and Retail Depot 124 North Seconl
street. and for sale this city by ID.
B. CLARK, corner Pa. avenue and ~ sts., and by
al Drugglsts and Grocers.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS INVITATIONS,
IL Remember to ask for Schwsrln's Annihi-
IU-- None genuine unless .igned M. ScHwERIs.
L5-6meo
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Ch. Farre's Champagne.

J.R. 6LONlNGER CO.,
No. Z, North Charles street, Baltimore,
Having been app ointed Agents for the sale of the
above brand OF CHAMPAGNE WINE, offer il
for ss 9, yng upon its merits TO establish here
the reputation Il has already acquired in our
Southern cities.
Besides obtaining q hrst-cass Medal at the
French Exhibition IF 1855, Mr.. Fare has been
Prussia. ap6 eOSIn
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THE EUROPEAN HOTEL, KEPT BY p,
EMRICH. at the corner Of Penn. a A
avenue and Eleventh street, has been FxEA9
greater inducements for the patronage of citizens
and strangers than any other public house ia the
city his prices being less than those of any other
hotel on Penn. aveRne, end his accommodations
for permanent or transient boarderB unexoeption-
able. The bar and regtauralt arrangements of the
European Hotel have already become very popu-
lar being all that can be desired by the most fas-
ndlous. The proprietor pledges unremitted atten-
ton and continued liberal expenditures TO give sof-
isfactlon TO all, and thus renews his inyitston 70
sl to give the European Hotel a call. del
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EIBBS HAIR STORE,
~ No 242 Pa. Av.. BIT. 18TH AND lsTH sys.
PFRRUMERY. &c BKAIDS. CURLS WIGS,
HALF WIGS, ,FRiZETTES,, 90. A full stock
awsys On h-Id, or made 70 order at the shortest
N. B.-Lsdies' Hair Dyed In the most natural
manner. ma q 6m
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SPRING CLOTHING,

w ALL, STEPHENS CO. are this day in re-
oel pit OF their second supply Of SPRING CLOTH
ING and material for their custom trade, consist
Ing of New Cloths, Casslmers and Vestiugs, OF the
latest styles, which they will make to order In su-
peslor styl at very low prices.
Gen tlemen wishing an immediate outfit will find
In our Ready made Department eve'y article of
w caring Apparel suitable to their watts.
WALL, STEPHENS Il CO.,
Ap le 22l Perm. Ayenna.
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R0OTS AND SHOEs TO SUIY THE
AZ TIMES.
We are now manu- featuring all kin5s of BOOTS
and SHOES, and constantly receiving svnssa
supply OF eastern made work of every Ge- E&4S
sorlption, made expressly to order, end will lg 81
bs sold At much lower price than his bsens ~
heretofore charged In this city for much inferior
sIEoiss.
persOn, in want of Boots end Shoes Of e.ssaru or
CITY Hlade work, sill Away find q good assor.nea
In store and st the lowest prices Give US q call.
GRIFFIN Il BRO,
ApEr Sl< Peppsylyania lyerns
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GAS FITTING, &c.

A. WIN J. DOVE co.
xAKE NOV prepared TO execute any orders With
which they pay be favored In the
PLUMBING, 6ASOR STEAM FITTING
BUSINESS,
III Store on sth street, Q. few doors north of Pa
Avenue, where may be found . oomHlete assortment
WATER FIXTURES. ja 97-iv
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w CITIZENS AND STRANGERS
w ILL Find it to til cir int rest before purchas
ing to call at the Extensive Cabinet Es- %ae11
ti:bIIfbhmsnt ssn bIns OF EDWIN GREEN, No -1
stock Of FURNITURE and CHAIRS04&Az
and MATTRESSES will always be
found.
Mahogany of al thicknesses for sale.
Packing and Repairing and Vanishing promptly
attended to.
Furniture or other goods taken on storage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-08-30
Feminine Revenge.

The ire of fair daughter of Amsterdam
Madame Van s., was caused by the mis-
chance of Mynheer D., q Jealous member
of one of the volunteer rife corps Of that fiat,
but handsome city, who, when practising at a
target. unluckily shot the cat of Madame Van
s.. Though full of rage and grief at the
loss of her favorite and bent upon revenge, the
lady was anxious not to do or say anything that
could impIicate her husband IN the affair,
dreading lest duel between the two gentle
men might be the result. and accordingly de-
termined to avepge upon Madame D. the
tragic death of the unfortunate animal. She
therefore sent private orders to her husband g
foreman-Mynheer Van s. is one of the
most extensive ship owners of the city-1esiring
him to have the hold of their ships searched for
rats. and to send her fifty of the finest speel-
mems of those creatures he could succeed in caus-
ing TO be taken alive.
The order was promptly executed, and the
rats safely shut up in large chest, were dis
patched by the bereaved Erau to the country
house whittier the D-'s had betaken them
selves for the summer. The chest reached its
destination in safety. arriving just as the own
ers of the place were enjoying the beauties ot
q lovely summer evening Madame D.
who was expecting box OF dresses from town.
and sunnosing the chest to contain the looked
for finery, caused it to be brought into the din
inc room and opened under her eyes
Her feelings when the lid was raised, and the
avengins army leapei forth fom its ambush
NAV be imagined. Nailed to the underside o
| the lid was a letter addressed to the dismayeo
and astounded lady D, and contained these
words: ----
..Madame-Your husband has killed my cat
! | have the honor to send you my rats
ADELA VAN So
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-08-30
Good Tidings.

a private let erjust received at this office,
from ar Intelligent and trustworthy gentleman
at Washington, assures US that the Administra-
ton is now thoroughly awakened to sense of
Its duties and responsibilities and hereulean
energy IS now manifest in every department of
the Government as well as in the army of the
Potomac.
Over two hundred thousand troops will be
at Washington and on the Potomac by the end
OF the present week, and the Grand Army
viii IN II few days, be swollen to magnitude
that Will inspire terror into the hearts of the
rebels
The reins are being frightened on rebel spies
and sympathisers, and. in the language of our
correspondent, ''the country may be assured
that from this time forth there will be no trifing
with traitors anywhere, and no boys play of
any sort, towards an enemy in arms against the
Government
These assurances are cheering and will be
hailed by all loyal men and patriots with graft
ieation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-08-30
NUMBER II.

formation than those of Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. These rise, for the most part. from
the Upper Deyonian .li4lestones which,
with perhaps the addition Of the Silurian
limes.ones, We conceive to be the source
O. petr leum beth in Canada and thesadja-
cent States 1t is evidently connected
with the undulations subordinate to the
great antielinal axis which we have traced
through Western Canada, and which per-
NIT the accumulation Of the oil elsewhere
diffusei through the rocky strata"