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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

WHEN THE WEARY WHEELS WERE ALMOST
STILL, A LUCKY ACCIDENT Re-
yEALs THE LOST KEY.
"How long dia you say you had it ~
twenty-five years."
"What a bad cough, with occasional attacks
of hemorrhage, for twenty-five years. WAY,
man, it's mercy that there's dozen pounds
left of you"
Abraham Orner, of Highspire, Dauphin
County, Pa stuck to his statement, and when
the exc carnations of wonder ceased, he added
Exactly. You're right. 1t is a mercy. But
the greatest mercy Of all is that, before actu-
ally coughed myself cat of existence. 1 got
hold of PARKEK's GINGER T2NLC, and a few
bottles of 1t cured me-"
"Cured you? Relieved you, you rs anf"
81 mean what say; it cured me-" SAID Mr..
Orner. simply. 81 feel like another man."
Please take especial notice: PARKERs GIN
GER Tonic is 21OE q mere essence of ginger; not
a mere stomachic. The ordinary preparati ons
Of ginger are beneficial for transient aches,
but at that point their value ends PARG Err s
GIEGER TONIC covers lar wider and totally
iiffereRt Geld. 1t attacks and nissipates radi-
ca. and chronic diseases of the Lungs. Kidneys
Liver and Nerves. 1t s9as delicious to the pal
.te as it is prompt and effeotige in operation.
Ginger is only one among many powerful cGra
tives which the TONIC holds in combin aticn
Test its virtue for that cough of yours, or for
any of the ills which require an invigorant tor
the whole system
And, above all, do not permit yourself to be
Nothing else is lust the same" or Just as
good :" Prices so cents and 81. Economy in
buying tbs larger size, HIscox d Co.
I'm New York
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

1t seems impossible that remedy
made of such common. simple plants as
Hops, Buchu. Mandrake, Dandelion,
&C., should make so many and such
great cures as Hop Bitters do; but when
old and young, rich and poor, pastor
and doctor, lawyer and editor. all testify
to having been cured by them, you must
believe and try them yourself, and doubt
no longer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

Benjamin F. Butler, now Governor
of Massachusetts, has done the United
States some service in his message. His
exposures of New England pretension
to supreme morality and intelligence
in fact, to superiority in everything is
clear and cunning. He has shown that
bis old enemy, George F. Hoar. is the
great hope o6the modern New Eng
land pretender. and that the school of
politicians and philosophers is com
posed of unnitigated frauds.-Lynch
burg A4dud21ce.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

A LIBERAL REWARD OFFERED J.
Mr. Harrison Ph@bus, lessee of the
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, of
fers reward of two hundred dollars for
any Information leading to the arrest
and conviction Of the person or per
sons whi' cut, disfigured and mutilated
the tops and cushions of the carriages
and wagons under the veranda of the
White Sulphur Springs Hotel, and de
stroyed the vase on the grounds of thu
Company. on the night of the 10th ult
1t is to be hoped that the party or par.
ties guilty OF these acts of Vandalism
may be found out and severely pun.
ished for their crimes. s-Greenbrier In
deDendent
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
THE BALLET GIRL.

With complexion like the rose
Mid the SHOWS.
Due to powder on her nose,
I suppose.
She twirls upon her toes
In abbreviated clothes,
And exhibits spangled hose
To the beaux.
When cruel time bestows
Adipose,
Fairy parts and all those
She outgrows,
And murmuringly goes
To the very hindmost rows.
To piroutte and pose
With the "crows."
When life frayed and faded grows
Like her bows,
She in garrets sits and sews
Furbefows,
Till her weary eyelids close
In the peace of deaths repose;
Is she reaping what she sows?
Heaven knows.
-Lippincott's Magazine
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

"Are you thejudge ofreprobate ?" said
Mrs. Darlington, as she walked into an
office of Judge of probate. II am a
Judge of probate" was the reply. "Well,
that's it, I expect" quoth the old lady.
"You see my father died detested, and
he left several little infidels, and want
to be their executiOner."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

"If you would be truly happy, my
DEAR" said one New York lady to
another, "you will have neither eyes now
ears when your husband comes home
late from the club" Eyes, | know"
answered the other, YEARLY "but what
am to do with my nose"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

MASHED TURNIPS Pare, quarter
assd cock tetsdeF in boiling water, little
salt Mash and jpERss in heated col
aDder york in butter, pepper and salt
heap smoathly in a deep dish, and pul
"dabs" of {Se@per on top.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

Quite cute in Araminta: "You are
such strange girl ~ said Charley !;
"reaIly I don't know what to make OF
you" "Well, then, I'll tell you, Char
ley" replied Araminta; make wife
of me-" Charley did so at the earliest
opportunity"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

breakfast. @Dinner. tsuppe'.
Ne-PullmaQ Sleeper daily. on Express No. 4
from Memphis to New York (aoithom change
Orleans 10 Washington, making Virtually n
through line OF Sleepers New Orleans to New
York, via Roanoke and Harrisburg.
$50 pounds of baggage checked free to each
whole ticket. 1000 mile tickets $500; $40 mil.
ticket SIS co.
y. HOWARD ROVER, A. POPE,
Dir. Pass. agent, Gen. Pass agent,
Kagerstown. Md. I.ynchburg, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

B9 Diamond Dyes are so perfect and
so beautiful that it is pleasure to use
them. Equally good for dark or light
colors. 10 cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
CONNECTIONS.

CONN
At Hagerstown, Md, with the Western Mary.
land Railroad to and from Baltimore. Freder-
lex. ittsbprg. Gettysburg, Pennar, Way
nesboro. Pa, and points on the Western Mary
land Railroad and branches,
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
from Harrisburg. Carlisle, shippensburg,
Chambersburg, Mercersburg, Martinsburg, and
points on the Cumberland Valley Railroad and
branches
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest. and Boston, New York, Philadel-
pbia, and the North and East.
AT Shenandoah Junction. W. Va, with Main
Line of Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad to ana from
Washington.
At Riverton, Va. with Manassas Branch OF
Virginia Midland Railway.
AT Waynesboro Junction, Va, with Chesa-
peake & Ohio hallway to and from Greenbrier
White sulphur Springs and Richmond.
AT Loeb Laird, with Lexington Branch OF
Richmond Il Allegheny Railroad.
At Natural Bridge with Main Line of Rich
mond & Allegheny Railroad.
AT Roanoke, with Norfolk & Western Rail-
road.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Riverside, for Lexington, Va.
At Boyce Station, for Wildwood and Winches-
ter, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

II aim to tell the truth." "Yes,", in
corrupted an acquaintance, land you
are probably the worst shot ip Ameri-
ea."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

The greatest fool God ever made Is
he who thinks every body else a fool
but himself.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

Hold on to your hand when you are
about to do an improper thing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
RAILROADS..

SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
=
TIME TABLE-In effect December 18th, 1882.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

THE POLE KAT They are beautiful
beings. but Oh how deceptive.
Their habits are phew but unique.
They build their houses out of earth.
and their houses have but one door t.
them and that il front door.
They are called pole kats because it is
not convenient tew kill them with
klub, but with a pole, and the longer
the pole the more convenient.
Writers on natural history disagree
about the right length ov the pole used
but | would suggest that the pole be
about 365 feet, espeshily If the wind is
in favor of the kat
The pole kat will remove the filling
from hens egg without breaking ,
hole in the egg bigger than a marrow
fat pea.
This IL vulgarly called 'surking eggs
A pole kat travels under an alias
which is called a skunk. There liz a
great many aliases that there is no ac-
counting for, and that il one of them.
A pole kat's skin liz with dollars in
the market after it IL skinned, but it il
with 8 dollars and fifty cents to skin
him.
This il one way tew make IL shillings
in a wet day.-Josh Billings.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
CROUCH ON RATS

Clears out rats, mice, reaches. flies,
ants, bed bugs, skunks, chipmunks,
gophers. 15c. Druggists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
"Please Pass the Salt"

THE SIMPLE REQUEST THAT OPENED
THE WAY To A FORTUNE AND A
WIFE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

Mn-PuIlman Sleeper, daily. on Express 30.
3, New York to Memphis, via Harr isburg, con-
Meeting at Roanoke with Pullman sleeper for
New Orleans, via Knoxville and Atlanta, and
at Dalton vita Pullman Sleepers for Jackson
vile, making virtually no change New York
to Florida and New York to New Orleans.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
VIM. e. Osgoodby, the well-known safe man.
ufacturer of Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Newark, and Atlanta Ca, says
OFFICE OF OsGooDBY'S IMPROVED SAFES,
II & BROAD Street
Sold by Druggists everywhere.


Newark, and Atlanta, Ca, says
OFFICE OF OsGooDBY's IMPROVED SAFES,
II S. Broad Street,
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 18th, 1881.
Or. RuSlGS Medical Association =
DEAR DoCToRS-The three bottles Of "Df.
Rush's Regulator" ordered were received by
express last week. 1 have taken nearly one
bottle and am thoroughly satisfied with the re-
suit. For over two years have been troubled
with sharp pain at my heart. My physician,
upon examination, pronounced it enlargement
of the heart, and was unable to give me any
relief. The trouble grew worse, u til had be-
come convinced that 1 could not be cured
While in New York City last week, l called on
one of the most prominent physicians there,
who charged me S25 for an examination and
then recommended your Regulator" Know
ing you TO be regular Medical Association,
and not q patent medicine scheme, ordered the
three bottles. l have not been troubled since
commenced taking it, but shall continue and
take the entire three bottles SO as to obtain a
permanent cure. You have my sincere thanks.
am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
VIM. G. OSGOODBY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

G. o. Mainline trains run by Washington
time; Lexington Division by Columbus time.
Nos. l and run daily, except Sunday, be-
tween Richmond and Clifton Forge, and be-
tween Huntington and Louisville and Gin Gin
natl.
Nos. and 2 do not run between Clifton Forge
and Huntington.
Nos. and run daily, through, between
Louisville, Cincinnati, and Richmond and
No. runs daily from Clifton Forge to Ash
land.
No. runs daily from Ashland to Richmond
and Washington.
No. leaves Charlottesville 80 p. m. daily,
except Sunday, and arrives Staunton rs p. m.
leaves Cannelton daily, except Sunday, at 5 80
a. M, and arrives Ashland IL 10 p. m.
No. leaves Huntington daily, except Sun
day at As p. NJ, and arrives CanneltOn SO p.
IN. leaves Staunton daily, except Sunday, at
Is a. M, and arrives Charlottesville 4d a. m,
NEWPORT NEWS, OLD POINT, AHp NORFOLK.
No. 50 leaves Richmond daily, except Sunday
Is p. m, arrives Newport News 80 p. M, Old
Point o. p. M, and Norfolk 80 p. M.
No. 81 leaves Norfolk daily, except Sunday
7 90 a. M, Old Point 745 a. m, and Newport
News 80 a. M; arrives Richmond ii As a. m.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks apply to
any office of G. d o. R'y; or Depot or Ticket
Office of connecting lines.
81. W. FULLER,
G. W. SMITH, GenI Passr Agent.
GenI Manager. dec26
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
Leached Wood Ashes.

Ashes fresh from the stove or furnace,
contain all the mineral constituents
necessary for plant growth, and are
therefore very valuable as fertilizer to
a worn out or naturally poor soil. A
large part of the potash is removed from
ashes in teaching, and as this constitu
ent is leading one, leached ashes are
of less value as plant food than when
fresh. The owner should save, in a
secure place, all the ashes made and ap
ply them to the land in the spring, A
TOP dressing of 20 bushels per acre to al
old pasture or meadow will give returns
for several years The leached ashes
should be disposed of in the same man
ner, only they may be applied at the
rate OF 100 bushels per acre.
Leached ashes have been bought and
used for many years by farmers and
gardeners on Long Island and near the
shore towns in Connecticut These
ashes are brought mainly from Canada
Ashes are specially good for tobacco
land. and onion Iaisers find them pro
fitable. II has been observed thai
where this fertilizer has been introduced,
it retains it's hold upon the confidence
Of those who use it. Fruit growers are
glad to get leached ashes for their small
fruit gardens, and even orchards of large
trees are much benefited by them. Save
all the ashes, lesched or unleached, AND
if there is good opportunity, buy anr
apply them american Agricatttat, ist
for February.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions. i'm Fifths in proportion.
LIST OF PRIZEs:-

1867 Prizes. amounting ...... .. w s265, 500
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office of the Company in New Or
leans.
For further information, write clearly, CIV
Ing full address. Send orders by Express Reg
istered Letter, or Money Order, addressed only
to M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
or M. A. DAUPHIN.
6O7 Seventh ST., Washington, d. C. jan&5t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30

The Public is requested carefully to notice the
neao and enlarged Scheme to be dra,0n Monthly.
81 CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000. ia
Tickets only %. Shares in proportion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
Louisiana AIaIa Lni1rrY iulnnanY.

commissioners.
Incorporated in 1868 for Is years by the Legis-
la ure for Educational and Charitable purposes
with capital of 81 200, u00-to which reserve
fund of $3.50, 0O0 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chise was made part of the present State Con-
stitution adopted December End, A. D., 1879.
The os,ly Lottery eUer Uoted on and endorsed by
the people of any State.
1t never scales or postpones.
It's Grand Single Number Drawings
take place Monthly.
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN
FORTUNE. SECOND GRAND DRAW
ING, GLASS B, AT NEW ORLEANS, TUES
ly Drawing
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
WINDING UP THE CLOCK.

WHEN THE WEARY WHEELS WERE ALMOST
STILL, A LUCKY ACCIDENT Re-
yEALS THE LOST KEY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-01-30
Southwark.

(Philadera Tfme) Express. Express Accom-.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09
HOME AND FARM.

Don't set eggs that are too large, but
the largest and best shaped of the me-
dunn sized ones Toledo Blade. aG5
IF you wish to pour boiling hot
liquid into a glass jar OF tumbler, it can
be done safely by putting q spoon in the
dish before you pour, but draught Of
cold air must not reach it.
The coat of horse is one of the
surest indications of his state of health.
If in good health the hair is smooth and
sleek and the skin soft. When the sys-
tenn is deranged the skin loses its
pliancy, the surface is hard and dry and
the hair rough and rusty.-M. Y. Herald.
This will be change from pudding
or pie: Make crust for strawberry
shortcake; bake quickly open it and
put between Che two LAYERS halves or
quarters of canned peaches, sprinkle
powdered sugar over, and serve while
hot with cream.-N Y Post. z ts %@ "A
"A successful farmer, of fifty years
experience, said the other day that he
found if his low, heavy land were
plowed only six or eight inches it
would be wet and muddy after every
rain, and not fit to work for several
days after, while if plowed ten inches
or more deep it would be ready to work
the next day after rain or shower
Chicago Tribune. 4@s Il
To Preserve Clothing from Moths:
Carefully shake and brush woolens
~-.iy III the spring, to- l,o oert ain.
no eggs are in them; then sew them up
in cotton or linen cloth, putting apiece
of camphor gum into each bundle;
place in trunks or moth-proof box.
No moth will approach while the smell
of the camphora continues. When the
gum is evaporated it must be renewed.
Furs can be protected in the same way.
The Household
-Stewed veal need not be the taste
less dish it sometimes is. Cook it in as
little water as will possibly answer, and
with it stew a few thin slices of ham or
bacon. Nicely-cured bacon is one of the
luxuries of modern civilization. Science
has conferred lasting benefit upon the
world by teaching the farmer to feed
his pigs in such way hat the result
may be traced in slices of fine-grained
fat with little strips of lean. This is the
ing.-N. y Post
There are five methods in which
Persian insect powder may be applied
to destroy insects: As dry power; as
fume; as an alcoholic extract diluted;
by simple stirring of the powder in
water; as tea or decoction. The pow
der may be diluted with ten times its
bulk of flour, or any finely pulverized
material, as wood ashes. 1t is recon-
mended. to mix the powder and other
material twentv-four hours before use.
In a closed room the fumes from a small
quantity will kill or render inactive
common flies or mosquitoes. For appli-
cation to insects on plants the powder
mixed with water, and the tea made
from the herb dried, are more conven-
lent and quite as effectual.- american
1nr1cLItU1iSt
Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09
MADE A MAN OF HIM.

Mn G. O WHEELER No 2s Austin Street. Cam
bridgeport Mass makes the following remarkable
statement On April q 1888, he writes as follows:
II have been troubled with kidney disease for nearly
wenty years. Have suffered at times with terrible
rains in my back and limbs ] used many mealcihes
ut found nothing reached my until took Hunt
Remedy / purchased bottle of A T. Gibson. $50
fremont Street. Boston. and before had used this
one bottle found relief and continuing Its use my
pains and weakness all disappeared and feel Ike
new man, with new lifeand vigor. Hunts Kennedy did
wonders for me. and have no hesitancy in recon
mendine 1t to all afflicted with kidney OF liver diseases
as am positive that by its they VIII find immediate
relief You may use this letter in any wayyou choose
so that the people may know of sure medicine Tor
the cure of i diseases of kidneys and liver
Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09

Or has any relative or friend? If not, be
thankful that you can say no; if you have,
rejoice that instead of its being an incurable
malady, as has been nearly universally
held and believed, relief and cure are with
in reach. The Cancer Hospital at Aurora,
ILL.,, (only forty miles from Chicago), a
handsome, commodious structure, beauti-
fully situated, is an institution where the
treatment of cancerous and scrofulous dis
eases is made a speciality. 1t is presided
over by DIR. Pond, who, in addition to being
a regular graduate of one of the leading
medical colleges of the country, has given
years of study to Cancer and kindred affec-
tions. That he has been unusually success
full is attested by the hundreds of remark
able cures effected since the Institute was
established in 1872. His references are the
highest, and the testimonials furnished
carry absolute conviction. Full particulars,
terms, ETC., can be had by addressing DR..
f. L. Pond, Aurora, Kane County, Ill.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09
Farming North and South.

The Southern farmer is now being
ships lies in variety of crops. If nothing
but cotton is raised, of course corn and
wheat and hay must be bought as
matter of fact they are bought from the
North, and the North has achieved pros
perity with mixed farming, while the
South with its single crop is poor and
in debt. So the planters are urged to.
raise more grain and pigs and less cot
ton, and an increase in the acreage of
wheat and corn is paraded as the surest
sign of a State, prosperity.
But in the North the tendency is di-
rectly the other way. The old plan
here was for the farmer to raise upon
his own land almost everything he re-
quired, and for him and his wife to
work with their own hands almost
everything they used and wore as well,
but this rule has been more and more
departed from until in recent years
special farming has come in which fur
nishes 'counterparts to the all cotton''
plantations. Take the New England
dairymen. They buy wheat and corn
from the West, often all they use, and
one man in an out-of-the-way Vermont
town has profitably devoted his acres
to grass and bought potatoes for his
own table. There is growing feeling
here that mixed farming is profitless,
except in degree necessary for eco
nomlcal management, and that in the
competition which has come with rail-
roads and modern appliances there is
little chance of'success without taking
advantage Of the division of labor, in
the wider sense, which is brought about
by" specialties.
The fact is that, North and South,
the question is merely one of economy,
and not of principle. 1t is certain that
some Vermont farmers who feed Hi
nois corn to their cows make more
money than others who raise their own
and plainly more than the farmer could
by raising it himself and that ends
the argument. 1t cost money to carry
corn from Chicago to New England or
Georgia, and each section and each far
mer must determine whether it is
cheaper to raise it, or to raise some
thing to buy it with. Because the cot
ton planters are not generally prosper
Gus it is not necessary to blindly adopt
farming as cure-all. The South has
a change in progress akin to that which
has left the old-fashioned farmers in
our own chill towns wondering that
the old methods do not bring the old
profit. q How do I'make both lends
meet?' said substantial North Caro-
lima farmer the other day, :. use i'm
proved machinery, manure heavily and
pay cash. -SpringfeM (Ndss. Re
Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09
ARMY OFFICERS TESTIMONY.

CAPTAIN JOSEPH L. HAYDEN, resluihs q. o., ~ -.
Fourth Street. South Boston, Mass., io.es
- ~ .rmv now with the Walworth Manufacturing
COMPANY. South Boston. writes, April q. ioa',
White living in Cambridgeport my wife was ailic,ea
with terrible pains in her back and Sides accoipah,cu
with great weakness and loss of appetite ohe ,rieu
many called remedies without avail GROWING ,ap'u
n worse when her attention called TO Hunts
Remedy She purchased bottle from Lowehs arug
store in Camhrdgeport and after taking the hrst
she began to feel caster. she could sleep wen ana
continuing It's use short time the severe pains III ne
back and side entirely disappeared, ano she I W.
o,nap Many of orr relatives and friends have used
Hunts Remedy with the most gratifying results.
nave recommended it many times. and az many times
heard the same story. Hunts Remedy is all that is
claimed for It, and real blessing to ell aIncted Wilh
Kidney or liver trouble
Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09

"THERE's a mighty rich man lives
there,n said the Assessor, pointing to an
unpretentious house in small lot, "one of
the richest men in town, l reckon"
s.Who is hes" asked the stranger. Don't
know his name." the Assessor replied.
s.What is he WORTH" asked the stranger
81 don't know that either" said the Asses
sor: "don't know anything about him; he
isn't in my district. But l know he's rich.
Great Scott you ought to hear him swear
at the Board of Equalization" Sand that's
the way" queried the stranger. 81
know he's rich," said the Assessor; "I've
been Assessor nearly ten years, and know
how to pick out the rich men. They always
grumble about the taxes, howl at the as
sessment, and plead poverty before the
Board of Equalization" : Burlington
Ha,rk- Eue.