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Mother, train with caution That dear little one ; Gnide, reprove, and ever Let the work be done Gcntb' mother gently. LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE. EXrL0IT3 OF TIIE FIRST GRENADIEH OF FRANCE. For many a year there was a touching and beautiful custom to be witnessed in a certain regiment of French grenadiers, and which was meant to commemorate the heroism of a departed comrade. When tho companies assembled for pa rade, and the roll was called, there was one name to which its owner could not answer it wifc that of La Tour D' Auver2. When it was called, the oliiscrgeant present stepped a pace forward, and raising his hand to his cap said, proudly : " Died cn the field of honor." For fourteen years this custom was con tinued, and only cea.ed when the restored Bourbons, to please their foreign masters, forbade everything that was calculated to f reserve the spirits of the soldiers of France. Ia TourD'Auvergnc was not unworthy in life the honor tints paid him after his death. lie was educated for the army, entered iu 1TC7, and in 1781 served under the Duke dc Crillon at the siege of Port Mahon. He served always with distinction, but constant y refused offers of promotion, saying that he was only fit for the command of a com pany of grenadiers ; but finally, tho various grenadier companies being united, he found himself in command of a body of 8,000 men, while retaining only the rank of cap tain. Hence he was known as the First Grena dier of France. Dut it is of one particular exploit of Lis that we wish to write, more than his career as a general When ho was forty years of age ho went on a visit to a friend, not far from a section of the country that was soon to become tho scene of a campaign. While there he was busy in acquainting i himself with the fea tures of the country, thinking it not un likely that this knowledge might be of use to him, and while here the brave grenadier was astonished to learn that tho war had been rapidly shifted to his quarter, and that a regiment of Austrian3 was pushing on to occupy a narrow pass about ten miles from where he was staying, and the possession of which would give them an opportunity to prevent an Important movo of the French, which wa3 then on foot. They hoped to surprise this post, and were moving so rapiuiy upon it inai iney were not more than two hours distant from the place where he was staying, and which they wfjfld have to pass in their march. It mat ters not how he heard the news. It is suffi cient to say that he determined at once to act upon it. He had no idea of being captured by the enemy in their advance, and he at once set off for the pass. He knew that the pass was defended by a stout tower, and a garri son of thirty men, and he hoped to be able to warn the men of their danger. He hastened osy and arriving there, found tlie tower in a perfect condition. It had just been vacated by the garrison, who .had heard of the approach of the Austrians, and had been seized with a panic thereat aaid had fled, leaving their arms consisting of thirty excellent muskets. ' ' " : La Tour D' Auvergno gnashed his teeth with rage as he discovered this. Searching in the building he found several boxes of ammunition which the cowards had not de; stroyed. For a moment he was in despair, but then with a grim smile he began to fas ten the main door and pile against it such articles as he could find. " When he had done this he loaded all the guns he could find, and placed them, togcth er with a good supply of ammunition, under the loop holes that commanded the road by which the enemy must advance. Then he ate heartily ot the provisions which he had brought with liim, and sat down to wait. He had absolutely formed the heroic resolution to defend the tower alone against the enemy. There were some things in his favor in such an undertaking. The pass was steep and narrow, and the enemy's troops could enter it only in double files, 'and in doing this would be fully exposed to the fire from the tower. The original garrison of thirty men could easily have held it against a divi sion, and now one man was about to attempt to hold it against a regiment. It was dark when La Tour D' Auvergno reached the tower, and he had to wait some time for the enemy. They were longer in coming than he had expected, and for a while he was tempted to believe they had abandoned the expedition. About midnight, however, his practiced ear caught the tramp of feet. Every mo ment the sound came nearer, and at last he heard them entering the defile. Immedi atcly he discharged a couple of muskets into the darkness to let them know that he knew of their presence and intentions, and ho heard the quick short commands of the offi cers, ana, irom tne 60unas, no supposea that the troops were retiring from the pass. Until the morning he was undisturbed. The Austrian commander, feeling assured that the garrison had been informed of his move ments, and was prepared to receive him, saw that ho could not surprise the post as he hat hoped to do, and deemed it prudent to wait until.daylight before making his attack. At sunrise he summoned the garrison to surrender. A grenadier answered the sum mons. " Say to your commander," he said, in re ply to the messenger," that this garrison wil defend this po.t to the last extremity." The officer who had borne the fig ol trace retired, and in about ten minutes 1 - n i-iT i . piece 01 aruiicry was urougnt into tue pass and opened on the tower. But to effect this the piece had to be placed directly in front of the tower, and within easy musket rang of it. They had scarcely got the gun in po sition when a rapid fire was opened upon it from the tower, and continued with such marked effect that the piece was withdrawn after the second discharge, with a loss of five men. This wa3 a bad beginning, so half an hour after the gun was withdrawn the Austrian Colonel ordered an assault As the troops entered the defile they were received with a rapid and accurate fire, so that when they had passed over half the distance they had to traverse, they had lost fifteen men. Disheartened by this, they re turned to the mouth of the defile. Three more assaults were repulsed in this manner, and the enemy by sunset had lost brty-five men, of whom ten were killed. The firing from tho tower had been' rapid and accurate, but the Austrian commander had noticed this peculiarity about it every shot seemed to come from the same phfte. i or awhile this perplexed him, but at last he cam e to the conclusion thattjicrc were a number of loop-holes close together in the tower, so constructed as to command the ravine perfectly. At sunset the last assault was made and repulsed, and at dark the Austrian comman der sent a second summons to the garrison. This time the answer was favorable. The garrison offered to surrender at sunrise the next morning, if allowed to march out with ... iticir arms ana return to the army unmo lested. After some hesitation the terms were accepted. Meantime, La Tour D'Auvergne had passed an anxious day in the tower. He had opened the fight with an armament of thirty loaded muskets, but had not been able to discharge them all. He had fired with surprising rapidity and with surprising accu racy ,v for it was well known in the army that he never threw away a shot. He had deter mined to stand to his post until he had ac complished his end, which was to hold the place twenty-four hours, in order to allow the French army time to complete its ma noeuvre. After that he knew the pass would be of no use to the enemy. When a demand came for him to surren der after the last assault, he consented to it upon the condition named. The next day at sunrise the Austrian troops lined the pass into files, extending from the mouth to the tower, leaving a space between for the garrison to pass out The heavy door of the tower opened slowly, and in a few minutes a bronzed and scarred grenadier, literally loaded down with mus kets, came out and passed down the line of troops. He walked with difficulty under his heavy load. To the surprise of the Austrians, no one followed him from the tower. In astonishment the Austrian Colonel rode up to him, and asked him in French, why the garrison did not come out " I am the garrison, CoIoneV said the soldier proudly. "What!" exclaimed tho Colonel, "do you mean to tell us that you alone have held that tower against me ?" " I have that honor, Colonel," was the . "Vbat possessed you to make such an attempt, grenadier?" "The honor of Franco Was at stake," The Colonel gazed at him for a moment with undiogtdscd admiration ; then raising j his. cap, ho said warmly : " Grenadier, 1 1 salute you.- You have proved yourself tho j bravest of tlw frrvr " ? , , The officer caused all the arms which La Tour D'Auvergne could not carry, to be col lected, and sent them all, with tho grcna dier, into the French lines, together with a note relating the whole affair. When the knowledge of it came to the ears of Napoleon, he offered to promote La Tour D'Auvergne, but the latter declined to accept the promotion, saying that he prefer red to remain where he was. This brave soldier met his death in an ac tion at Abcrhausan, in June, 1800, and tho simple but expressive scene at roll call in his regiment was commenced and continued by the express command of the Emperor him self. The Punishment of Traitors. Whilst Frcsident J ohnson is in the main performing his high and responsible duties to the satisfaction of every Conservative and true Union man in the country, and is re ceiving the commendation and support of .a large majority of tho American people, there is yet one tiling which many arc of the opinion he ought to do. The penalties incurred by the leading traitors of the South arc still hanging over them, and may be en forced by the proper authorities at any time. These operate as restraints upon the South em traitors and guarantee their good beha vior. But tho "traitors at the other end of the line" such men as John W. Forney, Wendell Phillips, William D. Kclley, am Benjamin F. Butler being under no bonds to preserve true faith and allegiance to the Government, arc doing their utmost to get up another civil war, and again involve the country in bloodshed and devastation. It 1 the opinion of many of the Fresident's sup porters especially those of them who voted for Mr. Lincoln and sustained his adminis tration that he ought to mrcst the traitors and disitivouuits altote named, and their leading aiders and abettors all over the country. The persons who take this view of the case do not advocate the hanging of these miscreants, however riclily they may deserve the gallows : but they maintain that they ouht to be shut up in Fort Lafayette or sent to the JJry lortugas, where they could no longer disturb the peace of the country. They argue that so long as these vindictive, corrupt, plundering agitators and traitors are permitted to utter their inccn diary and treasonable language, so long will the country be kept in an unsettled condi tion, and the restoration of the Union be a moral impossibility. We arc not much inclined to favor the exercise ol uouttiul powers by executive officers, but it must be admitted that a step of this kind on the part of President John son would have m it at least the merit of an act of retributive justice. It would only be giving these scoundrels a taste of the specific for "disloyalty" that they were so free in administering to Democrats durin Lincoln's Presidency, for venturing to ques tion the wisdom of some of the measures of his administration. Any argument that could be made in favor of the incarceration of a Democrat in Fort Lafayette, or his ransportition to the Dry Tortugas, at any period of Lincoln's administration, would make in favor of the immediate arrest and close imprisonment of such cowardly incen diaries as Forney, Butler, Phillips and their coadjutors, who arc straining every nerve to convulse the country with a civil war which would be vastly more destructive, and in every respect infinitely worse, than the one from which we have just emerged. The ravings and tlireats of Beast Butler and Johu W. Forney against the President have been read by everybod No frantic rebel ever denounced and threatened Presi dent Lincoln as fiercely during the hottest period of the late war as these vulgar and envenomed partizans now denounco and threaten President Johnson. Wendell Phil ips has lately added liis denunciations and threats to theirs. In his late address on the Peril of the Hour," at Boston, after reit erating Butler's demand for the impeach ment and removal of the President, and de nouncing Gen. Grant, who, ho said, "occu pied the most humiliating position of any man on this continent," Phillips proceeded to declare that "his theory was that there in no President. He is a deserter. The legis- ative fiOcr is the only power left. Our James IL has abdicated, and Parliament rules the nation. Re, icantcd Congress to commence its next session as a perpetual one. lie icould have the next Congress enact that they should rc-assomUe in March, 1SC7, and be themselces the Govcrnmcnt.,, Upon what ground would those who de fended the arbitrary arrest, by Abraham Lin coln, of men who questioned the w isdom of his acts as President, condemn Andrew Johnson for arresting a man who publicly de clares that "there is no President," and calls upon Congress to ignore the Executive and usurp his functions. If ever there was cause 'or the arrest of persons for the use of "trea sonable language," there is cause for it now. Lancaster Intelligencer. PAYrxa A Bet. The Philadelphia Age a " . 11 says : An amusing scene was witnessed cy a argc number of citizens yesterday, on Chcs- nut Street from Thirteenth to Sixth. A push-cart, having in it a feather-bed cover ed with decorations of ribbons, c; a man lay in side smoking a cigar, with his feet over each side of the cart m the easiest man ner imaginable. The paying party pushed the cart vigorously along the street; with a ace on about a yard long. On the front of the cart was a placard with the words "Pay ing a bet." The cart was drawn up on Sixth street bdowChesnut Its appearance caused the greatest merriment and attragt-j' The Runaway Match. A great many years since, when bright eyed and fair-haired lasses were not so plen tiful in New England as they are now, there dwelt in the town of P , a pretty village some twenty miles distant from the market town, a peculiarly ugly and cross-grained but wealthy farmer. Minnie was Danforth's only child, and re port said truly she would be his sole legatee The old man was a sturdy farmer and was estimated to be worth full $10,000, at that period a handsomo fortune. The sparkling eyes and winning manners of Minnie had 6tirrcd up the finer feelings of the whole male portion of the village, and her suitors were numerous, but her father was peculiar, and none succeeded in winning much head way with him or her. In tho meantime Minnie had a true loyal lover in secret. Who would have supposed that such a fellow dare to leok on beauty and comparative refinement ? His name was Walker, and he was simply a farmer employ ed by old Danforth, who had eutrusted Joe with the management of his place two or three years. Dut a very excellent farmer and a right good manager was this J oe Walk er. He was young, too, only twenty-three, and he actually foil in love with this beauti ful Minnie Danforth, his employer's daugh ter. But the strangest part of the occur rence was that Minnie returned his love, earnestly and frankly promised to wed him at a favorable time. Things went on merry for a time, but old Danforth discovered certain glances and at tcntionsl'Ctwccn them which excited his en vy suspicions. Very soon afterwards Joe learned the old man's mind in regard to his future disposal of Minnie's hand ; he quick ly saw his case was a hopeless j)ne unless ho resorted to stratagem, so he set his wife at once to work. By agreement, an apparent ly settled dislike and coldness was observed by the lovers for each other for six months, and the father saw, as he believed, with sat isfaction, that his previous fears had been premature. Then by agreement also be tween them Joe absented himself from home at evenings ; and night after night for full three months longer, did Joe disappear as soon as his work was finished, to return only at a late hour to bed. This was unusual, and Danforth was determined to know the cause of it. ! Joe frankly confessed that he was in love with a man's daughter who resided less than three miles distant, but after a faithful at tachment between them for months, the old man utterly refused his application for the j-oung girl's hand. 1 This satisfied him that he had made a mis take in regard to his own child, and he re solved to help Joe get married and thus to stop all further trouble or suspicion at home. "Do you like her?" "Yes, sir yes." 1 "Then marry her. ' ' "But I can't her father objects." "Poh ! let him do so; whatneed you care. Kun away. with her." "Elope I" "Yes, off with you at once. If the gal wul join, all right Marry her, bring her here ; you shall have the cottage at tho foot 01 ino lane ; 1 n iumi?n it lor you ; your f a t Tills . wages shall be increased, and the old man may like it or not." "But" "No bute, Joe ; do as I bid you : so about it at once, and " "You will stand by me ?" "Yes, to the last I know Joe, you will make anybody a good son or a good hus band." "The old fellow will be so mad, though." "Who cares? Go, now, quickly." "To-morrow night then," said Joe. "Yes." "111 hire Clover's horse." "No, you shan't" "No I" "I say no. Take my horse the best one Young Morgan he'll take you in fine style in the new phaton." "The old gentleman will be astonished." "Never mind, go on. We'll turn the laujrh on him. I'll take care of you and your wife at any rate." I'll do it," eaid Joe. You shall," said Danforth ; and they par ted in good spirits. An hour after dark on the following eve ning Joe made his appearance, dressed in a new black suit, and really looked very come ly. The old nan bustled out to the barn with him, helping him to harness Young Morgan. few rods from the house he found Min nie as previously arranged, and repairing to tho village, the parson quickly made them one in holy wctllock. Joo took his bride and soon dashed back, and halted at old Danforth's house, who was- already looking for him with open arms. "Is it done 1" "Yes," anvwered Joe. "Bring her in," continued the old fellow, in high glee : "never mind comi.liinonr here," and the honest farmer rushed fur ights, returning almost immediately. "Yes, yes." "And this is my wife"," he added, as he passed up his beautiful bride, tho bewitching and lovely Minnie, "What 1" roared the old man "what did you say, Joe you villain you scamp you cheat you." "It is true, sir, wo are married ; you ad ised this ; you planned the affair ; you lot me have a horse ; you encouraged mo ; you TVmicrw1 A c f o nil w run - T-nti ' nfT&rpA IriA tho cottage at the end of inW lane" I didn t I deny it l oa can't prove it "Calmly, now, sir" eaid Joe ; and the en treaties of the happy couple quelled the old gentleman's ire. He gave in reluctantly, and the fair Min nie was overjoyed to be acknowledged as Mrs. Joe Walker. Strange Specimen of Humanity. Twelve years ago a family named Sawyer, living in tho neighboring town of West brook, were surprised to find that a very su perior new milch cow, carefully kept in their stable, was "drying up." This continued until Mrs. Sawyer discovered, some time after, tho print of human fingers in the soap grease barrel in the stable. Communicating this discovery to her husband, he procured help from the neighbors, and a thorough search of the stable followed. An examina tion of the hay-mow disclosed a small hole, which, being followed up by pitching away the hay, kd to a den-like place in tho inte rior of the mow. Here was found a strange being a man apparently of about twenty four years, half clothed in rags, shockingly filthy, and having no fast. One foot was missing just above the ankle ; the other was gone a little higher up the stump terminat ing in an oblong way and in a manner show ing that it was not the work of a surgeon nor had it received tho attention of a sur geon when lost. 1 lis face and head were of average intelligence, but not a word could be got from him. He had lived there a num ber of weeks, subsisting on tho milk of the cow and the grease. He was turned over to the town authorities and placed in the poor house, where he now is and has been fur the past twelve years. All attempts to solve the mystery concern ing this strange being have proved futile. No one has been found yet, who ever saw or heard of him, and during tho whole twelve j-ears he has never uttered a word. Various expedients havo been tried "to loose his tongue. On one occasion he was given a bottle containing a pint of wlnskey. He seemed to understand exactly what it was, for he placed it to his lips and drank the whole at a draught, but it had no percepti: blc effect upon him. In manner, habits, etc. , he is like a wild beast In the Summer he is kept in a sort of wooden, cage-like structure in the yard. He is very shy of strangers and will hide his head in his blan kets when they approach. His quarters are comfortable, and it is impossible to givo him better for sanitary reaom?. Where tho creature came from is certainly a mysterious matter. He could not have walked from a distance as ho crawls upon his knees very slowly. Tho only theory at tempted is this : A few weeks before the man was discovered the steamer Sarah Sands arrived at this ort from Liverpool with a large numlcr of immigrant-'. It is conjectured that this being might have been a burden to some one ocr the water. Mr. Sawyer (since deceased) hauled a load home from the steamer's wharf at that time, and it is reasoned that the man might have been clandestinely added tq his load (as there were opportunities) and from thence hare crept into his stnblc. This hyj othesis is decidedly vague and unsatisfactory, however. The appearance of the man is not that of an idict, but of ono who haa lost his mind. lie seems laboring under a great fear. Portland (Me.) Argus. "Lee's Rock." Tho grounds comprising tho Ahtictam Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the spot occupied by General Lee and his staff during'tho battle of Antictam, and a rock protruding about three feet above the sur face has been pointed out to nil visitors as the one on which General Lcc stood and viewed the progress of the battle. It was from this rock that ho issued hij orders. Those who took part in the battle usually take their portion upon this rock to point to their friends the farm houo to the left in which General McClellan had his head-quarters, the Burnside Brigade to the right, and Keno's Mountain in the distmce on the apex of which the gallant General of that name fell mortally wcunded early in tho battle. In short, nil the points of interest aro spe cially visible from " Leo's Hock." At tho meeting of the Board of Commis sioners representing a few of the States, held at Sharpsburg last Spring, a voto was taken on the question of leaving Lee's Hock stand, when it was, by a close vote decided to have it blown up and removed. At a meeting on Thursday evening last, held in this city, on motion of tho Commissioners from West Virginia, seconded by New York, the order to dc:troy the rock was re scinded, and it was decided that it should remain. The majority, in thus deciding, considered Lee's Rock a historical mark of the battle field, that must always prove of interest, especially to the visitor from a dis tance, whq, for the first time, views the field of this most sanguinary battle. Ualtimore American. PUTCnCURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. The following cure for drunkenness i3 practiced in Holland : The patient is shut up in a room and debarred all communication, except with his physician. As often as he pleases, spir it3 brandy, gin,whiky etc., are given him, but mixed with two-thirds water ; all other drinks, tuch as beer, coffee, wine, etc., arc mingled with one-third brandy. Tho vari ous kinds of food, too, that are furnished him bread, meat, etc., aro aU prepared with brandy, consequently the patient is in a continual state of intoxication. This lasts about five days ; at the end of that time he asks with entreaty for other nourishustjyit, without hi3 request being com3 eon y i iMtr iy-"" ..v 2., ani iiufc until iiis orjraxurf-"' a cohol. The eujuvA TVPrl. mI tliifwA New Rules for Base Ball; Innings. Sec. 1. The game when play ed at all, to be on the anniversary of some Other day, and to be continued ulitil hino, in nings are played, if the players are not '$ lay cd out" before that time. To be conducted strictly witH the laws of the Medes arid Per sians, and Code1 Napoleon, tho City Ordi nances, and the regulations of the beard of health. . , Punning Bases Sec. 2. No player to be allowed more than one hour to rim a base. Catching. Sec. 3. Players to have the privilege of catching tho ball in their hats or caps, but the use of peach baskets to bo positively prohibited. Musquito nets to be . used in catching "fly" balls. Ford Ball. Sec. 4. All "foul balls" to' be deodorised before used. Putting Players Out. Sec. L Any play er "caught out," without hia night key, or a permit from the Clerk of the Council, to be taken charge of by the city police, placed in a coffin and furnished lodgings in David Jones' Jyickcf. The Pitcher. Sec. C Should tho "pitch er" become cracked during the gatiie, a new one to be procured from Mullen's Grocery store, provided, that his dog docs not steal the players' dinner, and make a "homo run," otherwise it shall be purchased from the nearest .grocery. Batting. Sec. 7. No cottoh "bitting" allowed. Conveyance. Sec. 8. Omnibrlsscs to start for the first base every half hour, and ambu lances to be ready to carry off the wounded. licportcrs. Sec. 9. In order that there may bo a correct report by eye witnesses after the reliable manner of war correspond ents newspaper reporters td.be positively prohibited from approaching the grounds. A Haunted House; A Watervillo correspondent of the Bostori Transcript tells the following curious story : Nearly opposite Ilallcrttcll, on the bank of the river, stands the' famous haunted house of Chelsea. It is ari old squire building; x and the very picture of desertion ; the doors and windows being out, the out-houses iii ruins, and the fences being broken1 down. For quite a number of years attempts have been made to inhabit it, but annoyances by night end by day, of a mysterious character, have always driven away the occupants. A patrol stationed in every direction, and an examination of every nook and corner du ring these disturbances, have failed to give ' any satisfactory clue to their origin. An in terval of years, during which the building remained vacant, did not in any wiso abate the evil. Though the owners offer a free rent, no one can be any longer found with the courage to accept it A Black Orator Traveling! Souttl A correspondent of the San Antonio Herald writing from Austin, Texas, says : Our city was enlivened a few days ago by , the presence of an ebony gentleman who was represented as a loyal subject of Queen Victoria, and hailing from Canadian territo-' ry arf intelligent, refined, educated 'gentle man, the editor of a public journal,' a D. D. as well as an M. D., making the tour of the Southern States fur the purpose of expound ing the difference lctwcen the physiological construction of the black and white races, and the mental temperature of both. Doc tor Parker for lie was called by that name1 delivered a discourse in the afternoon at the Court house to the white population, and again at night to the negroes. . The doctor brought letters of recommendation, I un derstand, to the. State authorities, from some of the best, truest and most intelligent men of the South, and seemed tohavemoro mod esty than most nieri, white ot black, and be haved as though he was honest in believing and teaclring to those of his own color their inferiority to the white race. He ridicuied, very appropriately, I thought,- the idea of the political privilege of suffrage" being ex tended to die sons of Afric's parched sands, complimented Mr. Johnson also Mr. Davis, and dwe't at (omc length on his associations with Messrs. Chase, Stanton and other big men of the United States, in relation to the work of restoration. Pkitih of Hie Sea. A French journal says that the soundings effected with rcfer-cnt-e to the new trans-Atlantic cable have enabled comparisons to bo made on the dif ferent depths of the sea. Generally speak ing, they arc not of any great depth in tho neighborhood of continents ; thus the Baltic between Germany and Sweden, is only 120 feet deep ; and the Adriatic, between Venice and Ti lot, 1 30 feet. The greatest depth of the channel between France and England docs not exceed COO feet, while to the South west of Ireland, where the sea is open, the deptlx is more than 2,000 feet The seas to the South of Europe are much deeper than those in the interior. In the narrowest part of the Straits of Gibraltar the depth is only 1,000 feet, while a little more to tho East it -is 3,000 feet. On the coast of Spain the depth is nearly 6,000 feet At 250 miles south of Nantucket (South of Cape Cod) no bottom was found at 7,000 feet The great est depths of all aro to be mt with in tho Southern Ocean. A Lono Dance. An ingenuous French, mathematician has calculated that the space which a young Parisian belle, who is iond of the salutary exercise of d;incing tra verses in the gay saVms of Paris anfounts, in tho courso of one dancing season, to four hundred and thirty four miles and a half. He has also estimated that- a French lady fond of performing the foncdons of a teeto-' turn, would spin round in a wain in one nijiht as mtny times a3the wheel? of a steam l'CJit rvlvf -while ninnin?- the dir-tvy h?- I':
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