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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
Running tn Gauntlet.
balls at one blaze: we can't help hit.

balls at one blaze: we can't help hit
ting one &C the other
They did hit ono horse ana two
b'peds, n a groom of Il Prince de
Leichenstein. the other Gen. Moreau,
the honorary attache of the Russian
staff and the oracle of the allied head
quarters.
Get Bonaparte est toujours hue
reux," he muttered, when the surgeon
OF the car informed him that his inju-
ries Were fatal. But for that we'll
timed shower of iron the allies might
have been enabled to dictate the terms
OF peace that very year, and saved
themselves the troubl eof three addi-
tional campaigns.
Gen. Montecuculi, q veteran of the
Thirty-Years' war, used to say that
there are three things needed to in
sfIre success in military operations.
First. money; second, more money;
third, all the additional money that
u can borrow. beg or steal. But that
same martial financier could also rec
ognize the benefit of extreme good luck
in craftsmanship; so much so, indeed,
that he estimated the Importance of
n specially fortunate shot at the val
ne Of two fair-sized provinces. The
shot he referred to vas fired by an ar
tillerist at Nittweiler. near Salzbach,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

Hes lost vas the laconic reply,
confirmed by n shot that ENDORSED the
champion of the Reformation. as if he
had been lightning-suuck. The ball
had hit the king below the right shout
der and traversed his body-just miss
ing the heart; but they used two-ounce
bullets in those days, and there was 10
need of those reserve musscts. though
the lucky marksInan did blaze away
once more and wounded a brother OF
Gen. W-yern.
Dur.ng n skirmish on the heights OK
Torres Ecdras. a French sharpshootec
would probably lave given a years
pay for n second clance Of that sort.
Quick said his captain, there comes
the sign post'-as they nicknamed
Wellington on account of his wooden
stiffness. Don't YOU think you can
splinter his tinberT"
Yes. If he stops another minute
scid the expert. taking Il careful aim
at a tall. stiff buttoned officer ut tie
edge Of a British battery, and pitching
him over head-foremoSt III the n"Nt
tr,nch.
oh. diable. You have hit the wrrn@
man. cried the captain. Its that
ether fellow with the telescope, load
quick. nov, and try again."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

The sharpshooter had killed Adiu-
tant Riley. of Pritchard'S brigade. and
tried to retrieve his mistake by reload
iIg in taverish haste; but the favorable
opportunity had passed. and a moment
after the ey~er-fortunate had stepped
under shelter.
Heaven help him If he crosses my
range again." said the sbarpshooteI,
ard Napoleon the Great used Il similar
expression when the court martial
cony ictcd his rival, Moreau, of conspir-
acy, but permitted him to resign and
escape TO America.
He came TO tine United States. and is
said to have eked out a living by chop
ring hash for a French butcher Of
South Pittsburg. They paid him only
So per week, but he had better have
stuck 10 that job than get his fingers
once more in the sausage machine of
French politics.
During the campaign following the
Russian year of horrors the allies were
in sore need of an able leader-"lions
led by menagerie deer" Gen. Duroc
called them, only to be promptly called
down by his imperial master. Lions?
What are You talking about? They
are mere wolves led by jackasses!"
One of these donkeys. however. rec
ognized his own Incompetence sutfi-
GENTLY to invite q professional. strate-
gist, and. after trying in vain to seduce
Marshal Davoust, applied tt the victor
of Hohenlinden. In an evil hour the
Pittsburg hash-miller consented, and Il
few months after did stray in target
range of his formidable antagonist.
DO you see those uniformed dandies
on that knob over yondery' said Ma
pOleon in the battle Of Dresden. "Call
Cournier" (the commander of a crack
battery. perhaps there are a few lit
tie generals in that gang. Do try and
pepper them with a dozen cannon
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
A Public school I'm Germany.

1t We 3 o'clock, and school was
about te begin. At a signal from the
teacher the boys arose in their places
and, with bowed heads, stood in rev.
crential silence, while One Of their num-
Der recited a short prayer. As or as
TIC boys were again in their seats the
teacher began the recitation, and ! be
ga to gaZe about the room. There
We're nearly fifty boys seated on ten
plain board benches. with the same
number Of equally long and plain
desks ia front, an almost exact repro
duction of the furniture of the New
England district school house of q ger
Grafton ago.
The teachers desk, which stood upon
a high and very s.dall platform, was
equally inexpensive and devoid Of or
l ament. The walls and ceiling of the
room were of a soft brown color,
slightly tinged with green, while the
benches and desks. including that of
the teacher, We're stained II darker
brown, excepting the tops of the desks.
which Wee painted a dull black.
There We're windows only on II side
of the room, and the seats were so ar
ranged that the ray of light fell upon
the pupils books over the left shoulder.
There was only one blackboard i'm the
ronIn, and that was a small, wooden
ole, which was placed behind the
teachers desk. and VIZ s accessible only
to a person standing on the teachers
platform. Crayon marks upon the
blackboard were removed by means Of
2 moist sponge. never with a dry eras
cr. Ia many Of tue school rooms
which | subsequently visited. there
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
A DECEPTIVE APPEARANCE.
Vhe Fair Novel Reader WAS " ~
Unsoyhisticated as she Loohe"'

T,h Fair Novel Reader Was Nots"
as She Looked'
There was n young woman WIZ :"
musical ear sitting in the corner OF 'hc
c,hle car. Several times she locked III
with curious surprise as the conductor
rang the bell TO register fares. ih'
bell did not always ound SaHiN'
Sometimes il had Il dull, c!ahklh& tol'c'
and every now aud then 1t came oUl
sharU and clear. several notes hl@hI'
in the scale. She WAS q dellufe liItrc
creature, with blonde friZZes. a sIIC
became So interested in the Nafih'i"ES
PLAYED on the bell that she quite neE
!ectpd the p~apcr-covcred q WHICH
lay in her lap-a novel size was Cyl
IDENTITY not reading for tn" trSt tii"e
for size had opened 1t at ahdolh
when she had dropped it To lister 70
the bell she never troubled hefSeIl 10
find the place.
But in the course Of time she reached
n more interesting portion OF the "oFN
There were things which she appal
entity desired to remember, Tor She
took . lead pencil from a small bag,
ard began 10 mark passages mere ana
t,,pre.
The old gentleman with white side,
uhiSkCrs who sat opposite 10 her hopeu
that il was a proper book for Il young
woman to read and the angular Wo-
man who was somewhat Hurried, oW-
ING to an unsuccessful attempt to pass
an out-of-datc saltwater ticket TOT
ear fare, was sure that it wasn't.
She rode almost TO the end Of the
line. Just before the car finally stop
| ucd she took out Il note book. The con-
ddctor happened to come TO the front
of the car.a and he glanced ut what she
wrote. Ii was the number OF his car.
As he walked toward the railway Of
| flee he opened the door that looked out
| on the front platform, and said to the
motorman:
Its all up, JIM"
Il told you somebody would notice
the difference in the sound of thoS two
| bells. Somebody was bonnd TO won
der about it, and discover that you
weren't ringing up all the fares in the
right place"
The conductors face was very pale
and his mouth was drawn at the cor
ners.
1t was one of the everyday tragedies
of life; poverty, temptation, discovery
and regret that came too late.
The girl with blonde frizZes was a
Pinkerton Observation-Disclosures Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
HIGH PRICES FOR RARE COINS.
Sale Of the Third Part of the MOnta-
que English Collection.

The third portion of the collection Of
English coins made by the late Mr..
Hyman Montague has just been sold
in London, the sale taking seven days
and bringing in S43,919. The first two
portions of the English collection had
fetched $49,40S, while the Greek CONS
sold for SASS 4,and the Roman gold
coins for $4,000. The gem of this sale
was the JuXon medal. for which $3.50
was obtained. Among the other coins
that brought high prices We're Il ryal OF
Mary L., the queen standing in n ship,
holding a sword and scepter, $40; an
angel of Philip and Mary, sos; a
half-croWn of the same. $3.50; Eliza
beth, a h~alf-crown. the queen with long
hair. SIS: a spur ryal, $500; a half
crown OF James L., S171.
There We're many pattcr pieces and
unique specimens of the coinage of
Charles /. and the Commonwealth.
The Oxford silver pattern crown, with
the King on horseback, brought SG4O: n
siege piece, the Portefract gold unity.
$500; another, a Scarborough silver
5-shilling piece, $500; a Bristol gold
unit, Sl2G; an Oxford gold e piece.
$50; a Shrewsbury silver pound. SIT:
a Beeston Castle silver 1S-pence, Sion:
two pattern breads, $50 each; n silver
half-crown. with the King on horse
back. SOD; a pattern penny, S3G; n
crown by Briot, S2t2.
Cromwelfs coins were nearly all pat
tern pieces. Cromwell's rown of
1865, with the bust of the Protector
and the inscription. "IIas nisi periturus
mini adllnat memo" brought S7GO: n
oo-shilling gold piece, 1866, also by ST.
mon, 1861; a l~ialf-broad, of the same
year, with milled edge, $3.50: a silver
2-shilling piece, $50; a 6-pence piece.
lo9S, 500. The Simon petition crown
OF Charles H., 1663, fetched SI.55O:
the silver crown with the Inscription.
"Deddite Quae Caesars Caesarj'
5000, N the same, in pewter. S275: n
pattern crown, by Roeltier. with the
arms OF England and France quar-
tered, 1868, $3.50; another, with the
arms ON separate shields, 5000. n 4
shilling piece by Simon, S172: n .
guinea piece of 1873, S222. The highest
price paid for a coin Of James III. was
49,, o a 5-guinea piece OF 1856, with
elephant and castle: 1925 was given
Tor q 6-pence and a shilling and q half
Oh William Ill; S144 for a 5-guinea
piece or Queen Anne before the union
with Scotland, and $174 for n guinea of
the same period, while a shilling of
i'Vo Drought SS6.-New York Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

the most enhancing view presents \
self, and is II which no s%ojourner 1
the neighborhood permits himself i
miss.
The power by which visitors ave 1
climb this mountain is furnished bF
captive balloon. This runs along
track built ut the side Of the roadtel
A trailer furnished with many whesA
clasps this wooden rail, and to ttl
trailer the passenger 4 Is fastened
The operator has n seat in the ca,
and "A cord swings between his ph,
and the balloon. by which the gas sup
ply is regulated. He has also seyerI
brakes and safety devices at hand j
case of accident.
At the front Of this unique rairGl
is n gas tank and generator. Gas
made here TO illuminate the town, at
also for the purpose Of filing the kl
loon. a charge sufficient to carry y
ear To the top of the mountain is gVi
ID at the start. and when the grade ID
been mounted. and all is ready for ID
return down the mountain, a Sal
quantity Of gas is released ana the d
starts down its rapid descent hel.
checked hy the gas that has been
lowed to remain in the balloon.
Permission to- construct the aerostt
Is railroad was granted only after q
most searching Investigation had be-
made Of the plans. There are man
novel safety devices to prevent any =
riouS accidents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
w here He WouId Va

A pompous old gentleman was visit
ing a certain rural district last sum-
mer, and greatly desired to inspect
some celebrated ruins in the locality
he inquired for the oldest inhabitant
and assailed him with such a veritahle
host OF needless interrogations that the
ancient parsonage presently lost his
temper and said: ms
III tell you a better way vet 90
straight down yonder, take the fust
turning to right, second to left. over
four stiles, through a taterield mast
the Blue Boar, up Milestone Hm ond
over the common till you come IN the
windy Wood; go down till WI get into
the middle Of that ere wood. and
then" 1851 anu
We'll, and then what?' CURLY do
manded the exacting old gent.
well, them" said the ancient inbah.
liant, complacently resuming his nino
I'm blowed IL you won't be n,onar'n
ioStp'-Answers. "
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

lect he was the greatest mar this cCEs
try has ever produced. He was q
product of an intellectual flame ths
had been burning for eight generates
and yet, when the full blaze Of q
genius burst upon tie world there va
nothing in any single ancestral hs1
that preceded him, or in all those y
ccstral lights that explained adqaald
ly the source OF his genius. ! thiR
should be satisfied with Emerson !
England is satisfied with ShakespearI
or as Germany is satisfied with Coco
whom, by the way, Emerson res
bled in intellectual features. althOg1
our poet was more spiritual-mipu1
than Goethe"
WAS Emerson's character in M
lng with the impression of proiol]
serenity that his writings leave on Y
reader!"
Emerson was given TO moods o. Y
straction that might have been u
taken for inisanthropy. At such lD
the presence of men seemed an wv
ruption and q mild irritation. BWl
ways and ever. he was amiabe u
agreeable. and his n;rhers WI
marked by a knightly courtesy n
erson wrote mis- own character INV
books. and exempliiied in his Deia'l
the high philosophy when 4
Observation-Disclosures with fralA
SaDborn, in Boston Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

1t has remained for Gen. Horace For
ter to place on record n of Grants
best expressions. When Gen. Hancock
made his assault ut Spottsylvania and
captured a Confederate division Burn
side reported that his right had lost its
connection with Hancock's corps. Gen.
Grant replied in "a note: Push the
enemy with all your might; that's the
way to connect"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

The Canadian premier has followed
the example Of two Of his predecessors
In Office and declined the honor of
knighthood which was offered to him
last week by Queen Victoria. His rea-
son were that the tendencies were
democratic and hence in opposition to
honors Of that kind. There used to be
a notion that every English subject was
half mad for titles, but 1t has received
many severe setbacks In recent years.
Noble is as noble does is the broader
view of to-day, and titles do not add
much real nobility.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

During 1896 the railroad construction
in the country amounted TO only 1,S02
miles, mostly in California and the
South. The country appears to have
about as many railroads as it needs,
and new ones are not likely TO be con
structed very rapidly in view of the
fact that the business pays nothing on
over 20 per cent of IT'S capital and Is
per cent of its bonded debt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

A Frenchman has written to the
newspapers to say that he has invented
a paper which will destroy the lead
pencil industry. And yet w venture
to say that his letter vas very prosy,
and that when he read ii afterward in
print he found that he had not destroy
ed the blue pencil industry. The wise
editor will always use that weapon Of
defense in spite Of the progress of in
vention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

1t is said that Queen Victoria wired
her sympathy to the East Indian fam
inc sufferers, but tie car OF Russia
raised a large sum Of money and sent
it. AS a consequence the queen is rath-
er short, and the car long on popular
ity among the native of E~ngland's
greatest dependency.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

Sacramento pow receives a 1900
volt current of electricity from a plant
thirty miles distant, and had previ-
ously secured Il partial supply over
twenty-four miles Of wire. The Cali
fornla city has apparently demonstrate
ed that a long-distance supply of the
current is practicable III every way,
and also economical.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
Getting Tricks in nm EmeIse'a


Getting tricks in an EmeIs.
one afternoon Contractor MwPa
discovered that he was runllHis -
of bricks. and that tie men Wouiu "a
TO knock off work the rest OF le h
unless q fresh supply could "
taired. Nov, Contractor casey !, ~ \
other side of the street, was "eh
piled Will, bricks, and his ihen " !,
working like beavers SO Murll9 AID
over to Casey and said: "Dap.
nm out Of bricks. Lind me III un ,I
about foive hun'erd an Oili slNe I,
back to We to-morrer." But case, N
In n bad humor, and he wouldns
a single brick. "O'i'll git aveh Wv
fur that. Dan Casey" said M" ..,Ill
and he went back to his men. IA
said he, were short o. bricks IN,
Cascy's min are wurkin stidds, 81
we don't git some nv his Drica III "a
have ter knock off. SO, 40 ye1 a. II
here. while OF 60 up above ana
buildin', an when ! yen lnu I'D
tons to yez, do yez all ans"s sa,l u
Dye seey' "All roight. boss, ss shs D
men. SO Murphy went VI, in,o d
finished house and yelled: J, revSa
all down there, MINI" lis, ~ u
the men. Are viz all wursis '4ys
yez all belong to the A. /. a co bird
And I'm two minutes the y~
came oyer.-Philadclphia KecV'"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

An Ohio man man has just died at
the . Or 107, leaving a fortune or
S 10000 and no kin. As the money
all goes to personal friends there VIII
be no lack of mourners among those
get left.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

England could not have chosen a bet
ter way to promote peaceful and friend
ly relations with this country than that
of buying large quantities of pig iron
in Alabama.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

Ian Maclaran is much pleased with
the American people. Most authors
like Il people who like their books, ana
WHO give satisfactory financial evidence
of their partiality. Maclaran IS salt
ing down American dollars at a very
inspiring rate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

white Ghost" an Indian chief, is in
Washington asking the government TO
give him n present OF S200,O0O. 1T Is
safe to say that the ghost will not
walk for him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

For all u culture, however. we
cannon hope to produce another Elmer.
son.
Is certain, and not strange.
Emerson was a genius, and genius Is
not developed by any processes with
which we are familiar. In pure intel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

ard c~rievously wounded CHIEF ltng-
neer Hardin OF the French army;
stunned his son. tore of me arm y
Gen. st. Hilaire. then, reboundihg from
n splinterpd oak tree. WOUNDED W.
Duiardin and Killed Marshal iurieilhe,
generaiiseimo Of the French armies aau
victor of twenty-three battles
InuiS Glohe-DcmCcrat
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

The nineteenth century Will De re-
membered as one in which the DARK
Continent was opened up to the world.
What the commercial Importance OF
Africa will be fifty years frcm now
may be judged from the fact that reg
ular tines of steamboats, are running ON
the Zambesi river.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

DR.. Pingl, a member Of the reich
stag, predicts that the German empire
will soon fail. This is not the only
country in which eranks get into con-
gress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

The duke of Orleans has written a
letter in which he says that he Ices not
wish to cause any internal difficulties
in France at present. The good III
about all these royal pretenders is that
they only pretend. 1t is just their run.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

A man in Kentucky has just died
from the excessive use Of tobacco for
sixty-one years. And even this terri
BILE lesson is likely to be lost on thous-
ands of similarly rash people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
Dinerent SURROUNDINGS,

Dunstan-Is Mrs. L0udlelgn. sa ope1
of the seaside as she was Oh
all winter? xon't VI
Peterson. yes; but we Ia ust1
her so plainly here, as tue rner, n
so much more noise than "a
know.-New York J0urnai.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

However disgracefully the American
wives of foreign noblemen may con-
duct themselves, little sympathy VIII
be felt on this side of the water FOR the
selfish weaklings who married them
for their money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

Joseph Jefferson says athletic train
ing is carried too far and kills more
than ii benefits. On the other hand ~
may be said that old Rip had extreme
views regarding the value OF the rest
cure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

were a few good pictures to be seen
and the tint of the walls varied some
what; but in all essential features IN,
nrst schooi room was typical of all that
| saw Observation-Disclosures Rorin,v
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
HERTHOhD

tlsd
Thut the Loinp
srimly upon the
N him, what
horn. and in Wh1
Il am a nam
the q
to fits Of iaughte
a came into the
itself is my cohi
[ King and courI
I:,lI2e that they II
before them, an
ply him with q
frhc asking OF &c
hi trial OF vii 10,
much given at Y
What thing !
&swiftcst:' askeu
Thought /;
what is the
tflled?"
/ The a~varice {
3ready reply of Il
What trait u
! young ~reoplc!'
"Self-esteenl, |
unteachabIc."
4 How will yo
Ening?' inquired
I'll stay unit
&spit.'
"IIow VIII W
t%aicve?"
I'D wait till !
1.-The dwarf, rcadl
i The king WA
Believer a rcJoinG!
have from me 1
Isirp."
ooh. no. cri|
4 knocking laugh
4 the sort. You
4 YOU do not posse
/ happiness, of VIII
ticle. So how q
4 How eXclai
1 not happy on So
Yes. you are.
4 man consists IN
4 Then Alboin
\ power and dign
/ torted with an
4 and when the *
4 the mobiles and
\ Bertholde. Will
\ '0h, yes: they
4 throne: 81 DO hu1
! apple. and with
/ devOur it."
well said" s
4 his temper; ''bu
4 vent me from 81
4 the sun among I
Il True; but tell
4 nahy eclipsos W
4 in a year! lIo1
n Of these men lnI
i en- your underst
j For this rcas'
/ courticr:' inquil
fingers began tC
4 in a threatening
/ Miserable as
ry to be placed
replied the DIV;
4 not the nece&saj
In this fine emp
What. then.
COURT demand
cry t ne.
i something |
find there" an
was told that
above common
above common
pected, that sd
more than they
his was a
King lost his
mandcd the dw,
palace imnedia
him whipped on
euestions for
| Perhaps this |
Tor any M to
there are a few
on the subject OF
respectable pers,
listen. Many a
understand why
wish him to sml
Is told by these
cd or immoral
smoke. As a m
III itself is Meth
nor wicked. TO
icvllly injurious,
out and are oh
70 give it up. Il
Injurious to you
person, there /.
should not snnke
fond of out-doo,
IN ambition TO G
IL You look fol
when You hope t
ciass or varsity
your own intere
smoke.
a habit Of an
cult thing to eli
iaDit of takin,
morning it is I'M
form a habit of
books it is aim,
ANYTHING else.
drinking i, whisky
nat not much m
AXE manner the
u,,llncult thing to
hheese It Is any
,ha Of smoking
m me habit of tan
morning. Each
oecomes injurio
.sl injurious
% ua. your will.
s nUr be healthy
ambition y Of any
u nhu..- ~