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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

The mortality statistics collected by
the Cencus Bureau furnish some inter
esting points with regard to the distribu-
ton of certain diseases. The number Of
deaths during the census year reported
as due to diphtheria IL males, 18, $40.
females, 1850; total, 38,39S; giving q
proportion 5l.33 per thousand Of all
deaths In which the causes are reported.
The total number Of deaths from diph
iberia under one year Of age was 2,S98.
under five years Of age 1t was 20,O35,
between f-e and fifteen years Of ags
~, 1872. In the north Atlantic States tho
proportion of deaths from diphtherla 70
the total number Of deaths having
recorded causes was 5l.29 per thousand,
being In the cities 48.7l per thousand,
and Ia the small towns and rural dis.
tricts, $3.50. In the Gulf coast States
the proportion Of deaths from dlphthe-
ria was but 1915 per thousand (l3.H In
New Orleans and 1927 elsewhere), and
In the lake regions II was 8l.b. Six
cities, from Rochester 10 Chicago, give
al average Of 1916, and the remainder
Ofthe region Sab per thousand. Tho
statistics Of enteric or typhoid fever are
equally instructive. The total number
ofdeaths from typhoid fever reported
are. males. 1852; females, fl,053;
total, 22,S05, being In the proportion Of
81. q per thousand Of all deaths having
reported causes. In the north Atlantic
States the proportion Of deaths from
this cause 1Ag l6.16peg tfioussnd In TIE
large citiss and e. 06 Ia TIE county. ID
New Orleans 4 W. 7.67 and n The NJ
q. the Gulf $50 saj0z, IA the lake
roofns. khaeS asSSeS~o 100, SSv,I,nH Gswev
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TnE county promises to becOm,

I'm eonntry promises to become UNI
ususslly rich 10 pugilists. Mr.. JOSEPH
CoRpRN. who has been living in retire
meRt foF the Psst Ave years at the Au-
burn, New York, penitentiary, has con-
scented to appear among his friends once
more. Mr.. JAMES MACE, a gentleman
who has been pretty successful in knock
ing Australians out of time for the past
three or four years, is about to return to
these shores. Mr.. WIN. KNIFTON, an
English gentleman familiarly known
80 the .'slsfon gum" will visit America.
Tos( AILES is already here. Then We
hare SBEfIvAN, ELLIOTT, Rocks,
RYAN, and q hossIof others. \ great
deal Of NIX win undoubtedly be shedin
wfiklng challenges and explanatory and
darnneiatory cards to the newspapers,
bit tho s.lancys will probably be dis
appointed " i expects TO SEQ much
t.oiarct', shed or many fright dukes"
landed ON rival "knowledge-boxes."
The modern prize-fighter, Is q rule, is a
willy diplomat who IS as skillful as the
sultan I'm keeping out Of fight.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
THE RETIREMENr OF SENATOR
DAVIS.

In the roll call Of the XLVIIIth Con-
gress the name Of HENRY @. DAVIS
VIII not appear among the Senators OF
the United States. His career of public
service win, by his own desire, have
terminated, and the growing Common
wealth Of West Virginia will be repre-
sented In the councils of the Nation by
another. But the private life which is
to receive, will not shroud him. His
retirement win not be an oblivion. He
has announced his intention of devoting
himself to his accommodating business
affairs, which, from their very nature,
will prevent the settling about him Of
the obscurity of privacy. He ismade Of
the stuff which wears, not rusts, out,
and the prosecution Of his business viii
be attended by that untiring energy and
indomitable perseverance which have
been the corner stones of his success in
life. His business is the publie's bust
ness, the States business. 1t is the
building Of railroads and the further
ance of plans by which the key is to be
inserted in the natural treasure boxes of
West Virginia and her wealth distribu-
ted to her own advancement and the
good and use of the world. Therefore,
while the working committees of the
Senate may miss him and the Congress
sional Record no longer mention him,
Senator DAVIS will not be unheard OF,
even though under his own vine and fig
tree.
There Is something in the character
and the career of HENRY G. DAVIS that
enlists the admiration of even an enc
my beyond the natural respect COM
manded by success. There is in thatca
reer an example and q sermon. 1t Is
the progress of q man whose hand
turned from the car brake to write his
name indelibly in the history of the
State and Nation. Its the upward and
onward course OF man who stamped
with the ineffaeeable brand Of success
whatever his hand touched, Of man
who brought to the attainment Of dar-
ling object an answering devotion and
unfaltering energy that could not brook
defeat. And when a man can set him
self toward an object and can bring to
its accomplishment all his strength and
all his will, and all his force, whom diff
fieulties cannot daunt, and whom OBJ
st4cles cannot thwart, and who can callto
his aid and concentrate all the faculties
of his mind and his heart and his body,
to such one success advances half
way and he will rise above his fellows
as surely and steadily as the sun climbs
above the mountains.
Such a man is HENRY G. DAVIS.
And what he has done for himself in
his office he has done for his State in
the Senate. If his tongue was not
tipped with the silver Of elOquence, it
was rich in the gold of practical wis
dom; and if he did not thrill the CALLER
les with the music of rhetoric, he i'm
pressed the committee rooms with the
soundness of his counsels. The shrewd-
ness, the tact, the business principles of
his life were with him always, and thus
armed he was indeed well calculated to
take by the hand our blushing young
commonwealth and lead her to her
proper position in the august circle of
bar Sisfer SfafRS -
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Stray THOUGHTS.


He who thinks and reasons must
doubt.
The viss man b never more alone
tI,sn when ID the society Of the
foolish.
Aosatiou \, the forerunner OF pro.
49, - the clouds 6fstofma
No nan ca ~ truly free whV is .
He VIE can respect himself need not
fsar Whist Nh etssnly may say.
Annexation b . device ofthe false sod
the weak; yle strSog md the true dsrc
- sct naturAlly..G3
,nur charnstef = what We are; oM
reputation IL what ether people think
we are. .tl,
Tn. greatest Of virtues b selfabnega-
nou. II IL also the nsost seldom prac-
HEED and the least appreciated.
In = republic the government Is the
n.onie-the people are the government;
fss he people he wise sud GOOD, and We
viii have s wise and good government.
when a man knows eaeugb 10 know
,bsthe knows noshing, he has entered
the high road 70 the kingao1 o. knowi.
edge.
Hevho has little knewiedeeis apt
TO be positive and dsgma1osi but ne VINO
has great learning ID, seidon dogmauc
and never bigote6 ReesIng that
truth II many eided and Mnnite, ne
knows that no finite min& can grasp
her In her entirety, and waits TO see
what new form she may present when
he shall have turned spage 10 me great
book Of knowledge.
Happiness Is awill o. the wisps an
ipnus htpus, ever allluing and elnding.
We fellow it ever, over moontain
meadow and morass. Rrom cthinood
70 old sge. we never grew weafy In the
pursuit Of the bright vision aitting JUS
before ", I'LL at Las 1t sinks and. u lo2
with us In the grave just e We think 70
clasp It to our bosom. MAN never u.
but alwaye Is to bs blessed.
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the LITTLE sAxA,Apfu
Like q bar of the beaten cold

Like . bar Of the beaten gold
eIeam In tbs summers sun:
sm little, know, but think 4 enn th,
A man that Will weigh ten
send out M challenges bold,
blow me NO Wanting kora.
But foolish = he who trsaAoth = ms.t
He'll wish he had meier besn born.
Like the aewer Of the fieai, vain man
0oeth forth at the break of dav.
But when he shall feel ny grip on his hs.a
Lake the Etubble ne fndofk nvnv.
For nm him high mp n The Ar.
With his heels whese hta bead ou~hx
Win dovn-comAns csAsh he msksIa ~.
And know he's clear soaeupoa ma
am scornsd BY NE men who buysns.
do snes
Has Off made the cellar doors ereak.
I'm a blood-Fed Republican born.
And 3 Ethifist fearless hes
Though the head weasa = crown. Z
bring tn prjde dom VIVA
II hbet IL proud heel gpcn M.
-kobsrt ,. Burdst,a.
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sPLUReING ED. STOKES.
Popular Among Men and ~ prosper.
Gus ~ He CSald wish.
RrooEIyn E,ryls

Popular Among Men md ~ PROPER
Gus ~ He Csald wish.
brooklyn ,HIgse.
The career of Edward S. Stokes Is
startling. was at Gabe Cases road
house yesterday when he drove up
with his beautiful team of flyers, and,
springing lightly to. the ground, stepped
into the bar-room. On every side he
was saluted with uHulloo, Ed.," aud
hands were stretched out to grasp his
as he moved along. Merchants, bank
ers, brokers, lawyers, millionaires, men
about town, gentlemen of leisure and
men of the highest social standing. all
greeted him warmly, and was asked by
half a dozen men at once to drink with
them. Could anything be more extra
ordinary? He, as everyone knows, Is
the man who deliberately killed Col.
Jim Fisk in the Grand Central Hotel,
was tried for murder, and spent several
wears In the murderer's cell In Sing
Sing. When he came out nothing was
heard of him for some time, until he
suddenly splurged out as the proprietor
of the swell uptown hotel, which Is now
famous because 1t has the most gorgeous
bar-room in the world. Stokes has filled
this superb drinking saloon with q col
lection of statuary and pictures
studies in the nude - which
is, perhaps, unrivalled i'm this
country. He next appeared Us the
bosom friend of John w. Mackey, the
Bonanza King, who always stops ut
Stokes hotel when i'm New York. After
this he took to theatrical ventures by
loaning capital to actors ambitious to
build theatres. Lately he has begun to
erect a theatre himself, though his
name is carefully kept In the back
ground for fear of the prejudices which
still exists in the minds Of many good
citizens against the man who killed the
genial and generous Jim Fisk. His
very last move, however, has been In
the direction of trotting horses. He
splurged out in this direction very sud.
denly. He logged up to Fleetwood
Park one day behind q pair of keen
looking horses, named Lynn an and
Bell Flow er. He Dragged rather
loudly of the ir speed, and a match was
arranged between them and another
| team, which Stokes won easily and
scooped In more thousand dollars than
he had fingers, in half an hour, Since
then he has been very solid with turf.
! men, who always ss..mire man ofthat
kind. S,okes is still handsome man,
though his face Is very deeply lined and
his hair gray. He is as vain as when
he held ladies' receptions in the Tombs,
| and dresses with an extravaganza un-
equaiSd by many millionaires Of New
York. He is popular among men here,
which Is curious thing, III be bound.
One question constantly presents itself
would he have attained his present
position Of influence and wealth II he
had not killed Jim Fisk?
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DOLLS WORTH MANY DOLLARS.



Hum.
Eew York Morning Journal. gs
Said doll dealer 10 Journal report
er: THE value Of the last few weeks
importation may be put AT 5000, 900.
Three hundred thousand dollars, worth
are now intheretaii shops % be sold n
private Customers for holiday presents
10 chiAen. The rest viii Be parchaSsd
finn the VIII Gsaie s,Lg.S 81. out-of.
diIl's costume Of ordinary elegance 4
worth ss0, and such costumes are made
fd' spring, summer, winter and autumn,
asa doll could not reasonably be ex.
ptcted to wear the same clothes the year
rdInd. The banner doll In this shop is
valued at 500. Her dress and jewels are
very rich and elaborate"
'Sh0w me an economical doll"
Certainly" said she; "here is o ne
inwhite satin, with white satin cape
trimmed with swans down, poke
bonnet ditto, silk stockings and kid
slippers. It's $50. Here IL an sest hetic
dol in old gold plaid plush sacque, with
q blue satin dress and red satin bonnet
with ostrich tips; mere matter OfS45.n
The reporter gasped and turning to
tie superintendent Of the department.
sah, "Do these dolls go out Of the stock
aItne%
NO." said he; "they require elegant
tresseau boxes Of toilet articles, trunks.
bsndboxes, &c. A tolerabIe wardrobe
iItludes two extra dresses-one Of fancy
satin, the other Of white satin; O fluff
line OF underwear; lace caps, fashion.
abe hats, necklaces, earrings, brooches
AMI a basket Of flowers. Seine ward
roles are arranged in handsome boxes:
Others in trunks, ready for starting. A
far wardrobe costs $12; some are %.
while . limited wardrobe for q yerv
yourg doll is only ninety-eight cents.D
A miniature bedstead with q brocade
ydva spread and cardinal satin cushion
c6stsf9. More luxurious coocbes To-
dolls cost SIS. Cunning rustic chair.
are . and "a. Bronze high chair -
cured In 0 manner TO prevent yery sc-
tive fells from jumping or hlIine ont
Of them, are s. and $40 apiece. face-
curtained cradles for dolls which have
moi yet been veaned, may be had FOR
81 'St
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LOSS TO ENGLISH FICTION.

English fiction suffers in the death Of
ANTHONY TROLLOPE. If the true scope
of the novel is, as some maintain, the
analysis and arrangement of real but
not actual characters, incidents and
events, then TROLLOPE stands at the
head of English novelists of the day.
He had nothing in common with the
metaphysics of GEORGE ELIOT, the in
prospective analysis of JAMES, the dash
of DICKENS and READE, or the
satire of THACKERAY. He did for Eng
land of to-day what SCoTT did for the
Scotland of the last century; only Troll
LOPE's delineation is Photographic,
while SCOTT'S was free hand. He
knew what he was writing of. His
lords and ladies talk and act as real
persons of title DO, and not like the
pasteboard and tinsel lords or the io'
male novelists. Indeed Mr.. GLAD
STONE has given testimony that in
TRoLIOPE's novels you may find per-
feet pictures of real English life of to-
day. No one can read Phineas Finn
perhaps his best novel-Or the Warden
Of Barchester Towers without feeling
that the members of Parliament and
rural deans are just the sort of men you
would meet walking down Whitehall
to st. Stephens. Mr.. TIoLLoPE wrote
great many books. NoneSof them
were bad in spirit or execution. All Of
them are readable, aud some of them
remarkably good, and they are so be-
cause they are so absolutely and essen
tally truthful and English. Mr.. Troll
LoPE was the son of a well known
authoress who travelled in this country
in the thirties, and he was 81 when he
died
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Il
GrREEr Can POLIrESEss.-A pg
seeut waSherWonan with . large $500 'S
oStfeshly trone& clothes got on DeIy
cart last evening. The car was sfocc ~
e, every seat being occupied. A .hs
cspositing her clothes basket pesr ~
1ont door 0fthe CIR, she turned sroSI r.
sndsurveycd The sitaation. No one 1
ed her seat. Preseutiy . young woa1,; ~
painted and powdered and dses ~,
the most modern mode entefeo INC
In an Instant -four OF i've meB JULIE
up and offered the falsely fir pesss,sT
Their seats, one a which she acceP "m.
Then the other male passenger r o.n
ca their seats leaving the wssher . .n one
stiii standing. A lev MINUTES is' IA
Of the gallant young men got W A.
leave The CIR, having reached nS rsssd
ination. When he eot uP be 81
the II woman his seat She drop
1dIy into the vacated seat and '. -.
q him: Mo thanks 10 ye tut .,ated
II Ia BEEN 10yean younger spa "a .
and shmeared Ill over me tsc .co.s
been offered = dozen .sstes ions hart
The speech eouued = spontAneo. n tn
o leughteI lium evexy pssepssa m y.
81 except ~ nodeFn yosns I'D al
yDp IoQked vsgY; much snpnoy
fmp9fJn1eo. -I hiladelpoU
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

A New York correspondent writes:
among the many ridiculous fashions,
none now In vogue IL more glazing than
wearing ornaments around the hat
made to initiate those horrible reptiles
snakes and toads. Imagine, II you
can, anything more barbsTie than 70
see fine bonnet dishgured by these
things peeping out under the mas OF
trimmings with which the bonnet .
adorned. One bonnet that I saw hsd
one Of these big green frogs perched
right on top Of Il, and the long strings
were stamped with figures Of the same
creature. What Il was made out o. J.
cannot say, but Is looked real - o Nv
ing one. Another bonnet that ssv
worn by fashionable Lady had twelve
white mice tstuffed) as . part OF the or
namentation. They seemed to bePiy-
Ing hide and seek among the festnen
and velvet on the crown. On some
eoBnets have seen owls heads, WIZ
their great big eyes staring you ngn.
In the face. A lady wearing bonneS
with owls heads on Is almost frigbtene11
Q little girl into spasms recently, ano
was compelled to cut SHORT her yr,t .. -
get out Of the way Of the timld n3''
one.p
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
Flew OF POPULATION soUru

The Baltimore Journal of Commerce
calls attention to the fact that the sale
OF Government lands in the Southern
States is assuming large proportions.
OF the $3.50, 2I9 acres sold In 1879 there
were 4sl, liza, or Sc per cent of the whole.
located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Alabama and Florida, the only
southern States in which the Govern
ment still owns lands. In 1880 the to-
tai sales amounted to 9,IG6,9ls acres,
GIG, SIS acres or l09 per cent. being in
the South. The total sales. in 1881
reached 1888, lot acres ofwhieh ST.
ls0. al per eent., were in the States
named. In the year ended June 80,
1889, the total sales were l5.Sas. SIS
scres. and The s.iOs IN soathern States
mad increased % ~, al ases, q Is
ser cent. OF the wholA In three sears
sip the Sooth have increassd
[rlH<zr, 49, :
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

GENERAL GRANT is constantly in re-
CENT of letters commencing his recent
article on the FRI JOHN PORTER case.
Many Of these letters are from military
men who are familiar with this ever
lasting controversy. General TERRY
writes expressing his deep grati6ea-
tions at finding that his own opinion is
so strongly supported by GRANT, and
dozen soldiers, once under GRANTS
command, among whom are General
FRANCIS A. WALKER and CHARLES
FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., have written q
joint letter In which they say: mo
act whether of valor or Of policy which
has marked your great career should
thsinx yon more honor than the moral
,S,,rake and, the spirit Of fairness and
in>tjuk txhibited in this defense OF a
oSlIan< l.nion soldier condemned on
insuf,6iept OF mistaken evidence"
The reDort Of tie ScOFIELD investigs-
tom Of which General TERRY was
,shsamber, Should have etiected ReE-
The Ndicsfioss = ,leikpRf ot u
sallv eonefof. candid hnd M
west Virgin ocencsl s'1srs1
Keep posted cn :. -
should read Il. psade = PHty
" never gieS 1DFiP
-seaa ~ kesglpg
- .1Iit0tI ~ we
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

THk Chicago Herald declares that
eity bss become the Mecca Of Grim
lal% OCCASIONAL gamblers, thieves,
ofpadS burgiars aud murderers find
Ffsitlsree IA the city both safe and
'essknf The police force IS small and
lletficieI,E and the Herald makes the
I'd e,afge that the criminal classes
sally e>pfrel the action Of the eity's
'fiicinl& IL is no credit to America
hatsote thhgs can even be asserted Of
Ne second city of the country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

I OccAs1oNkLLS a remarkable state
nent is made in the press Of the eoun-
~, often in an exultant way, Of the
S,s OF Che oldest Inhabitants. Ports
eth. a. l., - rated with a population
N-ffbin the census Of 1870, and is
~ no more populous now. With
borders, it IS claimed, live fifteen
snariaps whose ages aggregate
ears, or gE years each. Among
lhts who have died within the past
trcars were thirteen people who
med 81 wears each.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

OK pavy Is certainly ttlething. 1t
ffobab'y uonldn't hurt anybody if it
&os,id sppen TO gooff Even children
Iizht playwith it without any danger.
Iet France ought not to sneer at it and
" that her navy could knock the
hole American continent into tooth
p'plc< She ought to feel sorry fOrus, and
nember That her big war vessels got
oo< of ms way when there was a pros
sect Tat Arab intended to shoot, while
|ttr little ones stayed around and let
|zlm ksnz away.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

CIaAR manufacturers are greatly
troubled over the pending revenue
measures IN Congress. The tax on
cigars isnow St per 1000, and on to-
-baeooy sixteen cents per pound. Mr.
RAUM, the commissioner of internal
sevenne, has sent a recommendation to
Congressman the tax be reduced tOAper
900, and should a reduction be made
there lssvery possibility that it will not
amount to less than fifty per cent. of the
present tax. The manufacturers donot
-generaily care If there is reduction,
but they wish that it would speedily
occur. Then they would set their now
Idle men TO work and proceed with
their business understandingly. There
are between $4,000 and 10000 opera
rixes ~ the United StateswhO now find
thin bpslness dull because Of the un-
setlfGd 4nesliOn Of what the reduction
Is 20 be and when to take effect.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
THE DEEPEST NINE.

Psttsville, in Pennsylvania, is now
said to possess the deepest coal mine in
America. Through its shaft, l,576 feet
in depth, 200 cars, holding four tons
each, are lifted every day. The time
occupied for lifting full car through
the whole length of the shaft is only 3
little more than q minute. \ gentle
man who has recently descended this
shaft speaks of it rs follows: GA per-
son of weak nerves should not brave
the ordeal by descending the Pottsville
shaft. The machinery worksas smoothly
as hotel elevator, but the speed is so
terrific that one seems falling through
theair. The knees after few seconds
become weak aud tremulous, the ears
ring as the drums of these organs are
forced inward BY the air pressure, and
the ewes shut involuntarily as the
beams of the shaft seem to dash up
ward only foot or two away. IA one
leaves the light Of the upper day
the transition to darkness is fantastic.
The light does not pass into gloom in
the same fashion as our day merges
into night, hut there is kind of phos-
,phorescent glow. gradually becoming
DIM ,sier ana dimner. Hall way down
You psss, With . roar anu Sudden crash,
The ascending. ear; and as last sfaer
,,shat sesnIg several minds
cHIf 4 fraction of that time. tke ~
fonu begins TO show up, halts g &nzSk.
and throasls Mt You step iH
~ ereassib, : she ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
THE PENSION LIST

The Senate has adopted resolution
which calls for full list of the govern
ment pensioners and claimants. The
certain beneficiary results which would
arise from such n measure should over
come all hesitation in carrying out its
intentions, The cost of printing it
would be large, but it would be al.
most insignificant compared with the
millions it undoubtedly would save. 1t
is as clear as daylight that the gov.
eminent is now robbed of enormous
sums by fraudulent pensions. Just ex-
anime the report of the Commissioner
of Pensions! You find startling pic
ture of the ruinous effects Of war as well
as a startling exhibit Of the longevity Of
those who returned from the battlefield
crippled and receive pensions from the
government. 2,7S2,lTs men enlisted
altogether, or when the re-enlistments
are deducted, zoos, 29l. OF the latter
number there were known to be liv-
ing at the end of the war l,46S,-
o., and of this number 1855 so far
have applied for pensions. The pen
sionable relatives of dead soldiers who
have applied number 297, $50, and $50
zoo dead soldiers have left no PENSIONS
BILE relatives. More than one half OF
the gallant men who enlisted 70 save
yhe. Union, are dead and yet the re-
nssksbiy large number Of pensioners.
Alde eRe hair Of the living soldiers!
Ehasln De elal6 NM sthers are
- tenn tkl6E drfietAad tie ig9re,
als5pisa = sfis '..ss' ylAs.at