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w&oRRco, Freight Office and Depot
Electric RcHray compaais..
The Va < ut Vernon Electro R..lrcsi.
Steamboat Co@paiies.
Washington Steamboat Company limited
2. Padgett, Agent;
Potomac Steamboat Company, ? Ee%
Inland and seaboard Coasting C5mlan.. "a
Reed & Co, agents.
Grocers.
G ? Davis. CH Cowiing.
F Adams, Ent~isle,
! Rroders y Lindsey & Co.
Charles King & Son, P Pullman & Co.
G Vim Ramsay, Fisher Brothers
Grocers and Liquor Deaisrs.
T F Burroughs, Harlow Brothers
nc Wallace. " 4 johnson & Go,
Robertson s. Bro.
Druggists.
W 2 Creighton Co, Lunr & Alien
G G Lennon. E 5 Leadbester & Sols
L Stabler s. Co.
Physicians.
Dr. u " O'Brien, Dr. " u Smith,
DR. G w Ashby, Dr. II Jones
Dr. " 3 Purvis.
Rarduare.
Jas F Carlin & Sons
agricultural supplies.
&c fbert Bryant, n May & Son.
Stores and Tinpare.
Henry Baader.
FEED Dealers.
T T Burroughs, F J Pollard,
" Roberts, J 3 Watkins
lee Dealers.
wv Hammond. FAReel & Co.
Food and coal Dealers.
Dew. Aitcheson, " Smoot s 20,
j Z Zimmerman,
The Marine Railway. shipbuilding and Cos
Company.
q. s. Offices.
Postotfce.
Dry Goods.
Isaac Eichberg.
Real Estate
Alexandria Reol Estate Investment, Trust an
Title Company.
Brick Manufactures.
Alexandria Press Brick Company
Bre,eeries.
Robert Pormer Brewing Company.
Butchers
Helmuth Brothers. NJ schulcr.
Who1esGle Cake and Cracker Manufacturer and
Confectioners.
George &. Hill & Co.
Commission Merchants.
PB Hooc, JT&JG Beckham.
Fisher Brothers, Harlow Brothers,
w A Johnson & Co, ST. Monroe & Co.
Matthew, Kell & Co.
Courts.
County Court, Corporation Court.
Lowyers.
James 3 Cation, George Mushbsch
J Z N Norton, &C Carlin,
S G Brent.
Merchandise Brokers'.
VIM Fowle Brookes & Co, AID Brocke;t
Pirate Residences.
Charles King, Herbert Bryant,
Z d Janney, George Mushbach.
Mrs NJ A Wood, Mrs Francis smith
John ID Hooe, L Daingerfeld
T II Sullivan, w B Daingerfeld,
& Zimmerman.
Manufacturers Of Soda aud Mineral E'aiers
james McCuen.
StGti0ne-s and Printers.
3 BeLTs Sons, RW French
III Hill s, Co.
Schools.
Episcopal High School, L Ii Blaekford pm.
cipal.
senlinaries.
Theological Seminary.
Telegraph Companies.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
western Union Telegraph Company
Tanners.
&C Smoot & Sons.
Express ConpGries.
United States Express Company,
Adams Express Company.
Insurance Agents.
u Hooe, L Stabler.
junk Dealers.
henry Baader, JDreifus.
Lirery Stables.
Patterson & Brother, Ri Myers & Co.
Lumber Dealers
Smoot & Co, JILL smoot,
Perry & Son, Aitcheson & Bro.
Municipal Offices.
City treasurer, Police Headquarters.
Miuers.
Waiter Roberts, TF Burroughs.
Newspapers.
Alexandria Gszettc, Evening Sun.
OIL Companies.
Standard Oil Company, Nicolai Brothers.
Planning Mills.
Aitcheeon & Bro, JHD smoot
Smoot & Co.
Class and chinovarc.
EJ Miller & Son.
Grain Merchants.
W A Moore.
UnGertaEers.
B Wheatley,
Restaurant
Opera House Restaurant.
Gas Companies.
Alexandria Gas Works.
Bakeries.
Alexandria Steam Bakery.
Machine Works,
Old Dominion Machine Works (W s Moore)
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.

CoMPAEY
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Banks.


Burke & Eerber1, First Nation B4rE.
Citizens National Bsuk.
Rdilroads.
Washington Southern Office and De.ot
yNRW Superintendent Ot5ce
Local Freight Office,
:" Union Street Office.
Freight aud Trans or,a,i1l o.
" Zorro Freight Office and 1e1o;
Electric Railray conpaHis'
The Va /; Ut Vernon Electro R..ifozi,
Steamboat Cozpar.ie'.
Washington Steamboat Comp4ny limited
2. Padgett, Agent;
Potomac Steamboat Company, p 3 E2-
Inland and seaboard Coasting c9nlaa- "a
Reed & Co, Agents.
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Tired, Weak, Nervous
Could Not Sleep.

Prof. L D. Edwards, OF Preston,
Idaho, says: 81 vas al run down,
weak, nervous and irritable through
oTerwork. l suffered from brain IA
tigue, mental depression, etc. l De
came 50 weak and nervous that l
could not sleep, / would arise tired,
DISCOURAGED and blue. ] began taxing
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CITY SCHEDULE.
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Nohi Aho = Daily. Daily Daily. Daily.

Additional local trains 10 and Is leave
Washington daily a 45 p. u, arrive Char
lottesville 8 30 p. N. Returning leave Char
lottesville 6 30 a. NJ, arrive Washington
10 % m.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-02
RULER OF JAPAN,
CIVILIZATION HAS CREPT INTO
HIS SUMPTUOUs HOME.
He Owns Acres Of Palaces andf
Enormously Wealthy = Hia
Daily Life = Empress
and Crown Prince.

TYHERE is no ruler in thu
. world, excepting, perhaps, the
Czar. so interesting to-day al
the Emperor of Japan, write|
Frank G.. Carpenter. He has moved
from the capital, Toxic, 400 mile|
westward, to his naval station al
Hiroshima, where he hss praeticalll
taken charge of his army. Parliament
and his cabinet are with him, and h.
is directing the naval and military
forces by telegraph No monarch in
the world is less understood. The
world knows little about him. You
hear little said about him in Japan,
and the information which l got bat
to be worked for. Even then Iis
comes only in response to mahy
questions.
The present Emperor of Japan was
kept in q sort of glass cage, fgurately
speaking, during the first of his file.
He is forty-six years old, and was put
on the throne at the age of fifteen.
This was when the Shotgun was still
commander-in-chief of. the army, and
was practically the ruler Of japan. at
this time the Mikado was SO holy that
no one mentioned his name. When it
was necessary to write it q letter vas
left out from reverence. He was, like
the Emperor of China, sort of Son
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-02
CHAPTER XIV.

Darrell Grey did not at once manifest
himself atshis discovery Of his friend
the Indian girl. Instead, he stood 81
lently regarding the two persons he had
happened to find 50, strangely.
actions Of White Fawn's companion.
The whole dress and manner OF the lat
ter were strangely peculiar and gro
tesque. He possessed patriarchial ap-
pearance and wore white beard COM
ing nearly to his waist BE wore dark
spectacles and q strange cone-like hat
on his head. His dress was mixture OF
civilized and savage, and was orns-
mented with shells and war-paint
On the rock before him lay small
oblong box from. which he had Just
taken long reed, which was evidently
q musical instrument So fully was
DarrePs curiosity aroused at all he saw
that he strained his hearing to catch the
first words spoken by the old man.
1You are all ready?" asked the Indian
maiden. .e
eyes," replied her companion. "We
will see what the science of the old her.
NIT can do toward battling our enemies" /"
Darrell started. "The strange old man
must be the recluse, Walford," he mur-
INJURED, as he recalled Ranger Ralph's
reference to the hermit
@Am to wait here?" asked White
Fawn.
Eyes. If I succeed at all, It will be
unaided. Twill bring the girl here, II I
rescue her." .-. .E
sBut how can you hope to do so against
30 many foes?'
The old man significantly tapped the
box which he had tied over his shoulder.
aLeave that to me and my science, !"
he replied, confidently. aThe outlaws
camp is just beyond the valley, you say?"
sYes."
Walford, for it was he, left the place.
Darrell was about to reveal himself and
address the hermit, but hesitated from
doing 80 until Walford had departed.
TTo BE Continued
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

II Is said that Cleveland, Ohio, has one sa-
loon to every ITS Inhabitants.
The Austrian Legislature Is considering
bill for the prevention Of drunkenness.
The Boston Trade Unions, forty thousand
strong. have decided to vote no license.
For every dollar spent in England on
drink only a cent Is spent on education.
Whisky preserves corpses. 1t makes
corpses, also. Don't let 1t make corpse OF
you. ..
workinguan that aids In the support Of
the saloon-keeper's family eventually de-
grades his own family.
A convict in the Northern Indiana prison
dlank alcohol which was being used In paint-
ing. He is now blind.
An insurance authority states that prohi-
bitionst policy holders average from four to
five years longer life than any other class.
Mrs. Masenberg. President of the Pioneer
CLUB, London's New Woman organiza-
tiop, is blue rbboner, and has forbidden
alcohol in any OF its alluring forms.
The Supreme Court Of Indiana has rem
dered a decision thar 1t is unlawful for a wo-
man in TINT State to hold saloon license,
and no debt contracted by a woman In that
business Is valid. .-
The annual Parliamentary returns show
the revenue from the liquor traffic in Eng
land for the year ending March 31st last, to
have been S170, OTIS, 495, an increase over
the previous year, .....
The American National Congress OF
Friendly Societies. which makes life insur-
ance its main business. has declared against
admitting to membership men engaged In
retailing Intoxicating liquors. .-
A Louisville lawyer, one of the ablest men
at her bar, who served on the bench and Is
a brother otrene Of the United States Su-
preme p justices, went to the city aims
nous hays ago as last hope OF cur
Ing Of the iquor habit. - L. ~
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of Heaven. He was kept in his big
palace, surrounded by lot of SER
wants. Whenever he went out it was
in closed cart, consequently he kn Iew
nothing whatever of what was going
on in Japan. His throne looked MORE
like four-poster bedstesd than any
thing else. It was covered with fine
white silk, but the Emperor sat CROSS
legged on the floor, with a couple of
swords beside him. Ihad to take loft
my shoes before I was admitted ipto
the palace, and 1 walked for atmile
over soft matted floors. The Halhcs
is altogether Japanese in strudtu re.
It has sliding walls covered with gold
leaf, and it is decorated with paintings
by the old Japanese masters 1t was
in this palace the Emperor received
the foreigners for the first time about
twenty-six years ago.
~ The home of the Mikado at Toxic
is far different from these old Japan.
ese palaces in Kioto. He has vast
estate right in the center of the city,
made up OF hill and valley. contain
ing lakes and woods and vast one-stpry
palaces. 1t is surrounded by three
moats, some of which are crossed by
marble bridges, and at all of which
you find soldiers in modern uniforms.
These moats are in places from 100 to
200 feet wide. They are filed with
water, and magnificent lotus flowers
foat upon them on sheets of green
leaves. ata- ;.a
His palaces are now combination
of Europe and Japan. They cost 3D.
900, 900. The wulls of many of these
rooms are made of immense plate
glnss doors in lacquered frames, So ar
ranged that great number OF rooms
can be thrown into one. Some are
ceiled with the most magnificent EN-
broideries. -
The Emperor..,,keeps his eyel on
everything. He rises early and brf PAX
fasts at about 7 o'clock. He uses a
knife and fork whenever he takes for
eign food, but he prefers the chop.
sticks at his Japanese dinners. Heleats
both kinds of food and is very fond of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-02
White deer

White deer, which probably are al
binos, and which figure so often in
wild Western superstition and ro- .
nance, are not unknown in Maine for
ests. There, however, no mysterious
and supernatural attributes are
ascribed to them. Many Western
hunter fears to shoot q white deer lest
it bring him misfortune, but when two
hunters in the wilds of Piscataquis
County came in from the woods the
other day one Of the two fine deer they
brought with them astrophies of their
Workmanship was a white one.-New
York S.n. . y
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You AND YOUR WIFE.

A certain little tract, addressed TO drink
ers, contains no sentimental appeal to the
emotions, but is full of practical common
sense. Let every one addicted to the use OF
liquor read 1t, says an exchange, and pro-
nounoe Judgment upon the advice 1t con
tains. One gallon OF whisky costs about
three dollars, and contains, on the average.
sixty-five ten-cent drinks. Now, II you
must drink whisky, buy gallon and max"
your wife the barkeeper then when you mr."
thirsty, give her ten cents for drink. When
the whisky is gone she will have leIt, after
paying for It, three dollars and half, mn
every gallon will yield the same profit. This
money she should put away in the savings
bank, 80 that when you have become II
drunkard unable to support yourself, an !
Stunned and despised by every respectable
person, your wife may have money enough
to keep you until your time comes to oil d
drunkard's grave.
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He aroused himself at last and
traversedt the banks of the little stream
that ran through the ravine. AS he
rounded a projecting ledge OF rocks,
Darrell Grey paused in some surprise
There was a deep indentation In the
solid rock. ,.-s
Here light showed. It proceeded
from small hand lamp set on rock.
Its rays showed two persons. One OF
them was a man fancifully attired,
whom he had never seen before. His
companion at q glance Darrell recog-
nized 1t was White Fawn, the Modoo
princess gH
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fore Alexander the Great thought he
had conquered the world. The jap.
anese will assure you that the Mikado
is lineal descendant of the first EN-
peror, Jimmu Tenno. r.
Any other royal family would have
run out IN less than this time, espe
cially in an isolased country liks
Japan, but the Japanese have a Law
by which the Emperor cannot marry
one of his own family. he has 70
marry the daughter of one of tre
court mobiles. The Empress, there
fore, is not of royal blood. She is the
daughter of 1chijo Takada. She is q
very bright woman, and was but eig nt'
cen years old at the time she was NJ az az
ried. This was away back in 19 9o'o'
when foreign ways had not yet oo'
tanned in the empire. Her Majfssy
wore at that time Japanese clotfnes'
and she followed, I am told, the Icus,
tom of shaving off her eyebrows ano
blackening her teeth. Later on
however, her Majesty changedI mel
ideas about this matter, and hef, eye
brows have again grown out snld ne
teeth are as white as those ofan amer
lean girl. She is at the front OF 81
movements for the introduction OF I'd
Western civilization, especially any
innovation that promises to betYer IN
condition of Japanese women On
has hospitals and schools, for sne
one fthe most charitable OF mo narcnt
She is not fond of society, and she
almost as busy as the Empero r. 81
has her own secretaries, and per TIN
istaken up with reading, studJ :, recel
tions and charitable work. She
very fond of riding.
There are number of lay les c2
nected with the palaces a : T2
who, like many wild flow 1ers
"born to blush unseen,"
they do not "waste their sw9 g.
the desert air." refer to
ondary wives of the Empe
hear nothing about these
for they are kept as much
in the background. But
1ania1 the Emperor
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The Mikado is by no means poor
man. He receives about so, 500, 900 a
year to keep up his palace and his
household establishment, and he has
besides large private fortune. Mr..
Sannomiya, his Grand Master OF Cere-
monies, told me that he was good
business man. BE has q great deal of
money in public land.
The Emperor of Japan is entitled to
be considered the most arlstocratic
ruler on earth. The royal family of
Japan has genealogical tree which
reaches to heaven, and their tradi-
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tions state that the Emperor comes
from the gods. There have been III
Emperors Of japan, and they all be-
long to this family. The first one
governed Japan just about $500 years
ago. He was on the throne long be-
fore Julius Caesar aspired to be the
Emperor of Rome and 800 years be-
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a4treaa, lived in modest retirement.
al fter the death of Jay Gould untiI last
sfmmet, when they aigDaled their en-:
tree into society by taking the Vigil;
ant to Europe to participste ii thel
nternational yacht races. They met
Tlth g distinct social success, and
upon: their return to New York the
prestige acquired across the water 4
made them rank as leaders in Goth
aims -Four Hundred. ,At the recent
Hstriarchs' Ball, the swellest socisl;
function OF the season, Mr.. Sand Mr. 4
Fould were formally admitted to il
swaggier set, the beautiful wife OF tl25|i
Young millionaire being complainant
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rice, taking it with every meal. He
likes meats and is by no means nvI Ierse
to sweets. He usually eats his br |eak-
fast alone and also his lunch. His din
ner is served in table d'hote style, with
all the European accompanim9nts.
Contrary to the regular practif4 in
Japanese families. his wife often sits
at the table with him, and also the
Grown Prince. His work begins as
soon as his breakfast is over. Ffcm 9
until - he receives his MinistersA At
ter this he takes his lunch, and ihen
spelds little time in reading laws.
papers. He watches closely the "
anese press, keeps track Of cu
public opinion, Ind, \ venture Z \
changes his acti bns somewhat to
it. All the papers are looked
him, and the passags.h
are marked Orc
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CHAPTER XIV.

'.S-A-1fAfsIkAlxkn6A AOfGfS1u60s .l--'f
= It WAS some minutes before the two
men In the locked wagon box could fully.
realize what had occurred They knew
that the horses had RUIZ away, and, the
wagon coliiding with q tree, they had
dashed madly onward, deserting the We
shicle. The wagon. had tottered on the.
brink OF the abyss, and then, turning,
fell downward. !. :.
Darrel. Grey Caught one glimpse Of the
gloomy depths Of the valley below, and
gave himseYi up for lost To his amaze
uent, thg wagon whirled downward only
afeWdRet Then it came to an abrupt
: Its sudden stoppsge brought him and
Despard together with shock. :
4, Amid the excitement and peril OF the
occasion, Darrell thought not Of treach-
cry on the part of his companion. The
latter seemed paralyzed with terror, and
his face ives white and craven.
sWe are doomed!n he muttered, In q
frightened tone.
\ sNot at ALL" replied Darrell 3We are
enemies, Dyke Despard, but for once we
had better act In unison"
Anything to escape q fall into that
dark abyss"
! Despard shuddered rs he pointed to
5 the yawning depths below.
The lamp in the wagon had been ex-
tinguished py the shock ct the fall, but
the moonlight outside revealed their sur
ronndings plainly. Darrell soon learned
Their real slJuaJIon. Z no wagon lay on
ATS side, about ten feet below the edge OF
the road
Tt had fallen partly on shelf OF rock,
Z partly across tree, and these supported
L. temporarily. The hold was frail
one. however, and the least dislodgment
! might send them whirling to death q
hundred feet below. Darrell groped his
Z way to the door and unlocked It.
s&s aIf allow you to follow me, will you
agree to make no resistance?' he asked
Sof Despard
81 Il promise replied the outls.f
eagerly. :,
4, Every we'll; by clinging to the shrubs
! and rocks we can reach the cliff.
s Darrell stepped out the door ano
SIsmbered over the shelving rock. By
careful 9 Imbing he reached the Gilt ID
safety. He aided Despard, who had 1ol-
lowed him, to reach the same place.
Both breathed relieyedly at their mar
tslous escape from death.
Darrell was once more on his eusFu,
and the relentless captor, as no cfaspeo
bis revolver in his hand. 49,
& March on he said, gently, 1ye nave
lost ame.
danced up aud down the desersea
ID In road There was no n2t 2l.
9 ksnton or the horses
se from the wagon
skid ,Despard
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A curious partnership often exists'
between the sea annemone and the,
hermit crab. The latter always has
an anemone fastened to his shell, and
when he changes his quarters he takes.
MS anemone along, provided he canF
detach it from the old shell. q
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A Tube-Fed Incubator

, ....... H.f'- .. l 20. #H... -
The addition to the !
pltal, in New York, W
opened recently. I
The hospital, as well as :
says the New York Worli !
thoroughly FURNISHED. .
contains thr g wards
nursery. This was the 1
|Brice Gray, Jrl The sec'
ltains a diet kitchen anef
These wards were the 4
John Hone, Mrs. josef
|B. o. Chism and Mrs. FL )
third door contains o3
lplsyre ON furnished byl-.
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The GoulIs In Gotham,s .s4oo, J,

George Jsr Gould, eldest aon Of the
''4ittle Wizard of Wall street." has
won successtn q field which bafied his
famous fatler. Not only has he
proved rover in financial circles
ard controlled with prudence and sa-
gacity the vast millions left under his
direction, hut he has become q leader
II the socisl world. He and his wife,
formerly Miss Edith Kingdom, the
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The blood flows almost as.freelv
through the bones as thsoaehthS
flesh in very young children. but q:
age comes on the blood vessels iii GU
bones are almost filed with mattsfs s.:
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OF criticisms he passes over, but if al
newspaper becomes at all dangerous,
he gives an order to his censors and
the newspaper is stopped, while its ed
itors are liable to be thrown into
prison. ".
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them, his mothers name b
Yanagiwara.
The Grown Prince was si1
old last September. He
bright boy, dark faced al
eyed, Of the rtoost pronounI
ese type. He has an estab}
his own inside the palacI
with his own servants, !.
attendants. 4
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kAsTER OF SELF.

Tha best medical authorities, and those
not committed to any total abstinence theo.
ries unite in saying that one OF the princi-
pal effects Of alcohol Is to loosen the delicate
and firm grasp Of the will upon the passions.
It gives slack rein TO the lower nature. It
is only through holding the forces OF the
lower nature in absolute subordination 20
reason and conscience that 1t Is possible 10
turn life into truth, into pure affection for
the excellent, into the service OF man and
the worship Of God. -.
In most Of US the control OF the lower
nature by spiritual forces is too fitful and
unsteady We do not sit nthe throne Of our
own souls, masters OF ourselves, and any in
diligence Of any kind that gives the forces OF
the lower life q freer rein assails the mas.
tery through which alone there is the posi-
bility of changing earthly life into the values
of eternity.-Sacred Heart Review.
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TEMPERANCE
EVILS OF ALCOHOL.

= -. ~ EVILS OF ALCOHOL. ~ = =
The following lines attempt to portray the
evils arising end that have arisen from the
use Of alcohol as beverage:
Could we with ink the ocean ali, .i
We're every blade OF grass quill,
Were the whole world OF parchment made,
And every man a scribe by trade.
To write the horrors OF those woes a'.-
Would drain the ocean dry. ,fii&
Nor would the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.