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Srlctt 2oetru.
FrOn Grave 10 Gay.

Little they know, or even think,
or the work there Is in shedding ink
by the busy wielders of pencil and pen
Grncrally known as newspaper men
Who must be ready night and day,
Brief JOttings, In Central, Spice Of Life,
Variations, and rumors rife,
saturday Notes, and Sunday news,
All sorts of paragraphs to amuse,
Market reports, and marine disasters,
Puiis of pills and patent plasters:
Now at the theatre In white cravat,
Claw-hammer coat and opera hat;
Then to the prize-ring. where you write
Sickening details of bloody fight
Back to town, just in time
To report the sermon of some divine
Steamboat collisions smash up Of trains,
Election returns to bother your brains.
Agents dramatic, with long winded story,
To write up his star to theatrical glory.
Deaths and marriages; murders and rows
balls and parties, minstrel shows,
Stock spcculations, bubbles of air,
Tossed about by bull and bear;
Praising the limb in the dancers pose,
And next the calves in cattle shows;
Pencil in hand at the racing course,
Taking the time Of trOtting horse;
JnttiBg down zach stroke aud catch
Made in a famous base ball match;
Now of a street row taking n note
And then of a row in college boat,
These are few Of the many things
At which the tireless pencil swings.
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at'it and asa,nor,
A Dry Joke.

Ii shady Schuylkill cove some half
dozen young gentlemen bathers were
disporiing themselves 10 the oopling
river waters, having left their clothes
upon the shore.
While they were at the height Of
their enjoyment, two young ladies', each
with book in her hand, came down
steep, narrow path, aud seated them
selves on a moss covered rock, under
spreading tree, opened their books and
began to read The young men swan
around projecting point of the rock
and waited for the damsels to 60 away,
but they continued to read on and on,
turning slowly leaf after leaf, SO inter
esting were the sensation novels they
were perpsing. And all the while they
were closely watched by the now SHY
eriug aud impatient bathers.
For nearly two hours the two young
ladies stirred not but, as the sinking
sun began 10 throw long shadows oyer
the leaden waters, they arose, and arm
in arm, they began to move on, when
suddenly one OF them paused, threw of
her big straw hat, nnlaced, unbuttoned,
dropped her frock, and called out:
Come ashore boys! Put on your
clothes. We've got through reading"
They were not young ladies at all,
but two wild, mischieyous wags, fond
of fun aud practical jokes Of the most
uuscrupulous kind, who had come out
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25
Old Maids and Old Bachelors.

There are meu and women who, like
some flowers, bloom in. exquisite beauty
in IA desert wild; they are like trees
which you often see growing in luxu.
rant strength out OF crsvice Of rock
where there seems not earth enough 20
support shrub. The words sold
Maid" "Old Bachelor" have 10 them
other sounds than that Of half reproach
or scofn; they call up to many Of your
minds forms and faces than which none
are dearer iu all this world ! know
them today. The bloom OF youth has
possibly faded from their checks, but
there fingers round form aud face some,
thing dearer than that. She is unmar.
ried, but the past has for her, it may
be, some chastened memories of an early
love which keeps its vestal vigil sleep.
lessly over the grave where its hopes
went out; and it is too true to the long.
departed to permit another TO take his
place Perhaps the years Of maiden
life were spent in self denying toll,
which was too cngrossing to listen even
to the call of love, and she grew old too
soon in'the care Of mother or sister aud
brother, Now, in these later years, she
looks back calmly upon some half cher
ished hopes, once ATTRACTIVE, Of husband
and child, but which long, leng ago she
willingly gave up for present. duty. So
to day, in her loneliness, who shall say
that she is not beautiful aud dear
So is she to the wide circle which she
bIesses To home she has been all that
a mother could have been; aud though
no nearer name than Aunt" or SIS.
ter" has been hers, she has to day Il
mothers claim aud q mothers love-
Disappointment has not soured, but
only chastened; the midday or the after.
noon of her lie is full Of kindly sympa.
thies and gentle deeds. Though IN.
welded, hers has been no fruitless life.
II is an almost daily wonder to me
why some women arr married, and not
a less marvel why many that | see are
not. But this | know, that many aud
many household would be desolate
indeed, aud many and many Il family
circle would lose its brightest ornament
and its best power, were maiden sister
or maiden aunt removed and may bless
the Providence which has kept them
from making glad some husbands
home.
Nondcr isolated man, whom the world
wonders at for having never found 1
wife. Who shall tell you all the secret
history of the by gone time? OF hopes
and loves that once were buoyant and
fond, but which death or t1ore bittel
disappointment dashed to the ground
of sorrow which the world has uevcI
known; Of fate accepted in utter dc
spair, though with outward calm Suct
they are. The expectation of wife o.
home has been given up as one of tn,
dreams Of youth, but only with groau;
aud tears; now he walks among mer
somewhat alone, with some eecentrici
ties, but with a warm heart and kindly
eye. If he has no children Of his own
there are enough of others chilerer
who climb his kuoo or seize his hand q,
he walks. If he has no home, there i,
many home made glad by his pres
ence; if there is no one heart to which
he may cling in appropriating love
there are many hearts that 90 out towart
him, and many voices which Invoke
bene Lotions on his head.
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Gentlemen Of the jury" said q
Western lawyer, ~ don't want to in-
sinuate that this man is covetous
person, but / will bet FIVE to one that
if you should bait a steel trap with a
new three cent piece, and place it with
in three inches Of his mouth, you would
catch his soul. / wouldn't for a mo-
moment say that he would steal, but,
may it please the Court and the gentle
men of the Jury, ] wouldn't trust him
in room with red rod mil! stones, and
the angel Gabriel to watch EN-"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25

A REMINpER.-A lady entered the
cars, which we're somewhat too full, and
gentleman arose and requested her
TO take his scat, be remaining standing
in the passage way. The lady % took
the seat, making no sign Of gratitude.
The gentleman waited for few mo-
ments, then inquired:
"What did you say 7"
al did not speak, sir" said the fe-
male, in tone of the most freezing
politeness.
81 beg your pardon, madam, but l
thought you said thank you"
A scarlet flush told the discontinue
of the lady, while the audible litter Of
the near passengers told that the point
was kceniy relishnd.
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How THE CHINESE CANE TO WEAR
"DETAILS 1t is curious how the Chi.
nese came to wear. pigtails. Several
hundred years ago the inhabitants of
China wore their hair as we do but
there was war between China aud Tar
tary, and the Chinese got the worst of
It and were conquered When the first
Tartar king Of the present dynasty came
to the throne, he determined to humble
the pride of the Chinese. He began in
l6li, by ordering everybody to shave
of all the hair except tuft on the
crown; that being the way he were his
own hair. There were great many
proud and high spirited gentlemen 10
China who would not obey the COM
mand and the result was that they had
their heads chopped of. 1t is rather
an uncomfortable thing for man to
lose his head. The Chinese thought
so, aud concluded to shave and braid
their hair into pigtail, al hough it was
an act OF degradation. They felt it
keenly, but as the years rolled on, they
forgot the humiliation and began to like
the fashion. As soon as the pigtail
became fashionable, the young men of
china tried to get up the longest neat
est, aud glossiest tails possible. They
cultivated them just as young gentl5.
men in the United States, and almost
everywhere else, cultivate their wLis.
kers and moqstache, grcasing, combing,
brushing and lingering them all the
time.
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ABourGIRLs.-The best thing about
a girl is chearfulness. We dont care
how ruddy her cheeks may be or how
velyety her lips, if she wears seoyl,
even her friends will consiaer her iii,
looking; while the Young lady who IL
Eliminates her coqpteaanoe with smiles,
will be regarded as handsome, though
her complexion is coarse enough to
crate nutmegs on. As perfume is to
the rose, so Is good nature to the lovely.
Girls, think of this.
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NOTICE.,

The Board of County School Commits.
sioners of Carroll county give notice that
the committee on Redlstricting have made
thier report accompanied with plat of Dis.
trict No. |, of Carroll county, being the
Taneytown District, and the Board will
meet on the Sd Monday Of October, 1870,
to consider all written applications relative
to the change Of boundaries in said District.
J. NJ. NEWSoN, Secretary.
n,to I1-ot
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A married gentleman, every time he
met the father of his wife, complained
to him of the ugly temper and DISPOSE
tion of his daughter, At last, upon
one occasion, becoming weary Of the
grumbling Of bis son-in-law, the old
gentleman exclaimed You are right;
she is an impertipent jade, aud if /
hear any more complaints of her viii
disinherit her." The husband made
no more complaints.
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Old Aunt Dinah was shouting col
ored saint, of the city of Charleston,
who would sing at the top Of her voice,
and cry "gloryl" above all the rest of
the congregation. II was common at
the missionary prayer meetings Of the
colored people to take up a collection
while singing the hymn
''Fiy abroad, thou mighty GOspelW
in the midst Of which Aunt Dinah
always threw her. head back, shut her
eyes, and sang away LASTLY till the
plate had passed. The sable collector
knew her habit, and one evening stopp-
ed when he came to her, and said,
bluntly, eLook heah, Aunt Dinah, you
need't be a-siuging Ely abroad, thou
mighty Gospelp il you doesn't give
nothip' TO make her fly."
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WESTMINSTER, MD, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST o. 1877

'"'N ~ ''"" NSNP
water saw so many iai'crlug accounts
OF those sheep IN ms paper that he knew
1t would he sale to invest.
Titus referred again to the Report
he''9 N blessed II Polly Dow
ner haSn got the hrSt premium Tor
dollars
e. S''u Nancy one. was tel
ing me about her cheeses, She found
o" ~, "'" u, TO- "iNc t"e'n VI her paper !
te'I you ll'nS' IT'S a good th'nS to nave
d s"Tu newspaper ! wish YOU a d,
90. Dan Don ! 'niN TO ne ANA
l'us thrc" down the heport, aud re
'''r ,r, l'o'n 'nt N'''nen IN HSgust'
~ winter P''Scu anu Tue spring :
%o'N was u'"o an" ni!' '"e c ''''e LOT '"eeP,
sno"tlns came nus CLOSELY shsared
JUG nunu'eu "nu my S"eeP' anu Cd,
'a'ieu '"creiron, "D' qu''G SIX nu"ureu
PouHu' VI WOOL oeinS less IMAM an
"'V !. Ill.,, u loSr pI"uIS 10 tue s"ceP,
/. n = ''ua, u'uh 'o.' you th'' ne'Th.
c c IV'p""'e' SmeIP S s prove ny
''' Va. ms P'"u,Ic'e ~ V"S'S no
, "o', " W 5 ne o"s " "'o SP'c"u'u amman,
.n''' ~ uTes 70 keep one OF ours ANA
. ,'',,., "'' '''' !" arc "e'''''' "pu MS
Is ~ g. % -, NJ,
S,oP H. Eao' I I.. Npow W''a'
, ~ r''o"," AZ . o,,o 'uc'n Jar
- p, ,.,, '''' i Tui" D'ep"''er 20 H.
II Ho "g"' To- 'o got more WOOL II
"o "" 49,, .,....,.,
,., hu" YOU " 5l,,, moro INA" twice
10 ." SI, rs u" , uiH' 80
N,no y' v w. . GL, y pn,,,,,
.'"".! WIS S'''"'' Out Tue emu was
"O' 4 TV,. IL. h,,;., h,, ,,.,, ,,.., ".
- A''or tue "ay'ns had OGcn done, Mr..
DcTPwa'er ana MS Wlie called over and
SUoM ' e, Az" W spent tue evening with
i \" , I"U o amy ,..,... n
, an III. nc, 'V"'S W o' conversation ir"'
~h;oS , sho " ~ i'I i many new 'n,nGs
, NV" o"' h!p i NJ, "Ep VI household
"1 s S;e','o' "n''c WI De'Pwater TAXED
w 'oh H'I "osv ' u : '''e E'g"' improvements
s ,1 ri me'o ,, uv'" 'naus !" agriculture,
i n"u nus ,, was Interested III sp''e oil
" D.ina '"''s" "' 'F'eu TO appear
o'',e NV WIS., u.s. r., , ~,
ny Tue way, mus sa'd John Deep
mu'e'' ia'o u 'me evening when you
soV i'"'y W So,i your WOOL MINK l.
eau ,1eo'ninGnu you TO a Good market
a = uVioo' ~ 'on,'; out l VeSola'
:. ~ To'S IN ~ @" nom >,
NJ ''INu''' 4" NY cn' u, pf'hNto''
9 Wv Wv '"1 ~ s1S'g 3 i ,or II -.
q W. 20, S U'u oauu'er came himself
:, ~ W nay nav. u'u nc pay you
. T my 'oh'', mn,
- " on -'e"'S' l"'r'y cents
P' "W,n
les'
N uoounG'S mercy John' You d,dn
Se'a your ""otG . e''P al that prlee
i nl Why
"Y hy-wool' IKE yours, Is
' WIN iSr'y 'iye cents ana was au
. .,! " WI raiFiIan 10 oher you
.ha' price Tor your chp; You must
"'uc WA "au over a rHe hundred pounds
e'' Sa'u nus Sasp,i,ngly, Il sold
i've I m ana seventy
Loa p ,;4o you know that wool
nau ,,Soh III value
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AMlABLE WoMEN There is scarce.
y any source OF enjoyment more imme-
dIately eo9uected at once with the heart
and with the mind, than that Of listening
to sensible and amiahle women when
she conyerses in mclodious and we'll.
regulated voice, when her language and
pronunciation are eesy and correct, and
when she knows how to adapt her con
7ersatiop to the characters and habits
of those around her."
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Judge Grisr, Of Now York. was onca
trying cause in which a laundering
jury returned an unjust verdict. AS
the clerk turned 70 record it, the Judge
said: "Mr. Clerk, that verdict is set
aside by The Court. Il may as well be
understood that in this State it takes
thirteen men TO steal mans FARM
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25

I'm afraid you don't ike babies
when they cry" said matron to q
gentlemen, as she tried to soothe the
darling IN her arms. sob, yes,1 he
replied, II like them best when thoy
cry, because I've always observed that
I. then they are invariably carried ont of
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25

A gentleman was agreeably surprised
the other day to find q plump turkey
served up for dinner, aud cnquired Of
his servant how it was obtained. "Why,
sir" replied Sambo, "dat turkey has
been roosting on our fence tree nights,
50 dis morning ! seize him for De rent
of dc fence"
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Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Sarah Condor VS.. David Burdett, ct. ais.
ORDERED this 9th day of August, 1870,
~ that the sale made and reported BY David
Burdott, Trustee, to sell the Real Estate of
Wilton Burdett, deceased, be ratified and con-
hrmed unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 18th day Of September
next; provided copy of this order be inserted
for three successive weeks before the 9th day
q September next, in some newspaper pub
lished in Carroll county.
JN0. D. BOYLE, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
aug ll-3t Jso b. BOYLE, Clerk,
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CAMP MEETING NOTICE.

Y>HE Camp Meetn2 of Hampstead Cir.
u cult, Baltimore Conference NJ. +.
Church, will be held beginning August 25th,
one mile from Hampstead, on the road to
Houcksville. All persons are invited to
participate in its exercises.
There will be ample accommodations for
all who may desire to board and ample
room for all who may desire to tent. No
hucksterage will be allowed. The law will
be rigldly enforced against all who violate
1t any manner
EMORY BUHRMAN,
W. NJ. FERGUSON, Jr.,
aug ll-3t Pastors.
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| Valuable Farm

IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MD,
4 T PRI V1TE S 4 Il E
TENllE undersigned offers at Private Sale,
Il his farm in st. Mary's county, Nd,
situated on the PatuXent river and running
back to Cuckold's Creek, navigable inlet
of the Patuxent, aaording water boundary
on two sides, with facilities for shipping
produce from either, containing
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Select Stpru.
THE PAPERLESS MAN.

I'LL TAT LnLLoo IMAM.
No, sir | don't want noth'n o the
kind. In the first place, | ha'n't got
the money aud in the next place, ii
had the money | wouldn't have none
o your papers
So spoke Titus Closely in answer to
a man who had called to see if he would
like to subscribe for newspaper. Said
man kept a store in ncighboring vii.
agc, aud was also the postmaster and
he had made arrangements to add to
his business by establishing a news.
paper agency,
II can furnish yol with any paper
you may like" lie explained to Mr..
Closet y, and | can furnish it cheaper
than you can get it in any other way.
because Of buying of me you will save
the postage. | shall have papers devo-
ted to the interests Of the family; pa.
pers for the farmers; papers for the
mechanic; and papers for both young
and old aud, in short, | may ass ure
you that any one Of them would be
worth far more TO you than | propose to
ask. Ask your wife what she thinks
You have no idea what vast amount
Of valuable information you will find"
Nancy Closely wanted a paper; but
her husband said.
40, bother | don't want it, tell We
I've got as much as | can do TO look
artsr my farm; and, if Nancy and the
children want to read, they can get
tracts of the minister"
=" Your neighbor, Deepwater, has sub.
scrlbed for two papers" said the agent.
" lie will take pleasant, hi h tened
literary paper for his family, and IA
paper devoted to Art, Science, and Az.
riculture for himself"
I" The more fool he !" cried Titus
Closely, contemptuously. John Deep.
water cant afford it no more'n | can.
My farms bigger an better'n his is
and | tell We, Fat an square, at | ha'n't
got no two dollars to throw away for n
newspaper" ..-.....
"But-Titus-"
"Shut up, Nancy! 1 tell yo, l don't
want it."
And Nancy closed her lips, and the
agent went his way and Titus Closely
went forth to pillow his ground with the
great old wooden pillow which his father
and his grandfather had used before
him
And time passed on. The newspaper
agency was established at the village
postoffce, but Titus did not patronize
1t. He felt that he had a principal at
stake. He had said he wouldn't-and
he wouldn't But in one thing he was
consistent; he would not allow his wife
or children to borrow papers of his
nelghbor Deepwater if he knew it.
One evening Titus Closely and his
wife took tea, by invitation, with neigh
Dor Deepwater.
" l declare, Nancy" said Titus, on
their way home, " Prudence Daepwater
beats all creation for cooking, don she I?
Id no idea she was such a hand at it.
| wonder where she got them fresh
Strawberries.
q She nresorvcd ,hom horoo,ry -.
swered Nancy
Co, oo,, TL,., ,.
sorvcdZibov was frosh ~ n" "r' '';st Pr
"It is the wav tboy ,ver r Groa p' T;,"a ,
% Eb con Won d. ~ ~ mus
al oorid r. III " w.
" Her noner % p"P''
yes tx fa,od ,ho .ao; ;. -.
nowsronor Aod 'Is t'',p e ~ 'he
leornedr How 10 do ,,o a""' N ~" ere she
cootinen ''' al VI "'' "''e
T;,us ohornoa ,ho .,,h;.o, % -
sation ~ 4'''''' VI 'O"'0''
Autumn came and tho Acr;.n,,r,.,
Fair was old in an ~. ai; ~? ns''.ui'ura'
N'' "N' VIZ ~ IUNus-
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Map is pleased with voman's pretty
face, but he is charmed with a good
voice and pleasant converse. 1t, with
the "taleut for talk" she also has per-
sonal beauty, woman is literal cou-
queror.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25

why are sheep the most dissipaled
animalsg Because they gamble IN their
youth. spend most Of their days On Tho
turf, tho best Of them are black legs,
and they are sure to DO feeeed a lat
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A fashionable clergyman in Chicago
warns the sinners Of his congregation
that if they dou't repent they viii 60
to the place OF eternal upeasiness. y ,
Certainly Q mild way Of putting Il.
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Parish School of Ascension
Church,

REV. JOHN II. CONVERSE, RECTOR,
THREE TERMs.-FiRsr Tam,
From st. Matthew'S (September 2lst,) to
Christmas Day.
SECOND TERM.
From January End to Holy Week.
THIRD Tenn.
From End Moaday after Easter to st. Peters
day, (June 10th.
HOLIDAYS Dunno TERMS.
All Saints Day, Epipheuy, Ash Wednesday,
Ascension Day.
TUITIos PR Tern.
Children under l0years, $500
oyer &s 800
The School is designed for Religious as we'll
as Secular Teaching, and all Pupils will be
regularly instructed in the Faith of the Church
and required to attend the Sunday School and
Services at the Church on Sundays and Holy
Days.
N. B.-The books required may be procured
by the pupils, or will be furnished at the School
Room on payment Of cost price. aHg Ii-tf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25

It is said that the conductors on the
Baltimore City Passenger Railroad are
so devoted to business that they ALWAYS
eat on timetables.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-08-25

Modesty in woman is like color on
her Enthusiastically becoming if not
put on.
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In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
August Term, 1870.
Joseph Bankard, VIM. II. II. Geatty and A, II.
Durbin vs.. VIM. Chase.
I'm motion 1t lie ordered this 9th day of Au-
" gust, A. ID. 1870, that the sale of William
Cbase's interest in the Real Estate mentioned
and described in this cause made by K. W.
Stem, Constable, be ratified and confirmed;
provided copy of this order be published In
some newspaper published in Carroll county,
for three successive weeks before the 22d day
of September next, unless objections to said
sale be made on or before the second Monday
of November next.
WM. N. HAYDEN,
aug list Judge OF the Circuit Court.
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Dangerous sociates---those who ~
dressed 70 kill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-08-05
VOLUME XVIII---NO. Is.

EARLY BnEAKrAsr.-A had cnstom
is prevalent in many families, espoci.
ally among farmers, of workinte nm
hour or two before breakfast, attcnd.
ing to "chores," hocing in tho garden.
cutting wood, moving, etc. This is
convenient on many accounts, but it it
is not conductive to health. The
prevalent opinion is that tho morning
air is the purcst and most hcalthful
and brazing, but tho contrary is the
fact. At no hour Of the day is the
air more filled with dampness, fogs
and miasmas, than about sunrise: The
heat OF tho sun gradually dissipates
the miasmatic influences rs tho day
advances. An carly meal braces up
the stomach against thcso external
influences. Every ono knows the
languor and t;,intncss often export
cnccd for the first hour in tho MORN
ing and that it is increased by want
OF food. We do not agroo with the
boarding school regime, which pre-
scribes long walk before breakfast
us means of promoting health
american Ayricuituria.