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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
Takinu Care Of Yourself.

There never was time when pe0-
pie paid as much attention to their
health and strength as they do now.
Time was when fine stock and fine
horses were fed moro carefully than
human beings.
The result Of properly balanced ra'
tons has worked wonders with stock
and recent experiments are proving
that the same thing is true OF man
kind.
1t has been found that Quaker
Scotch Oats eaten often and regularly
taking the place OF heavy, greasy foods
will work wonders in the health and
strength of family.
School children fed frequently on
Quaker Scotch Oats thrive physically
and are always capable of the best
Work at school, For athletes, laborers,
it is the best food.
For those who are not convenient
to the store the large size family pack
age of Quaker Scotch Oats is tho
thing; for hot climates the hermet.
iCally sealed tins are best 10
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
MOTHERS CONGRESS MEETS.
First Biennial Convention Shows Big
Increase in Membership.

Shreyeport.-The first biennial
convention of the Louisiana Congress
of Mothers at this place showed
remarkable growth in membership
and interest. The following officers
for the next to years were chosen:
Mrs. J. c. Clayton, Of Rustin, presl-
dent; Mrs. Sophie B. Wright, OF New
Orleans. LIST vice president; Mrs.
George D. Moore, Of New Orleans,
2nd vice PRESIDENT. Mrs. John D.
Wilkinson, of Shreveport Bird wee
president; Mrs. Frank Qegarmo,. OF
Shreveport, honorary vice president;
Mrs. Samuel S. Hunter, Of ShreVe-
rort, treasurer; Mrs. Alice st. Mar
tin, of New Orleans, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. J. c. Andrews, OF
Alexandria, recording secretary; Mrs.
Graham Surglman, of Monroe, audi
tor. -
Mrs. George D. Moore, represent
inc the Presidents Cub of New o.
leans, read paper in which she ex'
planned that several new schools had
been established through the COOP
ertion of the forty odd clubs OF the
crescent city, and predicted that the
salaries of teachers will be lncreas'
ed through similar cooperation.
Dr.. Randall Hunt, of the Caddo
School board, delivered the feature
address, in which he urged the WON
en- to correct the mistake of having
children enter school before they are
10 years old, saying that they arc
physically untitled for study before
=. that age.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
Had = Sure Thind,

An individual. well known on the
Berlin Bourse for his wit, one morn
ing wagered that he would ask the
same question of so different persons
and receive the same answer from
each. The wit went to first one and
then another, until he had reached the
number of so. And this Is how he
wenethe bet: He whispered half au-
dibfy to- each: Il say, have you heard
that Meyer has failed?' What
Meyer" queried the whole so, one aft.
er another, and it was decided that
the bet had been fairly won.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
Let the Snake Bite You!

Winsted, Gonna Yankee residing
in Hampstead, a no-license village, IS
said to be making a good living sell
ing Cook Frost Bites as he calls
them. but which in reality are snake
bites, to men DESTROYS of getting
liouor in drug stores. 1t costs ten
cents to be bitten. The snake bitten
man hurries to a druggists, shows
him where his skin has been pierced
by the snakes fangs, and gets quart
of barley to counteract the poison
No druggist will demand a doctors
prescription when a life is in danger
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
CAREFUL DOCTOR
Prescribed Change of Food Instead OF
Drugs.

It takes considerable courage for a
doctor to deliberately prescribe only
food for despairing patient, instead
of resorting to the usual list OF med
icines.
There are some truly scientific ply
sicians among the present generation
who recognize and treat conditions as
they are and should be treated regard
less of the value to their pockets.
Here's an instance:
-Four years ago | was taken with
severe gastritis and nothing would
stay on my stomach, SO that was on
the verge of starvation.
81 heard of a doctor who has sum-
mer cottage near me-a specialist from
N. Y, and as a last hope, sent for him.
after he examined me carefully he
advised me to try a small quantity Oh
Grape-Nuts at first, then as my stoLh'
ach became stronged to eat more.
81 kept at it, and gradually got so |
could eat and digest three teaspoon
/ fuls. Then began to have color IN my
face. memory became clear, where be-
/ fore everything seemed a blank MY
limbs got stronger and | could walk
So I steadily recovered.
Now, after a year on Grape-NH's /
weigh 153 lbs. My people were sur,
,r;sad ot .nn way I grew feshy ana
strong Oh this food" D.,
Read the little book, lhe hoau "
/ MELVILLE" in pkgs.
There's a Reason.
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time 70 re- h.,nan
are genuine, true, anu AaA
interest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19

Editors Day, Thursday. has come
and gone; it came in with a giggle and
was celebrated with laughter and song
and story and went out with new and
nrm friendships made by individuals
ard new friends made for Houston and
1ol HouSton's deep water project.
The largest and most powerful gun
ever built for the United States navy
arrived at the Washington navy yard
Wednesday. The new gun is a Ii.
inch piece, 531a feet long. and dis.
charges a l,4O0pound Shell with a nor.
NAL charge of 1868 pounds of smokeless
powder. Its range is % miles, and at
this distance the she'll would pierce an
l1-inch belt OF Krup steel and could
pierce the armOr plate of the heaviest
Oattleshlp atloat. The gun weighs GO
tons.
The Third Court Of Civil Appeals at
Austin, Wednesday reversed and rem
dered the Katy intangible tax case.
from Hays county, In that county the
| commissioners court, over which the
present commissioner of agriculture,
E. R. Kone, presided as county Judge,
assessed real property On a basis of 50
| per cent Of its value and assessed the
Katy at 100 per cent or full value. The
court set aside the Katy assessed valu-
alton in accordance with the decision
of Supreme Court in the Lively case,
from Dallas county, in which the con-
stitutional doctrine is adhered to that
taxation must be equal and uniform.
Miss Evelyn Grayson, who was acct.
dentally shot at the home of Capt.
Weeks at Fort Sam Houston, died
Wednesday following an operation.
That hundreds of deaths which &C.
Cured at the confederate prison at An
dersonville, Ga, during the summer of
1864 were not due to typhoid fever, as
then supposed, but were caused by
pellagra, was the opinion expressed be.
fore the Southern Medical convention
in New Orleans Wednesday by Dr.. j.
w. Kerr of COrsicana, Tex. DR.. Kerr,
who was surgeon at the prison, de-
scribed the symptoms of the disease
which attacked the inmates so fatally
at that time, and in nearly every par.
ticular they were recognized as being
characteristic Of pellagra.
Victim of a hypnotic expert, Robert
Simpson is dead and Professor Arthur
Eyerton of Newark, n. j., the hypno
fist. IS under arrest and in state Of
, Collapse.
The alleged blackmail of Charles l.
Warmer, former local treasurer o.
the Big Four Railroad company, al
Cincinnati, Ohio, who is accused O
embezzIing $C44,000, will be dealt witt
by. the State authorities. County
Prosecuting Attorney Hunt stated
Tuesday that he has investigated the
' charges made by Warmer against ;
man and a woman and he would pro
: coed against them if he was able tt
: collect sufficient evidence.
, The department of agriculture Tues
day made public its cotton repor
showing the number of bales ginne'
5 in Texas during October. The re
port shows the total number to be GIL
: 525 and the number Of ginners report
4 ing being 1922. The figures Of the dc
partment show the total number O
bales ginned this season thus far to b
i 1.G82.SO2 bales. which is estimated t
be about 50 per cent of the total croI
The number OF bales at the sam
y period last year was 1,594,O51, bu
only about three-fourths OF the GRO
had been gathered at that period.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
NOTICETO TEACHERS
CHANGE IN INSTITUTE REPORT
is MADE EFFECTIVE.
State Conductor Issues Letter OF I'M
portance to Teachers Through
out the State.

Baron Rouge. The department Of
education is preparing to make It's
institute records more complete, ana
the FLOWING letter has been sent
to the parish superin'endents, by
l.. J. Alleman, state institute cOnduc-
tor:
Il am sending herewith a new
form of report for the monthly lnsli'
tute meetings. You will note that
only one report is to be sent to the
Department of Education annually,
instead Of monthly reports as here
fore. This change will make it more
certain that the department receives
all the statistics relating to the IN
stitutes, and will, in a large measure,
overcome the incomplete records OF
the past, due TO oversight on the part
of the institute managers, You are
requested to keep your monthly re-
ports carefully, and at the end OF the
year send in your institute report II
accordance with the blank form sent
herewith. You will be expected &c
keep in touch with the different nstl,
tute managers and see that they re-
port to you after each meeting.
new system, | feel sure, will com
mend itself to you as being simple
and effective. Since the monthly IN
stitute work of the current year prom
ises to be the best in the history o
the state, the biennial report OF the
state superintendent should SO re
| cord If
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
Condition of State Treasury.

Baton Rouge. The statement OF
the condition of the finances of the
State Treasury for the beginning
Of the month of November were an
nounced by Treasurer Steele, show
ing a total of $685. ,9S7.74 on deposit
in fiscal agent banks in the coun
try. and s5S5,9S774 in the New Or
leans banks, divided as follows: New
Orleans National Bank, sl9S,917.54;
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
s1s2,154s9; Whitney Central. 1874,
| 1881.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19

The ladies devoted to reform were
In session.
81 believe" said one, that only
good men should be permitted to
marry"
But" interposed second, would
not such a radical policy be promo
tive of race suicide?"
On the instant they perceived that
they had tackled real problem.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
a Mean Man.

"Her husband is a brute
LAS to how"
Got her to help save up for an au-
tomobile, and then put the money into
a house."
The newspaper., 1909-09-03
Congregational Church Notices.

Congregational Church Notices.
Services in Odd Fellows Audi
torium.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at IL a. m.
Sermon-The Magnetism of
Character, 10. 1882.
Communion service following
the morning sermon.
Christian Endeavcr at z p. m.
Subject-Our Lesson from the
book of Romans.
Evening Worship at 8 p. m.
Sermon-Rules for Christian Ser
vice
Several persons have signified
their intention of uniting with
the church at this communion.
If there are others who wish to
unite with the church at this
time. they will please hand their
names to the pastor at beginning
of the morning service.
A cordial lnvhauon is extended
to all to make their church home
with US and to join in the work oi
the church. G. f. Woop. Pastor.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03
New Hlltles.

About this time every year there
comes from the Passenger Depart
ment of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad a publication
called THE Fertile Lands of Col
orado."
AS the title indicates. the text
is devoted to the products of the
soil, and it is noticed that with
each edition the book grows
larger, which is indicative of the
growth of agricultural resources
of the State. This years edition
is twelve pages larger than any
previous one and is crammed
solid with meaty data regarding
the agricultural resources of the
State in general, and of Its many
fertile valleys in particular.
The text is by that we'll known
authority, Mr.. Clarence A. Lyman.
The illustrations are new and the
publication is a very valuable
contribution to the literature on
the agricultural resources of Colo
RADIO,
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

FOR SALE:-Forty acres choice
fruit land near Elberta, under
fence; ten acres in bearing orchard 40
inches Of perpetual water; $4,000 on
easy terms. Now IL the time to take
advantage of low prices as prices
will double with the next crop.
|. ID. McFADDES.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Chas. Carlson, wife and daugh-
ter, of Kansas left for their home
Wednesday morning after a two
weeks visit with Mrs. w. w.
Boron. While here they pur-
chased property and expect to
return and make their home
among us.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

The Misses Edna and Merrie
Mathews entertained fifty FIVE
young people at masque party
Friday evening A dainty lunch
con consisting Of sandwiches,
salad, cake and sherbet was
served. All report very enjoy
able time.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Mrs. Edith Chambers. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w, A.. Elliott,
and two children. who have been
visiting here for the past week,
returned to their home in Salida
last Sunday morning
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

E. b. Moore and wife. of Long
Beach. Calf. arrived in Paonia
Tuesday evening and will make
an extended visit with their son,
F. Z. Moore.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Rev. Geo. Weeks and wife who
have spent the summer with Mrs.
Weeks sister, Mrs. A. l.. Binford,
left Wednesday morning for their
home in Denver.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Ladies do not forget that the
Chapman bakery is the place to
file your orders for Sunday pas
try. Choice home cooking.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

The time has come when people
want Coupon Books at a discount
for cash in preference to any
other system of doing business
at the PEOPLES MEAT MARKET,
PHIL EIsENKRAMER, Prop.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. jameson
and daughter who have been Wis.,
iting at the home of Fred Rhine
hart, left for their home in Mans
field, ILL.,, last Tuesday morning.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Fred Hunting. of Downs, Kans.
arivrd Monday and will help
AXE care of Paonia's immense
fruit crop.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03
Notice.,

The Public School library will
be closed after Saturday. Sept.
4th until school beg ins.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Ten acres, all IN cultivation, only
one mile from town. Cheap. See
C. G. HAwKINs.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Judge w. K. James and daugh-
ter, Miss Nell James, left Wednes-
day morning for their home in St.
Joseph. Mo. They have spent a
couple of weeks visiting with
Mr.. lanes sister, Mrs. s. c. Hem
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

When you have a deed. mort
gage, bill of sale or any other
kind of legal paper drawn, have
it done right. Geo. o. Blake has
had many years experience and
knows how. With Anderson &
Taylor
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

S. c. HEM purchased Rev.
Smiths horse, saddle and bride
last Monday He now has a
splendid team.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

F. w. Stewart, of Delta, was a
Paonia visitor Tuesday.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03
Summons.

stsse cssSty 9i OF peaS In the County Court
Andrew A. Smith. plaintiff
Ella New ard the unknown
heirs, " any, OF Harriet
New decea-etl. anu the Z Summons
unknown heirs, II apy. OF
Byron W. New, deceased,
and Frances W. Smith
defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO.
To Ella New and the unknown heirs. II
any, of Harriet New, deceased, and the un-
ceased. and Frances w. smith. the defend
ants above named. GREETING:
You are hereby required to appear In an
action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the county court OF Delta
complaint therein within twenty days after
the service hereof, II served within this
county. or. II served out of this county. or
by publication, within thirty days after the
service hereof. exclusive OF the day of service;
or judgment by default will be taken against
And il a copy Of the complaint in the above
entitled action be not served with this sum.
mons. or II the service hereof be made out Of
| this state, then ten days additional to the
| time hereinbefore specified for appearance
and answer will be allowed before the taking
| OF judgment by default as Aforesaid
| The said action is brought to quiet title OF
said plaintiff to the following described lands
70 w; acre. 1i ianc ct,nn m 1ne y" township
! IA south Of range 81 west OF 0 =. N. In Colo
| RADIO, described as follows. to wit: Begin
| ming at the southwest corner of the south
| east u of the northwest z Of said section -
running thence north 1876 feet. thence east
| so rods, thence south 1G5 feet, thence west
| so rods to place OF beginning. And to bar
and foreclose said defendants and each ol
them against having, asserting or claiming
any right, title interest in ana TO snid
land adverse to the plaintiff, as VIII more
fully appear from the complaint in said nc,
tion to which reference II here made, copy
OF which II hereto attached.
And you are hereby notified that II you
fall to appear, and to answer the snid com.
plant as above required, the said piaintih
will cnuse your default to be entered and
take judgment against you In accordance
with the prayer OF said complaint.
Given under my hand at Paonia IN snia
Icounty, this 25th day OF June A. ID. 1905
| MERLE ID. VINCENT,
Attorney for Plaintiff
First Publication August 81 1909.
Last Publication September ~, 1903.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Fishing Tackle in great va
riety. Our prices will please
you. The MaxvilIe Book and
Stationery Store.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Ernest Grandfield who has been
in Paonia for the past month left
for Denver Tuesday morning.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

w. F. Crawford, of Aspen,
came in Tuesday night and will
spend some time here.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

John Holland moved into his
residence in east Paonia which he
recently purchased of H. G. Hol-
derman.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03
LOCAL ITEMS.
.ss.sxxss.*x*x*x****x*****

George Rusho was over from
. Crawford Tuesday.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

lust unioaded car Rex Lime
and Sulphur at
NELSON Bros FRUIT Co.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Leslie Strater was a passenger
on Tuesdays outgoing train for
Denver where he expects to spend
some time.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Roxanna Garrette lett for her
! home in Mansfield, ILL.,, last Tues
day morning.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Mrs. Jennie Dragoo went to
Delta Sunday to visit with friends
for few days.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Clothing cleaned and pressed
at reasonable prices. Mrs. P. B.
Head, Boxelder avenue.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Mr.. M. X. Welch was up from
Delta on business the first of the
week.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

E. P. Balch and M. Morgenson
were Crawfordvisitors last Satur-
day.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

d I'D. McFadden went to Mont
trose Tuesday morning on busi-
. ness.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Will Carnine was. a Hotchkiss
visitor Friday.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

Ella New ard the unknown
heirs, II any. OF Hnrriett
New. decea-ctl. anu the
unknown heirs. II any. OF
Byron W. New, deceased.
and Frances W. Smith
defendants.
The newspaper., 1909-09-03

sts5e casasy at co95s OF psls In the County Court
Andrew A. Smith, plaintiff
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-14

Slovensko-angleSka ~slovnica,
SLOW. ang. tolmae in angl. slovar
"a samo 81. - pri V. j. Kubelka.
53S w. 145 St, New York, \. Y.
Prehlajenja Sc lahko iznebite
IN boleCine V vratu ter prsih
minejo takoj, &c sc napravi par
mocnih drgnjenj $ Pain Expel-
kakOr je popisano V knjizi-
ci, kteri zavivta steklenica.
Sredstvo sc lahko kupi Ameriki
V sleherni lekarni "a % centoy
s~teklenica, treba pa je patti ma
to, da ie varstvena znamka $ ST.
drom ma kartonu in ma steklenici.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-14

sta sedela MariJan In Ana, sama,
zatopljena drug v drugega. Ia
diva bitja. zapuscena cd vsega
sveta, brez roditeljev in prijate-
ljev sta poznala ljubezen in ME
ne globoke tajnosti in nedotaklii-
vosti kakor more to spoznati lie
blago, nesebicno bite.
Dive siroti.
IL neznanih tujih krajev je pri-
sci pred lett Marian kot rudar
ma Posavje in je $ svojimi sotrpi-
nj prenasal krize in tezave bedne-
ga rudarskega zivljenja. Pc rodu
Poljak, privadil Sc je kmalu no
vim razmeram in jeziku. Bill je
blag znacaj; kje mu je tekla Ii
belka in ga dojila matt - nj We
del nihce niti Ana. Pa ga tudi
nj nikdar pOprasevala. Same
enkrat mu je. omenila njegovo
domovino, a spoznala je, da mu
to ne dene dobro. Odgovoril il je
mrmraje, nerazlocpo ter jo po-
ljubil in udusil nadaljno vprasa-
ME. Tudi svojim tovarisem sode-
lavcem nj odgovarjal, &c so ga O
tenn i~zprasevali. IL tega, da je
eital poljske liste so sklepali, da je
Poljak. Prebivalstvo ma Posavju
mu je bio naklonjeno. Svojim
tovarisem je vedno pomagal, ce
je lie mogel, V splosni izobrazbi
je dalec presegal domaeine. Vsled
tega je postal nekak "vodja"
rudarjev, Xxi so Sc pri vsaki prili-
XII, pri vsakem razporu z oblastvi
ali med seboj sklicevali mani. To
je ljubilo vse Posavje in da so
dalec naokoli govorili o tujcu.
Ana je bila zapuS6ena sirota.
Matt il je umrla ma porodu in oce
rudar Sc je pOnesrecil V jami.
Umrl je z %razparanim telesom V
straSnih mukah, ko je bila sc
dekle. Usmiljeni ljudie so .io po-
tenn vzgojili. Vzrasla je V lepo,
visoko dekle. Imela je kakor
oglje crne oGi III ravno take obr-
vi, Xxi so Sc ma celu skoraj zraSca-
Ii skupaj. Memo polno, gibcno te-
10, njena samozavest in prikupno
vedenje il je pridobilo mnogo
prijateljev. - Pred letom Sc je
seznanila z Marijanom in priGela
sta Sc ljubiti ter sta nameravala
v kratkem, pc Bozicu, stopiti V
zakonski stan, kajti njuna liu-
bezen nj ostala brez sledu.
Skoraj vsak ve6er sta sedevala
V tel prijetni lopi 2 leseno MILO V
sredi in nizkimi klopmi okoli ME.
Njuna ljubezenska sreca je bila
vredna zavisti.
"Bojim Sc, da Sc strajk slabo
kon6a," de Ana ter Sc ore v ME
gov zamisljen obraz.
"Cemu bi Sc bala? Ali ne obsto-
il use IL vecnega prerivanja in
pehanjaG Kon6no pa je pravica
ma naSi strani,' rece mirno in pri-
vzdigne glavo trgajoG 2 desnico
listje fizola, Xxi je raslo zunaj To-
pc in sililo V MO.
"Pravica Sc zacudi ona.
"Saj 81 vedno pravil. da pravice
nj in da jo ne bo."
"Seveda,' odvrne. "Oni. XII
vlada ne DO dial onemu, katerega
tlaci nikdar pravice. siromak 81
mora pravico vzeti." Marian IL
'ari pi tenn $ tegneno roko ma
mizo.
"'Vzeti pravicc ne moreno"
rece Ona paslonivSa Sc Tia leseno
ograjo lope. - "Stari ljudje
sploh pravijo, da kdor ic "a 6rn
truh rojen, ne bo nikoli belega
iedel. da je tako vedno bio in
DO ~
Marian maine 2 roko i'm nikne
? glavo. "Pravico 81 lahko vzame-
mo. Ce mi danes ne delamo in bo
V mestih in tovarnah ~zmanjkalo
premoga, DO vse obstalO, in xiv
ljenje BIO j%enjalo."
Ana ie gledala v tia, drsala 2
nogo pc klopi in kazaIa pri TEN
belo nogavicO ma svoii nogi. Mari
ian Je gledal vanjo in Sc lahno,
samOzavestnO naSmehnil.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-14

Vecer. Mrzel jesenski veter .je
pihljal pc zemlji. Ma jasnem
nebu je migljalo tisocero luGic,
syetlih in bledih. Tam spodaj V
ozki dolini, podobni velikanske-
mu jarku, je Strlelo v zrak tenn
no poslopje z dimnikom tupatam
le trepetala revna lucica ali ze-
vala erna okenska odprtina. Nj
kogar nj bilo, XII bi jeknil, XII bi