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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
is 1T WORTH wHILE2


Is 1t worth while that we jostle a brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road OF
life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at each
other
In blackness of heart that we war to
the knife?
God pity US all in our pitiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each other:
God pardon us all for the triumph we
feel
When a fellow goes down meath his load
on the heather,
Pierced to the heart: Words are keener
than steel
And mightier far for woe than for veal.
Were 1t not well. in this brief little Jour-
ney
On over the isthnus, down into the tide,
We give him a fish instead of serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye in dust at his side?
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace on the
plain
brother.
And laughs in his heart at his peril and
pain
Shamed by the beasts that go down on
the plain.
Is 1t worth while that we battle to humble
Some poor fellow down into the dust?
God pity us all! Time too soon will tumble
All of US together, like leaves in gust,
Humbled, indeed, down into the dust.
JOAQUIN Miller
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
The General and the Boy.

On the Atlanta campaign General
Sherman made his headquarters for n
time at the house of a farmer, where
a tin basin and roller towel on the
back porch sufficed for the family's
additions. For two mornings the small
boy Of the household watched in 81
lence the visitors efforts at making a
toilet under the unfavorable auspices,
but when on the third day the tooth
brush, nail file, whiskbroom, ETC., had
been duly used and returned to their
places in the travellers grip he could
suppress his curiosity no longer, so
boldly put the question, Say, mister,
air you always that much trouble to
yo'se'fY'-Lippincott
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
A WONDERFUL CREATURE.
Born of Showdrft Crossed With
Little Brown Hare.

Little Brown Hare.
Nature has tried many means of saw
Ing her own from the snow death.
Some, like the woodchuck, she puts to
sleep till the SHOWS shall be over
Others she teaches to store up food
md to hide. So she deals with the
wood mouse. To still others, as the
moose, she furnishes stills. The last
means she employs is snowshoes.
This, the simplest, most scientific and
best, is the equipment of the snow
shoe rabbit, the wabasso of Hiawatha,
wonderful creature born of q snow
drift crossed with little brown hare.
The moose is like a wading bird of
the shore that has stills and can wade
well for a space, but that soon reaches
the limit beyond which it is no better
off than land bird. But the snow
shoe Is like the swimmer-it skins
over the surface where it will, not car
ing if there be one or a thousand feet
of the element below it. In this lies
its strength.
Wabasso has another name, the vary
ing hare, because it varies in color
with the season, and the seasons in all
It's proper country are of two colors,
brown for six months, white for six.
So all summer long, from mid-April
to mid-October, the northern hare is
little brown rabbit.
Then comes the snowy cold. The
brown coat is quickly shed, new
white coat appears, the snowshoe
grows fuller, and the little brown hare
has become a white hare, the snow
shoe hare of the woods.-Everybody's
Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
ELEPHANT Police.

The sight of six pairs of elephants
simultaneously at work capturing a
half dozen struggling, trumpeting
mates is an imposing one. Like pair
of animal policemen arresting pris-
oner, the great beasts side alongside
victim. take him between them and
jostle and squeeze and worry him, tail
first, toward a tree. Every inch is
contested by the herculean fighters
until nearing a stout tree or stump the
little brown elephant catchers slide
from their mounts to the ground, crawl
under the ponderous bellies and shut
fling, kicking feet slip cable sings
about hind foot and take a turn
around e.-Strand Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
THE WORD "QUACK."
Cts Origin Traced Back to the Sixteenth
Century.

Nts Origin Traced Back to the Sixteenth
Century.
The original and acquired meanings
of many an old word have been clear
ed up in the law courts. When "quack"
l had its turn, Sir Edward Clarke, who
was probably quoting a dictionary, de-
fined the word as "a boastful pretend
err to medical skill" "Quack" is I'M
doubtedly derived by suggestion from
doctor has always substituted volu-
bility for knowledge "Quacker" and
''quacking cheat" were sixteenth GEN.
fury words. "Quack" in its present
sense is certainly as old as 1896, when
1t was included in the earliest of our
slang dictionaries. The original word
was 'quacksalver," travelling empire
who quacked about his salves, and,
according TO Henley and Farmer, the
dramatist Wycherly first shortened this
word to "quack."
The full term, quack doctor, is found
at least as early az ITO, when these
words were used as title to the Earl
OF Rochesters mountebank speech on
Tower hill. This witty and profiigate
nobleman Che is always called witty
and profigate) took it into his head to
disappear from his friends and appear
to the mob on Tower hill as a quack
doctor. The speech he made on that
occasion has been preserved, and it
shows that quack oratory has gained
nothing since.
I 1t is not all printable in these polite
pages, but the following passage will
show its character.
"The cures l have done are as in.
credible as innumerable. Toured Prester
Johns godmother of stupendous dolor
In her os sacrum, which had like to
cost the good lady the perdition of her
buckle bone l cur'd the Empress of
Boolmapo of cramp she got In her
tongue by eating pork and butter'd
parsnips. l cur'd an alderman of
Grand Cairo of scarlet, burning, rag.
ing fever, of which he dy'd. | curd
the Emperor of Morocco, who lay sew
en- years sick of the plague. l cur'd
him in forty-two minutes so that he
danc'd the serabrand. fiipfap and Som
erset to the admiration of his whole
court. For my pains he presented me
with 5000 Hungarian ducats and a
Turkish cymeter. Verbum sat sapienti.
No cure. no money"
l doubt very much whether Sir Ed
ward Clarke was right in saying that
the word "quack" was revived by
Carlyle after it had died out. So use
full word is not likely to have been
dropped, though in Carlyle's v0cabu-
larry of denunciation it certainly took
on new Importance. 1t was from a
court of law, by the way, that Carlyle
obtained the word gig" which, with
ferocious glee, he never ceased to use
as symbol of snug respectfully.
The trial of Thurtell at Hartford as
sizes for the murder of Mr.. Weare pro-
duced the following dialogue:
"What sort of person was Mr..
WeareT'
HE was always most respectable
person"
what do you mean by respectable?'
''He kept gig"
Carlyle's sardonic humor seized on
this, and ever after when he was
storming at responsibilities and unreal
ities gigs were not far from his
mind. He even applied the word "e.g-
mainly" to those classes of society
which held the gig ideal.-John
O'London in London Taller.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10

= = '.Ff7HNT =. ~
He kissed her hand.

He kissed her hand.
She withdrew it hastily and gazed
reproachfully Mt him.
81 didn't think it of you" she said,
almost tearfully. Il had always con-
Eidered you a young man with ideals
and
Il am sorry if have offended"
he stammered. "I"-
"Well,' she said bitterly. q certain
~ expected you to aim higher"
So he took heart ana made new res
olutions and things.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
All Had bde:.aninns.


"Harry, here are three apples. Now.
suppose 1 wanted you to divide them
equally between James, John and
yourself. How would you do it?"
I'D give them one and keep the
Others"
".Why, how do you make that outf"
"Well, you see, it would be one for
those two and one for me too"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
One Gift She Missed.

Six-year-old Harry wanted to buy
his sister little birthday present. His
heart throbbed with joy at the thought
though he had in his pocket only 10
cents. Nevertheless a week ahead OF
time he went around the shops and
came back with very satisfied look
His mother asked him what he had
bought
Il got her cream puff" he said
"Well. you know, Harry" said his
mother, that won't keep fresh for q
week.
That's what thought after |
bought it. mother" replied Harry
calmly, and SO ate it."-Ladies'
Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Canary Wrote NditoriaI.

A story is told lat there was in the
office of the old New York Tribune
only one compositor who could read
Horace Greeley's writing Mr.. Gree
ley. the ablest of editors, was likewise
the poorest penman of them all. One
day some of the other men In the Of
dce. in order to get joke on the old
compositor took Il canary bird and,
dipping its feet and tail in writing ink.
allowed it to hop around on piece
of paper, which was later hung where
Mr.. Greeley was in the habit OF leav-
ing the copy he wished the old com.
positor to set up. The compositor
looked at it, put 1t up on his case
and went to work as if there was
nothing unusual about 1t. Finally,
about halfway down the page, he
appeared to be stuck. He readiusted
his glasses and looked and looked at
the copy and finally went with 1t to
the desk of Mr.. Greeley. Here's a
word | can't make out" said he.
Mr.. Greeley looked sharply at the
copy a moment, so the story goes,
and then said, "That word is con-
stitution; go ahead"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
They Had the Goods.

A gentleman Of cultivated musical
tastes advertised for rooms in a pri-
yate family fond of music" The
next mail brought him the following
reply:
Dear Sir-I think that we could accom-
rilodate you with rooms, and as for music
one of my daughters plays the parlor or
gan and gittar; another one plays the
accordion and banjo; l play the coronet
and fiddle; my wife plays the harmonica
and my son the flute. We all sing. and il
you are good at tenner singing you would
ri right in when we get to singing gos-
pei hims evenings, for none of us sings
tenner. Or If you play the base vial we
have one right here in - house. If you
want music as.well as rooms and board.
we could accommodate you, and there
would be no extry charge for it.
-Lippincott's
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
FREDERICK
JLE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER II, 1907.

*Daily tDaily except Sunday. ssunday only.
WASHINGTON, via Washington junction
connections for BALTIMORE, PHI ILADEI.
PHIA and NEW YORK, Depart "A 80 a. m.
TO- a. m 7.05 a. M. 1915 a. m 400 D. m.
Arrive ITO % a; M, sil.55 a. M. 400 p M,
1850 p. m, rs. 10 p. m.
BALTIMORE. via Main Line. Connections
for PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, De.
part *6 10 a. M, rs 10 a. m, (Express), fl IS D.
M, and *44O p. m Arrive flo 20 a. M, 2l205
noon. 1880 p. m !; f6 10 p. M, E45 D. m.
PITTSBURG, Depart 1880 a. M, 1880 D. M
:, Arrive 1910 a. M, 1850 p. M.
CHICAGO, Depart 1880 a. m. Arrive 2ll55
q m fl2.l0 p M. IS so D. m.
CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE and ST. LOUIS.
Depart $3.50 a. M, 400 p. m. Arrive 1910
a. m, liz 10 p. m.
HARPER'S FERRY and WINCH ESTER, De-
part 1880 a. M, t4.0Op. M, 1880 p. m. Arrive
1885 a. m ! l2 10 p. m.
HARRISONBURG, STAUNTON & LEXING.
TON, Depart 1880 a. m. Arrive III 10 %. M.
HAGERSTOWN and MARTINSBURG, DE.
part 1910 a. M, 1890 a. M. 1880 p. m.
A a 1885 a. M. fl2.l0 p. M. 1850 p. m.
WASHINGTON and Way Stations, Depart
I6W a. M, S7.05 a. M, "a 90 p. m. Arrive
tlo5O a. m, I'll. 55 a. M, Si.o0 p. M. rs 10 D. M
iuneS-lv '06
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
a Erennh RnIl

On seeing the gallantry Of the Moors
the commandant could not help clap
ping his hands and exclalming. BRA
vor' as he advanced with his saber in
one hand and his revolver in the other.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
The Governor and the Preacher.

do you know why chickens are the
most .devout of all fowls?" asked Gov.
ernor Hoch of colored preacher who
had called upon him for subscription.
mo, sab, goveneh! Why am it?''
Because more of them go into the
ministry. "-Kansas City Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10

IL thc ihdbtCi VI iuc SAFE Ol J0e Real ESTATE
of John A. Delashmutt, deceased.
DECEMBER TERM, 1907.
In the matter of the Report of Sales filed
the 18th day of December. 1907.
Ordered, By the Orphans Court of Frederick
County, this 25rd day of December, 1907.
that the Sale of Real Estate of John A,
Delashmutt, late of Frederick County, de
ceased, this day reported TO this court by his
executor to be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary be shown on or before the
18th day OF January. 10 s, provided copy of
this order be inserted in some newspaper pub
llshed in Frederick County for three success
s se weeks prior to the nth day of January,
The Executors Report states the Amount
OF Sales to be two hundred and Fifty Dollars.
(S250.00)
WIN. H. PEARRE,
JOHN E. PHLEEGER,
GEORGE II. WHITMoRE.
Judges of the Orphans Court.
True copy-Test:
WIN. B. CUTSHALL,
Regster of Wills for Frederick County.
Fannie s. Delashmutt,
admx. C. {. a.
III. Kieffer Delauter,
Attorney Idec. H At
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
TRAVELLING IN EUROPE.
What It Means to Ride Second Class on
the Railroads.
By F.dvhe Wilson.

What It Means to Ride Second Class on
the Railroads.
A delIsion of the guidebooks is the
advice to ride second class on the rail.
roads of Europe. 1t is often pointed
out that first class and second class are
frequently but divisions of the same
car, and this makes great impression
on the inexperienced traveller, particu-
larly if his purse is limited Landing
at Plymouth. Southampton, Havre,
Cherbourg. Liverpool, you are at once
conveyed to London or Paris on steam
er trains" under the same excellent
conditions that have prevailed on your
trip, but thereafter you are at your
own resources, and if you are wise you
will not only travel first class, but you
will see to it that your seat is always
engaged well ahead. If you travel Sec
Ond class between cities that CORE
spond to New York and Philadelphia,
say where intercourse is frequent and
numerous, you will most likely have
to stand up in all second class com.
partments. To get second class seat
between Vienna and Budapest, for ex-
ample, is about like boarding train
for Coney Island at Brooklyn bridge on
a summer Sunday afternoon, and II
you do get seat somebody else sand
witches and sausages on your lap.
Another point to be remembered is
that In Europe you cannot engage
whole sleeping compartment for your
self, as you can here. You have to
show ticket for each berth. There
fore it behooves the person travelling
alone at night to seek out before ar
ranging the trip some suitable com.
panion or for parties of three or five or
any odd number to make similar pro
visions.-Trayel Magazine.
Spraying Potatoes.
AS a general rule, commence spray
ing when the plants are six to eight
inches high and give four or five spray
ings at intervals of about two weeks.
When the blossoms begin to come the
plants should be kept covered with
bordeaux mixture until they have com
pleted their growth.
The application of bordeaux mixture,
aside from preventing parasitic diseases
and repelling flea beetles, causes the
plants to make better growth prob
ably by protecting the foliage from
the intense summer light and heat.
and so is of value even when no dis
ease is PRESENT.. 3. S. Norton.
All Had Meanings.
$50 the proprietor of this hotel has
a big photograph that plays while you
dine?"
"Yes, and some of the selections are
very appropriate. For instance, If he
thinks his guests are getting impatient
he puts on such pieces as Life Is Too
Short to Worry and 'All Things Come
to Him Who Waits"
"H'm! Pretty good idea"
Eyes; but the last selection beats
them all. If he thinks you might over
look tipping the waiter, he puts on
Kipling's occasional, Lest We Forget!
Lest We Forget Brooklyn Citizen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Chesapeake Steamship Co.
chesaneake Line. s E!ss sis P %
COlUMBIAn and IrGIrsrA y,

COLUMBIA" and."AUGUsTA."l
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NORFOLK.
VIRGINIA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily fexcent
Sunday at700 p. M, and arrive Old Poipt
Comfort at a. m. and Norfolk at 73O a n,
where connection is made with the rail lines
for all points South and Southwest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10

NOVEMBER TERM. 1907.
In the Matter of the Auditors Report filed
the 2lst day of December, 1907
ORDERED, That on the 18th day OF January
1917, the Court will proceed to act upon the
report OF the Auditor. flied as aforesaid in the
above cause, to finally ratify and confirm the
same, unless cause TO the contrary thereof be
shown before said day; provided COPY of
this order be inserted in some newspaper
puoiished 10 Frederick County, for two sue
cessive weeks prior to said day.
Dated this 2lst day OF December. 1907. "
SAMUEL T. HAFFNER, NJ
Clerk ofthe Circuit Court for Frederick or Z
True copy-Test. ~
SAMUEL T. HAFFfz,,'rs
Frank l.. Stoner. I>a.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
The Lord and the Barber.

One of Lord Salisbury's pet anec-
dotes was of barber whom ne once
patronized. On passing the shop a
few days later he observed a placard
In the window bearing this inscription:
Hair cut, Sd. With the same scissors
as cut Lord Salisbury's hair, Cd"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
THE WsITE EIRcH.
PeeIins the Bark Ruins the Trees
Eczuty Forever

reeiing the Bark Ruins the Treein
Eeauty Forever.
One of the loveliest of our trees is
the white birch with its graceful foli-
age and cleaning trunk. and yet how
OFTEN it is robbed of half its beauty
BY careless handsl
The temptation to take off strip after
strip of its easily peeled bark seems
well nigh irresistible If one may Judge
by the countless forlorn trunks along
our roadsides. Instead of silvery white
columns standing out with conspicuous
grace from the green of neighboring
shrubs and trees, the trunks are
rnarred by great black circles. the re-
suits of wounds inflicted by wanton
passersby.
Too often this is done merely for the
fun of seeing how easily the bark can
be pulled off, and no thought is given
to the feelings of the owner when he
finds that one of his finest trees. in
which he took great pride, has been
robbed forever of its beauty.
The next time you are tempted to cut
of birch bark. stop Think of the in
jury to the tree and the injury to all
who shall pass that way after you
In depriving them of something they
might have enjoyed but for you-ths
sight of that tree in all its beauty. Re-
member that the bark never grows
again.
If you have in mind the making Of
some article for which birch bark is
an absolute @ necessity. can you NOT
at least take it from some fallen log or
from some tree well hidden in the GEN.
ter of the woods. removing only the
outer layers. and those in such way
that the tree will suffer as little as
possible? BY doing this you will earn
the gratitude of all wayfarers and land
owners.-Plant World
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10

Charles @. Rldgely. assignee OF Francis Fl.
Engle, assignee of Rebecca Clagett, assignee
OF Samuel M Clagett ct al, mortgages OF
Nathaniel NJ. Waters and Lea Il. Waters. on
petition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
CHARLOTTE" and "BALTIMoRE.
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND VA

Steamers leave Baltimore daily (except Sum
dayl at p. M, and arrive West Point at 4 AZ
a: NJ, and Richmond at go A. NJ.
steamers leaving Baltimore on MONDAYS
Wednesdays and Fridays, and leaving West
POINT on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur.
Jays call at Gloucester Point. Clements and
Ailmond's; and steamers leaving Baltimore
on tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays and
west Point on Mondays Wednesdays and
fridays. call at Yorktown and Clay Bank
(weather permitting.)
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
ORDER NIsI ON AUDIT.
O. S206 Enuity

In the Circuit Court for Frederick County
sitting in Equity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIERS IS AND 10 LIGHT STREET
WHARF

Through Tickets to all points may he secur.
ed baggage checked and staterooms reserved
from the City Ticket Offices lI9 H. Baltimore
street, ARTHUR W. ROBSON, Agent. I27 ID.
Light and Lee streets. Baltimore Md.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
Eeeis For Live Stock.

When we talk of beets nowadays we
Immediately think of beet sugar fac
tories and not live stock-very good in
situations in their way no doubt, but
I have found cows, poultry and swine
TO be profitable beet factories, so much
so in fact that the feed man hasn't the
same interest in me that he used to
have, says farmer in Country Gentle
man.
Yes, l know you will say ensiage Is
much cheaper. Perhaps it Is, but beets
added to the ensilage for variety not
only increase the milk flow, but are
greatly relished by live stock. Further
more, the surplus can always be sold,
and the soil is put in a fine state Of
filth by raising crop of beets on 1t.
The seed for the winter crop may be X
sown any time from June until Sep "A
TENDER, depending ON the latitude. The Mn Z
soil should be made fine, be free fromIde =
weeds and liberal supply of manu9yAr
used. If the planting Is done DUH,
dry weather, the soil should besAr
fined after planting. From nair.
eight pounds of seed will beI,1sb
for an acre. The rows shouzY - 3
feet apart and the beets VIZ
to eight inches in the ~ I,
ties 1 prefer the Iasw
Ford's Perfected H2g
well cared for shoXyrs
to 400 bushels .frrys
cents per bushstsgc
On the Job. rsee
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-10
ORDER NIsI ON SALES.
In the Orphans Court of Frederick County
Maryland.

In the matter of the Sale OF the Real Estate
of John A. Delashmutt, deceased.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-05-07
Bring on your
Watch s.

III vou have any clocks or
watches that you want repaired
bring them to Trask Mo-, you
will find me located at the Col.
ony Tents. guarantee oil my
my work. S, A. Gp,t'nean
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-05-07

III. Jdu'cS aunLer Huu-lH-idW /
of Mr.. George Bowe is laying
very sick at present writing.
Our. Post Master Is q recover
ing somewhat from his severe
attack Of sickness.
The Millionaire lives SYMPTOMS
ly every day. And the poor
Laborer goes begging Tor bread
for hi nself and family
ANY amount Of corn that has
been planted, viii Rave 10 be
planted over. washed .out durn-
ing the stornes.
Some pc pie do not want their
names in the paper, it is a good
thing for the paper many times:
especially the paper that's clean
sheet.
THE CREsSET can not come nut
a full paper this, week. as the
paper VIZ had on hand was 6am.
aged and our order filled and
sent out has been delayed soue
where TN the road.
On last Thursday night there
was quite o storm passed over
Trask and the surrounding
! Country and we und 'rsiand tina,
there was Several barnes bowed
down on Sims Valley
Mr.. Earnest Richard OF
Pomona one of the firm OF
Richard Bro. Lumber Inspector
of the Barnes Lumber Co. OF
St Louis was in Trask taking m
10 Car load of Lumber for A. B.
Stevens Thurday.
The Ed. Preached s miles
South of Trask at Mt. Zion
Church toa good and attentive
congregation on last Sunday a
week ago at II O'clock and ut
the conclusion OF the s. ces
there was 1 unanimous vo for
the Ed. to come back again.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-05-07
Question No. rs.

Ed. CaHssSr.
10 tie second Adam
tho Lord from ,, aven. as stated
in Cor. Ii chapter and Al w.. tbs
ssme Adam W placed IN the gar.
don ot Rden.
Ard ~ not Jescs Christ slso
The lord from heaven. and iiso.
how IRE you going, to msks = d's'
tirc,ion between the two
Respectfully,
Mabel Stevens.