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Middletown transcript., 1874-04-04
Registers Order.
REGISTERS OFF

REGISTERS OFFICE. r-5
New Castle County, February I'd, 1874.
r Upon the application ofG r. Hukill, Admin
~ istrator G. t. a. of Samuel Dale, late Of St.
Georges Hundred in said County, deceased, it is
ordered and directed by the Register that the Ad-
ministrator aforesaid, give notice Of the granting
of Letters of Administration upon the Estate OF
the deceased, with the date of granting thereof,
by causing advertisements to be posted within
forty days from the date Of such letters in six oi
the NEST public places of the County Of New Cas-
tie, requiring ali persons having demands against
the Estate to present the same, or abide by an
Act of Assembly in such case made and provid-
ed. And also cause the same to be inserted with.
in the same period in the MrDDLErowS TRANS
cRIPT, O newspaper published in Middletown, ,and
TO be continued therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal Of OF
fee of the Register aforesaid, at New
~ .. Castle, in New Castle County aforesaid
the day and year above written.
B. GIBBS, Register.
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neouxo MA sTnD ROR
lEVRRYB0Dy'6 OWN PHYSICIAN

By o. W 0fnA1oa, \. D.. Inva1d1ble tpy eveey
family, olsran1ly psloied, hendoeusly bound, -
nGpl oeG ~ 6AnCngi1u. rIiepl lcy. Ieene
I ''ss':' g :'s|s;' ssI' Es.:: D. I ;'''
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THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION
LEGATEE,

win stand tie season at The Hotel Of Nr. Giles
pie, warwick Maryland. Leeales was BY Lex
lnRton, who was By Doson, ~ Sarpedan. Owt Of
Levity (Ruric's dam, By lmported Trustee. Rro-
nounced BY competent judges, ,oHe Of he ~ Aeyes
IN AmerjcG "A sprs f6al eettsr.
- E-A. VANNORr, MD.
HauesviIle r. O.. Kent county, Nd.
March 7ih, le74--tf s ss j ; =
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REroRr CpuarEoUs. Russian lady
being engaged to dinner With M. de Tai.
leysand. atthat time Minister for foreign
slFairs. wAs detained full hour by some
ausEpfctsd eccidept. The famishsd guesti
gruhbled. sod looked It their watches
On the lady's entrance, ons Of the compa
sfsplsersed 70 his psik kkbor ID Gredk:
When woman Is neither young Of
handso,ne. she ought to arrive betimes" /"
The lady. turning sharply around
aeepsaed The saiifist in the same language
!. When woman, !" said she, !" has th'
misfostnne 10 diss with sAsages, she al
ways arrives 100 soon.
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DELAWARE CITY
PEACH TREES.

vTvuE subseriher, having again snssred into the
j business Of rsising Psach Tres for sale, Of
fers ns lot ofsssorted fruit suited for this Fall
OF eprlne,of, lo7<< HaviaG pg6eieaeay been 10
the buainese many yesrs. be GA come before tho
public with con6dencs that the trees be sells are
~ tlsds u sepreoenss >hem 70 he.
.HoplsG "a stareA pertion 81 thp public patseo.
~ g. ~ ss'sad 2 y ~ 9HIss;!p21 RsqSpsF
pae~sn or, oessbw Is, isss-s
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..Nee. Johnny = said venerable lady
y ker six. yeass-ola nephew. Who was psr-
sisteutly deayieg an offence Of which she
eeepe61 hin, Z know you sfs nos telling
~ lfelh, / ses i il your eye" Palline
1o4n ~ l6yef I'D Of the or1ab that had
= 1eeflf betrayed kis vant of verasity
1ef@11 &<ell l(e6l5 ssplis1i S. Yea esn'
~ = ll<5n6 oke1I i. naet; ltat sys vi
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- = : 5i111afne ~ still .i6k pk5sh
90 plsps hsss. as@
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NOR lOE.

All persons haviag claims against the Estate
of the deceased must present the same duly at
tested to the Administrator on or before March
i7th. 1875, or abide the Act Of Assembly In such
case made and provided.
MARTIN Z. WALKER, Administrator.
mar 2i-2m Address -Middletown, Del.
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A Lawyer Floored.

Being 10 attendance at the circuit court
in Albany in the year 1870, l happened
to hear. the trial Of 4. breach of promise
ease The plaintiff wassa young lady Of
rather delicate nerves, and although,
through tie aid Of her counsel. her case
was looking we'll, yet when she came to
be cross-examiaed by the opposite attor-
MY. she quailed before his searching ex-
.n,ination and finally fell down in swoon.
The syiapattiss of every one were aroused.
aud the slefcndaufs counsel saw that he
,.nst do something. The young lady's
facc was Of purple.red during her swoon
aud 3d. when the next witness was called
"a ,uiddlc-aged lady. be .ail;
.'Wituess, you saw the plaintiff faint a
shor, time ago."
Yes, sir" said the witness
" Well, people turn pale when they
faint, do they not Z
The witness kesitated a moment, then
said No. not always -. ass m
Ibid yeu svsr hear Of case of faint
ing sheSs 4hS party did net turn pale ~
Yes, sir"
ibid you ever see such case !"
s.Y.s. SIR" tIf5s5
ssWheD p
..About year ago."
Where was it Y
I'm this city.
Who was it ?"
.s'Twss niger" ....,...
Tile plaintiff won the case. y
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NOTICE.

All persons having claims against the Estate Of
the deceased must present the same duly attested
to the Administrator on or before February I'd,
1875, or abide the Act of Assembly in such case
made and provided. G. =. ,HUklLL,
7 ADDREss-Middletown Del. Admr. @. a. A.
Feb7-2m. 4a,i# s
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REroLo jim IL, out West, tells .
good story about a "shell-bsrk lawyer"
His client was up on two small charges
. frivolous charges" as shcll-bark dssig-
sated them( (forging. q note Of hand, and
stealing 1 horse On running his eyes
over the jury he didn't like their locks. so
he prepared an affidavit for continuance,
setting forth the absenee Of a principal
witness. He read it in a whisper to the
prisuner, who, shaking his head, said /:
squire. ! can't swear 70 that dok kyment." "
..Whyy .Kascstain't frue." Old Shell
inflated and exploded loud enough to be
heard throughout the room. "What, forge
note m tseal a horse, an can't swear
- = Ne Hang such Internal fools!" And
he Immediately left the conscientious one
TO his fate.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
"A CHECK FOR $50, 900.
An Old Gentleman who Thought Himsrlt the
Object Of Nr. Cornells Laughter.

An Old Gentleman who Thought Hims'l: the
Object Of Mr.. Cornell's Laughter
From the Baltimore Amencan.I
On Monday an old gentlemen from
Washington county came to this city for the
purpose of collecting the interest on two
bonds Of the Washington Branch Railroad.
He went to the chief clerk of the Camden
ct ,tion, and the clerk filled up check for
SC, the amount of Interest due on the bonds
for Fix months. The check was given to
the gentleman from Washington county,
who carried it to tie treasury of the COM
pany for the purpose of having it signed. II
happened that when the check represented
fer FL, nature the treasurer was busily en-
gagged in signing a number of Others. lie
took the six dollar check and laid it upon
his de-k, bu, before signing it he crossed
the room 10 get drink of water. He then
returned 10 his desk. and signing q check
handed il to the Old gentleman, who took
the cheek without examining it, AID went
down sisirs, where he handed ii to Mr.. Cor
nell, the ticket agent, asking him to cssh it.
Mr.. Cornell took the check, examined il,
and smilingly asked the old gentleman
when he supposed there would he enough
money in the ticket office to cash a check
like that. The old gentleman. supposing
from Mr.. Corneil's manner that he was
making sport of him, snatched up the check
in rage and LIFT the depot. An hour or
SO later several clerk, might have been seen
fving round, bur ing an old man from
county, who had received
check signed in the railroad office. The old
&c temsp, however, was not found TIL yes
'erdsy morning, when he visited Camden
station FOR The purpose Ct going home. As
he Was going through the depot, he was
stopped by an excited railroad official. who
inquired If he had check on the Baltimore
md Ohio railroad. The old gentleman said
he had. and, on cp nirg his poke, book, he
was aston he'd 20 find that The check that he
.urpos WAS for So. was really one for $780,
D0a. Explanations foliowed, and it appears
hat the treasurer had sigI d and given him
he wrong check. The old gentleman then
visited Mr.. Cornell, and apolosized for his
-udnes oa the previous day.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
A Word for the Boys.

The season of the year is now upon lis
when farmers toys are expected 10 do their
coed share of work, and it may not he Oh. OF
place to say few words in their behalf.
Everybody knows tina. an able boy will Of.
zen 10 as much en- a farm as q man. But
you must know how 10 treat him in order TO
make him useful. Give him the best tools,
the best pillow. the seadiest team ard tie
newest harness. If he breaks anything, do
not scoid, bnt help TO repair damages ard
encourage him to do better. Above all, do
not lie; the man impose upon him. II You
breakfast early, growing 10y that is at
work in the field should hsve lunch at
half-past Q or 10 o'clock. No one can work
long without eating, especially a crossing
boy. Tske good care of the boys, say We,
for when they become men they will remem.
her your kindness, and practice il upon the
little fellows who come next in order.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
"A DESPERATE GAME
How Phillips and Mohler Packed the Prim-
aries in Ottawa County-A Vigorous Pro-
test from the Changers"

How Phillips and Mohler Packed the Prim-
aries in Ottawa County-A Vigorous Pro-
test from the Changers"
From ,he Minneapolis independently
Under the above caption the Lsavsnworth
Daily Commercial Of August llth copies sew.
eral communications frcm the Lldependent
Of August 9Th, the first Of which the con-
temptible demagogue who claims to edit the
Commercial, and who is an sspirant to
Congress from this District, y. w. Houston,
attempts 20 deceive the people a, TO the pos
ition of the Independent by giving this com.
municat.on in the Commercial az an editoria al
from this paper. He "a certainly the low
est Of all We have ever known belonging or
connected with the craft. Plagiarism can.
no, be compai ed with this act. In the same
issue there was an editorial comment on the
same communication and three others as fol.
lows:
TIE opposition 10 Gel. ". A. Phillips
have several communications ia this issue.
but a there is nothing of importan con-
tsi'.ei in them, ard as The public is familiar
With lLeir inent, we refrain from making
any editorial Comment. Suffice it to fay
that "irowni; G men catch at straws"
The one appearing in the Commercial WIS
signed "Nob,dy." rha second was signed
"M;' the third "Woodrai;" the fourth
"Plorgh." Neither of the writers of ,hoee
articles were in any way connected with the
Patrons of Husbandry. Furthermore, We
asssr and b lieve truly, that all the grapg-
era Of this courry are decidedly in favor Of
Hen. w. A. Phillips, in preference to any
candidate so FAR r oxen of for Congress from
his district, and We will positively assert
that, should the FACE be between the aforesaid
decsiver ana Hon. W. A. Phillips, there
would be no cppositi on to Phillips in this
COUNTY whstever. We have not as yet heard
one person say he was for Houston. Again,
the writers of those articles referred t. are
opposed to Phillips on personal grounds
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
We Must Have Aid.

1t is useless to try to disguise the fact any
longer. The people of northwestern Ken,
sas will soon bsgin to suffer unless they arr
furnished with Government aid. We have
raised this year nothing but email grain. and
many families even nov are living on bread
and water. The suffering, unless something
is done soon, will be great. Hundreds are
leaving their claims entirely, and are seek
irg home, elsewhere. We do no, see the
propristy of leaving. We propose TO stick
right by Kansas, and fight IT through. i
seems hard of course to meet with the Grouth
ard the gras.hoppers while the country is
still so young, but We believe and hope that
It will be many years before We will be
sc urged in this manner again. The Legis-
lhture OF this State has always been willing
10 sPpropriate money to encourage emigra-
tion to this State. and it ought now to he
willing TO do all in Its power to aid those
who come to stay. We hope that the Gov
ernor will take steps at once 10 alleviate the
terrible suffering from want which il sure to
come unlesH something is done 10 prevent il.
City Tribune.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
A Fatal Spring.

About one-hali mile over a mountain
from Bartlett 81 rings. there is what is called
the Gas Spring. TINS is pIonsb.y Ia,
greate-t CURIOSITY Of the noun aim. Tae
water !. ice Id, but bubbiing and ioamins
~ ii boiling, and the greatest wonder ia the
inevitable destruction of life produced by In
h.ling the gas. No live thing is to be found
eithin circuit of one hundred yards nea,
the spring. The bird. ii they happen t. d.
over ii, drop dead. We experimental with
. lizard on ia destructive powers. BY hole
ing il . lew feet above the water; it stretched
dead in few minu'es. 1t will kill .u
man being in twenty minutes. We stoo.
over it five minutes. when a dull, heavy
aching sensation crept over Us. and our ewes
began to swim. The gas which escspss here
Is tae rankeS' kind of carbonic acid, hence
rs suFe de''ract'on OF life; also qucnching
OF hame instantaneously.- Calusa (Ca,.) Ia.
dependent.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
Is ii any Wonder!

Is At any wonder that Kentucky should
make but SOW progress in climbing out o.
the PITS of Bou,bonism? Sac has FIVE thou.
sand district schools TO be taught. hut moi
Eve hundred teachers who have knowledge
Of the paper systems of teaching. while
even her most advanced educators canlicn
her no 10 rely upon the ether S,at.s for a
supply Of teachers, for fear the instructor
from the outside world "may engrah upon
the minds Of the young ideas aad doctrines
which will ultimately destroy our diosyn.
cracies" The character Of some of the idi-
osyncrac.es msy be inferred from the fact
that the shooting, cutting and Iynching A.
fairs which have taken plsce in thai State
within tie pas four weeks. number thirty
three. embrsoing eleven homicides and
twenty-five ether reckless bloodshsddine af.
frayf. VIVA. a shame it would Re 70 des roy
.ueh 'idiosyncrasies'' az these, wouldn't
t?-l'itS5ury Commercial.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
Murdered in Church,

a most unprovoked murder was commit
ted at the Methodist Church, near Carlisle,
Nicholas county, Ky, last Saturday night.
During the progress of services m.n named
Hamilton went INTO the church and created
great excitement by standing on the seats
and acurishing a revolver. After consider
able trouble Mr.. Thomas Shaw, an elder Of
the church, succeeded in getting lin cut
side, and remors rating with him, when
Hamilton drew his revolver and shot
Shaw, inaictins mortal wound, from
which Shaw died soon after. Hamilton j.
notorious desperate, and has committed
several murders.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27

A psnsive yolrg man Of this Place,
while singing Come, love, come" beneath
his dulcinea's window, the other night, had
love, music, wind and everything Else
knocked out Of him by something in long
white garment tina. fell out Of a chamber
window. 1t proved to be nobody but his
girl, who, in her ankle v TO know who was
serenading her, leaned too far over the win
dow sill; hence the result. He say,, when
be sings ''Come, love, CONT" again, he will
keep away from under the window, "a his
system cannot stand many such shocks.-
yonesboro I'D,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
The West Unanimous for Phillips.

From the Beioit Gazette.
On Saturday last the voters of the county
elected delegates to attend the County Con.
vention which meets on Saturday, 4. enc
O'Clock, p. NJ, at the Court House, 10 elect
delegates to the State, Congressional and
Senatorial conventions.
1t is q foregone conclusion that a, least
thirty-one delegates out of the fifty four
elected are enthusiastically in favor of Col.
Phillips for e-election, and from reports
that We hear, that number will he increased.
The people fully understand what Mr.. Phil
lips course has been in Congress, and ap-
prove it,
Col. Phillips will, without a doubt, re-
ceire the nomination at the Leavenwo-th
convention. The majority of the delegates
in the eastern portion of the district support
him, and he will carry two delegates in
Prices own county, and from Hous,on's
county Leavenworth), We are told that he
will receive nearly the entire fourteen dele
gater. The West is Eenly unanimous for
his reelection.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
Gold in the Black Hills.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuu

lyPce.a! Dlsflfch ta tSc th!esg5 flI!ane
sIoUx CRY. Iowa, Aug. 13.-Prev:ou,
reports Of rich deposits of gold in the Il !ack
Hills are confirmed by the srrivaI here TO-
day Of Charley Reynolds, the scou. who car
lied Clusters Official dispatches from the
camp of the expedition to Fort Ler.mie.
He says that gold i. there, and that the in.
dications for finding j, in large quantities
are pronounced good by practical miners
Reynolds is the same scout who las wear
carried Gen. Stsnley's di-patches rom fhe
YELLOWSTONE TO Benton, 200 miles, through
heart of the Sioux nation,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
A Wife's Happiness.

No married woman Can be happy il her
HUSBAND does not appear to regard :n1 hon.
or her, as we'll as ac,uslly to do SO. The
order of firts have ceriain article Of fai h
which comforts them mishtily-name'y.
that mans wife is the most embarrassing
woman in the room to him. Ii he dccs no.
know this, she does. and some act of srace-
ful courtesy, some little word or motion
nothing in i.self, psih,ps, Int indicnive of
the tenderness he feels for her--g,vss the
good wife n triumph SO innocent and sweet
that no one should bsgrudge il to her.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
The Crops.

Reports Of the condition of the corn and
oat crops in Illinois, Iowa and Kansss are
published elsewhere, and reveal curious
difference by states. Corn ard cas- in Iii
nois will be two-,hirds, and in Iowa 4 very
full crop. Four points in kars,s, widely
separated, reTort that S,rn in that State
will be total failure, srd oats from one
hall to two-;hirds the average yield These
returns are, perhaps. As reliable az any that
have yet been published; the coincidence
in tose from each State indicate that they
are entirely trustworthy.-Cicago Tribune
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
A Question of Colcr

A resident of Viek-burg has been put into
peculiar plight. During the just ended
campaign there, he was accused OF being a
black man. His face was darkened by the
explosion Of gunpowder during the war.
The accusation hurt him seriously, coming
as it did when the lines between black and
white We're rigidly drawn. So he has been
getting certificates Of true color from rela-
tives and friends, and publishing them.
The Vicksourg public is now, doub less.
satisfied that he is LOt as black as the pow
der tina. PAINTED him.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
Another joplin Discovered

We stop the pres, to announce the di GOV.
cry OF another Joplin mineral dist,ic. about
. mile and halt south Of the hamlet o!
jasper, eight miles southeast OF Carthage
Mineral was struck a, the dep'h of mine
fee, and in the last two days l.G0) pound,
have BEEN taken on: OF one shaft, though the
two men did no, work more than half the
time. Eighteen LOIS 50x15O were laid o6
yesterday, and last night seventeen lots were
taken by parties who will work them on
Monday. The land is owned by Mrs. VIM
2. Ra!ston. and is leased by Sam Riley, and
there is tremendous exci;emtn. about it,
CdIfhane RrfriM.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27

The Catholic Rerie,y says the chief o.,
iect Of Archbishop McCloekys visit to
R'me lis to DISCHARGE the canonical duty
of visiting the ,omhs of the apostles and
renewing tboee bends Of allegi ,nce which
bind the episcopate TO the centre of unity.
This visit is made BY American pre'ates
cnoe in ten years" 1t is also rumoiei that
The Archbishop will be made a Cardinal,
hat the Pope will await him.elf of the
and prudence of the prelste in
the creation of rev d;oceses
md provinces in Americs.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
The Best Hand.

A white. flexible nsn1 lie de,irsble, hut
not At the sacrifice of duty. Many . hard,
rough hand has done enough good work m
the world to look beautiful in the eyes Of the
apprecia:ive. Girls who shirk all Of the
housework, making drudees of their moth
ers rather than soil their dain.y, white
hands. need not expect 10 b. loved by those
who know it. The csllous places, and other
eign, Of labor would be fsr more to their
credit. The hest hand liz the world is an
honest hand, be it lard or sof, white or
brown. smooth or rough, angular or shapely.
An honest palm that takes the hand Of .
friend with warm, hearty grasp, a. ii
there vas nothing in the hesrt TO conceal,
only warmth and kindnes. toward all. This
is the iest ard most beautiful hard in the
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27
A New Mexico City.
Las Vegas Eesimcntal Elag.l

las vegas heSimental kAg.
Central City is not as large as New York,
though it hiss its famed wickedest man. its
pre,ties. woman, and it's villsinous whisky,
just like New York, and, besides, revels in
The anic pa ion Of having q railroad run
through lis principal street in . hundred
Yeas or so. when building los will 20 Of
like hot cakes. and the Oldest inhabitant
will have show ii he can only s's;ick il
Psui's. The discussion touches the Church
Discipline act, the de'als Of which would
hardly be ineligible to average American
sinners. Tie main point Of difference. how
ever, between them seems to be whether .
Church man shonld stand facing the east
during The prayer Of the cons<c alton or
not. Ga this hifling abeurdity the two
Deans are fighting each other With shovel
and tongs and all England is looking on
With amszsment
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27

far given their evidence ia this mstter, thst
i. elects the re ider with sense Of unreali'y
like Coiridse's "Cubia kisn," or the dis
tempered dream o: a man uuder the inll1.
erce Of OPIUM or hssheesh. Ia the confused
mass of Irresponsible statements, Iumors, in
timaiions and gusses, the man WHO seeks a
clue to the truth grows bewildered.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27

Grs.hoppers have disposition 70 eat IN
thAg. in Algeria also; bat their nature has
provided remedy against them, in the
form Of . material enemy. This is an ;nsec,
aPpareatly indigenous there, and never cI.s..
ihed y The etonoloeists. 1t deposits its
eBp = The sane hole in which the Erashop-
pese have depcslasd their, thus tsking id.
vaneaee Of their labor. The eggs Of the
nnlufa! enemy" hatch ont 6rrf, and the
ye..k eitAes live on the gras shopper egg
e dsssey tie coming Era6hoppess eally In
~. 1hn natnsal eneny nsser docs snv
hare 70 H. sopa No then, Uncle San.
v1nre theuse a your Asfinltural n.
a f i caaaot i0dost and na.msfa
(ocinDw1