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Passages Of Pleading In q Frontier
Lawsuit,

Lawsuit.
Laura Wells Morse in Eppincotts Magazine
We found a lawsuit in progress in one Of
the lower rooms as we descended. Most Of
the male population of Coyoteville was present;
the jailer, even, was there with his prisoners,
all except the cattle-stealers: their offence
was too grave to be favored with any such
clemency. A goodly number Of country-peo-
pie also were on-lookers. Coatless and hatless
were most Of the spectators, who in the
absence Of chairs, sat huddled together on the
floor, or in wagons drawn up before the win
dows outside Several women Of rustic ap-
pearance, who had been summoned as wit
nesses, occupied places on dry-goods box.
The room itself was large and dingy The
rough, smoky walls were garnished with cob
webs, and elaborate devices in ink and tobacco
juice ornamented the floor. A pine table, sur
mounted by a cupboard filed with shelves
and pigeon-holes, stood in one corner, and Q
rusty stove, with but one length of pipe fur
nished resting place for the brawny person
Of the counsellor for the defendant in the suit
The plaintiff, an angular, thin-faced man,
with a countenance expressive Of cunning
and hypocrisy, had perched himself upon the
table; his lawyer sat at his elbow The JUS
tias se0upisa To enly .ahair b ~ resn, saS
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OUAKING EARTH,

Concord, Manchester, and Other New
Hampshire Towns Shaken by
Earthquakes.
CONCORD, Dec. 20.-At 5:24 o'clock yester-
day evening one of the severest earthquake
shocks ever felt here occurred The shock
was like heavy explosion, and shook the
buildings, from which the people rushed to
the streets. In one building the conclusion
was sufficient to extinguish the gas Inside
the building the shock was like that of some
object falling, seeming to be above rather
than below It evidently travelled east and
west, and was felt in Pittsfeld some four
minutes later than here 1t was also felt at
Great Falls and Manchester and others places.
The shock lasted about eight or ten Sec
onds.
DOVER, N. H., Dec 2O.-About Sis yester-
day two slight but very perceptible shocks of
earthquake were felt The disturbance lasted
ten seconds, occasioning alarm among the
people: The shocks were accompanied by a
rumbling noise, and were felt in Rollingford,
Rochester and other towns. People rushed
out of their houses much bewildered
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THE FIRE AT JAMAICA.
Details OF the Terrible COnfasratio
.--Hundreds of PeODIe Homeless

Dct8AIS VI TIC SOnUaSraIlOO
---Hundreds of People Homeless.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Additional details are
ct hand concerning the recent great fire at
Kingston, Jamaica 1t appears that had there
been the simplest means at hand when the
confagraion began to put out fire, it could
not have spread further than few yards.
For some time after the alarm was given only
few bundles of shingles were in flames The
fire brigade arrived on the scene ten minutes
after the alarm, but there was some difficulty
in attaching the hose to the hydrant Mean
while the flames assembled and caught a tall
building to the north of the savings bank The
water was now pretty well brought into play,
but sparks from this high house blew wildly
about, and in few minutes eight distinct
buildings in various pets of the iowa were
&blaze and sending sparks to other buildings
by which means the destroying element sur
rounded several districts, literally defying the
efforts of the fremen. The people are home
less, hundreds of them sleeping in the open
air at Central park and the race-course, where
the governor is endeavoring to get tents be-
longing to the military erected for their COW
erinp
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C1nclnnau Enquirer.
A few years ago men censured the opposite
sev for appearing in trailing costumes that,
like the gowns condemned by Chaucer's par
son, &trailed in the mire on horse, and exc on
foot, as well Of man as of woman" What
shall the paragon Of animals" do now to
atone for his inconsistency in bringing into use
long pantaloons, that, in the course Of days
wanderings up and down sidewalks and across
muddy Streets accumulate as much filth as
did any of the trailing dresses! The man has
now no recourse unless he be 30 lost to all re-
gard for appearances as to roll the objection
aide articles up at the bottom.
The most sensible pantaloons, after all,
were the knee-breeches, with stockings and
high top-boots, and, for pleasant weather, the
pumps of our forefathers. No getting up
after nights tramp in the mud and finding
them coated with filth for half the length Of
the leg inside and out There would be less
profanity i'll this world if fashion could be
hit upon that would combine cleanliness with
style. A young man of the present age made
up after the strict fashion-plate pattern, looks,
as to his eXtremities, like sand-hiil crane
with clothes OIL No provision is made for
men with contracted calves and e&pan-
sive pedal termini Take an indivld-
ual whom nature has bles .ed with
good understanding: place on him
at tbe bntton and t,n o,, "r ~ ~, ,bat
appears turned up on the grou I'd il enough t.
make one t2emble for the yresr. Va iJI OF i'll
sect life Again select the same man, and
place upon him a pair of trousers that co II Lii
little more cloth and that h W. Il liberal
spring at the bottom l., co4rell por,i N OF
the feet. and the objection disappelrS Jus
as ludicrons are the examples prese ted by
seeking the other extreme Here is Il MAJ
going down Fourth street He Is so tat thai
he is almost as broa as he is lp rg a. to
complete his resemblance TO Il trad 40 lar he
has inserted his legs in a pair o. w.,.t from
their outline, might be a !iud ed mea. bag.
uo cn,r,, -.,
no" d c""'T 't.' 'F' ''Nfr"'
During the late war, says i writer IN The
.,o,,. C,,.,+;4,,-,,r, ,,,.,., ,,,. ...o
A"an'" 'ioi' '''io I" '' 6'0.'
III Athens, GA, over the abPr'4;h of She'
mans raiders A day or two la e: the rai,lere
ra,cbaI .th.ns ,b.y cam. ~ ,,.;..,r..r. gal
,.N -,
laht ooL W. =. +. BE- ''l'' l37 d II ais ne l.
tuckians having cal,tured them just before
they swoopel down on the devoeI town.
w.. ,,o H., -, ,.,,o,,, 40 -, CaI
iH'' was b '"' u's LII A'l0'17' "'is' "' W.
breckenridge rode i'll at the he id OF his vic
torious re.imept with the PRISONERS in his
train ho - o,,,,..,,.;.,,, hare
,'"' ~ '-''0'' my iu'"' VI oo'''l
was lheh you! 9ster III Athens AID re1nem-
Der that the lalies gave Breckenridge and
his officers \ grand dinner at which tI,are WIS
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Nominations

WASHINGTON, Dec 2o-The president has
nominated James Hunter, Missouri, to be sur
veyor of customs at St Joseph; Green c.
Chandler, United States attorney for the nor
hern district of Mississippi; Sam G. Hibern,
United States attorney for the district of Cali
fornia; Robert c. Campbell, Of Louisiana, to
be United States consul at Monterey; Henry
Jessup, of New York, to be consul general at
Teheran, Persia.
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Before POckets---Whatf

OInclnnau odIuruRy NIgHI
It is said that when you touch mans
pocket you touch his soul, but how was it
before pockets were invented? Was his soul
untouched up to that period? The ancients
knew nothing Of pockets, for they are a COM
of little six year-old ancient with no pocket
in which to stow away his top, fish-hooks,
jack knife, jewsharp, bean-blower, cellar door
key, loose matches, cigar stumps, jumping
jack, marbles, christopher, button hook,
india rubber gum, slate pencil, kite string,
drumstieks, etc, must have been quite deplor-
purses were suspended from girdle. Thieves
secured them by cutting them away, hence the
term cutpurse, which is much older than the
pickpocket
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Women BARRIERS Not a Success.


Experience has taught St Louis proprietor
that woman as a barber is not an unqualified
success. He says, &The chances are she'll get
stuck on some fellow, or one will get mashed
on her, and that settles the whole business.
And when it gets that way he'll sit around for
half day with half a dozen empty chairs in
sight rather than to let any one but her shave
him, and she, if she's spooney on him, will be
the other half day getting away with a beard
that you can't see, and waxing mustache
that's just started A girl is all right in her
place, but her place amt in q barber shop, in
nv oDinion .
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Destruction OF Mail.

NEW YORK, Dec. "a postal car on the
New York Central road caught fire from the
stove while near Schenectady early yesterday
morning and was totally destroyed The con-
tents consisted Of twenty-five sacks of foreign
mail which arrived TO- day and the general mail
from the New York postoffice There were no
registered letters upon the train, which is called
the San Francisco special mail.
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CONGRESS.
The House Will Take a Holiday Re-
cess from Dec. p till Jan. =.
SENATE

cess from Dec. p till Jan. =.
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-In the senate yester-
Law Mr. Sherman endaavored to bring up the
bill relating to distilled spirits. Mr. Plumb
objected aud consideration of the Indian ap-
preparation bill was resumed.
At , o'clock the civil service bill came up as
unfinished business, but was laid aside iu
order to com plete the Indian appropriation
bill.
Mr. Beck offered an amendment to the
indian bill directing the removal of the Grow
agency to some point east of the Big Horn
river, in the vicinity Of Fort Custer; agreed
TO-
The Indian bill passed, and by unanimous
consent, Mr.. Sherman succeeded in getting
up the bill extending the time for the with
drawal Of distilled spirits from bonded ware
hou -es.
MIR Ingalls, moved to amend the bill, adding
provision that from and after three years
from the entry of any distilled spirits now in
warehouse, 5 per cent. interest shall be col
Iected upon such .4spirits,i to be computed
down to the time Of Withdrawals; agreed to.
Mr. Mcpherson offered a resolution, which
was referred to the committee on finance, de-
claring it to be the sense of the senate that in
case of the reduction or abolition of the tax on
tobacco st this session, there should be allowed
corresponding rebate of the tax paid on stock
on hand at the time the law goes into effect,
provided such stock is stamped and i'll I'M
broken packages.
The house resolution for holiday recess
was referred.
Mr.. Edmunds called for the regular order
the civil-service bill
Mr.. Sherman moved to postpone the regu-
lar order, SO as to proceed with the pending
bill.
Mr.. Pendleton inquired what the effect upon
the civl-service bill would be if Mr. Sherman's
motion to postpone should prevail.
Mr.. InSalls-The effect will be send it 10 the
calendar.
Mr.. Hae-The effect will be to substitute
the whisky bill for yours.
Mr.. Pendleton appealed to Mr.. Sherman to
withdraw his motion, but Mr.. Sherman de-
clined, saying the pending bill had been I'M
fairly treated, and he would insist on his mo-
ton to the end.
On a vote, the motion was lost-yeas 16,
nays So
Then, with the civil-servioe bill before it,
the senate adjourned.
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BANDITS TAKE A TOWN.

A Party OF Mexican Outlaws Capture
City and Its Officials.
MATAMoRAs, Mex, Dec 2L-A band Of for
ty brigands made sudden attack upon tho
town Of Ahuacatlan, Pueblo, yesterday, and by
the display Of firearms, overawed the inhab-
itants, who fed terror-stricken to their homes.
Finally they seized and bound the mayor, JUS
tee and aldermen, and carried them away as
captives, intending to hold them for large
ransom
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SOlidifed Tea.

scientific American
One hundred parts of ground sugar and 10
parts starch sugar are boiled with the quantity
Of water required for solution, until the mass
becomes tenacious, but yet remains transpar-
emit After cooling, so parts of tea previously
mixed with 80 parts of dry sugar, are added
The plastic mass is pressed into moulds, and
when soidifed forms the preserved tea
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A Railroad President's Trouhle

New YORK, Dec 1S.-George ]. Rice,
formerly president Of the Utica, Ithaca Il
Elmira road, was arraigned in the Tombs
police court, charged by Anton Corbin with
embezzlement, forgery and robbery. The
specifications are that he failed to cancel
1850 shares Of old stock when the new GER
tifcates were issued, but used nearly half the
amount as collateral at the Third National.
bank. and now refuses to make any ex-
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A Will Contest.

ST. LoUIs, Dec. 13-The murder Of Mrs.
General Doris by her grandson, in this city,
o & the recent death of her husband from
srief, are now followed by a contest OIL the gen.
erals will Mrs. Wisker, the mother of the
tertav and asked that the deed of sale to her
sister OF the magnificent suburban home be
set aside, as it was obtained by undue infu-
apns
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TRENOR W. PARK DEAD,
The Distinguished yermOnter Pas
ing Away on a steamer.

The Distinguished yermOnter Pass
ing Away on a steamer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2L-Trenor W. Park, the
well-known Vermonter. died on a steamer
bound for Aspinwall Hs was born in Wood
ford, Bennington county, Vt, Dec 8, 1928,
where he received . liberal education, studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1916; prac-
ticed law in Vermont until 1852, when he re-
moved to San Francisco, remaining there I'M
til 1863. Returning to Vermont in 1864, he
served four years in the legislature of that
road company, and of the First National bank
Of North Bennington, Vt He was also di-
rector in several banks and railroads in New
York Mr.. Park was noted for his generosity,
as many person living in his native state can
testify.
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A Late Arrival.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18-Johann Most, the Lon
don soclalistic editor, arrived last night, too
late for the public reception which had been
arranged in his honor
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How to Catch Burglars Portraits.

E. Brown in Scientific American.
The burglar alarm now in use, true to its
name, alarms the burglar, and he is away
Instead of ringing the alarm, let it be set to
turn on momentarily the full glare of electric
light, and at the same instant have it expose a
plate in a camera all ready to take an instan-
taneous picture. The burglar Of course will
take to flight, but will leave his photograph
behind The same blaze of light which has
alarmed him will awaken the sleeping inmates,
who can proceed at once to the camera and
secure the negative. In order, however, that
the camera Tould be set at the right focus
the alarm used should be an electric mat set
in a certain place on the floor, that spot being
covered by the focus of the camera
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Too HaSty.
phil, Sa1pbio Tir,as

PhHadeIpma Ilmes.
Just before the opening Of sealed verdict
in Judge Finletters court yesterday, that h d
been rendered by a jury who had been out all
night celebrating upon a claim on some me-
chanics' liens, the lawyer for the plaintiff got
in in time to say that he would suffer nou-
suit SO that he could have new trial When
the verdict was opened, it was found to be in
the plaintiffs favor for $l,05S The lawyer
tried to smile
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Returned to His Old Prison Home.
New YORK, Dec. I.-Eewis Thompson, a
mulatto, aged 81, who was the first prisoner
ever sent to Sing Sing, was sent to the peniten-
tary again yesterday for six months, by Judge
WEIGH, of the city hall police court, Brooklyn,
for stealing door mat He has spent over
forty years of his life in prisons
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Confederate Ronds.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.-On orders from
London banking house, Baltimore brokers are
buying Confederate coupon bonds of the face
value OF 81 ,0Oo, 600, for which they pay $3.50
to 80 IS per 81 200.
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NT0iI eenfshorv

TEnRE HAuTE, Ind, Dec. 15-Along the
track of the Vandalia road in this city, early
yesterday morning, were found two mail
pouches containing matter destined from New
York for Colorado. The letters had been cut
open and put back in the bags.
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The Biggest Trees in the World.
Boston journal of Chemistry.

Boston Journal of Chemistry.
Victoria, Australia, now claims the glory of
holding the biggest Of all the living abig trees"
in the world, so far as height is concerned In
the Dandenong district at Fernshaw has
recently been discovered specimen of Eu-
calyptus amygdalina, or almond-leaf gum,
enormous height of $50 feet before throwing
out a single branch, and 43O feet to the top,
and having girth of 20 feet at some distance
above the ground Some idea of what an
elevation of 43O feet represents may be gained
from the fact that this gum-tree, if growing,
by the side of the Bunker Hill monument
would stand almost twice as high as tina,
lofty obelisk, which is 22O feet in height
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The N2Orey FORGERY.

NEW York, Dec. 20.-An effort is being
made to secure the pardon of James O'Bren
the self -confessed perjurer, in the matter of
the Morey letter forgery. Gov Cornell will
leave the matter to his successor.
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Heavy Land Purchase.

LITTLE ROCK, Dec ia tract Of 100, 900
acres of cotton lands in Arkansas has been
purchased by Benjamin Newgass, of Liver
pool and other British capitalists, to be
worked on the syndicate plan,
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One OF the Thirteen.

MoRRIsTowN, N j., Dec. 15-Maria Appley,
one Of the thirteen girls who represented the
states in Washington's funeral procession in
New York, died yesterday, aged 1O4 years, in
the full possession of her faculties
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Che Panama. Canal.

PARIS, Dec 18-At meeting Of the French
Geographical society, yesterday, De Lesseps
promised to have the Panama canal ready for
use in 1899
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Pensions for Veterans

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The house pension
committee has agreed to report bill giving
50 to soldiers engaged for thirty days in the
Mexican, Blackhawk or Florida wars, or to
their widows
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LUMBERMEN IN SESSION.
Fifty Millions OF Capital Repre-
scented.

81. LOUIS, Dec 21.-A party of seventy-one
gentlemen, representing the lumber interest
Of western Michigan, arrived here yesterday
morning. They represent over $4,000, 900
capital, invested in the lumber business The
object of the trip is to open up more intimate
trade relations with St Louis, Indianapolis,
and Kansas City. While in this city the dele
CATION will confer with Manager John @.
Gault, Of the Wabash railroad, as to to freight
rates. The firms represent 210, O. 5000 feet of
lumber piled and waiting for next springs
business, Of which 15O,OO0,OOO are at Mus
kegon.
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Our Tolerance.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.
l can say without offense to-day that which
called out the most angry feelings and the
ardestlanguage twenty-five years ago. Imav
civilly ~
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Getting Used to 1t.

NEW YORK, Dec. A.-Lewis Thompson,
Mulatto, 81 years Of age, the first man ever
committed to Sing Sing prison, has been sent
back for six months for stealing door-mat
Over forty years of his life have been passed
behind grated windows.
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Weeds sincerest AIourner.

"tttIH SInCtr6bC MOuEneE.
New York Truth.
Thurlow Weed left ct least one sincere
mourner. Recently, one morning Truth en-
oountered little girl, looking up at the house
the veteran politician lived and died in, crying.
She was crying for Mr.. Weed, ~she said, who
her way to school
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Successors to MeSSrs. Orth and Up
deGraT to be Chosen Soon.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 20.-Gov. Porter
has appointed Tuesday, Jan. g. as the date for
special election for a successor to Mr. Ortiz
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A Close Ouest,or

A Vermont debating society will tackle the
question: (which 10 the most fun-to see
man try to thread needle or . woman nv 4.
drivee nailSs ~ y
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Cast-IrOn Bottles.

CHSC.lrOn BOCtIeBe
Boston Journal Of Chemistry.
A German patent has just been taken out
for the manufacture of bottles, etc., from
cast-iron, containing twelve per cent of sill
con, compound which is said to resist the
action Of the strongest acids It is also recon-
mended for the iron plates Of zinc and iron
galvanic batteries.
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Death of Henry James. sr.

BOSTON, Dec. 20-Henry James, ST., the
philosopher and metaphysician, an asso-
ciate of Greeley, Emerson and Thoreau on
this side of the Atlantic, and of Carlyle, Mill
and Tennyson on the other died yesterday.
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A Practical Joke Causes a Man to
Murder His Brother.

SANDERsvIILE, GA, Dec. 2l.-A terrible and
peculiar tragedy occurred here night before
last Dave Wilbur attempted to play prac-
teal joke on his brother by frightening him.
The latter was seized with paroxysm of fear,
and grasping a gun shot dead the joking
brother For several hours the people were
greatly excited.
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THE OOYOTEVILLE BAR.

Rojas: There is no place so high that an ass
laden with gold cannot reach it.
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Rice, OF .Evangeline."

theatrical manager, has fled petition in bank
ruptcy, recognizing claims Of $4,000
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A Heavy Failure.

VIENNA, Dec 2l.-Joseph Reichardt q
leather merchant Of Vienna, has failed fol
100000
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THE CURFEW BELL.

1t will be remembered that the curtew
is commonly said to have been introduced
into England by William the tonuueror.
By that monarch it was ordained under
severe penalties. that when Tie curtew
bell rang at S o'clock in the evening all
lights and fires should be eXtinguished.
There are those who hold that this was
merely the enforcing of an existing and
very common police regulation to that
effect. The absolute prohibition OF lights
after the ringing of the cuvfew bell was
abolished by Henry |, i'll the year 100,
out the practice of toliiug a bell at a
fixed hour in the evening was continued,
and this, which is still eXtant III some
places. is survival of the curfcw of
m ,dio,val times. At first the common
hour was seven o'clock, then it WAS grad
raIly advanced to eight. and in some
places to nine o'clock; indeed in Scot
land ten o'clock was not an unusual
hour.
The curiew was regulation most use
full in those early days. when it was the
custom to place the ire in IL hole in the
middle of the floor. under an opening in
the roof to allow til escape of the smoke
When family retired for the night. the
fire was extinguished by covering it up;
hence the term -fcu, or cur!ew.-
The regulation was also servlceable in
obIiging people to keep in their houses,
and thus preventing night brawls in the
streets. Il is believed that there is no
historical authority for the popular ira
dition that the severity exhibited by the
Conqueror i'll enforcing obedience to the
curfcw vas more particularly designed
t. prevent the English from assembling
in secret to plan schemes of rebellion
against their Norman lords.