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The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
HUMOROUS.

-" Bard out rs the poet said when
he found the street door locked against
him. Marathon iuiep,HdcnL
Wear a cheerful co%untenancc. IL
YOUR mirror won I smile on YOU. how
can YOU expect any body will'-BoSton
grduScrtDt.
Lacking coniirmation-Thc report
that the remaining banks Of Newark
will import Egyptian mummics for Dr.
rcctOrs.-PgcS.
VIII the coming man shut tho door
behind him? is the latest inquiry. IL
is I % he hoped that he will; for the go
inc man seldom does SJmsTUilc JGr-
nal.
Who wrote the Book Of James.
in the New Testament asked a sun
dav-school teacher in a Missouri village;
and a little fellow at the foot of the class
shouted, The James Boys"'-C ibcag0
Tribune.
A German sat on the bank II y
river watching AN Englishman who was
fishing. Finally he exclaimed. Here
| have been for four hours watching
this man holding his line; strange that
he does not lose his patience"-Nc,se
Free Pr,SSe.
Mary Jane wants a recipe for pre-
serving the har. Certainly. tsc white
sugar. pound for pound add enough
water to make a heavy sirup. 81 the
hair. and four ounces oleomargarine.
boil. strain and put up in glass or stone
jars. Hartford Tunes.
"A boy at Columbus swallowed
twenty feet of red ribbon in order that
he might afterward pull it out Of his
mouth. conjuror fashion. and astonIsh
the family. The result did not. how
ever. astonish The family half SO much
n it did the boy.-BostOn lost.
Young man. don't turn up your
elegant. snobbish nose ut your mother.
if she doe. take n little unkindly to
your cigarette smoking innate WAYS.
She has watched YOU very closely from
the day the light was too bright for
your eyes. and it pains her heart TO see
YOU blooming out into n swell idiot
NeD Hdrcn Register.
~ am t~hirty-two years old. a bru-
nette, and have $500 80 in my own
right. VIII you marry me?' wrote n
Brooklyn On. y woman to Mayor
Carter Harrison. of Chicago. Western
Mayors enjoy opportunities for mash
ing that seldom fall to the lot of their
brothers in the bleak New England
cline. -Hartfori Post.
1t is told about n Las Vegas girl:
Wiiie sitting under n tree at Mineral
City waiting for her lover. n cinnamon
bear came along and approaching from
behind began To hug her. She thought
it was her king Of men and 40 leaned
back and enjoved il hugely. murmur-
ing Tighter" IL broke the bear NIL
up and he retrcated TO the bill and hid
in the forests three days To get over his
mortiicat;on.-LI IcGas Optic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
Personal AND LITERARY.

Miss Annie Louise Cary Is men,
stoned - The ~po>>csSor OF >ISLph al
earned bv her own charming voice.
A writer having excited the wrath
% Mr.. Browning. IL should Ike SAID
the poet. Ito rub that mans nose IN hrs
own books
MIR. Longfcllow always uses m ODD
fashioned quill pen. The odd clock
on the stairs he does not own. IL bo-
longs In n family in riistcld. Mass
-Alphonse Daudct saws o: his wife
that she j. an artist herself. There
is not 4 page which | have written that
she has not seen and rctouchcd. where
on she has not thrown her delicate
powder OF blue and gold"
The late Sidney Lanier published =
short romance. called Tigcr-llies, abou.
fifteen wears ago. which appears Ia have
escaped the attention of bis ~hiu-raphcrS.
Along with much that was youthful and
crude there was also much that vas
slrikin: AMI fine.
The Princess Beatriccs birthday
book has bcen published. IL consists
OF twelve tastciuily arranged groups
and sarIands suitable Ia the months
they represent. with appropriate quota
tons from the poets. The illustrations
are The Queens W designs.
Oscar Wilde has received III. un-
kinleSt cut of all from Prof. MShaiIy,
who has cruelty utilized the college ca
rccr of the lly AMI %suniowrr poet NJ
dublin ~ an illustration ot the thesis
that 4 stupid boy gains more tina \
brilliant one from 4 university training
1t is almost \ pity To spoil the hnc
story that General lVtle wrote hIs
Anthony and Cleopatra the night
before he fell a. Ch,ckamauga, and that
il WAS found i'll his pocket saturated
with his blood. but the poem appears
in Cogyr>halIs Collection. published In
1850, three a before Chickamauga,
and IL WAS not then new.
-I.itta. the opera singer, who mldo
an artistic success in Europe and here.
seems 10 have failed to turn her fame
to financial account. She Is now NJ her
home in Bloomington, Ill. IN Empower
ished circumstances. After rrpaying
the moncy advanced by friend, for her
musical eiucat ON and supporting her
mother and several sisters. she saI- that
all her earnings ON the stage have been
absorbed.
John j. Piatt and his wife. tho
poets. are now in Boston. Nora Perry
thus deccribeS them mir. Pat;. IL
NAV be recalled. was the early friend
of Mr.. Howclls when Mr.. ilowells was
still living i'll Chic. and the iva pub
lished 4 modest little book conformity.
under the title. Poems by Two Friends
Mr.. Piatt now has something the look
that Mr.. Ilowells had before he grew
broader and stouter. without. however,
Mr.. Huwclls prominent chm. Both
have the mos, kindly and delightful of
smiles. Mrs. Piatt i the embodiment
of her poems. She has a refined, sen
sitivc face. capable of expressing every
variation of feeling in figure slight.
of medium height. aud conveying in her
whole personality the woman by an ell
emcnt which is 80 largely maternal in
her poems"
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
Our Young Readers.
KTrriE TO SiyTa CLAUS

holly "ti Eris, -hat . fcg0- ycu ar.
Siding down ca!mocY< tn-'Hsa asa"s an
smoke.
r~Greovsr,~i Rrss ,oa - = rcEula- f,so
Hps 10 you unsns<~ t. ~s~V to- uss' rHais'
ttp- - yuti knsw a. TIE x-~i Ttrs snl hr g.
WV d-nt Nc sAkr ~ta your Cafrr H1i
uol.~f
Hos can you Euc.. shat ." al WoH.i sac
H. can yal prcs.~ al Ia Iiris su ts- nr,s
What arr yuu dong III r~st 80 -" s~sr'
kiccTauE. Isp-. uttn yogr Httt" f'iHir~r
n. ho~ IL uks o. AMOS true Z vau -
jolly AMI fat. IS~ the % ia thr t--sA
Ii ko.p a~ak~. hut I kpu~ tasf V'a stsf.
Shrn csiiiyn srr waiChsa< gaitg "u' "ita~
waf
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Isrn q forge, nr-s.s tn vsss~rnsu.
Brins something Prrtry. i"r tsst 'eaf. "a
kno-.
That va. a ~cbinn~v vhsr~ AJts. dAiuts,
Hu~ DOS q happ-a wa HE IN" rish t~"i
Giving them mach ani forgetting eco fsst
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mad
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Sever mind Eplus a. ItCsssS az 49,.
Brins M her rIay,h.ass AMI pa, ,hsm sta
miu"
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S.-,n as ats da,. I--,r >tsN lL~szs" 7 q 60
Atd her TIA raykaEr yea l"A'r h"T' VIA
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The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
Litigation Over q Rooster.

dat ar rooster am de berry same
one dat mus been spirited often dc
roost Of Mrs. Bennett, fo shuah,' said
the venerable David Brown in Justice
Paulin's Court in Newark. Saturday
afternoon. Il knowed it hyde winkjn'
of de off eve. A niggah cz can't kctch
onto de pints in n chicken amt WORT
rulin'. Judge. | ken swar 10 dat
rooster wid my las bref.'
Mr.. Brown vas A witness in the case
OF Hittell against Bennett. The COM
plainant, a comely widow. sought tn
have the defendant convicted of breach
OF the peace. for calling her a chicken
thief. II was shown by the testimony
that Mrs. Bennett lost a white rooster
last spring. and that recently she saw
in Mrs. Hittelrs yard what she was SURE
was the missing chanticlcer. She es-
saved TO take possession of il, but Mrs.
Hittell foiled her. Then followed
much vituperative language. and all
the women in the neighborhOod got cx-
cited over the affair. Some folks as
serted that Mrs. Bennett ought 10 know
the fowl that she brought up from tho
ecg; others insisted that the fact that
the c~hantieleer STAYED on Mrs. Hittelfs
roost for seven months proved that it
was her property, while not a few init
mated that it was strange that David
Brown obtained a white rooster at the
time that Mrs. Benefits favoritc dis
appeared.
Mrs. Hittell and Mrs. Bennett were
represented in court b. lawyers. and
= .-L.s. $500, tLraA nDfnrnI aunt
les, two white men and David Brown
we're present rs witnesses. A crowd OF
lawyers and politicians gathered as
spectators. David Brown was certain
that he recognized the rooster as the
property of Mrs. Bennett. He four
times offered her 81 for it, and finally
bought one like it just Is hers disap-
peared- -.
"Are YOU an expert on roostcrs?'
asked Mrs. Hittelrs lawyer.
81 reckon is" was the reply. "coz
/ ketched 'em in de woods on dc ole
plantation"
Could you tell your rooster from
Mrs. Hittclrs IL ,.,y were put in aroom
t~ogether9"
..What yer TX SIGH questions TO?
DOeS Yer lniuh 4 SO ~ HO o'h-N hci
'sperience? jest you pick out a coon
dat can't tell his chicken from anodder.
20 way wild SIGH questions Clar to
goodness
II don't want any more from him"
said the lawyer. for he has no sense.
Use got more sense than a lawyer
ez thinks a Don can't pick out de right
rooster in de dark ez well ez de light
After all the witnesses had testified.
Judge Paulin dismissed the case, and
advised the women TO go home and be
friends. They paid each IS to \ law
yer, besides costs of court, and twenty
men and women were kept in court six
hours. The rooster wasn't worth dol
lar.-N. \. SEn
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
Snail Hunting.

i have myself been an enthusiastic
snail-hunter in my time, and it always
seems to m that there is much to be
said in favor of the pursuit. Everybody
knows that flowers and butterflies are
beautiful; and when you show them a
dead collection they are generally rath-
er disappointed with the result. A
hortuS stccns after all, however well
managed, is but a pale and faded rep
resentative of the living blossoms in all
their glory. But most people are quite
surprised. when you show them a col.
lection of English snail shells. to find
that such lovely things are to be picked
up under the stones of our commons or
among the dead leaves of our copses.
There is some merit in making q beau
tiful collection of snail shells. And
though i'm the old DAYS conchologv new
er led to any real good, vet m~alacologv.
which is its modern successor. has
grown into an Indispensable handmade
of geology and prehistoric archaeology.
The snail hunter who begins by gum
ming shells on cards is sure TO end by
knowing a great deal about the anatO-
my and physiology, the geographical
distribution and geological age of the
various species with whose external
skeleton alone he made his first super
fetal acquaintance. Land and fresh
water shells play a most importantly part
in determining the formations of ter
tiary or quaternary age; and they give
us valuable hints as TO the nature and
date of the cave deposits or the drift in
which we find the earliest remains of
half-developed man. In fact. at the
present day it is almost impossible for
anybody to work originally at n of
the later stages of evolution. human or
animal. without having served an APP
premiership at snail hunting; while
conversely, many 4 snail-huntcr who
first took up shells as a mere fancy has
developed with time into a full blown
working geologist and archeologist.
The snail is not, in the hunting sense,
a noble animal, like the stag or the
buffalo. but the chase after him is a
healthful pursuit, leading one on to the
open downs and up the heather-clad
hillsides; and in the end it is probably
productive of much more genuine
scientific work for humanity than all
the deer hunting or stalking from Ex-
moor to Rothiemurchus.- Cor. 81.
.LduneS, Gdzefte.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
The Milky Way.

Many astronomers, from Herschel
downward, have spent much time m
observing and specializing uPoa the
structure and functions OF the great
stellar streams known n the Galaxy OF
Milky WAY. This part OF the heavens
has recently been made an object Of
careful study BY NJ Houzeau. of Brus-
seIs Observatory. He has indicated -
compos ton by ear Of curvcs Of
equal lum nous intensity. Looking cas-
ually at the Milky Way. one might he
disposed to think is LUMINOSITY nearly
the same throgS bout But II. Houseau
finds it . ser.es OF luminous plates or
masses. 10 TIRE number OF thirty-three.
each dimin shing in brightness oo,ward
from the center. These are arranged
almost exactly s.ong . great circle OF
the celestial sphere The solar system
is nearly in the plane Of tbs equator
and probably neal Is center.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
Old lSOIm'S Joke.

The other day a show came to Little
Rock and was shamefully imposed upon
by old Isom. While standing neal the
tent he saw a crowd of low spirited'i
boys. grieving on account of financial
depression.
docs yer youngsters want ter 60
inter de exhibition" he asked.
The boys responded in noisy chorus.
well, come on. den. l ulster be a
chile myself, an unlike de mos OBJ
men. l hain't forgot hit. Count desc
boys" he added, addressing the door
keeper. The man began counting. and
BY the time the boys had passed in,
Isom was walking around. talking to
acluaintances from the plantations.
Here" said the Snowman, give me
twenty tickets"
what fur? Does yer think me a
lottery agent?"
"You passed in twenty boys. and l
want the tickets or the money"
II doan owe yer no tickets, an I
doan W yer no money"
You're an old liar"
"LOoka heah, mister, yer'd better
canvass this subject fore yer filings
out SIGH a invitation. / didn't tell
yer ter pass de boys in. l said count
en- Use always heard dat showmen
is good in 'rithmetic, an l wanted to
satisfy myself. Yer say dat dar was
twenty boys. Idoan 'spute yer word.
case / amt no mathetician. S'posen |
take q lot OBJ boys ter de cashier OBJ q
bank an axe him ter count 'em, does
dat signify dat de cashier is gwine ter
pass EN- inter de money rooms No, sab,
Go on back ter yer tent, for l sees a
regiment goin' in"
The Snowman, remembering that he
had left the entrance unguarded. turned,
when Isom ran away with an agility
rarely exhibited in an old man.-Latla
Rock GGzette.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
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The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
The Most Wonderful Rifle. Shooting on
Record.

A San Francisco paper says: Prince
Otto, the boy chief of the Nez Perez
Indians. the protege of Captain Me-
Donald. and, without exception, the
most wonderful ritle-shot in the world,
rave an exhibition of rif'e-shooting at
Platt's Hall last week that was far SUI
perior to the best work ver done by
Carver or DIR. Ruth. The audience was
select, and included several English,
French, Russian and Italian officers,
and every one present was satisfied at
the close of the exhibition that they had
witnessed the most wonderful feats
ever performed with a rifle. After
going through a manual of arms that
would puzzle the oldest militia General
in the Union, Otto commenced shoot
ing. A framework was built upon the
stage. within which were a number of
swinging glass balls. Upon the real
plankment "a suspended the figure OF
4 man. life-size. A iive-cen. piece was
placed upon the top of the head OF this
figure. Otto's back being to the object.
the word "about'' vas given. and the
coin was pierced through the center.
He then put down his rite six feet from
where he stood, turned a somerSault,
caught his rifle again, fired. and cut
the string Of the suspended figure at
which he had previously fired.
A pistol-barrel was then placed in a
small steel frame; behind this was fixed
a razor, with the edge facing the audi
ence. On each side OF this razor was a
glass ball securely placed. The pistol
barrel, razor and balls were masked
with n covering of white cloth. The
boy was then blindfolded and his back
turned to the object. The ..about
face" was given. when he fired down
through the pistoi-barrel, split his
single rifle ball upon the razor's edge,
and broke both glass ball on the right
and left This remarkable feat was
performed by the ooy's sense of loca-
ton. Then a loaded pistol was placed
diagonally from where Otto stood.
Three balls were Yet swinging in con-
trary directions. Otto fired. hit the
trigger of the pistol and broke the three
balls. Eight metal balls were then
screwed on the ten-fOot frame. On the
sides below and above balls were set
swinging in every direc ion. McDon-
aid stood in front of the boy. who then
fired over his head, and at each side of
him. and between his knees, breaking
the balls from any and every part where
they were suspended behind McDon-
AIDS back. A target was then put up
behind McDonald's back. The boy
went through the same performance,
standing opposite Mcdonald. and rang
the bell (Which is placed at the extreme
rear) at every shot by caroming on
the metal balls. Six small lighted ia
pers were then arranged upon a slender
perpendicular pole; then. while in the
various postures of vaulting and tum-
bling. Otto extinguished each respect
i've light with his rifle. Glass balls
were thrown mp in the air in every con-
ceiyable direction. these Otto broke
promiscuously without any sight at ail.
for q large business-card was fastened
over the point of his rite.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12

The Siausse Nation has 20 srf.f
been plunged into mourn NJ ~ -ns
death ~ the court anil bod sl.aHar,
"a the King One morn ng aftrr .
hearty breakfast. be went mai
unexpectedly and tramplssl i've q as
attendants 30 death. IL .huDt im
would have besn sarulege. a. a.
tempt ~ irznquillIzs hs P%eTf1r9s
spirit b. snciTclins him with "a age
r1ng Of holy baTbop. .psriaily bel
By the high priest 80 his o~n r-~
lar temple. proved wor.c than iusar
ual. for he broke throagh The mr. aat
nj but terminated the high o.
career upon tho spot. he aas t.fH
wIth great difficulty driven int a
court Of the palace. ~here. aiirr
ersl fur ou- sndeayors ~ batfsr A1a4
the ~alis Witn bis tusis. be sutis-
topped over On hns SIDE. uttered = ast
cry ut rage AMI gave Up the ga-
Naturally enough. tbs hsaEy e1.s-a'
Wa attributed % criminal csrr meas
On the part o. one Or other e the A.
;endasta in,rsI.,ed ~th the .arfsi r.e-
plant ; feeding The klug. ihs-rfY~r.
Int~rnDZaisd tie members 81 the -r
plants hDaasholf in person. an fa4i
ing to elicit am individual cDnfs.s IN q
c~slinqusscy. dscresd That thsy sis1lS
a. BE punished
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
The Inventive Faculty Anon Harm.

VII L. 70 b, the farmer wh' us,s .-
m~achlurr, Invented as sufs'tu',-
manual labor. tt b., VrFy rt,,, gH..
invent, anN thing tor hf~ uvu 1885,
iur that Tot the inventor Whose t.'. 2
farming are usually bat tuv"I'i 90.
hc>, Viewed iu this light %
wonderful with what sstHul~hu- Dbl.
IT. m~rrituruus mlchiuvr, ~. being
icctci. and even original s1ft~ rfn.
ont b" meet dcmpn,t~ which, ,t.H tf.
wears since. were supposed Nuu.i
bc needed ~ IA" gIalu airfs hr.
extended The SIN lr rtr'r ,ar. .,
III a want. then the table rake ar-.
mrutS. finally the ~,ii tinirrs. s.f
when the farmer VA. NJ e. los lI' .F
ouyIatc the d~Isadsuuta-rt uI "a VI
band. the twinc binder W. 'ln
forward and by slight alteration. s.
ma hines now usc twlUr Zoe .r-.
of the tLrrshfns much rc ,ui OF f.r
grasu drll has been a creation a.
ia" ewes nt the farm ur r'tr,#s -
how few ~ them stop 90 ,uu-p..r ...,
It came about by m"Jrst ',nu.g..' .t
wuod and iron, never sf,rpnr Do
think 80 the vast drtatl 90. arul, 1r. .,.
81 iilfNl 'A'H Aul '''iF i'iit
cost.
With increased grain lolI. au! tr
demand fora pluW tina c,uIi lr
thing or turn ANYTHING under rtH,
sula, pillow. bat the farmer &C. Ices.
life at HIM would never have tH..
81 rg.IuS u ZAP that way. tuttn
b. ,~s,ociaicd With "a suttsr ualr ..
cd srythr. and husklus with v,ii
fingers. and a hirkrrs ysg iur 70 @
IN pm. hut each wttlu "a fev ..t
val b" done hy mach me-. nui ni.
be- the inventor tEcllt1h.r O. i- ..
farmer, that thoy .n r%rtiiit t.Irp '..
iabur-.a,IHsds y 'r-. aui J-, tIsr s X
a sktll that - ryIdru,r uI8 a tu'..tI- -
that j. keeping apro' IS ia uuI f,4f
but at the ~aur iur % vuu.t Pa. E"t
more promising u H., farmer $500
study ont the principle E8i vpuIi .f
ISIS the demand made 30, Lis uc,'ls t.i
become an inventor buns ~ d.
a post "n ~ AN n der au.i -
IA" inventor. the mschIu.sm OF '..
farm IA thi, country would become
rapidly perfected anil it, result .rf
possibilities become almost bcsuui ,.
Culai on.
As II now - there - M dang'r be-
the farmer will thoroughly iniogm an
scif upon political subjects. and y
quaint himself fully upon III" ra
and corners of Wall street. ha' -..
real Danger -. that upon the mate
the farm. IT. constantly shifting '.r Do
tons upon which success j. base. II
not be instantly recognized AMI prHHH.
is me and success met With. &c fe.H
opportunity presents Itself The 'srH
or need, hr"ai culture. a de'. r-.ar
mind thai can look ahead. and w'Hs .
leaning toward the domains - fa. a
v"ntvc genius. l. applied o. The r
ani=m Il the farm. and aiisci vtH
IN inventive sSiIl that can seize .
disadvantage ami Turn IL Is ~adysDit~r
that can invent some wsy - d1ru
bal luck. and make pfpsper - q ai
mi gift ~ be obtained by inrrrrr
aud which can. II unfortunately I-af'
seems inevitable. invent a msth.-i 81
honorable and successful c.clrs
CLrciaHi Hcyuid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
A Mennonite Scene.

The Mennouites intend keeping TO
themselves. and have no intention OF
marryi ing or giving in marriage with
the children of the land. At first some of
the girls went out to service. but n
having got married the order went
forth that all the others were TO return
home At once which was done. As a
race they are thrifty and industrious.
but their neighbors say tbs; the women
do most of the work. An open ditch
about = mile in length. beautifully dug.
and with the turf neatly banked up on
each side. WAS said to be all women's
work Large numbers OF women were
also to be seen the feldS--Rec. Frof.
Grant IA Manitoba
The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-12
THAT EVE IN BETHLEHEM.

o little childrcn, when the Chri .tmas Eve,
That blessed eve, draws near,
And every voice Is fun of cagerness,
And every heart of cheer:
When the warm freight 'gainst the outer
A happy picture draws
of children gathering i'm coy rooms,
Waiting for Santa Claus:
q everyreens that boar strange fairy fruit,
And on whose branches glow
The burning candies; or of rooms where
The stockings in a row:
My thoughts 20 back to that far time, when
fell
This eve on Bcth'chcm.
Who're iIocks slept on the lonely open plain,
Their shepherds watching them.
Ans I can see again that stony ground
And hear the night wind sigh.
As one 10y one the everlasting stars
Come ont within the sky.
And ] can see the lock OF wondering awe
Dn every hardy face,
When suddenly that glory like the sun
Shone al. about the pace,
Aud they became afraid. But a clear voice
Out from the dark spoke then:
Pear not: ] bring glad tidings of great joy
Which shall te to ali men.
For unto you this day n child is born,
Saw ". then a cry
of muItItudcs Of angels through Inc air:
GLORY to God on high-'
Poor, humble shepherds, yet given that great
tliss,
The highest upon earth,
OF having the very angels come 10 them
To tel the dear Christ birth.
Little tn wonder then, is Il, that on
This haiiowcd ewes return.
When on the laden bOugh of evergreen
The cleaning candles burn;
And ly tn" FIRE Sides rows OF stockings hang,
Fair gifts awaiting them,
That | should bring to mind, with grateful
tears,
Those plains of Bethlehem,
And picture to myself the lowly mon
Listening the IIeaycn-scnt word
That for all time and Ia all men was born
A Savior and a Lord!
-(1drd Dtsu B1fss.