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SARATOGA
''EACELSI0Rn SPRING WATER.

IRE WATER OF THIS SPRING is BELIEVED 70
90 unequaued ~ that Of any other In the far.famed
oi saratoga lts virtues such rs have secured
the high enoonnms Of an who have tased is possess
- m aoes n an eminent degree cathaztc diureo
Fean saEa ~ rSa.d HENRy D1cKsoN NJ Professor
deinhia rnyne; Senerscn Medical College, Pha-
~ : -. -. - PHnADE1PA1A. November 16, assS.
nAse oeen tor year past tn the hahif ~
nkng the water Of the sExeelsior sprnu of ssratncs
to as ta Curing ths great portion Of my invalid lie
ooa up Along that remarkable valley dependent indesi
1pon tnem for much Of the comfort enjoy Am aafts
9u that the Excelsior Water ts well adsued aa snv
otner among theua not more ao to the purposes for
wen Iney are employed. It very aareesbIs
sparkhng: -. csn heartily and conscicntiously
diuretc SAMUET, HENRTS e n1@uoNN S1 IS ana Snn
Tho Water ts put up in Pint and Quart bottles and
an sood order for shipping, Ptnts tn boxes Of
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sIMILIA sIMILlBUs CuRANTUR.

HUMPHREYS
IIOMEOPATH1C SPECIFICS
HAvE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE Rxpr.
sient and Reliable They are the Only me,cines ner
.ecty adapted to popular us-ao eimple that
ssnnot oe maze IN 9sng them; 10 hasnless as to be
OLE They have raised the highest conmenaation from
NJ. and Will Always render satisfaction. 0 -
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THE TRI-WEEKIYtNEWS-s !

DUBIIsHED IN WINNaBORO' 8. c., AFFORDs
y probable medium for tho advertising pubic. cs
We solicit their patronage for our mutual
~, =. g. aAl1.LARD, pEspoRrEs WILLIAMS, x
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November II

.ens s s s Ga ssr h s:e II ssE was in s se.
s. T.--186O--X.
a iow bottles OF PLANTATION ErrrEns
viii cure Nervous Headache.
!" Cold Extrerni.irp aud Feversh IIFa
F" Sour Stomach ans! Fetid Breath.
Z" Fiatulency aud Indigestion.
Nervous AGectons
F." Excessive Fatigue and Short Breath
' Pain Eyes.
+" Mental Despondency.
M :" Prostration; Great Wenknees.
:" sallov Complexion. Weak Bowels, 10
Which aro the evidences of ...U" .e
LIVER COMPLAINT AMI DYSPEPSIA.
It ia cstimsed that Heve-te,hs OF all adult .u,ont.
proceed from deceased and torpid vcr The hillary
secreuons Of tho liver overoHinv the poi
After long research arc able TO present the
.s:a, knbe cure for theso horrd nightmare diseases
hundred and forty ,housand persons have takca the
pAs1A11os bl1TEHa nnd not On inot,.nce Of complaint
1t is -tre;t:,a tonic anil Agreeable atnuIan
suited ta zll conditions Of LIE. r~-
The reports t,as it relics mineral Hubstn
its active properties are wholly fnse. For tho
their physicians. append list Of is compsnsnsa
CAL1sA1A hARK.-Ceiebrated Tor over hund1 ed
Weakness, etc 1t introduced int, Europe by the
Count 81: wife of the viceroy Peru, In lG40
It's ,7-ight in siircr under the OF esit's
dcrs and was finally made public by Louis XVI King
fahrifpge qualities during hs South American travels
CAsoAktI1A BAHK-For darrhoea, collie and diseases
DANpE11os-For inflammation Of tho loius and drop
sical affections
CHAAoM1LE FLowEns-For cnfoeblcd digestion
LAVENDER F1.owEEs-Aro1nattc st:nulans and tonic
hi zhly inviRorAtng in nervous debility.
muscle ana mink much usesi by others ,,nrains.
Also. clov"buds. orange, carrawas. corander snake
S. T.---1860.--X.
Anctho- wonderful ingredient, Of great use amons
le Spanish ladies' south America inpa4ting beaut,
to the complexion nnd brilliancy to the mro
known to the commerce uf the world. withhold
its name for tho present.
IMPORTANT CERTIFICATES.
RocE ESTER, N. T December 2s, 1861.
Measrs. ?. H DnAKE n COL have beon great au,
erer from Dyspcs'a for three four years.
abandon my profession. About three months ago
tried the Plantation Bitters and to my great joy an
now ncarly we0 man. have recommended them In
several cases, and, far know always with sigma
benefit an, re- pcctfuIy yours
| Rev. ]. s. OATHoRN.
PHnADKLpH1., ,o:h Month, l7th Day, 1862
REsrso1sD eRrEsD:-My daughter has been much
wilt send me two bottles Eora.
Thy hrsand, ASA CUER1N.
| sHERxAx HocsE, CHICAGO. III.
February IL, 1868.
twelve cases of plantation Bttsrs. AS morning
appetizer. thoy appear superseded everything
else, md ase greatly esteemed.
Yours. &C. GAGE Il WAITE,
Arrangements completed to supply any Dc
1aand for iis article, which mas heretofore beer
The public may rest assured that tn no case Will the
perfectly pure standard Ct the PLANTATION BrTrns be
uixe. o''
Any person pretending eLA,rAT1oN BrrrEns in
o,.tt by The oalon ilposer. Ben are
of rcued hottLez See that P1tra.e Stamp IL Usasu.
Sold by all Drugsists rocess and Dealers throughout
| the country. Z
- P. e. DRAKE e. CO.. New York.
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LONDON, August %, 1866.

Jan1a II. IY<hi, Esq: ',-
MY DEAR S1R: Az you going back to tho United
States mnst beg you to remember me- kindly to the
their Grand Pianoor,e-as good INSTRUMENT Uitnk
az tcas euer turned o.t, both in touch Gndtf~.
Wishing sou. &C., remain over Ily,
II F. BROADWOOD,
Firm Of T. Broadwood & Sons Panoforte Mannfac.
turers London. :. %@5&
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THE MARION STAR.

E,sTkB1IsHED NEARLY TWENTY YEARS Ac4o 1s
pubhahed at Marion 8. G., In the central port1on
OF the souutIy, and Offers favorable medium to Mar
Machinists and all classes who des1rr
70 extend their bualnesa IN tho Pee Dee country (
Eor the henaht Of our advertising patrons wa sha In
aeasn9 pubhsh and distribute gratuitouay 1000 extra
Fab. ~. GsSES ~ '--.o0 - season tnas
Bates q Advertising liberal
,r,..,.x.- =, WI. MaKERAII. N
''o'SAa0es - ~ Editor and Rropeietor,
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LONDON, July 20, 1868.

Aess7s Chickerrng d SOFAS: IN ,..
GEErs have just invited by essrs CoIlard to
try Grand Pisuoforte manufactured by you, and I
have hesitation In endor-ns opinion oil my old
friend, Mr. O. u. Coard, That it is the finest In
strumcntI over played on. @@"&
Eeliove me, gentlemen. most faithfully yours,
J. T.. HATTON
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= 2. 3. DRAKE & CO., New York.
ArrI ~ 5# a'" %t'@'' % la.@aa ,,,n,S.
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LONDON, January IA. 1865.

Jama n. Wehli, Esq:
MYDEAR SIN: have crest pleasure In asking youto
convey to Messre. Chckertng the EXPIRE sion OF my
highest approval Of their instrument. It .ider
not merely tho best instrument of American manulac
ture that have tried but Of tho ucst
tories that has ever come under observation; and
the Messrs ChickernH may we'll be proud OF having
turned out from ther mandatory Instrument
which, for touch. quality, power aud Workmanship it
would be very dicnlt to surpass In any part of the
wide world. nn', l.o
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sHERxAx Hocss, CHICAGO, Ill. !,

| SHERNAN HoCsE. CHICAGO, Ill.
@sa February IL, 1863 (
MEssRs. p. II. DRAKE :-Plrase send ~ an other
twclve cases of your plantation Bittsrs AS a morning
appeeises thoy appear to have superseded everything
nIda ar. Ynant t1u acfa afaaad n.
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Dear sir, very sincerely yours, @"&
C4AS. D. COLEaRD
Firm OF Collard Colard, Pauo-forte Manufacturers,
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Another wonderful ingredient. Of great use ano1
tho Spanish ladies' of South America. inlpnrting beau
to the complexion and briancE the m,ro il yot III
known to the commerce Of the world. and we Withhold
its name for the present. @|s
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Cures GenAral Ue1ilitv, WedE-
nexs, HysteI-ics an Fem0les,
F"tpitntion or the Hart and
al Nervous Diseases It re-
stores new life and vigor to the
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SHlPPlN G..
FOR FLORIDA.

VIA SAVANNAH, II U n WICK ST.
MARY'S, FERNANnINA, JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL
THE LANDINGS ON TIE ST. JOHNS RIVER AS
FAR AS PALATKA. "E @.G@s
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Among the chiefponts OF excellence OF the Chicken
ing Pianos OF which speak the renowned artss IN their
testimonials to the Messrs
are th greaest possible DEPTH richness and volume Of
tone combined with y rare brttnncy, clearuess and
perfect evenness throughout the entire scele; and
above ALL sur prtsng duration OF sound the pure and
aynpatheno quality OF which never changes Under ti,e
most deicate or powerful touch. ,s>s5ss ~ -
During the past forty lhree years this firm haa mann
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NEW YORK, January 12.-FLoUR, &c.-The market
for western and State flour is quiet with great falling
of In tho rece,pts prices are rather moro steady.
Tho sales arc $500 bols ut SO 85a1O 65 superne
western $40 70a12 60 for extra States 35a12 the
low grades Of spring wheat western extra s12a12 10 for
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GEO. w. WILLIAMS & CO.,
yOTTiO n # A CTO RS

Church-strcet, Charleston, s. G..
GEO w. WILLIAMS. Z. c. WILLIAMS. J..
, 1867-04-05

FAST LIFE IN PARIs.-A correspondent asks:
"Could you guess who has given the most mag
nifcent fete of the season, thus far, in Parish A
distinguished member of the Aspasian sisterhood.
In a gorgeously furnished house in the Champs
Elysees, she, few nights back, received be-
tween two and three hundred persons at ball
the men belonging to the highest families, or
occupying the foremost places, in Frauce; the
women, young and pretty, Tor with pretensions
TO be both with dresses which, for magniiceuce,
must have realized the widest dreams of woman
kind, and with diamonds that for number and
spieudOr, could with difficulty be exceeded by
those of a saloon full Of princesseI. After those
folk had amused themselves with dancing and
flirting, the ball was broken up, and all retired,
except about eighty. For the eighty, supper,
composed of fare the most exquisite, and wines
the most costly, was provided, aud then the party
sat down to bdeearat, and it is described as "in-
fernal." The sums that exchanged hands were
indeed, almost incredibly large, and the pay
ment of the n will weigh on many young mans
fortune for years 10 come-withou', it may be,
rendering any lasting service to the harpies who
won them. This is the fete which is proclaimed
the finest, hitherto Of the 1867 season. EVery>
body who was at it is boasting of his or her
good fortune; everybody who was not at it is
dying of envy of the people who were. The
truth is, that Madame Aspasia and her like are
carrying all before them in this fair city of Paris
They have long set the fashions in dressi have
long had the picking of the very best society in
men; have long had furniture and equipnges
equal to the best found anywhere; and now they
give fetes that surpass all others, and make all
the tOwu'talk. Though nominally out of society,
they really direct and control it, What will be
the end of all this?'
, 1867-04-05
NUMBER 10.

bis body and limbs.- 0u going back to the stage
they found it rihsd, tKSpmsilbaRs cut opth an
the letters scattered about. The Freucbman
Buehee was also found near the stage, murdered
and scalPed. The supPositiou That be eame
up behind the stage before the Indians had len
and az they could see him for some distance bacI
on the hill, would wait in ambush for him ~
come up. His baggage was found in the stage
Ihs party brought the bodies of Younger ana
UllmAn down to the ferry, leaving that of the
trenehman till they could 90 back with a team
and bring 10 the stage A team was bitched mn
at the ferry and the bodies brought TO this ritI
arriving about three o'clock this morning. Tbs
iSsnt' u Fdss5p y sans a tAs sans %
Silver.
VIM. Younger has long been driver on the
different stage routes in this Territory. and was
a sGiversal favorite. His formerthome was ia
Waila Walla. The bodies were laid out in the
district court room, this morning, where they
were visited by most Of the citizens, during the
day, and buried at Eve o clock this AFTERNOON!
Ii 10 understood that Bushee will be buried at
Fruits Ferry,
After hearing all accounts, Il is evident that
Bennett is entitled to much credit for presence
ef mind and courage in making repeated attempts
to save the lives Of all the party. Ullman might
have been saved on the thu horse with Pomeroy,
had the latter not run of in such haste Bennett
thinks that with one breeehIoading gun be could
have killed nearly every one Of the Indians,
and perhaps not lost a man besides the driver,
who received his fatal wound at the Frst attack
But they had no arms and were therefore power.
less. There were probably not more than eight
Indians in the band, though there might have
been mora
, 1867-04-05
Daring Indian Outrage.


EDrrOR srATEVAS: To-day, at about two
O'Clock Pm, the owyhes stage xal captured By
the Indians, Just as it was coming int the can.
yon, about seven miles from Snake river IA,
Fruits Fsrry.) The stage was bound from RUBY
City to this place, with the driver Bill Younger,
who used to drive out of WallA Walla to Warm
Springs (fOr Geo. Thomas about enc year ago,
and four Others, as passengers. Bill Younger
and ha.k5st Are. -thtOuEh The right arm
the apron holding him from pitching of on the
ground. The man on the seat beside him, then
took the reiAs, and put the team in a full run
down the canyon, aud, BY inexperienced driving,
let one Of the wheel.horIes fall Tor trip up, J
which after stopping the stage entirely, the men
tried TO get ou: the balance Of the team, and a
Mr.. Bennett got Bill Younger up behind him on
one horse, but he tainted from bis wounds aud
the former was compelled to put him of iD the
sage brssh, at BilrS own earnest request to 60
after help to the Ferry, from which pointa mes
Senger has just brought the above intelligence
to US here.
1t was not expected that Bill or the other
passengers, left with the stage, will be found
alive when the party from the Ferry reaches
theml buggy was Immediately sent to bring
Bill Younger into town from the ferry, if the red
devils have so much as left piece of him, alive
or dead. The man who escaped and got to the
Ferry, saw an Indian on the wheel-horse (which
had been thrown under the coAcb,) pursuing
one of the passengers on foSti and vas within
three hundred yards of him, when he last saw
him. This news has created a great excitement
in town, on Younger'S account as he was well
known by US all here, and the travelling com
munity will remember Billyl
Your own towns people will share with US
this great loss of noble man and the peerless
stage driver, Bill Younger. will drop you a
line with full particulars, when get them to-
morrow. 1t Hay turn out that Younger will
live, yet every thing was against him at the last
sight our informant had of him.
While writing this, Cayuse George has re-
turned with the buggy, and says Billy was dead
when the party from the Ferry reached him.
His body will be here in a half hour.
II. BLEDsoE.
, 1867-04-05

The NEW EAGLE CREEK GULCH-Mr. NJ. Hol,
way, recorder of the Eagle Greek Gulch, Of
which we have before given several brief ac-
counts, paid us visit on Monday, and furnished
us with the following important facts: The Dis
trict embracing Eagle Creek discovery is styled
as the " Union " district and the town which
has been lately located adjacent to this rich
mine has been christened Yanktown, although
the dscoverers were from California, yet they
were originally from New England, and revere
their native realm.
Eagle Guch, Mr.. Holway informs US, is about
rs miles from Helena empties into Canyon
Creek (instead of direct into Prckly Pearl six
miles up from the Little Prickly Pear. Some
twenty claims will be thoroughly prospechd
within the next fifteen days. The shaft on dis,
coyery claim is down to the bed rock, and dis
closes Eve feet of pay gravel which yields 81 10
TO the pan on the lower strata. There are, as
we have before said, about one hundred men in
this new guleh, and with the prospects before
them, Tney ell hnsy in building or opening
their claims
Eureka Gulch is the name of a tributary to
Eagle Gulch, and is now being proSpected with
flattering results. One mile this side Of Eagle
Gulch is Rocker Gulch, where, our informant
tells us, to his personal knowledge, eight men
took out last summer, on the sly, in just sx
weeks time, the handsome sum Of sec, 900. 1t
was the knowledge of this fact-communicat.d
to Mr.. Holway by one of the lucky parties, be.
fore they took Mackinaw passage for the States
last falI-that induced him to search in that d.
rection, and which led to the discovery OF
Eagle" and Eureka" Clutches, both Of whish,
be thinks, will prove abundantly rich in fist
class quality of gold.-HeleHG Gazette.
, 1867-04-05

ExfRAoRDISARY.-The Eve leading journals of
Paris contain long and circumstantial accounts
of a distinguished engineer whose head was
turned perfectly white by most frightful dream.
The engineer had visited rough and unfre-
quented mineral region for the purpose of eI>
ploring and reporting to company OF capitalists
upon the richness Of certain mine. The night
of his arrival, and before he descended into the
mine, he lodged at a small inn, and after devour-
ing a pound or two Of pork, went to bed. He
dreamed that be had visited the mine and was
being hauled up, when be discovered that the
rope was almost severed, and there was only
single strand to support bis weight and that Of
the bucket in which he was being hauled up.
Suddenly, when be had aScendsd two hundred
feet, the rope gave way, he dreamed, and be ut
tered fearful shrek, which aroused the inmates
of the house, and when they burnt in the door
Of the dreamer's room, they found white headed
man in place Of the black haired young gsntle>
man who had retired a few hours before. The
story is well authenticated, and his il the FIRST
instance on record of mans hair having been
turned white from the effects of q dream.
, 1867-04-05
Al I,Iand Faru,,rs, Fancv.

The heat Of the sun fell down, fell down
The beat Of the sun fell down on me,
As shaded my eyes with a trembling hand
And gAzed through the haze at the sea.
And the sea It shimmered, and lifted, and fell,
All brightly blue; till the swell Of the wave
Broke down on the sands into foam,foods white
That weltered BY crag and BY cave.
From the sunny shadows 1t deepened down
Gathering evermore deep aud dark
Till it changed to a shuddering vast Profound
On t6e dizzy ledge Of the hoary enf
The sea-birds huttered In restleas Aoei.
And their piercing shrieK Euu uneir pIaintive cry
Rang sharp through the air from the rocks,
The land wind, scented with thyme and heath,
Flowed down from the moor to the edge Of the
bay,
And mixed with the dense Salt.brsathI that
Where the shells and the sea.weed lay.
Far out where the sky swept down to the sea,
And the sea swept smoothly up to the sky,
Where the Doors Of Space that are backward
flung,
To the ships when the winds are high.
In the bay below swung a summer boat,
With helm, and a flag, and tiny sail
But all unfit for the wrestling rush
OF the surge and the strength of the gale.
dropped my hand to my reaping book
How mourDful the sea-birds cried in my ears !
gathered my corn in the sweat of my brow,
And noieteaed my bread with my tears.
But thought of a Land that lies far away,
As true in the dawn as it is in the dream
Where the fruit and the flowers, the rest and the
love,
Arc all that they ever seem
Land where the breath, now drawn and spent
In toll, on these fields Salt>strewn by the blast,
Might have time to stay in bosom that swelled
With satisfied wonder at last
The heat of the sun fell down, fell down,
And it smote on the field, and the cliff and
the sea,
But | thought of ship with shadowing wings,
That will some day call for me.
And then to sail past the Doors of the Flood,
Ger a narrowing sea to rising shore,
Till the prov runs up on the golden sand
And Life shall know Labor no more.
, 1867-04-05

TERRIBLE FIsHr AT BALL.-Chandler, the eI'
pressman, arrived this afternoon with ten days
later news from Rocky Bar. A bloody fight oe-
CURED there, on the 10th inst, at which no.
toriouS rough, named Harry Seymour, was Killed !,
and an other rough named Mcqueen, and Sheriff
McClaren wounded-the latter in the leg. It
appears that Mcqueen and Seymour raised a
mlss at dance that was taking place At the
boarding-hous Of Mr.. Vroom. Mr.. Derrick and
McClaren tried to quiet them, whereup@ S'y-
mour commenced firing at them. Another man,
named Gettle, fred twice at Mcqueen, asd then
shot Seymour, who was about to kill Derrick
A private note from there says "iae wno'e eom>
mnnitv svrsuathizes with Gettel, who is now
nnderSoinr an examination for killing Seymour.
The examination had been going on three days
when Chandler left, and 1t would likely centlnue {
two days more. 1t is now said that Ssy ymou ,S
vas a sort Of q bully aud "chief among "s
rouehs of the Bar.-Idaho Statesman. r,
, 1867-04-05

DsyvER.-The "Yigiantes" seem to make
themselves very busy about Denver. The Ga
zefe Of that place of the 2sth ut., talks strongly
81 onotber HoutraRe" recently committed there.
A voung man was suspected of having distracted
SIss from trunk. An officer was sent for and
the young man was arrested and taken away.
pr.,sntIv the officer returned, saying that three
,-ofs..sd YiqilAntes had taken the prisoner, and
ipn'"oJsd IN make him confess. A person present
Jamurred TO such an outrageous proceeding,
bnt the officer would permit no one to leave the
80. Meantime the "Vigilantes" took the
von1o man ur Cherry Greek, and choked him
With a rope till nearly insensible, out be still
not cOnfessing, be was gagge1 ana 'aHea 70 the
when he was set at liberty ana tVId that, If he
did not leave town immediately they would cut
his throat A day or two afterwards, the most
of the missing money was found iD pilloWslip,
filled with clothes ready for the wash.
, 1867-04-05
A Man and bis wife, who had been marrie

A Man and his wife, who had been married
ten years, disagreed and determined to separate.
The terms of their separation were to be decided
upon by the judge of the arrondissement in
which they lived. They were Parsians. "Havs
you any children said the judge. eyes, Mon
sieur." "How many2" "Three-two boys and a
girl-and it is with them lies our difficulty.
Madame wishes to have two of them, so do ~
"Have you agreed to abide by my dscisionl"
1--WE have, said both Of them. "Yery we'll, my
friends; condemn yo1, then, to have another
child, so that you may have two. When you have
obtained that, you may return to me-" The
matter was then adjourned for time. Two
years Afterwards, the worthy magistrate, who,
in the meanwhile, had heard nothing Of the hus-
band or wife, met the former. "Ah, we'll, . said
be, chow about that separation?" "Still impos>
sible. Monsieur. Instead of four children, we
now haYe Eve. She had twins"
, 1867-04-05

WR1rlxs IN CYPHERs AND IN SHORT HAND.
These abbreviated modes of writing are not OF
modern inrention. The aneients had ingenious
cyphers for their secret dispatches, and sent
private orders to their commanders and ambas~
sadors, which could not be opened so as to be
legibIe, without peculiar eontrivance Of the
key. Cesar's usual method was to write by
agreement, the fourth letter Of the alphabet for
the FIRST; for example, D, for and SO on, vary
ing the arrangemsnt occasionally. The Romans
had also short hand writer's, chosen number
Of whom were employed By Cicero to takt down
: speech Of Cato Martial and Ausonius bear
testimony to the surprising skill Of some Of
them.