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Trading in Damascus.

The oriental mind is disposed to mingle
all the dealings of life with an amount of
sentiment" which would be scorned by
the more literal business man of the west.
A visitor at Damascus gives in Murray's
Magazine the following description of
horse trade in that city:
A long dispute took place between the
intending purchaser and the owner as the
former attempted to beat down the price
by few piasters. The owner, however,
seemed very sure of making favorable
sale, even if the present customer should
withdraw So he remained silent, with
an occasional inconscquent remark, such
as, "It matters not, "Wallah, whom am
to argue with thee?" "Wallah, my
horse is as dust; take it without money"
All these expressions are equivalent to
cold negatives, and might naturally have
exasperated the other man, who had
been wasting oceans of rhetoric in per-
suasion. Finally, he, in this turn, ex-
claimed, with heart warming show of
generosity and philanthropy:
"Wallah, are we not brothers? Where
fore all this noise? Is it for money? Al
lab, why bid! You want 1000 piasters?
Here is the money. Take itp Then he
pressed the bulk of treasure into the
others hand and turned away. "Never
mind about your horse. care not for
it. Shall we part enemies because of
money!"
AT this point the other, who now had
his money secure, ran after his customer,
fell ON his neck, and, kissing him on
both checks, assured him that tho horse
would henceforth be worthless to him;
that, since his brother wished for it, he
must take it as a present. And SO the
bargain was concluded.
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Difference in snonre..

There are very many people who can
not tell the difference between "Turkey
cups" and common reef sponges, and
they are astounded at the difference in
price. They are asked So for what they
think they can get just as good for
twenty-five cents. There are sponges
from Florida called sleeps wool, which,
in the opinion of many buyers, are as
good, although much cheaper, for all
practical purposes as the silk ones. They
are used mainly for washing carriages,
although they make good bathing
sponge. Reef sponges come from Cuba
and Nassau. Turkey cups from around
the islands of the Archipelago. Sleeps
wool and reef sponges come in ten,
twenty and forty pound bales, and the
finest of the former, known as Rock
Island goods, sell wholesale at from $2.s
to S3.15 per pound. The Turkey cups
are sorted at London and Paris into three
qualities and sent to us in bags. They
are sold by the piece.-Boston Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

Farmer Bowles, Of Easthampton, L.
l., is grateful for the open winter of
$4,000. He had large mortgage about
ripe, and was wondering how he could
raise the money to pay it off, az it could
no longer be renewed. To think the bet
ter he went into his cellar and sorted his
potatoes, some of them already sprout-
ing, under the impression that it was
spring instead of winter.
While cutting out one of these sprouts
his knife glanced from glass like SUBJ
stance, which the good farmer dug out
in u leisurely way and put in his pocket
without the hourishes he would have
made had he known it was damon
He found it out later when he went to
Brooklyn on business. He displayed the
stone to merchant, who at once pro-
nounced it diamond Of the first water,
and offered to go with him to jewelers.
for satisfaction. They went, and the
merchants opinion was corroborated
with an offer of $4,000 cash for the jewel.
The farmer did not accept the offer,
hardly knowing what to do under the
circumstances. If he could only know
how the diamond got into the potato he
would feel better about it. Not knowing
but the rest of the potatoes were equally
as rich he went home and picked over
the lot, but without further results.
1t is thought that some burglar hid the
diamond in the field and the potato ap.
proDriated it.-New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Will tho Earth Fall to Pieces?

Professor Jones, the English scientist
and other "F. r. S.'s,""L. B. AS" and
"B. G. DIS" are discussing the dangers
our American gas well drillers are SUBJ
jecting the whole population of the
world to by tapping natures great gas
retorts. Jones thinks the earth a gigan-
tic balloon, held up, in part at least, by
internal heat and gases, and believes
that a continual drain on natures great
gas main will eventually exhaust the
supply and cause the earth's crust to
break in and perhaps fall into millions
of pieces as it collapses prior to falling
through space everlasting. 1t is reason
ableto suppose that tllere is some founda-
ton for the alarm this prophet has been
sounding for the past two years. The
steady belching forth of millions of feet
of gas every hour i'll the day is surely
causing a great vacuum somewhere not
far beneath the surface. That the COM
parative thin archway over this fast
emptying cavern is more than likely to
break and cause great havoc on the sur.
face there is but little doubt.-St. Louis
Republic,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
TOMORROW is A HOLIDAY.

The daughters of four generations sat
In tho dark shadows of an humble room.
The youngest played, the gray grandmother spun,
Her daughter unused, while In the corners gloom
The great-grandmother bent low In her chair
And strange hot f1ushes filed the quiet air.
The child: Tomorrow Is holiday
And will play along the grassy fields
And run the hills and pluck the fairest buds
That all the flower covered meadow yields;
I'll sing, and walk upon the brooklet's shorea"
o, in the distance how the thunder roars!
Mother Tomorrow is holiday
And all Of US will merry be and glad.
I'll deck myself in what Ihave Of best
For life should not be always bleak and sad
The sun shines bright for cen the darkest souls"
And coming nearer fierce the thunder rolls,
Grandmother: "Ah, twill be holiday.
There's no such thing as holiday for me-
My fato's to spin and cook the daily meal,
For life is work and solitude and drear.
It's well for those who may do as they please"
See the quick lightning flashing through the trees
Tho grcatgrandmother slowly turns aad speaks;
IA holiday tomorrow and the tomb
All wide agape for me. What's earth but care
And why should yet lnger in the worldly
Great God! The lightning g bolts upon them hurled.
They do not see nor hear the awful flame
That lights the chamber with noontide glow.
The daughters Of four generations lie
All dead together, snitten by one blow.
Four lives thus ended by the lightnings ray
This their tomorrow, this their holiday.
Philadelphia Times.
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just a Difference Of opIn,or.

The artists are always finding fault, in
every cline and country, with the work
of the local hanging committee"
Never was an artist who did not claim,
if any of his work was exhibited in an
exhibition, that the unfortunate chang
ing committee" had dwarfed his effort
by hanging it in the worst possible place.
At an exhibition in this city certain
artist had work accepted and was re-
quested by the hanging committed to visit
the gallery and pick out his own place.
He did 80. When the exhibition was
opened fellow artist who visited it
found fault with the place given one of
his own paintings. "But will not speak
of my own work." he said to the party
to whom lie was complaining. "Now
there is IS picture over there. An
idiot would have put it in a better
place." When he found out later that
- had made his own selection Of posi-
tion he had nothing further to say.-Chi-
cago Herald,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Hardly Courteo,,s.

During the epidemic of influenza in
one of our cities a gentleman who was
suffering acutely from it went down
town one morning, and on the way met
at least dozen sympathetic friends.
AT the twelfth encounter his patience
was exhausted.
"dave you the prevalent cold?" in
quired his twelfth assailant, a burly.
good natured man.
"Yes," said the invalid, cautiously; II
have. Have you the prevalent sympa-
thy7"
The retort was hardly courteous, and
the man himself felt ashamed of it after
ward, but at the moment it seemed to do
him good.-Youths Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Pineapples in Brazil.

The most delicious fruit to be found in
Brazil is the pineapple. Northerners who
eat this fruit weeks after it has been
picked in its green state have only a
faint idea of its sweetness, lusciousness
and delicious flavor. Here the pineapple
is picked when the tropical sun has per-
fected its chemical work and the fruit is
ready to melt in the mouth. 1t would be
an affront to nature to sprinkle sugar
upon it when sliced. 1t is mellow, over
running with juice, and of Incompatible
flavor. The finest pineapples are those
found in Pernambuco, but the fruit
grows almost everywhere in Brazil.
There are other fruits, such as alligator
pears, melons, chirimoyas and sapotes,
and great variety Of tropical nuts.
Fruit is cheap here, the finest pineapples
being sold for three or four cents to the
experienced native, and for teS cents to
the unwary traveler.-Cor. New York
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
A Live Man sloxl, pstrlfx,nr.

The medical men of Boston and New
York have been puzzling their brains
over strange case of ossifcation or pet
rification of a live man by the name of
Jonathan Bass. Bass is a man now GO
or IS years of age and has been gradual
ly becoming ossiied into one solid mass
for the past forty-fve years. His body
is now perfectly rigid, in color and to
touch almost exactly like we'll sea-
soned bone, with no more fexibility
about it than there is about stick Of
wood. While unable voluntarily to make
the least move, Mr.. Bass intellect is
keen and his digestion unimpaired. Hun
dreds of physicians and scientists, both
of this country and of Europe, have ex-
amined this remarkable freak, all con-
curing in the opinion that the case of
Jonathan Bass beats anything now ON
record in the medical books.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
TO BE CONTINUED 7
In q Japanese Theatre,

From can" Artists Letters from
Japan," written and pictured by John
La Fargo in The Century, we quote as
follows: The doctor took us on Sunday
afternoon to his club-whose name, l
think, means the perfume of the maple
to see and listen to some Japanese
plays, which are given in the club thea
tire built for the purpose. We went
there in the afternoon, passing by the
Shiba temples, and our kurumas were
drawn up at one end of the buildings.
There everything was Japanese, though
l hear stories of the other club and
its ultra-European ways-brandics and
sodas, single eye glasses, etc. However
that may be, on this side we were in
Japan without mistake. We sat on the
steps and had our shoes taken off, ac-
cording to the Japanese fashion, SO as
not to injure mats, and we could hear
during the operation long wailings, high
notes and the piercing sound of flutes
and stringed instruments; the curiously
sad rhythm mingled with a background
of high, distinct defamation. Wewalked
in, with careful attention to mako no
noise, forgetting that in our stocking
feet we could have made none had we
wished, and we found the doctors place
reserved for him and us, and marked
with his name, writ large.
Other low boxes, with sides no higher
than our elbows as we sat OH the mats,
divided the sloping floor down to the
stage. The stage was pretty little
building projecting into the great hall
from its long side. 1t had its own roof,
and connected with large gallery or
bridge, along which the actors moved as
they came on or disappeared, in man
ner new to us. but which gave certain
natural sequence and made a beginning
and an end-a dramatic introduction and
conclusion-and added greatly to the
picture when the magnificent dresses of
stiff brocade dragged slowly along to the
cadence of the music.
A quiet, sleepy appreciation hovered
over the scene; even the devotees near
us, many of them older people and be-
longing to the old regime, showing
their approval or disapproval with re-
strained criticism. I could see without
turning my head the expression of the
face of my neighbor, a former daimio,
a man of position: face japanese
translation of the universal well known
aristocratic type-immovable, fatigued,
with tho dropping under lip. Behind
him sat former retainers, 1 suppose
deferential, insinuating remarks and
judgments to which he assented with in
imitable brevity.
Still, thought that could distinguish,
when he showed that the youthful anna
teurs-for most of the actors were non
PROFESSIONALISM not come up to proper
standard, that his memory went back to
a long experience of good acting. And
&c catching arc the impressions of a
crowd that myself after time believed
that recognized, more OF less distinctly,
the tyro and the master, even though l
only vaguely understood what it was all
about. For need not tell you that the
libretto would have been still more diff
cult for me than the pantomime before
me, and very often it was but pantomime,
the actor making gestures to the accom-
paniment of music, or the defamation of
the choragus, who told the poetic story.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Amusement. in Great Britain.

In London the places of amusement
number about $50 or 600, including 45O
music halls. The capital invested in
London places of amusement is little
short of S2O,O0O,O00, without reckoning
places like the Crystal palace, Albert
hall, etc. Direct employment is given
to about 10000 people, besides indirect
employment to host of tradesmen and
workpeople. The London theatres, mu-
sic halls and concert halls have accom-
mediation for about half a million of sight
seers. The capital invested in similar
places Of amusement in Great Britain is
over $3O,000,00O. This gives direct en-
ployment to about 85o,0OO people and
provides accommodation for nearly
1,250, 900 spectators.-Chatter.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
A yexing Question,

There can be only so many drivers, so
many clerks, SO many statesmen, so many
young lads in Offices. The end of that
employment tether is very soon reached,
and the rest, what are they to do? and
what are we, their guardians and their
teachers, to do for them? Nothing is
more wearing upon thoughtful nature
than the recognition of its inability to
answer with common sense the question,
"What would you advise me to do?' 1t
occurs and recurs daily. and daily the
heavy foot of disappointment descends
the stairs, walks upon the hardened
pavements, whose stones are less hard
than the hearts of ordinary men toward
their fellows.-Howard in New York
PresS
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

not always been true words, NIacuma-
zahn?" and he shrugged his shoulders
and turned away.
For while I was much disturbed, but
at any rate Hendrika was gone for the
present, and Stella, my dear and lovely
wife, was there at my side, and in her
smiles forgot my fears.
For the rest of that day, why should
write of it?-there are things too happy
and too sacred to be written of.
AT last had, if only for little while,
found that rest, that perfect joy which
we seek so continually and so rarely
claSn
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
Ayers Hair vigor

S the ideal" Hair-,lrcssing. 1t re-
stores the color to gray hair /; promotes
fresh and vigorous growth prevents
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

remedies, but they did, no good final
ly bought a bottle of Ayers Hair Vigor,
and, after using only a part of the con-
tents. my head was covered with
heavy growth of hair. l recommend
your preparation as tic best in tho
world. ."-T. Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky.
Il have used Ayers Hair vigor for
me satisfaction. 1t is an excellent dress
ing, prevents the hair from turning
gray, insurcs its vigorous growth, and
keeps the scalp white and clean"-
Mary A. Jackson, Salem, Mass.
81 have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
promoting the growth of the hair, and
think it unequaled. For restoring the
hair to its original color, and for dress
ing, it cannot be surpassed."-Mrs. Geo.
La Fever, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
ayers Hair Vigor is most excel
of it from my own experience. Its use
promotes the growth of new hair and
makes it glossy and soft. The Vigor is
also cure for dandruif."- w. Bowen,
Editor Enquirer" Macarthur, Ohio.
az have used Ayers Hair vigor for
the past two years, and found it all it is
represented to be. 1t restores the natu-
raj color to gray hair, causes the hair
to grow freely, and keeps it soft and
= liant."-Mrs. M. V. Day, Cohoes, n. Y.
"My father, at about the age of fifty,
lost all the hair from the top of his head.
After one months trial of Ayers Hair
Vigor the hair began coming, and, in
three months, he lad a fine growth Of
hair of the natural color. "-P. j. Cullen,
81 Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Ayers Hair Vigor,
PREPARED By
Or. j. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by Druggists and Pcrfumers.
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the formation of
dandruT; makes the
hair soft and silkcn;
and i,nparts a deli.
cate but lasting per-
fuinie.
"Scveral months
ago my hair com.
nienced falling ont,
and in a few weeks
my head was almost
l.,l,1 T tried ,noN1,
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

CHAPTER 1n.-Details the start Of the expedi.
tion. Quatermain describes his first elephant
hunt
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

CHAPTER u.-Allan sold the effects and decided
togoon journey of trade and adventure. Among
his men was Kaflir named Indaba- -zimbi. witch
doctor. Between him and another witch doctor
there had two years before been lightning con-
test, which resulted in the death of his contestant
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03
CHAPTER K.

him that I was
going to marry
Stella.
"Ohl" he said,"I
thought so, Mac
umazahn. Did ]
not tell you that
you would find
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-03

CHATTER IX.-Describes tho lovemaking of
Quatermain and Stella. Hendrika became wildly
jealous of Quaternlafn, and threatened him with
evil If he took Stella away. Carson sanctioned
the marriage and declared his end to be near.
Decorah-posten., 1890-02-26
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tene Os ilabt benz frem for 9utonseb, iOm %inibIertio
baube taset penlis imoo benz os beruso tiltier,bsgipet QSas
fereueerne, at ben buibe Mano fun bapbe bancet Ousrs
ensitemmenbe nsb bans Gnife.
gn Dag, meoens StanIsp bolbt paa at repurre en-
eIenbis RanO, iou ban baube tisbt Dos Bprit aabuutas
grober, tom en- ManS farenbe os raabte: "6nrtis,
itpub big 9rre @answanaerns mprOer btnunben; SQs
er luueOe ibeI!" StanIep lob til Os ft ie en- ioriarbsIis
Sesne. Smtrent trsoiue Naub, ~bepabneos ntsb ggss
Ter, fob truenSe Iiseoucrfor ~biaanoeu, aubrs bOIot fine
Sppo faiieiarSise, iUiuseOe Roller os anortstisppsr slsr
Loo anipeue blinte. Gn Wean6 laa paa SorSsn msO ct
sabenbe Rniuiaar Brpitst, en- anosn bapSs faast gans
SeitaQen tnuit al en- Role, os llsierninssmanben tiGns
psSe fig raienbe ~isieunen piGnsOsn msS en- lang asQs
6aanoen, bporutsS ban uboeIte Slag, bUoriombeIit ban
hiuSe naa til.
2gninart Srb Stanlsp en- StOt % tiIOsIte BEN gas
ienpe ct iaa p~eIrettst SIas paa bans tnptteSe befrs
Saanb, at aSaen faIbt ueo, cg man tun0e sribs baul.
6srerue traabte M til O9 fit BAN u~fUabnet StanIsg8
srie 6remsangSmaaoe oGmpeoe Sproret tsmmsIis mart.
gsO naruere llnberiSseier piite bet fig, at bet par
ben MprSebss SroSer, 0tsbani, Der bap0s tnuit ben uIpt,
tsIise Mnsuanas YanSe. Ia beIe StriOsu par ops
itGast al 0rutteniab, ~unOerisse man itrsnst, ON Der
enonu families nossn pombs esirsr, os ale be Srutter,
man ianSt, btsu tnuite.
Stanley Ousrsau 6Orbrgoeren til en- 1ouitoty iont
pas iauusniat al 5prit aaSuma, arabsreu SursOrO %
Decorah-posten., 1890-02-26
@epier, Columbia Go. @is.

@tuINl, SpIliIllpNu w., SSS.
Sa hi aloris iaar bpre uoset fra 8cpler,
bill je9 beoe, ON Be pil bore al ben Gpbbeb
at gipe fpl9euoe 9inier 8laos / SereS Slao.
Spr life Sb &epier lig9er umtreut miot oct
itpre nprlte Settlement paa Sprins Srairie,
Columbia Co., isis, guoitjpnt ben bar cit
9ob Seli9senbeo, er ben life fummct fig fort
/ DC iiolte gtar, maaIte pna 8runo al Ntaus
gel paa oD9ti9e Sorretniu9smGno. Seq trpr
beitentt, at en- reoelis Mtauo meb en paSienoe
8apital % soo griariua / Saaoel finoe sjpre
9po Correcting Der meo ct Grpsuposs %
@rpcerp Store.
Sarmerue berpu,triug bar op9ipet at iaa
Speoe % | be ienerc Gar la8t fig mere otter
8ps % ~Tobafsapliua.
Sriien paa Spg9et er ubpre Lap - fra 25
til 80 gts. pr. 9uibel. Sobatten bar man
iuist for 7 % ~ Gts. pr. &tno / bundles.
9isie oaarlise 9iber sisr, at 5armerne fer
fig ON eftcr andre SuotG9tstilber. Sars
merne beromfrtns boiber M paa at pr9anis
iere iis | ben Seuiist at pprette ct e9et "Greas
merp@, boilfet piit oil biOra9e til at iorp9e
beres SuotGster.
SorIeben Spuods benote ct Tar Niil ber-
fra en- isrseli9 Silbraseiie, ioet Ole Daniel
ion peo ufcrIi8tig % tautelss Saanoterins
af ct @epGr Ifisb % brrbte fin &amerat, en-
Nptummcr9ut fra gois / Norse.
Gn Sailing.
Decorah-posten., 1890-02-26
Gn npop0aget Sibeltert.

Gter bpab Der beretteSa fra 9epnnten
bar grfebilfoppen / Iicubemia 8rDcns
t,ips / bet tyrfiIfc gibIiot6ef 8amaifus
funbet CT M Sober til 8i6elen ug rtauns
Zig til bet upe 3eitameltc eler nleo at
Ore Orb ct MT Wanuifript fra bet ijeroe
Iarbunbrebe, iom inbeboloer be MI
fienote Sp9er at bet npe 9eitumente
os ct Ear andre iom "8arnabas
8rep" % "Syr0en ira Sermes",
bpilfe Sp9er uel baue pGret tienbte fgr,
men iont life ct ppta9ne blanbt bet nDe
Seitamentes belli9e 8r9er. 6unoet bar
i'm fore Snteresie, ioet man fun bar
meset iaa samle Ianulfripter al bet
ilDe Seitamente. Wtan bar pel ifuroeien
to &pbices ira BET fjeroe aar6uubrebe,
men ben nDe Ecgt bar iOm iu9t i'm fore
8%etporias, ibet ben fan banne ct aors
reftip til De tioligcre Serter. Gen MI
inabne Gert i~triper fig fra famine 3io
iom ben befjerbte Sober Sinniticus".
Otter bet 2ibet, man ueo on ben nDc
funbne Cert, iDnes Der at pare megen
Sperellsi temmelie mellem ben pg Sinai=
ticus. Ser fan berior p9re Spgrgss
maal, ON ben ct let pg ret ailtrift af
ben, eller ON ben CT iioeOronet msb ben,
naonli9 / iibite 5iliGloe ct ben al Sns
teresie, ioet Sen ba 9OotgjGr, at be 8i=
belmanuifriiter, iom fanotes paa ben
Sib / ben paleitinite 8irfe, bar meset
ubbrebte os nsb me9en Guieelie. Man
ma fun baabe, at Biitup 8rpenios,
Decorah-posten., 1890-02-26

@anspunasS ouOinseue. S~amtlise bsmie BAN til %,
ben; men oa StanIep lite uilbe ~9ootienoe ben aItfor
iirense Dom, bIeu ben GnOrst brben, at ban itufoe baus
SO Sus6efas os berefter fprss / eantsr tit Zanzibar for
at SSnres at in esen Susrberre. ~
Strafen, iOm blsu f~uIbbprbet / aaes gaalpu cen
matte Dag, siOrSe ct FART Snotrpt paa gsanspanaetne.
gu FOB fmn til6ase at ~ouerrGtte 5prit aaSur a.
SaHsOrO Os andre frsnarasenbe Psychological p~asisnor
aiitebssaur.
8a bette par siOrt, forIOb Stanlsp for anSem @ana
RaSe5ii os naaeSe inart GiIfustssen, buor belle erpsSs
tionen M par fumlet.
s Nieuemtioen bauSe GarniIonen lsuet ooot poa
Den. Oct par IptteOes 9Ons 9utonscbs Setter, BEN
unse SnfanSi3a, at iaa be utilsiauseli8e 6aflanosbss
bore psnIig iicmte. Sonssn i oct ncrligsenec Romcb.
aibi6aSi5u,, bauSe enbos lluttet 9lob8broOerita6 msO
garniionsn5 6ormanS, Mlanpa Ssru, 5uitet 10 rnS
mere bapoe ~6etrp8set Srees SittsrbeO.
9atanOi3ub. JON bapOe sipst &iOl6aSi6u en- ooer.
Srsueu SeitriueIie al Stanlsps fore SnShpSelie "a
StrioStrGiterues StprreIie. bau0e faaet 6ouseu til iUria
at pnfe, at ban tuaos luttte SenltabsforbunS meb en-
iaaoan Ma9t9dusr. 6onseu bauSe bssuosu ioraret Gus
tanbi6ab Ire Srer, ier @ieosr. icmti 9unbtsr Sauansr
os tore 6Orraao al uomRrtst Maramba, bpormeo @ars
n%iionen bauSe 9iOrt FIG tiIsoOe. Som gat for bans
Saumile9ee loo StanIsp 6raut rsile ousr meS en- Care
al Spi, gsrgsr % NesiinstraaS. @sS Den taSise gas
%ltrsngeIie paa aeiien til % ira aossbii bapSe StanIsD