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Hard to be Good.

Henry, said to one of my most weary
scholars, you have been very go9d boy, l
hope you will do as we'll all the term
Il II try, teacher, said Harry, with an audi
ole sigh; Iii try, but its awful hard work to
De good = .g1iY t e-r -'ss aat
'.Ah, Harry. =: thought, as he turned away,
you are not the first one who has found this
out. TO be good is uphill work for all, and The
mill is SO high and so steep that none can climb
alone Ii you try ever so hard, you will fail. "
WHO will help me 2" says one who can
help me better than myself? Why not depend
upon myself in this as in other things?o
Because you cannot do this alone. Because
there is One who will help you to be good who
longs to help you if you will but ask him Jesus
your Saviour, is his name. He says, Without
me you can do nothing" (noihing good 1t is
hard ,oorh without hun, but go to him, and you
will fud his yoke easy aud his burden light
1t will not then be so hard work to be good" :"
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NUMBER XIV.
from the Baltimore Saturday Night.
Peace be Still.

0 heart bowed down with sorrow
Weep not! 1t is Gods will
To try your strength in this tempest.
Ere he whispers, Peace, be stil.''
Its winds have tossed and stung you.
And your sky is overcast;
Your Sails of hope. like tattered shred.
Toss wildly in the blast.
And still you steered on bravely.
Over the Storm wrecked main.
Praying that God in his mercy,
Would send you calm again.
But now, the surge returning,
Has stunned you by its might,
And left you cropping, stranded,
In sorrows darkest night.
One sorrow more He sends you,
But now it is His will,
To come and help you bear it,
And murmur, peace, be still.n
Look up once more to heaven,
Poor weary, troubled one,
Oh lose not your trust in God,
Nor waste the strength you've won.
Not blindly or in anger,
Those storms of life are sent;
And not to leave US desolate,
God takes back what was lent.
But they are sent to perfect us
In faith in trust, in life.
And teach US just to lean on him,
When weary of our strife.
May the dear Savior comfort thee,
With peace thy bosom fill
Christ, help thee bear this sorrow,
And tell thee, Peace, be still.''
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Poetry.
The Troth Plight.

Crimson red behind the hill
Day was sinking slnwlyi
Hushedly the wild birds sang
Notes of melancholy.
Homeward from bootless quest
Went the wild humming bee;
Earth was weary. day was done,
And the night was coming.
Sadly thro the greenwood way,
: Walked youth and maiden,
Looking in each others eyes,
Fond and sorrow laden.
Rudolph now thy country calls,
And our lives are parted;
Be thou braVe-bur Keep thy troth,
And be constant-hearsed."
OF the cleaning golden hair
One bright lock she sunders
Day is dyiEg-far away
Sound the battle thunders
Fare thee we'll, mine own true love;
Where our flag is flying
l shall bear thy lock of hair,
Faithful unto dying
Far away the thunder sounds,
Swiftly speeds the lover,
Wild and loud the days go BY
Till the strife is over
ktd ana DlOtMy EleamS the sun
Over dead and dying,
Sick TO death upon the feld
See the lover lying!
To comrade dear he cries,
''Truest friend, and nearest,
Bear this lock of bloody hair
To her my beart holds dearest.
Bertha we shall meet again
Where the true part never;
Berthav' then his eyes grew dark,
And were closed forever:
Home to Bertha hied the friend,
Found her wild with weeping:
Bertha was his latest word
Ere he sank to sleeping"
II shall follow him full soon,
Whom l loved so bIindly;"
Then she met his comrades eyes,
And she sought them kindly.
Comfort! comfort do not die!
Thou art fair and youthtulv"
Once again she met his eyes,
And she thought them truthful.
Smiling silly stood at hand
LoYe, the fiaxen- headed;
When for her dear Rudolph's sake,
She his comrade welded
[AU the Year Round
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ApvFaTIs EN- ENTs will be inserted at the rate
81 One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less
cor the first and so cents for eack suDsequens III
naked upon the manuscript it will be publish
ed until forbid and charged accordingly.
mas- Obituaries, Announcements OF Ca''asaateS
o,. Office Communications Calling sRor AauocG-
tssaq or Opposinq Candidates, and all Commune
':afyous or Notices of Personal or Private char
acter. or. intended or calculated to promote ay
P,;vate Enterprise or Interest sotU be c"argeaJ0T
20 SprcIsI' % NoTICEs will be inserted at double
the advertising rates
nss- Address -"staunton Spectator" staunton'
Augusta County, Va.
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Picture GMLLGrleS.
,O-IfL 4

n II
PHOTOGRAPHY,
.BnrareU Building Corner Main and NeaO Streets.
[ would inform the public that have just re-
turned from the city and have reftted and fur
nshed my Gallery with all the latest improve
ments known to our art. and with every conve
nience for the accommodation of my customers
The success which has heretofore attended my
efforts in the art, has induced me to improve and
enlarge the business in every department
PHOTOGR RAPHIC RUSTIC SCENERY.
Having, after much labor and expense, finished
my arrangements for the production OF Photo :
graphic Portraitures in real rustic STYLE l re-
spectfully invite the public to examine the won.
derful and pleasing effects.
| would call attention to the specimens on ex-
hibtion at my rooms-especially a very fine life
size Pastel Portraits style oil picture that has
never before been exhibited in Staunton. will
also make the Porcelain Picture a very. beauti-
full photograph resembling an Ivory Miniature,
colored in every style.
Particular attention will be given to copying
old Daguerreoty pes, Ambrotypes, &C., and en-
larging from them to any size
Ladies and Gentlemen residing in or visiting
Staunton are respectfully invited to call and see
the improvements we are making in the art.
Very respectfully,
oct5-tf B. M CLINEDINST.
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For the Spectator
The Canal.


Mr. EDITOR As we all have the privilege
of thinking, let me tell you some of my
thoughts, which run in this wise:
That as Virginia did at one tune give to the
government of the United States an immense
territory of public land embracing the garden
of the West, cannot but think that it would
be nothing more than justice now, for the Gov
ernment to appropriate sufficient public land
70 the States of East and West Virginia, for
the mpletion of the James River and Ka-
nawha Canal, with an enlarged capacity, aud
then that same garden Of the West would be
materially benefited, a. well as the Eastern
States, and new life and energy would be IN
fused throughout East and West Virginia.
Why not have the Governors and Legisla-
lures of bo h East and West Virginia, to ask
tnis of Congress; to ask 1t In earnest, aud
without delay. Let this he done now, and Ii
cannot be consistently denied. fg
JUSTICE.
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JUSTICE.

AT SEA.-That was a melaochoy man who
being asked by candidate, Are you Demo
crst?'' answered mo. A Whig? No
"A Silver Gray? Mo-" "A Fire Eater?''
mo >" "A Douglasite ?'' mo, Have you
got any politics ?" Not darn polite How
many of our readers are exactly in the same
conditiopsP
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

X The circulation Of the "SPEcTAToR"
is about as great as the combined clreula-
tion of both the other papers published IN
this place, and has as many subscribers IN
this county alone as are contained IN the
whole list of either of the other papers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01
Professional Directory.

NNEDECAL NOTICE.-Doctors c.
VI Harris and B. P. Reese having formed
copartnership in the practice of Medicine. very
Respectfully tender their professional services to
the pubic.
Eighteen years experience qualities the junior
partner for the general practice of medicine, and
will enable the senior partner to devo;e espeeiai
a+tap,ion tn the diseases of females and children.
Calls in the country promptly attended TO-
Office-Man street, 2 doors East of DIR. Chap-
mans, d. d. S.
All letters strictly on professional business.
ianIlN6m DRs. HARRIS s. REESE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

A gentleman from the corn growing districts
attempted to open clam in the same manner
that he would bulls eye watch-with his
thumb nail. After repeated efforts he became
disguised and called for another one that was
not so stiff in the hinges"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

A man may see the figures upon dial but
he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun
shines. We may read many truths in the Bible
but we cannot know them savingly till God by
his Spirit shine upon our soul.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

A Wisconsin youth, sued for breach of prom
ise, offered ITO com promise by marrying the girl
if the court would protect him from those othe:
girls who had the same teuder claims upon
him.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

There is no prison SO deep, or dark, but God
can bring us out OF it, no enemy so strong but
God can destroy, and no request of faith so silent
but he will hear it for our good.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

TRUE-The Boston Journal says that quit
ting advertising in dull times is like tearing out
dam because the water is low.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01
Schools.
VXTASHINGTON COLLEGE.
Lexington, Virginia.
FACULTY !:

GENERAL Z. LEE, .....--..... PRESIDENT.
CARTER J. HARRIS, A. NJ, Prof Of Latin.
JAMES j. WHITE A. NJ Prefsssor ESQ q 0res@.
Prot. English
REV. J. /. KIRKPATRICK, d. D.,
Prot. Moral Philosophy.
VIM. PRESTON JOHNSTON, A. NJ.
Prof History and English Literature.
ALEX. L. NELSON, A. NJ, Prof Mathemat'cs..
VIM ALLAN, A. NJ, Prof ApFpt'ed mathematics
RICHARD S. McCULLoCH, A. NJ,
Prof Natural Philosophy.
JoHls L. CAMPBELL, A. NJ. Prof. Chemistry.
Hon. J. W. BRoCKENBRoUGH Lib, Fr. Ldao.
Asst Prof. Latin and Greek.
ROBES MAssIE A. NJ,
asst Prot, Modern Languages.
DUNCAN G. LYLE, A. NJ,
asst Prot. Mathematics
CHARLES A. GRAVES, A. NJ,
Ass't Prot. English.
JOSEPH B. WALKER, Asst Prof chemistry and
Principal Of Business School,
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GEOUeS.


HI w. DONNALLY, -
I'll. Glove Manufactures,
- NEAR LEvIsBURe, WEST VA.
The public will bear in mind, that l am still
engaged in the business of manufacturing the
+ CELEBRATED DONNALLY GLOVES,
ladies' and gentlemen's Buckskin Riding Gau,at-
let's, Half Hands. and Gloves of all descriptions.
Orders from distance are solicited.
Al ne assortment can be found at the store
Messrs. Roane s. Abby and at d. A. Kaysers S.
copCl-1p
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Stauntun Spertator.
pupIIsHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY
Richard Mauzy & Go.
Postnoned PAYMENTS.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Advance PAYMENTS.

IF not paid in advance, additions to the ABOVE
charges will be made follows If paymseIn Ias
be delayed for three months, an addition OF OF IZs
per cent will be charged; if for months 20 per
cent and if for IL months, SO per cent.
ME- The rates in currency will be cnangeo
from time to time as the price of specie may rise
or fall. ,..;,oa
Ma- Subscriptions will not be discSo1ntlnueo'
except at the option of the Editor till all arrear
ages be paid
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S0ddLts, Harness, dc.

r ATEST NEWS! War Declared =,
lA ANNEXATION OF CUBAl!
General Grant. or any other man. who wants
SADDLES,
BRIDLES, 4.
HARNESS
new or secondhand r
WHIPS, BITS, &C., .s
must go to Ed. Halls. where he will find the best
assortment of the kind this side of New York,
all of which can be bought cheap for cash.
ED. HALL
on Wharf opposite Smith & Elders law Office
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m r. HO(xEE Il Rg2D.

m h. HOGE e BEsO.,
Successors to Hoge & Mason,) .oe
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Produce and Fertilizers.
Highest market price in CASH paid for
FLOUR, WHEAT, RYE. OATS, CORN, &c
aug4-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

M HANGER NJ D. j. H. FULTZ n. D.
"a EsS. HANGER d FULTA having Iorm-
40 ed a co-partnership in the practice of medi-
cine offer their professional services to the cltl-
zens of Staunton and vicinity. When not pro-
fessonaly engaged they will be found at thear
Office on Augusta street, two doors North OF the
Snectator office nOVZ-u
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

*For the present. the instruction in English Is
divided among the Professors oil Moral Philoso-
ply, Modern Languages, and History, with the
aid of an Assistant Professor.
tThe duties OF this Chair are discharged by the
Profe ssors of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01
Groceries and Produce.
NEW FAMILY GROCERY.


NEW FAMILY GROCERY kC;nn : M
Corner of Main and New Streets,
Cut Loaf and Refined Sugars,
Old government Java,
Laguyra and Rio Coffee,
Excellent Gunpowder Teas,
Golden Syrup.
No | Mackerel and Family koe Herrlngs,
Also Soc Choice old Rye Whiskey,
French Brandy
Apple Brandy,
Gin, &C.,
fe22-3ts All to be sold at Richmond prices.
HERRTNG HERRING ior sale Ct
NLEVELAND 4 SEARS,
DEALERS IN
Staple and Fancy Groceries,.
AND COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Main Street, Staunton, Va.
Just received.-5O dozen canned Tomatoes,
10 dozen canned Corn and Peaches,
case Chow Chow Pickle,
] case Worcestershire Sauce,
l case Chocolate,
/ case Cocoa
200 gallons Syrup at 50 cents,
200 gallons fine Syrup, &c.
of the city. CLEVELAND & SEARS.
feb8
nIJRE WINES AND LIQUORS.-In
addition to my select stock of GROCERIES, l
have now on hand large supply of pure Wines
and Liquors. embracing OLD SHERRY, SOUP
PERNONG OF THE FINEST QUALITY,
APPLE AND GINGER BRANDIEs, OLD
WdISKEYS, &c. New brick store, opposite
c. H. Square, Staunton.
feb8 GEO. y. JACkSVN.
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INiEOTJ71g.

TAILORING! TAILORING !!---The
IL co-partnership heretofore existing between
Graves & Sprinkle has been mutually dissolved
and the business will hereafter be conducted by
T. B. Graves alone
He has reduced his prices for cash, and will do
ness, in the very best manner, and at figures so
low that no one will fail to be satisfied. He has
removei his shop to the room formerly occupied
by Dr- b. Donaghs an office, and invites
him call.
y3o p r GRAVES
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YATN. M. McALLESTER.
w Attorney at Law,

w Attorney at Law,
Warm Springs, Virginia.
Will practice in all the Courts of the counties OF
Augusta and Allegheny, and as partner with
the distin guished William II. Terrill IN Bath
county Prompt attention given to the collec-
ton of claims exceeding $40 each, or $50 IN the
aggregate Attention given to business IN any
county in the State if specially employed
iulx,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

o. TRAVERS PHILLIPS,
n ATTORNEY AT LAW, 9
Stau,atom, Virginia.
Will practice in all the Courts of Augusta and
Allegheny and in the Circuit Courts OF Rock
bridge and Nelson.
Special attention given to collecting.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

A CARD,-JAMES II. CALLISON,
"a PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
Notary Public and Licensed Auctioneer,
will continue to attend to all calls On moderate
terms Address Middlebrook, Va.
nnv2-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01
EAR. 4. Nj. EIENKEL, Staunton, Va,

ID formerly of New Market Va,)
Respectfully offers his services to the public, IN
all the branches of the Medical Professlon-spe-
;ia attention paid to Surgery.
May be found at his Office at all hours unless
professionally engaged.
All calls promptly attended to-
Offlce-on Bruces corner, up stairs hhtrahce
on Augusta street, doors from corner
X
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01
Ii. ARTHUR, D. d. s., totice one door
from corner of Beverly and New streets,

Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold, ~x
Silver. Platina, and Vulcanite. The AsEasssa.
greatest improvement yet introduced SYSSss3
into Dental Science is conceded to be
he Vulcante process; it being four times lighter
than gold, and much cheaper, embracing superb
Or cleanliness, nicer adaptation, and many other
advantages All the various operations OF Dem
tai Surgery performed with strict reference to
oermanency. March 20-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

inTANDARD "A Brown Cotton Is to II cents.
y N. p. FUNKHOUSER & co.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

nsa- We are offering our goods at the lowest
CASH PRICES, and we are determined to
give satisfaction to all who may need anything
in our line of business. a ~ segs.s
We solicit the citizens and Farmers gener-
ally who have not tried US to So We thank
all our friends for their past liberal patronage,
and respectfully request continuance of the
same. Do not forget the place. Be sure to
e' - RICHARDSON & WHEAT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-01

NALL and see our cheap goods which we arr
u determined to sell cheap.
H. KER s. BRO. opposite +. y.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
swallowing their Prejudices,

The ancient and perhaps somewhat
mythical goddess who had to make
dinner, break fast and tea of repast
of her own inexhaustibie offspring,
finds lineal descendants in modern
Democrats. These queer people
must be fitted up with an esophagus
like a lead pipe, and stomach OF
cast-iron, for they have been strictly
confined, these past five years, to a
diet of their own prejudices. First,
they ate up their angry words against
the war and in favor of the rebels, a
sort of placenta to their more recent
utterances; then they swallowed
their advocacy of slavery; then they
gulped down with some nausea their
negro mania; and now they are bust
ly and eagerly engaged In devonring
their opposition to Impartial suffrage.
The Chicago 1gcssss Sn5ssriks~ ispl
over the dirty dish and declares that
it likes the diet; the St.Louis Repub.
Hc0n calls for a national painting OF
the proclamation of the Fifteenth
Amendments; and now we have the
Rochester IN. " Union, violent
Copperhead paper, whose editor Is a
melOdiOus Irishman named Patrick
Purcell, advocating the election o1
Fred. Douglass to Congress from that
district! "Is this real--Or are We
dreaining?"-Chicdg0 Post.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

The new apportionment bill, which
has passed the House, provides that
after this Congress the House OF
Representatives shall consist Of two
hundred and seventy.five members.
Members from the new States conf
ing in shall be additiOoal to this
number. Any State whose represen-
tati0n shall be decreased hEthn new
apportionment, shall not be aiIected
thereby in the FOrty-second Congress
Any State entitled to additional rep
resentation shall send them as Mem.
hers at Large to the FOrty-secOnd
Congress. Afterward, the number II
to be cut down to 275 by leaving Out
the surplus Of members from States
not entitled to additional representa-
ton under the new appOrtiOnment.
Estimating the aggregate population
of the United States at forty millions,
the ratio of representation for the
next decade will be one one repre-
sentative tOevery l45, !, ,45i inhabitants.
At present 1t is within o fraction Of
one for every 125, 900.
Iowa's population, we have no
doubt, will reach 1,075,0O0, which
will give her eight Representatives
in the lower House Of COngressk-
Bulletin.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
Truths About Newspapers.

eve never saw a newspaper that
was not worth greatly more than it
cost a family. It Is to a great extent
true of every collection of written
matter, book or newspaper; but more
especially Of the latter, for 1t covers
q much greater variety of subjects,
and Is necessarily more condensed.
1t il well-known fact that there is
no royal road to learning. The
brain, full of knowledge, whose ac-
tivity sends light over our daily
pathway, has been acquired by hard
and constant study. Every book
and newspaper which the careful or
careless reader picks up Is filled with
the results Of labOri0us sinvestigation.
Take the single Issue Of . daily OF
weekly paper, and see in its editO-
rials, its financial articles, its sreviews,
its mere drudgery Of daily facts, its
quibs and quiddities, its philosophy
and fun, how much care and labor
must have been bestowed to furnish
1t with the regularity of ones meal.
1t makes no pretensions. 1t is fur
nished to every man for fraction of
what his ice or any simple luxury of
his household costs him, and yet it
is teeming with thoughts which are
constantly influencing his actions,
and forming the opinions OF his chill
dren to govern their after lives. In
to the columns Of the newspaper
come the matured opinions OF the
greatest thinkers and statesmen of
the old world and the new, and at a
cost, compared with the value Of the
information that Is acquired, utterly
insignificant in amount. No man,
no head Of family especially, who
would properly qualify his children
to pass respectfully, profitably and
with satisfaction to themselves
through the world, should ever deny
to them the advantages Of a good
newspaper."-L
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
IOWA NEWS.

Eighteen new Post Offices wert
established in Iowa last month. Thil
shows something as to the growth Of
our State. l8sl
Two Dentists Of Des Moines, Drs.
Hallett and Fuller, have learned,
and publicly repeat with fun success,
all the wonderful tricks by which
the Davenport Brothers have made
themselves famous all over the
world. The Register vouches for
this statement.
The Ottumwa Courier thinks Hon.
f. III. Stiles will be nominated for
Reporter Of the Supreme Court by
reclamation.
Over LOG, 900 bushels of grain were
taken down the river from Dubuque
in one load the other day.
Two children of Mr.. Barche, of
Walcott, Scott County, pulled up
some wild parsnips in their fathers
garden, and ate them. One of, them
has died, and the other, 1t Is thought,
cannot live.
The First Congressional District
Nominating Convention Ia already
called, to meet at Fairfield on the LIST
of June. They're getting at 1t early.
The Republican states that the
farmers Of Johnson County say that
the recent freeze killed the young
apple crop, and all the early cherries.
Five Of the "lords OF creation"
passed through Iowa, from WyOm.
ing, few days ago, on their way to
the Michigan Penitentiary. They
were sent there by the verdict OF
that famous jury whereof Ave were
women. It is said that every one Of
the gentlemen expressed himself
opposed to 1.-THE coDfounded hdmbng
OF woman suffrage. - ReyisterI IGT
The Grundy County Assas has TIE the!
following story Of q switch turning
itself into tree:--"In 1860, Hon. Z.
f. ClarksOn, OF this County, cut "a
Lombardy Poplar switch for q riding
whip, at Buckner's. some three miles
from his place. When he arrived
home he stuck Il in the ground.
That switch is now q tree fftys5IVe
feet high by eighteen inches In di.
ameter at the bases and from II have
sprung q mile or 50 OF other trees,
iliAny nearly as large ~ the 0rst."