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D ec j PROMPTLY ATTENDED T(X
nVIBIMIBOK’S BABY.
Across in nay neighbors window,
With its drapings and satin and lace,
I see, ’r.eath its flowing ringlets,
A baby’s innocent face. °
His feet in crimson slippers.
Are tapping the polished gl iss.
And the crowd in the street look upward,
And nod and smile at: they pass.
Just here at my cottage window,
Catching flies in the sun,
>Vith a patched and faded apron,
Stands my own little one.
His face is as pure and handsome
As the baby’s over the way,
And he keeps my heart from breaking
At my toiling every day.
Sometimes when the day is ended,
And I sit in the dusk to rest,
With the face olrny sleeping darling
Hugged close to my louely breast,
£ pray that my neighbor’s baby
May not catch heaven’s roses all,
But that some may crown the forehead
Of my loved one, as they fall.
And when I draw the stockings,
From his little weary feet,
Andd kiss the rosy dimples
In his limbs, so round aDd sweet,
I think of the dainty garments
Some little children wear,
And that my God withholds them
From mine so pure and fair.
May God forgive mv envy,—
I knew not what I said:
My heart is crushed and troubled,
My neighbor's boy is dead!
I saw the little coffin
As they carried it out to-day;
A mother’s heart is breaking
In the mansion over the way.
The light is fair in my window;
The flowers bloom at my door;
*Iy boy is chasing the sunbeams
That dance on the cottage floor
I’he roses of health are blooming
On my darling’s cheek to-day,
But the baby is gone from the window
Of the mansion over the way.
aud fell plump into the suddenl)
up-turned face of a gentleman who
was passing along on the banquet.
Susie peeped down just in time to
see him turn toward the hotel, and
mount the stairs leading to the par
lor, evidently to restore the hand
kerchief to its owner.
Dreading a lecture for her care
lessness from prudish Aunt Hannah
'Susie darted swiftly through the
parlor and ran up to her room, leav
ing her aunt to receive the handker
chief. Oh, little girl with the mourn
ful eyes! could you have known in
to whose face your mute little mes
senger fell, I wonder would you run
away so swiftly ?
Holding the dainty fabric lightly
in his hand, the gentleman passed
through the parlor, out on the veran
dab, and approached Aunt Hannah
who was the only lady there.
“Permit me to restore your hand
kerchief, madam,” he said, proffer
ing it to her.
Aunt Hannah drew her hands
and herself back.
“You are mistaken, sir; I have
my handkerchief,’ and as she still
hesitated her maidenly reserve took
the alarm.
“Oh, I understand the tricks of
You know very
my handkercief.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
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of the Baltimore Dental College,
DENTIST,
Wlll7'Scarboro, G-a.
p acUce in Emanuel and adjoining
counties.
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A MUTE MESSENGER.
BY MAUDE.
Among the many transient guests
that crowded one of the popular ho
tels of the Crescent City during the
past fall, were two ladies who at
tracted universal attention. One
was elderly, and evidently an aunt
or other near relative of the other
a fair, frail girl with curling brown
hair, and dark sad gray eyes.
One evening, just before nightfall,
they were sitting together on the
wide verandah, conversing in low
tones, on a subject of great interest
to the v ounger one at least, who was
leaning her cheek against the iron
railing, with her handkerchief fold
ed between.
How long has it been since you
and Mellville Graham had our lit
tle quarrel?” asked the elder lady.
“It was not a little quarrel aunty,
but one big enough to continue all
our lives, judging by his actions,”
How long since you saw him ?”
interrogated the other.
“Two years,” was the response.
“Two years! Why the man is a
cold-hearted flirt, and you are an id
iot to care anything for him now.
Take care my dear! you will drop
your handkerchief into the street.
What did your quarrel begin about
in tbe first place ?”
The young girl picked up her
handkerchief from the floor, and
folding it into a tiny soft pillow,
placed it again under her cheek and
answered:
It began about just nothing at
all, or something equally foolish—a
mistake. He culled one day when
I was out, and when I came in short
ly afterwards, I found him lying on
the sofa, and when I ran up to kiss
him his breath was strong with the
smell of brandy. I thought of
course, that he had been drinking
liquor, and was already too drunk
to sit up, and with such a conviction
said some very ugly words, which
he seemed not to comprehend. At
last I began to cry, and jerked my
self out of the room, slamming the
door in his face, for he got up and
followed me.” l
If he was a drinking man, 1 think
yuU did well to rid yourself of tbe
engagement,” said Aunty, compla
cently whirling a string of watch
charms around her finger.
“Susie, my love, there goes that
handkerchief again! It surely will
go into the street next time. Do
put it into your pocket.”
“No danger Aunty. I will be very
careful, 7 said Susie, this time crump
ling it up and placing it under her
cheek as she continued to speak of
her sorrow. . , , ,
But I was mistaken and acted
like an idiot, as I really was. He
was not feeling well that day, and
when he came in looking bo pale
and wan, mother insisted on his
drinking some brandy, and made
dowmthere on the sofa to
you city fellows!
well that is not
Catch me dropping handkerchiefs
over the railing to gentlemen in the
street. Thank goodness, my niece
has gone to her room, or you would
have been impudent enough to have
brought it to her, and she like a lit
tle goose, would have been ready to
make eyes at you for your gallantry.
Go your way young man; you have
failed this time.”
Slowly returning the way he came,
still holding the handkerchief in his
hand and with Hannah’s voice ring
ing in his ears, our friend Mellville
Graham was like one who walked
in his sleep.
Sweet memories came crowding
around him; memories of a lovely
girl with soft, tender eyes, who had
once hung upon his arm, and made
the earth a paradise for him. Some
thing in the sweet face that he saw
peeping over the railing reminded
him of that other face, and some
thing in the form he saw flitting up
the stairs aroused all those sweet
and bitter recollections from their
hiding place.
He sought his room that night,
and sitting down, buried his face in
his hands and gave himself up to
the dreams of the past. He recall
ed that fatal day, when, ill and fee
ble, he had sought his darling’s
presence, and had been met with
bitter taunts and accusations, in
stead of the loving caress he was
wont to receive. How unpardona-
bly hasty he had been in rushing
away without even demanding an
explanation. So sorely had his
niece’s sleeve, “did you drop that
handkerchief over the railing, after
all ?”
“Yes, auntie.”
“Did you drop it on purpose ?”
“No, dear auntie, it was purely ac
cidental.”
“God sent that handkerchief as
messenger to bring you two together,
and what He brings together, let no
one put asunder. Young man ! go
right off and get the parson. There
will be a wedding here to-day. No
more misunderstanding, mind you.
And that same day, up in Aunt
Hannah’s sacred room, with only
the necessary witnesses present, the
twain were made one, and went on
their way rejoicing.
The nnconscions little handker
chief that brought all this happiness
about was laid away in a perfumed
box, to be taken out again after
awhile, may be, and used as a shwal
for “dolly.”
So endeth my story.
Boys Not Suited to the Farm.
If the only good that a. boy ever did
about a farm was to repair the pump
hang gates, make mole-traps, put in
rake teeth, file tf!e saw and hang the
grind-stone, and he did'these thing:
well, obviously the farm is not the
olace for him—but a machine shop
is. If a boy will walk a half-dozen
miles, after the day’s work is done,
to hear a political speech; if he takes
time from play to attend trials be
fore a justice of the peace, and sits
np half the night when he is going
to school to learn declamations which
bring down the house at spelling
schools, most likel - he will do the
world more good if you put a law
book and not a manure-fork in his
hand. If he can earn more money
in trading jack-knives and fish-lines
on rainy days than he does in hoe
ing potatoes and catting in fair
wentber, give him a chance at the
yard-stick, and not have him around
troubling the other boys who are
handling horse-rakes and pitchforks
and the like employment. Again, if
boy is skillful in skinning small an
imals and stuffing small birds; if he
practiced making pills of mud when
he was a child, and extracting teeth
from the jaws of dead horses with
pincers when he grew older; if he
reaa physology while his brothers
are deep in Robinson Crusoe, he
will be far more likely to succeed
ith a lancet than with a scythe—
Phrenological Journal.
heart been wounded, that for nearly
two years he had rigorously exclud
ed her from his thoughts, and he
deemed his love vanished; but to
night, as his memory brought her
before him in all her beautiful and
loving innocence, he found that he
loved her just as fondly and devot
edly as when they clasped their
hands in betrothal.
As he reflected he took up the lit
tle mute messenger that had flutter
ed down into his face that evening
and began to turn it over and over,
holding it up to the light, and final
ly his eyes rested upon a name. He
looked closer and read in tiny let
ters, “Susie Bradford.” the name of
his first love. That she should have
seen and recognized him and drop
ped the handkerchief down on pur
pose to attract his attention was his
first thought, and man-like, bis van
ity was hugely flattered. His next
impulse was to rush to the hotel and
seek her out that night and have the
explanation that should have been
made two years ago.
Acting on this impulse, he rushed
round to the hotel and examined the
register to make sure. There it was,
the sweetest name in all the world
to him. On making inquiries, to his
great chagrin he learned that she had
retired for the night.
The next morning he called again,
and after sending up his name and a
pleading little note be began tramp
ing up and down the floor to conceal,
if possible, his agitation. Aunt Han
nah entered and instantly recognized
him as the “roaring lion” she had an
encounter with the evening before.
She had related the affair to Susie,
and took considerable credit to her
self for her shrewdness in buffing him
off. Seating herself in a large arm
chair in the middle of the room, she
watched his movements with the eye
of a lynx. She knew he was up to
mischief probably he meant to carry
off the silver ice pitcher. At any rate
she would see what he was up to.
There was heard a light step trip-
down the stairs, the rustling of
a silKenroue, «uu uumc ouu» wnwugu
the door, and into the arms of the
suspected man. Neither spoke, both
The following table of periods
which some of the most common
seed require in germinating is given
in the Michigan Farmer: Wheat, 1
barl y, 7; spinah, 3; mustard 3; let
tuce, 3; aniseed, 4; melon, 4; cress, 5;
hearts were too full for words. Aunt cucumber, 5; beet, 6; purslane, 9;
Hannah sat dumb with amazement, cabbage, 10; parsley, 40 to 50; hy-
At last a look of intelligence darted sop, 30; almond, 1 year: chestnut, 1;
The Price of a Good Boy.—In
his late book, Sir Samuel Baker re
lates a conversation with a sheik at
Gondokoro. This man’s tribe had
suffered greatly from the slave hun
ters, and j was hard in his complaints
against the trade. Sir Samuel got
on famously with him the man was
deeply moved at his description of
the sufferings of children and par
ents torn from each other, and it ap
peared that a hearty supporter had
been gained for the expedition. The
sheik presentlly asked Sir Samuel if
he had a son, and on being inform
ed that the writer's sons were unfor
tunately dead, replied,—
“I have a son an only son. He is
a nice boy, about so high, showing
the height upon the handle of his
spear. “I should like you to see
my boy; he is very thin now, but if
be remained with you he would soon
get fat. He’s a really nice boy and
always hungry, You’ll be so fond
of him; he’ll eat from morning till
night and still lie’ll be hungry. You
will like him amazingly he’ll givejyou
no trouble if you’ll give him plenty
to eat. He’ll lie down and go to sleep
and wake up hungry again. He’s a
a good boy, indeed; and he’s my on
ly son and I’ll sell him to you for a
molote!” [a native iron spade ]
Smothered by Foul Gasses.
Aybesville, September 9,1875.
Up the Air-line railroad, in the
neighborhood of Ayresville, occur
red yesterday one of the most ter
rible accidents it has been our duty
to c ronicle in many a day.
Two brothers, Dennis and Robert
Sparks were cleaning out an old
well in which bad accumulated nox
ious gasses. It is well known that
these gasses are frequently found in
low places—bottoms of well’s, caves,
mines, e c., and. have often proved
fatal in man instances. For this
fatal agent the ignorant do not know
how to account, and consequently
fail to guard against it. A lamp
however was lowered in a bucket be
fore one of. the brothers, Bob des
cended, which was extinguished im-
mediatel ■ upon its reaching the stra
turn of impure air. This should have
been sufficient warning, but they
supposed it happened accidentally
in some way, and F
Bob Sparks said
he would go down. Very soon he
called to the parties above to pull
him np quick, and at the same time
gave a convulsive clutch upon the
rope. He was immediately obeyed
when to the utter consternation of
those pulling him up, he relaxed his
hold and fell back dead, as the event
afterwards proved, The excitement
now was intense, but in the confu
sion of the moment the people at the
top of the well did the very thing
that they ought to have done, threw
wa er in the well. This dissipates
the fowl air and,admits the pure air
from above. After this was done
but not in sufficient quantities, Den
nis, Bob’s brother, said he would go
down. Trembling in every limb, he
got into the bucket and was lowered
to the bottom of the well: He had
ccomplishtd his object, and, prob-
bly, became frightened at being so
far under tbe ground with his dead
brother, when he hurriedly began to
ascend a ladder that extended a
short way from the bottom of the
well and ignored the rope. In his
haste, his foot slipped and he fell to
the bottom, and the fall and fixed
air that still remained proved fatal
to him.
The brothers lay dead together at
the bottom. They were finally drawn
up amidst the greatest excitement
and sorrow of the assembled crowd
The greatest sympathy exists for
the sufferors, and a feeling of solem
nity and gloom prevails over the en
tire community.—Atlanta Herald.
The Witriiery of Manner.
Almost every man can recall
scores of cases, within his knowledge
where pleasing manners have made
the fortunes of lawyers, doctors, di
vines, merchants and in short, men
in every walk of life. Raleigh flung
down bis laced coat in the mud for
Elizabeth to walk on, and got for
his reward a proud queen’s favor.—
The politician who has this advan
tage easily distances all rival candi
dates, for every voter he speaks
with becomes instantly his mend
The tones in which he asks for a
pinch are often more potent than
the logic of a Webster or a Clay.—
Polished manners have often made
scoundrels successful, while the best
of men by their hardness and cold
ness, have done themselves incalcu
lable injury; the shell being so rough
that the world could not believe
there was a precious kernel within.
Civility is to a man what beauty is
to a voma -. It creates an instan
taneous impression in his behalf,
while the opposite quality excites as
quick a prejudice against him. It
is a real ornament, worth more as a
means of winnidg favor than the fin
est clothes and jewels ever worn.—
T e gruffest man loves to be appre
ciated; and it is often the sweet
smile of a woman, which we think in
tended for us alone, that bewitches
our heart and lays us at the feet of
her whom we afterward marry.—
Home Guardian.
Growing Old.—How steadily the
years creep upon us, one by one, nn
til some day we are startled to find
ourselves grow old! It is curious to
see what different estimates people
put upon an old age at different pe
riods of their own lives. To the youth
in his te us the man of middle age
appears quite antiquated; but when
he himself arrives at forty years be
can scarcely believe he is no longer
young, and is astonished to see so
ma- y who were but infants the oth
er day; now jostling him as full
grown men in the race of life. Said
one gentleman to another in our hear
ing:
’‘'What has become of all the old
men? When you and I were boys
there were many old men about and
now they seem all to be gone.”
“Ab,” said his friend with a smile
“ask these youngsters where the old
men are. They’ll tell you, aud you
will find yourself among them.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal
says his head was the shape and
size of a Bullitt county watermelon
and he was so black that charcoal
wonld make a light mark on him.—
Tbe goat was asleep leaning against
tbe side of the house. The darkey
was smoking a decayed cigar. He
espied the goat, looked at the lit end
of his cigar, grinned, then
at the tail end of the goat,
“grinned louder,” looking all around
to see that nobody was looking, and
touched the lit end of the cigar to
the tail end of that goat. The goat
tur ed a hand-spring, and the negro
opened his mouth to laugh, but the
goat butted him so quickly between
he chin and bis breeches pockets
that his jaws came together making
a noise louder than the report of
gun. The negro’s hat, boots, and
cigar lay in a pile ten feet off, while
bis body was curled up like a horse
shoe in the mouth of a sewer-open
ing. When he “came to” he looked
around at each one in t e crowd,
and dispersed the crowd by saying:
Will some ob ‘you gemmen’ shoot
me wid a pistol?” A nigga dat’s as
big a fool as I is ain’t got no busi
ness libin.”
The Yankee Outwi \ ted.—A Yan
kee and a Frenchwoman owned
pig in copartnership. When killing
time came they wished to divide the
meat. The Yankee was very anx
ious to divide so that he would get
both hindquarters, and persuad
ed the Frenchman that the proper
way to divide was to cut it across
the back. The Frenchman agreed
to it on condition that the Yankee
would turn is back and take choice
of the two pieces after it was cut in
two. The Yankee turned his b ck
and the Frenchman asked:
“Vich piece will you have—ze
piece wid ze tail on him, or ze piece
vat aint got no tail?”
“The piece with the tail,” replied
the Yankee.
“Den, by gar, you can take him
along, and 1 take ze odder one,
said the pleased Frenchman.
Upon turning around the Yankee
found that the Frenchman had cut
off the tail and stuck it into the
pig’s mouth.
rear old girl, as she tripped into my
‘a rain storm
Ashamed to Sweak Alone.—Why
is it that the most blasphemous
oaths are always in a crowd? The
profane swearer would not dare to
go into bis private chamber and nt-
ter those horrid imprecations. No,
no he wants them to be heard and
laughed at! It is the greatest of
cowardice to swear in a crowd; what
you wonld not do in secret. “I will
give you $10, said a man to a pro
fane swearer, “if you will go into
the village gravevard|at 12 o’clock
to night and swear the same oaths
you have iust uttered, when you are
alone with ~
hinr4ie down ther-
wait for me.” , . ,,
“Goodness gracious! what a girl -
why didn’t jou send for him and
explain everything? said Aunty,
jumping up from her chair and pac-
ine up and down.
“Mother did, but he bad gone
away, and we have never heard from ^ ^ ^ ^ _
or of him since, hand-i across her kindly, dear, old face. peaeh, i; rose, 2; filbert, 2 and haw-[ Go to strangers for charity and ac
God. ‘Agreed,” said tbe
man, “an easy way to make $10.”
Well come to morrow and say you
have done it and the money is
yours” Time passed on,
came. The man went into the
graveyard. It was a night of great
darkness. As he entered the grave
yard not a sound was heard, all was
still asdeath. i Then came the gen
tleman’s words to his mind with
power—“Alone with God!” rang in
his ears. Afraid to take another
step he fell on his knees and cried
‘God be merciful to me a sinner.”
—
XV U1UOV ww w■— —
tering mau in Berlin to hail a street
car, because they call a street-car a
pferdestrassenelsebahtnonhitwagen,
for short.
Nettie Goes Visiting. —“Ain t
you exprised to see me?” said a five
J 1
house in the midst of
“The rain fell all over me like it ran
down through a strainer, and I shook
ed it off but it wouldn’t stay shook-
ed. I asked God to stop, but there
was a big thunder in the way and
he could not. hear me, I under-
speck; and I most know he couldnt
see me, ’cause a black cloud got
over my head as black as—anything
Nobody couldn’t see little girls
through black clouds. I’m going to
stay till the sun shines, bnd then
when I go home, God will look down
and say, “Why, there’s Nette! She
went to see her auntie right in the
middle of the rain; ’ and I guess he’ll
be just as much exprised as you
as!”
The .first newspaper had its birth
in Italy. It was a monthly, publish
ed in Venice by order of the govern
ment, in manuscript, as printing bad
not been invented. It was called
a Gazetta, which word is a derivative
of Gazzera, the name ofamagp
chatterer. According to the Phila
delphia American journulist, the
epoch of the Spanish Armada in
Englaud was the epoch of the first
English newspaper. In the British
Museum are preserved several news
papers which were printed in 1588,
A Story for the Girls.
Sit down on the porch children,
and let me tell you about Aunt Ra
chel and the story she once told
me, One day when I was about
twelve years old, I had plannned to
go after strawberries, but Aunt Ra
chel said to me: A girl of your ago
should begin to learn how to do
housework. Take off your hat roll
up your sleeves, and help me to do
the baking
I pouted and sighed and shed
tears out was encouraged by a prom
ise that I might go after the baking.
Under good Aunt Rachel’s directioif
I mixed up a big loaf of bread, pla
ced it on a tin bright as a dollar,
and was rubbing the flour off me
when she called out: This will nev
er, never, do, child j’ou haven’t
scraped yonr bread-bowl clean.
I shall never forget the picture
she made standing there, her eyes
regarding me sternly, one hand rest
ing on her hip, while in her other
she held the untidy bowl.
It will never do, child;.she went
on it is not untidy, but it makes too
much waste; to be a housekeeper,
ou must learn to be economical.—
ou have heard the story of the
oung the man who wanted an econ
omical wife?
No, I answered, and I might have
added that I didn’t wish to hear it,
either.
Well, she continued he was a very
likely young man and he wanted a
careful wife, so he thought of a way
he could find out. One morning he
went to call upon the different girls
of liis acquaintance., and ask them
each for the scrapings of their bread
bowls to feed his horse. You see
they all wanted him, so they got all
they could for him. Finally he found
a girl who hadn’t any, so he asked
her to become his wife, because he
thought she would be economical.—
Now said Aunt Rachel, triumphant
ly, supposes young man should ask
you for the scrapings of your bread
bowl, what would you say?
What could I say: I repeated
scornfully why I’d tell him if he
couldn’t afford to-buy-cats for his
horses they might starve. I would
not rob the pigs to feed them.
I suppose Aunt Rachel thought
her lessons was all lost on me but; as
true as you live, I never kneed the
bread to this day without thinking
of her lesson in economy.
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Yc
while the Spanish lay in the Brit-
tish Channel. Tbe earliest of these
is entitled the English Mercuric
which, by authority, was imprinted
at London, by her Highness’s print
er, 1588.
How often the presence of a doc
tor, if he be a great, good-natured
man is bettertbau his pills andbowof
ten it is that a sepulchral, owl-like
doctor coming into a sick room car
ries death with him almost, and will
look a man into eternity with his
great glowering eyes. A desponding
Time passed on, midnight hopeless doctor ought never to pine
tice medicine—he ought to be a sex
If on the other hand, a doctor
Keep Your Promise.—A boy bor
rowed a tool from a carpenter prom
ising to return it at night. Before
evening he was sent away an errand
aud did not return until late, Be
fore he went he was told that his
brother should see t e article return
ed. After he had come home and
gone to bed, he inquired and found
that the tool bad not been sent to
its owner. He was much distressed
to think that his promise had not
been kept, bat was persuaded to go
to sleep and rise early the next mor
ning. By daylight he was up, bnt
nowhere was the tool to be fonnd.
After a long and fruitles search he
set off to his neighbor’s in great dis
tress to acknowledge his fault. But
how great was his surprise to find
the tool on t e neighbor’s door stone
And then it appeared from the prints
of his little bare feet in the mud that
the lad had got up in his sleep and
carried the tool home, andgone back
again without knowing it.
Of course a boy who was prompt
in his sleep was prompt when awake
He lived respec ted, had the confi
dence of iiis neighbors, and was pla
ced in many offices of trust and prof
it. If all the grown folks felt as
this boy did, there wonld be a good
many tracks of bare feet some of
these bright mornings, and what
piles of tools and nmbreallas, and
books would be lying at the owners
doors.
ton.
is genial and buoyant, how many
cares he sweeps away. How much
courage he imparts. Tbe sight of
his face is almost as beneficial as
good digestion and good blood.
Taking good care of stock means,
m a general way, making animals
comfortable. That is about all there
is of it. To be successful in feedinj
stock a man must become interests
the work must be a pleasure, not
task: the person innst be quick to
apprehend the wants of the animals
and prompt in supplying them. A
blundering, heedless mau has no
business among stock.
Honey from thf Scripture.—Do
not think it enough if yon learn to
spell and to read, and to say the
words of the Scripture, but seek to
learn the truths of Scripture. Do
as the bees do. A bee when it sees
a flower does not fly round and round
it, and then off again like a foolish,
idle butterfly. It settles on ths flow
er and sacks the honey oat of it.—
You should do as the bees do—you
should settle your t oughts on what
you read, and try to suck the honey
out of it. A linost every vers in t e
New Testament has its honey. Al
most every verse contains a spiritu
al truth fit to nourish some sonl or
oth r.
Half a century ago, a family lived
in Lousiana in which where two sis
ters, very young. The parents died
and left them helpless. They were
adopted byfdifferent families became
permanently separated, and went to
other parishes' Both married young
and finally become neighbors in the
same parish, where they resided in
the same neighborhood and visited
each other for about thirty-five
years before discovering they were
sisteis. The discovery took place
sist vF:ir, and w»s celebrated
