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GOODRICH & HITCHCOCK. Publishers.
VOLUME LtXIX.
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advertising medium in.Northera Pennsylvania.
JOB PRINTING of every kind, in plain and
fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch.
Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Billheads,
Statements, 7ke., of every variety and style, printed
at the shortest notice. The 'REPORTER !Alice Is
\veil supplied with power presses, a good assort-'
wait or new type, and everything In the printing
put can ho exocutcdlu the moat artistic manner
and at the lowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY
CASH., •
'NIISIUCSS garbs.
0 S. RUSSELL'S
•1
GENERAL
ANCEIAGENOV
TOWANDA, PA.
N S U
hy2S-701
CHAS - 1 M. lIALL,
AND JUSTICE Or PEACE
TOWANDA, PA.
INWEANCE IN RELIABLE COMPANIES.
.bllwe over Dayton's harness store.. Nov. 21, '7B.
INVRANCE AGENCY.
The following
itELIADLE AND FIRE - TRIED
Comp:mien represchtetl;
, Nf'SIT I ItE,VIO.ENI K,IIOMR,.III:IItCIIANTS,
• I'6, '74 ' 0. A. BLACK.
I I.• D. I'AYNE, M. D.,
rIIYST.CI.I.II 911.71:GEOZZ.
Imre over Biont:inyes• Store, 621ce boursirom 10
o 12, e. st„ andlroni 2 to d, r. t. Special attention- ,
' , irentoAlleeases of the Eye and Far.-C/ct.1?,16-tf..
W. R 1 AN,
COUNTY SUPEUINTENDENT ,
°ince day list Saturday if each.tuouth, over Turner
Si Gordon's Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Towantla, Juui VI, IrB.
:I I LSBREE & SON,-
_p
A
ATTOILNEYS , AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, l'A. .
N. C. Et.silmig
p. f )TINGS.
POitTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES
ii.drited to toiler at ally !mkt , 'rote to 1500.
phi l'ainkings Ite-Tottrlied, orchfinges
math- a. desired. •
All 3verk done In the Ithtlieslittyle of the Art.
:MB ANN F. RENDER
Toixantlat April 18, 12,71.
ROGALSKI, '
Employed with M. liendeltnan for the past four
years,. belts leave to annomilve to his friends and
the puplic generally that he has rstnoved to the
no.uon o)-Celt Store, one drsir sooth of the First
National Dank, and opened a",•shop (or the repair
of Watri‘e. COPOkS. Jewelry, &e. All work. War..
Milt,' to give vutire satisfaction. (Aprils,
J. YOUNG,
A 11 - 61 t N FA-AT-LAVir,
TOWANDA...PA.
(m74.—seenrul door south of the First Nati9nal
Main St., up stairs.
I I. a FINNEY,
- •
ATTORN•IiT- AT-LAW
(M,e—Ttrxsuts formerly oceoplid by Y. M. C. A.
Rjapi
WILLIAMS & ANGLE,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
(WI ICE.—Fur: erly oecupled by Wtu. Watkins,
mimrow=r.!wrwwww=w
T
ATTORNST-AT-LAW,
TO A N DA, DA.
.4tfy Vritrt. Co
INIASON lIEAVi
AI7OIENEYS-AT-L kW,
Toratida, Pa. Ofacc cm' r Itartlett a . , Tracy, Matn-st.
"u. F.7tt ASOIT. ra9l7) A 1:T111311 HEAD.
LAIILLIS,
Arro s it X fil ms `-AT-LAW,
TovrANDA,
E P. GOFF,
•
TTA;RNEY-AT-LAW,
ZllhStreet (4 doiirs north of House); To
(Aprll 12,
•
W. ,
.1 „ 1 . 1
\l O .
„ Nt i
n N it
A A I.: .
i O n
. N t !Y d
t cuirtc:tesi to his care in Bradford,
s+: ;van aua Wyoniluk Counties. Unice with Esq.
er. fuoylti-74.
0 L. LA.NIB,
ATTOit::llr-AT-LAW,
WI LK PA
ui;c et !oils promptly atim:ded . to.• •
t►ii\
ti :
Atrol:NEY-.1T7T..V.V AND -X. S. comizzi.l69xrc
To IV'A li DA. PA. -
. o ?l,'...—Norta Stile 'penile iquArP.
Jin. 1, 1875.
. ,
" P.IVIES & CARNOCHAN,.
, .- A TTOnNE.VS-AT-LAW,
f. Sorril SI.PE OF WAIII) HOUSE.
ec ::3-7s. TowAxi)A, PA.
-
ti )11. S. M. WOODl3l.lllN,rhysi
-1_ Y riari 4,1,1 Ser"oon. 021 co over o'. A. Black's
c; ;rtny -1 , ,. ...' ~
T... -, e;;13.y.,:f ii. .16721 y..
- ;
3IAD,ILL & qA,LIFF,
A VI on 's EY S AVV,
TOW AN A rA.
Dfrlr.. in Wnrnlis lilork. first door south of the First
bait:, 1.11.4411'5.
U. N! A! )1 I. jailB:73ly2 J. N. CALIF?.
Glap,l7EY & PAYNV,.
• A TTI , It S-AT -I. AWj •
S;A:th siae. 31orc:ir 1;10(1: Inxaus formerly occupied
by Darks & (.'rno;claan).
TOWAN,DA,
04'77)
Y. c.oteti)t.zr
IMES WOOD,
Ar GUN AW,
TOWANDA, PA., , I
nach946
a STREETER,
AI'TO ft NET-AS•L AW,
TOWANDA. PA.-
1.,z20
OisEgTON k MERCITaIt,
ATTOlllilal3-AT-LAW".•
TOWANDA, P
°Mr° core MOLtanyes Store. cmayen.
W A.:OVERTON. RODNEY A. 'MOWN&
- DL
W3L 31-AXWELL;
A SiosNIT•AVLAW.
TOWANDA, 'PA.
oMroiner Dayton's Store. -
April 12. Is7S. . . .
TATRICK & FOYLE,
ATTORNFxs-AT-LAW,
v WANDA,
„
tee, Megen T
r O
's Block. PA.
t i e ANJME* WILT,
. , . , , • .
. 1.. . A TTO It .Iti: EY-..5,T4,, A.W.
( ) Mee rrre r (`TOSS' Boot Store, tiro doors north 01.
SLeri•or & Long, Towanda. Pa. May be 6°441°4
it Merman, tApra.l2, '71..1 -
Vasitess tasto.
OVERTON 4S; SANDERSON,
ATTORNICY-AT;LAW. -
TOWANDA; 1%. 1 ' .
E. OVERTON, alt. JOUR F. SA2I ppts9y.
WB. KELLY, DENTIIM-40130
el over Dr. E. Rosanne Towanda4 Pa.
Teeth Inserted on Gobi, Sliver, 'Rubber, and Al
annittim hue. Teeth extracted without pain. •
Oct. 3442:
M. PECK.;
30.00
ATTORNEY-AT -LAW,
,Oreco Dyer ilirturnd & moat market.
Towanda; dau. 15, 1679. •
RS. H. PEET,
TS . ACIIEV. 9.1' PIANO MUS/C,
TERMS.-410 per term.
(Residence Third streetvlst ward.)
Towanda, Jan:43,79•1y.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL Pmt) 8123:000
suur,ws rum) 80,000
TIM Baik pliers unusual facilities fertile trine-
action of a general banking business.
. JOS. F P WELL, Fiesgent.
• Feb. 14. 1851
•
EAGLE HOTEL,
• .
(SCiUTII BIDE PUBLIC SIWAIIIL)
iThis well-known house has been thorougbli ren.
novated and repaired throughout, and the proprte
let'. Is now prepared to offer first-class aerummoda:
Gems to the pubile, on GM most reasonable terms.
E. A. JENNINGS. .
Towanda, ra n . May 2, 1873.
ITENRY HOUSE,
(ON TIE EtRiWZAN PLAN,)
CORNER HAIN A. WASHINGTON STREETS
-, This large, commodious and elegsntly-turnished
house has Just been opened to the traveling public.
The proprietor has sparod neither pains nor expanse
In making his hotel thvbclags in all its appoint
ments, and reiipeettully &Aiello a share $f public
.patronage. MEALS AT ALL 'MOVES. Terms
:to slat tho timeei targe stabjenttached,
. WM. I,IENItr,
Towanda, Juno 7, 77-tf.
T HE CENTRAL HOTEL
ULSTER, PA.
The undersigned having taken possession
of the ahove lt r otel, respectfully solicits the patron
age of his oldlrlends and the public generidly.
• augl6-tf. M. A. FORREST:
QEELEY'S OYSTER RAY AND
'kJ EUROPEAN . 110UE.—A rew doors southot
- the Means Blouse. Board by the day or week on
reasouablu terms. N - Varm meals servdd at all hours
Opders at wholesale and retail. tehPf7.
L. ELsnnua
GREAT BARGAINS!
J. D 0 U I C
HE B C'HA N T TA YE OR,
Opposite Park, TOWAiID4,
IN
FANCY SIIITrNGS
PANTALOONS:
GOODS JUST ARRIVED.
Fine Cheviots,
Worsted::,
ONERCOATINGi;,
lu great variety, niade'to order, at the
VERY LOWEST PRICE.
LACIEL MATSLASSE CLOAKINGS,
GENTS FUENISIIING GOODS,
c1eb.175,
IVindsor Scarfs, •
\ Silk IlandkerChieA,
. , Colored-Hose,
- . .Suspolders, - .
N .
Underclothing
1
-,' From 38 WC In stso././ -
,i- •
ifarAn Inspection of cur stock will convince tbo
,must fastidious. \
. _ \
J. DOUTRICII, .
- - \ Main Street, Towanda. Pa.
Dated Oct. 24, 4578, Rift
rn0i11.75
FACTS FOR \ T:HE PEOPLE.
TWENTY TIIOIIBAND 'DOLLARS WOIITII
REA il-Y-MA DE• CLOTIHNO
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,,
WWI
TO BE SOLD AT 'COST,
BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY Ist, 1879
AL E. RONFIELD'S,'
•
As I intend to make a change In my • business. I
therefore offer my entire stock AT COST, Wing
the largest and best selected stock in northern
rcungyivapta.
SPECIAL BARGAINS.
The following great bargains are offered:
Men's Black tlp-top Overcoats ( t 3.50 and up
Men's first-class Grey Ctrercosts tel.oo and up
C) 13.80 and up
Men's all wool Stilts
Bora Salts for 5 yrs old and up 53.00 and up
=Ca
•
And everythlngognalty as cheap, Including Gents
IParnlshlngGoods, Hats and 4 Cape, age. . •
A \ full Ilne of
•
UNDERWEAR ••
both for men and boys. TRUNKS, VALICES,
UMBRELLAS, &c., Ac..
MRS IS - NO H 173113130.
, .
The aboveitoek must and shallttol/ by Jan.
let. 1879. Every one should take ad tate of the
present low prices quoted. and bu y 7 winter
supply.
•
Rated Oct. 24, 1278,
ATTENTION FARMERS!
MN, GRAIN, , BUTTER it PRODUCE
.11y17-72.
generally for BADS CAM at the highest trinket
vices call at
RMITII A PARKS .a•YSAIISISa; PA,.
where you will also And a well selected stock of
goods, mann ist bottom prices.
Wysituktitg, Sept. 111T7. • .
TOWANDA. PA
N. N. BETTS, Caskller
botets.'
TOWANDA, re.
Wisceffoneous;
Wool Diagonas,
an Plaids
ONERCtIATINGS,
at reduced prices
$ 2 0 ;o.o\o
Hats, Caps, &c., &c:
Yours truly,
M. E. ROSENFIELD.
Main Street, Towanda, Pa.
It you wish to sell your
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What need of all thla fan and strife,
Each warrirg with histfidtker? .
Why should we, in the irowd. of life, .
Keep trampling doint each other •
Is Otero no goal that can be won, •
Without a squeeze to gala it—
No other way of getting on, ' •
But scrambling to obtain it?
Oh, fellow-mon, hear:wisdom, .
In friendly warning call' •
"" Your claims dtelde, the world is wide— ,
Themos room enough for alit"
What If the swarthy peasant Ind
. No fields for Ininest labor;
Ho need not idly stop behind,
To thrust aside hisneighbor.
There is a land with sonny skies,'
Which gold for toil Is given,
Whore every brawny band thattrles
Its strength, can wisp a living.
Oh, fellow-men, remember, then,
Whatever chant° befall,
The world is wide—where those abide,
There's room enough for all
From poisoned air ye breathe In courts,
And typhus.lainted alleys, -
Go forth and dwell whore health.rosott4
In fertile hills and valleys ;
Where every man.that clears a bough;
Finds plenty In attendance, •
And every ftirrow of the plough
A step to Independence. '
014 hasteuthen, from fevered den,
And lodging cramped and small;
The world is wldo—ln land beside,
There's room enough for 110 r-
In this fair region far away, '
Will labor find employment—
A fair day's work, a lair day's pay,t
And toll will earn enjoyment. 7
What need, then, of this daily itrUee
Where each wars with his brother,.
Why need we, through the crud of life,
• Keep trampling down each outer?
From rage and crime, that distant clime
Will free the pauper's thrall;
Take fortune's tide—the world:so wide,
Has room enlmgh for all
aikellancong.
I=2Sl
MIDNIGHT CRY,
BY T. C. lIARBAUGH.
lii-the early days of a certain West
ern r State,.a crime was committed
which has gained a place among the
annals of dark deeds. it was inur-•
der; but the circumstances surround
ing it are -so noteworthy. that we
shall here transcribe them. They
present the most, remarkable instance
of a young man 'sealing his lips when
his own life was in jeopardy, in order
to conceal a petty vice—the most re
markablo Instance of the kind on
record.
One night in march, 1831, a farm
er named Buskirk, left a thriving
town where; during the day he had
disposed of a lot of hogs. He rode
a sorrel horse, andcarried the pro
ceeds of his sales in heavy leathern
sachlle-bags. The money was mostly
in silver-coin of the dollar denomi
nation, and 'the amount, -therefore,
was quite weighty. Buskirk, a fear
less man, did not go armed, but code
unconcernedly from the town a little
under the influence of liquor, but not
drunk enough-to call attention to the
fact. .
As he lived but twenty miles from
the market, he expected to reach
home about midnight. But when
morning dawned Ziniri Buskirk was
still absent from his farm. His horse
stood at the ;stable 'door neighing for
admittance. • The well-known-saddle
bags were missing, which fact imme
diately gave rise to suspicion of foul
play, and search for the farmer was
at once instituted.
At a distance' of five miles from
home thC body of Buskirk was found
lying by the roadeside, and not far
away lay .the saddle-bags, rifled of
-their contents. The Villain, in his
haste to get at • the money, had cut
his way t7:l - it, instead-of .unbuckling
the heavy straps. The farmer was
found to be quite dead; one side of
his skull had been crushed as if by ft
blow from abludge.on, or some mur
derous weapon of that sort, and his
pockets, like the saddle-bags, had
been despoiled of their contehts.
-The excitement from, the moment
of .the • discovery became intense.
Zimri Buskirk was one of - the most
influential farmers of the neighbor
hood, and a man universally liked._
He e was not known-to possess an-ene
my'', and no one ever dreamed that
the murder had been Ommitted for
the sake of anything but that of sub
seiluent plunder.
• Though the country was scoured
for r the perpetrator of the deed, no
traces were - discovered : but a clew
was suddenly furnished in a startling
manner.
')(Thcliocly of the farmer had been
discpvered not far from a farmbduse,
occupied by a family named "Milli
ken,sw\bich consisted of the parents
suid•twO children, son and daughter,
who hail passed their majority.— -
Whilnthexcitement still raged, El-.
camcs , forward and de
sired to- mak \ ea statement which she
Sr
said had torthked her ever since the
night of the murder. She said that
she was the posse asor of a guilty se
cret which she! could keep no longer;
she could not sleep fot• it, and it . was
the spector of her waking hours.
The girl then proceeded to state
that she was up at the hour of half
past eleven or thereabout, on the
night of the — tb, and that she heard
a horse coming dawn the fkraty road
from `the direction of \ Not
fegardii3g the sounds of any n2omut,
she was about to re-enter the house,
when 'she heard an oath, followed by',
a dull thud `and a groan.- - Then she
heard anameuttered twice in: a tone
of mingled agony and application.
A- moment later \ the sound of hoofs
came agtOn to her ears, and the horse
seemed to be galleßing toward the
Buskirk farm.
The excitement that followed. Miss
'Milliken's narration maybe imagin
ed, for pen eannotdeseribe4t. It was
believed that the--name which she
bad heard was that of the murderer,
which: had fallen from the lips f his
victim before insepibility or d th
followed the Am The y9ung
visibly hesitated when asked by_ the,
magistratC pronunce the. name.
She covered her face With her hands,
and in all probability would have
fallen if she bad not been supported
hy her brother Hiram. She did not
like to utter the name
_that might
doom one of the young men of hei
acquaintance to the gallows, for she
could not believe him play, she bid
mccwArains me pirtarmencet nu) ANY warn.
TOWMA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA, nR.BDAY MORNING, .FEBRUARY 6, 1879.
beard Zimtt. Buskird call on' him t,o
spare his life on that' wfhl night.
Ellen 31illiken was pressed to
mention-the name; and farther the
ends of justice, in which the whole
country was interested; and at
her lips parted. • •
" God help him, and" pity me 1"
she said. " The name I heard was
Abner Teimey's.
If a ' , thunderbolt had fallen into
the breathless crowd, astonishment
would not bave been more complete.
Men started at the name, and women
uttered cries that added to the con
fusion. •
-Standing near the witness was a
young man of five=and-twenty, the
only son of a n3inister who watched
over the little flock of believers'that
worshipped in the' church= hard by,
and a youth of exemplary habits to
the outer.world. His face , was pale
as death, and at the mention of the
name he started , back with a cry, and
found the eyes of all fixed upon him.
His name was Abner Tenney I •
He made no eflbrt to fly, and when
'strong hands wore laid upon. him, he
would face the accusation..
The young man was formally ar
rested on Ellen lifilliken's statement
and brought to the bar of justiee.
He denied the crime but astonished
every body with his answer to .the
inquiry concerning his whereabouts
on the night of the crime:
"I admit that Iyas not at horde,
but where I was 1 will not tell l"
'lbis answer was twisted, as it
could easily be by the excited coin-
munity, into broad: strands of
guilt, and the young man was re
manded by the magistrate for a rep_
ular trial at the next term of, court.
There were .a few who believed
that he might be' innocent..' When
it became generally knowit that he
had been
. a suitor . for. Eva Buskirk's
hand without the.satisfaction of her
father, revenge was added to the
motive of the murder. Ellen Mi4i
ken's word was believed ; she Wa a
girl of violent passion, but her Verac
ity in this ease was not dragged into
question. She , acknowledged that
she loved Abner Tenney- r lenee her
reluctance to testify ; and after the
preliminary examination, she said
that she regretted having revealed
the secret.
But it was out now, and the yoUng
man lying in the county jail reiterat
ed his innocence, but still he refused
to make known his-whereabouts and
occupation on that night.
It was strange that , Ellen _Milli
ken's testimony: should remain un
corroborated in its essential particit
lars ; but there were several- parties
who had seen the accused, near the
scene of the crime at late hours of
the night.
He did not deny this, bat persist
ently refused to explain;his presence
there. ' •
His father visited -him and begged
him to unburden himself; but tolhim
he invariably returned the same re
ply: •
•" Were I to tell you, you would
feel us badly as though I committed
the murder."
Thu young man .was visited by
many acquaintances, to whom he
would not reveal his secret, and it
at last became more than half sus
pected that he had accomplices who
had concealed the money; not one
dollar of which had,. as yet, been
found.
Ellen Milliken continued 90 re.
affirm her statement.' She was bon
fident that. she had heard Buskirk
call on Abner-Tenney in tones that
left no doubt on her mind that he
addressed his murderer. As the time
for the trial approached, she lost her
reluctance, and openly declared that
she knew that the accused had conkr
mitted the crime.
Her brother not having been. at
home on the night of the murder,was
not summoned as a. witness. It was
known that he, had, visited the Bus
kirk homestead as a suitor for Eva's
-band, but that of late ho had - turned
his attention to another lady,tO whoni
he was paying his devoirs.
The excitement consequent upon
the fariner's violent death and Abner
Tenney's arrest did not for one mo.
ment abate during his sojourn in jail..
To a young man who visited him, he
'said :
"Spare me,
John. You know
where I was that night pyou know
what I was doing.. If I escape this
time, I will be a better man. The
murder of my honor would send my
father to the grave as quickly is the
shedding of my blood by the law.
Do not come forward and try to save
me' by sacrificing my honor 1"
"'They will hangyou if you do not
tell, all,"was the reply. " Let us
swear to the truth. Do not let Eva
believe that you killed her father."
The last sentence drove Abner
Tenney to the wall of his cell with a
groan It seemed to unnerve him.
"She will never believe itl" he
-cried a' moment afterward. "In her
eyes I will ever remain guiltless of
her father's murder, even though they
hang me for the crime."
The young man's visitor left, and
joined two other men of his age in
the corridor of the jail.
" What does the say now ?"y was
asked, with. eagerness.
" He is still obdurate, and declares
that we must not - expose him."•
." Can we save - him without; the
exposure?"
" We must 1 We shall I"
The trio were youths of respectable
'parents, but considered fast young
-
men. They had of late been Abner
Te*ney'S companlons, much to the
regret of the -.few pious people who
had noticed the familiarity.
"LOOk here," said one addressing
his companions; "I hold inyself in
part respoisible for Abner's present'
situation. W led him Into the habits
that have fastened theniselves npbn
us. We must Save him?", •
The spokesmaik, of the dissolute
party was a yonng\student of medi
cine,
and it was not long afterward
thats. learned medieal \ gentleman of
Cincinnati came to the country. The
hodyof Zimri Buskirk Was exhumed
awd examined.
'lola, French stood- and 'watched
the iunfessor. . O .
Ys o say that She swore to 'bear
•
r.,Buskirk cry out, 'after 'ttie_
th- M
1o \ t Mows?"
So she\swore." •
"The fiiit t -blciw must have *-1
dated intent death. It drove
of skull into the brain. A.-stn:! in
the heart could not prove- more
stantly fatal thus _the initial blow.”
" That ie your opinion -
" I will swear to
The young man WAS satisfied, and
the body, minus the , bead, was re
turned to the grave. ,
honor
tolf be will not sacrifice 'his honor
to save his neck, I will save it for
him,- and his father need not = know
the truth."
These words passed from John
French's lips as be passed from the
house with the professor.
From.that day the young student
and his tiro friends were not idle.'
They made many trips from the
country, and compared notes on
their return.
The trial came ∭ and the ac•
cued plead ..".not guilty," in a firm
voice. „'
Ellen Milliken repeated her testi.'
mony, so damaging to the defence,
and adhered to it through a rigor
ous cross-questioning to which she
was subjected. She had 'heard the
cries after the blows; she was posi
tive of this.
The other evidence offered by the
State was merely circumstantial. The
defence introdued the profesior, who
explained the nature of the wounds,
and swore that the first blow had
produced instant - death. This pro
duced a sensation in the court,; it
staggered Ellen Milliken's testimony ,
Mail that hour believed invulnerable.
The blows that now followed from
'the defence -
_were hard and
ones.' - -
No alibi was attempted. The Re
fused had forbidden such a plan, on
the ground that, it would reveal the
secret he, was guarding so closely ;
but the defence became. aggressive..
It - proved that Hiram Milliken,
Ellen's brother, was not where he
said he was on the night of the mur
der. As the young man was not
under arrest, the court forbade the
introduction of such testimony,when
John French rose and exclaimed :
"I do not accuse him of the mur
der of Zimri Buskirk I My affidavit
is in the court-room; the sheriff holds
it at tOis moment. Look at the man
Guilt is written on his face. He is
trying to -leave the house. Catch
him."
-The confusion that now ensued
was intense. Ellen Milliken, with a
loud shriek, fell forward on the floor,
where she was permitted to lie, for
all eyes were turned upon her brother.
Pistol in hand, the young man was
clearing a path to the door. No one
dared , to lay hands on him, for he
threatened to shoot the first one who
touched - him, and thus he reached the
door leading to the street.
On the threshold he paused, and
faced the excited occupants of the
court-room.
"You will never put me in Abner
Tenney's place!" he cried. " If I did
kill Zimiri nuskirk, you shall not
prove it and hang me
The next moment there was aloud
report; and a human body, after dway
ing for an instant, fell heavily upon
the floor.
Hirani Milliken had taken his own
life 1
This tragic occurrence, as might
be supposed, put an end to Abner
Tenney's trial. It established his in
nocence in the eyes of all, and the
guilty was beyond the punishment of
an earthly tribunal.
-
Upon her recovery, Ellen Milliken
unfolded one of the darkest.plots on
record. She confessed that her testi
mony was but a tissue of falsehoods;
that she knew that her brother had
killed the farmer, for the purpose - of
getting his money,and accused young
Tenney, in order to prevent him from
winning Eva,Euskirk. 'Ellen piqued
at Tenney's refusal to court her, had
entered into the plot with revengeful
spirit. But the game had failed.
Of course the minister's'son f was
releised, and Ellen Milliken left the
counirY between two days.- She died
several yearS later in a den of infamy
in the South.
Abner Tenney led Eva Buskirk to
the altar several months after his re
lease, and became one of the solid
men of his State. I believehe is still
living, but his father, the minister, is
dead; and the secret which he guar&
ektio iealously at one time isno
longer one.
• It .WllB simply this : Despite the
hilly influences under which he NO
lie, en raised, he had departed from
paths of recitude, And became a
gambler, along with John French
and his companions. On the night
of the murder of Mr. Buskirk, the
quartette were in the midst of a ca
rouse which the youth refused to con
fess for the sake of his father, who
never dreamed of his wild life.
But John French had saved the
young man whom he had led into
vice, and kept him from the gallows.
Tenneys secret was told by' him after
he had made a man of himself ; 'but
it puzzles many people who know it
not this day.
TEE TINDER WE Usi2.—To make
shoe pegs enough for American use,
consumes annually 106,000 cords of
timber, and to make our lucifer
matches.; • 300,000 cubic feet of the
best pine are , required every year.
Lasts and boot-trees take .5'00,000
cords of birch, beach and maple, and
the handles of tools 509,000 more.
The baking of our bricks consumes
2,000,000 cords wood, or what would
cover with forest about 50,000 acres
of land. I Telegraph polei already up
represent 800,000 trees, and their an
nual repair consumes about 300,000
more. The ties of our railroads con
sume annually thirty - years'. years'. growth
of 75,000 acres, and to fence all our
railroad's would post 445,000,000,
with a. yearly expenditure of $15,-
000,000 for repairs., These are some
of the ways in which American for
eats are going. There are others,
our packing boxes, for instance, cost ,
in, 1874, 02,000,000„while the tim
ber need each year in making - wagons
and: agricultural impleinents is val
ued at more than $100,000,000.
Timyrir,-yeats ago Mr. Disraeli . wrote
in :•." The English want.Cyprus4
and they will take it as a compensation ;"
and again; "they will notilothe business
of the Turk for, nothing." Ha Las now
taken_ Cyprus to wove, that .tru4l is no
tiranger than ltCtio4.
SUMO. BIOAL =ACM
A %we! on Raid Money.
History finds mach
_oft its safest
,re, naleighs
followed in the path of the Phoeni
cians, and almost equaled them. The
colonies of Miletui covered. the
shores= of the Black Sea; an honest
currency, suppo'rted its commercial
enterprises. In Lydiaorbere coins
are said to have been first used; it is
also - said the retail trade began.
Gold coins. were seldom or never
struck at Athens, but the Attie sil
ver was famous
. for its purity, and
circulated over the known world.
The most splendid of the. Greek gold
coins were the "Philips" of Macedo
nia. They were first coined by Phil
ip-11., were 'perfected by Alexander
the Great, and these fine examples of
ancient art still adorn the cabinets of
the lovers of Coins in Europe and
America.
Curious is it to trace the varying
features of the rulers of rtuxiikind on
these unchangeable memorials. Their
countenances - Often almost indicate
their history or confirm it. On the
tine coins and medals of. Alexander
we see the hero's striking face, half
intellectual, half debased and brutal.
Smyrna, proud of its ancestry, pla
ces-on its coins the head of Homer.
From Ephesus come-countless med
als and pieces of money inscribed '
with the image ,of the temple and
the form of Diana.,„,On the coins of
Greece and Rome appear the sym
bols of the earliest republicans.. Re
.publics began the system of exctiange
by which tar mo,lern business is
transacted. Archoni of Athens, of- ,
fleas of various rank, are recorded
on the fine silver money of Greece.
At Rome grave consulars, tribunes,
popular leaders, engrave their names
or faces on the varying currency. It
is easy to detect them, to distinguish
Ate republican from the monarch, a
Brutus from a Caligula, the higher.
elements of character shining out
from the countenances of men who
studied the public' welfare rather
than their own. But at length. the
world acknowleAlges a single master.
The. Roman emperors appear on their
coinage represented with a singular,
exactness. The fair, false Augustus,
the symbol of reaction, is stamped
on a thousand coins; one can never
mistake him. Then comes the bru
tal Tiberius, heavy Claudius, Vespa
sion, rude but almost- honest. Tra-
Jan the beloved shines on many a
medal and coin. The gentle, pleas
ant countenance of Marcus Aurelius
still smiles -upon us trcim his metal
shield, or the dead face of Cornmo
d us.
The gold , aurens of the Antonines
is a magnificent coin, the symbol of
the world's prosperity. It was worth
about five dollars and a dime, but as
the Empire fell, its coinage was de
based. The' tyrants plundered the
people by every art; they lowered
the valueof the gold and silver mon
ey until it was nearly worthless;
they - circulated pieces washed over
with a thin coating of gold and ail
'ver ; they were advocates of infla
tion and "absolute'?„, money. Com
merce stopped, the world stood still,
until Constantine—perhaps Diocle
tian—reformed the currency; issued
gold and silver coins of full value,
and fixed at Constantinople that taste
for pure money—that financial hon
esty—to which it owed much of its
wealth and , renown. Through tike
Middle. Ages the gold bezantof Con
stantinople was seldom tampered
with, and was almost always pure.
The great city on the Bosphorus was
the wealthiest of all, its revenues in
the twelfth century enormous. Soon
after, Venice, in the fullness of its
commercial greatness, began to coin
its excellent go,id and silver;.and the
mints .Of Florenee poured forth n
ceaseless tide of gold • -florini f the
purest and finest money of the =time.
Even the Mohammedans of Syria•
imitated the bezant of Constantino
ple. changing only the inscriptions.
The solidus, the aurcus, the bezant,
the splendid coins of the Roman
Empire, became everywhere the , in-,
struments of trade.. The modern
coins imitate their value. An . En
glish sovereign is worth a little less
than a solidus, an American half-ea
gle not quite so much as the bezant.
Our mast common gold coin is the
direct descendant of that on which
shone the mild faceseof Trajan and
Marcus Aurelius, or the earlier, still
more splendid, - stater of Alexander
and republic n
Honest money and Commercial
and manufacturing greatness have al
ways.. appeared tngether. Its coins
are the surest indication of the char
acter of each government, of its pros
perity,' its decay. Weak, dishonest
governments have always debased
the curreacy ; , strong ones improve
it. The stern, vindictiie„ ruthlets
rulers of Venice kept Their gold'.pure
in, the midst of ceiselesiiivars. Hol
land became, the. center of commer
cial; hoior and greatness; its credit
and its wealth are still unlimited:
England in Elizabeth's reign reform
ed its eurrency, imitated Rolland; it'
-has steadily pursued -its practice of
preserving a perfect purity in coin
age-'
it has had for sixty , years the
best currency in the world; its sov
ereign and , circulate ev
erywhera; their value is , immutable.
From the rude coins of the honest
Alfred, the common - ancestor ofthe
Saxon racecto, the latest ,money or
Victoria, the English merchants and
farmere have always held-a tolerable
means of exchange. , The
,purity.of
its coinage - ; vas helped to - make .Eng.
lend 'rich to give if "tile carrying
trade of the world, to make it he
stmeeisful usureritke prorperods math,
ufaettinir, the mcidem Tyre. or Veit-
Our own ,coinage began in 1786-
93; but instead of the faces of sena
tors and 'monarchs, it bears only the
figure of Liberty. A new ~:era-had
begun ; it was not men but ideas that
ruled. The coinage with us ceases
to be• histories. Some few coins
were stamped with the face of . Wash
ington, and are highly valued by
collectors ; then the practice ceased.
It was an innovation that marked an
austere republicanism. The English
sovereign bore always the face of the
ruling king—the. Tudors, Stuarts;
Georges are recorded in varying out
lines;
•
the emperors of Borne, the ty
rants . of Greece, had perpetuated
themselves in gold, - silver, copper.
Our ancestors altered all this. The
decimal coinage was adopted; a full
measure of purity; gold and silver
were employed. The chief gold coin
America is scarcely less beautiful
t n "the stater - of republican .Mile
tus, nd nearly of the same •value.
Th = coinage has steadily improved ,
in purl , and excellence; it has 'al
ways bee kept equal in fineness to
that of an other land ; it has never
been' deba , like the coin of impe
rial.,Rome, o France, of Spain. -it
is only in the n, w silver dollar-that
our national c 1 has been tainted,
our coin borne a f - • value. An in
effectual attempt h. - been made to
aver the laws of trek and this can
be easily amended by' i 4 ding of out
ficient weight of metal.
Trade demands a perfec • coinage,
and all civilized nationP are bs and by'
ita immutable rule. .
Among • uncultivated races the
strangest .fancies prevail on the s .b
-ject, of money. Even to-day , on t
coast of Guinea-cowry shells are pre
ferred to gold aid silver an - '‘abso
lute" to' real coinage. In Stafford
shire they forge great quantities of
thete shells; the negroes take them
without suspicion. Among the an
cient Nexicans, in the laud of gold,
the cocoa bean was used as, money ;
Peru, the pod' of 'the capsicum.
Beads are still the money of Abyssi
nia; rings of metal in Nubia; fish7l
hooks in Ceylon ; bars of metal in'
China •, silver in India. Even in our
own intelligent communities *e have
enthusiasts who hape to make money
out, of worthless paper, who profess
to prefer a depreciated currency to a
real one, a cowry shell to a guinea.
But the history of money Shows that
it must have a real value. And the
country is always most prosperous
that has the best coinage.—Harper's
Weekly.
SHE iirOULDWT MELT.
AA:lay or two ago when a servant
opened the side door ota house on
Sibley street, in response to a tramp's
knock ; her face looked so kind and
benevolent that the hungry man had
no doubt that a good dinner awaited
He had, however,; laid out
.a
certain programme, and he therefore
begun; , • , -
"My dear woman, I haven't had
anything to eat for two days, and I
wanted to ask if you would spare me
one of those icicles which" has fallen
from the eaves.?"
. "Well, I dunno," she slowly re
plied, as she looked , out, "I suppose
we might spare you one, if you arc
really suffering, but of course you
won't take the largest and best?"
He stepped down and selected
an icicle about two feet long, and, in
a hesitating maniier, inquired :
"If you would only sprinkle a
little pepper,on this I would be_grate
ful."'
":It's rather bold in you to ask it,
but I suppose I can sprinkle on a lit
tle—a very little," she replied, and
she got the pepper and dusted his
"luncheoil" very sparingly.
He started to move away, but,
seeming to recollect something, he
turned and said :
"You seem so benevolent Pll ask
you to sprinkle on a little salt as
well. I like my icicles seasoned up
pretty higli."
" You are a bold man, sir, and it's
plain that you have the appetite of a
glutton, but Pll give you a bit of-salt
and then you must be gone," she re
plied.
When the icicle had been duly
salted, the man expressed his thanks,
but didn't move away. His game
wasn't working to suit him. Some
folks wouldn't have stood there and
seen him bite off the end of a big ici
cle, but this girl did. And, further,
when he hesitated to go, she indig
nantly called out :
. "I know what you want. .You
now want me to warm the icicle in
the oven for< you and then put on
some mustard l but I'll never, never
do it." -
The man moved slowly out of the
gate, and, as he threw his icicle at a
passing dog, he gave utterance to his
disgust in language' punctuated en
tirely with a slung shot.—Detroit
Free Press.
LIFE IN ICELAND. 2 --MOll and wo
men, mashes and servants, all in ,
habit the same room, while cleanli
ness 'in not much attended to; but,
poor as they are, and accustomed to
great privations, they set an exam
ple of cheerful contentment. The
beauty of the girls is remarkable
their fair hair falls in long plaits par
tially covered by a cloth coil dainti
ly worn on one side , of the head, fin
ished` at.the top with a tassel of Col
ored silk run through 'a Silver or steel
buckle, which iloatsim the . shoulder.
It reminds the traveler of the. Greek
he.ad-dreks,. but the blue eyes, with
their sweet, benevolent expression,
soon recalls to - their mind their Dan
ish origin. The dress is made of `the
cloth woven intqe country, and on
festive days the 'bodice is gailyndorn
ed with silver braid and velvet,
,while
the belt and 'sleeves are ornamented'
with eilverdevices,beautifully clinSed
and often of great - viable. On' wet
and , cold days . the shiwl becomes:a
beautiful Mantilla, completely 'erivel
oping 'the beadi and defending the
wearer !rorn\the effects of the' fie
.
iluent storms:
„ .
San= wh o '. doei m mit - alio - her family
'comfortable, trill heMelf noirer ha happy
at Immo ;and fwhii,..la :riot - happy at
.home, -Will nova bo happy
„ittiqva7i;
TEE BACIEEITEL
There!. some ono thing In this town,
(Maybe you know her name,,
And maybe shoishl I Write It down,
Your own might grave the same)..
LO,
Lc', when you say, "lie's good," will cry,
Odoed 1 You think that's true,
,very contidontLatly, •
rouidn't—it you krtow :" •
But,'
. Toil,
One says, What pretty girl goes by?
"Oh, h. 2 you don't think
Bo !—Since We - you and
raj', her pa , : nts drink. ,
And she—well, I Wolin tell It oat,
Though Prino dt , tls true.' . •
you think she's nice a 'd prettyrbut
You wouldn't, It you inew l"
\\:\\) she fiats!"
.-.•
t plot"
If one sings Sweetly, "Hos.
If dressed In taste,
Supremely "'vulgar" all nor ba
' Her dresses steeply
And when good Deacon Busby ft
(A nobleman and true),
She said, when we ills lot bewailed,
You wouldn't, if you knew -
Let those s'oicetre and lore who can .
This teallee4weathlng daze,
Who seems. to think a prosperous man
Must surely be,to blame. '
That beauty - 1s a mark of sin;.
That goodness must be crime;
She sees put thieves and rascals ln
The Leroes of the time.
Sometimes shy doesn't hesitate
To tell us what she knows,
And In seven cues out of eight
A Ile Is an she shows. •
For virtue's sake, I hope to find
~ One good old doctrine true,
Some heat for such 1 should not mind,
You wouldn't—lf you knew.
—Kate Clark.
MONEY.
Governments can not make money.
They can Coin it and regulate its
weight, and fineness. Labor makes
money. The coin, whether of gold
or silver, represents a certain amount
of labor expended in ,producing_ it.
It is used as a medium of - exchange
or an equivalent amount of labor cx-
.ended in producing either nature
\
o mechanical com - modities. Gold
an silver are selected for this pur
pose manse theY possess the quali
ties 6 divisibility and durability.
and are of produced in such abund
ance as c per, lead and iron or oth 7
er metals. It is the labor - the coin
has cost tha ives it intrinsic value.
It repreaents just so much -hard
work, and is'us as the measure of
hard work in oth i fields of industry.
Paper money 1 this quality. It
\
oosts'no more to - .p nt a . thousand
'dollar hills than it co is to print a
one-dollar bill. Hence 't can never
stand' for a certain amou t of labor
\
as the coin dollar does. nee it is,
also, that it lisill never 'be - ccepted
as the equivalent of labor unless
there stand behind it not onl the
t \
pledge but the ability to redeem in
something that does. represent t e
equivalent of labot. It -is not th
power of-the most absolute Govern
ment in existence to give to paper
money a quality that in the very na
ture of things it cannot possess.
When, therefore, men talk of a'
Government making money, in the
sense of creating it, they- talk abso
lute nonsense. Aside from coining
and regulating the weight and fine
ness of the various denominations of
coin, it can emit bills of credit, or
bill bearing interest, as greenbacks.l
But what is a bill of credit but' the,
issuing of a note, to be paid inl .mo-'
ney—to be paid in the equivalent of
the labor, or the product of_ labor,
for which it is ncdepted. To get its
non-interest bill into circulation, the
Government may declare it lawful
tender for public and priv . ate indeW
eduess, and may thus force it upon a
people. Then it represents nothing
more nor less than a forced loan by
the GovernMent, which ; it is in honor
bound to redeem whew, it is able. to
do so. /his the evidence of the in
debtedness of the GovCrnmenti to the
individual holding the note.
Now, if the credit of the Govern
ment is good, the idividual may not
care to demand payment. Thunotes
of the - House of Rothschild, for ex
ample, circulate as money among .
bankers and capitalists, and may re-.
main outstanding fora great length
of time. It is the general confidence
in the abilitx of the house to redeem
its notes that floats its paper. But
let there be any weakening of the
c,pmmerciEd credit of the house, and
the paper would find its way to. the
doors for redemption without delay.
And so it is with a Government.
The: credit of the Government of the.
United States is good, because it has
faith with its creditors. It has
demonstrated its capacity to manage
and keep control of its great debt;
reducing its bulk one-third in thir
teen years. Its commercial standing
With the world, therefore, is ones•
ceptionable, and will, remain unshak
en so long as it redeems its:_pledges.
It has pledged itself to pay g"qd and
silver on demand for its notes, after
the Ist of January nest: -, If it makes
good the pledge probably nobody
will care to present the notes for re
demption. They will remain out just
so long as the Governtnent is willing
to let them remain out, because the
belief of the people will be universal
that it is able to redeem them on de
mand. If they were absolute money,
there would be no need of any • pre
paration to redeem, because there
would , be nothin , r to--redeem. Gov
ernments do not' redeem their_ gold
and siWer_coins. They may change
their weight and fmenes; and alter
their denomination, but they don't
redeem them, for they do not 'Create
the values they . represent.. . Labor
did that before the coin . was ever
struck. '
But the Government that emits
bills oreredit multiply them so much
beyond its ability to redeem them in
coin as impair or destroy _ public
confideiteeftheri no legal-tender leg
islation can prevent the immediate
depreciation of . the paper; nor, as
Mr. Penaleton has said, can the wit
of men ever
,devise any means of
'keeping it from depreeiation. Dorn
it wilLgo, losing its purchasing pow
-1 er, and needing more and more of. it
1 as it roses credit, to purchase any-
thing, and constantly requiring fresh
issues to -meet the wants of .trade.
Hence v c,very new batch put out only
accelerates the downward; tendency ;
and unless 'the process is arrested;
and steps taken to redeem it 'in ab
solute money , Of gold and silver, it
will ultimately share the fatiorCon
tinental - shlOPlAsterst :Confederat e
graybseks and other - per - issues
that 4,11
'hpapreceded 91to . the 'pa
pi
81.00 per Annum In Advance:
:
per mills; and the loss upon.
the holders, upon the people them
selves,each cent of decline in the"
pnrching power of the. paper Wilk • :'
taken out of their labor. :Bence.
it liras Daniel Webster said, that. : a - :
depreciated currency is of all. human
contrivances, the most efficient for
"cheating the laboring clam& of
inankind.".
The wo'rld's experience, not less
the warnings of statesmen_ of all:
countries should instruct us to 'be
careful to limit the paper currerecy of
the Government to , the sum it ' can,
at the option of the - holder, reileeta
in Coin. There is no event in the fu
ture more certain than that it we re
trace our steps, if we indefinitely pnt
off the day of resumption and double
ortripple the amount of the curren-.
cy of the Government, it will depre-
elate, its purchasing power decreas
ing while it is in the hands .of the
holder, gad every cent of that de
nim:being taken out of - the .labor:
tchieh it represented to "him when
Worth more. And it is to this con
sura`mation to.the people of the Unit.
ed St/ttes are invited by the oppo.
nents of, resumption, the, advocates
of inflation, and the crazy theorizers
of the po er of a Government to,
make moue —to create sometAing
out of nothin - Behind these-vision
aries, fools anci \ knaves talk repudi
ation. NationaNishonor individual
ruin.—eincinveatiVommercial.
DEATH IN 4 MANN RITE.-48a
mari_a poisonous animal? It would • '
seem so when he is VeryNangry, and • . -
that he poisons those .- - hbites, as -
other beasts often do. Every once
in a while the press records abase of
somebody dying from the bite\of a
man, and the cases appear to be well. • ,
authenticated. The latest Instanee -,
VMS in Washington, where Peter Mc\
Namara died from the bite of one '
Danaher, with whom he-had had a
fight two months before.. The phy
sicians discovered poison in his
Mood, and ammitated the ,finger on \
which the brute had fastened his • '
teeth: The poison had spread, how
ever,
to the arm, which would also . r - -
been
have been removed had the sufferer
been able, in the opinion of the sur- . .
geon, to endure sit. Deaths of this
sort demand investigation of the
ablest physicians. li e we can impart .. -
mortal poison -by our bite, as'dogs
and other animals can, we ought to
know it. Fortunately, it is not our,
habit to bite;, but, if it were, .we
might be as dangerous as mad dogs. - , •
There has bee /a vast deal of discus- •
sion latter y a the subject of hydro- -
phobia, so rEiiie medical authorities
maintain jig that no such disease _can
be engendered 'by the canine species. '
Cua hydrciphohia or aught approach- -
i g it be communicated by the human
st cies ? We certainly need light on
this oint. If 'man is capable of ra- -
bies nd 'of. conveying it by a bite, it -
\
would - Nappear to be a-new argument
in favor 91 evolution. - "- _
TILE HIS. ORY OF TURKEY "CON- -- -
DENSEI4,._,Ift. - • r all the fuss and feath- •
ers made over urkey in Europe and
Turkey in Asia,. he fact remains un-. '
disputed that Thrkey in America
tastes better and' is of much finer
quality than , either \ f the others. -
This.is the opinion O a gentleman-,
who has traveled all ov the world '
investigating. the Turke question,
and even the birds found • Turke
stan
are not &Ida in flavor to the'
American gobbler, or the Ja nese
rooster. The history of the t key .
\ \l\
dates from Noah's entrance - to he -
ark, and from that day to the prese t
the bird has been held in such hig . -
favor that the poet, in giving vent to
his ecstatic feelings, remarks
.At midnight In his guarded tent j
The Turk lay droarning of the hour... • .-
This is an allusion, of, course, to
the time when coops werejnot invent
ted, and the birds
_had to be kept in
tents. That turkey's dream is a: •
physiological fact still unexplained . :
Roast turkeys were discoverd in the
time of Henry VIII, but- since then
the march Of improvement has been - -
so rapid that , the birds are now
brought to the table dressed in the
latest 'style and with a number of • • -
concomitants. . •
GROIVItici OLD.—How strange our
ideas of growing old change, as we
go an in life. To the girl in her teens
the riper maiden of twenty-five seems
quite aged. Twenty-five thinks thir- '
ty-five "an old thing." Thirty-five
dreads forty, but cohgratulates her
self that there may still remain some
ground to be possessed in the fifteen
years before the half century 'at
tained. But fifty does not by any .
MESS give up the battle of life. It
feel's middle-aged and vigc;rous, and
thinks old age a long way in the fu-
Ore. Sixty remembers those who
have done great things at three-score';
and one doubts if Parr, when be was
married at one hundred and twenty,
had at all begun to feel himself an
old man. It is the desire b - f life with
in.us which makes us feel young- so
long.
'THINGS Nov To Do.—Never be
lieve, mueb less propagate, an ill re
port of a neighfior without good evi
dence of its truth ; never listen to an
infamous story handed to you by a
man who is inimical to the person
defamed, or who is himself apt to de
fame his neighbors, or who is wont
to• sow discord among brethren and
excite disturbance in society. Nev
er utter the evil which you know or
suspect of
,another till you have the
opportunity to expostulate with , him.
Never speak evil of another while
you are under the influence of. envy
and malevolence, but wait till your
spirits are cooled down, that _ you
may better judge whether to utter or
suppress the matter. -
How to . close a , dram-shop.—Rent the
room overhead for mission prayer, meet
ings, and hold rod, lively services in it.
Put out a big sign of your meeting's, - and
the liquor shop will soon be.closedup. At
least this is the way . the Rev. Samuel Al
man pastor or the second Ilaptist Mission
Church in New York, hai lately done it.
The landlbrd confessed, "I can't rent'my
rooms for missions and lager beer saloons
at the same time."
Yocrritay envy Wm. H. Vanderbilt., his
wealth, but.even he finds it difficult some
times to make both ends meet— when he
tries to,bitelTen a knot in.hiS shoe=lace,
for instance.
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