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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
We Agree There was q Stiking
Di ference:

The Democratic State Conventions
mostly made of lawyers--young and
old--in all capacities; merchants and
merchants clerks, and editors. The
towns .urpishcd IS per cent. Of the
delegates, while the farmers who
cest sey,nty-fye per cent. Of the
votes, did not have more than %
PER cent. Of the Convention A
striking difference between the Re-
publican and Democratic State Con-
vcntioua II this particular Law
yers, doctors, and ID rohants made
% The Convection, AMI il il Wis nee.
ossary 70 bring ii another horse
Tor any taadidate. the railroads
we're ready 10 nfaw the blys IN, dus
ring Tie night, iron The towns along
the line. Greensboro EOriL State
We agree there was a striking
contrast between the Republican and
the Democratic State Conventions.
There were az least 60 per cent. Of
the Republican Convention negroes,
s5 per cent lawyers, and only 5per
cent. farmers. Who were the per.
mancnt officers 81 that Convention
One Of tie editors 81 the SAFE and
tsoInegroa. The farmers rmem
bCr the expressions which appeared
| in the NORTH Staie 4 few weeks ago.
about the Fnmers Alliance. They
will not BE deceived 81 che gIaring
reinstatement Of facts which appear
10 the NDrh Slaic. Yoa cannot cry
down with lhe lawyer, whcn all ex.
cept two on your State ticket are
lawyers. while only one half on the
Democratic ticket nre lawyers.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
The Nauonal Committee.

H. @. Semple, Alabama Nj. +.
Tarpey. California. Charles S.
Thomas, Caloroda; W. Fl. Barnum,
Connecticut; James II. Estill,
Georgia; +. NJ Phelps, Illinois;
Simon s Shearin, Indiana; j. j,
Richardson, Iowa; W, c. Blair,
Kansas; Henry D Mcdenryi
Kentucky; james Jeffreys, Louis
lana; Arthur Sewall, Msins; Chslle,
ID. Lewis Massachusetts. q. NJ,
Barns. Michigan; c. A. Johns D
Mississippi; james i. Boyd, Neb,
raska; r. P,Keating, Nevada; A. w,
Salloway, New Hampshire; Miles
Ross, New jersey; Herman Uelrich
New York; M. ". Ransom, North
Carolina; Calvin 5. Brics, Oil A.
Noltner, Oregon; j. b. Barnaby
sRhode Island; It. w Dawson, South
Carolina: p. III. Looney, Tennessee
%. 2. Holt, Texas; Hiram Atkirs
Vermont; John S. Barbour. Virginia
John L. Mitchell, Wisconsin :; w. l.
Clements, West Virginia.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

Reports from street, finance and
market house committees we're read,
also reports from Town Treasurer
aud Chief Of Police.
Report on cemetery Tor month Of
May shows total interments at ceme-
terry 4.
On motion, the following license
We're granted:
Ii L. and +. p. Capps to run a
restaurant on Parrish street,
James w. Whitfield to run one pool
table in Msngum building on Peas
body street.
On motion, ic was ordered that the
tax books be placed in the bands Of
the Chief 81 Police. and that he pro-
coed to collect the taxes at once.
The following ordinance was i'm
troduced. and ON motion, was adop-
ted:
BE 1t ordained by the Board of
Commissioners, Of the Town Of Dur
ham, that no person shall erect a. y
building Of wood, or any wooden adj
dition 10 any building in tile square
bounded by Main. Great, Jones, Nor
gan and Morris streets. ANY person
violating this section shall be fine.l
twenty-five dollars for every week
such building shall remain after no
tice TO remove the same shall have
been given by the Mayor"
On motion Of Commissioner Black
nall, It was ordered that the sanitary
police be required to make specific
report showing where he has been
aud what has been accomplished du-
ring the day, and that the Chief OF
Police to D The reports &c the sanitary
police over % the Health Officer Of
the town.
On motion, the Street Commiss.
ioncr was instructed to pave Chapel
Hill Street, commencing at the rail
road crossing aud ending 1t the fur
ther corner OF w. I. Blackwell's resi-.
dence lot.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

A GREAT FIRE IN TIE cl1Y OF HULL,
ONT. OVER 300 HOUSES BURNED
OTTAWA, orr june 5.--This after
noon q fire swept over wards Nos.
four and FIVE Of the city Of Hull, OPP
posite Ottawa, destroying between
800 and 450 houses and rendering
over $500 persons homeless. Six OF
seven blocks are nov a smouldering
mass Of ruins. The FIRE broke out ct
about 3:45 in the City Hall, situated
IN the centre OF the most populous
portion Of the city, and the raging
wind served to spread the flames with
remarkable rapidity. The FIRE bril-
gade was on the spot almost immed;.
ately, but the Ere appliances were
iniserably insufficient and The water
pressure was very low.
The area traversed extends from
City Hall Square to McRae's deck,
outside tho city limits Tonight
hundreds of families are camped in
the open air. without shelter of any
Kind. Prompt measures for their re-
lief have been taken. and matters are
likely to be ID GOOD shape tormerrow.
The loss Is hard % climate. II may
be 100000 and possibly il will reach
100000. Tie insurance will moi
reach one.iifIb the amount Of loss.
The principal buildings burned,
apart from fifteen or twenty stores
aud shops. were the City Hall, the
Catholic church, a stone structure
worth 100000, atLree.siory presby
terry and a convent. The origin Of
the fire is unknown.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
A PHENOMENON.
A HAND IN THE HEAVENS WHICH HAS
CAUSED GREAT FEAR.

A HAND IN THE HEAVENS WHICH HAS
CAUSED GREAT FEAR.
Al gentleman in this place, one
night last week, noticed that the
lightning played across the heavens
in manner entirely different from
anything he had ever seen before.
He arose, dressed himself and went
TO window. and observed small
cloud with strangely brilliant light
surrounding it.
Nothing more was Thought Of this
until to-day we learned that persons
near Cedar Fork, in this county, had
also seen this cloud. 1t seems that
a gentleman and his wife were the
first to notice it. They say that at
first only a small cloud with pecu-
liar tadisntlight about it was seen,
but que seon q hand and arm
emergstl IRON behind the cloud, and
so perfecs WIS the hand that you
+coulI easily see the joints of the fin.
gers. Many persons in that commu"
nifty are very much excited and the
gentleman who first beheld the cloud
il miserable, because he believes 1t
wa. a wafa;ng oil some kind.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

CeanIngs from the Exchanges
Brooklyn has an Anti ,Dys. eptic
Cooking club.
The Eiifee Tower is rising steady,
and is becoming one of the wonders
Of The world.
A reproduction Of the Bastile is
about 10 be opened as a show in Paris
III is proposed to erect in the Bos-
ton Public library statue of the
il ustrious Sir Harry yane.
A horticultural novelty.is a peony
which has caught the hue, shape and
perfume from a rose that shadows it,
Strawberries in England have been
costing sixrence piece, peaches haIi
aguinea and cherries have sold al
about their weight in gold.
A man in Washington territory
has patented an ingenious telephone
whereby il is possible, with the aid
Of electricity, TO detect the presence
81 metalin rocks.
For the past ten months the rail-
road accidents In this country have
averaged one for every five days, and
two-thirds Of them have been the re-
suit Of carelessness.
Men EMPLOYED in the Idaho mine,
at Grass Valley. Cal, report that tue
recent earthquake 10 that vicinity was
felt below the 1000 foot level.
A monumental statue Of Lord Bea.
consfield is to be erected at Maidstone,
which place he represented in
parliament more than fifty years ago
At Jujn, Africa, the converts have
erected 4 house Of worship for them,
selves. and the two leading heather
priests have thrown aside their idols
and left the idol house to decay.
Chinese pheasants are so thick in
the Waldo hills, Colorado, that they
have to be shooed out Of the fnrrowt
by the plowmen, 50 greedy are the,
in gobbllng up the angleworms
They arc becoming anuisance.
A Bostoh man who WAS ia Al In.
diana town to build q big factory anc
lay ont sL000,000, found cows and
fogs monopolizing the sidewalk, AM
be left the town in disgust without
investing a nickle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
ON TRIAL ron THEIR LIVES
FOUR MEN ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE
BAR OF IUsHcE-THE CASE In
PROGRESS.


FOUR MEN ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE
BAR OF IUsTcE-THE CASE In
PROGRESS.
Four negro men on trial for their
lives isa very serious spectacle. 1t is
one presented in the Superior Court
to-day.
Dan Simmons, York Gibson, Johr
Justice and Henry Battle are the
men before the bar Of Jurtice, charge
ed with the henilus crime OF rape,
upon the person Of Amiline Brodie, q
colored woman; The particulars If
which have already appeared IN the
REcoRDEg.
The case was called at 1928 this
morning. The special yenire Of $50
men was gone over. At l0:40 the re-
lection Of jury began and continued
until near the adjournment OF court
foisdiuner, before the twelve men
were obtained The following COM
pose the Jury which is TO try the case:
The FIRST five are wbile tie other
seven are coiored men: Wm. T..
Terry, q. A Barbee, William Chisen-
hall, w. b Andrews. K M Bradshaw,
Larkln Woods, ]. M. Hart.
Abner Banks. Geo Browde, Sol
johnson. b. III. Leathers, II. i. Capp.
The State il represented by S0lici.
tor Strayhorn, and the defendants BY
Boone and StrudEick.
When court opened al 2 O'Clock
this afternoon. the court room was
crowded. Great interest being mans
tested.
Emiline Brodie, the woman rayish
ed, was the frat witness examined.
and she is giving her testimony as We
go to press. The greater portion of
II has been given in. We do not
deem it proper TO 90 into details.
According TO the woman's testimony
the crime was committed by Dave
Simmons. in which the other three
defendants were implicated. There
are quite a number Of witnesses aud
the case will probably consume seg
eral days.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
The Young Democracy Organic
ing.

Quite q number Of the young Dem.
ocrste q Durham assembled IL Lock-
hart's warehouse last night for the
purpose If organizing a young mems
Democratic clsb.
The meeting was called 70 order by
Mr.. r. 7. Burch, who nominated j.
s. Manning, ESQ a. temporary
chairmar, who was unanimously elect.
ed. MeIlon Busbee was mall secre-
tsry.
On motion a committee Of seven. on
permanent organization, Was appoint.
ell BY the chair, consisting u + r.
Burch. chairman, 4. b. Farlhing. w
q. Bnrkhead, j. X. Blacknall. Al. +.
Lloyd, j. w. Jones, q. 5 Bryan.
A committee Of arrangements for
this evenings meeting was appointed,
consisting Of g. NJ. Holder, b. D
Arendeil and J A. Robinson
On motion Of ilr. Watts ali Demo.
erals rs years Of age and upwards
are invited n Join the club.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
Absent 81 Years.

We bad the pleasure OF meeting
yesterday Mr. Morris, Of Austin,
Texas, on his way to Chapel Hill
lie left there twenty-five years ago.
Heis native Of Orange county, and
4 near relative Of the late Robt. T..
Norris, Of this place. Mr.. Morris
has been city collector Of Austin, for
twenty years.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
Chatham Items.

We gather from our Chatham OK,
changes the following items: New
Board Of County Commissioners, j..
A. Pugh. @. II. Scott, w. II Hatch,
7. @. Dixon. and Al. T. Lambert -
DAVID McManus, aud William Hor-
Ton, die al their homes duiipg The
week. - A heavy bail storm
passed near town doing considerable
damage. 49, There will Re run,
Ion Of the old soldiers Ia Chatham.
al Piitlboro, the frst Thursday 10
Augu 49, A. II. Merritt Was nc
elected Superintendent 81 County
schools On last Thursday, .AIr.
CT. Deserne sAw the heads -of two
snakes peepipg from a hole In an
old pine tree about twenty feet from
the ground. He cut the tree down
and killed the snakes. They had
robbed birds meet that WIS 10 the
hole. One snake measured Eve feet
long and Eve inches around; the
other eve feet six inches long aud
six an ! a halfinches around. A few
days before that Mr.. Daernc hal
killed a snake Of the same klnd
robbi q 4 birds nest on The linb d
tree near bis home.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
A Candidate and d Princlple.


The st: Louis Convention presents
10 the people candidate and prin
ciple. Of the candidates they lave
alrcady once recorded O favorable
judgment. The principle which the
convention presents for popular rati
fcatioa Is the honest conduct Of the
public business. THIS principle is
broader than nue. reform. ltinclades
them both and other reforms Will
them.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
Nlarrle1l

Our townsman, Nj. Jacob Halli>
burton, was married yesterday even.
ing to Miss Lucy Alexander, at the
residence Of the brides father Mr..
b. Alexander, near Charlotte, n. e.
The happy couple returned on the
noon train and were met By several
friends. We wish tie happy young
couple much Joy and happiness.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
Ix,ued by Iaglltnlng.

A few days ago William S. Cotton
Who resides near Liberty was killed
'by lightning On the same day Peter
Stanley an eyed man residing III the
same section was also killed. He was
IN the Geld hoCing corn. The light
.ning spiintcred the hoe helge.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

While two men we're iislni Z Ii The
Hud on river ii Nyack, N Y. ne
other day they found 4 cheesc box
Heating on tile va or. u the box
was . hen setting on tifleen eggs
They TOOK The box up and carried Il
% the shore. Recently the egg,
halched out, and the result was thirI
teen pretty chickens and two dimlnu.
live sea gulls.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
Marringc a Mlss nlntll,lws.

Miss Mary l.insdale Matthews i
former resident Of Durham, was on
Wednesday last married % ar. Ell.
mund II. Jennings, ii Fayetteville, by
Rev. A. L. Phillips, assisted hv the
brother Of the groom Rev. w, b.
Jennings, In the Preab, terrain
church II was quite 4 social event
aud We condense the following from a
lorg account III The Fayetteville o.
serrcr: The attendants were DIR. ]
A. Hodges and Mss Eilie Mcllae.
Dir. w. G. MeDgfiie. Jr.. aud AIiss
Lizzie McBse. Mr.. l.. g S'yron
and Miss Adele Jenniogs. Mr.. W. J..
Roddey and Miss Frlnk Faison, MFR
j. X. Strange and Hiss Janet Full.
Ter, Mr.. ]. L. Prior aud Miss Alice
Pemberton. Mr. As NJ. Farley aud
Miss Belle Jennings. Mr. Douglas
JenniDgs and Miss Laura Glover.
The bride is one Of Fayetteville's
sweetest and fzirest daughters, and
on this eventual evening sic looked,
if possible, more beautiful and win-
some than ever before. Becoming
ly arrayed in a sheely robe of hand.
some white faile silk and in'le, en-
traine, with a shadowy veil Of sofsest
lace falling in misty folds from head
TO foot and her hair deckcd with or.
ange blossoms, she we'll became the
exalted station OF q lovely bride in
al her "beauty and pride"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

ccul put down ali that SID but H. wall ow you whe
way ne VII = blowing Now really to do a raccoT
ELL IN TACT The outlook and vii c'ur TO get big
yerige prices f all tobacco yu with ibs,eab ut wcd all
sd st and With three large Prime Houses The old Wk1tun
have plenty room vha buy and buy
lott.
think the farmers for ttandng an promise IN do all
for them IN the future When to market me =" PAksiS
WAREHOUSE where viii ouv s BIG PEl rs but dfd tie
best accommodations Your frrni,
FL ~ = nsl
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

--CIevs aid aud Fowle. clubs are
being fosmel MI over the State.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13
The GRAND jury Reports

The Grand Jury after fling the
reports below were discharged.
fagistrats Reports. We the Grand
Jurors for june Term OF the Superior
court Of Durham county beg leave to
submit the following report on Magis-
trate' returns and Superviors ofpublic
rusds. We have carefully examined
their returns and end that there is no
report from The following Magistrates,
J. II. Hutching. g. g. Hampton. W.
r Thompson. 5 w Holeman, james
4 Cain. " Il Hopson. w 7 Redmond,
All the reports sent IN we found cor
rect Cedar Fork Township did not
report 90 condition of public road
Other townships report roads in fair
condition
A x UMsTEAD. Foreman
Report on Work house and Jail.
They report that theY find IL pau.
pers at the poor house, their rooms
are neat end clean and they are we'll
cltihpd and feed. their cells are in
a vefY good condition. They visit.
Cd Iii jail and found it IN a fair con
dition u 10 cleanliness but do not
think Il i As secure a. II ought to be
There are two windows on the North
side 81 the jail house, through which
/ man on tie outside could hand the
prisoners tools with which they could
break ont. Tie keeper o. the house
reported q Us that prisoners had
broke on: in this way, no one Of the
opinion that il would not be very
difficult undertaking TO do again.
A. X. UMsTEAD Foreman.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

The jury 10 the csse Of the State
V. Kinton. charged with not provid,
ing adj quete support for his family,
after being hung all night rendered Q
verdict Of guilty this morning He
will be sent to work on the public road
So bis wife will get rid of supporting
him one year at least @.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

MIR. s. 4. Arendell has ren!e
the Miller store in Raleigh, and 1
and Mr. Levi Walker will open bu
iness there in a few days.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-13

The trustees Of the University
have conferred the degree Of L, l.
D. upon Mr.. T. 3. Kingsberry, Judge
4 P. Dick, Bishop 1, X. Hendrix,
Of the NJ. E.Church. The degree Of
ID. d. was conferred upon Samuel
Rothrock of the lutheran church.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13
Blind People in Russia.

The Russian Statistical Committee
having made minute inquiry as to
the number of blind people in Russia,
it appears that blindness is very un-
equally distributed among the differ
ent nationalities inhabiting the empire.
While there are only blind people
for each 10000 Poles. 10 for as many
Lithuanians and Jews, and 10 for
Russians and Let's. the figures rise to
% with the Esthonians. IS with the
Bashkirs. Al with the Mordovians, 81
with the Tartars and Tcheremisses,
IS with the Tchuvashes. and 50 with
the Votyaks Blindness is thus much
more widely spread among the Ural-
Altayans. and especially among the
Finnish-Nongolian stems. than among
the Aryans and Semites, although the
conditions of all these races, so far as
poverty is concerned. are much the
same. It is worthy Of note that one
eight Of all cases of blindness in Rus
STA ara due to smallpox. and one-half
only to direct eye diseases.-N +.
Pest.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13
Point. on Cake-Raking.

Do not attempt to make cake with.
out having complete control Of the fire.
Thin cakes require a hotter fire than
thick ones. The oven should be the
right heat to begin with. and not be
allowed to cool while the cake is in it.
or it will certainly be heavy. Cake
made with molasses burns more easily
than any other. Thin cake should
bake from fifteen to twenty minutes.
Thicker loaves from thirty to forty
minutes; very thick cake. one hour in
an oven in which you can hold your
hand to count moderately twenty-five,
and not be able to add minute to that
number. Fruit cake requires two to
three hours. Divide the baking into
quarters. The first quarter it should
simply rise; second quarter, continue
TO rise and brown; the third quarter.
grow a uniform golden brown; fourth.
settle little, brown in the cracks and
cleave from the pan. II = cake rises
in the middle, stays up and cracks
open, it is mixed too stiff. When
s'new process" -four is used take one
eighth less than any recipe calls for
Daughters Of AnaeyicG
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13
The Trials of a Drummer.

The country storekeeper carefully
examined the samples of cloth while
the drummer patiently waited. A Gus.
toner came, the storekeeper waited
on him, then went back to examine
the samples, to pull out and untwist
the threads. Another customer, and
more examination; still another Gus
toner, and as the storekeeper began
again he said:
''Are these samples in style?"
They were," replied the discour-
aged drummer, "when you began to
look at them, but that was so long
ago that can't answer for them now. .
Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13

There are young men that do moi
work, but the world is not proud of
them 1t does not even know their
names; it simply speaks Of them Is old
So-and-So's boys. Nobody likes them
nobody hates them; the great, busy
world doesn't even know that they are
there. So find out what you want to be
and do, take on your coat and make z
dust in the world. The buster you are
the less mischief you win Be apt to get
into. the sweeter win be your sleep.
the brighter and happier your holi-
days, and the better satisfied win the
world be with you--HaDkeye
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13
cHu96o e6UTnsAyER8.

1xDsass q CGsaslsus Heoas.
Theeo are between three hundred
and fur hundred people In Chicago
who Devote themselves to the business
Of sortune-telling. Truly peculiar
people are these dealers in futures"
and from many standpoints they arc
interesting studies. While they have
some striking characteristics in COM
mon. the same can not be said of their
methods. each Of them having q pro-
ceeding wholly different from the
method Of every other. Among the
entire number of Chicago's soothsayers
there are not a half dozen who in per-
sonal appearance answer the idea COM
mon in fiction and art of the witch
dealer in those uncamy powers which
are suppose to reveal not only the pos
sibilities and probabilities, but the ac-
Qualities of the future. The ideal nee
romancer is tall, thin and cadaverous,
with unkempt hair and piercing eyes,
aud weird, unusual manner; but the
Chicago prophetess-the entire number
Of fortune-tellers are. with one or two
exceptions. women-is fat, and if she
is not fair, she, as rule, is more than
forty.
Whether it is because they perfectly
understand how confidently they may
trust to the credulity Of humanity, or
whether they implicitly rely on the
powers with which they profess to hold
communion, they certainly are the most
comfortable, care-free individuals, as a
class to be found in days journey.
And really. why should not this be SO?
Like the lily. ''they toll not, neither do
they spin,' and if they are not arrayed
like Solomon in all his glory, it is not
because they haven't the money to pay
for raiment gorgeous enough for king.
Chicago Globe.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13
Safe and Effective.

BRAyDRH1n's Pulls are the safest and
most effective remedy for Indigestion, IT.
regularity Of the Bowels, Constipation,
Biliousness, Headache, Dizziness, Malaria,
or any disease arising from an impure
state Of the blood. They have been in use
in this country for over fifty years, and the
thousands of unimpeachable testimonials
from those who have used them, and their
constantly increasing sale, is incontrovert-
ible evidence that they perform all that il
claimed for them.
BRANDRETH's PILLS are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless and safe to take at any
time
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar-coated.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-13

OF three thousand convicted crimi.
nails examined By French medical
man, NJ Marambet, more than half
were drunk&rds, that is, seventy-rine
per cent of the vagabonds and mendi-
cants, flty per cent Of the assassins.
Rfty-sesea per cent Of the incendi
aries, and seventy enc Per cant q The
eobbosB