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New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
THE COURTS.
AMENDED BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE.

AMENDED BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE.
In the matter OF Jacob Hynes, an alleged
bankrupt. petition led In the United states Dis
trct Court praying for adjudication on tue ground
that Hynes had given fraudulent preference 10 certain
of his credtor The amended Bankruptcy act requires
that oDe-fourth in number and one-thrd IN vaue OF
creditors ion In petition to have adudicated
bankrupt. and Mr. Hynes put in snswer denying,
under OATH that the in that respect had been COM
ped with In his case. 1t came up yesterday before
Judge Batchfcrd, held that the denial re'erred |"
raised An issue which must he disposed OF before tno
oreston OF fraudulent preference can os sue irso
ssusieed a Turk for Uynes, and Radoiph sam2ter for
the pcttoniDg creditors -, =, .... -. ,...
II said that when petition IN bankruptcy his oeea
filed the ALLEGED bankrupt easily escape the opera
ton the amended law by creating re" co"Nenehs
nnmber and oue-thrd 10 value OF the crec oIs have
Joined IN The petition.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27

By an ofHces and bena unable 70 70 fast enough rom
the great press toward the gate, be was cubced In
defense he used . hammer which he had about Dis
clothes He was taken 10 the station house. In Seo-
ruary he tried In the Court OF General sessohs DO
fore Recorder Hacket charge OF sssault Win IN
tent 10 kill The prosecution held that Mayer caIeI
the hammer to TompkiDs-square WITH cfimihs.
intern. The defense showed pretty clearly that
he had been soliciting WORK from ooOr 70
door, and that the BANNER legiflmaely part OF
his OUTFIT The jury could not agree Two moGths ater
Maver had another trial. this time 10 the Oyer ana Le
miner, with Judge Brady on the bench. convicucn
was hadnot Of the charge OF assault with intent 70
KILL however, but Of simple assault and baftery-and no
sentenced TO six mouths in the Penienuary Dur.
ing his mprs0n has family have been supported
by the Society above mentioned.
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ANEW POLITICAL ERA FOR ICELAND.

A NEW POLITICAL ERA FOR ICELAND.
CHARACTER OF THE ORIGINAL GovERNMKST-THE
ESCRoACHMKNTs OF NORWAY AND DENMARK
PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION JUST GRANTED
TO THE PEOPLR-AN nLIBERAL AND DEsPoTIc
INSTRUMENT, But THE BEGINNING OF POtIrI-
CAL EDUCATION.
iPRon A REGULAR coRREsPoSDESr OF THE rRrBUNE.l
REJxIAvIK. Aug. SIN order 10 understand
clearly the present political situatlon-or Crisis. II
the word be not too strong a term-n Iceland, one
should be familiar with the previous history OF the
island This is easily accessible at least so far
as its hstorysunder Danish rule is concerned but
few leading outlines will he sufficient to explain the
gradual decay OF the native energy of the people.
and the loss of their prosperity.
The original Government instituted by the first
settlers was independent and rudely patriarchal in
character rather than republican. The chiefs, who
emisrated from Norway. with their dependents and
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
TIE MANTLE OF MATTHIAS.

The position of dog-catcher so soon vacated
by Charles j. Matthias will not remain vacant for wans
Of applicants Mayor Havemeyer received yesterday
the following letter:
DEAR AND HONORABLE Cir: Rsadlnx this no.uins the
resicnatIon OF Chas F. Martin (Matthiasj. take the
liberty offer yeu my services for the opened position
as dog-cateher. hope your Honor VIII appoint ne
very soop because believe am the rght m al 20 NIL
the position Ia all parts. Waiting for your eaI an
swer, remain yours very respectfully
JAKE SALISBURY, No les south-st.,
care J. Morrison, City.
Because New York II yea doD appon me-
The application was placed file TO await the inspec-
ton Of Alderman Morris
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
nj. wife would parade in wslI.t, II bis demands were

listened
This was the last Mr. Dougherty had heard of the
matter till he was told the OF the woman
and her children and their pilgrimage through wsst
Mr. Utcy has never listened to the demands for money
upon him. Mrs. Goldberg Is the only one OF
the creditors Of Messrs. Utley Dougherty VINO mas
ever given them any trouble. Her counsel Is prom
inent lawyer wiliam-st In behalf OF his client ne
recently made effort dispute the validity OF the
discharge In bankruptcy, but was unsuccessful The
the advised her TO parade In
wal-st with placard Is unreasonable.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
FINANCIAL EPISODES.
TWO STARTLING INCIDENTS.


HEAVY SUSPENSION IN THE EXPORT TRADE-AN Ex-
TRAORDNARY PROCESSION IN wALL-sT
The midsummer quiet of Wall-st. was unexpect-
edly disturbed yesterday afternoon The day
opened quietly, but early in the afternoon there ap-
peared the most remarkable and at the same time
the most ludcrous procession that was ever seen In
the street. and for hour the incident was the com
mon topic of conversation. The excitement caused
by this event had not died away when the rumor of
a failure for several hundreds Of thousands few
through the city, 1t was well-known house in
Pearl-st, which had lost heavily in the September
panic. Vague rumors were also circulated of the
failue of dry goods house, and Of firm dealing
heavily in produce; but all these reports were
found TO apply to the unfortunate house OF Jonas
sonneborn & Co., of No. 1876 Pearl-st. The rumors
IN their rapid flight reached the Stock Exchange in
time for the closing sales, and depressed stocks
which throughout the day had been weak and tend
ing downward
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
HOLIDAY FOR POOR CHILDREN.
The Trustees of the Poor Children's Free
Excursion Fund desire TO acknowledge the following
III Iartl,ac rirfin

The twelfth excursion will take place saturuay next
when large party OF boys aud girls from the tenement
ouarrers OF the Seventeenth Ward will by the barge
Republic TO Oriental Grove, opposite City Island, on
Long Island Sound The tickets will be distributed this
afternoon by Mr. williams the Ffth-st PoiceStaoD.
This picnic will be the last given this season under
the auspices Of the Free Excursion Fund
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
THE KINGS WELCOME TO THINGVALLA.
IRON ne Ioeiandse Of Matthias JoohUmssoa


iron Iceandse Of Matthias Jochansson
With strong foot tread the holy ground,
Our snowland's King. the Ofty-hearted,
Who from thy royal home hast parted,
To greet these hills that guard us round!
Our Freedoms scroll thy hand hath lent us,
Tie FIRST OF kings whom God has sent US,
Han welcome TO our couDtry's heart!
L1nd's-father, here the Law-Mount view!
Behold Gods works In all their vastnessi
Where saw'st thou Freedom's fairer fastness,
With fire. heaved ramparts waters bluei
Here spraug the sagas OF our splendOrs
Here every Iceland heart Is tender;
God built this altar for his 10eki
III.
Here as IN thousand years OF old.
Sound the same words, voice unended,
As when their life aud Law defended
Tie spaas,.rn with their ssields OF gold
The satae land yet the same speech giveth,
TIE ancient soul OF Freedom hvetb,
And hither, King, we welcome thee!
But now are past a thousand years,
As in the peoples memory boarded,
And in Gods volume stand recorded
Their strife aud trial, woes and fears;
Now let the hope OF better ages
Be what thy presence, King presages,-
Now let the prosperous time be sure!
Our land 10 thee her thanks shall yield,
A thousand years thy name be ehanted,
Here where the Hill OF Law is planted,
Twixt nery fount and lavaneld:
We pray An-Father, our dependence,
To bless thee and thy far descendants.
And those they rule, a thousand years!
New-York tribune., 1874-08-27
Hotel, No. % Bowery.
At the Tonbs |
pRCIeiONe-Aro. -.

Ssprrw< Cowt-Chambrs-By Judge DoDohue.-
cupo sgt sessea uisBs Co at kss~a,
Decree bmmies hsIntohJ&ss<n eassrsd Matter @ 10
h.ud ke-Neuorsadun. De Forrest at fsstsy.-opis,os
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jealously the royal prerogatives guarded, and
how carefully the Danish supremacy Is provided ior
in Government which Processes to bestow cet'ain
amount of autonomy upon Iceland Yet. Win al
its illiberal and even despotic restrictions, tne
people accept the Constitution, for it is something.
If nothing else il is the beginning of that pohnca'
education which they have utterly lost for so many
centuries and which alone can finally qualiiy tneh
to obtain their just demands The great ser'''o
which Jon Sigurdsson has rendered to Iceland Is o'
so much in the gift of this Constitution as IN .po
fact that he has broken the long apathy OF Tue
people. persuaded them to ask. and secured them
result which means courage for the future III ho'
satisfaction with the present In this sense the s'
of August 1874 is the opening of new era in Ice
lands history.
Notwithstanding a common origin and so much OF
common legend and tradition, there seems TO Do
considerable gulf between the two races. They are
certainly not attached to each other for each Is 100
proud to give more respect than is returned-in iact
each wonld willingly claim the largest share. L 90
not find that the Danish oficials-even those VINO
have been some years on the island-take any pains
TO learn the language or acquaint themselves WIN
the deeper characteristics of the people. II my I'M
preston is right this is greatly TO be regretteu
With all their pride. their sensitveness, their Jeai
ousv and the rash, hot blood sleeping under tneir
grave demeanOr no people are more worthy 'no
honest and unselfsh friendship OF their rulers.
have rarely. if ever been profoundly Interested
IN a race Not Thingvalla, or Hecla, or the Geysers
not the desolate, fire-blackeDed mountains, the
awful gloom of the dead lava plains. the orisho
lakes and majestic fords-have repaid me for this
Journey but the brief glimpse OF grand ana true-
hearted people innocent children in their trust and
their affection. almost more than men in their
brave unmurmuring endurance! b. l.
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LET BAYARD TAYLOR GIVE Us NEW Booh
From The ELzdbsh On. u Journal =,

When Bayard Taylor tOnits DICK Hc VII H
probably write a book on Iceland. which Will surpass IN
romantic interest all the stories OF North Pole exploring
expeditions and Rebound ships IN the gloom OF an
Arctic midnight The population and civilization OF
that bleak island in the far northern seas mas Dee
phenomenon OF history and though the career ol tne
inhabitants cannot have been eventfu. IL must nave
been very strange Mount Hecla and the Geyser nave
filed every youthful imagination from boyhood out
little comparatively is known of the wonderful people
who still cling to the icy foundations OF Volcano ana
think their home desirable than the hills and val
ne "
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cALHEDARR-Tuls OAS.

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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
County BOard Of EquulizatiUn.'

The following is pait of the order
of Judge, Mackcy appointing the
County Board Of Equalization. 70,
York County: '." ;. : "hI
STATE OF SoUrn CAkoL1NA--CouNry
OF YORK. -.-.-...-..-.,.,~,.
The Board Of EQUALIZATION ,herein
designated shall, in the peifcrma nee
# their duty, utterly disregard para
graph 3 of sectioh !, 81 of the act
above specified, which paragraph
provides that "thoy shall not reduce
the aggregate value Of real and, per.
sonal PROPERTY Of the county below
tho aggregate value thereof as re-
turned by he County Auditor, with
the addi'ious. made thereto by said
Auditors" tho same being ia the Ia
ture Of proyiso, rcpugnant to the
body Of the said ct and contrary tu
the purpose for which the County
Board Of Equalization was created by
the terms Of tho said Act, namely,
shat all property liable to taxation
ishall DC entered on the tax list Ia,
IS t'uc, galue," pursuant to section |
article 9of the State Constitution
whl"h declares that "the General
Assembly shall provide by Law. for IL
uniform and equal 'rete of assessmen,
aud. TAXATION, and shall prescribe ouch
regulations Us shall secure Just ral
u"fton FOR taxation Of all propcrty,"
etc. '''S
The clerk Of he, Court shall forth
with furnish each of, the,persous here
III named with an attested copy of
this order.
. Witness MY hand at Yorkville this
18th day Of June, a. D. 1874.
4. j. MACKEY, Circuit Judge.
YorkuiUe En4uircr.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
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The Tux Uliops.

In Abbcville ono Subordinate IA;
Union has been 'orgahized, and step
;have besui tax OH TO- complete tho or
ganization Of III County Union. y!u 1
|, In Aiken three u, Subordinate, ~:
Unious have been formed. -,
! In Anderson Gvo Sqburainato TIA,
1lClnions have been o'ganised.h l. "u,Hi /
= Ia Barnwell, Unions h.ve been, or
ganized, in .nine townahips.. i, ,l4t
County union was orglnized on, ths
81 instant. , -.
j In Bp4tfort three Subordinate Un
ions have been organizod., ~. g
In Charleston seven 'Subo.dinate
Unions have been orgauizcd.r ..
Iu Cvlleton three Subordinate Tn
ions have been formed. Tbs County
Union will be ., gnnized oil the fitst
Monday in October. 'rFn q ,
d plu Darling 1sevAnteen>I townships
have organized Subordinate Unious
irhe County Union was organized on
the Sd inst! "'' u- 'sv' I 't.ty. ... O.
lin Edgefeld threo Subordinate
Unions aud one County Union have
been orgal,ized. ,loi .a. <a.
" In FAN fold Subordinate Unions
have beon orgauizsd in, every town.
ship in the County-hfteen III NUN.
ber. j. .. =. u!. a,,la ,4,'
In Kershaw two Subordinats tn.
ions have been organized. .n',r., =
lrLexziugton preliminary iiicot-
ing was held OH the 9th Of j uiy, and
cpn,mittee, were appointed to orgcn~
ize the Un;ols. Since then tne Su.
'pordinatc union has. boon formed.
In GaLc c"stercco ccone Subordinate Un.
ion bias teen organized. o" I"%n: r
In Laurens four townships have
organized Subordinate Unions.l y
. In Marion County Subordinate Un-
ions have been organized in SIX town.
ships. .ra ) :, ..ly. aa f.. .,!,' 3
In Newberry six Subordinate I'm
ions have been formed. i .. ......
4. In Organgeburg nine townships
huvo organized Subordinate Uuionss
ln Riohland nine Subordinate Tn j..
ions have been formed, and the County
Union was organized ON tile Sd In
stant. .T-. 81 =, 70 L
In Sumter one Subordinate Uoion
has been reported. .s'j' ..,..? oil
In Union Subordinate lUnions have
been formed in every to wnship i'd the
County, thirteenth number. County
Union organized August Sd, '4.9G'
In York two Subordinate / Unions
have been forthed. .',n...."'i' ,.l-l ss.E
In tweuty~one Coupties, 'in. the
State one hi;ndrcd eana twenty Subor
dinate Tux Unions are known 20 have
been organizsdH County Uuions
have been organized in five ,Coun:ics
and in other Counties steps have
been taken which will ensure the
compilation ofthe organization by the
first of October" ' .t,' ...,v t.. -.
d., ..''H@l% Ne,vs and Courier.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
Million OF Cotton Bales III ,liyerpool

The Manchester Courier Of the 23l
OF July says "For soGo weeks there
has been Il considerable. amount of
speculation in the Liverpool cotton
market 40 to whether tie stock in the
port would reach million la les, anl
bets have teen made very freely
upon the point. A Friday or two
ago, when the stock was made up,
it had reached totalr of >. 06O, ,u61
bales, W hen it began TO iiuctuate each
Friday in the most Uncertain manner,
a. o'ie time reaching SO high as $685..
11o bale', causing great exeite,p cnt
amongst those who had leidH bets.
Last week, however, tho seven figure.
were att':ined,the sto4k, Standing ut
,0O3,9Co bales, and it 10 understood d
that the amount of money which has
changed hands in consequence has
been very considerable"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19

The present lord Mayor of Lon.
don has been made baronot as q
token of.the Queens appreciation Ct
the bonors paid by them etropolis to
the Duke of Edinburg and his bride.
In his young days the Lord Mayor
was = rlougbboy: i'll Ayrsl,irc5 and
his first step. to the digulty Of a
merchant prince was taken when he
left the plough and commenced shop
keeping in a small way in the town Of
Greenock. So it,, is Wilmington
eyer again who has become Lord
Mayor Of Lo0doD. -. " -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19

Congressman A. S. Wallace of the
4th South CAtolina District Is stump.
lug fur election, and. is demon.
strating his uniitness for the position
by some very idiotic, not to say Grim.
inal, utttcrances. While addressing
a meeting of colored voters recently
at u'wde. svillay he. said; Your
rights are imperilled, and you III ust
defend them. fyou don't get them
at the ballot box you must resort
ty the cartridge box" If the, ne
groes would resort to tho cartridge
box and put Few bullets through
the heads cfthc men who give them
such bad advice as the above, it
might DO good thing for them and
the. .nuhappy State they have hrlp.to
ruiz. ~. Y. 1ribaue.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
NOrTTCE., !,

TtNflH undersigned desirsy to IN forh1'the
' l. Ladies Of NWihnsboro and Vicinity
that Mrs. ShAw'senlir6 Stock'of Millinery
DR., Goods, 'Noliohs &c., have been re-
Inovbd 'io''his sloro where they will be
doll at )hnd below COST sfuce her arrival.
in N. Y. Mrs. Shaw has bought and
forwarded afull 'liAle fthG iatdbt Style
Goods. = cunsiylipg in part of, M illinery,
Dress Goods, Notions, Cnliooes SO. The
most OF theso hive been Sought from 2Ul
70 90 per cont lower than they GOULD
have been earlier in the season and will
DO sold accordingly Bost 'Cai,ooes at ton
cents per yard Dash. Always on hand ~
full supply Of Gonts ready made Clothing.
Boots, Shoes and Hats Id aud endless
variety. His stock of family Groceries is
complete. All he 'nsk is q call TO examinoi
his extensive stock as he is Determined
hot TO be undersold, by Jew or ;0Sntile.
-: i,",y.,,::; y +. ELDEk,'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
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Maj. W0OdWtrd's Letter.

=, We, publish to-day the answer Of
Maj. Woodward, the President Of
tho South Carolina Agricultural
Society, to a nomination of himself
for Governor. He says truly that
the rejection by tho co!o,ed people
2f ouoh. p man 40 G Gon. kornhew, ior
Governor, will Indicate that ,hey
prefer q thief, because he is q thief,
toa gentleman of undoubtsd ability
and fairness to them, merely because
he Is u gentleman. =;
In tho early days ofwccopstruction,
when Randolph, WHO was afterwards
shot at. Cokesbury, went to Camden
and made q speech in tie interests of
the universal and equal rights Of all
men, Gen. Kershaw occupied the
staud in edintely after him aud
took such a conservative and, at tho
game time, adyanced position, that
somo cf. his, more ultra friends be-
game cool towards him. Again, in
one of the Conventions, of which be
was member, thinking that. the
time had come and that he was no
longer in advance of the line, he did
the samo thing, and the same uufot:
tunate op ppositiop drove him back
iuto lrctirement, to await the ,iuc
when, common sense should prevail.
We hope that time. has come and
that the name Of tho General will
not be ovcr.hadowcd by some vile
miscreant who will only drive the
stigma Of disgrace deeper upon the
foreheads Of, the colored rcorle.
j.. ln Gen. Kcrshaw, We see thc white
man extending the harq Of. roaou-
eiliatiqn, and. tecoSu!tion to those
who were, born by his side On the
same soil, aud iuenpf6l with him in
every respect in driving away those
who have come among US to create
differences for their Own selfish ends
of public pluuier. Should tho color.
ed man reject the offer, there is no
thutting the eyes to the facts, to
which Col. Woodward aIludes. This
being tho epnclusion, it is only b..
cause the General is a ,ohite man, in
principle, in association, land in
manners. This will life up ,he CON.
1ition of South Carolina to the guze
aud scrutiny Of the word, and will 70
urtbeT to. make a limitation of the
right Of suffrage, than anything oIso
Which, . has occurred. Whsn.; the
Rrsfcrence is so plainly. indlcat cd ,
and can bo attr ibutci to no other
known, cause, the Inference will be
indubitable, that reconstruction un~
der the Fifteenth Constitution
Amendment has proven itself Il fail
pre, and the status of tho voting
population should be changed, or
It will farther disgrace tho nation
which s,tol sponsor for it. q.
We agree with Muj. Woodward
that a manly and candid stand should
10 taken, so that thore shall be no
eavilings or misaplrehcnsions cop,
cerning our relative positions. We
Iayc ourselves endeayored to be OK
plioit, and from what "o have heard
We. fSel that our motives, and the
foroo of, our position, has. boop. ap-
preciated among the colored people.
lYe are two people, distinct and dit
fercnt, trying under tho light of the
Christian rsligon to live in charity
and pcaco with each other, acknowl.
odging tho rights Of each, and asking
only for eciprooation and confir
pation Of these rights upon practi
cal basis. - Charleston Sun.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
Il A. WONDERFUL Escape.

sDuring a'storm on "Wednesday y nigh
of.:last woek, the Lightning struck the
house of Mr.. Il. Ezekiel in Camden
At tho, timo MIR. Ezekiel was iu the
passage, and Mrs. Ezekiel was Mt.
tending to house. duties. -Four littlo
ohildrcnand their two nurses Jag in
tho roori'where the fearful .mossen.
ger entered, but al escape =: The
chimney was torn to ATOMS TO. Within
!. Tow feet of the attic Noos, and tho
bricks wero broken and hurled over
the yard, The attic window next
to the CT imncy was smashed, both
glass aud frame. The shingles on
The caves were lifted, and tho attic
fioor was burstcd through. The bolt
entered the. chamber in seven places
where the children lay (ouo in crib
and three upon an iron bodstead With
iron posts.) Six, holes like pistol
shots, ina cluster, leaving . smoky
mark on tic ceiling, and ono place
ut the. south side Of tho room, about
six feet frcrl tho slx holes, showed
the course Of tho bolt. 1t GLANCED
to the, iron bed, under tho crib, and
passed out tearing off the weather.
boarding directly at the head of Ito
ct,b, The iufant did not awake un.
I'll rouacd BY its parents, A calf
under the troat Of tho house was
killed. ....-.,.,......
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The Sumter Homestead,

The Chester IseporterS baS )seon q
letter addressed to Dr. AZ +, Wylie,
from j.. G: Draper, corresponding
secrc tary of the State Historical, Spr.
ciety, Of: Wisconsin, from which thc
following is All extract =.
81 feel sad, ovet the miserable CON
ditior ofNyopr State, Ifhadsa letter
the other day from Con. Sumt2r's
grandson, 4 Sehasti4l: .Sumtep noAr
Statesburg, saying he had Just oon.
signed the.remaius Of his o9ly broth.
er, Hon. Thomas -. SUMTER 10 the
grave .od'ithe' old Gen. Sumter hotn 81
stead, with sad,leslings from tho fuc Ct
that the Hand had been forfeited for
taXes, aud be did not ace how be could
redeem it. v = X :" " 4
| would elady contribute Gfty dol.
hrs to#atugat fuhdi TO- bodeo M ath Q
gnnve and nhomestohd Of tho gallant
SnptsF, and preserge thswvto ghise dc;
sciendapts. ~ Cannot, such q fund bt
rdsed among some or thS, descendants
ICof thoSe Wh6 &hew' BdmteF's love .oi
cddhtry and fought under his BAN
nerPh oW .oonoigs 'er ,o1uaaoIq