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FEMININE FASHIONS. WHAT TO WEAR IN THE AUTUMN. Ov.r autumn modes arc fairly well- established, and fashions current, now will probably differ little or not at all from those wo shall wear throughout the winter. A few modifications or improvements may be made, but that essentials will change is not likely. In Paris tomato and lerra-cotta are favourite colours, but Frenchwomen are not conserva- tive, nnd we need not follow their lead too closely, for the colour worn to-day will very likely be discarded to-morrow. The French are fond of colour, a.nd the quiet self-colours many Englishwomen prefer are less esteemed abroad. We say definitely that the taste of the Parisienoe inclines to red, but French toilettes usually are beautiful colour har- monies. If plain EtUITS are worn, they are braided more or less elaborately, or they are piped with velvet. Piping is not greatly admired here, however. Braiding, on the con- trary, is always favoured, and is in keeping with our taste for subdued colours and materials. Tailors and dressmakers charge a great deal for embroidery of the kind, but with a little trouble women can do the work themselves and save the cost of professional labour. SLEEVES. Tho chronicler of fashions to be must always congratulate herpelf when any prophecy she has made respecting them is fulfilled, and the assertion that sleeves were to he smaller and show the natural line of the arm is now confirmed. The very exaggerated elope of the shoulder has ceased to exist; at least, it is very rarely seen. Many sleeves have a puff just at the shoulder. and fit the arm below. Other sleeves, as I have earlier written, describe a series of puffe carried the entire length of the arm; they are full a.nd set close together, being graduated from shoulder point to wrist. The Tudor sleeve is the sleeve of the future, and the Tudor corsage, stiff and formal, with its exoessively long point carried far below the waist, and a stomacher very much in evidence, convince us that the much-talked-of revolution in dress is beginning, and that the step from one extreme to the other has been taken. TAILORS Fashion our coats with sleeves as close-fitting as are those of a riding habit, and the cut- away basque is a.nother feature of the style most in vogue. Velvet collars a.nd revers. are set on in the old way. Sometimes rather wide velvet cuffs finish the sleeves. FUR AS A TRIMMING. Many dresses are being trimmed with fur. For tweed, cloth, and serge suits inexpensive pelts are requisitioned, but brocade, velvet, and other costly fa-brics for evening wear are bordered with sable, or with chinchilla, or with ermine. Very beautiful was an evening gown of cream brocade, the skirt hemmed with fur, and the bodice trimmed with narrow sable to match. A little old lace, mellowed by age, was a further addition that added materially to the beauty of the dress. THE ROUND BOA. There is some talk of the round boa. coming in again. By "round" I mean the hoar constrictor-like shape worn by our grand- mothers in the long vanished past. Thus fur is less protective to the shoulders than the stoles and pelerines fashionable of iate, but the round boa keeps the throat snug and warm, and it possesses the added merit of novelty. Furs of all kinds are wonderfully dyed a.nd otherwise treated, so that it is not easy to distinguish between the most costly pelts and their spurious imitations. White haird aro laboriously inserted in some skins naturally guiltless of euch hairs, with a view to bringing about a close resemblance to certain very expensive pelts marked in like manner. The loom has lately produced some remarkable textiles, one of which at a short distance looks exactly like very close, fine astrachan. It is made both in black and white, and is known as "Persian ripple cloth." If the cloth is combined with a little mink, the deception is nearly complete, and almost certainly escapes detection. Crushed plush is another textile that will be much used for eac-coats and jackets, and very handsome they look if lined cream satin and trimmed lace. Lace that is tinted is the kind most used to trim crushed plush. There is a decided fashion for fur ca.pes with long ends. The cape reaches no further than the waist, the stole ends starting from the waist line. Nutria, which is one of the more inexpensive furs, is made so like beaver that an expert might be deceived. Moleskins have had their day, and are rarely seen in the furriers' shops. Some stylish new coats are made of astrachan; they are double-breasted, and have pockets inserted near the waist, in front. There are a few shawl-shape mantles to be seen. These may herald the return of the shawl proper, which was contemporaneous with many of the resuscitated modes now in fashion. This points to the possibility, if not to a pmKi.hil ity, of the adoption of the ehawl in the near future. PORTIERES. These draught-excluders should he found in every home, for not only do they add grer.tly to comfort, but they give also a more furnished look to a room. A curtain of this kind is not necessarily an expensive luxury There is one, 59 inches wide, which costs than eight shillings; the colours are crimson l-eacock blue, and olive green. Other portierea look very charming trimmed with the "Idyll" banding already mentioned. Portiere rods cost from Is. 6d. to 13s. The self-raising rod ia the best. GENUINE SCOTCH SHORT CAKE. One pound flour, Jib. butter, Jib. sugar. Mix sugar and butter to a cream; gradually add the flour (which should be slightly warmed). K-iead well, the longer the better. Lay the paste en a board, press with the hands into sheets half an inch thick, and bake in a moderate oven. APPLE TRIFLE. Ten apples, peel of one lemon, one pint new milk, yolks of two eggs, and some whipped cream. Pare, core, and peel the apples, cut them in slices, and boil with lemon peel' and water until tender. Sweeten to 'taste. Beat to a pulp. and pour into a glass dish. Make a custard of the milk and yolks of eggs, sweeten and flavour with vanilla. When oold pour over the apple, and put some whipped cream on the top. FRENCH PUFF PASTRY. Very many cooks excellent in other branches of cookery fail to make good pastry. The recipe following was given to the writer by a French chef, and, if carefully carried out, the reeult is all that can be desiredBreak two ounces of fresh butter i into a pound of fine, well-dried flour, then beat in the yolks of two eggs, and a little water, these to be added gradually to the flour to ma.ke a smooth paste. Press the remainder of the pound of butter in a cloth to remove moisture. Roll out the paste, put a third of the butter on it in patches, dredge lightly, fold over, and roll out very thin taking care the butter does not break through the paste. Repeat three times. Set the pastry aside m a cool place for ten minutes Roll out thin; set aside again for a second or two. Fold over, roll again, and it is readv for use. Add a pinch of salt to the flour. PICKLE FOR HAMS. There are many ways of pickling hams, but for those who like the flavour of garlic the following method will be found most tasty- — Half-pound garlic, or a little less, which must be chopped fine, 2oz. saltpetre, ioz. salt prunella, and lib. coarsest brown sugar. Mix all these ingredients thoroughly with as much salt as you judge sufficient. Rub the pickle well into the hams every day for a week, turn them, and rub every day for a month, pouring the pickle over. The hams may then be smoked or dried in the usual manner. Bacon should not be cured earlier than the end of November. NASTURTIUM SEEDS. These seeds are excellent as a substitute for capers. Indeed, some persons like the flavour of the seeds better than the capers of commerce. Gather the nasturtium seeds on a dry day, and throw them into strong brine for a. day or two; then store them in bottles, and cover with cold vinegar, and seal down. Caper sauce is nice with some kinds of boiled fish, and chopped capers are an agreeable addi- 1.1011 to. many salads. The nasturtium seeds supply the place of capers in both directions. AN AGREEABLE REMEDY FOR A COUGH. Take a pint of blackberry juice, strained, and a pound of barley sugar. Boil them jjently until the sugar is dissolved, then bottle and cork the mixture. Take a spoonful when the cough is troublesome. Blackberries are getting scar-e. so that no time must be lost in ma.king this efficacious pectoral remedy. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Constant Reader" (Bristol).—Tea would stain coloured material no less than white damask tray cloths. The only substitutes I can suggest a.re the larger size ornamental dish-papers or white American cloth pinked at the edge. The cloth is sold in many pretty soft colours also, and a sponge would clean it easily after an aocident.

BEYOND RELIEF. Jacob Felt ham, a Wiltshire labourer, who had worked aJl his life on one farm, met his death under pa.thetic circumstances. He had reached the age of seventy-three, and, being unable to work any longer, he tramped from Chitterne to Warminster to ask the guardians for out-relief. The guardians granted ten three shillings a. week, and no sooner had. he left the beard-room after tho lmacvitw? thaa h* fcU

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'I MEDICAL. Cramp in the Legs.—II. L. H."—Sub the affected parks at bed-time with some com- I pound liniment of belladonna and chloro- form. Tape-worm.—Cower.—A dose of male fern I extract at bed-time, followed by a black draught next morning, is the best remedy. Apply to a chemist for suitable doses. j Hair Removal.—"Worried H. W."—We do not believe that the special preparation you I name is of any use to yoa. The only way to kill hairs is by an electric red-hot needle. Catarrh of Nostrils. — "Gothic." — Your nostrils would be improved by syringing them with the spray of diluted Glyeo-thymolme. Consult a chemist as to a proper syringe. F. Sisley.—We think that the symptoms are due to change of life, and will bo recovered from after a time. Moderate food, no alcohol, and frequent desee of saline purgative aio desirable. "X. K. T."—Itfeiancholia dees not necessarily cause a disordered intellect, in audition to the sadness and despair of mind. A person with melancholia may be a good mathema- tician or a literary learned man. Too Heavy.—"Sprinter. '—Having got to two- stone heavier at 23 years of age, you cannot consistently with health return to 9-stone weight by any means which would not be risky to health; so give up the idea. W. liiomfield.—Your symptoms point to a partial palsy, and we are quite unable to prescribe a form of treatment. Go to the Regent's Park HospitaJ for Nervous Diseases and Paralysis for advice; apply first by letter. Rheumatism.—"Boots."—Your diet seems very good; a little gin and water at bed-time might do good. Try the effect of a tablet of Asperin twioe a day; you can buy theee tablets in bottles, and rub the parts with compound camphor liniment. Cracking Joints.—"Webster."—We presume this is due to a form of rheumatism, and you may try rubbing into the skin, over the joint-s, somo ointment made of oil of Gaul- theria, one and a half drachm, mixed with two ounces of lanoline. Coated Tongue.—"Health, W. If."—As you have tried all proper remedies, we can only suppose it is a personal peculiarity, or else there is a cause whieh YOU not stated; perhaps emoking, or snuff, or alcohol; stop the cause is the best advice we can give. Drink Crave.—"J. P."—of course, a gallon of ale daily makes you ill, and it is a wonder it has not killed you. Your only chance is to become a total abstainer. For the first few days a small teaspoonful of Worcester Sauce in a glass of water will relieve the craving for alcohol. Varicose Veins of the Legs.—"W". R."—The legs require to be carefully bandaged every morning, and the bandages always removed after getting into bed; or else an elastic stoclÜng can be worn. In some cases these veins can be cured by surgical operation. If you neglect them you will have one or more uicers before long, aud such ulcers often last for years.

LEGAL. Stepfather's Estate.—" Cymro."—You are not entitled to any share in your stepfather's e8'ta,t-e. Dog.—"Bryn."—A finder of a dog is entitled to keep it as against all the world except the true owner. Wife's Property.—"Gwen."—If the marriage took piace alter 1862, or if the wile acquired the property after that date. Tenancy.—" Verax."—There beinb" no agree- ment, the landlord has no claim against the tenant lor non-cultivation of a small garden attached to a house. Prosecution.—A Conservative."—The matter to which you refer is a civil, and not a criminal, master, and the limit of six months does not apply. Brother's Thtate. Mit>timua.Your eldest brother is heir-at-law and entitled absolutely to the freehold property. He can, therefore, do as he threatens. Map—"Constant Reader."—There is no such right to inspection as you suggest- Com- plaints to the Incorporated Law Society must be supported, by evidence on oath. Sale of Goods.—"F. H. B."—It is not possible to answer your question without a fuller knowl-^ge of the facts, and we suggest that you consult a local solicitor. Agreement.—"Glanlliedi." As far as we can judge from your letter, the agreement is not enforceable, but it is difficult to advise with- out seeing the document. If there is a time limit it can be enforced. Share of Profits.—" fear any claim you may have is statute-barred. It 18,. however, impossible to advise without knowing under what circumstances the share became payable. Rates.—H. L V. T."—The owner of a house value more than jElO per annum is not liable to pay water rates, but if'the premises are let to weekly or monthly tenants he can be assessed to the general district rate. Club.—" Anxious."—The owner of the premises can do as he proposes, unless he has entered into a covenant not to do so. cr an order been made that the premises shall not be used as a club. We cannot answer questions in any particular issue, though we always do so as quackly as possible. Frontage.—" R. H."—Nro one can take away a part of the gardens without obtaining compulsory powers under an Act of Parlia- ment, and in that case you would be entitled to compensation. You had better consult a local solicitor at once if you are threatened. County Council-—"J- II. W."—A person is qualified to be elected a councillor if he is registered as a Parliamentary voter in respect of ownership of property of whatso- ever tenure in the county, notwithstanding thsA he may not be on the burgess roll nor a householder. Debt.—"M. A. P-"—A debt-collector cannot compel the debtor to pay any charges. You are, however, wrong in your view as to costs of summons. If you are summoned the costs of the summons would be added to the debt. Your creditors are not bound to accept the debt by instalments. I Brother's Debt.—" M. A. A."—You had better write to your brother that you will only accept the 7s. per week on account of the whole debt, and that unless he writes to you agreeing to this you will sue him for the whole amount. If he does not send you this acknowledgment, you had better put the matter into the hands of a local solicitor art once. Judgment Debt.—"F. C."—There is no authority which will give the information you desire. There is no need to start fresh pro- ceedings in the county-court if you have already obtained a judgment in the High Court; in fact, it would be improper to do so. The best course is to issue a judgment summons in the county-court and subpoena the debtor to attend, when you can examine him as to his means. Landlord and Tenant —"M. W."—We have already answered your questions. A tenancy at an annual rent payable quarterly is, in the absence of express agreement to the con- trary, an annual tenancy, and can only be determined by either landlord or tenant by six months' notice expiring at the anniver- sary of the comtnencement of the tenancy. The landlord cannot raise the rent without giving a sufficient notice to determine the tenancy. The tenant can accept a notice to leave given by the landlord, even though the notice is shorter than he is entitled to receive. Furniture.—" Daily Reader."—So far as concerns the furniture which you are pre- senting to your daughter on her marriage, the matter is simple. You can either have the bills in your own name or hers, and the property cannot be seized by her husband's creditors. As to the furniture purchased by the husband, the only safe course is "to have an ante-n upti al settlement. If the bills are in her name it will'not prevent the husband's creditors seizing if they could prove that he paid for it. If you decide to have a settle- ment it had better include all furniture. Slander.—"Anxious."—If a person imputes Slander.—"Anxious."—If a person imputes unchastity to a woman, the person affected can maintain an action without proof of special damage (Slander of Women Act, 1891). You will see, therefore, tnat your quotation is wrong, so far as it applies to women. If the words spoken bear the inuendo that "K" has been unchaste (and we think they do), they are actionable. The defendant, being a married woman, cannot be com- mitted to prison for non-payment of damage, and the same can only be recovered from her estate. Municipal Council.—"Electioneer."—A person shall not be qualified to be elected or to be a councillor unless he is enrolled and entitled to be enrolled as a burgess, or, being entitled to be so enrolled in all respects except that of residence, is resident beyond seven miles but within fiften miles of the borough, and is in the separate non-resident list directed to be made by the. Municipal Corporation Act, 1882, and in either of those cases is seised or posseeced of real or personal pro- perty, or both, to the value or amount in case of a borough having four or more wards of £1.000, and in the case of any other borough of £500, or" is rated to the poor-rate in the borough, in the case of a borough having four or more wiards on the amnual value of £30 and in the case of any other borough of £15. Insurance.—It is against, the policy of the law to allow any person's life to be insured by one who has no pecuniary interest in the continued existence of the insured. A wife may insure the life of her husband because the. insurer is entitled to maintenance from the insured, but not vice versa. You appear to have no insurable interest in the life of your child, and the policy is, therefore, void on that ground. The limit of insurance on a child's life having been exceeded, the policy is unenforceable also on that ground. You should apply to the society for the return of the premiums, M it was clearly improper to accept them under the circumstances, but you 'have no legal remedy if the society refuse to pay. Unfortunately, there are a large number of insurances effected every year in which payment of the amount insured cannot be enforced, though the societies insuring or their agents know all the circumstance.?.

GENERAL. "W. B. I."—The lamp you refer to is used for scientific and medical purposes. H. Richards.—The Sunday Closing Act was passed in 1831, and came into operation in 1 September, 1882. 1 "Hwlffordd."—Yoa had better write to some aeeo&d-hsjQd boodfise)3*r, who *wiH gtv* you all A t.8e iaformfttfom ceeeaMtzy. p

MINOR MATTERS. POLICE-COURT AND OTHER PICKINGS. CAEELEON EOY'S ADVENTURE. The missing Caerleon boy, Harry Ilayward, was found wandering at Marshfield on Mon- day, and has been restored to his friends. ALLEGED LLANGYFELACH BURGLARY. Alfrod Beaton and David Clements were remanded at Swansea on Monday on a charge of breaking and entering the Old Compass Inn, Llangyfelach-road. CARDIFF DOG STEALER FINED. At Cardiff on Monday Frederick Jen- nings (18) was charged with stealing a dog, its collar, and lead, the property of Mr. Ernest Farthing, of 179, Richmond-road. He was fined 20s. and costs, or one month. CRUEL ABERDARE MEN. At Aberdare Police-court on Tuesday Ben Morgar was fined £5 for cruelly beating a prize dog, the propert.- of John O'Sullivan. At the same court David Hughes was fined £3 for ill-treating a horse. KICKED A MAN IN THE FACE. At Sv. ansea Police-court on Tuesday Thomas Thomas, a Watkin-street labourer, aged 44. was sentenced to two months' hard labour for a gross assault upon an old man of 69, named Mark Grey, by kicking him in the hce. SWANSEA SHOP GUTTED. By a fire which occurred at midnight on Monday the printing shop belonging to Edward John Saph, situate at the corner of Villiere-street, Hafod, Swansea, was des- troyed. The cause of the outbreak is un- known. The shop—a small place—was gutted iu about an hour. DRUNK IN CHARGE OF A CHILD. Mary Casey was charged at Swansea Police-court on Monday with being drunk whilst in charge of a child under the age of seven years in Cambrian-place, Swansea. —She was discharged on promising to go away. MERTHYR BLACK-LSTER WARNED. George Lewis, a "black-lister," was fined 40s. and costs at Merthvr on Monday for being drunk at DowLais. The Stipendiary warned him that if he were brought up again he would be sent to prison for six months. HEAVY FINE FOR ASSAULT. At Merthyr on Monday a young fellow, named Benjamin Jones, was fined 10s. and costs for being drunk and disorderly at Merthyr, and was further fined £10 and costs, or two months, for committing a violent assault upon Police-constable Sparkes, by whom he was taken into custody. ASSAULT AT BARRY. At Barry on Monday Ludwig Nar- stand, Norwegian ship's carpenter, preferred a charge of assault against Henry Stephens, haulier, Fryatt-street, Barry Dock. Mr. J. A. Hughes, solicitor, appeared for the com- plainant, and Mr. A. Jackson, solicitor, defended. Defendant was fined 10s. and costs. CARDIFF POLICE OFFICER ASSAULTED. At Cardiff on Monday James Jones was charged with assaulting Police-superin- tendent Hayward. The police officer stated that the prisoner, who had accused him of watching him, punched him violently in the chest, and then, catching him ro: 1 the legs, nearly succeeded in throwing him.—The Bench sentenced the prisoner to three months' im- prisonment. LIVING ON THJEIR WITS. William Bowen, 25, and John Roberts, 45, pleaded guilty at Pontypool on Saturday to stealing 110 pounds of lead, valued at I 15s. 6d., the property of Moses Adams, builder, of Abertillery. The lead was stolen from houses in course of erection at Llanhilleth. and the men were sentenced to three months' hard labour each. Sergeant Berry described them as public-house loungers, who lived on their wits. ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT AT MAESTEG. At Bridgend on Tuesday Edward Denly, labourer, of Maesteg, was charged with criminally assaulting Laura Sayers, aged twelve, daughter of Charles Sayers, ganger on the sewerage works at Maesteg, with whom prisoner lodged. The little girl com- plained that prisoner had entered her room and got into bed with her. He was remanded until Saturday in custody. STREET BETTING AT BARRY. At Barry Police-oourt on Monday John Ridge, 39, Richard-street; George Grigs, 39, George-street; and Thomas Clements, Graving Dock-street, Barry Dock, described as commission agents, were summoned for fre- quenting Dock-street, Barry Dock, for the pur- pose of betting. Mr. F. P. Jones-Lloyd defended.—Clements and Ridge were fined .£5 and costs, and Grigs, who had been previously convicted, was ordered to pay £10 and costs. SUNDAY DRUNKENNESS AT RUMNEY. Two women, named Elizabeth George and Ada Wheeler, both of Cardiff, were charged at Newport County Police-court on Monday with being drunk and disorderly at Rumney on Sunday, the 2nd inst. The first- named, who said she had a bottle of whisky with her. told the bench she remembered nothing after having drunk part of it. In the result George was fined 40s., or one month's hard labour, and Wheeler 25s., or 14 days' hard labour. CARDIFF WOMAN SENT TO GAOL. A woman named Edith Evans, who had been convicted and fir: i £5 for keeping a dis- orderly house in Cardiff, where she led an evil life before going to Plymouth, was at the latter town on Monday summoned for im- portuning men in Union-street. The Chief- constable (Mr. J. D. Sowerby) said the case was a<'iou.nKld some time ago, and defendant did not appear at the adjournment. A warrant was, therefore, issued for her arrest. —The Magistrates sent the woman to gaol for a fortnight. DESERTED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. George Dance is a Merthyr man, but his unwillingness to live with and maintain his wife and two children, caused him to appear at Aberdare on Tuesday.—Warrant- officer Richards proved the case, and eaid that the defendant had previously acted in a like manner. The total cost which had devolved upon the Merthyr Union for lh2 maintenance of the defendant's wife and children was £4 Os. 4d. Dance had no defence, and was sent down below for six weeks, TRAMPS AT NEWPORT. At the fortnightly meeting of the Newport Board of Guardians the number of tramps relieved was shown to be still going up. The I number given shelter during the last fort- night was 325, as against 206 in the corre- sponding fortnight of last year. No less than 132 were Bent to lodging-houses, where their fees were paid, and when, they escaped I the task which is imposed at the guardians' tramp ward.—A vote of thanks was awarded ro the officers for helping to make the con. ference of the South Wales Poor-law guar- dians at Newport a success. A DEAR TWOPENNYWORTH. For taking twopennyworth of coal from the tips of the United National Colliery at Risca, on September 9. Aaron Crooke, an old man, employed at the colliery, was on Saturday at the local police-court fined 10s., or seven days' imprisonment. Mr. H. 6. Lyne, who appeared for the prosecution, said it was not the value of the coal that the company looked at, but the fact that the defendant, who had been warned before, was in constant work, and could get his coal at cost price. It was necessary to put a stop to the theft of ooaJ. Defendant said he had been working at the colliery since he was nine years of age. ABERYSTWYTH RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIA- TION. A public meeting convened by the Aberyst- wyth Ratepayers' Association was held at the Town-hall to consider the question of the borough finances. Dr. Harries presided.—Mr. F. Morgan declared that the association during its three years' existence had done more for the good of the town than the town council had done in twenty years.—A Voice: Question ?—Mr. J. Gibson, jun., a member of the town council, said there was a certain person on that body who had a blind follow- ing, and one or two members were powerless to carry out any measures of reform.— Addresses were also delivered by Councillor T. H. Edwards. Mr. J. Gibson, sen., Captain Doughton, and others. BARRY WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND. Sarah King applied to Mr. J. Lowdon and Mr. W. H. Lewis at Barry Police-court on Monday for a separation order against her hus- band, James Henry King. a boilermaker, of 15, Kingsland-cresce"nt, Barry Dock, on the ground of persistent cruelty.—Complainant stated that she had been married sixteen years. Her husband had frequently beaten her. He had also threatened her with a. knife. Her husband's earnings averaged £6 per week.—Defendant said he was quite will- ing to be separated from his wife, and the Bench granted a separation order, defendant to contribute 50s. per week towards the main- tenance of his wife and children. PENARTH TRAMWAY SYNDICATE. At an ordinary meetyg of the Penarth Urban District Council off Monday evening a letter was read from Messrs. Herbert Lewis and Fletcher, Cardiff, stating that the syndi- cate were prepared to consider terms sug- gested "by them." The words "by them" rau&ed confusion in the minds of members as to whether the council was referred to or the syndicate.—The Clerk pointed out that the matter could only be proceeded with by rescinding the resolution passed against the proposals by the council at their last meet- ing cm the subject.—Notice was given to this sffect by Mr. Guy send aecoinfed.-Develop- axcsBts -am^uitiadpatod at the next meetta".

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