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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-06

NEW BoOTs.-TEe Experience of NaHy
F6Rrers I'i-idly DeScri5ed.-It is little
singular how well pair of boots can be
made to fit at the store. You may not be
able TO get your foot only part way down
the leg at the first trial, but that is because
lour stocking is sweaty, or you haven
started right, and the shoemaker suggests
that YOU start again and stand up TO it,
and he throws in a little powder from
Pepper box to aid you., And so you stand
up, and pound down your foot, and partly
trip yourself up, and your eyes stick out
i'm an unpleasant manner, and every vein
in your body appears TO be on the point
of bursting, and ali the while that dealer
stands around and eyes the operation as
intently as if the whole affair was perfect
" new and novel to him. W hen your foot
las finally struck bottom, there is faint
impression on your mind that you have
stepped into an open stove, but he removes
it by solemuly observing that he never saw
a boot fit quite so good as that. NOu may
suggest that your toe presses too hard
against the front, OF that some Of the
bones in the side Of the foot are too much
smashed, but he says this is always the
way with a new boot, and that the tTou-
hle will entirely disappear in few days.
Then YOU take the old pair under your
arm. and start for home as animated as a
relic OI 4c1~, anu al II4S "Ll4S AN'4I'iN 'l4"O
the world will not look bright and happy
10 you again until you have Drained the
shoemaker You limp down town the
next day and smile all the while with your
mouth, while your eyes look as If you were
walking over on oyster bed barefoot
When no one is lo,'-ing you kick against
a post or some other obstruction, and show
81 fondncss for stopping and resting against
something that will sustain your weight.
When you get home ut night You 90 foI
those old boots with an eageruess shat can
not be described, and the remarks that
YOU make upon learning that your wife
has disposed of them to a widow woman
in the suburbs, are calculated to immedi-
ateIy depopulate the earth of women and
shoemakers generally.-DaHJnry Nclcs.
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ALONE.

She sits i'm the darkened parlor, where the
freight Pickering falls;
Her thoughts are dark rs the shadows that
snusire show on the walls;
EvT today she knows for the i-rst sac lluie
the thought she i 10th 10 own 80,
That Of all sad things ia a woman Io'' Us
sajlest TO be alone.
II seems rs if i: were yesterday that lovers
were riCked mp as flowers,
Niuu all day long 1uIu dance HNH song
rT,ev came and wen; with the hours;
when. butterfly like, Size slipped the sweets
tl.t fell from every tongue,
And uttered dNeIt ou her charms and felt
tlla- she and her heart were youUg
Gone with the hours, gone with The flowers,
is al that Cuty-ie,
And today she sits 10y the parlor fire, with
never n lover nigh,
And lonely thoughts, the bittcre~t thoughts,
that c'er iu the mind can dwell,
I 1surn ,le place of her vanished friends, and
never of tiattery tell.
Where is Harry, and where IS Claude, who
vowed they would ever ba true
And Jalucv. who sang OF my golden hair,
ala my beautiful eyes OF blue.
All heart of mine, at another shrine they
fell upon beuued knee,
And never a tTue-hcdItcd one oi them all
that / can bring back TO me.
Nrcthoueht I vas at the ball last night and
under the gaSlight's gleam,
! danced and talked, and happily walked in
The light of a bygouc dream;
But when l turned to my partners side,
with my gayest, fondest air,
The lights burned dim rs l looked fOr him,
and ! wander alone in despair.
II is true that he who loved me well, and
was ever lowering near,
Row careless bends, where my to0tstep tends,
and grcets my smile with sneer.
All me, that sigh must come from the heart,
a sigh hike AN cchoing groan;
OF all sad things in woman's lot It's the
saddest to be alone.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-06

How TO SUCCEUD.-The vounr man
who thinks he can carry his boyish pranks
into the serious business of life is not a
ployer, ''After work, play That should
satisfy the most sangUine. Cuisines be-
fore pleasure is the motto Of tue prudent
man whose guide is experience, and it is
sufficient fer the novitiate in ac;ive life.
But ii is despicable to see q young man
iust starting in life, so welded to his form
er enjoymeuts as to place them above pre-
sent duties. Iet this is often the caSe.-
The young man who, to steer his own
bark, launches forth on the sen of life, too
often looks back on the pleasures he leaves
behind, and forgeful of present duties,
steers back to past enioyments.
There is no royal road TO success any
more than to knowledge. He who would
succeed must work, and after all there is
more real enjoyment in work which has =
worthy object than IN play or pleasure, in.
tended 20 Kill time. We remarked n few
days ago 10 a business man whose present
means are amply sufficient, but who work
ed really harder than any Of his numerous
employees, that lie ought 30 take 1t easy"
Said he, Il am never so happy as when |
lave more than l can do | may wear
out working, but l dread to rust ont
idlinS." lie was right His work was a
part of himself, part of his life, and it
was always faithfully done. To appren-
tices especially, this earnestness and inter
est in their work is necessary If success is
exc. ~ be attained.
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Mr.. MENEELL, ofSt. LuniS Na-
been for the last few days stan
some friends in this city. has an.
lar love for insect life and an
knowledge Of the character and g
several members Of the insect il-
he carries about him fol the plF
version and study. In one Of @
Mr.. MendeU has domesGca-eia.
small brown ants, trained III IL
gence to do some surprising -l
will place a piece of sugar ID.
and retire a few PAGES from J.
some manipulation which lis
pets understand the meaning
suadesthem to come outaudmE.
file down the legs of his paural
the floor, up the leg Of the -25.
reach the sugar. The ants wi
one has supplied itself with II
the sweet commodity, take Up j
march on return JTipto IE
pocket, into which they WI e
one with its load of sweets, l-s
tlemau has also in his Cg..5cu-
pets, a dozen or more Of green u
black stripes running around i-
and which, he says, are poe,
tants of a species of acacia i.3
bugs Will, at a motion OF i-5- 4
finger, go through some renl1
batic DprfOTuaucaS walking --s
hind legs, and afterwards o
legs, the hinder part of then y
elevated, their only word o- -
to speak, being given 10y '-l
their trainers finger. AI l
for some years found great 2.S
voting his leisure hours 20 -
kind above mentioned and -
tainly write a booE.--Ns' u
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AN INDIANA ROMANgE---,.
sec it in that light. She ~.-
marry him. but he was Hl---
They both lived a couple el y
city and near neighbgEs
listen TO his counting. and Dc ~
ate. So he went utl % ~
while out there persuaded 81 ~ !!
a letter, saying that Le vas ~ 4, I
ing as his dying request ida. + :.
she ever went ont tina, way. ss,-,.I
meut and toss a weed OF l5--'--.
on his lonely grave. IH's W.. -5 b
it didn't take worth 3 c5A,' 80
back a letter TO the tr.eAGs p IA. D
he had any consideration lg- r-.s-', r'
at all to send her the ds-I- 80
and chain. his money ana an go .
To carry out his plans me ~ ,.rsrs5 q
home his brass iewcln a1u, u,5 - d q
she Immediately pGocee-IS-',. ,.,F,,..'
/ trinkets, and start to slng',5 D
chosen '.fellcr Of her - -. -.
way back home the pau, . love.
the apparition OF the he, les. .E. ,rlrss
ghostly white, but with '.S S.I br.I
intact. The young man -'' 70
( stood still, and putting ug I'd u
resembIed an elephant 5 i5 ~ EI
auired # the ghost NSL-..rr, -..ri.h d
to death by a mule. a. 33r rIml I
ship replied thus, ''Lo.oi home me 9, 4
Heg I come all the way F IA .5s1
false % ..You bet. . Iol -.'r lad 4
laughing heartily for 3d.. ..-r nd q
thai it Was really the l'-,..,,..i .
lover. The fellow had pay y. : ssj /
and had followed his so,,.rirvutI
back TO the land of his ' la'',5 ,5sgs
ly. The damsel was ,,fns = 3
the other fellow for 43i.t,!y x
the ghost that she imm55l'' m.5'. cls
paratious 70 marry 'H
Ha7lts ESpresS.
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ENEitN DESCRIPIION OF
SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE

made to order in excellent sty-e and at low
prices. Cabinet and hairmakers' materials of
all kinds for sale. Furniture delivered at any
point III JohnStown or at Railroad Station free
OF extra charge. WIN. =. PATTON.
JOhnstOWn, Oct. l3, lsT0.-tf.
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Il F1RJTEP,S NJ
a sANPLE or ONE raryn
STORE. .-s

STORE e1,
The following coutnb-r
paper viii apply TO MANY -. % l- 2,
tudes: '--l
L guess merchants ubr ..
trade find it a familiar So -..-- Or.
farmers wife hesitating and f -s,~s
fearing over her poor lr,i.- ~ A-g n
brown sugar and caGco-reT ,tt-''-lls
leo Is for the baby-while 49, . Vasts
by grumbling at her wan. ~, ~ Z l-s,gl,
out the money as if he We, a1' ~
some slouchy, troublesome s.'-.
hadn't really any claim. rr.,- ssa' y
Not beng a country merrf--.
get used to the paiufulness NJ .-.e
1t makes me not only meIarrl--.-'.-- ~ Z q
-maddeT still when I oh.sr-.-- %,
the wife accepts the re.rr..--.- --s
and how unquestiouaulv She s.- pa
lieye that the family rroceris- -s-a
sions are all for her own r---... gu
presume very manyOf these r,--'
must return from such ,T----
ences feeling decidedly Ike .,lr-
and assassins for having wasted
bands substance in ri0t0us p7rrs-.
sugar and unbleached sheat.n,
I've no doubt they do pe1g5..,
working stiR harder throngh ~
going without some eEtravgrs--.,s
set their hearts on-a pafrrf ~.
haps, or swell dress for the f-r
little woman l saw TO-DAY lo5tz5
had spent the golden autumn -r-
il the harvest field and kitchen
sensible face, serious with NJ.
and brOwued by sun and wind --
of deep blue eyes that a few ve5r,-
have been sparkling with the bars,
py girlhOOd-that looked as if H.
sparkle again still if given Lalfgi
In fact, they did light mp a 7--5
she looked IN her husband fl5s.
he admired the baby in hi. ueve-,
darkened pitifully enough wleBf.
" called it hUmbug. and gar.F
wife and baby as if they were =,
brutes he ought to kill.
you've spent a pretty r7s n,
you have - he added in an audi
''Why, how much ." in ualarrsf
''Four dollars and a Lalf,-arf
amt satisfied - If the mans
been a razor IL couldn't have r
+ cuttingly. 1t cut the little won
/ cheeks Redeemed under their br-
felt rather than saw that tears
to her eyes and We're tremblu-us
! py, curling lashes In spite Of Ls-
J forts to wink them back.
4 didn't think it was 50 u-s
faltered.
"Of course not! Your ar,l-.
about ike the old womm's d.-
You'd better tackle the mul-ipiaa
when you get home ~
And here, having raised hiSvia (
benefit of those standing near Be L
around for applaudiug smiles. n
laughed little, as if to assure Us d
was nothing but the tendereS- BIT e
antry in the world but I kusv.s
of the new cap had departed, and Z
/ OF the purchases covered IF thai
four dollars and a half would sul.s
! gall of bitterness.
/ took a look at the MOBILES. Il
God. He was quite in keeping
/ conduct small, thin. WHY. Sd
specimen Of humanity. with a-.-
beak Of a nose, and narrow >.g-%
/ deTs, as if from creeping tLr-5
/ places. The sort II @ man who W i
be seen knocking Lis wife down an
ing a Highland fling ON her s-oma
that almost worthless man, ! was
say, who would, day after day /
and make life hateful to herwh
small, unceasing, legal meawss
which he exhibited to-day. A0
to his horses, because a new D
more than = new wife and Low
cheats bis fellow men. for fear
/ found ont. and not at all careil
mean wretch IN every otkerreat
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Ooking, Parlor and Heating Stoves
LOOK WELL TO YOUR UNDERSTANDINGS.
JOHN Z. THoMAs,
boot and Shoe Maker

E'HEundCrsgned respectfully informs his nlI-
neruus customers and the public generally
That he Is prepared to manufacture BOOTS and
SHOES OF any desired size or quality, from the
finest French calf-skin boots to the cOarsest
pfoEanS, In the VERY BEST MANNER on the
shortest notice, and at as moderate prices as
like work can be obtained anywhere.
Those who have worn Boots and Shoes made
at my establishment need no assurance as to
the superior quality Of my work. Others can
easily be convinced of the fact if they will only
give me a trial. Try and be convinced.
. Repairing of Boots ana Shoes attended
10 promptly and i'm q workmanlike manner.
thankful for past favOrS feel confident that
my work and prices will commend me to a con
unuance and increase of the same.
JOHN d. THOMAS.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-07-09
rbs Burial Service" in Paris

Tbe burial of the dead in Paris Is
orformed by chartered company, tnat
includes ali interments unaer Hin arn.
classes, everything supplied lne ;n,h mrI
costing over 1000 francs, ana the hintn ma
obout 10 francs. The city pays the
aon,nanv aou five francs per body inferred
and ont of the receipts the company al
Locates fifty-six per cent. OF Its pronts
~ snnnort the various religions recog-
uizaa NJ ed by law, or one and three-fourths
millions of francs per annum. ING
company is also bound to bury gratnl,
tously the INDECENT, which IN 100
amounted to $4,000 ca es, against i''-
900 nearly who paid. The ricn tnus mus
bnrv the Door, and the dead detray the
RELIGIOUS rites of the living. The com
nany has in its employment $50 agents,
57O bearses and mourning coaches, ana
go horses, and supplies master OF .ne M
ceremonies. II is the government Iur
n;sbes the officer with the three Nv %
pered-hat he takes charge o, ,rrocession
al lts domicile. heads t1e ,a.irss onls
th,orch the streets, - ,,esn thrown
, rrhen Inc last sraddeiu. ,,,isa nI do not like
3 INTO the s1,sd sT,sdde' croq1emorts, and they
to be cslleu s as |" salmons, herringls,
CLASSIFY; G0sp'ss REPRESENTING respectively
the he rich, .he poor. and cniiureh' H..
are m not sad employees, though siien.
many are very gay, do duty IN .he pan
tomines and chorus scenes OF theal,.s,
and some lead the dances IN the paoii'
balls.
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Victims of Opium.

A reclaimed victim OF opium sends TO
the Cincinnati Commercial his prtscflP-
tion for the cure of the dreadful habit.
Arguing that the average victim uses OF
the drug what is equivalent to twenty
Grains of morphine Il day, he connseis
the preparation, by compel, mt phySi'
clan or careful druggist, OF 30 grams
Of morphine, % grains OF belladonnaa,
and A. grains of quinine. Divide TINS
into ninety pills, each of which will con
tain three grains of morphine, and be
gin by taking three pills a day Ihe
nine grains OF morphine thus taken
with their admiyture, so as far with tue
natient as did his previous twenty grains
n dav, owing to the peculiar elect oi
tbe hollodoDna in the combination.
Lower the quantity of morphine in each
successive batch of the pills until t~c
grains per diem are reached, and then
lessen the proportion OF belladonna ana
nrrhans add a small dose of nux vom
ica The cure is said to be aim st Ger
lain. but too much caro- can not be eX
orrIso qs 10 the quality # the bella
/ J,nna. whlch "a = deellT poison IN an5
th,ne over cautiously small doses'
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The PhariseeS,

At the coming Of our Lord the lhor-
sees were the most prominent nm" III
nuental sect or party OF the jewish poo
ple, Respecting their origin we nave
no certain knowledge. They are re-
ferred to by Josepnus in connection
with the priesthood OF Jonathan "oou.
$50 years before Christ, and 1t Is not
improbable that they may have taken
their rise soon after the Babylomsh
captivity. "a ...,,,,
fists, and seems to have been eltler
chosen by themselves or applied TO
them by others as Il designation of their
austere and ascetic manuerof life. They
affected great purity and sanctlty OF
morals, and held themselves quite aIooi
from the mass of the people. Iheir
real character, however, was VAN ana
hypocritical in the last degree. Whlle
tGey made an osten atious display OF
their piety, at heart they were grossly
corrupt. They were ambitious OF eS'
erting controlling influence both II
church and state, and they appear tl
have been regarded by the mass OF tmS''
countrymen with great deterencc' INT
corefuiness with which they observe
the forms of their religion gave them
, reputation for piety.
So far as related to the teachings o
the Old Testament Scriptures their doc
trinal views were IN the main corrccV
, They have been represented as holulhl
that nil THINGS were controlled by fate
but they recognized the freedom OF III
will, and it is probable that what ma
: been understood rs fate was SIMPLY IN
-, Scripture doctrine Of the dlylv
!, sovereignty. 1t appears from tn
u y New Testament that their we"
", of the resurrection and the lutnl
= life was essentially othordoN. lhe
. views of the plan of salvation, or on u
,f question, How shall man be Just VIII
~ God? were altogether erroneous III
10 grossly pernicious. 1t was on accoui
~ of their false notions on this suDJec
~ =, not less than the corruption OF the
TO moral character, that they were led
,c reject Christ. A..
=, But in addition to the law OF Mos
=, they held to Il multitude of preccpt
~ which they maintained had come tro
n him by tradition. They regarded Ihe Ihe
~; as no less sacred than the wrltteni Ia
- This was one great cause of their err
~ ao neous views and of the corruption
oa their character.
" ~ The Scribes were the official or pl
~, ~ fessional leaders of the sect OF I
- phorisccs, not distinct body, IN
-" were doctors or teachers "f the la
% Iy They transcribed and eSpounded
ai Scriptures, and taught the doctrines
." the Jewish religion. In addition
n these duties they conducted the scho l,,,
hn I ior the instruction Of youth In
'r. ~. profession of course gave them Sr
on ~" influence with the peoplc--an lnt'ue
'I, ,th Which they exerted to thc utmost,
'ri 'rH rccially during the latter part OF
Tr i ministry, against Christ and hls goSl
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-07-09

A New York reporter who went to
on, new fountain begin to play, and
1 who had determined to write four or
five i ,, columns about it, giving history
nlso M Of all previous fountains in the
@ world, returned to the Office d's%p, ., T,fo
"ointed man, and humbly wrote "Ihe
water was TUNED on in the beautiful
new new fountain in City Hall Park yeste.r, r
day, A few muddy drops were seen o 10
come ont OF the holes undtr lne pfas'
|ortnJ saucer, and drop meekly into the
soun dish. By and by the water got to
f" be more and muddirr, and filled the
soup dish, running of the saucer like
that shed from an umbrella on we
dav. 'In1. The There were no graceful curves yes
An attempt will be made to-day to fur
nish sufficient head of water to max
some graceful cuIves.
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LEPROSY.


,,,,;, ,;.ooso has olways been peculiar k
l., i,'ar,, climotns and in such, espe- il
W mn' ~ ~ :, S'.ri't t a,j ntbcr rnpions of the
c''tlS ~ 'IS| aI1S|,I fonnd norocinp in all its
c''', ~ - ny'rt viii thc descriptions
81 Sit, IL. ." ancient 81 m character as left in the
pnJo hy Noses
Tho Gignose seems to commence deep
i, tho sv,tem of the BODY, and gener-
- ,1I,. vIo oo1Snirna thorouph settlement in
~ 81 49,, "Ul af ;ts victim before it dis
smU a,.,t", ps';IoI ;ronIr On tbc outward skin. 1t
,,,,,,, I;n tI,ns concealed even for num-
hn: "' ~ ya"rs esnrcinlIv when it is seated
~ o.t ~ ~, aaa'at;trtion NV birth. MS it often
is when it does not commonly unfold
;ts T., "ntword svmntoms until the child is
,,ron,,, ,,r ,' mn ia ypors Of maturity. After
i,o" ;ts onnearoncr an m TOO. it does not proceed
,ri wii, III any ronid ruin. Not until a num-
her of Years does it reach its full per-
faction Of disorder, aud not until anum-
her more have passed away does this |
d;sorder terminate in death A AleprouS |
nnrson NAV live twenty or thirty, or ii
%n receives the disease with his birth
fortv or even fifty years, but years of
sncE drradful misery must they be, that
o",Ir % dnoth MIGHT seem to be better.
Thn horribly malady advances with
glow hnt certain steps, from one stage Of
o,;I to another. dIilusing its poison
tbrourh the whole frame while the prin-
cinIa Of life is still suffered to niger in
thn Mist of the desolation, and one
after another the pillars of strength are
secretly undermined and carried away
iii thc spirit finds, ere yet she can es-
anna from its inprisonment, the house
of her earthly tabernacle litera,ly
,, crumbling on every side into dissolu-
, tion and dust The bones and the mar
Vow vow, nre neryaded with the disease SO
that the Joints of the hands and feet
:, GRADUALLY lose their powers, and the
! iinhs Of tbe body fall together in such
= a manner AS to give most deformed
, ana dreadful appearance to the whole
:, v nnrson There is form of the disor-
u der known in some places in which the
! Joints beginning with the furthest OF
y the fingers and toes one after another
- snnorote and fail off, and the miserable
" e.fTarpr slowly falls in pieces to the
|,rove Outwardly the leprosy discov'
y ors itenlf in a number of small spots
:, which GENERALLY appear first on the iac'
N N ohnnt the nose and eyes, but after some
t;,,,o on oihar norts of the body till it is
oT oirN corornd over, At first these spot,
Lavo tho onneornnce Of small reddisl
re ,l;,,,,las hnt thov gradually spread il
ne n;t,ntt;IIi tt;Ii 'oStnr some wears they become
r; 9,"I Iorna r,, 90 nr, or bean on the surface
"I ili t,",, -" od,or When scratched, a.
v W ll'Nh ''A' "a
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silk shows a delicate pale.red impres
sion a reddish tint takes still deeper
shade of red III the pattern, etc. Fern
leaves, arranged to suit the taste, and
kept fl NJ by sheet OF glass, can be
imprinted III the same way.
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-" How do YOU do. Nj Jones :
ss,a atiauser, hlandly smiling as ne
entered the store of u dealer; Well
thank yol." g'iflly rejoiued MIR. Jones, e.,
{" You don't seem to know me eo;d tbe
Brovr-used 70 live here, SALONS, sa
i;sito, - beg ten thonsanh x;ng and
Mr., % Brown. said Jonss. 11r tPrses excuse me,
I IN, 1no"si said Brown. Tableau Vl'an''
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Adam Glalviu, If LoUisiar ., "eI,"
I.,,... ,I;aI harpy nnt for one thing. lie
,eva, could satisfy himself whether cats
rsolIy sucked any ones breath or
rh.tbsr Il vas all an old wives iaole'
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puoroaw.rnryG on SILk,-Silk thof
IL, ;n,rr,onotnd with biclIromato OF

onehlv imprrgnated with bichromate OF
.,nt,sh yr,san,s cry Sarst'I'o ph"'o-
a',nI,ic surface. Inns pSepa b, }
sh.rrs cpt out OF tin anu isid np'I L,
p-' ,any hs beautifully imprinted by the
sun. and ii tipts, accoid'n8 10 the coi9r
of he silk. A white c. 'efy light
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"Tha love that woman's heart
needs is the love that Is spoken IN
deeds" says a modern poet. Esre-
cialiy," says Mary Jane, deeds to a
hand. ONO three story marble irons !;
mansion aud few choice corner io's'