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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-18
Goruoraiion Notices.


GAS MISSION.-Proposals for estimates
nee Of the Comm ssioner OF Public Works until April ~
1883 For information CITY RECORD Tor safe NJ
No city Hall.
NOTlCE.-The neutrality-suspicious. proposals
~ will be received By the Department o. Docks IL, ana
ll9 Duanest' until ThUhsDAf' Ap'i 10 1000 ~ -
Proposals for building Bulkhead at the foot of
for building Bukhead Platform 10Th
fhrd%Propcsas building Bulkhead Platform at Store
FourtR~Proposais for building Wooden Pier at the
io op mi, nformaton see City Record copies
2 City Cit Hall IL 49,. : :.
NOTICE.-Sealed Proposals will be received
q me o the 81 SS or Education un Aps
school B"dng us \ Aye CIV Ha sGr iu n0'"Oh ''0
NOTICE-Proposas will be received at the
ton 60 3dave until April "a lsSS for Flour Groceries
I GcsdT Tor .se az 20 city Hall LUZ 80
NOTICE-Sealed Proposals will be received
~ by the school Trustees OF tho Nineteenth ward al tne
iu Information Record sale at No. City Hall
NOTICE.-Sealed proposals will be received at
April 20 1853 for supplying and Wood required
information CITY Record for sale at No City Hall
NOTICE.-Leases of certain Corporation piers
and bulkheads VIII be offered at pnlc sale Nv order q,
broadway on Friday April ~ ssS a. ~ O'clock s IN N ao
city Hall
NOTICE.-Bids or estimates for each of the
~ following named works FirstCoteses In Reservoir
worss on two Parks I'D ward WIN be received by
pT%S3 o 81 P oil rak 2 l see a 80 hp
For full information see city Record for sale at No. CITY
V,O CONTRACTORS-Seale Proposals will
be received at the once OF the Commissioner Of Public
aR aa ss e 'hs SSShs 81
CITY Hall
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Tnstrntticn.

nOCKLAND COLLEGE. = Nyack- on the E, :
IL Hudson. Both sexes s22J send for easaosu~ W.
BANNIsTER A. M
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Il on and after March g. 1891
GREAT TRIfNK LINE

Il on ana after March D. lSSh
AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE .n.,.,,.
Trains cave New York via Desbrosses ana Nour'an's
STREETS Ferries as follows WA. an, son,, with punmaa
PanSs y no os Ss and
wla@spcr Haven M Gerry ssEr spS a Sss
% aaS t9s o sa the SOUTH me waug,
q and sesar and vi 4 = Ss Va
b aud o ( r.. aud p N and isnignt and IL nisas
V VIA and md O. fSG H. M night ana O,
suniays NJ Through p train On s.,u,,,,,
For cape May. except Sunday. oio; iilo@ "' w
Long Head and n sss sasrs
ON a sanasS M docs not AsSnry park ,o,
al Jersey cy aordas speedy drec transfer foe
go and aq sa,,1noIs sc AM
a ssSs m $ ssays sI sSSi.
$50 n M 1884 ss and of From N faisisps
49, l ,Sss a.. n o iSS n $50 Sunday s
$50 $50 $50. $50 $50 iis6 $50 1880 s'S' io''a
'0''0 anu -'''' TToIPHILADELPHIA
THE oLp.EsTABLJsHEr ROUTE AND SHORT LiSs
''r BAY sfSFioSs Is rrnnJSExDELfafA sfS
TseS TnE Nesr TINE
WITH ABsoLUrE SAFETY
express Trains leave York pesbrosscs and Court
ana ~ ~ ITO % and 10 mlte II m $40 $40
40 and p H. and !. wight mig SUNDAY" ssi Z Il
vnnyess Trains leave New. York daily. except sundAy
72o =. ~ and p running through wa IreasVa Ia
erasns trains leave Broad street stations Phia
hIISn y05 800 3:so. $780, 7.59 s20 $50 ami III -.
tLimited Express l;So p MI So;sS Lmsesl , 4
s fss s sSiiadspS csnasa sad aaf
sS csp ces ABS $40 ga Broadway Aor House
ana ooroi DesOrosses aud Soaflanit ssA & Ssa
ia IA and I3 huds0n-s. aoboken sttoa Jersey cisy
immigrant Ticket ONCE NO battery race III" '''"'
den rr.uafar ,so.,.anv will call and caoc<
ha.gaee from hotels and residences =, xyann
s~scIIAR I.Es h. PUGl, :. n w., w. vus
Genera Manager. General fsss 49,
CTONINGTON LINE FOR BOSTON,
y CONNECTING WITH ALL FONTS EAsa, a,ls
Reduced tare 80 70 Boston for nrs>cAss tickets
Eiesans steamers savs daily ssundays eKosps sssia<
from Pier 80 North OF Jayy New s,sxsS
IN boston at b a IN Tickets for sale AZ sh psu''v~
PROVIDENCE LINE. for freight only stssmo m a.
from PIER 20 River tooc Of W4rren.gt 80 ~ -
tsundays exceped for Boston VIA frovtocnos ao =
"'sA'' !. W. POPPLE, Acting General Passenger a.
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STEAMBOATS, ano Railroads.

LBANY BOATS, PEOPLES LINE,
N DREW and ST JOHN leave pier Al N r., foot OF Ca
nalst every WEEK DAY at y. connecting st Albany
unday morning excepted with north west aud east
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TROY BOATS--CITTZENS5 LINE.-New
i steamers SARATOGA aud CITY OF TROY ieays Pier T
No Al H. foot Chstopher st daily except saturday ato
p connecting with morning for ali points North.
hunaiy steamer touches AZ Albany.
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DROPOSALS Tor Dululng " sJctIn FCsSci Iva
il the U. ). Coast and GeOdetc survey,
u. s. COAST AND GEODKuO SURVEY OFFCE,
WASHINGTON u. O., March 10 1888 !
SEALED PROPOSALS., In duplicate, Will be received az
this ONCE until IL June l, 1898. aud opened
IL thereafter. for building wooden steam Vessei ior ''
service. $500.
Inc approximate hundred and svehtL'
four nine inches breadth lex-
tTeme eleven feot inches Depth displacement seen
hundred and eighteen tons. - .-...a,.
Blank forms which proposals must DO may speenc1
don. and any necessary Information be ODned On
10 the Hydroraphic INSPECTOR at this
bGce j ". HIIGARD superintendent
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Qfncher5.
DrouosGls.
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES AND
Il TRANSPORTATION.
DEPAnTMEsT OF THE ISTERIon,

DEPARTMENT THE INTERIOR. }
osJ I'm PRoPosAI5 indorsed Propo ais Tor Beef"
,bds for Beef must be submitted In eparAte enyeopes
y be- and drects TO the indian Affairs
So aud "a woosers YORK. T 0e asSeIyea o g be
indian service about $50 900 pounds Bacon @
on as sSo 1SSCo ySanas or $1,000
Coffee 65DOUJ0 pounds Flour 10000 pounds teed iO59o
sra loo barrels mess forE, $4,000 pounds Rice $500
pounds Tea. 10000 pounds Tobacco 10000 pounds salt
s1sSr and ioO, 600 pounds Wheat -, =,
Also Blankets WoOen and Cotton GOODS god dn
mart VI Ticking $4,000 yards standard Canoo, oVOOOO
adsi Drilling 10000 yards Duck free rom "a Ell o saHg
Jeans 1000 yards Cheviot yards, Brown
sbeetins 2OOOO0 yards Bleached sheeting 10000 yards
Winsey 5000 yards, Clothing. Groceries Notions Hard
Medical Supplies school Books &C. 9nd long st o.
Forks &C. and for about 475 wagons required for the SER
Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada and Wisconsin, TO be
delivered at Chicago Kansas City and sioux Guy Also os
the Pacac Coast With California brakes delivered AZ san
Hso sportaon articles goods and
ps may he contracted for 70 be delivered at The
fids must be made out on Government blanks.
Schedules showing the kinds and quantities 81
ties IN gross Of all other goods sno arcies sOsde a
blank e1 ot conTTet and PAYMENT trans.
poation and all other necessary lnstruc VIII Oe
@ r e Nos ' Is and 81 Woostefst Now York WIN. H.
Iyon NO ls9 Broadway, NewY York the CoWmissares Of
u : A., at Cheyenne chicago. LeavenWOItn
Omaha saint Louis saint Francisco and Yankton
SIowng named places in Kansas Arkansas CITY, BuTing
ton. Caldwell. Dodge CITY EmPoTia Eurek ufeaV DcId'
cine Lodge Newton, Usage city, sedan Sterling Topeka
Wellington. wichita aud Winae.d a., 49,. ,o.o1 ana
bidders nvted g be present az ne opening.
Al bids must be accompanied by certified checks upon
United Depository az least per cent Oh the
amount OF the proposal H. fhlSE, 1onll1lss-2nos.--
PROPOSALS for building q steam vessel for
II ID n = and aoAp
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PHILADELPHIA.

THE oIp.EsTABLJsHED ROUTE AND SHORT LISs
.lTRAINs EACH WAY WEEKDAYS AND on SUN
nay STATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA. In
NEW.YoRk-
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Ocean 1teamers.

BORDEAUX LINE. ..,..
ID New and direct line to the South OF France.
NETWORK AND BORDEAUX DIRECT 40
CHATEAU LATTE 1000 tons sat- N Hey 81
travellers for France spain and Italy, Pyrenees Fau
Nice Sc will time and expense 0y taxing thls INV
Cabin Including wne). $50; steerage, $40
For passage apply 10 ,orr.xorp "A peaver.st
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EHIUH aII.L ~ 3,1s IA, and nesho.ses ~,
AZ 720 M $40 D. for Easton, Beth ehenl Anen
town Reading. Maueh Chunk WkesOarie I9Wan"h ,
iv ithaca. GENEVA Lyons Buffalo and the West Pullman
throngh coaches run daily. Local trains at oto D. H. Toe
Easton Bethlehem and Coplay: A., - ..... a.. ~
Trains leaving 20 and s's9 m connect i9 an
local for Mauch Chunk, S.l5 Leave Mauch chnN az
General Eastern Office Of Church and Cortandt st.
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obstruction.

For Bows and YounZ Men-City.
A SCHOOL FOR BOYS.-Private tuition,
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DOUBLE TRACK. THE MOST IMPROVED E9ytr
WIIH AbsOLurE SAEErY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-28
TELEGRAPHIC
Fire Record.

London, 27.-Ireland's mills at Buck
haven, burned, throwing 400 persons out
OF employment. Loss, several thousand
pounds.
Lynn, Mass, PA fire in Sweetzsr's
shoe factory building damaged the stock
OF various tenants to the amount OF
9oQ;0oo. ea
Winooski, Vt, 27.-This morning
there was kerosena oil explosion setting
fire to large wooden store house. The
house was consumed, together with its
contents, which consisted of wool and
mill supplies Of all kinds, belonging to
the Burlington Wooden Company. Loss
SI25, OOOi insurance 5000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-28
PROVERBS.

Fear iE stronger than love.
Agree, for the law is costly.
Dying is as natural as living.
Care and diligence bring luck.
Hatred is blind as we'll as love.
Children are poor mems riches.
IdlenesH always enviea industry.
Heaven is worth the whole world.
A danger foTeseen is half avoided.
Do good il you expect to receive it.
By doing nothing We learn to do i'll.
A good example is the best sermon.
A good friend is the. nearest relas
ton.
1t is manly act to forsake an
error.
he doth much that doth thing
we'll.
Empty vessels give the creates!
sound.
Ignorance is the mother of impu-
dence.
a quiet conscience causes a quiet
sleep.
A man is not good or bad for one
action.
Examples are the beat lessons for
youth.
He that has no charity merits no
mercy.
A civil denial is better than rude
grant.
In the company of strangers 81
lence is safe.
He's slave that cannot command
himself.
He benefits himself that doth good
TO others.
AS love thinks no evil, so envy
speaks no good.
He that grasps ct too much holds
nothing fast.
Honest mems words are as coed Gs
their bonds.
Blessings are not often valued till
they ars'goDe.
Friendship is the most sacred of all
moral bones.
He that gives his heart will not
deny his money.
II il were not for hopes the heart
would break.
An hour of pain is as long as day
of pleasure.
He that fails to-day may be up
again tomorrow.
Gratitude preserves old friendship
and plocures new.
A good cause makes q stout heart
ard a strong arm.
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A nti-MormOns..In South Caro-
lima.

- New York, 27.-TT16uae'S Columb ia:
Two lddle-aged men arrived in the
Town OF Rockville, York County, yester-
gay, gave their names as Elders Jno. RI.
haton and Argues Mckay, of Salt Lake,
missionaries of the church of Latter-day
saints, and announced their intention Of
entering st once upon the work of prose-
lytlsm. A committee of young men of
the town waited on them last night, and
warned them to leave the comfy within
twenty four hours, on pain of being
tarred and feathered, and ridden on
rail- They went away this morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-28
Steam Explosions.

New York, 27,-Auother steam ex-
Ploslon occurred to-day in the Steam
Heating Compsnys' pipes, corner OF
Broadway and Maiden Lane, severely
inJuring two men and damaging property
IN the vicinity to considers Bile extent.
These explosions are causing much ex-
element, and citizens are talking
earnestly about legal proceedings against
the company.
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The WashIngton.Gas Oo.

Washington, 27-Journal Clerk Smith
testified this morning that Chief Clerk
Bailey OF the House had inquired of him
about bills and resolutions affecting the
gas company; had given him theatre
tickets which he understood are distribu-
ted by the gas company. John NJ. Bar
clay, former journal clerk, had received
recelpted gas bills from Bailey.
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Gable chicks.

st, Petersburg, GA secret revolu-
tIonary press has been discovered in
Odessa. Several nihilists were arrested,
Vienna, 27.-Count de Chambord is
still at Gortz.
Pesth, 21-There was violent storm
in hungary on Friday, In the district of
OrsVitza. Most of the houses were de-
stroyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-28
Costly Stealing.

Washington, 27-One Of the counsel
for the defense in the star route cases in
forms the Post that the expense Of Brady,
Dorsey and Vail in the recent and pend
ing trials will be fully 5000, 600, Of which
Brady and Dorsey ara reported to have
spent 81 900.
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Walker Back Again.

Washington, 27.-General Francis A.
Walker, in company with Secretary
Teller, had an extended conference with
Senator Hale this morning, during which
g plan was agreed upon to expedite the
closing Of the census. Walker will as
sumo charge ofthe bureau at once.
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LOrRe.

Washington, 27.-The Marquis of
LorAe occupied seat in the membe rs'
gallery of the House, to-day, while
Mckinley, of Ohio, was speaking on the
degradation of labor in England. Speaker
keifer sat by the Marquis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-28

a NASAL INJECTOR free with
Zach bottle Of Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy. Price soc. Sold by 2. C.
NJ l. Drug Stare. (l@
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CAL DER'S
MUSIC WAREROOMS

Is the place 10 get Flint Glass Musical
Goods at the Lowest Prices, for CAsh or
on instalments. The public ara respect
fully invited to call and examine his
Large and Magnificent Stock, whether
they are prepared 70 purchase cow or not.
de-
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NEERSCKIUK,

The place most productive Of tDis
mineral is known to be near the town {.
E,l,.-scheir, in Antolla, Asia Minor. :.
recent account by Herr Adler stato.
that the preparation Of 100 boxes q
mee-schaum there takes twelve to f;-
teen persons two months, and costs
about G120. In Eski-scheir the ave-
age price of the box of mercantile ware
has varied since 1873 between about e6
to so Qast year it was about the
formerl. Refuse ware can be had at
about an eighth of the price. There
are ten qualities, and each is to be had
in four sizes, there being twenty-fi to
forty pieces Of the first size per box,
and 450 to 800 pieces of the fourth
(the box is thirty inches long, eight
inches broad and fifteen and one-half
inches deep. In the last two decades
the export of meerschaum has consid-
erably increased; from 5000 boxes in
1866, it has risen to II, 100 in 1881. In
Constantinople the trade is managed by
about fifteen frms-Austrian, Bulga-
rian, Greek, Armenian and Turkish
who bring their wares into the Vienna
market. The large importation into
Vienna may be said to date from be-
tween 1850 and 1860, when the produc-
ton of pipe-bowls and cigar-tips was
greatly increased for export to En-
gland, France and North America. In
1860 considerable export of pipes to
San Francisco was first developed,
@iiile large quantities of cigar-tips were
sent 70 America and Australia via Ham
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ANTHR1CTrE COLI.

There are but four anthracite coal
fields in Pennsylvania, and their aggra-
gate area is but 4S3 square niles. Re-
liable engineers estimate that the
amount of coal the four fields viii y;e-l,
if the present wasteful method OF nin-
ing be continued, cannot he more tlan
5000, 100000 tons. But the supply
Will be exhausted in century, if not
sooner. Beside Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and Virginia are the only States
which produce anthracite coal, and
their supply is insignificant. The ser
vice performed by anthracite coal in
the development of the resources Of the
United States has been so great that
the prospect of the exhaustion Of the
supply, even century hence, must be
regarded with much concern. The de-
claration that long before the century
ends anthracite coal Will be luxury
which only the rich can enjoy viii
cause popular demand that the waste
full method of mining known as the
"pillar and breast" be abandoned, and
that the more economical method en-
ployed in English mines be substituted
for it.
It is true that the supply of bitumin-
Gus coal seems inexhaustible, although
the annual product of our bituminous
mines does not much exceed $4,000, 900
tons, which is about one-fourth of the
coal product in England. Ohio, which
ranks below Pennsylvania and Illinois
in the production of bituminous coal,
can produce more than England, whose
capacity is already severely taxed. But
the iron and steel industries of the
United States could never have reached
their present proportions but for the
anthracite coal, and the exhaustion of
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EDUCATIONAL OUERTEs.

Does the committing to memory Of
sentences and definitions in many cases
really convey any idea to the child's
mind of the subject matter attempted to
be taught?
Is it not suggestive that story fill
of historical or geographical facts told
group of children, by one who likes to
tell them such stories, viii hold It's
place in their memories without any
repetition, while the same children may
drone a whole day over half dozen
answers to be memorized without know
ing in the least what they mean or i'm
ply?
Is the mind reservoir to be crammed
with facts or opinions which may G
may not be facts?
Or is it rather q mirror which the
more it is polished the better therein
are seen the numberless facts all about
US?
Is there nothing suggestive in the
fact that &ell-educated men, who can
tell almost everything which has been
printed in books, are working for far
less than the wages of a good cook IN
writing what they know, and a great
deal they don't, for booksellers?
Is there anything suggestive in the
fact that, if a boy is turned loose, he
Will learn the geography and topogra-
ply of a whole country in months 5
time, when he will sweat over his WIT
ten geography for a whole year, and,
when asked, will declare 4 lake to be a
body of water surrounded by-water
And why is it that the boy learns TO
load a gun, build a rabbit trap, OF drive
horse, ten times quicker than he does
his geography lesson?
And if mec lanical teachers, who
work chiefly for the money, hear"
words and sentences mechanically com
mitted to memory by the dear children
out Of school-books, mechanically writ
ten for money, will it not all result in a
mechanical, parroty sort Of eGCcation
What did Garfield mean when JIG
sad thai It was a wonder that so many
American children Survived the hor.
rors of a public-school education?"
Why not have a few grown men and
women try the experiment OF going &c
school five hours per day for eight
months, and studying from a dozer
books, more or less, in order at the enc
of that time they may lock into theil
minds and see how much they have re
ally learned ?-The Graphic.
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DEADLY ELHoTR{G WIRE. =.

TIE = re Light Wires in Clatcrgo Ont by the
Vi-y EIecrician-His hea-Ons for Doing
So
CEIcAGo, July I0,-Ths city electrician
20 dag 1t all the wires used IN transmit
ting electricity to wnat are known as tne
arc lights, on the ground that they are
dangerous TO life, contact with them re-
sulJIng in instant death. Prof. Barrett,
the elecsricIan, Ill an Interview on the suo-
ject. said: The wires supplying the
different varieties OF the ar: electric light
with electricity, when strung at random
across streets and alleys are tut! o; danger
20 iremen and others who are likely 10
come III contact with them. The coInpe-
-ItiUIi between the various electric hight
companies IS SO great that they can hard
i acord TO put IL thejr plants OF machin-
cry IL q proper M 'nner or TO use properly
insulated wires. Tne result is that elec-
tr.c.cy j. turned loose uu the streets IN
what I consider an exceedingly 2angerCaS
form
=. takes srch q strong cQrren3 OF the
ttlld 10 GecOmpOse me carbon Of the arc
lights. ,aaC An ordln :ry mans powec Of
endurance Is as nOthirg against II. About
one man IN & hundred can stand a shock
coming from ESQ cup batteries, and most
people would be satisfied with a great Ce4i
less. Many OF the plants of machinery
send over tue wires currents equal 10 $500
cap batteries.
There are hundred and one WAYS in
which 4 person may come N contact with
cgreiess!y strung, improperly insulated
and death-leaing w:res. Whenever re
touches. man is dead before he knows il.
No fatal accidents have a. yet occurred in
Chicago, probably because this city has
fewer o. the wires Oh tbe streets ohan many
% the other large cities. l propose TO keep
them as scarce as the law will allow lae.
When they are confined to single buildings
I have no power over them. But if l had
my way I would take the horrible things
out OF the buildings also. Doubtless Cal
cago will have fatal accidents resulting &
from them IN time. Such accidents have
10, been infreouent in other cities.
''Fhe other day man was fixing electric
wires on a building in Denver. HIS knee
accidentally touched one wire while he had
hO!3 of another. The next instant ne hurg
dead.
The arc lights, Of which there are some
fifty varieties, are the only dangerous ones
The Ellison, Maxwell, and other incandes
cent lights nave n0tliug dangerou:
about them, as IN them !he current o1
electricity required is very weak. The II.
cauQeSceut lights are the kind that shoaC
30 u>el f)r 0rdIGary lighting plcposes
Tie src lights are only IL 70 illuminate
lumber yards and parks. where they car
be sCru@., i , on poit5 o7s o. every 0ody'i
w2y.'