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4 WOODEN H4RE HUNT.


In field near the Welsh Harp. mt Hen
don. \ course has boon laid oil for hunting AN
" artificial hare. For distance of iuJ yards. in
straight line. a rail hns been laid down in the
grass. II Is travcrsed through its whole length
10y "a groove, In which runs an apparatus like
skate Oh wheels. On this sort Of shuttle IL
mounted the artificial hare II Is made to
travel along the ground nt any required pace.
and So naturally To resemble the living animal
that IL Is eagerly pursued by greyhounds 4
trial was made recently Of the new mechanical ar
rangcment. large number Of persons were
present The whole scene was that presented by
race course. The rail over which the sham hare
runs Is hid in the grass and the Windlas- by
eye OF the spectator. " hen the hour came all that
was seen was the " artificial hare" bounding out
quite naturally like the real animal from it,
bag. and followed at once 10y the hounds like
50 many kitten, after a corit. II WAS amusing
to watch the eager greyhounds in their head
long race. striving In vain With all their might
to pNertake the phantom hare which a touch Of
the wndlass could send spinning like shadow
away out OF their reach. The new sport Is un-
doubtodly an exciting and interesting one. IL
Is. perhaps. entitled To the commendation be-
slowed upon 1t by it, promoters. q" 1t is they
say. well worthy the attention of the oppon-
ents of sports involving cruelty to animals, as IL
will afford an innocent recreation To ALI with
out the fainte-t shadow Of the reproach Of
cruelty attaching to g." Asamiuor recommcn-
dalton. we are told that II supplies a means "
training grey hounds. but its Usefulness in this
respect rrmain@ to he proved. In the course ~
recent trials OF the apparatus IL is stated that
the hounds succeeded more than once In CATCH
ing the hare. which they tore into shreds with
destructive fury.
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A Negro Tournament.


The young colored men had a tourna-
ment ON the common just beyond the corpora
ton limits on saturday last. The knights were
handsomely dressed. and many of them well
mounted. and they acquitted themselves very
creditahy. There were twenty-three knights.
Is follows; Knight Of Indiana. Pink star i'il-
grim-. Programme. kauouie. Palmetto. Lone
star Missouri, lirisht-Eyod l4,sc, Fifteenth
Amendment, Long Remembrance, sitting Bull.
New Natche2, silver side. Enchanted knight 81
the Packard Guards. Lone star of the l~racltcs.
Golden Cross. Lions Heart, Red Dick the Tiger
of CALIFORNIA. lilaci Mas. Captain jack of she
Modnt-. black Hawk. and Naiohcl. They had
four iilts al three rings. The knisht of Indiana
won the privilege uf crowulls tho Queen of
Lowe and beauty. and the Knight Il Missouri.
New Nat hrI. Lions ticau each hnu the ,eec-
ZION Of one Maid az Honor. Tie Enchanted
knight nt the Packard Guards made tine tastes,
tiluc. and won a silver watch.
They had a hnli 40 the Town Hall Al uight. and
hud uue iim' until daylight. MANY of OUR clti-
cons were present az the tournament a. spec
tatnrs and To encourage the cOlnrcd folks ion
such innocent amu-ruIcnta and To- show them
that the whites are mot opposed To- their general
welfare nor jealous of their advancement In the
polite arts.
one of the iucidcnt, of the day was that while
the people have accepted the Fifteenth Amend
ment in good faith the horse Of the knight at
the Fifteenth Amendment has Not. for he re-
fused To- accept the situation and dew the track
every time.
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~ ON me LHndOt lffDf1Ih.
The attention of all those who attended
the BOurse to-day was arrested by a scene
which took place there, the like of which Is
seldom witnessed In Paris As the business was
drawing to "A close gentleman named LeblOnd
went uD TO another OF the name OF OCOnnell,
who Is Of lTish extraction. me former Is well
known on the BOur.e a. the manager of the
recently defuuCt Democratic newspaper the
COrsdtTC, and the secretary ~ VI. Portals, we'll
known journalist. lie accOsted ". OConnell,
ana asked him II he WIS prepared to nav
tie account whicn he owed. " Aly account"
sad QConnell; what does It amount
tor Lebl0nd answered, non, YOU know
very well. Tho tact Is YOU have nothing
10 pas that or any other Of your debts" NJ.
O'Connell AZ this point exhibited some symptoms
Of anger, but again asked, "IlOw much do you
say owe your" The only ans yer of N. Leblund
was " You know YOU G mot pay lie then
added, cOntemptuOuslY, lopking at lis friend
significantly, " tell you what Will do; " You
snow me "A hundteG-tranC note shall say quits
Tor all you owe me. You know that you could
mot produce such SUN O'COnnell made no
reply In words TO this offer but lifted ms cgne
and dealt NJ. leblOnd a series Of blows which
would have been continued To "A dangerous con-
clustOn II the parties had not been separated.
When NJ. Leblund was rescued from further
violence IL was found that he had sustained "A
severe cut on the check, wnch required the
treatment OF "A medical man. After VI. Leblond
h Il been conveyed 10 AN adjoining chemists NJ,
O'Connell walked calmly up the building and
continued the business III whicn he had Deen
engaged when accOsted by the former manager
II the COISitIt.
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NLIrLL,N c.INTISS.
4 Hayes EX-ConfedcrRic who used 10 Hunt
De-trter- with Dogs.


After Vance ana Settle got through mt
Smithneld last Tuesday. Mr.. jarvis took the
stand and tCld the crowd Ice wanted to inquire
into the charges made against Major smith that
lac hunted deserter. with dog during the war.
The Major was ON the stand, aud triumphantiy
exclaimed, There j. no man in Johnston coun-
y who will face me aud charge me with having
run mon with dogs
Jarvis replied " Yes. in the West Mr. smith
has denied the charge and stated he would give
the man $50 In gold who would face him and
Say lac had run him with dogs, and now If such
a man be present. let him come forward and
claim his $500
About that time Doe lie May sang out, Cloar
the track, boys; here comes the man
The crowd made way, aud an old chap, j. II.
Morgan II Meadow township, struggled through
and they RAJ -ed him ON the stand aud sat him on
top uf table. The old man raised his specs,
and, cycling smith Ike looking into "a horse's
mouth, he spoke through his nose aud said
Major don't you re-ku-lcct when ! was home
ON fuiluugh, you put your dog arier me AN run
ma home IN my own house - TN" crowd yelled
AZ this, and there was general hedlam below.
An old c"0n's voice Was heard ringing above the
din; " Yes, nu bluugcd To- hi, home guard
cumpny, an he put "A boss Birdie ON ne an a
ht Ia my MOUTH an made me play hoss to
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While passing through Ouisseau lake
large bear was swimming across the lake, and
as every one seemed anxious TO see chase,
Can't. Daggan stopped the boat and sent a crew
after his hearship The men soon overlook
bruih, and quickly captured him by throwing Q
moose around his neck. rhey then towed him
tack TO the steamer, aud hoisted him on board.
lie mad no sooner. uNever, got himself t.iry
planted on deck than be managed to get free,
aud rs the crew end passengers were III stand
INK round. there was Immediately some tail
scrtmuhng. The bear first made for the ladies'
cabin. where ne was given free ana undisputed
pos ession, the tair occupants evidently Just
tucn thinking they were wanted somewhere
else most urgently. The engineer, Mr.. Dungan.
pluckiiy followed hruin to the cdbtn, from
waich, on being COrnered up, he jumped
through one of the windows on to the deck.
Hero Nr Dungtn again ass dled him with AN
oar, the only available weapon at hand. on
dc.vuring 60 make MIN again take to the water.
lirutn. however, seemed to have had enough OF
the water FIR after getting upon the railing he
refused 10 70 anN further although repeatedly
struck with thc oar, ana continued To hang on
- the hing, Win ms body hanging over tha
water, iill one - the y issrng"rs brought alOna
a rltie and shot MIN. The tear O., "A pretty large
fellow he would weigh about -OJ pounds-and
Is Ia excellent condition.
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= Texas Girl in Mans Clorhe,



About two weeks ago an individual aD-
pearcd In tue Childer's Creek u ighborh0od. Ia
this county. who gave the name of Tom john
son, and cidiMed II be the son OF prominent
clNzru OF Comauche county, hut uiterWard
proved To- bee q woman IN male attire.
She was IN the neighbOrhOld several days he
fore Der -cx was di-c Vered, during which time
she acted the part Of last Young man TO per
lection. She associated freely win young men,
called On severed young ladies, and carried the
pr OF a beau admirably, she proved herself
IN eAger u r>eu M, md AN adept IA the Use Of
the revolver aud spencer rifle. She attended
camp lhee,i ns wnicn was being conducted by
"a" iteY, Mr.. Msngn Of This city, ana the Rev.
Nj hhlrl- OIL Chiluer creek, ana ON two occa-
sions went lorWatd to the anxious seat ana
asked Tor the ufiyrrs Of the congregation. all
the while representing herself 10 be lom
johnson, from the Old uan s. stock rancho ON
the frontier Hes sprightiinrss aud pleasant
manner attracted the attention u everybody.
ana size Was last becoming popular with people
vi all ages ma sexes, particularly with the
young ladies' ot the ntighOorhOud, when, bV an
unfortunate accident, nor sex became known.
Clarence " Villains was notified, aud arrested
tbs young woman, and carried her before
Esquire W. q. Boyd, Justice Of the Peace. he
Knew no law by which he could mold her, ana
she was permitted tU 90 free.
After leaving the magistrates Office she stated
10 several parties mat her read name was NutE,
and sad she lived In CIhhnche county. and had
assumed the disguise un account Of having
killed Mexican ia BroWnWond.
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a PATCHE IN HORSE.



At the Guildhall police court lately
Charles Collins II Is st. AIMS road. Noting
hill, a hsh dealer. was charged before Sir Andrew
Lusk with cruelty To a horse. Sir Andrews at
tentiOn was drawn to n patch upon its skin, IA
10 which II was explained by a policeman that
the horse had fallen down. and the skin wa
taken OF the side. The hair would not grow
upon that part again, but IL was usual under
such circumstances to cut piece Of skin %
another horse aud put IL on the wounded part,
TO which il would adhere aud grow. Sir Andrew
Lusk said they must take the skin OF another
horse. and that would disngure that animal. he.
sides that they must take the skin from a living
horse and that would be a case for the anti-vivE
sectionsts.
The policeman said It was not necessary "a
have live horse, for they could take the skin
on dead horse. and 1t would grow on the live
horse. Sir Andrew Lusk said the British Asso.
citation was now sitting, and this was "A question
for their consideration. 1t was important to
know whether piece Of skin taken on a dead
horse would grow on a live horse.
Mr. SinrStcr. a veterinary surgeon, said that
Sir Andrew Lu~kS views were quite correct.
There must be two living bodies, to take a piece
from one and put ON to the other. The animals
must he side 10y side. and the piece taken OH one
pet ON tp the other immediately. Under such
circumstances 10 was possible but very improba-
bile, that It would adhere. Sir Andrew Lusk
said that he thought not The constable said
that he had seen IL done, and therefore he was
sure that IL could he done The defendants
agreed To have the horse killed. and Sir Andrew
LusN therefore fined him only 1--WE shillings.
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OPIUM EATING.
Rapid Increase ofthe Dendiv Habit in "A New
England Town

Flom ne fTUrifefi,r Jo.Fnui
Most people know thai the opium habit
Is increasing throughout ths country but few
pre- aware OF ite alarming growth ~ Ne Eng
land. In Providence the CIV drugri,ts report
more or lees rapid Increase IN the number Of
their opium customers, aud physicians Ind that
female patients cannot be Affected 10y less than
four times an ordinary dose Of morphine.
Many acquire the opium habit during illness,
when Il is taken to relieve pain: others during
great mental despondeucy Others, from au in
heTlted craving Tor u, and othefs SIN while Try
Ing To leave OF drinking liquor. It's use IA not a
characteristic of any enc elias. lne contracted
pupil Of the eye, tile salOw Colntenance, the
placid expression. the dreamy distant look,
which denote the opium eater. are found ia the
workshop and the factory. well as ia the
counting room or the buudulr Wealthy opium
eaters buy The drug through a trustee agent,
whose tongue Is sealed 10y his pay the poor
usually buy theirs Coveftiy. ia the evening.
usually saying thar "a s for soiue one else.
Some tfy 10 conceal tier purchase OF the drug
by buying in different stOfes, until almost tne
whole CITY has orcn gone over utheT- appear Hs
regularly NJ the same ~ e. saturday evening,
habit is universal. and II il never taken, az
hqnor5 are drank, ia crowd and with merry
making. grh'n OF opium. Or an eighth as
much OF morphine. b "a dee for beginner but
The desire and ability 10 take 10 crow so rapidly
that hye AID oven ten grams Of morphine are
taken IN dhv' perhaps ~ 'nree dose-.
An opium cater IN Providence atew months
ago ate ~ sIa,ns OF oulm ~ twentS-four hours,
ana woman drinks "A Cpnee cup fun Of lauda-
mum without harm. There nTe i iArso number
OF men whose weekly purchase OF opium tudl-
day A novel method a. taking opium Is by the
use Of the hypOdermic sSunge-a tiny instru-
ment with needle point, winch is stuck
Is conveyed directly INTO Tho blood The effect
when administered in this way is much M re
Immediate than when taken n the usual way as
aPowder or ~ little pellets. PHYSICIANS addict
ed to the habit aud thfre l. "a su.lTisiug num-
Der OF then) usually adopt tie hypodermlc
inethod, ana one doctor D. SHOWN whose CODY
Is In spots scared likc Inc traces Of smallpox
from the marks # his morphns syringe.
The high cost IS one Llndiauca - It's use.
b [
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rHE B1BooNs AND rnE wAsrs.
Two Funny Durv iniau stories.

from ht Lppdoh Diiy NeN'.
Readers Of NJ. DarWin's descent Of
Man" Will remember that among the interesting
stories Nv which he illustrates what ne calls the
moral alinities between men and monkeys,
there Is one, derived from Brehm. which de-
scribes how an old baDoon heroicallg defended
young one against number OF hunting dogs.
Brehm had encountered In Abyssinia n great
troop OF balloons which were crossing a valley
some VINO hud not as yet reached the opposite
mountain were attacked by Brehms dogs on
which the old males immediately hurried down
from the rocks and with mouths wide open
70 red so hideously that the dogs fairly turned
tail They were az In encOur ged TO the attack.
but by this tune all the balloons had crossed tue
valley except young one, about six months old.
Being surrounded by the DOGS. hs climbed on
aruck and loudly shouted for help. On this the
hero OF the story. a powerful old baboon. came
back from the mountain, calmly strobe 10 the
llfrng his small voice. and having Cuhxed hun
thence, triumphantly marched N with him. the
dogs being TOO much astonisned u make an at
tack.
Tue story recently related in L. M9udts does
not however, suggest the same pleasing view
81 any possibe relationship with the balloon
family. II presents an incident Of animal life
in which one = the large cynoceuhaiie or dog
headed apes behaved Ia a less heroic, we wish
we could lay also loss human. fsshion. rne
coffee plantations Of tue lraDsvaAl Republic
mucn exposed to the rayages OF these animals
fruits of long labor from their depr,dations.
Among tho coffee trees grows a SHRUB uhe name
OF hlch was not hnown 20 tue narrator. be at
Ing It's fruit very closs to the frank. some
wasps, of species whose sting Is very painfulhad
attacned their nests To several VI these shrubs.
and the balloons nad been greatly troubled TO mad
themselves thus Kept from their favOrite fruit,
winch they dared hot touch lest they should be
stung By the wasps. Onc tine morning, however,
pl-uter heard terrible cries in the coffee plan
thtious by means Of powerful opera = Ass he
Witnessed "A Strange scene. An old unOOOn was
st,lng young ones ana iiingiug them into the
I'll uD one after another, despite the InDst pit
eOus cries and grOAns. The shock brought Gown
tne wasps' nests, and the angry insects attacked
the Innocent young balloons IN swarus. wAile
the old wretch proceeded quietly u feeu on
lpu. ttlV nt4ig IN Ha
remains TO some Of tue females and young VINO
stood little way from the scene Of action
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~ N Ia hIVII0 ETTTe'f, OF D.
Last Friday, when the carmen were cN-
amIniug the 80 \. VI. train ON the Lehigh Val
lev Railroad at Bethelem, black eat found
COmplaCentlY sittna ON inc rear platform truck,
between the springs under one OF toe coaches.
IL was evident her Catship had come from Phlld-
delphia. lhe railroad officials trcd To drive her
from her hiding place, hut puss held her own.
The Passengers ali siding with her she had nut
little trouble IN remaining. and 80 rode peace
fully To MaverlY, a distance ut 10 miles. At
eaon and every station between PmlIdelphit
and Maverly numbers Of Passengers would get
out, ana with tine lOlterers around the depot
view the cat, while the more charitable passed
food To her Mhlcn she ate VITA "A rcli n. Al
Mavcrly the feline WAS removed from the true X
ter.
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THE GLASs-MAKER's FATE.
Modern Invention Known 10 an Ancient
Roman.
nom ne Llui0E inns.


In Book of CuiositIes we read
" here was an artincer la Rome wno made ves-
sells Of glass II so tenacious a temper that they
were a. little ilable t. be hicken rs those that
are made of gold and silver, When, therefore,
he mad IN dc a vial OF the purer sort, and such
as he thought \ present worthy Of Cesar alone,
he was admitted INTO the presence of The then
Emperor uberius. rne gifl wds praised the
skilful hand II the the artist appia lded, sud
tue donation Of the giver accepted. The artist,
tators, and promote himself yet further IN the
favor of the Emperor, desired the vial out II
Caesars hand aud threw it with such force
against the floor, that the most solid met 4
would have received some damage or bruise there
ny. Cesar was not only amazed. but adfghtad
with the act; but the artist, taking ~ the Wal
from the ground twaich was not broken, but
only bruised together, Us II the substance OF
the glass mad put on the TEMPER Of brassl,
drew out an instrument from his bosom aud
beat 1t out To its former figure. ms done, he
imagined that ne hid conquered the world, as
believing that he had merited an acquaintance
with Cpsar and raised the admiration Of all the
hehOlders huf II fell out otherwisc for the
Emperor Inquired II any other person besides
himself was privy to the like tempering OF
glass. When he told him No. lac commanded
his attendants To strlk' on his ne al, saving,
That should this artIlce come once 10 DO
known. gold nj silver woul 1 be Of as little
value AS tho dirt Ia tho street. Long after this
viz. In 1910 We read that, among other rire
presents tueu sent from the SOphy Of Persia u
the king OF spain, were six mirrors Of malleahie
81 As, SO eXduisteiy tempered that they could
not be broken.
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fIolH hs GiODs- De0iOcrdL
iva. nooniithi MINT, me ripper began.
Come MI up Yuur upe- ana one IN the brSndA.
Aud uta" auIur n'S"cr-
'Twa.u mop4nght night when Be- andI
Be, sues me Ola h re, YOU nov
started tor CJmp on our lonely route
DER tnu urcarI waste Of snow.
Ina been to the clearing that afternoon.
For puNatr u4d Da !, and ~ ll'ocY. too,
For gtmc WIS p."nti, fur, in maud,
Ana ulehN Of huntins ann Trapping 10 do.
J had no tar of the danger Eat lurked
In fUt regions thr u-.n Wh4th iuy Journey lAy.
TN Bnto fa -uddcu pl .c,cd mp TER ear.
And emitted the air inU curious way.
knca ~ once whet ne danger was,
Ana $3.50 slrd 10 out al iufty gait;
Twas itr or death for tine marc ana me-
And dl could 10 va, 10 trust to late.
WOW. ON our trace. ten nile, from home,
pleasant prospect t4at-ph, boYsp
cnNt scc them shll SlnR among the trees,
ANA inc "oois ieechocd their mdcOus nOiAa.
A. la,t' a, their number began 70 sven,
lhl Duinrr grew and pressed us ClOsei
80 o. hu Ili DgNCr' brought 10 bear,
ANA gave the leader lealea Doe.
Now, You must know, " you draw the blood
~ VA one oi we shthhlhg' raicnous crew,
lir rest MI turn On the uluhlO uulCN,
Anu eat lun up without Mprc ado.
TINS gave me a chance 10 load my gun.
WIN Just a change Co breathe ana rest,
When ON thcy nae guulug il.t.
ihuuEh litt was DONG hgr Lowell best.
began 70 tnnk It was Getting hot
r ~ Driver, s995hs !, tins wiz never doI
Ahd right Ia hs tracks lay numOer two.
ipicked ihcm OF tii bmT one was lcti,
But he was n whopper. you'd better believe
reg LAT mammoth IN biz and hcft.
ff e. he w Az the l1st q the savage paok
llcN uAu eaten each other Il a Ia nal 81 oil
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Cape vincent core'ponfc,oe eC"' 81. Louis R'pnor

Cape vincent Correspondence Of ne 81 Louis RtpHbt
can.
In the hny, Just below town, Judge
Emerson and his VIE. OF Iruuton. Mo-, were out
~ a very small boat trolling. with two hundred
to three huudred feet Of line out and wound
around MS hand, and while on his feet adjustiug
seat, a terrible surge on his line threw MN or
his balance and into the 81 Lawrence. lie held
fast with only one foot inside the little boat,
with head aud arms stretched uut ~ fun length
IN the water toward thr nsh.
The boat being very hgnt. tho struggles OF the
nsh made the situation perll1us, and several
boats instantly pushed out To assist; but by the
AID Of his VIE, who - something of a sailor, and
the judges aquatic ldlites, he recained the
boat. Meantime the d n wuicn proved to ho
thirty-six-pOund mask inonge, was jumping seVe-
raj feet into the air ana anon plunglng 10 the
bottom OF the river, throwing the spray high
and wide IN hrs wild cOntOrtiOrs. II took more
than an hour tn subdue this monster during
which the contest WAS watched bN dozens Of eX-
cited persons on shore and III boats. However,
by going on shore, judicial frmness finally tri-
uniphed over iish force, and this monster OF the
deep was safely landed, amid tho hearty plau-
dits Of a crowd of anxious spectators.
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from Jumpers BiaIr'
had beautiful garment,
And lad II oy with circi
inlutd u close with Law udcf leaves
Ia anppkin nnr ANA lair
" u l. lar too cost q robe, SAID.
For one IKE me 10 wear
So never al morn or evening
put my garment on,
II lay 10y Itself, und r clasp and koy,
In the pCrtunti dusk alone,
lis wonderful hrOlderY hidden
Ill many day hal gone.
There were guests VINO came TO my portal.
iherr Were trVnhs Nuo HHt Witn me,
Ana clad M sob rest rAllurut
| bore them COMPANY
! kurW tit.t uWurI . bcauliul robe,
Though MS pl Allr none might ,oe.
rhnrew 70 poor who stood nc my portal.
There were Orpl ucd suuFni nay care,
gave them the .hdrrrsi plly
Hlt hal nothing hNs dr- tu 7parci
had unh ihc heaLtllu garment,
AMI tao rNiulrnt Tor uaily wear.
Atlist, on feast dlt = coming.
Thought tn hly drHs, To- ailuC;
would please myself Win the lustro
on a., shifting c0lora me
lMnuid walk win pridc IA the marvel
or It's rarely rich deslga.
So out from tho dust bore It.
tn lavender tell away
And fold on toll hrll II up
To the tearc'ing lilh OF the day.
Alas the glory htd pcrished
While therc In IT; place II lay.
Who seeks for ihe fadeless beiuty
Must feek for the use tnat fegis
To the grace OF q constant blessing
the beauty that use reveals.
For into the folded robe alone
The m0h with its hlghting steals.
MARGARET K. SAEasrER.