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you he was glad live and and have his being?
Did he, day in and day out make it apparent that
and only, the and substance OF his exist
and his dogs unverse?'
"Then cried Merrick triumphanty, @you have never
owned dog! Doctor, wish you would let me tell you
story.
IN way it's my story, in way it's the story of my
dog the dog owned, Rex. For ten years he was the
best friend had; for five years believed him the only
friend had. Because of his faithful affection am
what am today, such as it IS Preposterous? think
not. It's the friend who comes to just in the nick
of time, you know, and he that friend.
"Do you know how old | am, Doctor? Forty-and
gray enough for sixty. By the time thirty every
ideal in the world had, had been smashed Smashed,
l tell you, into a thousand pieces! How do man S
ideals generally go smash? Loss of faith of course
and that usually comes about through some woman or
other and then his money and then the ones who
called themselves his friends. There variations to
the tale; but the tales about the same.
"The variations center mostly about the way trouble
affects different people. So tar as was concerned,
got to thinking happiness wasn't tor me and never could
be- and that all there to 1T. Ut course took
to drinking Men OF my type apt to drink, and 1t
bad for We haven't the constitution and we have
many nerves; but it helped, thought it helped
in my work. The fact that never lost my position
ought to have taught something Of my own value
but it didn't Instead it made me bitter; made me feel
of consequence whatever except for what could
be got out of me- They say, interrupng himself and
throwing out his left hand delicate and wonanish,
gesture whmscaly analytical, shat every man has
bit of feminnty about him and every woman hint OF
the masculine To describe my might say felt
as woman mg ht who conscious that her power
for charm gone.
Il lived the loneliest life there is-a to sleep
and my meals out wherever happened to be. sought
friends. desired friends for me- thought, there
no friends. | even drank alone, and that's bad.
One day the manager sent for He was kind enough
and all that but he said that unless my work improved
got back to the original standard and forth and SO
on He said I'd better stop drinking went out OF
there stunned. One thing I'd been sure Of that was
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Extraordinarily long, with the sofcushioned tips OF
the representative.
only two features in common with Merrck-the kindly
expression of the eyes, and the cushioned hngertlps
But the kindlness of the eyes, though marked con-
tanned hint of mysticism and the hands were pre-
emnently capable, strong square, certain OF move
ment the hands OF a master craftsman.
you've not answered my question, Doctor, re-
minded Merrick the surgeon hesitated and at his
friends gentle almost pleading the latter glanced
why, Merrick, he began and then his glance falling
on a hat-lined basket the hearth he understood
"Oh, beg your pardon, old man, he apooglzed ab-
ruptly FL see
aDo YOU? Are you sure: But still you haven't
swered my question. You say the life OF any human
being whatever worth than the lie OF any AMI
NAL l ask you why
why, hang it, mani exclaimed the surgeon. Then,
his glance falling the basket on the HEARTH
how you feel Nobody that's ever owned dog you
have-and as have too for that matter-can say that
so far as he himself concerned they not worth more
than hundred rascaly pickpockets But that's not
the point The point impersonal. It's not question
as to whether your dog your horseor your cat tor
the matter of that's of value to you personally
than the poor wretch lying the pavement after car
has about done for him is valuable personally to any
one, perhaps. It's question OF possibilities o-why-
OF an immortal soul against of the beasts that perish
There. You know I'm churchrnan; but even if
weren't
"If YOU weren't?'
a should feel the same Any sane man would Your
dogs dead and I'm sorry He's done for, and | sup
pose you set such store by him. should be sorry
for that too But
doctor said Merrick quietly @did you
a dog? Yes, yes of course family pet and all that;
but mean really own him, body and-whatever dog
has in place of soul? Did he preference
anyone else follow you to the oblivion OF else
accept you without question. rich poor drunk or
sober sick WELL when other friends accepted you with
mental reservations or at best with advice? Did he
show you all the he could and try to show you
in ways he couldn't, that because OF you and through
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X/OUR contention then is
II theological thus Mer-

JOUR- contention then is
theological thus Mer-
= rick, seated in front of the
fireplace, opposite the surgeon.
The surgeon smiled family.
@Say orthodox, rather, he urged.
THAT includes sound doctrine
anywhere; theologically speak
ing, legally, surgically. domestic
ally, anywhere you like.
aBut you remember the quo
tation, He prayeth best who
loveth best"
@All things both great and
SMALL" finished the surgeon.
ayes, l remember that; also
another one about the greater
embracing the less. That does
not mean, however, that the
greater should be sacrificed to
the less; rather the other way
round. And the life of a human
being is undoubtedly greater and
more valuable than the life OF a
brute"
"Of any human being?'
"Of any human being.
"Of any brute?'
"Of any brute
"Why, Doctor? Understand, |
don't dispute you. You may be,
for all l know. entirely right in
your hypothesis. whatever it is.
Merely | want to know what
that hypothesis is and why you
maintain it.
Merrick. as he spoke. leaned
back in his chair in the attitude ha-
bitual to him,-legs crossed, the
fngertips of his left hand against
his temple, his left elbow sup
ported by the arm of the chair,
while his right arm swung loosely
down at its side. He was tall
man, lean to gauntness, his hair
prematurely gray and thin about
the temples, his mouth marked
BY signs of dissipation entirely
contradicted by eyes so kind as
to glow with a sort of spiritual
brightness. His forehead and his
hands were those of a scholar,
the forehead lofty and benevo-
lent, the hands narrow and trans
parent, the fingers slender and
disproportionately long, with the
the hyDerSenSitiye
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0NE night sat here by the fire you and sit now
- alone and lonely. 1t had been day cruelty hard for
me- day full of things of the dead and gone time that
| sought ever to forget. Of sudden of the old
bitterness rolled me- black DOOM and instinc-
lively reached out my hand to Rex as had often done
under similar stress, taking comfort in the presence OF
that poor creature that knew better than to be faith
ful-1ny dog. Of course he wasn't there, and in the
desoation that flooded me it seemed that loyalty idel-
itv, themselves qualities botted out OF the uni
verse And the tears to my eyes they will come
to the eyes of man. because he my friend of ten years
standing gone; done for, you say being one OF
the beasts that perish. And dropped my hands at
the sides of the chair drop them in the despair
of isolation. Then suddenly, brooded, was con-
scio,s of-of what? conscious of faithfuness re-
turned and at the instant felt him, felt Rex brush
by me- press against me, and in my palm there was the
feel of his cold muzzle.
at has since. each time to need just that
Continued page II
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
= STOCKS, BONDS, CEREALS =
MARKET LOOKS BETTER
Two Hour Session Has No Special
Feature But Things Look
Brighter.

New York, March Grading on
the exchange during today's two
hour session was not characterized
by any special feature. The tone at
the opsning was rather heavy and
irregular, condition which later
gave way to some activity and stiff
fleming of prices under the lead Of
the copper shares, in which Amalga-
mated was distinguished by rising
above its high price of 1912.
Sentiment continued cheerful in
the main, with signs of increased
public interest. 1t Is evident that
less attention is being paid to So
called unfayorable factors and that
Wall street sees, in the many init
nations of trade revival, infallible
proof that the pendulum is most
likely to swing in the direction of
optimism.
Of the active group United states
steel reflected some selling pressure.
The bonds market was steady, to-
tai sales, par value, 81, 236,o00. Gov
ernments were unchanged
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
FIRST ,APPL|CATIO
lDARkENs TIL. HAIR
A Simple Remedy Gives Color
. Strength and Beauty
!. to the Hairy

You don't have to have gray hair or
faded hair if you don't want to. Why
look old or unattractive? II your hair
is gray or faded, you can change it
easily, quickly and effectively by using
IWyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy. Apply little tonight, and in
the morning you will be agreeably SUR
Iprised at the results from single
application. The gray hairs will be less
conspicuous, and after o few moro.
applications will be restored to natural
color. y r+~
N Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur also quick
~ removes dandrutf, leaves the scalp
clean and healthy, and promotes the
growth Of the hair. 1t Is clean
Wholesome dressing which may be used
at any time with perfect safety. o
y Get a fifty cent bottle from your drug
Eist today, and see how quickly it will
restore the youthful color and beauty Of
your hair and forever end the nasty
idandrutf, hot, itchy scalp and failing
hair. All druggists sell it under guar
entee that the money will be refunded
if you are not satisfied after fair trial.
i Special Agent, Henckell's Drug
Istors, fI3 Commercial avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
SHORTS IN STAMPEDE
Shorts Go Wild When Rumors, Of
Big Export Sale, Are
Spread.

Chicago, March 9.-Short sellers
Of wheat trapped themselves today
and were in stampede at the last
by rumors of big export sale, whicl
made sentiment bullish Latest fig
ures were / * to ia higher, corn
showed net gain Of / u and oats
finished " up. Wheat closed strong
at the highest point Of the day and
the week.
Though the government report
showed farm reserves Of wheat forty
million bushels less than a year ago
and had brought about firmness in
foreign markets, the gains abroad
were too small to excite enthusiasm
here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected toNarch LIST, 1912.
The Fast Mail Route
Trains Leave Cairo

1910 a. m. Daily Chicago Vestibule
It'd, arriving Chicago l0:4O a. m.
2:16 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
It'd, arriving st, Louis 1920 a. m.
Sleeping cars open at $50 p. m.
1920 a. m St Louis Special,
AIS a m. Thebes Accommodation
500 a. m, Chicago Daily Express
t1:l5 q. m. St Louis Fast Mail.
lt.t5 a. IN. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 p. IN Afternoon Express for
st. Louis, Odin, Effingham, Mat
toon and Champaign.
|6.t5 p. III. Chicago and Eastern Ex-
press.
t0:45 p. m. Chicago Night Express
arriving at Chicago 1850 a. m.
Local sleeper at station. Berths
can be occupied after 500 p. m,
2.20 a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
1910 a. m. Coach section for Mem
phis and New Orleans,
l4:20 a. m. Seminole Limited TO,
Birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla
I6:00 a m. Paducah and Louisville
Express.
t:51 p. M. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
iI;51 h, M Daily Nashville, chatta-
1 ~.~4r~. aud Atlanta
I4:15 p. m. Fulton and Mayfield ac-
commodation
1850 p. m. Paducah and Louisville
| Sleeper, Paducah to Louisville,
open at $50 p. m.
I5:55 p. m, Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
| For through tickets, sleeping car
accommodations and further infor-
nation apply at Illinois Ceatrai
Passenger Station, Cairo. TIL
| J. H. JONES, Ticket Act
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
Carried OF Dickens Debris.

Everybody knew Dickens. lie could
not dine In public without attracting
attention. When he left the dining
room. his admirers would descend
upon hts table and carry off eggshells.
orange peels and other things that
remained behind, so that they might
have memorials of this great aud
much loved writer.--MGnseys.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
MAY Has Good Range.

Many ranged from Sl.0312 to
$1.05 and closed at s1047s and
$1.05 Corn reached the highest
point Of the season at the close, May
ranged from 70a to 72ss, closing
steady at the last level NO vel
low was 70 cents.
In oats two top figures for the
crop were made. Upper and lower
levels touched for May were SO "
and say, with the close at 53as.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
Slrtnla kllnnnrv.

A Tear said to the Smile: Nam
ma ia gone; let US have race" They
started Sometime the Tear was
ahead; then again little Smile ap
peared. AT last the Tear went in full
speed, and had nearly won--hut there
Smile. saw mamma tn the door--and
won the race.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
Determined.

ut is almost impossible to believe
that woman can endure such hard
ships as the suffragettes are enduring
for the sake of the cause.
Indeed 1t is; was reading the
other day that they aro even refusing
to eat while in jail"
Eat? Why, some Of them are even
refusing to chew gum,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
kanaaa schooIaIrts choIee d Ways.

One day last wreck two little girls
Il, Parsons were hurrying to school
ard were afraid they would be tardy.
One little girl said; Lets kneel right
down and pray that we won't be
tardy" ooh, no" said the other,
Tets nike on to school and pray while
we're ltikin' - Parsons Suns
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
Sure Enough.

The teacher had been telling the
class about the rhinoceros family
Nov, name some things" said she,
"that are very dangerous to get near
to. and that have horns" 'Automo-
biles!" replied little Jennie Jones,
promptly,--Unidentified.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

"One day." said Mrs. Lapsling, Il
saw a man thrash q big, brutal team
stor for beatins his horses. II had
M way aEout-it he should have
sharu Of the Carnage hero fund.-
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
Evils Of Underwear.

An Ohio citizen, eighty years old.
claims that he never has worn any
underwear. Many citizen OF Africa
has done the same thing and yet failed
to get his nasle Ia the papers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
PERSONAL.

FOUL PLAY"-~Complete detail
in The Bulletin next Thursday and
Friday morning, March IA and 49,
Very startling and extremely sensa.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
BUTTER AT 30 CENTS.

Elgin, ILL.,, March 4.--Butter 80
cents, firm Output for the week
10000 pouAds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

FOR RENT-Second floor or all Of
The Bulletin building, 700 Ohio
street. Suitable for wholesale or
jobbing house; 1000 square feet Of
floor space, with large, paved base
ment.. Switch of Illinois Central
Railroad in front OF the building,
Rent reasonable, Apply at The Bull
letin Office.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
Dyspepsia Tablets for One.

Select a good7hearted cabbage" be-
gins a writer Of cooking receipts.
Alas! that good.hearted cabbage
has never come our way. Those VIC
have had any dealings with have treat
ed us cruelty, very cruelty, indeed
Boston Transcript.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

Important Ocean "Crop.r
When the herring season Is at fts
height about 5000 miles Of net ara
get nightly in the North sea-
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
ILLINOIS CENTRAL

:
tt)ae-Wag Second-Class Cole rss.s
To California and Poin
The Northwest.
CAIRO TO
Los Angeles .... 40
Sen Francisco ....... zoo
San Diego, .......... s co
Portland Ore. ..... 35.,3
Seattle, Wash. II. .... 35.1rs}
Spokane, Wash. ....,.. $50,
corresponding low fares To othcs
points oil the main lines and branch
es lii California, Oregon, Washing
ton, Alberta, Arizona. British COL
umbia. idaho, Mexico, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico and Utah
Tickets on sale daily March 1st
to April 18th, 1912 Every Monday
Oh train No. 1, at 5.55 p. m, through
tourist sleeper leaves Cairo. runnin
via New Orleans and Southern Pa
eihc r. r. to Los Angeles and SIN
Francisco
Ter fnll Information apply Gentrai
tnioa Station, Cairo. III.
!. II. JONES.
Ticket Agent
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

FOR RENTAL Mounds-gooo
restaurant and rooming house, ID
furnished complete, ready for bust
ness; GOOD location IN heart OF town;
"a rooms; large room for restaurant
and hotel purposes, complete. Ap>
ply r. II. Stern 4 Sons Meat Market,
Mounds. Ill.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Residence. 62l
Twenty St, Apply to JOHN
TIERNAN.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

An expert bookkeeper, who Is now
employed, desires to keep small set
OF books after regular office hours.
Can do any kind of office or steno-
graphic work; references. Address
c. H., care of Tho Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

tional. There'll be no getaways.
Read and get wise. T. A, X.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

BUY your coal at English's coal
Yard Coal that IL coal, not slate
,r rock but the very best grades OF
Harrisburg coal $500 Sycamore.
Both phones.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

THREE GREAT SNAPS in inn
proved farms in central Minnesota,
also fine steam heated hotel, For
description, prices. and terlus, nd
dress r. PETERSON, Glenwood,
MINI.
Call at Sf4 Sixth street for re-
ligious articles for Lenten devo-
tions, such as rosaries, prayer books
crucifixes, etc. Mrs. J. A. Cassidy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

FOR SALE--Clothing Stock, con-
sisting of Clothing, Furnishing
Goods and Hats. Apply at Solomon's
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

SITUATION 49, Practical nurse
Cnntinements speciality Call S511
Elm ST., or phone 8ta Bell.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

FOR SALE-739 21st ST., Groom,
2-story; 2 lots; on car line. Bar
gain $4,000 Easy terms. NJ. j.
HOWLEY, Agent, 7021a Commercial
Ave.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

ROOMS papered complete, $3.50
and up; 100 patterns to select from.
VARIABLE, the painter, 220 Eighth
street. Both phones.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

WANTED-To rent six or seven
room house Modern house pre-
ferred. No children. Address, care
of M. YESTERDAY.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-10

WANTED--Two lady solicitors,
Cairo Credit Clothing Co.. 1908 Com
mereial Ave.
Milford chronicle., 1912-02-02
WILLOW GROVE.

Fletcher Moore and wife have beer
visiting relatives and friends in Ceilings
wood, n. J.
Miss Maud Clark and Anglea Dill were
weekend visitors with Miss Irene Quill
len at Wyoming.
John Cooper and wife, a. J. Draper
and wife George Gooden and wife, and
John Henry and wife, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Pepper at Georgetown, last
week.
Grier NIinner visited triens in VII
mingtou recently.
Isaac Steel is on the sick-lst.
Watson Wyatt is very III with pneuno-
mia.
Mrs. Alfred Ford and Mrs. Ernest
Moore visited their brother who is seri-
ously i'll at Frederica, last Sunday.
Harry Smith and wife entertained last
Saturday evening, T. W. Kemp and wife
Mrs. John Dill. and Miss Margaret Irv-
ing APPLE BLOSSOM.
Milford chronicle., 1912-02-02
STEEL EARNINGS
SHOW BIG DROP
Total For Last Year the Low
est Since 1903.

Earnings of the United States Steel
corporation for the fourth quarter Of
1911 were $23105.115, with net earn
ings of S19,97S,52..
These figures, which are subject TO
slight change upon completion cf the
audit for the year, barely cover the
amount applicable to preferred and
common dividends at the present rates
Of and per cent uer aEnum, re-
spectiyely The usual quarterly divi-
dends at these rates were declared by
the directors at their meeting.
Earnings for the year aggregated
$1O4,255,563, with net earnings of SS4,-
536,335. These figures compare wi,h
s141,144O0l and sl16,S95.l3A respec.
lively, in 1910. and are the lowest re-
turns since 1908. the year following the
financial depression and general indus
trial depression.
After payment of the preferred and
common dividends the surplus net in
come for the final quarter of the year
was reduced to SS9,63S as against
S40S,000 in the corresponding quarter
of 1910 AT the end Of he latter year
the corporation carried forward a bal
ance surplus Of s10.92S,719. AT the end
of 1911 the total surplus was reduced
to $4,795.462.
Milford chronicle., 1912-02-02
POPULATION OF DELAWARE.
A Decrease In The Negro Population In
The Last Ten Years.

A preliminary statement os the white
and negro population of Delaware. by
counties ana Ilr Wilmington Citv, as
shown by thr ieturns of tine Thirteenth
Decennial Census. taken as Of April 10,
1910, was issn-d NouiAy py Director Dn.
rand of the Bneau uf the Census, Depart
ment of Cr,n, n.rce and Labor. the
statistics were prepared under the direc
ton of William Z. lluht, chef statistIcian
for population in the Census Bureau, and
are subject to lat revision.
The total population in Delaware in 1910
was III divided as to color as follows:
Whit, Ill. 1903; negro, 81, lsl all other
perez i .dIans, Chinese aud JaDanesel,
80. 1he equivalent figures for 1900 were;
White, 1887; negro. 80 697; AL other,
81. For 1891 they we're: White, l4Q O66;
negro. %, 3S6; all other, Al
The negro population constituted 10 4
per cent Of the total population Otthe
state in 1910, as against Is per cent in
1900 and 16.S per cent in 1890.
The rate uf increase in the negro pOpu.
lation since 1900 was much lees than th4t
foT the preceding decade, the increase from
1900 10 1910 being 4S4 or 6 per cent, Ne
compared with an Increase of 2 81 [, or s J
per cent, 1880 to 1900 The increase in
the white population from 1900 to 1910
was at slightly higher rate than that
fron 1890 to 1900, the increase, respective
lv being 1925. or II per cent, as against
IS Oil, or 8 9 per cent
Wilmington city had a population in
1910 OF ST,4ll, comprising 79 300 whites
9,0Sl negroes, and p other persons Jap.
anese and Chinese) The equivalent tig
t1ras far ION tpara. White GR 74G nasrr,,
g. 736; ali other, 81. For 1880 they were:
White, 53, 754; negro, 7,G44; all other, 33.
The negro population Of Wilmington
constituted 10 1 per cent of the total pOpu
atlou III 1910, as against II Z per cent in
1900 and II 1 percent in 1890 There has
been a decrease IN the negro population
since 1850 of 655. or 81 per cent, as COM
pared with an increase during the preced
lug decade of :, 2,092, or q. A percent. The
increase in the white population frOm
1900 to 1910 was 1871, or y 3 per cent.
as compared with an increase from 1880
to 1900 of II 9S4, OF % , per cent
Tne white and neg O popu alton Of Del
aware, by counties, Tor 1910 and 1900 IS
follows:
Kent County-l9l0 Total population,
50, II; white, p l52; negro, 1851. 1900:
Total population, 3 ',762; white, 25,0l7;
negro, I, i3S.
New Caste Couuty-191O: Total popu-
Iation l23,lSS; white, 1O7, 47S; negro,
Is 6S2 1900. Total population, l09, 697;
white, 80 45H; negro. rs l97
Susstx County. 1910: Total pOpnla-
tion. 64ls; white, 3S 473, negro, Z 98S
1900: Total popusuOn, 42 276; white,
35 5O4; negro, 8, 7G2.
Milford chronicle., 1912-02-02
rbree children Burned 10 Death.

Three Chlloren burned 70 Deatns
Fire that destroyed the home of Wal.
Ter Gibson, near CampObella, S. c.,
cremated three Of his children and Sc
riOusly burned a fourth.
Milford chronicle., 1912-02-02
TAKES SELF TO JAIL

Hands Warden Paper Committing
Himself to Prison.
A continuous ringing Of the gong at
the county prison entrance in Easton,
Pa, caused Warden Collins to ascer-
tain the cause.
He found a man who said: Il am
Harry Hahn. Squire Koch, of Moore
township, sent me down." He present
ed a paper committing himself to Jail
in default of bail on a charge preferred
by Mary Track, of Moore township.
"The squire didn't have a constable
handy and he knew l would keep my
word when I told him to give me the
commitment and I'd take myself to
fall" said Hahn.
Milford chronicle., 1912-02-02
E. C. REED, Licensed Funeral Director,
LINCOLN, DELAWARE. -. -,
BROOM CORN Made UP
BY EXPERIENCEC HELP

d ENE LENAElN(L~ AAE-A
Thirty one years experience. All corn left at my
place in Cedar Neck or at Milford Garage, next
70 Adkins blacksmith shop. will be promptly taken
care Of and BTooms returned to same place Sstis-
faction guaranteed. Orders for Brooms in any
style are solicited will be glad to show samples
] EBERT WEBB, P. o., R. D., !, Lincoln, Del.
Phone 1872; Milford Del