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TIONESTA, PA., NOV. 14, 1877.
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True fame.
It may be KlorioiiH to writo
Thoughts Hint Khali glad the (wo or three
High mmlf, liko those fnr stars that come iu
Night
Once iu a century.
Hut bettor far it in to neak
One simplu word, which now and then
Bball waken their free nnture in the weak
And friondloMg sons of men.
To write nome earnent verse or lino
VTiiuh Keeking not tho pi aiso of art,
Shall make a clearer faith and manhood umilu
In the uu tu tore I heart.
lie tbnt doth tlr's, in vcrne or prneo
May bo forgotten in h's day
but Kiiroly shall be crowned at laot with those
Who live and speak for aye.
NONA.
Noun utojj by the window, deeply
considering.
IIow the beautiful prospect, the world
of rose-hues, wax-lights and golden
promises allured her !
After nil, would she bo doing just;ee
to herself or the refit if tbe declined the
broader, brighter life Bti etching out
befor j her ?
Every one added to the burden press
ing on the lt xlmnn paternal smoulders ;
the cloud of enre ha I not beea allowed
to fall upon Nona, but she knew in n
vagne way that the general Bhabbiness
which had stolon by imperceptible de
grees over tho family was unavoidable
in making the two ends meet ; even her
support removed would bo a lightening
of the load.
" I have made up my nr'nd," she
said, with sudden lesolution, turning
to make the announcement just as the
door opened and Robert came in.
tioingr inat is rignt, be said, ap
provingly, while a storm of reproaches
and remonstrances broke fr-.m the
younger boys
They had a better right to her than
Mrs. Mcllvane ; bew would she get
along without hiilf a dozen fellows . to
fight her battles, and pathetically
what in this wide world would they do
without Nona ?
" Oh, I will be placed bo I can make
that all right. Do yon think I am giug
t j take aU the beuefits and give none ?
There shall be a shower of golden fairy
gifte, take my word for it, and such
things have a wonderful oft'ect in s luc
in? broken hearts, I've heard."
.nra. lumnan 1 oko.l up m surprise
at this burst of cynicism from Nona,
but the girl had flitted away, with the
momentary bitterness welling up into
one low, passionate cry as she found
herself alone.
" Oh, it is well I am to go wheir he
shows I have worn out my welcome
here."
Ihe next moment bhe was ashamed of
herself for that ungenerous and unwar
ranted reflection npou those whose af
fection-had never failed her, but the
knowledge that Robert would willingly
see her depart hurt her all tho same.
She could not know what stern repres
Bion the" young fellow had put upon him
self, how he had argued that it would be
nnfair to take advantage of her ignor
ance when she 6tood upon the threshold
of the sphere to which she properly be
lougod, or what strong faith he had that
Bhe would go through the world uu
scathed.
She was not one of them properly.
Motherly Mrs. Hodman had taken the
lonely little orphan iutj her heart and
home.
All the boys from manly B )b down to
tiny Steve vied with each other in doing
homage to the little queen.
That was the state of affairs when
Mrs. Mcllvane came in her carriage one
day with a proposition that took Nona's
breath away.
"My dear," said the stately old lady
"your father was dear to me once as i
son. I hope his daughter will not refuse
to me the comfort and happiness which
she alone can give. J Every advantage
can offer shall be yours. These good
people have a family of their own ; they
will not miss you, and it is a very lonely
old woman who is begging for the boon
of your companionship."
She might have added a very despotl
and jealous old woman, too, who had ul
ready resolved that the day which Bhould
transplant this flower of girlhood into
her home should sever her cjnuection
with the "good people" to whom Mrs,
Mcllvane signified her desires with aff
able condescension. And bo Nona passed
from the humble home circle into the
tphere of wealth, fashion and splendor,
where Mrs. Mcllvane was proud to intro
duoe her proteye.
The freshness and sweetness which
bad charmed her patroness had power
to charm the world at least that part of
the world which was embodied in Mark
Chantrey.
Mrs. Mcllvane looked on well content.
Mark was her ideal of perfection as
nearly as it might be attained among
mankind.
" You do not kr.ow how to appreciate
the honor of his attentions at half their
worth," she declared, annoyed that Nona
seemed bo little impressed. " lie is a
man who has been free from the foibles
f most meii ; he lias never amused him-
Holf by paying idle homage to women,
and I believe is the more capable of a
eep attachment -that he has been bo en
tirely untouched during all tho years
when he might have choseu among the
very flower of our belles."
"It argues either very poor taste or a
very absorbed mma on ins part,
Hnswered Nona.
But in her secret heart Bhe was flat
tered by Ohautrey's preference.
She had an honest liking for the man, !
and enough feminine malice to enjoy a
triumph which was bo widely envied
her; and yet it would be unjust to Nona
to say that Blre coquetted with him de-
iberately.
She had never stopped to analyze her
own feelings, wneu sue was suddenly
faced by the crisis which others had fore
seen while she had only vaguely felt that
it might come. Mark Chantrey had
asked her to become his wife.
She sat in her own roam "thinking it
out."
She was troubled, weary nud op
pressed.
She had Robert s picture before her,
the still boyish face, thinner, paler than
should have been from ove rwork, the
brown eves wistful and ten der ns she had
so often met them. '
Could she, after ouce taking the de
lights of wealth, ever willingly relinquish
the advantages it hold, and go back con
tentedly to the old, humble lot, with its
struggle i aud privations ?
Little by little her look of trouble died
out before a growing resolution, but
somehow one-half of tho sweetness
seemed to have died, to:), from tho fair
young face.
The next day was one of respite. She
would not see Mark until evening ; thou
she would meet him an I give him his
answer.
Mrs.' Mcllvaino was never gulity of
making au early appearance, an I it
argued ill for Mr. Chautrey's itnpUieuca
as a lover that he was not present when
Nona's eyes sought him in the throng.
When he did come he did not imme
diately join her. He was in close con
versation with the editor of a leading
paper, and as they drifted near her she
overheard the, latter sav :
" Ilis articles were serviceable from
the first in their marked originality aud
real merit. In Becuring young Rodman
we hive miulo an importaut acquisition.
I tell you he is a rising genius d Btined
to make his mark."
" Yes," assented Mr. Chantrey, aud as
his interest in the subject flagged he
turned toward the spot where Nona .had
stood, but she was not there now.
She ha I found an obscure corner aud
hidden herself in the shadows.
Ambition aud gratified vanity had al
most urged her to accept a man for
whom her deepest feeling was friendly
regard.
She kuow it now that her pulses were
thrilling and heart beating high with the
pride of hearing Robert spoken of in
such terms of praise. Aud realizing her
own needs aud capabilities, she. felt tint
life held grander poisibilities than the
empty honor of wifehood, with one
who had overcome all the obstacles in
his course aud attained the placid level
of bucobbb in which" his best efforts were
already expended. .
Chantrey found, her there, aud while
it would be most unjust to say he did
not feel her gentle but unmistakable -declension
of his suit keenly aud sin
cerely, he wai not a mm to let a disap
pointment in love make any difference in
the routine of his daily life.
And Nona walked in upon tha Rodman
circle next evening just as it had been
made complete.
" Do you really care enough for me to
take me back again ?" she aaked, smiling
tearfully. "Because I have offended
beyond redemption. I was never much
help, I'm afraid ; but you must not
think Mrs. Mcllvane has spoiled me for
all good. "
" Dear child," from happy Mrs. Hod
man, "it was like losing the sunshine
when you left us."
Aud all the rest were eager with their
welcoming assurances all but Robert.
He had not words, but his eyes Bioke
for him.
He spoke for himself on another
subject before they parted for the night.
"If you had not come back to us I
Bhould have gone to you, Nona. I hardly
dared to hope for this time when I Bhould
be fiayiug to you : ' I love you, sweet,'
and yet I belived in it bo fully that I
never lost heart to work and strive. Do
you know "
" I know that I am fated to have a
celebrity for a husband," Bhe inter
rupted ; " and that celebrity and that
husband is yourself."
I'nrounter frith an Ortonm.
Mr. Thomas Beale, who was the Bur
geon of a South Sea whaling ship, and
who afterward printed a " History of
the Sperm Whale," gives an interesting
account of his encounter while on the
Bouiu Islands, with a small octopus
which had been washed ashore and left
by the receding tide. It seemed fright
ened at first, and endeavored to escape,
and in trying to detain it he pressed on
one of its legs with his foot. He con
tinues : " But, although I made use of
considerable force for that purpose, its
strength was so great that it several
times quickly liberated its member in
Bpite of all the efforts I could employ in
this way on wet, slippery rocks. 1 now
laid hold of one its tentacles with my
baud, and held it firmly, so that the
limb appeared as if it would be torn
asunder by our united strength. I soon
gave it a powerful jerk, wishing to dis
engage it from the rocks to which it
clung bo forcibly by its suckers, which it
effectually resisted ; but the moment
after, the apparently enraged animul
lifted its head, with ' its large eyes pro
jecting from the middle of its body, and
letting go its hold on the rocks sprang
upon my arm, which I had previously
bared to the shoulder, and clung with its
suckers to it with great power, endeavor
ing to get its beak, which I could now
see between the roots of its arms, iu
position to bite. A sensation of horror
pervaded my whole frame when I found
this monstrous animal had affixed itself
firmly to my arm. Its cold, slimy grasp
was extremely sickening, and I imme
diately called aloud to the captain, who
was searching for shells at some distance,
to come and release me from my dis
gusting assailant, no quickly arrived,
and taking me down to the boat, during
which I was employed in keeping the
beak away from my hand, quickly re
leased me by destroying my tormentor
with a boat-knife, wlieu I disengaged it
by portions at a time. This animal
must have measured across its extended
arms about four feet, while its body was
not larger than a large clenched hand.
This little fellow, which it took two men
to destroy, when he was out of his native
element, was hardly one-tenth the size
of the one in New York."
The octopus has another meaDB of
self-protection, which, though never
failing in the water, is useless when
he happens to be stranded on the
shore. He is provided with a remarka
ble organ, commonly called his " ink
bag," which is filled with a dense fluid.
When frightened or disturbed he dis
charges this in such quantities as to dis
color the water for a considerable space
above and around him, aud under cover
of its inky darkness he propels himself
swiftly from the place of danger.
A Smart Xetrnbov.
Did yon ever see that little mite of a
newsboy who goes skipping about Fourth
street iu the vicinity of the Gazette and
( -omtiiet rial offices like the last mosquito
in a house full of fat boarders just in from
the country ? Well, that boy isn't
much bigger than a washerwoman's
bank account, but he- can sell more
papers than a full grown man. It's
really interesting to see him flying about
the street like a chicken hunting foi its
head first on one Bide then over to the
other tumbling about nuder people's
feet climbiuer up a man's let? to shove
a paper into his face losing his hat and j
ruuning biiok to get it here one minute j
away down yonder the next all eyes ;
and ears seeing every hand that Btarts !
toward a pocket, and getting at the side :
of its owner before the nickle can see J
daylight. He's little, but he's " busi
ness," and is said to support a widowed
mother by his exertions. We don't
think the sluggard would fool away any
time in keeping an eye on him for a
spell. Cincinnati Sunday Breakfast
Table.
A Itallieau Mien.
The Shelby ville (Tenn.) Gazette is
responsible for this hen story : A hen
made a nest in a box in a baggage car,
and in the course of time had fifteen
eggs, and stuck to them through thick
and thin, night and day, except to Btep
off the train occasionally, while it waited,
to get food, and at lust hatchedthirteeu
chickens, notwithstanding the rumbling,
rolling process the eggs pasBed through.
Mr. Shiver (baggage master) says that
after the Betting process began, she
would frequently, when Off the nest in
search of food and water, get left by the
train al Shelbyville, and sometimes at
Wat race ; and on such occasions she
would quietly, wait for the train to re
turn, and Bometimes meet it as it came
in sitrht. and flv into tho basrsrace car
and get on to the nest immediately.
When the train stopped for WDod he
would sometimes fly out to get some-
thing to eat, and when the car-bell rang,
she would fly back immediately. She
would sometimes manifest her joy when
the train appeared by Cackling at a high
rate. Mother and chickens are doing
well.
Retort a of 31a nlaem.
There are many instances on record,
says a writer, where the keen wit of
maniacs has discomfited sane friends.
Your true maniac may lack sound sense,
but he rarely wants in versatile wit.
"What brought you here" asked a
pert visitor. " What will never bring
yon too nineh brain." Well, 'this
causes one-third of' the cases of the
lorgest asylum in America. Many in
mates possess culture and talent to an
eminent degree. Some of the most gifted
men I ever saw have spent a large slice
of their blasted lives within the gates of
despair. A distinguished professor
thought to puzzle a maniac by the
query : How long, my good fellow,
can -a man live .without brains ?" The
patient at once replied : " I don't know,
doctor. IIow old are you?" . A Mr.
Mann, , startled at meeting a lunatic
armed vith a club, tried to soothe him
with a pan : " I am a double man ; one
by both nature and name. The other re
joined : " Do tell ! Why, I am a man be
side myself. We two will fight you two."
Clubs won. A young lady who devoted
herself to her artist toother, whose
mind was a Kttle unhinged, once nar
rowly escaped falling a victim to one of
his whims. One day he Bhowcd her a
carving knife, wiUi the cheerful remark:
" Mabel, my dear, an xld idea occurs to
me. I must paint the head of John the
Baptist. Yours is au excellent study,
tso, if convenient, l will cut on your
head. Lay it gently in my Jap. My
razor is exceedingly sharp. I will scarce
ly hurt yon. Now then, Mabel, you are
bound for heaven, sweet 1" His face
showed no Biprn of jest. The lady felt
her story was in chapter last. He
grasped her hair. "Well, Harry," said
she, " that's a good idea. But why spoil
my new lace ? Let me go up stairs and
chancre, won't you, dear ?" He nodded
sullenly, and Bhe escaped.
Vetemtial Enjoyment.
After the labor of the day is over, the
weary Chinaman iu San Francisco be
takes himself to the club-room, theater
or opium-den for an evening's enjoyment,
The club-rooms are filled nightly. The
Chinaman is nn inveterate gambler,
With him it is one of the necessities of
life. He will stint his stomach to save
a few cents to gratify his insatiable de
sirfe to win or lose. He does not Beem
to care what the game is. It is said in
many places in China it is no unusual
sight to see rich merchants carrying large
beetles aud grasshoppers in the large
sleeves of their coats. A certain mark
is placed on each insect. A saucer it
produced, and two of the beetles are
placed in it to fight a battle. The respec
tive owners make their bets, and the
battle goes on until one or the other of
the insects is killed. The same things
are done with tame quails, which on
bred ami tamed in the same manner as
game cocks. Since the effectual raidH
made by the police upon the game of
tan-tan, and the severe penalties imposed
upon all who are arrested for playing
it, the game has generally been aban
doned. The game which is now univer
sally played is " dominoes." The Chiua-
men have been raided so much during
the past year that the appearance of a
police officer at the door of one of their
; club-rooms instantly creates a panio, and
it requires the assurance of the officer
that everything is " all right " to epiiet
them down!
AetlonofColtt upon .VI Ilk.
Au abstract from a paper read before
j the French Academy of Science gives
' the result of numerous experiments
' made by exposing milk to different tem
peratures ranging from 32 deg. Fahr. to
100 deg." Fahr. The following facts were
' elicited :
1. The rise of cream is more rapid its
i the temperature to which the milk is ex
posed approaches 32 deg.
I 2. The volume of cream is greater
when the milk has been efficiently
cooled.
3. The yield of butter is also greater
when the milk has been exposed to a
very low temperature.
4. Finallv. the skimmed milk, the
butter, and the cheese are of better
oualitv when prepared under the above
circumstances.
While it is impossible to offer a satis
factory explanation as to the reasou why
artificial cold bhould produce a beneficial
effect upon the yield and quulity of pro
ducts derived from the milk, it ia prob
able that it may tend to arrest that
fermentative decomiosrtion which is bo
prone to set in with organic fluids, and
thus, by proventing incipient alteration,
' indirectly to improve the quality of the
i material,
: The practice of warming the dairy in
i the winter time so as to maintain its at
mosphere at a const int temperature of
about 60 deg., is therefore objeotiouable;
the pans should stand in running water
at as low a temperature as can be practi
cably obtained. Home and Farm.
Interesting to Tea Drtnlser.
A writer in an exchange has the fol
lowing to say about tea : The nose is one
of the best indcres for distinguishing
good tea, and how to prepare tea prop
erly art teaches us. To obtain a beverage
very aromatic and ouly in a small degree
astringent you must infuse the tea for
half au hour in a very small quantity of
cold water, and then add the boiling
waters-pouring the ten, before it is very
brown, into tho cup. The cold water j
saturates the whole texture of tho leaves !
and produces tho same advautages as
when we wish to obtain good broth from
butcher's meat, and the boiling water
separates the tannin from the caffeine,
which is precipitated when the iuf up ioa
begins to grow cold. In effect, if you
take tea iu the Russian fashion, in a
drinking glass, you will Bee the tea grow
turbid almost as soon as it is poured
out. I think it is wise to take only the
first infusion, which contains from four
to Bix times as much useful substance as
the second. This last has the incon
venience or Deing only in a very sniaii
degree aromatic and in a high degree
astringent. The addition of a few drops
of lemon juice, or of any other vegetable
acid, renders tea more exciting; and this
custom prevails among poor Chinese nud
many Russians. The addition of an
alkali, on the contrary, makes tea less
stimulating and in some measure nar
coticul. In Chinese Tartnry, in Cash
mere, and in other countries of Asia,
the leaves of tea are eaten, cooked in
various modes with butter, flour and
soda, aud the richness of the leaves in
albumine explains their nutritive power.
It is said in the travels of Hue, Cabet,
Auchterlony nud others, that a good
soup of ten is one of the best aliments
for those about to undertake fatiguing
journeys iu lofty mountains. Tea ex
cites the movements of tlie henrt less
than coffee, is less hostile to sleep, and
is less fit to sustain intellectual labor;
but more than coffee it increases tho
elimiuative activity of the skin and
respiration. In many persons it pro
duces an astriugent effect on the intes
tine and a troublesome constipation.
More than everything, experience avail-
eth to indicate to any ono whether, from
the Btate of his nerves, his brain or his
digestion, he ought to prefer tea or
coffee. Iu every fashion it seems to be
proved that after dinner the Chinese leaf
ought to be preferred t the Abyssinian
berry. In very cold countries and on
very cold days, and consequently with
supreme reasou m the Arctic zone, tea
is the best of drinks, as all travelers
have demonstrated. Dr. Kane did not
hesitate to call tea the " great panacea
of A'ctictrae'." The excessive use oi
ten, especially green ten, produces ob
stinate wakefulness, nervous tremblings,
convulsions, cramps of the stomach, pal
pitatious of the heart and bo on.
Ilanyetl for a Vet.
There are not wantiug instances of
persons who have hanged themselves, fir
suffered themselves to be hanged, from
motives of curiosity or amusement. A
remarkable case of this latter description
formed the subject some years ago of
one of those many curious investigations
which have taken place from time to
time at Bow street
On April 15, 1812, two men were
charged before the magistrates under the
following curious circumstances : A
constable who was passing along Hemp
stead road on the previous evening ob
served a stout man six feet high hanging
by his neck from a lamp-post attached to
a wall, having been tied up und " turned
off " i ust before by a short man. The
oifieer rushed to the spot, and when he : pi-oved stove-pipe went for $40; an op
arrived there the handkerchief by which paratus for showiug the names, of ap
the tall man was suspended gave wy, j proaching stations in railroad cars, for
and ho fell to the ground. His eyes were j $t;0; a music stand that can also be used
protruding from their sockets, aud he ! as a nursery table, $400 ; a convertible
was nearly "gone ;" but, on recoveyng i portmanteau and bath-tub, for '$85; a
himself ButHcieutly to stagger on his j machine for making horseshoes with the
legs, he immediately struck the officer so
violent a blow on the nose as nearly to
knock him down. Both men were'with
difficulty secured, when they explained
that the tall man who was being bunged
was simply paying a " debt of honor."
The two had been " tossing " iu the
afternoon, first for money, then for
clothes ; the tall mau having won the
other's jacket, trousers aud shoes, they
agreed to toss up which bhould hang the
other. The short man won the toss, and
forthwith proceeded to hung the tall man
on the lamp-post. The tall man urged
that had he won the toss he would in like
manner have assuredly hanged the short
mau ; but the magistrates", expressing
their horror and disgust at the whole
story, sentenced both prisoners to find
bail for their eood behavior. Nut hav
ommitted to Bride-
U '-
ing bail they were commi
well. l'all Mall G
Rock county, Wis., boasts of its
wealthy farmers, fifty of whom are said
to be worth $100,000 each, one hundred
j $50,000, and two hundred have $10,000
and upward.
Item of Mnterettt.
There are eight doctors in the present
Congress.
It is a common saying that " like
cures like," but what cures dislike ?
Qen. Miles, the Indian fighter is mar
ried to a niece of Qen. Sherman. He is
a man of striking and imposing presence.
From a boy's composition 'l.jhfp?
" I cut my Lucie William s
hen s Lend
oft' with a hatchet, and it scared her to
death."
Detectives would be of no use in this
world if rogues could only hide them
selves as effectually as a callar-button
when it suddenly drops from yonr fingers
and you haven't but two minutes to
catch the train.
An exchange tells how the joke was on
him: "A bright little girl of our ac
quaiutance asked us the following con
undrum : How many letters iu a post
man's bag ?' We gave it np, and she
said there were three b-n g."
Among the children exhibited at the
baby show in BosWn was a girl four and
a half weeks old, and weighing one pound
and a half. She was apparently in goof
health. There were 347 babies txVb
ited, and $1,775 iu prizes given.
A certain famous wit was invited
dinner bv a miser, who placed on tli
table two microscopic cutlets, with tho
ominous comment, "You see your din
ner." Tho wng promptly helped himself
to both, and retorted, " Yes, but I don't
see yonrsT "
Patent HlgMa at Auetipni
George W. Keeler held another auc
tion sale of patent rights, consisting of
104 lots, iu Now York recently. There
was a large attendance, and good prices
were realized. A . lamp extinguisher
brought $1,200; a self-acting spiuning
mule, $450; a blacking-box holder, $560;
half-iutci est in a self-closing gate lunge.
j $450; a machine for tplitting kindliug
! wood, $450; a folding spring bed, $J00;
I a sponge cup (New York State right).
225; au improved chair (half-interest;,
$400;' an improved glue dryer, 425; a
new,
waterproof rxplosive compound
(fireworks right), 075; au improved
lamp chimney, $2.r0; another, $1,000; a
triturator, to Biipercede the druggists'
mortar and pestle, JJ400; a breechloading
toy cannon, $100; an improved bevel,
8100; a new method of tet ting fence
posts, $240; n new strap buckle, $175;
au improved churn dasher (part inter
est), $100; a contrivance for holding
poison intended for rats or other vermin
without danger to other animals or
children, $120; an improved boot-jack,
$380; an improved churn, $205; an im
proved lantern for miners' hats and con-
j ductors, $1,450 ; a combmed scissors
( sharpener, screw-driver aud button,
j hook, $300; a safety oil can, $500; . a
' double faucet for both hot and cold
water (New England States), $140; an
improved mechanical movement, $200;
a double-bhuled draw-knife, $100; a.
self-lubricating car wheel (except Penn
sylvania), $G25; a pretty device in toy
building-blocks, $415; au apparatus, by
means of which the horse attached to a
cart or dray furnishes the power to lift
j good(J from vesBei3 RI1d other places into
the vehicle, $850; on improved oppara
tus for testing steam pressure, $10(J; an
elastic sole for horseshoes, $200; a new
folding stool, $150; half interest in an
improved drip-pun for barrels, $700; on
i improved Bash fawtener, $140, and a
j combination toy, resolvable into ten
i artielis (half-interest, Bubject to a roy
ally of twelve cents per dozen, and one-
third the net profits), $1,4.(). Au lm-
toe and heel calks on, for $50, and sev
eral other articles. The Bale realized
over $18,000.
Egypt is rich in olndisks. Among the
ruins of Ban the Zoun of the Hebrews
iu the Delta, lie no less than ten, all
overthrown and Bome shattered. At
J Hehopolis, an obelisk sixty-eight feet
high, which was four centuries old when
Moses was bom, still stands erect. Iu
the temple of Luxor there is one of
seventy-five feet iu height, the mate of
that in Paris. Karnak possesses four,
j two of which are uinety-two fe.4 n gaj
ana iu me grumra iiuurnt-D
lies a suorthne monolith of ninety-five
feet, which appears to have been leu
there on account of a flaw iu the Btone.
All these keep their original places a
j the ruins of the ages recorded in tb
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and
if ir
l inscriptions be around inem. j ne
I obelisk which is destined for New Yoi k
bus a height of BeventjVne feet, wiih
base of seven feet Beven inches f.p'
its material is the rose-gray gr'' '
AfBOiian, the ancient Syemu.
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