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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

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EILIsNfLLG Mss Sept Bird, 1855
CmcKAsAw MgssevGHa :-Naton
Grange Lecturer. Jno. F. Deariug h1.
been iaaoeiag IN ,hia part Of the
n vineyard Cor he past two we
delivering both private AMI puDs
lectures lie e, pre- "a hims.i -
fore leaving. as having met w..1 ocf
ter success .aan hc first antieipacl.
lie gave new lie 10 the Orier eyes
where lie went, which resulted nu.
organiza ion Of e County Grange, 81.
first ,ha5 has ever been organized n
This part OF the Stale. 1--we gel ou
real genuine boom some time .hi>
coming winter no ore need b, rr
pr.sed
Some may think that tie Grange
dead down in tAis county or It's mom-
bers are al sleeping, because we Keep
so quiet but assure YOU sucl IS not
the ease. We are oaly practising t..at
most essential qualification for bus
incss man, minding our own busiue 5
and not blowing to the world what
we think Oh know.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

The water Of a well on V. F. Stills
place at senaiobia is said to be a sure
cure for hematuria and Brighi's dis.
case. A person afiiciedwith hemalu-
ria used it and was at once relieved
and recovered rapidly. Abouttwenty-
five persons similarly affected have
since used il with the same result
Rolling Fork Pilot.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Ex-senator Warner Miller, has been
nominated by the Republicans Of New
York for Governor. Mr. Miller has
a steep Hill to climb before he reaches
the Executive Mansion.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Al effort is being made 20 work the
county convicts on the public roads OF
Adams county, the Board OF super
visors having passed an order with
that object in view Mr W. d. Girls
ham. Inc road commits ioner fo- the
fourth supervisors district, VIII be
the FIRST o. try them and when hc eci.
through with them, any other COM
missioner cam get the prisoners who
makes application for lhcm. Uadog
the order of the board Tie Sace.I Is
to deliyer the prisoner g .he ,ow-
missioner daily, when a m1.'- sP-
pIication for them, dueng Che ln-
mer months at half pa SIS o'clocl, IN
the morning and durin he winter at
seven o'clock, and the prisoners are 90
be returned to the county jain before
dark each evening that they are tax
en out TO be worked. The shesiH Is
required to provide each prisoner
with dinner to take with him each
morning, and the commissioner is au-
thorized to employ a guard aL two
dollars q day to watch the prisoners
and 10 make them WORK This is q
step in the right direction. end il the
order is fully carried out /. viii no
doubt have the effect Of making the
county Jail less popular place with
those who are too lazy to work.
Natehez Democrat.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

sixty days, unless extended by cou-
current vote Of two-thirds Of tie mem-
bers elected 70 each.house.
Wisconsin win elect state officers.
legislature and congressman Nov. g.
All the other states will hold clcc-
tions ON November 6.-New York
Times.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

The card Of the Lowds ia the last
Mississippian develops the fact, that
the only Republican paper issued in
this State Is printed at the Clarion
Ledger Office. But this is simply
done as a matter Of business, just as
any job Office would print lot Of pos
ters for Radical merchant, you
know.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

The rocch Of Senator Bailey before
the Railroad Mems Club Of IrGiarap-
oils, is a fearful aTaigment of Gru
Hmison's record, and shows coulu-
siyely his total want Of sympathy with
the laboriug men of the country
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Congressman Hooker, Of this State,
has offered joint resolution in the
House, authorizing the President 70
suspend the collection Of duty on cot
ton bagging during the continuance
OF the bagging trust II this resou-
tion should be adopted, the trust is
Dhustea.r
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

A disease which affects the patient
like cholera is raging at Cheboygan,
Michigan. We hope it Is not the
Asiatic cholera, and that the reports
we have seen are greatly exaggerated.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Blaine carried California by less
than 5000 majority in 1884, aud Blaine
was opposed to Chinese immigration,
which is the question with the Pacific
Slope people All Ben viii not likely
get there this year he Is celestial, you
Luotv
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

The school law provides that the
Superintendent of Education Of the
county shall collect a Zee Of 80 cents
for the examination Of teachers IN the
public schools, and this money shall
constitute an Institute fund, TO be ex-
pended in holding teachers institutes
in the county, but il does not require
any report To be made by the Super
intendent 20 amy body showing the
dispositionofthisf fund. Tho law Ger
tainly did not contemplate that what
ever surplus might arise from the fund
should be retained by the Superin-
tendeut aud il seems to Us the Board
OF Supervisor. Of tie county should
require a report from every superin-
tendcnt oho has hsf fdled any Of this
money owias aH reesiysd1
u T6o6Sai5
simple justice to ii &c who paid
the money and would avoid any un-
just or unpleasant criticism Of the SUI
perintendent, who collects and dis
burses it. When the report is made
if il should appear that any amount
remainsin the hands of the superin-
tendent he should be held accountable
for it, and when he retires from office
should be required to turn it over to
his successor.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Baltimore had fire last Sunday
which destroyed property to the val
ue of a million and half and cost the
lives Of seven gallant fremen.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

A passenger train on the nj. 4 c..
railroad was fired into By some mis-
Grants twice on Sunday last One
shot struck the Pullman car condue-
tor in the forehead but did not enter
the skull
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Indiana IA not now considefed
doubtful State. Cleveland and Thur
man viii carry il by an increased ma
iority.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

Judge Thurman VIII visit New
York city and Newark, n. J., and
address his fellow -citizens, this week.
The bandanna continues to waive
triumphanuy.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

The State fair at Jackson win open
October Sth. The MEssENeER ac-
knowledges the receipt Of premium
Ii.f
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

DR.. p. w Pecblcs OF jackson au4
Hon. r. c. Patty Of Noxubee are 'a-
vorably meYtioned in connection v,h
the Govcruorship. Either wWId
make first class Executive
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06
HOW FARMERS ARE ROBBED
by the Tariff which the Mills BHl wa'
Passed GO Prevent

Some time ago senator james X.
Jones asked the Hon. c. r. Breckin-
bridge Of the House ways and means
committee, to prepare for the Hon.
W. l. Terry, Of Little Rock, a state
ment Of the amount Of tariff ON a bin
Of goods bought by representative
farmer. In reply Mr. Breckinbridge
furnished an exhibit based on actual
between Mr.. r. NJ. Knox,
merchant Of Pine Bluff, Ark, and Mr.
ID. w. Branch, a farmer who bought
the goods. Mr.. Breckinbridge ex-
plains that athis is calculated upon
the books Of Mr.. Knox, and upon the
rates Of taxes actually paid upon
competing articles at the ports and as
provided for by law" We subjoin
the bill as appearing upon Mr. Knox's
books.
1857, Tanr on
each
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

\ number Of Sioux indians tav,
signed the proposed treaty sud +.
believed the remainder viii 10 .-o
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

A waterspoht struck Hot springs,
Ark, last Thursday night, which
caused the death Of a dozen persons
and destroyed large amountofprop-
erty. AtsiAf
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

An earthquake did serious dama-,
in New Zealand ON theI Istiut There
were five shocks.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

The Aberdeen Fair Association will
hold its tenth annual meeting begin
ming October 10Th.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

a constitutional amendment limiting
the time for the introduction Of local
bills in the legislature ON Monday,
Aug. 8. Will elect congressman, Nov.
&.
Arkansas will elect state officers and
legislature and vote upon the question
ofholding a convention to frame new
constitution on Monday, Sept 3. VIII
elect congressman Nov. 6.
Georgia will elect state officers and
Legislature, and vote upon a proposed
constitutional amendment to increase
the number Of supreme court judges
from three to five on Wednesday, Oct
.3. win elect congressman, Nov. 6.
Louisiana elected Democratic state
officers and legislature and voted upon
six proposed amendments to the con-
stitution OF the state on Tuesday. April
IT,
Maine will elect governor, legisla-
ture and congressman, and vote upon
two proposed amendments to its state
constitution on Monday, Sept TO- One
amendment makes the state treasurer
ineligible for reelection after six years
successive service; the other proposes
a restoration Of the annual session, OF
the legislature
Oregon elected Republican congress
meu. supremejudge and Legislature on
Monday, June T.
Rhode Island elected Republican
stateohicers and legislature, and adopt.
+ ed q constitutional amendment eularg-
ing the suffrage on Wednesday, April
I4 win elect congressman Nov. 8
The suffrage amendment adopted
places foreign-born citizens on the
same footing as native-boru, provides
for poll tax and does away with The
registry tax, but it viii not becom,
effective until the spring Nelection oI
1889.
Vermont viii elect state officers, leg
lislature and congressman on Tuesda,
sept. 4.
Virginia viii elect congressman and
vote upon the question Of holding q
convention to revise the state consti-
tuition Nov. g.
West Virginia win elect state officer
Legislature and congressman, and vot'
upon three proposed amendments {,
the constitution Of tho state Nov. &
ITnese amendments prohibit the man
lufacture and sale Of intoxicating Ii
quors, relass to trials BY jury and linn
lit the sessions Of the legislature T.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

A. the statement shows Of Sl0l.J0
tie amohnt of the purchase, the tariff
represented $3.50. In other words
Mr.. Branch paid SlOl5O for the goods
that but for our high protective tariff
would have cost him 1910 This
was his enforced contribution 70 the
system which, the Republican nation-
al platform demands shan be still
further strengthened by CARRYING the
duty to point that will "check inn
ports7 Of articles manufactured in
this country. This tariff of $3.50
paid on S6770 worth Of goods
amounts to 40 92-l0O per cent on the
actual value Of the goods.
Examination Of the bill to which
Mr. Breckinbridge added ihetariif on
each item a. found in the law, viii
show Mr. Brauch's purchases to have
been 81 De ordinary character need
ca for farm and family. They repre-
sent the Kind Of purchases the farmers
of Arkansaw usually make; and the
4obiect lesson" the totals furnish will
prove more convincing 10 persons not
having time 70 consider this question
for themselves than volumes Of argu-
ment This is the article. There i.
the price paid the merchant And
there IS The subsidy forced from the
farmer or other consumer, for the ben
eft Of The protected mauuiacturers
who, by such special legislation, are
rapidly transformed into millionaires
lwhile our farmers, though toiline
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06
ELECTORAL TICKET.
STATE AT LAR0E.

A. J. McLaureh of Rankin,
i. M. Southworth OF Carroll.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Ist Dist. ES Gambler Jr. ofAleorn,
I'd " WmM Strickland, Marshall,
Sd A Scott of Coahoma,
4th " o T Bledsoe of Grenada,
5th " WD Gibbs of YaEoo,
9th E J Bowers of Hancock,
7th /" CE Hooker Jr. of Kinds.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-06

alabama elected Democratic state
officers and legislature and voted upon
a constitutional amendment limiting
the time for the introduction Of local
bills in the legislature ON Monday,
Aug. 8. Will elect congressman, Nov.
q
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
LIFE IN DEATH.

BY borders deep in mint and clover
walked the graveyards lonely souare
whose grassy mounds, all blossomed over.
Lie basking in the sunny air;
Through all the hazy August weather
Their silent tenants sleep beneath.
Where youth and age In dust together
y Are equal heirs of Death.
Vain record now of love and pleasure,
OF mirth and beauty, born to die;
The sunken stones, In mourning measure.
Bespeaka sorrow long run dry
Like dusty letters, quaint of fashion,
Some old, forgotten chest displays,
Whose following leaves yield up their nassio,
In many courtly phrase.
The maid with every grace upon her
Has slipped the arms that held her fast.
To share alike with shame and honor
The sweet oblivion of the past.
Not one OF all the loved and loving
Who watched about her shining head
Returns at nightfall, darzy moving
To dream above the deadl
Yet warmth and faith and youths emotion
Our dusty paths with fragrance fill;
That girlish lot of bright devotion
In silent teaching quickens still.
Beyond the ranks of mint and clover.
The lonely graveyard's shady square,
her influence moves gray-haired lover.
unguessed. immortal therei
-Dora Read Goodale. In NJ r Lsdependent.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
Remember.

AL1cocK's are the only genuine Porous
PLAsTERs. They act quickly and with GER
tainty. and can be worn for weeks without
causing pain or Inconvenience. They are
Invaluable in cases of Spinal Weakness,
Kidney and Pulmonary Difficulties, Ma
laria, Ague Cake, Liver Complaint, Dys-
pepsia, Strains, Rheumatism, Lumbago,
sciatica, Heart, Spleen and Stomach
Troubles, and all local pains.
Beware OF limitations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for
ALLcocK's, and let no explanation or
solicitation induce you to accept substi-
tute.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
CULTURED FARMERS,
why They Are More Successful Than The
Ignorant Neighbors.

| Ignorant Neighbors.
An educated farmer, used to readin.
and study, thought, reasoning, and al
the mental culture by which knowledg,
Is gained, has a clearer insight int
common things than one whose MIND
has been unsultivated. We go into the
highly-cultivated corn field and see the
strong stalks, the deep-green leaves
the great ears which load the plants
and we then pass ON to the poor patch
in which the farmer has never put a
hoe, and we see miserable, stunted
plants, yellow and diseased, hidden by
mass of pernicious weeds which take
all the nutriment there is in the soil.
Is not this a plain picture of two men,
one whose mind has been enriched
by useful knowledge, while that of
the other has been left in ignorance?
The one is fruitful OF useful
thoughts, able to judge well of prac-
teal matters; to reach wise con-
illusions; to curb evil tendencies, to use
self-restraint, and to reach the highest
aims in life. The other is barren OF
ideas; believes all the common SUPER
stitions of the ignorant; guides his af-
affairs by impulse and not by judg-
ment, has blind belief In what he
thinks he knows, and scorn for all
knowledge gained from books and in
telligent study. And which OF these
two men will make the better farmer.
We were recently in a Southern To-
cality where the farming is the poor
est and the farmers as poor as their
work, whore the wretched cabins for
the greater part had no windows, the
logs were unchinked, and the Gland
pike" hogs lay around the mud puddle
at the door. There was school-house
which was kept open for few
weeks in the season when there
was no farm work doing. The
teacher of this school, who was little
above the average, had incidentally
to her scholars in regard to
the recent eclipse of the moon that the
earth was round and moved around |
he sun and the moon moved around
The earth. For this incredible state
nent the teacher was discharged forth
With, with caution not to teach such
nonsense as that any more, by the
ragged director, who was
he leading authority upon all such
questions in the vicinity. This school
md its environs matched, and in all
ases, bad or good, the school and the
arming and the circumstances of the
'eople match, for it is the wel-culti-
ated mind that makes the good and
farmer, and where the
lean, neat school-house. the church,
be farmers club, the institute, the
gricultural journals and secular news
apers, and the public library are
ound there will be found a thriving,
rosperous communicate Y. Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
MirS Ell Ie

Miss Ethel (of Boston I'LL under.
stand, Clara, that young Mr.. Mason,
who was very attentive to you last
nlonlh. Is engaged to Miss Racket, OF
Philadelphia Miss Clara (of New
1ork)-..Yes, released Mr.. Mason
on Thursday, and do you know it
wasn't two days before he had signed
with that Philadelphia girl. ,'-TYue
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

Every body will be glad to know
how to make the backing that hard
ware dealers put on stoves. 1t il
simply black varnish dissolved IN tlr-
pentlne and mixed with any ordinary
good steve polish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
A CRUEL EXPOSURE.
How an Old Farmer Paralyzed the Gradu.
ates of Fashionable Seminary.

HOW an Old Farmer Paralyzed the Gradu.
ates of Fashionable Seminary.
miss Minnie Bertha Learned. will
now give US some very interesting
experiments in chemistry, showing
the carboniferous character of MANY
ordinary substances, after which she
will entertain us with short treatise
on astronomy and an illustration of
the geological formation of certain
substances, closing with brief essay,
entitled, Philosophy VS.. Rational
ISM :" Thus spoke the president of a
young ladies' seminary on the class
show-day.
A hard-headed, old-fashioned farmer
happened to be among the examining
board, and he electrified the whole
faculty and paralyzed Miss Minnie by
asking:
kin Miss Minnie tell me how much
sixteen and three-fourths pounds of
beef would come to at fifteen and a
half cents pound?"
Why, really, III gasped
Miss Minnie
kin you tell me who is President of
the United Statese''
"Why-I-I-Mr. Blaine, isn't he?
Or is it,
kin you tell me in what State Kala-
mazoo is, or where the Mississippi |
river rises and sets?''
'I-I-don't-just- know
Il reckoned We didn't. / wonder if
yer teachers know. Blamed if don't
loubt it! Gimme the good old DAYS
when gals an boys went to school
o larn sense. Time.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

III Remote from Medical Help,
Doubly essentials 1t that you should be pro.
ylded with some reliable family medicine.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the best OF
us class, remedying thoroughly as it does
stipation and biliousness, and affording safe
and speedy help in malarial cases. rheu ma
tism and inactivity Of the kidneys.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

"A new categorical poem called
Alone in the DESERT is often quoted
at the summer resorts It describes
the adventures Of a huekleberry in a
hotel pie.-N Z, Star,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

hotel KEEPERS declare that a great
many men Ret away by the fire-escape to
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

FREE! A 3-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER-
CHANTS ONLY. R.W.TANsILL & Co., Chicago
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
THE MARKETS.

LAWYERS ought to be good poets; they
write lots OF versus ''-Roehsster Post
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

The bill collector is the man who makes
3 due Investigation. -Pittsbugh Chronicle
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

LEMON juice Is cordially recommended
FOR one kind Of felon; the penitentiary for
the other.-Boston Budoa.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29

IL PR1cKLr AsH B1rrEss good for .nv.
thi9ga Read what Frank Grieeshv e 9f
Dodge City, Kas;;, says: "For three Years I
suffered from disease that nv physicians
pronounced incurable NY friends had
gwen me up to die, when l was induced to
s sry your our remeay % took it for three months
well man and Prickly Ash Bitters saved
ny ME am under lifelong obligations to
TINS medicine, and will never cease to rec.
ommend it." W wv
END MEN - chiropodists. nhreno,oo;s..
and undertakers Puck. pAAono1os'sts
~ IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Anonpson,s Eye Water. Druggists sell 25cs
IAN AN indian warwhoop is not a s;oux-
tnlng seund.-Pttsburoh Chronicle. s''1A'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29
FULL OF MYSTERY.
How ! Overheard a Plot, and What
Came Of It.


down to sea in ships. My fifteenth
birthday found me an orphan and a
walf In the streets of New Orleans. ]
had runaway from a farmer in I'LL
nois, to whom | was bound, and, by
hook and crook, had reached the great
town on the Father of Waters. | had
Deem living precarious life for a.
month when the proprietor of an
oyster house gave me job. It was
part OF my work to open the oysters
consumed in the place, and this portion
was done in little room just in rear
OF some private stalls or compart-
ments. The stalls fronted the public
room, OF course, and were intended for
parties who desired privacy while eat
Ing stew or drinking glass of wine.
could hear all that was said in two
OF them, as the partitions were only
cloth; but had been in the place two
weeks before any thing of particular
interest was dropped from either. One
evening while was at work two men
entered one of the stalls, devoured q
stew, and drank some grog, and, after
lighting cigars, entered upon a con-
versation which at once attracted nv
attention.
well. have you got 1t all fixed?n
asked one.
Every thing ship-shape and UNDER
stood, replied the other.
. ''She Is insuredpn
Way up
"And no suspicions?"
Not one.''
I'VE take machinery to Rio
Janeiro?n
Yes. That and other stuff"
"And bring back sugar and coffeep"
ssYes, If we return"
what do we getp"
Three thousand apiece"
well, don't like it, but I'm in
with you. She's to go down off the
Guinea coast, eh?1'
Yes, down that way"
Spring leak and founder and all .
hands take to the boats, supposed" !.
THAT'S the PLAN
well, here's success to it. The AL
oatross Is q good old craft, and hate
20 see her go, but one must look out
or himself
AYE! mate, that's Gospel truth.
That's what you and me are going to
10 now. It'll come from the rich in
urance companies and no one will be
he poorer Q
And we can trust Williams to hand .
yer our divvypn 3
Hes square. He's got to be square. . .
was q green country boy, but T 9
aught on to their talk. They were p
aiiors, and they We're planning the loss !"
! ship to get the insurance. / rose L
P and found a hole in the cloth 9,
trough which / could get look at q
hem. They talked bit more and 10
len went out, and with xalye hours SC
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-09-29


started down the river "a her trim ana
4 was only then that. / got my eyes
opened. There was such d hubbnh1
aboard that ! had not paid any par
ticular attention 20 officers Or men
but All Of sudden I discovered tbat
the captain and mate were the very
two men I had seen and overheard II
the oyster booth. Then asked the
name 81 the ship and learned that IS
was the Albatross. I was greatly
troubled, or would have been if left to
myself. We were hardly In tow Of the
tug before the first mate. whose name
was Mccoy, came upon me with /
ropes end and . terrible curse. ~rs,iex-
claimed;