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Ocean City Sentinel. '

IlM IU(liU l>a\'r Iipcii turord mil. brlitlr llun tliry « ; in llmr fur Ibe voluble and fat i|ru ivodi-r rvm Uw aim It-caMaor Ibe'fllly-ceuldauwto u>n*p nd t.. a »u.l fhry wmaln.ra ndtcukaai and. I LT^SMeqilWiUy,

muillliurd taJkllgt wbea llutv US lolalk alxiui make- llmm »i'

irlillv, I Tlvmax

■laird |

!immm '"’aioSryla Not all of Hie .T'fT^rr- - ■ ** - N >« V«ar> :

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THURSDAY, JAKUABV

KoMa

Thk year 1887 will be Holed

unusual eveula. Tbe Fourth falls on Sunday and tbe Slate elrctlu

e on November: " It

many yean before tlir'--tfr»l Tumla} again comes at such an eatli dale. IT is worth rememCrrlns. c«|irclally when aloppms »t bolela, that. If tbe brdclutblns is not aaffidently warm, two or three newspapA* spread between the blankets will Insure a turn fortablr nl(ht. If you happen to have a Sunday |wper

wall traiiipilllv and lake I Ik- next car thau run frauilraliy after tin one w hicb

peo|ilr who •‘reformed" lie baa just missed uuk-r be baa an okrd back <ui tlK iin|a>rlaiit en|5iiK<nieij| with a “fuiirral

of the day with fwide. Il laonr director." A man may well be <X»I , Ibing Inform renolulioua. ItlsaiioUier lent U- rata- k train; even wilb a dr l8BT - to tarry llirm into eflecl. Wlial Poe trntlon of an IwUr, lu preferriuv to ; - tailed "tlir imp of tlte pervertk" b anil j dropping dtatf'from atirer lieart fallu.e

X ’'‘iabrowd. exerrbiiig bat miacblcvous in-1 after ba»-ing caogbl It.

'flurnev upon all mankind. Hrgallirrrd : Tbera-y mean, of nai ? ring circuU'or two | many a victim iu Ibia canilo' oo , lion los iiriiuiljlietl l««iy wbilr waiun;Jul > jNew Yrer'a Kay. on the airert turner every rahmau Wby New Yrer'a Day ahttuM Ite j knows who tbtsahre bla arm- about;

aelmed a« Ibat oil which to v -w moral ] and lie knew ll, too. tarlore

liewn’lrwt able MATI! T rraull III drmaud upuo This U.B aerl-iuii qorellon to us. and il,ey would rrruld weaiber OUT lliatdraianda tminrdiatr alienIluu. aelf-coutrol.

Vlf in ortlrr Kveramee llu-Uw under whirl i Wtimply aul- nict^ia.ralrd waa dt-t-larid

n bad belter

'.tonal, this borough lu

t tlir plea of Inrenlty would

h tbe r

i>iliii:ktA I.ai emlailuiera. Olfl and M7 Aabury atvle casket alwi

K— t ndrrtakrfs and venue. Ttir latest a ou band. Ikalire

PyBLie Ledger „.| AND daily tkanschipt.

nillsADKM'IIIA.

AUTHORIZED- BY FIRE UNDERWRITERS, MIDDLE DEPARTMENT, FOR <„ electric LIGHTING.-

id mllagre and kepi >

larglalature.

H. M. KALBACH. SON & CO., 9*5 ANKI K\ AVKN1 KOCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY.

AU HAimiAL AND WOK CDAIAN-TlIIt-^TRICILY FIRST CLASS. electricians. SEILLFD ELKIWCIANS FURNISH! I> DAY OR NIliHT. post orriCK box. ato

bully clear In Ibeja

tlHHiglilful. • I'puu Hit- very fat* ofj

thiuga il la absurd to make cartel a ipitwrioii of tbe calcnllar. If oug to drink, Mnokr and tbrt toU wrung to drink, snv-kr and

flirt t

THK abortewt day of I be year la paat, and It will not be many weeks before a perceptible Increase in tbelr lenglb will be manifest, and then spring—Reutir spring—will aoou follow. If you waul It any sooner you will have to go-to Florida for It, worn- tbe botela charge Are and six dullan a day. Kvot alnor tbe pubUcatlou of Ibr laws baa been taken away from that tbe people are kept In ignutmner of tbe annual enactments of llie Ia«lslahire. The Weal Jersey Prere, of Uamden, make* tbla very »n«U.]e aug geatlon: There la some talk of having a bill introduced in tbe Ijegbdatun providing for again advertising tbe lawi in tbe newspapers, under a system whereby only tbuae acta shall be published in each county which apply that county. It la a sensible sche and one which could nut fall

if boroughs, It l» ic committee appointed by the Governor to codify tbe borough ■awe baa dune nothing. Should belief prove unfounded It will

ai other vice* to w bleb men, and, times, women become addicted. Hence tbe eelrcliuu of any lunicuiar for the rclorm is ■K-iisetwIcal. The ! la nothing: the reform all. id still Hie New Year reformer a up from year to year with uufailregularity. You could not ewrepe to satv your life. HeJaaelKerful fellow, tooc a liar of cousuuimale skill, who,, for tlie moment, has dtswivrd bimsrll and now uuagjiK* I liar lie w4ll fpeeddy have a prartieal monopoly of nauly t Irtucw. Never again I at table until bis brad swims I with the future of wine. ? again will even the mrel fragrant of cigars pollute bla II,*. He will uot t, be will uot lie, be will not cheat Late hours are for him a thing of tbe remorseful past. And lie seems to ■can It, too. Looking Into his r> es as ith due solemnity be makes all these awe, you Would he tempted to i all you had on bla word; that la, would If you didu't know better. Bui la not your first year out, either, have been a New Yrse rrl.nnicr al time yourself, and you know very well, however large tbe number of resolutions he may make, that tlir man who post,sines such reformation as be

community cannot be provided for and tbe town takes on tbe dry ruL la not a populous borough lu tbe Bute that la not to-day handicapped by the laws as they exist, and It Is the duty of tbe Legislature to lift the Inrubus rvstany municipalities by

act that will enable towns to grow and

It u suggested by tbe HciruUfic American that on January 1, 1M0, new dlriaion of-tbe year Into thirteen moutha be Instituted. If such a aloo were made tbe first twelve on would hare twenty-eight days, or four wreks each, and tbe new mouth I ty-nine days, to make Stii. and thirty Inlaapyaara. After a few days then would be no need to refer to caleu aa the same day of the week would hare the same date through tbe year. If January 1 were, say, Monday, every Monday would be the 1st, Mb, 14 SM; every Tureday the SM, #th. Hi 3d, and ao on through the year. The change* of tbe moon would be about the same date through the yi and many rwlmlalkms, like Intrant, data of maturing Doles, FAsicr and many other important dates would hr MmptlAsd. Although tlie presrnl eration would hare to figure new dales for birthdays, all legal holiday, except New Yaar would he oo diflrreut d yet the gain would be permanent

the objections tnfllog.

Hin the November election l.vn February happening there would bare been no check to the Improvement

after the announcement of the defeat Repudiation. Rut November I* al tl tail of the year. It la the season

aaaaun of repair, of InactlrUy -sod ot aettlacneut, when tbe old buslures u coded and new husinres is ,, ul ofl Ull the opening of spring. Nevertheless, there ha been a greater activity tlian liana! daring the pat sixty day a.

tinkering, tbe ,*»t|>.iirmrut of nes-d.el financial legisUlkm and trie renewed 'wittering about Interuatkaisl Blmetalism hare not sensd to brrek tlir t*. k of tlie sljair market or the spirit of .sir

lish r

If it was v

11 cuuleudllbal II w

d certainly n

. Tuem

■ surely

le likely b

this year, but me Aud yet let uaal Year reformer a* mucu as we can; • '•'her, let u* give him a hit of advk Fo-ds* la a* good a day aa tbe 1st atop bad babtls. Only stop.

WKi.ica OI- HI.* V nothing, neither property

she bad hardly an exiateuo e Uw. Her father decided whether

•be should many or n at all In tbe way. If It

treaeu tbe number of heirs, larger amount could hr left to tbcrldrel SOU. sbe was burled alive In a convent and ceased to have a legal existence She did not many, Stir waa mairied; she did not give herself at tbe altar, abe waa given by aumebudy else; bet father, or the lord, or tbe king of, we my her Band, but It was of her-

self no less-, body aud

If the greatest |uwlble Injury U done her. If sbe la lead aatiay. sbe ■ bring an action against him wl wronged her. Tlie act ton m brought by father and must 1« u the reUtluu of servant to i ud ou his claim fur the lore of her Tbe KucycioptedU Uritanuica Tbe theory ot Hie FUigttob law la tbe woman herself lias auflrn rong; tbe wrong baa been sufler Hie |iareut or |«rrsou* standing ii place of tbe parent, who must su damage ilalug from Un low of aerI Caused by Hie seduction of Hie woman. Tbla view of tbe subordiuaof woman survive* In tbe marriage service iu the question: “Who givetb tbla woman In marriage?” question la in form a irhc uf

But

ding them al r closing Hie then spread-

iMi'-ly, aud Hie standiu

» Hie elm rface uf tl Wlwn U

blood to

Nature's oaftt pr-x—c-driuk of liquor which dri lation from Hie skin or s bsly Is just tbe opprelU

lartilue Which is eX|aswd to such old iniret rug lie lauijirred wllb. It must be "bumorvd;" alsive all, tl must idcr-t-ssl. To take ju.i as keen an Inlernd in the game of life as m.wt

game of base ball .use. Tlie weather

George KBot beautifully cooipared Fr to a great prom ion, tbe bret r whlcb has I sowed by. The hegli f a new year •trougly Imprrest with Hie flight of time, hut our •portions aud reflect hai. need not sombre hue,' though doubtless there Is much to regret in Hie past I! of tlie best of us. A great artist credited w ith Hie remark that b« could

-liiug bis picture*

and that be was never wbully aaliallrd accomplish menu. In many respeeta it would be |H*sihle to prove upon one’s life work, but this gret would he felt no matter how many opportunities we might have to live Hie

years over again. It

rewnlve upon better achievement* fur

-the future, to cum.

aud Hie error* of tbe l*at. Like Lamb, we would eflcrtual Huger nisui Hie spoke of the

great wheel” which

willi Hie rnialier Isuougbs I •w Jersey cuasl. Ocean < ion to day »» from l**>' to l<M)ii was only t'li N

ivli.g

t tbe st

btfWiMoa of ll\1og. \Ve should maki tbe most of it and should rrjutce that our allotment has been cast lu such ■ stirring period of tbe world's history It la idle to sjavutatr whet her it would tie more satisf} mg t/llvc in some future century. Tliere la much truth In Hax rfleetk-n that it slgullics little we live (save and excepting the t mumeuli, "aa tbe value of

wllb

, At II

bad better have our life still to out some future period, and so js*-t|sKir our existence century after century. January 1 Is not cum I arable as a public bobday with Christina* as to universality or antiquity of Us ofaae Slice. Before 1742 tlie year began March 25. Tbs change lu Hie calendar was made lu that year tor Great Britain by an act of Parliament, aud we Inlieriled Hie exiting custom of marking tbe beginning uf the year from Hie mother country. The day was u< served In Colonial Unit* wllb the formality which baa mar ked Itaobaervanor later years. After tbe Culuoiea had adjusted buslures aflatr. to tbe new date, the lat of January grew In' imisirtance, aud, iu course of time, be*me a legal liulKlay. An lulerreling iicidcnl of tbe change of tlie calendar n 1742 was the dropping ot eleven days, lietweeu Heptember 2 and 14, giving

baa become almost uumewumg. I Iiia ome view largely relieves the omau of moral responsibility. If a omen goes astray I lie theory Is that sr was not responsible, that slur was lUlrd; Uial sbe is weak-aluded, Inqabic of realatan.e or of raring for bem-lf; that sbe la, as a malUr of com|arllrd to yield to every so-

ij licilatk.il.

This theory, while It may In a t*r

llu sense seem to tie favorable aud merciful to w.auau, yet la aasenHally degrading, pulling her below tbe leVei

and rreiMiisihle beluga. Bui

betur d*>"

.Mining to tie regarded as a t big, Iwioiiging under God ah bract f. body and a ail. ink h inmanUgrby euybudy aav

Gregorian calendar. The omission Hie eleven day* attracted great interest, arid lung notice of I be proposed iunuvaUou was given in tbe newspapers of Hie accumm.idaled to what waa called tbe

“New Style." Tbe art of Parti

eomretlng file .wlendar also or.iain.al that tis- years KMl, 1MM, SUM, 2 2*00, or sny hundredth year, exi only every fourth bumliodth, shall he deemed leap years, hot shall he i sidrred common years of an5 days <■ and that Hie years 2U*i, 24U>. 2800, and every- fourth hundred'll shall la- leap years, remsisting of .TUB days. E year wh»c nutula-r 1* divisible by Is leap year, except only when the

uumts-r Jude Wtti) 80, iu w

Is Map year, only alien Hie preceding

enlargement,!

w tmprovefurrfls

a public! .

na Reevta,

■n done bill what 1

was at St. AunAx Mr lapioos so.ger, wras * _

Mi. Toole, tlie ootnp.li.vu. called to nm. time Breves had gone out fat ilk. and Toole atrolk-d out to try to “ c rilnd him- "Under a shady tree comfortlie | ably seated with a newspaper," asys ... I Mr. Toole. "I saw mv friend. He did | nut see me. I went quieriy behind him on ! and gave him a match of 'My Pretty lat! Jan' - -' J*'® rrepcnM* -tio I t!,.sight 1 ! would ronas him up. aud 1 l<egan with I an Imitation of bts forte fcyle. ' Twa*

ou a mild governmental ha^fi It ] In Trafalgar Itay.' 1 had net finislicd ue that repreactilaUva frooi'several [ he turned round.

.11 boroughs are meeting weekly at | :iton, liut Ho line of acliou lias Uen qgrrvd u|sin; aud should Ihey su.-eerd I drafting a loll ,lu meet their needsould nut is- suilahle torOeean City. This city has outgrown its swaddling

The PUBLIC UEIMJER i» lewspnper giving all Hie t lay. claw#fled and iu com

ahcti^n pul

ER every pUlejueul Is vets Hiereforr i- ihrasighly i Its news d.'|»rimenl m|-*rtai.i cillre and lot*m nla. New J.reey and IM -EOUER t* an tllu-trabsl

I‘“I*'*

—Lcaidun Globa.

cvpl* 1

Ihg^ls-

WANAYIYKIK'S. •PHIUVMU'HIA. MotiJay, Im ». IK LatRe ' T|tis busii

Merchandise <pr< , >e J

Movements nd distributiiiK

eighty . annually, I

• LLIHiLW

say uolbing ■

. Tbe

(•eudvd lu other Improveuii incemeutof our town ni baudicmpia-d now for Hie wat

lation. ^-ii- we diqa-ud u|ain borough legtalahuivGaeaTrCfty'will sufler. Tlie msj<irily of the memhetw of the 1 legislature are opposed to *» many bor-

oughs; and rlgblly

Old Pogyism counted 'necessarily dull arc improved to handle ya>t!dium lots «f goods with largest benelit to taiiiln Our Public. ! ta-u-. Wanamaker's outlet for depend- day-

able merchandise is appreciated by j irealhc of Hie InleriisU manufacturers in two continents, who.>1 lesson is alone*, and the help of this retail store is of subacriplkm. eagerly sought by them. Sttkk-! it. claret fled advertise rooms are emptied, idle capital is ' ialerestiug as newsaud a released, and all with no.demuraJita- Tlw public ha- f..r yea tion ot the wholesale channels of pcbmc I-EIMier it. eh trade. Hie anuouim-mrui* of

e* and diaths.

'rite for rates for claret lied advrril-e-

Hlgb ll

—Buulb Allan

handful of v

tic City, Houlh Cap right under our own observation, being fair rrprcaeutaUvea. This it why ougli legialaliou is opposed by tbe I ale and Areemhly. What we lira a general act that would be applicable hi all towu* of 1500 inbabiluits ur< As (Ykindl has failed lo grasp the allon and act, tbe HEXriMX calls upon Hie business profile of Ocean Ctly lo take bold of the matter slid push it toalluiab. To Hnseud a public meeliug lias lieeu •■ailed for tbla (Tbuisday evening, at 7J0 o’clock, In SUtei Hall, and we m.et earnestly lit vile every iMUinnw (nan. rreldeut and tax|*yer to be present aud take |*rl in Hie prorrediuga. This question Is of vital Importance Jb everyone In the t-iwu. Ix-t us take united action! Further del^ la dangerous! Agaiu we ask, Hball Ouewn City IncorporalC? If «o. come out this evening and exfirere ■ MBANITV AM A KOH

C'KI M i:.

A bill la to he submitted to tbe K( York Legislature at tbe appruacbh aes*ton, Hie object of which U to remedy w hat tma come lo he considered a grav defect hi tbe treatment of capital cbm which Involve tbe plea of luaauily for tbe defense. W ben tbla delenar la set up In that aud other State* It is common for Hie six-used, after being acquitted, to be disctiarged from custody, unless in case* where a furm of insanity baa bran developed w hich urarasllatts ■its or tier removal to an asyli Mental epilepsy,emotional insanity uncontrollable Impulre are some of tbe terms on tbe use of which lawyers depend tiipfrre tbelr clients, and a va amount of lime is spent in bearing r fwrt Irallmuoy ou Hie subject of IhI far that umdltkai may or may not nisi Hie defendant lrrv*|«ioiiihle. The pro|s«cd IHII pi.o Kies that wb* a prisoner lias bran acquitted un tl ground of insanity, tbe insanity •ball he firesumed lonkitlnur, and the sou ao arefuiltcd shall be o Hi filled lunatic asylum until il aliall he proved lliatanlty has returned. Tin-strongest argument for the need of such a law is Hie lad Hiat in the majority which Hie accused is lun.cd low upmi ■ he comm'inlty there is always Hs fear Hist tile “unruntroUabie ini|-ulsc' may again make its appearance at any moment, or under some exciting a and Ibat, the community can neve ■aft* from such a penam. Tbe bill tides that Hie period of etmlliirr

may he enlertallied a>

** ohjeet of ll

ali-vrr opinkm ii w Ik-1 her such 1 long enough.

Bound aud

w bouse art (s>wrr-1 lui|s>r mini.sis, F>i*rtally ' wbicirt'i "f i'-r-'U* Wls.jlug Id II

I* draret lug Irf tbe mrel

consideration on I lie |ar( of law makers. l"he idea of liisaiiliy In criminal eases lias IMen ovrrw ofked:■ (efsoiis iu wlui-e favor It has Iran set up have Iran made ifler tbe | tbe ohjrrtsof a false and matidbo reulP e. under j meut. aud tiara who give way to ibrir safe from |Jln'ishmenl if'tlie plea is

1 eanuot be argued Hial Hie priq lie ualioual Arid Uw winiid wiiek hardship, t'udi was tlie count- ]o|vra(Sm Hie aequitlrd individuals le <*f I lie Its would hr imt’trader I lie test mflueui'es is -mrlt-ed 71: and invitr Ibr iit.et lareful treatn Tiomas Ptm-k- • .■ui|s-trul rx|*ris. si ting In Hie pubisT. Mi. The re-1 Inlrttad, would examine them fro in llu Federal, time lo lime and ii|*iti lls lr trfdiel listed, rv iatiugi liierflert Hial Ilirlr was ni«i|4rlr list..

I order H

slid comment, events, games

JAMES G. PORCH, Plumber and.Gas Fitter, NO. 1046 ASBURY AVENUE. My cxperi’ ncr- in'the business w^rntnts me in guaranteeing all work first-class. A lull stock of supplies always on hand. Kstimatcs furnished.

whi-T

■ still. And is

v Men'sClothes. Youths' and Boys' Suits. r. lt in.lf-c; waste the chiei Capitol-..f F.iii,.|e » , #

t-oul J be more expect- : i t- I

, the s

s that .

Russell & Adams, 817 ASBURY AVENUE,

Don’t fail to rail .

nd examine them. Prices are the lowest.

Great Linen

Selling ‘

u gotten a share 1 ■ Irish Table j 35,two worth 1

Have yot of the I Linens?

prices not ■

much above half the usual-v-and the > linens are tlie good staple products United Htate* or Uauadi Of that great Belfast firm—Wm. Lid- j month: $0.00 per year. •II a Co. Saturday'*t-EIMiER ■ « The Whole”stock carried by their ■ home j.Hirual.»lik-h -Ik.i American house came to us— .•ountry borne, S1.00 |«-r

.Make all ret

GEO. W. CHILDS DRE

Kditur aud Ihih

R. B. CORSON, FwRERAL 4 BlREeTOR, Washington VanGildi^, Manager, mi.i.vii.i.*:. n. j. Petersburg N. J.

.1. B. ROVER, EliiHTH STREET AND ASBURY AVENUE --PMCTICM. SUTE ROOFER,ROOFING SLATE, siavi launoar accisvias. BTISS. PLSTrOSMS a N 0

— I' W. C. SMITH & SONS. Building Lumber

TABLE CLOTHS

NAPKINS DOYLIES

Table Cloths, 2x2 yards. *3.50 instead of #f.. Table Cloths, 2x3 yards. *5 instead of *8.25. Table Cloths, 2x3L'. yards, *4 instead of *7. Table Cloths, 2x4 yards, •5.50 instead of *9. Table Cloths, 2^x2>i yards, *0 instnO of *12. t Table Cloths, 2!4xVyj^dsj *5.50 instead of t'J. ’ Table Cloths, 2 , ..x3 1 .- Wrds. •5 instead of *8.25. j And of each sire there are cloths j at less prices and at higher prices j than we've mentioned—hut all at i equal reductions from usual prices. | Then we’ve larger cloths—up and | up to 7 yards in tPngth. and some 3-yard wide cloths—tor banquet use trom 3H to -Li yards long. NAPKINS to match some of tlie cloths. Just as cheap. And 1X7YUES— *1.75 kind for *1.(10 t3.(U kind tor *1.75 *4.00 kind for *2.50 *6.00 kind for *3.50 Note Three pounds of good I Paper rapvr—ladies' note—tor j 25c. 1 hat means twelve j quires of first-rate unruled paper, j white or cream, for a quarter. And j envelopes to match, 5c a package, j Just the same good sort of papt-r that you've long known here—but at about half .the former price. Bigger buying did it. 3 pounds for 2.V ur 1 pound for Hk. ■ Skating The newest. Caps v ’ r ’ s ” l < - j r’ r ^. skaters, 35c. -I

75c and 83c.

And Scot, h-knit T

35, and 40..

Tam 0‘Sh.tnU-is 50c, 75c and 85.. Hoods l..r slei ;> *3*25, *4 and up i-i

HBYiW.SilMBI

n O'SlianU-rs, cameiVliair,

PRACTICAL WORKMEN. 848 ASBURY AVENUE. PLUMBING, HEATING, DRAINAGE. SAUSmCTION ASSURED. Ocean

City-

Sentinel

Is lbe |«|a-r y.w during Hk- x s|-riug and *umi

OF ALL KINDS. Sash, Doors, Winds. Moldings, brackets, Columns, Newels, White Pine and Cedar Shingles constantly on hand and under cover. Orders left at % 807 ASBURY AVENUE will receive immediate attention. Yard: Corner Fourth St. and West Ave. TV. 1>I^VAI4>XI>, LUMBER l BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES. COR. TENTH AM) WEST. All kinds of Building Material furnished. Special inducements to all Builders. French buck luiad and Ready nixed Paints. For convenience, orders may Ire left at 746 Asbury avenue.

$1

Per year in advance

H G. STEELMAN & CO., IF,

AI.M1 MANtl-AC-riK

ODD-SIZE Mill AND STAIR WORKin either hard or soft wood. Office.Yardand Mill: 8th and West Sts., OCEAN CITY, N. J.

PULL THE INSIDE OUTSIDE.

KEATING

Hotel Brighton, “CEAN^ FRONT. LOCATION NOT KXCF.LLF.I >. APPOINTMENTS and SERVICE 1TRST-CI-ASS. k. R. SOOY.

Uw wall* ot Uw tresal «

Aar Catalogue, Ac. In all tbrirtwanrt

luv.n.i |req.l, easy gild* only found in Ibr kratlng. KEATING WHEEL CO., j iwlr n.unli^ I . ( • AMo|*ainn.,.riU.

1C tb^jAAi *■< •" w>Mr^N0LYOKE' MAM. J Store, 1046 Asbury Avenue, near Eleventh St

1^* ‘i^tultlx «N: broils*.

„ fr&w Mill.

mmm iu,i ^

85^ Sip WrL

4W muo trv. F>tlm»l** ia.|« r and DvounUluB*-

finrliigiin.