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IL WAtnrssros CITY, April LIST, 1862.
The Copartr ershIp h aretofore existing between
: -; Harvey, a. - Harvey, and II: Clarke and
tredlnE under the style and mans Of J 9. Harvey g.
GO and also the GO Partner.hiP herstofore exit
Co., trading under the name Of John r. Given d
Co ls tots day dissolved By mutual consent either
OF the late partners are authorized TO receipt in
settlement Of the business Of the late firms.
A. !. HARVEY,
". A. CLARKE.
JNO. 7. GIVEN,
A. J. HARVEY. II. A. CLARKE and JSo. r.. GIVEN
WOOD. COAL. hN GSe sRS q III BUSINESS.
and would respectfully solIolt the continuanoe OF
patronage heretofors llterall, extended TO beth
OF IRE o!d hrms, ana they Will enoesvor 10 merit
the same by ttrlot punctuality and fair dealing
J. =; HARVEY. IN Withdrawing from active bust
ness oes 90 u tender his thanks his old friends
ADO patrons, and would most cordially recommend
the new hrm TO their favorable confederation.
IN Great Elth the ne 90 pe.tue ship, feels assured
that his fscil ties for moro extsnded and anarysd
operations. viii THEREBY be enhanced; and VIZ Re
thankful 10 his many fre nds for their very liberal
encouIsErm during he past nlne years, would
70 psoun " soiSit conunuanoe OF their patronage
he can always be found touring busines. hoursl
u ne fCrmer old and vel established offoe of
S.deryey, Esa 4S5 10Th street " 81, vher, par
ties indebted to the late firms REQ ested 10 o.:
HARVEY. CLARKE & GIVEN
~ omoe and Sard-415 l0lh street wesi, between
4, ana ,treet north, q few doors north of the
bsnklny 3uss Of L. johnson 4 Co
m ST
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4 GNSBUR6H BROS BALTIMORE BAR
II GAIN STORE
Just received, from the late New York Auot,on.
9 spleEdid assortment Of the latest style DIR ESS
g DDS. ''- Ni'HsS
Sun Umbre liss and rarasols
Linen Handkerchief of ali kiDd, VARY chan
Gloves AM 6auntlets, "r'
Hosiery OF every description,
Black Silk Mite.
With q full stock OF Hoop Skirts and Panoy
foods, whloh wal be rlp Of Cheap for Dash lone
80 SD convince your Ell. 81 Eol's old place, 3Ts
il Hoop Skirt Factory. 11s Liberty at New
YORK m 10 It's
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A MOTHER NEW NOVEL By rH. AUTHOR
The HE IL f f5 Is hXHAf: 8 Mn. H.ar,
W. oS S.,iPsIp s5ss 50 cents ksovs
WM. F. RICHsrEIN,
ms St. 21s Pc: avenue. Ms.hISE tOn, b. c.
G O. A l. Goa. La. Coz Il"
RED bb'y Ash r' egg ki5ss sSS1ss St
az, q he @odss's prices In
ms a. Ii ss5HEklFbs e.. Y q IND "a i. ID.
REcEIyING DAILY: 70 to 50 barrels. fresh re-
packed EGGS, and will be sold ehesP for cesh b,
ms-Im. No. Commerce. s, B.ttlmoae. Nd.
dQ6 NEW STOCK. Aoc
INTERIOR ADoRNMENrs oo
., 5nss reeeived choice selection Of new and &c.
PAPERHANsIN6s.
ample S.t.sTn. spe50Srists for Psriors. HAZE R
fiRRsoxRb Pr fEJS HH%e sT;AirUEs. CENTER
New Designs. r.IIsnsed Sold Bands. Imi,.,,o,
'1 M WslfHSsiDow SHADES.
sis.n sSs Blue ss.Ss
lands by ss Sv l.1d p s1s a1sO sRsdss
The h.ndsomest aud larIest assortment in the
sssor@.ns BAR %osd F1.ass sC sIss
beat. ful variety of small sised Oval and Card
yisue 6fames, OF Foreign and Donlesttc manufac-
' PiGTGR% coSD AND rAssELs.
60. ''s'''
Purchasing clunvely for Gosh, the above Foods
!aocordlnG TO their Suslty Will be dlsposed Of II
D,,tTSs No Nc Pi.r. made o
ss ::lsissd Dom aSo:s S &. s sSsR.
Rsmsmbsr the humber, No lss Ass svshts ~.
doors above odd Feiovs' Hall; and the tenn.
Cash for goods and labor m 2-lmifs
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pLATED ICE PrrCnERs!

We Will osen this morning. an unusu.l~ I,,s.
assoItm, ntot Plated Ics tohers OF the best -
'' WIN TAG iatsat I'm oyements, At veE, low rates.
m III 81 jS4 Pennsrl cuia a ve ma
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COAL-CO6i- COAL,
SOSI RecsiveJ la2 tons Of best su. lity Cookiro
49, whSh viii sell II So IS per ton fFom The
ht $50 yAJws5s on ahd goOI suality of GA, and
He w Ooq, which WI, be sold the owent m r.
and X streets, N So'Hof u Nlntn
m IL ST GEORGE.T. LANGLEY.
ptOrOSALS WILL Be RECEIVED AT
- tne MAYORS Oftos until Saturday May IL n a.
u clock noon, for grading 81 grayeinS ssysnfs
st,ne wstfr the south side Of l. SCI n S:th 10
tie north side Of BOUNDARY street -'-'i "
Proposals vil state the price rer sap.-a v.,a e.,
sr've ing lroludIng tho grading th.t MAJ be re-
NJ q % Iorm the street. The gravel TO be nias
mol g. dc IN th- C-uIsr, off 70 fouI incha, Ssa. &c
9 gutter lie and to be - ed 0f a .tons Of inn
RHopsI g re. ana w'l. rolled with h. ANY roller,
commissioners Lefore tn@ " 10 OF gravsifnq onu M
menc>s. JOS Z. y L. GS
Commlssi ner w stern n strIcf
m VI ntsl. d R-pub.l
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fE-rHE UNION PRAYER MEETING VIII
~ be holden every day thi. week IN the Luther:
IN Church, Rev. j. q. Buter'sD at the corner Of
lin and II streets, commencing st % o'elook m.,
snd oontinred but ore hour. ID %
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SUMMER RESIDENCE FOB RENT. .po.
- th Giles ELm FaTm,n u. c., a6oNi IL rliiss
seocs GsorsstoyH. lseay M. LoxskboreHsA's "A
hne water, 40, with stebllng, carriage houses,
&C., 90. The attention Of Msmbers Of the Cabi-
net. Foreign Ministers, ard Tentlemen with fam y
10 especlslly invited 20 this Advertisement For
examinauon Of the premises spply 20 the manager
upon the farm (Mr. James O'bIlen,) and for fur
the, particulars add ress Captain w. A T. MAD
pOX. v 9. n. 1870 Spruce street. Philsde 81 q.
p -. mhSi -Sms
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

The BATTLE Field The battle field of
Antietam is daily trampled by small army
of curiosity seekers. They come from the
West, the North and the East and find their
way out there by all sorts of contrivances-
The conveyances from Frederick and Hagers-
town come out loaded down, and many more
even walk. The owners of horse flesh in
these towns are reaping harvest. A seat in
any sort of vehicle has not only to be paid
for, but sought and begged for. The curious
crowd have an inexhaustible industry in
searching for relics. They scour every thick
ct, gully and woods eand carry off with tri
umph broken and bent muskets, bayonets,
ramrods, &c. Of course these are claimed
as rebel trophies, but as likely as not they are
unserviceable arms thrown aside by our men.
The search is not without danger, as numer-
Gus unexploded shells lie about the field, and
some Of these adventurous sight seers may
have practical experience of one of the hor-
rors of the battle field -a go.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
From Washington.
Rebel Peace Commissioners said to be Gu
Their Way to Washington-1erans OF
Peace said to be Proposed by Them.

Rebel Peace Commissioners said to be Gu
Their Way to Neutrality-suspicious. Of
Peace said to be Proposed by Them.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia inquirer says:
'It is rumored that the reason of the exist
ing quiet in the army Ct the Upper Poto-
mac is that Commissioners are on the way
from the Confederate Congress to propose
terms peace, said to be something like the
following:
'Thc loyal States to take all the Territories
and Missouri, Tennessee. Kentucky, and
Maryland, and make them free or slave States.
as may best please them-the Cotton States
to have a Congress Of their own to regulate
their own domestic affairs only; in all other
things to be again as one and inseparable peo-
pie for defensive and offensive operations
against other countries to be a unity in mat
ters of postage and revenue service, the same
as heretofore, they pledging themselves to re-
turn all the Government property as they
found it; they, in addition to have separate
Congress to regulate their peculiar institu-
tons, to be permitted Senators and Repre-
sentatives in our Congress, in such numbers
as their free white population entities them
to-"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

JOHN MAH1N, ESQ. Dear Sir: In your
notice of the proceedings of the meeting last
night, you state that said the South rebeled
against bad Government" | did not say
any such thing. EDWARD H. THAYER.
Oct. 1st., 1852.
The Judge may not have used this exact
language, but we have the evidence of others
to corroborate our own understanding of what
he did say, which was that they would not
have rebeled against such Government as
we had year ago last April, (what he meant
by this we do not know, and he further said
they rebeled against what they regarded as a
bad Government.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Gen. JamesS. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, has
been nominated by the Republicans of New
York for the office of Governor. Until the
breaking out of the present war, he never
held any office of Importance, for although
extremely popular and often solicited to be
candidate for governor and other equally i'm
portant positions, he uniformly declined At
ter the fall of Fort Sumter, he entered the
army as volunteer, and was made an Aid to
Gen. Mcdowell, did good service at the battle
of Bull Run, was afterwards made a Briga
der, and, in April last, was made, Military
Governor of Washington. He is radical
unequivocal, Ant-slavery Republican, and
will be elected over the Pro-Slavery nominee
: Horatio Seymour fifty thousand major
ty. '+
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Captain j. NJ. Ried, a prominent Demo.
crat of Keokuk, and formerly candidate for
Register of the State Land Office, writes thus
to friend in Keokuk: 81 believe in the uni
versal emancipation of the slaves of all slave
holders as matter of policy! Such course
will break the back of the rebellion, and any
man who has been in the field and seen how
slaves are used by the rebels to support tie
rebellion will admit it. If at home I never
could support the ticket nominated by Maho-
ny & Co." s
The 34th Iowa Infantry, COL G NJ Clarke,
of Indianola, is now in rendezvous at Camp
Lauman, Burlington. This regiment is COM
posed of men from Warren, Lucas, Wayne,
and Decatur counties. 1t is called the Star
regiment, not from any affected superiority
over other Iowa regiments, but because its
number corresponds with the number of States
in the American Union.
Col. Bussey, of the Sd Iowa Cavalry, has
been presented by his men with splendid
5000 sword.
The steam saw mill of Frank Smith, at
Clayton, Iowa, was destroyed by fire last
week; also a large amount of lumber The
oss is about SIC, 900, with no insurance.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Gen. Grant was in ST. LOUIS last Thursday.
Poindexter, the Guerrilla Chief, had his
leg amputated at Huntsville, the other day,
and it is thought he will not survive the eff
fects of the operation.
A woman was tried and convicted last
week in New Haven of being common scold.
This is the first instance in !: any years of the
punishment of an offensc the occurrence of
which is not rare.
The Great Eastern stillies in Flushing Bay,
above New York, where she was Aoated after
her bottom was damaged by running on a
rock. The plates were opened several feet,
but the inner skin remained uninjured and
she might make the voyage home with as
much safety as an ordinary vessel. A plan
of repairing her is being tried, by means Of a
scow, which will be made to act as Golfer
dam, leaving the damaged parts exposed
and rendered approachabie by the workmen
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
INews Paragraphs.

1t is estimated at the navy department. that
there are 10000 enlisted in the navy at this
time.
Within week cotton has advanced eight
cents on the pound, the last quotations being
at Sc cents, the highest price ever known in
this country. .....t..... ........
Large bodies from the regular army of the
United States are now being collected at New
York, preparatory to being sent to the seat Of
war.
The government contractors are turning
out fifteen inch guns at the rate of three a
day at Pittsburg, Tor the purpose OF arming
new Monitors. .."l
An examination of the trophies taken from
the rebels in the late battles in Maryland shows
that we captured thirty five thousand stand
Of arms, sixteen pieces ofartillery and thirty
five stands Of colors.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has been
rendered entirely useless for the present sea-
son, and has been injured to great extern,
for twenty. five miles. The rebels have dug
down the embankments, tore tho hoodgates
in pieces, and rolled rocks into the bed where
ever they could, in large Quantities.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
kw- The more the disaster at Harper

s4 The more the disaster at llarper's
&; Try is studied the darker grow its aspects
t My court martial can sift its lnfamies and
~ the blame on the right shoulders. If it
was not treason it is certain that the meanest
cowardice never served an enemy better.
The arrest OF TIE principal officers in COM
mand looks as if the government was d:ter-
mined this tim, to g to the Bottom Of inves |.
tiration end make clear work, without fe p
or favor
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
eW The following particulars concerning

ew The following particulars concerning
the South are furnished by Lieut.. G. J. Me-
lick, lately prisoner at Jackson, Miss.
Flour is $50 per barrel coffee, So SO per
pound; whiskey, $40 per pint; both kinds of
potatoes, Sc per bushel melons, 25 cents
piece; table salt, Is cents per sack bacon, 80
cents per pound beef % cents per pound /;
cashmere pants, $50 per ptir doeskin pants,
$50; shoes $25, and boots $50 pair.
The rebels regard one dollar of Federal
money. as equal to two Of theirs and will ex.
change at that rate. This shows the conf
dence that yet fingers with them in Uncle
Sam. One gold dollar is worth four of Con-
federate scrip. They freely admit that their
raids into the North are for the purpose of
obtaining winter supplies, and that without
them they could not keep up through the
Louis Democrat. -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

JuTE.-Jute, which seems destined to drivc
a huge spike in the cofli of King Cotton, is,
says tae Rochester Union, tibrons material
described as a grass. in appearance like
coarse flax. and has hitherto been exported
from the + asst Indies chiefly for the manufac-
ture of mats and carpets. 1t is remarkably
beautiful fibre, soft silky and easily spun.
The great difficulty with it has been lack of
strength and durability. These qualities
have doubtless been supplied BIZ tie improve
ments which now bring it prominently before
the world as substitute for cotton.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Iron GUNPowDEh-In the year 1850, Mr..
March, an able chemist connected with the
Royal Arsenal. discovered that il is n inva-
rabe rule with iron which has remained con-
siderable time under water, when reduced to
small grains, o. ar impalpable powder, to be-
come red hot, and ignite any substance with
which it comes in contact. This he fou nd bv
scraping some corroded metal from gun.
which ignited the paper continuing it, and
burnt a hole in his pocket The knowledge
of this fact is Of great Importance, as it may
account for many spontaneous fires and ex-
plosions.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

AN UNMlsrAKABLE SIGN OF DIsLoYALTY-
Whenever you open paper and find it main
ly filled up with abuse of abolitionists, anc
whimperings over the arrest and imprison
ment Of disloyal persons, you may be sure its
sympathies are entirely with the rebele. You
need not stop to ask what its editor processes
FOR just so certain as the needle points to the
north pole, SO certain is it that the above in
dications point to dlsloyalty.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
The Constitution. as ExpOunded
bV the l>Omrier


1t is amazing to see the number of profound
Constitutional expounders with which our
land is blessed at the present time. Where
did they graduate? In what school? Whose
pupils are they? They evidently are pupils
of John G. Calhoun and his followers. They
see but one thing in the Constitution
They know of but one purpose for which it
was made.
While the Constitution itself declares its
object to be "To form more perfect Union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the
general welfare, and secure the blessings Of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity," the
eminent expounders Of the Calhoun stripe say
that its object was to perpefuats Slavery
They say that while you may shoot rebel
you must not touch his negro; that while
you may confscate his property you must not
touch his negro that while you may arrest,
try, convict and hang rebel, his wife, his
sons and his daughters, you must not touch
his negro that you must not treat negro as
person, for that would be unconstitutional;
that you must not treat him as property, for
that would be unconstitutional that you may
sever every relation in life, break every tie,
separate husband and wife, parent and child,
brother and sister, master and apprentice,
YOU must hold sacred the relation of master
and Stare or you will violate the Constitution;
that while the Constitution will permit you to
oyerrun the South burn its villages and
towns, kill its inhabitants, destroy every green
thing and make it an utter desoation, you
must not say to the black man he is free, for
that would overturn the Constitution; that
slavery may array itself against the Constitu-
ton and destroy it, but that in self-defense
the Constitution will not permit slavery to be
destroyed. -.
This was the argument of John G. Calhoun,
and is the argument of jeff Davis,-and it is
the argument of Mahony and Of the Courier,
and of all who agree with them. 1t sets
slavery above life-above liberty-above the
observation-disclosures the Union-above self
defense, the highest inherent right of human
nature-above right-above all good to all
men-above COP! 1t enthrones it in the CEN
ter of the Universe, a solitary horror, and calls
upon men to fall down and worship it. And
this it calls preserving the Constitution as it
is and the Union as it was this it calls by
the sacred name of Democracy!
How do true Democrats like the picture
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

John Petit has been nominated for
Congress by the Copperheads Of the 9Th In
diana District. The Lafayette Journal says he
made speech few days ago, in which he said:
''If Ole Abe will just come to me I'll tellhim
how to stop this rebellion. Ertend slavery
ocer sUevy free State in the Union, and the re-
bellin will be stopped in sixty days." That's
i'll
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

THE PRESIDENT HEADING Orr JEFF. DAVIS.
Ben. Perley Poore telegraphs from Wash
ington to the Boston Journal that it is I'M
derstood that President Lincoln was induced
to issue his emancipation proclamation
through assurances that unless he did so,
Jeff. Davis would forestall him, and that the
sympathies of Europe would be with the sec
ton which first adopted this measure.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

GEN. TurrLE ON TIE WAR; The following
is an extract from private letter from Gen.
Tuttle. He says :s-H. nj I'M 30. 4t.e h,
u am in favor of calling out million
more men and forming line of battle from
the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Then 60 for
ward, when we find Union man make him
shoulder his gun and come along, white or
black. Make every body else keep ahead Of
the bayonet or go down, for tell you moth
ing but war Of determination (of trsiers,)
will do any good, and am in favor of that"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

a. Gov. Robinson, Of Kentucky, has au-
thentic information that the whole force
which recently threatened Cincinnati did not
exceed seven thousand men. They were
marched and formed in such way as to make
the greatest show. -i@s''1
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

Thirty-six rebels steamers have been de-
stroyed or captured on the Mississippi and its
tributaries, The western flotilla, which has
been maintained by the War Department., will
be turned over to the Navy Department on the
first of October, ..... ...,.,,. f,.,...a ; ,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
- The Courier and other papers of the

- The Courier and other papers of the
butternut persuasion are quoting the New
York World as Republican paper If they
are ignorant Of the fact we Will say for their
benefit that the World was started as relig-
ious paper. The money invested in it
800, OO0-was sunk 1t was then sold to an
India rubber man, but having drawn too heav-
lily upon his elastic purse to carry it on, he
gave it away to an employee of the concern,
who is now, ostensibly, "sole editor and pro-
prietor." Lastly, it has been transferred to
the butternut Democrats; and is now vigor-
ously opposing the Administration, while pre-
tending to favor the war. Last week one of
the butternut judges in New York city made
ar order that all the advertisements connected
with his court should be inserted in the
World. This, we presume, is part Of the
price for which it has been induced to 20 over
into the new fold. We think of Judas when.
ever we look into the World.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
Lee Preparing for a Northward
Movement.
Snaci al
Specl al to Post.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3o-7:30 Pm.
1t is believed here that Lee is preparing a
northward movement from Winchester. It is
probable, however, that he will find enough
defensive work on his hands without crossing
the Potomac again.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

~ Lieutenant Bloss, of Rochester, receiv-
ed singular wound in the battle of Antietam.
A ball struck him on the bridge of his nose,
breaking it, and thence passing down between
the lips and teeth through his chin, striking
his watch and battering it somewhat.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

The new tax bill before the Confederate
Congress is singer. 1t calls fer one-ftih
the value of all agricultural products, stock,
income, and profits of business.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

nag A man from Charleston,S. @. says that
the 632 houses burned in the great fire have as
vet been replaced by only ten small brick
stores. esS 4
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

~ During one Of the late Manassas bat
ties, one of Sigel's soldiers, seeing wound
ed officer in danger of being taken by squad
of rebels, heroically rushed upon them, shot
one, bayoneted four others, and kept threc
more at bay with one arm while he carried
off his officer with the other.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

18th Iowa Inf. wounded accidentally I.
The rebels lose in killed, wounded and pris-
oners, 1000 men, among which are two Brig
adler Generals,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

THR winter clothing ola Southern soldier
is expected to cost $9S so, according to Rich.
mend prices current-for cap is worth IS !;
a jacket $25; pair of pants, 1872 pair of
shoes, $1S; two pairs of wooden socks, IS so;
two wool shirts, $40; two pairs of drawers,
So.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03

USELESS Mur1LArloN.-A young man IN
Moscow, Maine, cut off the first joint Of his
forefinger to avoid draft. The town raised
its quota by volunteers, and row he is MAIN
ed for life to no avail }tF I,