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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

Some wag tells story of an old
gentleman whose eight or ten clerks bor-
ed him constantly with conundrnms.-
Going home one evening, be was stopped
in front of closed store by country
man. -.
--"Can you tell me, my friend, why this
store is closed = i,
AGO to blazes with your conurdrums,
cried he. "I've been bored to death with
'em these three weeks j.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

- Old maids-embers from which the
SHARKS have fled.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

ANEcpoTE OF REV. DIR. MANLY.-ln
1924, the Georgia Baptist Convention met
at Eatonton. Several visiting ministers
were present-among them Rev. 3. Man
ly. of South Carolina. On the Sabbath,
the Rev. Mr.. S. and Mr.. Manly were ap-
pointed to preach. The venerable Jesse
Mercer sat with them in the pulpit. The
congregation was very large one. The
Rev. Mr.. S., who was to preach first,
arose in the pulpit, looked in his quaint
way over the assembly, and opened with
these words: "Where shall we obtain
bread to feed so great multitude 2? AS
for nv part, am penniess and unprovi'
ded2 But there is lad here" turning
round and putting his ailt! on DIR. Man
ly's head, as he leaned forward in the pull
pitt .swho has five barley loaves and two
little fishes, which, with the presence and
blessings of Jesus, shall constitute a
feast" At the conclusion of his sermon,
Mr. NJ. arose. His own feelings had been
greatly touched by the personal allusion
to hlm. The Lord unloesed his mind, the
fountain of tears were opened, and it was
computed that, during great part of his
sermon, there was all average OF at least
five hundred persons continually bathed
in tears.
Many years after, DR.. Manly, alluding
to this scene, said: "There was nothing
in all this Bochim that to me was so affect
inc as when turned round and saw the
sympathetic streams coursing swiftly
down the turro wed cheeks of Father Mer-
cer."-Religious Herald.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

Too Much MARRrED.-The Montpelier
Wtr Journal copies the following from
private letter, dated not thousand miles
from White River Junction
"They bsve got up the funniest snarl
across the river that you ever heard OF.
At party last week, at --'s, after ex-
haustlng the grdfosry games, and wanting
something new, mock marriages were pro-
posed. Accordingly names were drawn
by lots, and four couples stood up to be
married. The ceremony was performed,
and they duly pronounced imam and wife,
by the laws of she State and before these
witnesses" Afterward, they ascertalned
the man officiating was a justice of the
peace and the parties were legally mar
ried! They are in the greatest alarm
about it that ever was. One of them,
Prof --, of T Seminary, expects
a lady up from below in about fortnight
to marry him, and nearly every one involv-
ed is expecting to be married right away
and they feel like death. They have ran
sacked all the law books, and consulted
authorities far and near, and everything
only proves the knot still tighter The
Justice has been fined $50 for each couple.
He saws he is from another county, and
cannot do business here, and supposed the
marriages not to be legal. 1t is certainly
a. funny scrape, and made still funnier by
the fact that all the parties belong to the
.supper ten." The best opinion is that
they are legally married, and can only be
divorced by the Legislature.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08
The beauty of woman transcends al

- The beauty of woman transcends all
other forms of beauty, as we'll in he
sweetness of its suggestions as in the fer
vor of the imagination it awakens. The
beauty of lovely woman is an insplra-
ton, a sweet delirium, q gentle madness.
Her looks are love potions. Heaven it
self is never so clearly revealed to us as
in the face of beautiful woman.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

"A teacher was explaining to little
girl the meaning of the word ''cuticle."
SWhat is that all over my face and hands?'
saws he. aIt's freekles, sill" answered. the
little sheruh,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

- The best thing to give t" your enc
my is forgiveness to your opponent, tol'
erance; to friend, your heart 70 your
ohild, good example, to a father deter,
ence; to your mother, conduct that VIII
make her proud Of you to yourself, re-
sseos to all men, charity.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08
An Ohio school girl went throug

An Ohio school girl went through
her caliSthenic exercises at home, for the
amusement of the children. A youthful
visitor, with interest aud pity on his coun-
tenance, asked her brother, ''if that gal
had fits % "No," replied the lad, con-
temptuously, "that's gymnastics. . "Oh,
It's, hey /" said the verdant, show long
has she had elm ?"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-08

1t is not what we earn, but what we
save. that makes us rich. 1t is not what
we eat. but what we digest, that makes
Rs strong. 1t is not what we read, but
what we remember, that makes us learn
ed. All this is very simple, but is worth
remembering.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25
4 E.iID on 4 R.lILROID.
Don piatt Scores the Baltimore and
Ohio Rnilroad.

Don Piatt. who recently made the trip from
Cincinnati TO Washington over the Bai,.more
and Ohio Railroad, gives rather discOuraging
account of that thoroughlare. After stating
that he passed three wrecked trains in a short
distance, he continues:
In sober earncstness, the road is in an awful
condition, and dangerous both to freight and
passcnrcrs If 1t were q new enter
prise, struggling for all existence, might
hold my pen. and have few good people hor--
rby nan@ied or roasted to death, and no end
of freight destroyed. But the corporation is q.
great success Its stock is not quoted, be-
licvc, because not really in the market, and its
dividends are fabulous. Under these circum-
stances. this Indifference to human life is mex
cilSablc. But II is Mr.. CARROTS successful
lyle of railroad management. To get the most
money ont of the smallest expenditure Is the
rule And lie will. therefore, enter upon No
enterprise. move in no Improvement, so long
n; he can make the old serve his purpose. In
ti;iS way he has been pretending to build aroad
from Point of Rocks To Washington city. He
irilies with il. ard if let alone, will open that
road on the day We are called upon TO ilnal
jud@mcnt.
"Why don't Garrett get some new cars ?"
said TO one OF his officials. - ran in these OLD
things duriIg the war, and then they were
diry bu.:@y and Smcllcd bad
"Oh - responded the gentleman. Garrett
does Il freight Business lie has no passengers
but a ,tw congressman. and il he dead-heads
thea. they are willing 10 ride in hog cars"
And John w. Garrett is perfectly right in
thus expressing lis contempt for Congress
men. lie bays them cheap. To him they are,
indeed, chcap Jacks. While the indignant
West threatens to move the capital, because 1t
is an expensive city 10 live in, these Congress
men permit this uiiscrupulous man to sit upon
lis neck and strange lis life ont. The approach
TO or great capital is by one line Of railway
that hc controls in deadly antagonism to the
b.,l Interests .: the city, While flour is four
dollars and scycnty-1vc cents barrel in Gin
cinnali. il rctals here at fourteen. This Is but
Que specimen. This man plays into the peanut
interests OF Baltimore, and owns and controls
the Great capital Of Il great people TO our
shame. No I'LL can be got through Congress
creating Il new highway 10 our capital without
his consent! For and in consideration Tor
dead head passes, and probably little money
iudiciou>y expended, every committee through
which such bill must pass is densciy packed,
and one might us well attempt to scdll q pot
ASH kettle up the Niagara Us to get anything
through SUCH 4 committee, without Johns COLI
sem.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25
The English Parliament of ITO was an {:

The English Parliament of ITO MAS an eS-
cccJingly ungallant one. 1t enacted that:
"Wloeyer should lead into matrimonial bonus
any male subject of her Majesty, 10y means oi
rouge or powders, perfumes. essences. artificial
teeth, false hair Spanish cotton. iron corscls'
crinolincs, high-hccicd shoes, or false caves.
should be prosecuted for sorcery and the Elar-
riage declared null and void The figaro in
pudently asks, who could marry now undcr
such an act.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25
The Cannibal's Chant.

Twas on the shores that round our coast
From Deal to Ramsgate span,e ,.o,o
That found alone on piece II stone,
An elderly naval man.
His hair was weedy his beard was long,
And weedy and long was ne;
And heard this wight on the shore recite,
In a singular minor key:
ooh. / am a cook and captain bold,
And the mate Of the Nancy brig,
And q bo'sun tight, and u fnidshipmite,
And the crew Of the captain $ glg
~on. elderly man, it's little know
()1 the duties OF men OF the sea,
And I'll eat my hand, II understand
How you can possibly be
GA. once cook and captain bold,
And the mate OF the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight, and midshipmlte,
And the crew OF the captains gig"
Then he gave hitch to his trowsers, which
Is trick all seamen larn;
And, having got rid Of a humping quid
He spun this painful yarn:
"Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell
That we sailed to the Indian sea,
And there ON the reef we came 10 grlel,
Which has often occurred 10 me.
mAnd pretty nigh all o. the crew was drowned,
There was seventy-seven Soul,)
And only ten OF the Nancy's men
Said Here to the muster roll.
.There was me and the cook and the captain
bold,
And the mate Of the Nancy brig,
And the bo'sun tight, and the mldshlpmte,
And the crew OF the captains gig.
"For month we'd neither whites nor drink.
TIL a-hungry we did reel;
So we drawed q lot, and accordn' shst
The captain for our meal.
"The next lot fell to the captains mate,
And delicate dish be made;
Then our appetite with the midshipmite,
We seven survivors stayed.
aAnd then we murdered the bo'sun tight,
And he much resembled pig;
Than we wittled fTee did the cook and me,
On the crew OF the captains gig.
.srnen only the cook and me was left,
And the delicate question, which
or ms two goes to the kettes' arose,
And we argued 1t out as sich.
oPor loved that cook as brother did,
And the cook he worshiPped me;
put we'd be blowed If we'd either be slowed
In the other chaps hold, you see.
af,fl be eat II you dimes or me- says Tom,
Eyes, that says l. you'll be-
Tn boiled if / die, my friend says1
And exactly so,' says ne.
s.says he, dear James, to finish me
Were foolish thing 70 do,
For don't you see that you can't COOK me,
While can-and will-cook your
,.so he boiis the water and takes the salt
g And pepper In portions true,
(Which he never iorgot,) and some chopped shall
lot,
Ana some sage and parsley too.
.And he stirred 1t round, and round and round,
And he sniired at the foaming roth;
when II ups with his heels and smotners MS
squeals
In the scum Of the boiling broth.
"And eat that cook in week or less,
And-as eating be
me last ofhis chops, why, almost drops,
For o vessel In sight see.
"And never lark, and never smile,
And never lark nor play;
But sit and croak and single joke
haye-which is to say:
uOh, I am cook and captain bold,
And the mate OF the Nancy brig,
And bo'sun tight, and midshipmite,
And the crew OF the captains gg."
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25
MARY GRESLEY.

AN EDITORS TALE .
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25
E4RTH1U U1KES.
Natural Phenomena in Germany
The i'rusSian Journals state that shocks OF
eorhuuoke were still felt at Gross Gcrau:

The prusSian Journals state that shocks OF
earlhuuake were still felt at Gross Gcrau:
letter from that place sets forth that on the
,.i',.r ol November II TO November Is, within Inc
rItr.. a. four nutri and half, twcity-iuur pealS
~ siili.rrlsurry, ihInde., seven Ol them accom-
rlui,i J., >.4ck. were distinctly Heard. Ihe
.,il, ,.,.fin.i u! Tie earth Was violent enough
To v-lNtH ia" souade5t s!eepcrS. III the n!TA' Oh
The. t..i. IL l.ta iaStdu: the thlndcrluE was re-
:.,..t-i >iE,y ti'ncS III three hours, ana between
.fi 2. l'cjDcE ~ 81. . shock was felt which shock
~ i.nu.cs ard laaGc the walls and beams creaN.
.l tfT'Sent there seem 10 bc alternate ln'c'-
"a, u. r.pUSc ami cOnNul>lnn, the duration q!
,:. ic.:!n a icW hour>. Ga ihc i!tA instant, ~
,Nl ~ the evening, another pretty severe sE"cN
W.., .c; a. Crcs> Gcrau. Tile Ki.einischer Courier
-....- thai according 10 measurements taken ny
>a" engineer o.cCri the whole site Of tie litli"
town l. now two or three inches lower ihan IL
W, heforc the earthquake visitation. Notwit'!-
-f,. ,iTr the great EI!.bcr Of SHOCKS that nave
!,.,il rct none 81 the Houses have fallen, TROUGH
WAS ac 70 ic in many places cht'lnG o.t-
N.,..t a:. :r:WVtu !Jrty AMI I!ty cdiEaciS a'"
ia Il rrccarinuS condition. scltef llUih DaIH''
sli.;i wrlttCa lat Monday, annOunccS tlat lHe
sbrk; IA tro>. t.c:Au are ;d!n Increasing Ill Ire
ccg..y and intensity. Tic writer ADDS th;'l iii.il!
%; H. Inhabitants are suffering from variuuS
Ior.i.- Ci nervous disease and even lus'i!it! I'D,
in 500 cas.s bAcn produced hy tie perpetual
arHiciy Ia wiiich these alarming rnehJMeha nave
;:iYc! Use.
-ivanu:s llly bc jol,ed ABOUT. bLi there Is 4
frrl!nc in lhcm. Two years a.;o An entcrprIs-
!n.- faAk e went TO Norih Carolina with few
..padrei Iol!a.s ana d, gan culiivating peanuts,
This year he has sold his crop for. $4,000, get
,lnt:5lGGo pron;.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25

Early in August we ourselves went away lor
onr annual recreation That We shoot
grouse. or that we have any strong oplhl0h
that Aunust and September are the best months
In the wear for rholiday-makin9 that every
hoIv does .rO in August. We ourselves are not
specially fond of August. In many places 10
which one goes a-louring mosquitoes Dltc III
that month. The heat. too, prevents one rom i
WALKING. The nis are all full. ana the ra!l-
ways crowded. April and May are twice pleas,
amer months in which to see the world ana
Ihc country. But fashion is everything, ana
no man or wonan will stay In town IN August
for whom there exists ANY practicaoi'ily vi
leaving il. We went on The lOin-II'la; as
though We hal Il moor, ana one oi inc E'S,
things We did before or departure wa. /" rc'tt
and revise the llst-wriitcn chapter Of hArys
story. .,
About The cnl Of September we returned,
anil M TO that lime the lover had mol come ~
London. Immediately Oh Ourrrtufl "c"fOtc
TO Mary, md the next morning Si1 WAS WIN
ua. she lad seated herself Oil h:r usual chai,
before she spoke, and we had taken Eer Iiisliu
and asked alter herself ana mother. i",,' w.
with snmctnn9 of mrlh in our tone, we oc-
manlcd the work which she had uohc Since
oilr departure. 'iIc is dying" she replied.
She lid not weep as she spoke IL was lloi
ON such occasions as this that the Tears !i'cV
her ewes. But there was mixer eyes look ol
fixed and settled misery which cohVlIlcEn Us
that She at lc;st did not doubt the truth Oh
her own assertion. We multcrcd something
is TO our hope thai she was mIssaNShii ,aIi
"rhc doctor, there, has written 70 tc., u
mamma that it is so. Here is ms itlitr ,,r.
The doctors letter was soou E.tr,, .sa,,
written with more OF asSllfa'ltc ,'',,sc,y"s tH'',
pC.Gl ;n cyurcss. fear that an justified in t'llins
Won. said The DOCTOR thai ii can only 's "a Il
question Of weeks" We %oi up and tooN ''ci
IInd. There WAS not Il word 10 be- uttered.
81 mast 70 to him she said alter Il pause
"Wril-yrs. 1t will bc better; ,o .v-
,,,.nnJ nnv lhat offers of Slight. very Slrs'lt,
n"cun;;,ry :il had been made by Us boIl u
.!Wy ani to her mother Oh more !han one occ"-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25

All these things happened many years
AGO. Mary Grcslcy, on her return 10
C0rnboro, apprentced herself, "a IL were; were;
to the married curatc there. and cahcd
herself, / think, 4 female Scripture rcaH-
or. know that she spent her days III WORK
inr hard for the religious all ol inc poor
or1und her From time 10 time we cnucaVOrcu
to instrair her to literary work; ami she an
swcrcd our letters by sending us wonu'rlu,
little dialogues between Tom the SAINT anu
Rob the Sinner. We are in no humor To cTlti-
else them now; but we can assert. thai lhoCGh
thnl mode of religious teaching Is most Iis-
tasteful TO us, the literary merit shown even N
such works as these was very manifest. AM
there came to be apparent in them @Icaln OF
humor which would sometimes make Us 'iiihh
that she was sitting opposite To lis ana ioohiI5
nj us. and that she was Tom the SAINT a'''l
thn, we we're Bob the Sinner. We saul "ili'
w. could TO turn her from her chosen pain;
t;rowinr into or letters all the cloquenct anu
eli lhrthourut of which we were masters Dilt
n,ir ,.lounence and our thought were equally
in vain. -, ., e,.,,.
Al last. when eight years had passed ever
hcr hr.d after the death of Mr.. Donne, she
,nnrric / a missionary who was going out 10
some foreign country on the confines of African
colonization; and there she died. We saw her
ON board the ship in which she sailed. and
before We parted there had come that tear mo
her eyes. Tie old look OF supplicatlon on hef
lips. and the .:icam Of niirth on her face W"
kissed her Oncc-l0r the first and only time
as we babe God bless her
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-28
Rouse the System.

1t is a sad thing to pass through life only half
alive. Yet there are thousands whose habitcal
condition is one of lansuor and debility. They
complain of no specific disease; they suffer no
pssitive pain but they have no relish for any.
thing which affords mental or sensuous pleas.
ure to their more robust and energetic fellow
citizens. Fs
In nine cases out of ten this state of lassitude
and torpor arises from morbid stomach. H.
digestion destroys the energy of both mind
and body. When the waste of nature is not
supplied by due and regular assimilation Of
the food, every organ is starved, every function
interrupted.
Now. what does common sense suggest under
these circumstances Of depression : The system
needs rotlsinJ AID strengthening not merely for
an hour or two 70 sink afterward into more
pitable condition than ever, las 1t assuredly
would do If an ordinary alcoholic stimulant
were rssorted to-, but radically and psrma-
nently. -,
How is this desirable object to be accom-.
plished The answer &c this question, founded
on the unvaryiDg experiences OF quarter OF a
Ger fury, is easily give. 1nfuso new vigor into
the digestive organs by course Of HUSrET-
TER,S STOMACH BITTERS. Do not waste
time in administering temporary remedies but
rake the system up by recuperating the fountain.
head of physical strength and energy the great
organ upon which all the other organs depend
for their nurture and support.
By the time that dozen doses of the great
vegetable tenie and invigorant haN Q been t. ken,
the feeble frame of the dyspeptic will begin TO
feel its benign influence. Appetite will be
created, and with appetite the capacity to di-
gest what it Graves. Persevere until the cure
Is complete-until healthful blood, fit TO be the
material Of flesh and muscle, bore and nerve,
and brain flows through tho channels Of circu.
lation, instead of the watery pabulum with
which they have heretofore teen imPerfsctly
nourished.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-28
Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, July 81.
FLOUR-Quiet but steady; sales of
family at 6 00a6 %.
WHEAT-Unsettled and lower; sales
of new red at GOAL %, and new white at
l 35al 40; receipts quite large.
CORN-Scarce and higher; sales OF
ear at S6aSSc.
OATS-Unchanged; GOa7Oc for new;
old at 75c.
RYE-Firm at 9Sca1 90.
COTTON-Nominally unchanged.
TOBACCO-Active; sales III hhds at
6 00a25 90.
WHISKY - Unsettled and higher,
sales at o..
MESS PORK-1200 bbls sold at 80 90.
BULK MEATS-Sheulders sold at
13tc and sides at Ice.
BACON-Held at 14fal5c for should
ers and 18alS4c for clear rib; sides at
l9ia1Ssc.
LARD-Held at 194al9tc.
BUTTER-Firm for choice at 2Sa3Oc;
other grades unchanged.
EGGS-Held at l3al4c, shippers
count.
GROCERIES-U Unchanged and firm
OILS -Linseed oil dull at 9oalOO;
lard at 35a140.
GOLD-At 1851 buying.
EXCHANGE-Dull at par buying.
MONEY Market easy at 7a9 pei
cent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-28
Chicago Market

CHICAGO, July q.
FLOUR-Quiet at 6 42Ia7 90 for
spring extras.
WHEAT-Opened firm and closed
dull and weak; No. fairly active for
shipment and lc higher; sales at 40a
/ 40t, closing unchanged; No. 2 is quiet
for present, but fairly active for future
delivery; early sales at l 39a1 40; sub
sequently weakened, and closed at SO;
this afternoon the market is easier;
sales No. l at "a, seller August, and
So seller July.
CORN-Quiet: No. inactive and
nominal: No. quiet; early sales at 96i
a97c; subsequently declined to 953c;
closing with more sellers than buyers,
and rejected is quiet and tirmer at ga
74c; no grade quiet at 6a92c; this at
ternoon No. 2 is nominal at 94c, seller
August.
OATS-Quiet and 1alic lower; sales
No. 2 at 659a69!c; rejected at 66a664c;
closing at inside rates.
RYE-Quiet; closing with sellers Of
No. 2 at 06.
BARLEY-Dull.
CATTLE-Quiet at 4 05a5 Is for cows;
6 20a7 40 for fair to choice, and so fer
extra prime besves.
HOGS-Active and q shade higher;
8 75a9 90 for light to fair; 9 l0a9 90 for
fair to medium: 23a9 40 for good to
choice.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-28
Consolidation
BY THE CABLE.
iBy Telegraph to the Register.l

LONDON, July ga fault has been
discovered in the 1866 cable 100 miles
below Valentia.
Mr.. Gladstone is sick and was unable
TO attend the House of Commons last
evening.
Parliament has been prorogued to the
10th of August.
Henry w. LoBgfellow was yesterday
invested with the honorary degree OF
Doctor of Law by the Oxford uuiver-
sity at special eonvocation,
VIENNA, July 27.-Baron Won Benst
to-day received the Budget committee
of the Hungarian delegation, and made
an important address. He said the re-
lations between Austria and France had
been on the best possible footing ever
since Austria relinquished the Italian
territories, and the interests and inten-
tions of the two countries were identi-
cal. Abiding to the Eastern
policy, be said he would not
insist on the programme of 1907,
but leave it to the option of
Turkey to follow his counsel regarding
concessions to the Christians. On this
point he would bring no pressure to
bear. He declared that he had honestly
striveu to establish more cordial rela-
tions with Prussia, but his efforts not
having been metin similar spirit, he had
been unsuccessful. He closed with
strong defence of the general policy Of
the Imperial Government. The Prime
Minister'S speech was received with
,raat satisfactiOn
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-28
YOUNG MEN

Especially, whs have become the victim,
tary Vice. that dreadful and dsstrrctiv. ~,
which annually sweeps 10 an untiuely -
thousands Of Young Men Of the must ,, 80
talents and brilliant intellect, who might az.
wise have entranoed listening Senstes vii, 10 =
thunder Of eioqnenos, or walked TO ecs,arT =
thrilling Tyre, may call with full eonhdens; -