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eHScHoo1 ONbus1EsT STREET WARSAW WITH STATUE OF
eoFERN1cUs, The AsTRoNor1ER> IN The PARKING.

rolf retired to his country seat, where
he soon after died. He was followed in
1901, by the emperor. who was as
sassinated.
Despite its turbulent history Warsaw
is charming city. 1t has a splendid
situation on the aigh banks of the VS.
tula and it boasts not only a very ex-
tensive commerce. but it also ranks as
thriving railway center. BY rail 1t Is
3Sl miles east of Berlin. while Petro-
grad lies about 695 miles away to the
northeast. The population of the city
in 1871 is estimated to be $4,000, of
whom 100000 are Jews.
Warsaw is much more like a western
European metropolis than a Russian
city. Set in fertile plain on a great
navigable river, below it's confluence
with the Pilica and the Wieprz, which
drain South Poland, it also has the ad-
vantage of being situated within easy
distance of the Narew and Bug rivers,
which tap a wide region, of which it
naturally becomes the chief CONNER
cial center.
Six trunk lines branch out from War
saw. the southwest railway connecting
it with LODI, which is the Manchester
OF Poland. and with the highly produce
tive mineral region of Piotrkow and
kielce. Its commercial advantages and
especially its fine railway facilities
combine TO make Warsaw the most
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tai. Within a few days he was crying
for chance to reach the trough. He
introduced measures, importuned the
older members of the legislature and
did everything else humanity possible.
But he had come in on a reform wave
4 policy of rigid economy had been es-
his pitiful cries.
When the legislature adjourned the
member came back to his district He
was bowed with sorrow
wall. JIM. said a farmer. what did
You think of your job?"
m through. Ben" replied the rep
resentative. I'm out of politics."
Great gosh" exclaimed the farmer.
Why so. Jim?"
Amt nothin in it," walled the mem
Der I've been there for a whole term
ana didn't get a thing but my salary
and that don't even pay my hotel
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the House, and, while on the links
lately he heard the following story told
by a senator friend.
1t seems that this senator has sis
ter-ln-law who is a woman of some
years and is much loved by her nieces
and nephews, who are yet of a tender
Christmas the kids were skirmfshinp
around to get stockings big enough to
hold the goodies and presents they eS-
pected Santa to bring
Well. Aunt Mary" ch!rped one plump
boy, how big would a stocking have to
be to hold all you want?"
Not very large. Charlie" laughed the
aunt. All l wish could just fit in
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You are close to the grave" said the
clergyman, solemnly
The ailing farmer showed little inter
est
We must all prepare" continued the
clergyman, at some time in our lives
to meet the grim reaper"
Then the sick man sat up.
Grim reaper" he repeated
The clergyman nodded.
IF YOU catch him around here
srowled the farmer. you put him out
in the fields with the rest of the hands
and he'll get his fill of reaping without
botherinS me-
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The Origin of MILITARY Sappimg and Mining

vailed walls were high and cannon crude
and they could not be sufficiently de-
pressed to reach enemy at the foot of
the wall.
Sapping was usually done by peasants
impressed or hired for that service, be-
cause soldiers in the armies of the middle
ages were more skillful with weapons
than with tools and the work OF digging
trenches was beneath their dignity. while
it also savored Of Discrimination to close
with the enemy, even though that enemy
was behind stone walls with cannon
cannon at which men armed with mod
ern weapons would smile, but which IN
their day were weapons of great effect.
Vauban, the great military engineer, re-
fined sapping and brought it into sys-
tenn by which any fortified place could
be approached, reached, mined and
preached
These saps after while were dug in
proach trench were devised. Uncovered
trenches were cut forward. detected at
right angles and then cut forward to be
again detected further along. each of
of the trench forming a transverse for the
protection of the trench. Some trenches
were rooted in with timber and earth as
they were cut forward, thus forming a
bombproof way Some saps were
cut or dug in the fashion of a tunnel, the
surface of the earth not being disturbed
at all. Double saps or numerous parallel
saps We're dug close up to the position to
be attacked.
Mining of castle and city walls or city
gates is as old as the use of gunpow-
der in war. and Undermining" of walls
was practiced in war before the use of
When sapping had become
systematized and generally employed
in offensive operations against fortified
positions the military work of sapping
and mining was combined, and Instead
of being done by peasants or civilian"
labor was committed to special troops.
These troops became adept in this i'm
portant work, and because of the extra
lab Dor involved and the hazard of this
duty these, called sappers and miners,
were given higher pay than other
troops.
AS the years and the centuries went
by other duties were put upon these
troops-erection OF field Notifications,
erection of many forms of obstacles to
impede an aggressive enemy and hold
him under fire at a known range, de-
struction of bridges. construction of
bridges, demolition of buildings and
many other things. Gradually the
sappers and miners duties became
greatly enlarged and refined and in
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A Democratic Army.
7 Z. GRESHAM, the British CO

TT Z. GRESHAM, the British consul
at Cleveland. said the other day:
I'm the British volunteer army a DEM
ocratic spirit prevails. Yes, this spirit
prevails even among the most aristo-
cratic regiments,
TT is said that a company of the
sportsmens regiment was being drill
ed at New Forest. The sergeant an
elderly stableman, said to one of the
young recruits. who happened to be the
brother Of an earl:
Head up. Montaig" $50 he pro-
nounced the nameD Head up, chest
out. shoulders back"
My name isn't Montaig-it's Monta-
que. said the young man.
VERY good. Montague said the
sergeant. For speaking up like that
you can just do four days fatigue"
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The Knack.

~THE Germans, lacking gasoline. are
making substitute for their au-
tomobiles out of fat" said a local auto
dealer the other day The Germars,
with their submarines and Zeppelins
and Taubes and what not, certainly nut
modern progress to good use
In this knack of turning all sorts OF
modern things to good use the Ger
mans are like the inventor who visit
ed the capitalist and said:
I've got an invention here that will
make both our fortunes. 1t is an alarm
clock that we can guarantee-that we
can positively guarantee-for il will
make every single purchaser jump out
of bed like a shot
Humph. That's what they all say
But let's hear her ring said the skepti-
cal capitalist
she don't ring. said the inventor
smiling proudly. She honks.'"
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Bacciarelli. who has depicted scenes
from the life of Solomon. After the
fiattering custom of one of the old
masters, he has introduced into his
picture representing "SolomonS Sacri-
fee" the figure of Stanislaus Poniatow-
ski himself. surrounded by his court.
In a smaller saloon known as the green
room the portraits of a bevy of fair
Polish damsels are displayed, said to
have been beauties of King Stanislaus
Poniatowskis reign. This king (named
Stanislaus. in honor of the patron saint
of Poland who was Bishop of CracoW)
was elected through the Intervention
of Russia, but in 1875 he was forced to
sign the third partition of the unfor-
tunate kingdom. which ended his reign.
However. Notwithstanding the many
vicissitudes Poland has undergone, her
misfortunes have had one decidedly
happy result. Tyranny, bloodshed and
years of continuous struggle have
welded the Poles together as nothing
else could have done. All provincial
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blast. is clearly visible for great dis
tances. The problem has been fairly
well solved: the field artillery board
has experimental with reasonably
satisfactory iashless powder, and COM
pairing it's visibility with that of service
powders has recommended:
THAT the present service powder
has flash of such brilliance as to
make dismounted and mounted defiade
practically useless, SO far as conceal
ment is concerned.
THAT if flashiess powder can he
made to give as good hallistic results
as the service powders they are to he
preferred.
1T is believed that before long the
service will be supplied with powder
quite as good REALISTICALLY as the pres
ent powder. and at the same time prac-
tically hashless.'
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many armies they came to be called en-
gineers.
In all armies every soldier today does
work that formerly fell to the laborine
and Woodworking sappers. Every SOL
der today knows how to handle Il pick
and spade as well as to shoot rifle
pistol, machine gun or cannon. All sol
diers now dig trenches. gun pits and
the like. but construction work, requir-
ing higher technical training, is done
by the engineers. successors to the
sappers of old In many kinds of con
struction the engineers may be aided
by troops of other branches and BY
civilians, hired or impressed
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f1AGN1F leENT ORTHODOX GREEK CATHEDRAL
49, ON SAG SQUARE

differences have been forgotten; oppres-
sion has amalgamated the many differ
ent types into a Polish unity. In all
the world there are few people more
patriotic or more tru-
ly devoted to their native land. its
language, are, literature and history
than are the Poles today.
Another charming garden in Warsaw
is the Saski ogrod, or Saxon garden,
which contains almost seventeen acres.
1t has a multitude of hoary old chest
nut trees and, like the Lazienki gar
den, has a theater. this one being of
the summer variety. The SAKE, or
Saxon. garden is considered one of the
most beautiful and attractive in Eu-
rope. 1t is the rendezvous of the arts
tocracy of Warsaw; while the krasIn-
ski garden is the favorite promenade
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ment went to the town. He arrived
there in a pouring rain. depressed ana
soRgy Seeking out the real estate
man, he voiced his indignation
"Is this what you call an accom-
modating climate?" he demanded.
Certainly" replied the real estate
man.
I'D like to know how you figure it,"
said the potential Investor, bitterly.
why, the climate knows you're a
stranger" said the real estate man,
and it's trying to make you feel at
home"
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Maybe So!

Among the COL
lection of stories
in the possession
of Representative
Anderson of Min
nesota is the yarn
OF old Chief Sing
ing Hound. a pa
triarchal Indian
on one of the far
western reserva-
tons. T ur lists
frequently visited
the old man. He
had the dignity of
"a I<iptr e-l
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plosion-a color which is virtually in
visible at night. But his interest was
academic. though practical. He hated
nothing more than explosives me
to a passionate outburst These things
belong to humanity. and it is crime
against humanity that they should be
shattered to the winds He regarded
the war solely as means TO grealel
and more nermanent peace. The deaths
and pain Of men. the cruelty to horses
the loss of harvests. the ruin of peace
of mind, the breaking of the quiet pas
sage of civil life. the shatterlns OF MS
toric buildings-all these filled MN
with a great righteous wrath"
Therein was the reference to Hash
less powder 1t cannot be an accurate
statement that the experiments are
now being successfully cohciudeo' DC
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and meeting place of the Jewish popu-
lation.
The center of Warsaws busy life is
Sigismond Square, on which is situated
the former royal palace of Zamek
Krolewski. 1t was built by the dukes
Sigismond III, whose memorial stands
in front of 1t. The Poles proudly tell
that the famous John Sobfeski once
owned the palace. He is was who
brought an army OF 10000 Poles
against the Turks in 1888. who were
hammering at the very gates of Vienna.
and by vanquishing them he saved
Europe from the threatened Moslem in
vasicn.
lished the imperial residence, which
now Is the home of the governor gen.
eral of the provinces on the Vistula.
and of the military authorities. The
Polish palace long ago lost its finest
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cause experiments have been long un-
der way in the United States Army,
and the belief is that they were sue
cessfully concluded some time ago.
Three years ago Capt William l.
Westervelt of the 5th Field Artillery,
United States Army. wrote a book on
''Gunnery and Explosives for Field Ar
til1ery Officers which was published
by order of the Secretary of War, in
which he said:
I'm recent years the belief has grown
that military powders should not only
be smokeless but fiashless AS we'll so
as not to disclose the position of a fir
ing unit The ordinary form of smoke
less powder has "a very high tempera-
ture on explosion, and when the pro-
jectile leaves the gun the strong lumi-
nous fash, together with unburnt
slivers of powder coming out with the
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thetlc attorney rushed to the hospital
and offered to handle the case on
contingent fee.
Go way FUN me. white man." SAID
the old darby, feebly.
But | want TO help you" said the
-aWyer-
The old man showed a CLEAN of in
terest
Does yous" he said
Tn lawyer nodded
Den. said the victim YOU 90 out
an ind de man dat run into me and
bus his haid wide OPEN"
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Practical.
r e p sentative

r e p esentative
Anthony OF Kan
sas is accredited
with the story of
an iinpious farmer
who was decided
~ Ill. 1t was dur
ing the late fall
that he took to
his bed. and. the
physician having
some doubts as to
his recovery, re-
ceived the minis
tration Of a
clergyman.
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oLAUTITUL eHUR eH <
- -OfALEXANDER

there is large field. in which for many
elected.
The view from the Alexander bridge.
which crosses the Vistula. is famous
A splendid panorama is obtained of
a view of the royal palace. with it's
lovely terraced gardens: the Church OF
st. Anne and the imperial chateau of
Lazienki. The bridge is 1856 feet long
and is said to have cost $3,170,0O0
From a military standpoint Warsaw
is undoubtedly the most important city
not only in Poland, but also in Russia.
Poland was divided into several parts
ton acquired by Austria, now forms
Galicia. the crown land of Austria
Hungary. the capital of which is Lem
berg. Prussian Poland is the part ac-
CURED by Prussia on the partition of
Poland between Russia, Prussia and
Austria in the last part of the eight
zenith century. 1t now constitutes what
Is known as the province of Posen. al
most all of West Prussia and part of
East Prussia.
Russian Poland is the name usually
given to the ten Russian governments
of the "Vistu1a Land 1t comprises Su-
walki. Lomza. Siedlce, Lublin. Kielce.
Radon. Warsaw, Plock, Kalisz and Pho
trkow. of which governments" War
saw is the chief city and capital.
Throughout Poland the chief religion is
Roman Catholic and the principal oc-
cupation is agriculture. particularly
the raising of grain. While the inhab-
itants are mostly Poles. there are also
many Jews and Ruthenians.
Both the German and Russian inf1u-
ences have been increasing throughout
Poland in recent years in spite of the
strong clannishness of the Poles. War
saw, like the rest of Poland. has had
a stormy history. In fact, the history
of Warsaw is the history of Poland.
Not until 1915 was the territory form
ed into the kingdom of Poland. under
the Russian emperor, by the congress
Of Vienna, a kingdom which comprised
the bulk of the whole Duchy. of War
saw. In November, 1890, there was an
pressed by Prince Ivan Paskevitch. the
royal warrior. as has been mentioned.
In 1892 the constitution of Poland was
a polished. In 1s46 another unsuccess-
full attempt was made by the Poles to
escape from the Russian yoke. and
again In 1853 there was another insur-
rection, which was finally suppressed
in 1884. From about this time Poland
as a kingdom actually ceased to exist.
Warsaw is ancients having been
founded in the twelfth century
1t is known to have been the residence
of the dukes of Mazovia until the six
eeeHtn CENTURY. II Uecdfne d Toyal resi-
dence about 1850. and the capital of
Poland little more than a half cen
fury later. Warsaw was captured by
the Swedes. but retaken by Peter the
Great in the northern war In 1864 and
1893 it was occupied by the Russians.
Prussian siege was resisted the
next year. but soon after the city had
to yield to the celebrated Russian field
marshal. Count Alexander Suvaroff
This great warrior. 1T will be remem-
bered, after having defeated in turn
the Poles. Turks and French, and
crossed the Alps into Switzerland, was
recalled in disgrace to Russia by the
Emperor Paul. Broken hearted, Suva-
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Wanted-A Husband.

Re pr e S entative
W. r. Oglesby of
New York comes
from Yonkers, a
town which can
boast of having the
biggest carpet fac
tory in the world,
the biggest soft fur
hat factory in the
world and the larg-
est elevator works
in the world-all
of which shows
that Yonkers is
some town and able
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His Reason.

Apfopt - re-
form V"s'. -u.l-
tor Whit. Of Ala
bama is accredit-
ed with = story
relating to he do
ings of a certain
state legislator.
The legislator in
question had lived
all his life in a
rural community
far distant from
the state capital.
To him had come,
I h rou Hh TIL e
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papers to which he subscribed. weird
tales of the watched graft on which
members of the state legislature fed
He became hungry and envious. and
finally. in a moment Of enthusiasm, he
decided to run.
Being fairly we'll known and we'll
liked. he succeeded in getting first the
nomination and then the election. He
~ss filled with Joy.
Soon afterward he arrived at the capt.
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The Lawyer Quit:

The humors OF
that type of law
yer who 10 known
as the Ambulance
chaser" are not
lost upon Repre-
sentative Howard
OF Georgia, who.
by the way, has
not even sympa-
thy for the type.
He recounts the
story of an elder
ly negro who was
run over by a
wagon. A sympa-
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How It Worked.

The small town
real estate man is
the subject of a
good story by Rep
resentative C urr y
of California. The
booster in question
sent out a circular
declaring that in
his particular sec
ton of the country
the climate "is the
most accommodate
ing in the world"
A man attracted
by the announce
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Oglesby is known to fame socially in
town as the champion golf player III
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Situated Upon the
Left Banks of the Wis
lula, 1t Is a Prize
Worth Capturing-1ts
Churches. Palaces and
Parks-A Brief Re-
view of Its Stormy
History-A Center of
Education and Gull
ture.
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: pastori :. !Suusfonen SerIel

pastori 5. !6uusforen SerIeo
6ipNd u ), on metue tlmotttanni
I6bte udnid field pots Sdu ldbti I.
7 3 D, d enfin 6 ,ietIliiu, ioeid pitnd
fpield rippitculud S'elfd tulee ban
MIbtob ,lo 9 RIB ,rim, Ohio, iosin
5aarnoo I { 8 pnd. Sronnoooitn
Iupco bdn Iaopuo I { 10 pnd Iron
% .inin W,s IL pnd. Wat, freloi'n
IL pnd, 9seiemeriin Ii pnd ia Uta
pie ttn IA ia Is p:ind. iouoin Ianot
tuiea pd'm en- iuoua tuefotin paifae
IA on birtouebettid puetor' =
6nofona tulee oIemoan poStori :
9uuetoSeu ieuraoia toistoiiefit Ser
Isp S,pu ieurotnunaeia.
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antiu pappien f~otoMtieen.

Noplssfd pibetpsid pappetn Toto
uileSIa lauiuttiin toiwomus toiien ia
maauiIen fotoufien emf tilosia tot
meenpanem,Iesta. mutto t~iloiiuutto e.
Il hen tdbdn meuneeid ole tlmeSipnp'
niinfddn 1opiwaa fun meiQd mt on
Observation-Disclosures.
Oemme nimtttdin MT faoneet u
Ieimmilta i~eurafunnilta nttren Suo'
mt epuoobin ia Raniaaist,rftofun
nan pbbistpmistd toetenat mtel'pi'
rect ia %Iauiunnot. io'ben ffdabo mpo
bemmin iultoiiemme, MT waan Il
mottaen, ettd enemmis 1n mielipioe
on pbtpmiIen puoleao. mutta MOAN
uormoiQa. md6rdtpiQd ebooila. 10.
ten me Ronia uistirton popisto, olem
me ieuratuntiemme palweltioina to
ebustoiina weIwoitetut ioutoaa me
emddn belmituun 10 p:tR Dan
coce tin Suomi Spnoobin pappten
eans5d pbtpmiIestd neuwottelemoon
Tautta pbbeld tiead mefin woimme
ottoo tatii o1aa ia ientdbben pm
odmme. ettd meIiet iaopuifimat Ga
lumetiin pdiudd ennen. ell 10 pdi
mdfa belmifuuta, ioaoin, poifasio
mintd pastori 5. 8. 2ilieroos fofo
ueieqe molmistaa, olotetaan Ranial
ustirftotunnan pappien totous tel
10 10 aammqa. pppbdmme peliia
porustamaan teStuSteluoineita TO
tnutIeae. mutta pddofioSia tuuaor
tdsId fofoufiesfa borfuiemaan nh
mm,sofiaa ia oreastamaan ieura
tunnilta laoout. afiaa fosfepat lou
Iunnot, noib III NINE faooa ielrpil,
ia pmmdrtdd niioen m~ielipiteet tds'i
tirfollemme perrin tdrfedsId fpIpmpt
.sid.
,S~obtotoon Serra faitesTa mei'i
totuuoen t'eId ia btutoor sd
uen / ahtonIa nGieidein oiiote1r
GlpsiG, Wtinn Eammituuu 81 p
1914 &lrtollieioblotunnan puoIeeto
y. g8uori, :. 9irwi,
@Hmies 0iriurt.
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Slmoitms.

l1Teiteu pirtameliien nimenom Ties
ia efitptSeStd oIemme f~uelDoiietut tir'
tdm6dn helm'tuuao Suc. ce,eid pi
bettdm6n g. Snnoobin pnppienfo'
fouffen 17-18 pdiniti eli ti'stei ia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, costa uIeot pa
pit iImoiuauot, ettd betodu ei fdp
tddud miippminen iunnuntoiu pli
Somoin ,iis mpD feefuetelutoeout
fen Raniou isf'rftotunnan poppien
tane5, puuodmme efnGd torstoipdt'
Ddti 10 pm b.lmttuuta, e,fd hie
Ioupontaitli.
@. Rautonen,
aotoonfuiiuio.
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bistptlen, iota fotoontuu periantot'
Rotoutiefa testustelemme
Sumalon ianon iobboQa Ia iuort'
tomme ben9eQtstd obIelmoa. 4ut
tintooineenamme on npfpddn tue
ibona .fs~iolaistirie. On meiud pient
laulutuorotiu feuramme testuubes'
ia. GIulamme Stonin Ranteleen Tau
lula.
Edmdn muoben lopuua ldbetdm
me ufeita tiloutfia NuoriTon Dstd
pdae Suomi OpiStolta. Shd ct tn
te mield metue t~enelefd6n. Qoulum
me ftriastosia tdpmme Ftd Iuestele
mosfa. Wanbotsta ytuoriIon Detd
wistd luemme fertomutfia ia runoia
Opiston iQanmietoiefa.~
airioitus et toipaa polion ielnitps'
I'd. Stnd lamIutaan: .Eddud OpiS.
ton ldbe'lppbeefd aiustelee uietta or
moIopfia, iotta mt fuurella lola o.
bottamat rataStettua patmentani !
b8nen milf tuutautta festdneeltd
iuomimattaltaan Guoua ratacte
tuba patmeneqaan be epdilemdnd
tartoittawat pastori( Qnusta, ioeo
wiime feIdnd tell iuomtmatfdn, ion
Ca felwitpfietR lutiio,aemme ilmot
tamme. Wuuten oltoon tdmd met
tdldifiae lobbutuffena, ettd ct g. Sp'
uoobisIa iilti Min nopaata epante
liumia pelidtd. tuten uiein on talbot
III meibdn puoIeltamme Daittdd.
10 SO W,