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ont that hc never did SD, AMI year, aiier"afd
the cases Of these two men who had died In
my arms came before me in queer way.
To the friends Of one of them / had written,
lust after his death, informing them OF ile
circumstances. and addressing the envelope
Do the name of the dead soldier, but marking
j, that hi. friends should open and read
Fortunately BE- fsil into the right hands, ana
ten years later. when ] was a clerk in tle
pension Office, an application for wiao" s.
pension came i'm with my letter attached I'D
IT, was able % furnish al the evidence
needed and % SECURE pension for that poor
widow. I'm the other case the merest acci-
dent placed me in position o. help get a p'l-
sion for the soldiers widow and children, an
opportunity which was glad TO avail my
self off,
Though her life has becu one Of sacrifice
aud of devotion 10 her idea of principle, tie
eccentric little woman loves joke as welI ns
any one. She s. soconstl'uiel, however Chat
some ioles-anl many have been played upon
lcr-fail 90 reach her understanding. One
which She did not appreciate occurred dur
ing her work al the front A Dot OF rollcs-
ing soldiers. mistaking her boy her trousers
for a man, grabbed her by the legs ami plIi.'
her out of the tent in which she was sleeping.
Another. which never made itself known to
her in its true light was The alleged proposal
Of marriage made o. her by Chester d. Ar-
thur. That was a joke which Dr. Mary took
very seriously. ID is her sincere conviction
that on two occasions, 10y The instrumen'niliJ
Of mutual friend, Mr. Arthur askoi lel ,o
be his wife. OF course She refused AIm, ana
wears DO as one Of the feather, in her cap tnat
she declined the hand Of "a president.
Some years ago, for once in her life, hr.
Mary was forced into helligrmcy. Usually
as mild and gentle as young maiden on
this occasion she lifted zap her cane and lai DO
descend somewhat heavily upon the head of
her antagonist Gen. Spinner, tho old treas
urer of the United States. was one Of ler
friends, aud ten or twelve years ago appoint
cd her % q clcrkship in hi, Office But She
secretary of tho treasury refused 20 sign the
appointment: and. though The doctor Dad
commenced work, they denied Der conpef
tion therefor. still she appeared at hef a',i
regularly each morning. ready for wOrs.
This she continued for several weeks until
finally orders were issued % keep her out vi
tine Office.
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HoW NI.LLIsIs coaRgsPoND.
Their Secret Code Explained by Leo Hart
man. Exilo from Russia.

l'l''.iN q .'l |'''''''l
NEW Yonx. April 81 had n interview
the other day with leo Hartman. tAe famous
Nihlist who escaped from the clutches "a. the
tzars officials some years ago, and who isnon
living quietly boo New York. whore he is cS-
pcrimentng with electricity To niil DE- re-
membered That 10 was for h.s connection 80 b
the attempt Co blow up the late tar at Aios-
cow that Mr. Hartman was "wanted' hy Che
Russian police but it is not generally known
that Gt tho time q reward of 10000 rubic,
or $4,000 was offered for hls capture.
This viii be sufficient authority for tho
statements / am about Co maae and which
received from him concerning tao methods OF
secret correspondence used by the Russian
Nihilists When I SAW Dir. Hartman be
was IN his workshop aul in "a state of high
glee over tine receipt of some cipher letters
from Russia and Siberia
asked him how he managed Co get them,
but this he would not tell; however lcvoluu-
teered 10 explain how the secret correspond
ence was carried on. When FIRST &c became
necessary Cor tAc Nilillsis 20 send secret lst-
tiers invisible writing luid was the method
adopted This lull was changed according
to the exigoncies of lAe case
II the letter was destined % be destroyed
the moment it was read, milk, sugar dissolved
M water, or, when in prison, oven saliva was
used. THESE leave uo trace GA the paper, but
on holding it over the flame Of an oi lamp
until 10 is nearly scorchel the writing of the
slowost lQuid-the saliva-hoccmos JET black.
But the officials Of the "thirl section of ms
imperial majestys own chgncelorie,n who
deal exclusively with political oilen,es, soon
discovered this plan, and another had 10 be-
adopted. This time ierro-cyauile oil potas-
STUN was used and The writing only became
visible By brushing 10 over with solution of
ter-chlorldo Of iron Even this the oHicars of
the tar discovered And now tho scientists
among the Nihill,is were puzzled, for 10 was
clear that hy no chemical process could they
for long keep secret the writings which feA
into the hands of the officials
Accordingly they pat their heads together
and invented the most perfect system of
secret correspondence that has ever been CON
ceived. But before explaining this system |
shall tell how tAe Nlhlists celebrated their
departure from iheo old methods They stepped
several sheets OF paper ln gun cotton. and,
writing simple letters on them with black
ink, lcft spaces between the lines a. formerly,
for 10 was between the spaces Of such larm-
less letters that their invisible ink was always
used.. These they forwarded ia such a man-
ner that they must fall into the hands OF the
officials
Tho officers Of the tar did not hold the LETT
tiers over lamp 20 bring out the writings;
they wished % preserve them, 80 instead they
used hot smoothing iron. Aud then came
the crash. The moment the hot iron was ap-
piled 70 the gun cotton soaked paper there
~as terrific report ard the unfortunate Of
fcer was horribly mansied BY the explosion.
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SOME THINGS worth KNOWING.

Tue Juice OF raw onions applied % tAa
stiuss OF insects wiil destroy Che poison.
Turpeutino, given in teasp3onfui dose.
every eight hours n milk or coffee, is pro
nouncei a cure for dipAtheria.
A little borax put in water in which saaric
napkins and red horderei towels ars to b
washed VIII prevent thom from fading.
Choral hydrate ono drachm g.ycerine
four draclms; bay ram, eight ounces wl
destroy danduI Nix and rub Oh the scalp
Oloi cinnamon, dropped on warts tire.
or four times day, will cause their diap
paarance, however hard, large or dense lhel
may be- THE application gives no pain mo-.
does 10 cause suppuration.
The white Of an egg is stated 10 be- tho BEST
application f0rsootling burns aud sca.ds
may be poured over the wound, and f0rm
at once q yarnish. which excludes the air.
lt is also far more cooling than tho usual ap
piicatiOn of sweet oil and cotton.
Ouof peppermint in water diluted even @.
one part ia 100000 Will kil c0ctr0acles if
an hour, they dying ia commissions On'
drop Of the oil placed under bell jar cover
Ing cultivation Of cholera bacilii viii kil
both bacill and spores in forty-elght hours
IL is a common occurrence for children 9,
get beans, grains OF corn and other fore.1
substances up their noses. This simple rem
ely is worth remembering: Get the child O.
open It's mouth apply your mouth over it am.
blow hard. The offending substance viii ba
expelled from It's mouth.
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family not abundsntiy blessed with funds
No feminine fnefy adorns the walls, and
there is no closet in which hang dresses and
wraps. Tho room is without other furniture
than the small bed. two chairs and an old bu-
reau. Sitting rakishly on the top Of The last,
with its crown nolding 20 one side, IS the
high silk hat which thedoctor has worn many
times I'm public a lone reminder Of what the
world calls her ecceniricity. but which her
friends know o. boz the proof Of her courage
and consciontionsness. But for the garb
which DR.. Mary has so long worn, and Of
which this mannish lat is the reminder. prob
ably She would have had justice long ago.
For there is no doubt Of the business Of her
claim upon the government, and the bill vot-
inc her 5000. which was last week placed
upon tho calendar. had been four times be-
fore unanimously reported % the house from
the committee on war claims.
With obviously painful effort, The queer
little woman sits up IN bed % talk 20 her
caller Even la sickness DR.. Mary Walker
adhercs as much as possible % the man dress
which she has for quarter OF n century
champioued for women. no long, white
night robe wears She. but, instead, comfort
able. loose fitting blouse Of dark material
with a convenient pocket, and caught al the
throat with a black sailor tie The face is
pale and wan. the eyes look tired. aud 1t is
evident that this is not the Dr. Walker whom
the soldiers saw iu the hospitals OF the capital
during the war. nor yet the samo DIR. Walker
whose quaint. dapper figure has been familiar
10 tie froquenfers Of the streets of Washing
ton for q quarter of century. Thirty years
AGO DR. Walker was Young aud comely.
"Then, said the little doctor, her eyes blaz-
Ing with excitement, IL could get anything J
wanted in tbs city Doors opened 20 me
everywhere, presidents and cabinet ministers
and great generals were glad TO listen 70 me-
They signed orders for suppliesand medicines
ami transportation. I was younger then, and
l was working for the soldiers. But now
aud here Dr. Walkers eyes filed with tears
"but now ] ann alone, helpless, pennies. and
no one viii help me. 10 is shame and an
outrage the way this government has treated
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Murder the tar
nrcarn arc nrcn

Then DE finds that Do is The twelfth letter
and a the first. and add.n- both together be
cot. l8. and the thirteen b. letter being %. Doe
COOS % the next u the twsnietn letter
and r The seventeenth. but there not being %
letters in bis alphabet. De ccducts ~3-ihe to-
tal number-aud j D being the result, he finds
that m is tae synonym for n. The next let
ferisr TlHis seventeenth, and tle letter
i'm fho key rl being Third hs looks Cor tle
twentieth letter AVID finds it is %, and SO on
until The sentence "Murder the tar would
read in cipher. NmuoHu uxh urds.
When the recipient OF the letter deciphor.
10 he places tle arc underneath The above
enigma in the same manner as did the sender,
but subtracis the values Of the ar from The
cipner. instead Of adding them 90 it
And when. as would Doe the ease DO The exc
ample. the letter m OF the matierto bee trans
lated is numerically less than theopposte DO.
tcr. J.. Of the key, then you add - 20 tho
message letter, making u and e7-3'' and
deductmg Il. which represent r. it leaves 2J
the equivalent letter being 90; and So on tni'
wonderful cipher works.
If We substitute amy other three letters as q
key instead Of arc. the result will-mu,i-
De different. Take, for instance. ca &, aud
the reading in cipher of Murder the tar
would lo pvigf xiy xauw.
By this means it can he readily understood
how tle. now l1olEink the officials of "his
imperial maie,,y's own caance'.erle'
80 third Nlhlst knows tAe key 90 The ci.
nhor of aug other two. lt is the policy of
their working NOT To- allow third To- know
&C.. And. as it Is o. thing uul0ard of that
Nihiist has ever given away secret OF Dds
order. J. seems pr ttg certain that by tAe
code they have adopted their secret coiie'
spondence VIII go on despite amy ana every
effort Of the ear TO prevent Do
Ron +. WALSH
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CURIOUS SAVAGE IDEAS.

The ancient peruvans believed that the
sum once came down % the earth and lail
two eggs and then went back again. From
these two eggs men sprung.
The lJmu csnuioals emotions have refer
ence for The greater part 10 food, So be wor-
sAils tho god Aaiawaioo. who has eight
stomachs, and is always eating.
The American Indians had a dogma that
the sun was the supreme God, and the moon
was his wife. Ono tribe, nlabitng fear
iciiy hot district, worshippad themoon alone,
saying they bad no use for tho sun.
The loneans have very curious dogma TO
account iof day and night being twenty
four hours long. 10 used TO be less: tho sun
used % 60 down too quick. So one day a
man caught IL with moose, and it had to 70
slower thereafter.
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COLORADO RIVER SCULPTURES.

DCLDfNDO niF-H o~S-I DN-@'
"The Pyramid" is 1920 fetaboye iho river
aud The river Is l,l20 feet above the sea-
The full beauty Of Westminster Abbey. aa.
its Likeness 90 Dos venerable, ivy grown name
sake is very striking, only it is far moro
wonderful structure.
Another architectural piece goes by th.
name ef "Babeis Tower and is 1000 iec
high. aud ihls bias beautiful sculpmrel ult
treses The castle Ga the Rhine IS the sam
height
On the topof one cliff is "lhe Prophc. q
Prayer kneeiiug figure w.tAousretc-e
hands, Ol one side is "Moses Srlkus fl.
Rock. tOo outline of the great statue no 600.
point being very liie.l.c.
"The Temple Of Jupiter is unqua-t.onahl
one o. tlo finest parts OF the canyon. lt isi
mighty u.o oi sfuuellous harmony au.
seupurn-. the central .acadeb4angam ai
ttude OF spa.nzes anal c'l. .c images
"sau.st Peak goes up ike O. d0me Go
feet and when the san sets clear and -as el
trcly disappeared lc-.nl tla mountains .t
reflected lIgl- rests Dob ila topmls. peas an'
transforms DO into minaret of sol-.
heavenly light, indeed
"so.om0ns Temple is considerably over
milo high, and tle leluiation and wearu.
Of the rock by water BIAS been SUCH t.at b
represents am enormous piio of arcl.tce.ar
with seuIpilrai baslions. harmonious in ,i
proportions, with great terraces at ia la.e
and growing smaller toward the top GA Obj.
very top, in the center, D. % pyrlmil-l p.l.
in exact proportions. Golden Days.
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When the messenger attempted 20 bar Ter
entrance her indignation was SD great that
she forced way with her cane and entered
in triumph The treasury denied her pay
for her services, and She took the case TO
congress. where q committee decided ln her
favor BUT the bill slept The Sleep of death
ON the calendar. as so many bills do sleep. DO
is 10 be hoped the present bill for her relief
will not thus perish.
When well Dr. Walker supports herself
very nicely by pracicing medicine ANA lee
turing. But it is not likely she viii ever be
able to work again 10 is not generally
known that Dr. Walker Is lieutenant, but
that is the RAM, 20 which she was entitled on
leaving the army surgical siaii some one
once said % President Lincoln that Dr.
Walker ought TO have majors shoulder
straps. 81 am in favor of That said the
president. "ior She has certainly earned
/ tnem. ROBERT GRAVES.
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THE TrS1Es-R1CHMOND. VA SUNDAY. April %. 1890

nse sweet. coquettIsh child, m every '''', ~,
language. for Patti is a famous ling1i''' ne'
tiny Chihuahua lay cuddied ia her zap upon
her velvet gown. her pet hooking bird SENT
s,,,b a c,,sl ~ melody akin 70 his mistress
divine notes, and "A superb parrot sc'''''''
and chartered IN the next ROOM
On the days before Patti sings, sne "en,'s
herself to everybody and scarcely sp'''N'
aloud. She is extremely careful OF 'na' won
drous voice. even directing one OF her ir'ei'u'
70 scream out. Come lr,n whenever zap
was heard az the door, Tor rs She naiYeiy exc
pressed IL. IL am going TO sing to-morro"
night and I'm not going TO ruin my voice
screaming Come in
EDITH SESSIONS IUpPEh
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RICHMOND & D8NVILLB 4. R.
SHORTEST ANDQUfCKisT OrIE -0UIi
AND SOUTHWEST.


TRAIN SO 81 300 a. ".
CCIfTHEEN EXPIRES. daily. for ii1nviiIo.
- Greensboro Winston salem. Durham.
Hafcluh. Eaudlfm1n. salisbury. hsneFiliel
IIof Springs. Charlotte. Columbia. aiken,
Augusta. atlanta, Birmingham, Non -nn-
crv New Orleans. IeHls. and lHliefu '1.
pullman palace .leepIrg-flfh iNcInnnd 20
Danyiiic and uanvIlle fu a neville, Augusta,
Birmingham. and New orleans.
TRAIN 80 %. 100 A.. 81.
NTIRGINIA AND NORTH cAhOLlNA IKE
Y PRESS. daily, f0r NrrkefIIis. aIl s'a-
tions ou tne Norfolk end western h1llui'ii
Ivnchburg. Knoxville, Chattanooga hem-
phis. and Nashville; also for keyffiiic,
t'Iarksvillc. oxford. Henderson, durham.
and Raleigh. This tram goes through solid
TRAIN ro so. 3 PM.
Vrf~r NAIL. daily. f0r 600 points 0n iNe
/ Farmyllle and poWiafan Railroad. iau-
VILE. Greensboro. WIrsf0u-e llom. halNel,
Charlotte. AsheVIle, columbia, Au1usln,
Atlanta. Blrmin2hHm, Montgomery. Sew
Orlcaus. Texas. Hnd California. Pullman
palace Steep ug-e4rs lmuFi ie tu Aunnsil ani
Atlanta aud at Greensboro sleeper Ia Asne-
Vile o. MoulstOHn. Tenn.
INAfN so. iO. % p. 81.
A NfIIA ACCOMouAilON daily, fNc1ri
Y sunday. for Amelia Courthouse and In-
tcrmcdiate points.
TRAIN Nc. 10. 600 s.. So
GLOVER LOCAL. dflF. except ~uniHE.
I freight train With cnacu afncnDl, Iuf
Glover Va. and Intermediate points,
ARRIVE AT RICHMOND
Train 80 53 at SID A. 3D., so I'D 1i $3.50
j.. ST., SO. 90 at 4.3O =. 81. and so. Al ui o.io
A. ~.
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ADELlNA PATTI
some Information of Interest About the
Sweet voiced Diva

some lNfn- iNAlinA nt interest h""At 'ii"
Sweet voiced Diva.
eal Coresp ollencel
NEW YORK April i5.-patd is at once the
moss fascinating aud lelc.3usiy conceitei of
all women fo interview. / defy auy one whc
bias ever at under beer magnetic influence fof
o laif hour a s3 aray and write anything
nasty o, Deer. Some aay you think ot bind
of brilliant plGmgs or a luscious tropical
flower when sou Sand in the diya's pres
enca arI note the warm coilr.ug AZ her
peaear lre tAe lights in her splendid or.en
tai eyes ana red gold tres-e-, the fash of iia-
lnoal. unI OBJ. soft .lster of velvet For the
queen OF lng is always exqul-iteiy dressed.
N0l me fascinated by BIER picturesque per-
sonalty. ler magnetism. her sweet voice, hei
thousand and one uiusome ways. and son are
diverted ly her -al appreciation. "Nere
you at the opera last nIghtf she asked me
during an iltcgt iew few days SINCE mol
On. how MUCH sou missed. sang suDarhly.
When / wa, % my voice was silver, but now
30 is gold. SD" in answer 90 another CUES
ton. Il shall 800, leave the stage. 10 would
be 10 pity % deprive the public of such ayoice
as mine.'
Patti is enchanted with Ler beautiful new
hair. which was finished iu New York the
preparatory work only having been done
abroad size is like "a child with a new toy
- she pats. care.ses and calls attention 20 the
beautiful shining mass piled high on the
graceful little head She asks you frankly il
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IN, although ihi accident might deter tho
,ol,ce Tor IA Time front examining their Jet.
Ter. the NhHsts would not trust Them and
they devised ibis plan:
Each two desiring % correspond select a
,.,,sroi.r a.. word. generally Of three letters
aud thIs word. and tits oniy,is the key 70
me cipher. which can be read only by those
CORRESPONDING. or course, one man may
,s,o "a hundred correspondents but with
each ono he has different ''parole."
The way in which it is worked is TINS
Leaving out the letter y, the alphabet Is ar
RANGED as follows.
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saw that Two Of my patients were dying }
toll the head OF one OF thon IN my zap,
hatbod his temples with water, and askcd
49,, MS ,nmo he tried TO mutter u, but
co,,ld moi From some OF his comrades /
lesrncd nj. name and regiment. He died
looking into my eyes The oincf 'ylhB man
when asked for his name ana nome co"''
only mutscr something uninteligiole ana tne
word Ohio What he said sounded hhe
Ashtabula. and asked him II that va. TO-
telling him 10 wave his hand II was rSnt:.
9e sicnaicd that had understood him. ano
died. At the station an officer superintendeo E
tho removal Of the men 10 the hospitals, an.
nromised me % tako the names Of all an3
end them 20 the war department II turng'
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you DO not think 10 beautiful aud allows you
% part the thick tre-ses ani see for yourself
that the dark roots do not show. IL is a
marvelously beautiful tinge-a real rel gold,
not any washed out, stroaked result, and the
effect, with the markell contrast OF the black
eyes and hrows, Is decidedly piquant.
The afternoon that saw her she sat before
great window through which the sun poured
down upon her, surrounded by her intimate
friends and associates. There We're the tenor
Casilemari and Lloyd, snowy haired Maret-
zek beaming upon her as she called him her
dear old Max, Ni'olini and any number OF
adoring fema friaAds To these sLe ehatted
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OF DIR. MARY E. WALKER,
axe IS Ill, NEARLY FalENDLESs AND
/ UNABLE TO SECURE HER CLAIM.
How She Used 10 Care for the Defenders
Of the Union She Likes Jokes. but Does
Not Alua,. Understand Then, She l.
Lieutenant.
Lieutenant.


WASHINGTON. April IA quarter OF a
century after the close q the civil war, an
effort is being made in congress 90 do justice
10 once thc famous women Of the war epoch
In n small attic room in. nm old fashioned
house ia an old fashioned part Of the ciiy
lives Dr. Mary T. Walker. She IS alone
belnleSs her own surgeon and nurse and GER
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BOsTOv. April ij.-"Nou viii smile, per
hans. when tell you that / date the whole
life OF my conscious responsibility 90 The giu
az an inkstand from Edward Everett Hale
said clergyman TO me the other day. 81
can never forget it, he continued SIT was o
conscious date ia life. / was In the Iheologi-
cal seminary. and 90 the holiday season that
year I had nowhere 10 go. | was feeling
particularly blue and desolate when a little
package reached me. and In it was pocket
inkstand from slr. Hale and his card. IL put
life ON a new center.
"If that great hearted, noble man could re-
member me in that way, I resolved that ]
would live and work not quito umworthly Of
! his goodness. I took heart ar once, ana }
really feel that I owe all the success of my
life 10 himn Another clergyman related a
similar consciousness, Of a crisis n lie from
having once been detailed Boy bis class to meet
DR.. Hale 40 distance of ten miles and drive
him 90 the college, where Boz was to deliver
an address It is perhaps question n any
other one man in America has ever estao-
li.hed such direct personal relation with sueh
multitudes of young men and women as has
DR. Hale His home I'm The Boston High
lands is a kind of Mecca for all sorts and
conditions of people.
Mrs Hale, being once asked II She had o.
reception day. replied in tie gative, adding
that She had often thought Of having day
for herself it is little wonder that DR.. Hale
has inspired a "Lend-a-Hand1 club, and DO
was suggestive picture ON n recent morn
ing. when the Representatives from The
"Lond-a-Hand.n "Ten Times One j, Ten.
1 f..ff .I.
met 10 the pretty church ON Nenbury street
i'm the Boston Back Bay, % celebrate Dr.
/ Hae's sixty-eighti birthday 10 was good
many years ago that DR.. Hnies "len Time-
| Ono is Ten book was published, and BE- #,
still going through new editions and doing
incalcuable good, al a seed that germnate'
must in ITS ever growing and ever enduring
influence.
Lookup and not down;
Look forward. and not backward,
| has made itself "a watchworl of iife Among
! the representatives gathered in the church
was Mis-, Lucy Guinness. of London. who Is
the original of Walter Be-anfs heroine in
"Al Sorts and Conditions of Mem sweet
voiced. fair young woman, eho lelt pIcas
J ant home tO step into tine great army of
working women and thus study their coni-
ti0ns OF life.
Miss Guinness real "a paper boo the plriors
Of Mrs d. Lothrop recently Mrs Loihr0p
better known AS the "1largaret Sidney of
literature. on "East London Ias.es Inside
and Outside the Factory Cafes which ro
vealsl how close and sympathetic study
she had made OK their phase of life.
Miss Guinness is one whose nor., dates nack