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SMITH & MONTGOMERY
Book and Stationery Company,
2008 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.
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All on the Ground Floor. You can buy all the Books in the following list for a few
dollars. The most appreciated gifts after all. Fill in your empty book shelves.
SET BOOKS.
■ Macaulay's Essays and Poems,
cloth, 3 vols.$1.25
Macaulay's Essays and Poems,
one-half leather, 3 vols. 2.50
Macaulay's History of England,
cloth, 5 vols. 1.25
Macaulay's Historv of England, one
half 1-ather, 5 vols. 2 50
Green's History of England, one-half
leather, 4 vols. 2.00
Dcllourrlenne's Napoleon, 5 vols.... 5.00
Prescott's Mexico, one-half leather, 3
vols.v....a . 3.50
Prescott’s Mexico, cloth gilt top, 3
vols. 1.75
Prescott's Mexico, cloth, 3 vols_ 1.25
Prescott’s Ferdinand and Isabella,
one-half leather. 3 vols. 3.50
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella,
cloth gilt top, 3 vols. 1.75
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella,
cloth. .3 vols. 1.25
Prescott's Conquest Peru, one-half
leather. 2 vr.ls. 2.50
Prescott's ' Conquest Peru, cloth,
gilt top, 2 vols. 1.15
Prescott's Conquest Peru, cloth, 2
vols. 0.85
Marla Correlll’s Works, cloth, 5
vols. 1.25
Count of Monte Crlsto, cloth, fi
vols. 1.25
Cooper's Leather Stocking Tales, 5
vols. 1.25
Cooper's Sea Tales. 5 vols. 1.25
Emerson’s Essays, clolh, 2 vols_ 1.20
Emerson’s Essays, one-half leather, 2
vols. 2.50
Boswell's Life of Johnson, 4 vols.. 2.50
Hugo's Les Mlserables, 2 vol. 1.25
Hugo’s Les Mlserables, gilt top, 2
vols. 1.50
Hugo's Les Mlserables, white and
gold, 2 vols. 3.00
Lorna Doone, white and gold, 2 vols. 3.00
Josephus, cloth, 3 vols. 2.50
Bryce's American Commonwealth,
vols. 4700
SETBOOKS.
Fronde’s Short Stories on Great
Subjects.T. 4.00
Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities (Illus
trated) 2 vols. 3.BO
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (half
morocco), 2 vols. 4.00
Motley's Dutch Republic. 3 vols. 6.00
Shakespeare (Hudson’s notes), 12
vols. 7.50
Thomas Nelson Page's works (half
calf), 4 vols. 10.00
Stories from Scribner (cloth), 6 vol
umes. 4.25
I.ever's novels, 5 vols. 3.75
Charles Reado's novels, 4 vols. %23
Ruskln's works. 15 vols. 10.00
Dickens' works (cloth). 15 vols. 3.32
Dickens' works (cloth), 15 vols- 5.00
Ruskln's works (line, cloth). 15 vols
. 10.00
Dumas' works (fine, cloth), 15 vols
. 9.50
Waverly works (fine, cloth), 13 vols
..*. 9.50
Thackeray’s works (fine, cloth), 10
vols. 7.75
Billwer’s works, cloth, 13 volumes..? 4.50
Bulwor’s works, fine cloth, 13 vol
umes. 7.50
Bulwer’s works, fine cloth, 13 vol
umes. 10.00
George Eliot's works, fine cloth, 8
volumes. 4.00
Smollett’s works, cloth. 6 volumes.. 8.50
Landor’s Imaginary Conversations,
5 volumes. 5.00
John Estin Cooke's works, 11 vol
umte. 12.50
Charles Rea.de’s works complete, 16
volumes. 15.00
Strickland’s Queens of England, 7
volumes. 5.00
Hugo's works. 10 volumes. 15.00
Plutarch’s Lives. 4 volumes. 2.50
Short History, Our Own Time, one
half leather. 2.50
Carlyle’s French Revolution, one
half leather.3.75
Here
Are
Some
of the
Many
Poets.
James Whitcomb Riley, complete.
Red Line Poets, 50 cents.
Poets in Halt Leather, 50 cents.
Westminster Edition of Poets.
Poets in New Buckram Binding.
Poets in Full Leather.
The "Woodbine Edition.
Imperial Edition.
Household Edition.
Vignette in tree calf.
Vignette in limp calf.
Olive Edition. t
Portrait Edition.
Poets In Sets.
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Samuel Minturn Peck’s Poems.
Here is a list of some of our
elegant library books ranging
in price from 30c to $1.00 per
volume, bound in best cloth
and half leather.
The Old Poets, by Lowell.
Emerson’s Lectures and Addresses.
Views A-foot, by Bayard Taylor.
Lorna Doone, by Blackmore.
On the Heights, by Owerbach.
Sesame and Lilies, by Ruskin.
Consuello, by George Sand.
Uarda, by Ebers. *
Egyptian Princess, by Ebers.
The Cloister and Hearth, by Reade.
Other Worlds Than Ours, by Proctor.
Origin of Species, by Darwin.
Tom Jones, by Fielding.
The French Revolution, by Carlyle.
Amlel's Journal.
The Koran.
Data of Ethics.
History of Civilization, by Guizot.
Wandering Jew. ' ;
Les Miserables.
Ten Thousand a Year.
The Count of Monte Cristo.
Tristam Shandy.
Tom Burke.
Valentine Vox.
History of France.
It is quite impossible to give
all of our Children’s B ioks, but
we mention a few of the leading
books by the best writers :
Mr. Rabbit at Home, by Joel Chandler
Harris.
Uncle Remus, etc., by Joel Chandler
Harris.
The Century Book for Young People.
Laura Richards’ books.
Fannie Bell Irving's books. /
Vonge's Child’s History.
Kate Douglas Wiggins’ books.
Mrs. Whitney’s books.
James Otis' books.
Schoolboy Days in Japan.
Schoolboy Days in Italy.
Alcott’s works.
All of the Henty books.
Noah Brooks’ books.
Mrs. Burnett’s new book.
The Young Marooners.
Thomas Nelson Page’s works.
The Kanter Girls—a new book.
Zigzag Around the World--the last one.
Elsie Dinsmore series.
Baliantyne's Books for Boys.
All Kinds of Fairy Tales.
Chatterbox for 1895.
Toy Books, Linen Books for the Babies.
Blocks and Games of all kinds.
KS^Bibles and Prayer Books.
See our Bags ter Bible for
#1.45.
I|X2I^The cheapest line of Dolls, Toys, Wagons and Velocipedes in the city.^'Sg^
PICKED UP AT RANDOM,
\ Few Things of a Local and General Nature
"Spun and Woven For Public
Wear.”
If Mr. Amos Bultung of Toadvino does
not become the richest man vn Alabama
It will be because the railroads of the
country have conspired to sit on him.
In the eternal fitness of things Mr. But
tling proposes to save the meat of all the
cattle and hogs killed by the railroads
in the United Slates. When it Is remem
bered that there are 170,000 miles of rail
road in the United States, and that year
in and year out there is a hog or cow
killed for each mile of road ll will be
seen that 170,000 cattle and hogs are
killed yearly. Mr. Bultung says he can
not prevent the killing, but has directed
his inventive talents to saving the moat
of the animals thus killed. Ills Invention
brings into the railroad yards each day
all the stock killed that day. He makes
no other charge for the use of his inven
tion, but will prorate with the different
roads, taking as his share one-third of
the meat. The railroads will skin and
quarter and sell the meat, and for this
get two-thirds, Mr. Bultung gets the
other third. The average weight of the
stock killed, quartered and sold each
year by the roads will be 34,00.000
pounds of fresh meat, worth at 4 cents
per pound $3,400,000. Mr, Bultung’s share
will be $1,333,333 1-3 per annum. This will
be Mr. Bultung’s Income for the next
sixteen years, which easily puts him at
the head of the rich men of the stale.
Mr. Bultung was a populite In politics
and an ardent advocate of free silver.
He says now that he wants no silver In
his—gold Is good everywhere, and gold
he wants.
Mr. Bultung's Invention Is so simple
that the wonder Is no one ever thought of
It before. He took much Interest In
showing It to your reporter, and It was
not much to show. It was simply a se
ries of Iron or steel rods. At the end of
earh was a harpoon point. These steel
rods are fastened to the sides of the en
gine, projecting just 4 feet beyond the
cow catcher, and as the Indolent cow
grazes upon the track, or the enterpris
ing hog feeds on the spilled grain they
will be plrced hy one of the projecting
points and safely and surely brought to
the railroad butchering pens. There will
be no blood or hair to disfigure the Inju
ries. as there are now, but It will he
quickly and cleanly done, neither will
there be any chance to derail the locomo
tive and kill the numbers of passengers
and employes that in the past have been
so frequent.
Usually, said Mr. Bultung, the car
casses are left to rot on the ground where
the accident happens and 34.000.000
pounds of meat lost to the world—enough
to support 500.000 people a year.
Six Iron concerns In Birmingham are
now figuring, on the manufacture of the
rods, as It will require 60.000 sets of them.
Ballroad presidents, savs Mr. Bultung.
are tickled to death at the invention and
the great saving of meat, and several of
them have offered to take the thing off
Mr. Bultung’s hands and pay him sev
eral millions for it. hut he has spent too
many sleepless nights over his Invention
to give it away, and he is now seeking
some capitalist to assist him in the man
ufacture of his “cattle points.”
When I suggested to Mr. Bultung that
his points would be as fatal to men on the
track as to cattle.he said: "Not at all. All
as to cattle, he said: “Not at all. All
you have to do in case a man is caught
on one of the points is simply to unscrew
the point of the rod which catches the
man. draw the man off and let him go.”
The efTect on Toadvine will be magnifi
cent, for Mr. Bultung will build a beauti
ful palace there at once. He will lay out
the streets, plant trees and build a dum
my line at once to Birmingham so as to
place himself In easy touch with the
[ Commercial club. Mr. Bultung has in
vited the club to dine off the first car
cass, and the mayor of Birmingham will
welcome them In one of his beautiful
speeches under a bong tree. A theater
will be built and a troupe hired to run
it all the winter. Mr. Bultung proposes
to spend his summers abroad and get
more in touch with the aristocracy of the
world. That he has hit upon an El Do
rado no one can doubt who will see the
prongs and hear him amplify.
« • •
The poets are already contributing to
our Random Column. In my mail of yes
terday I received the following:
Back Again in the Gloaming.
Written for the Random Column of the
State Herald:
(A return to the "Pope House,” at Good
water. Ala., after an absence of several
months prospecting in the mountains.)
A feeling of rest comes o’er me,
A sense of ease from pain—
For I’m free from things that bore me,
And back 'mong friends again.
There were smiles that gave me greeting
That were smiles to me divine—
'Twas a wnrm-like, home-like meeting,
From some old time friends of mine.
Some smiles that the world may give you
Are as ripples lead astray—
For the mirage waves deceive you,
Soon vanish and then betray.
Out in the wide, wide world, lonely
I.ike rudderless bark at sea;
A friend that Is true can only
Be rudder in storm for me.
Warm hearts of true friends will blindly
Beat In rythin thro' all the years;
And whenstormH break o'er them,kindly,
They will dry each "Other's tears.
Then back again In the gloaming.
By the fireside’s warmth and light.
From tile mountains, valleys roaming,
I'll dream of the stars tonight.
'Tis a place where the lamp lights burning
God the shadows everywhere—
Burn tlie brighter when returning.
There’s a welcome that’s sincere.
W. E. HORNE.
Goodwater, Dec. 11, 1895.
* • *
The coming cat show will be very re
freshing after the chrysanthemum
shows, baby shows, etc. There are many
tine grimalkins In Birmingham and they
do honor to their race. The cat is the
culmination of fine traits in the animal
world—he is the custodian of music and
the conservator of the public peace. He
Is the finest examplar of the domestic vir
tues. He has pent up In him enough
strange sounds to drive people crazy,
yet he only emits them on moonlight
nights. Thus he exemplifies the virtues
of self-control. He holds within each
each foot chain lightning and buzz-saws,
and yet he never uses them except un
der rare provocation. Thus he is the
personification of patience. He has nine
lives, yet he sometimes lies down and
dies. Thus he is the embodiment of self
sacrifice. He has the form and move
ment of the tiger, yet he is gentle almost
10 Insipidity. Thus he shows self-pos
session. He loves a canary bird above all
else, yet he rarely eats one when the
cage Is out of reach. Thus he displays
his abstemnlousness.
• * •
In an energetic, moving community
like Birmingham the speed with which
the city directory is compiled and print
ed forms a valuable feature. In several
former directories It has required some
six months to get them out. It took
three months to compile the directory
and three months to print It. The re
sult was that there were many changes
in the interim and the value of the book
was considerably lessened. It Is gratify
ing to note that no such complaint can
be brought this year. The directory for
1896 will be compiled during the present
month and will be printed during Jan
uary. The directory will be issued from
the publishing house of Roberts & Son,
near neighbors to the State Herald, and
the work on It will be pushed with great
rapidity. The extensive facilities of the
printing establishment of Roberts & Son
will enable them to issue the directory
more quickly than could be done else
where in the state.
* • •
Twenty-five years ago was the year
1870. Has the county progressed since
that year? Let us see:
1870. 1895.
38,55S,371.Population.66,000,000
22 miles ..Railroad speed an hour ..45 miles
It days.Crossing the Atlantic... .5V4 days
None.Electric street railroads .450
3900 .Telegraph offices.21,166
None .Telephones .650,000
Velocepedes.Bicycles
Only a few.Advertisers..Every live man
• « •
If you don’t believe Christmas is nearly
here, just look at the advertisements in
the State Herald and then look in the
stores of the merchants who are wide
awake enough to do this advertising.
Each one of them meets you with a smil
ing countenance, and is possessed of that
’’get-up-and-get’’ spirit so characteristic
of the live merchant.
• • *
The cotton planter discovered a few
years ago that the sale of cotton seed
and other by-products paid the expenses
of his crop. The coal mine operators are
learning that the by-products from coal
will pay the expense of mining. A ton
of coal yields twenty pounds-af sulphate
ammonia, fifty pounds of tar and waste
gases useful for fuel to the amount of
3000 cubic feet of illuminatingkgas.
• • •
The habitual theater-goer never leaves
until the play has been concluded. He
feels under a sort of moral obligation to
stay and see the hero rewarded and the
villain punished. If he left before the
curtain fell his conscience would upbraid
him for deserting the hero while he was
yet in the toils of the villain and before
he had successfully overcome his trou
bles. ‘'All the world’s a. stage, and all
tho men and women merely players.”
The man who commits suicide leaves tho
play before the curtain falls. He should
slay and see it out. He makes his exit
before the plot has been unfolded. There
Is a moral obligation resting on him to
play his part through. "Act well your
part; there all the honor lies.”
• * •
"Oh, marriage Is a lottery,” said she—
Then love-letters from the mails should
excluded be.
* • *
What people think of a man doesn’t
matter so much as what he thinks of
himself.
Don’t spend your money
foolishly, but buy one of those
$18 tailor-made suits or over
coats,
$1145.
J. BLACH & SONS’
Manufacturers’ Sale.
BABY SHOW
Methodist bazaar, Thursday
afternoon, 3 o’clock, Dec. 19.
Why pay high prices for
your toys, dolls and fancy
goods when you can save
money by buying your goods
from the
BIRMINGHAM BOOK CO.
John B. Roden, Manager.
The largest stock and as
sortment of rugs, portiers,
curtains, shades and poles in
the city. H. Herzfeld.
AN OLD FASHION CANDY
PULLING
Methodist bazaar, Wednes
day night, December 18.
THE HUEY GUARDS
Will Give a Reception at Their Armory Next
Friday Night in Honor of Their
Former Captain.
The Huey Guards of East Lake will
give a reception at their armory next Fri
day night in honor of their former cap
tain, Mr. G. F. Hart, who now lives in
Jacksonville, Fla. It will also be the
evening for their monthly drill, which is
known as “ladies' drill.” The following
invitations have sent to a large number
of their friends:
"The Huey Guards respectfully invite
you to be present at "ladies’ drill" and
reception, given ini honor of Ex-Capt. G.
F. Hart, Friday evening, December 20,
1895, at their armory, East Lake, Ala.
"Invitation committee—Lieut. N. D.
Lacy, Sergt. W. H. Cahoon, Private W.
L. Hassett.
"8 to 12.”
Time, correct time, to buy
overcoats is right now while
you can get one of those ele
gant black or blue $15 coats
for $9.85.
J. BLACH & SONS’
Manufacturers’ Sale.
OH, WHERE
are you going to buy your
presents? Of course at E.
Gluck’s. 12-15- 2t
ANNUAL ELECTION
Of Officers of Southern Club Held Last Night.
The Old Officers Re-elected.
The Southern club held its annual elec
tion last night, at which all Its old of
ficers were re-elected for the ensuing
year. The following are the officers:
President, MaJ. Frank Y. Anderson.
Vice-president, Jack W. Johnson.
Board of governors—F. S. Foster,
George D. Allison, F. F. Ellis, James E.
7,lints and I. H. Barr.
Secretary and treasurer—T. H. Ben
ners.
Election committee—A. C. Crowder, R.
H. Baugh. S. L. Earle and W. P. Ward.
The club has been very prosperous the
past year, the membership having in
creased considerably and its financial
qondltion also being better than ever be
fore.
■' The club will hold another meeting next
Thursday night to consider the matter
of a hew home.
'• Next Thursday night the club will have
a german In honor of Mr. W. E. Leak
and Mr. D. M. Forker and their brides.
2020--FIRST AVENUE-2020
Harry Mercer’s Christmas
gifts in watches, jewelry, etc.,
are great. Go and see them.
O. P. O. J. S. Remember the
number, 2020. Prices to suit
everybody. 41-13-18-22-23
WHY HE GREW FAT.
Story of a Popular Birmingham Man Who Tips
the Beam at
It is an interesting story—that related
by Capt. Paul Gilardonl as to how he
grew fat. He was once a little boy, Just
like other boys. He had his ups and
downs just as other boys, was spanked
as much as most boys and grew to be a
man as other boys. But his avordupols
came upon him from eating well-cooked
food. He knpws what good cooking is.
and at his now famous cafe in the Ers
well building, on Nineteenth street, he
sets before his customers daily and
nightly the very best, richest, rarest,
daintiest edibles Imaginable. Go, reader,
and try one of Paul’s lunches, square
meals or “hand-outs,” and you will grow
fat. _
SOME NEW EODKS.
Recent Publications That Are Creating a Fu
rore in Birmingham.
For the holiday trade the Smith &
Montgomery Book and Stationery com
pany this season have the handsomest
and most extensive line of goods ever
brought south.
*Among the books from the leading
publishing houses of the world those of
the Frederick A. Stockes company, as
usual, are in the greatest demand, and
are gotten up in the best style.
Prominent among the recent publica
tions of this house are “The Red Spell,"
by Francis Gribble; "Bohemia Invaded,”
by James L. Ford; "Sinners Twain,” by
John Mackie; "Lyrics of Love and Na
ture,” By Mary Berln Chapman; "Lake
wood,” by Mary H. Norris, and a beauti
ful new edition of Walter Scott’s "Lady
of the Lake.”
Every one of these books Is published
With the desire to please the most fastid
ious, and from a literary and artistic
standpoint they are not excelled by any
publication of recent years.
These are but a few among the thou
sands of new and attractive publications
that Smith & Montgomery have, and
the throngs that are now daily crowding
their store tell well how such enterprise
is appreciated in Birmingham.
80UTHERNEAILWAY.
Atlanta Exposition — Improved Railway
Service.
Tickets are on sale via the Southern
railway to Atlanta on account of the ex
position at rate of *3.80 for the round
trip, good returning within seven days
from date of sale, and *6,55 for the round
trip, good returning within fifteen days
from date of sale, and *7.55 for the round
trip, good returning until January 7, 1896
The exposition is now open In full force
and every one should take advantage of
the opportunity to attend.
Three trains daily, Birmingham to At
lanta—
No. 38 Lv Bir. 5:55 am. Ar Atlanta 11:10 am
No. 36 Lv Bir. 3:35 pm. Ar Atlanta 8 65 nm
No. 12 Lv Bir. 12:15 am. Ar Atlanta 6:55 am
All trains carrying Pullman sleeping
Effective October 6, the Southern has
added another train to the service be
tween Atlanta and New York. The "Ex
position Flyer” leaves Atlanta at 4 p. m
and arrives at Washington at 11:45 a. m
and New York at 6:23 p. m. Only twen
ty-five hours from Atlanta to New York
Returning train leaves New York via
Pennsylvania railroad at 11 a. m. and ar
rives Atlanta 10:20 following morning.
Train will be a solid vestibule of Pull
man drawing room sleepers between New
York, Washington and Atlanta and first
class vestibule coaches between Atlanta
and Washington.
The schedule of No. 36, known as the
"United States Fast Mall,” has been
changed between Atlanta and Washing
ton, lessening the time out between At
lanta and New York. Train now leaves
Atlanta at 11:15 p. m. and arrives Wash
ington at 9:40 p. m., New York 6:23 a. m.
For informant n appiv to
L. A. SHIPMAN. T. P. A.,
10-10-tf_2201 First Avenue.
Don’t be foolish and pay
your tailor $25 or $30 for a
suit or overcoat when you
can buy the same for
$14,85.
J. BLACH & SONS’
Manufacturers’ -Sale. 1
Pasteur's Talent as a Painter.
Those who knew Pastour best havo al
ways averred that If he had abandoned
chemistry ho would havo made a great
name for himself as a painter. Bonnat, to
whom Pasteur sat for. that portrait which
has been so frequently reproduced in block
and white, is said to have held this opin
ion. A few years ago tho privato apart
ments of tho puo d’Ulm were adorned
with a picture of Pasteur’s mother by her
famous son which went far to justify the
contention of Pasteur’s friends. It re
minded one of thd work of Bastion Lcpago.
At Arvois, where Pasteur spent his child
hood and youth, there are about a dozen
sketches In various houses of Pasteur’s
companions in his earlier life, uil of which
show talent. Though science claimed
Pasteur as her own, u good deal of that
leisure which he so grudgingly allowed
himself was spent in the galleries of the
Luxembourg close to his home, and ho
showed special jptercst in tho work of his
countryman pnd protege, Auguste Poln
tclln. Put for Pastopr, Folutelin would
havo found tho beginning of his career be
sot with inn uiiierablo difficulties. The
great savant made him come to Paris and
held out a helping band. “I have had a
triplo reward,” said Pasteur. “I have
holped a good fellow and a great artist,
and I have experienced the purest of ploas
uro in the contemplation of Ills pictures.
Ho has Brought tho Jura, as it wore, to
my very door. ”—Saturday Review.
Bought Them Back.
A Now York man bought his own des
pised horse back at an auction salo not
many moons ago, and now a tale to match
it comes from London. A man with a
passion for good bargains in secondhand
furniture failed to secure a wife who shared
it. When the house got so full of relics
that there was no room for more, she se
lected a few pieces which sho thought
would not be missed and sent them to an
auction room to be sold. Tho evening of
the day of the sale came, and with it a re
turn of all those pieces and a fow more.
Her husband had happened in on tho sale
and, not recognizing his own furniture,
bought it over again at a bargain which
mado the terms of the original purchase
sink out of sight.
Where Her Batter Came From.
There is a woman hero—quite a promi
nent woman, too—who lias lots of monoy
and n kind hoart. That’s really about all
sho has to recommend her. She gave a
luncheon recently.. Thocieam for the ber
ries and tho butter were so unusually good
that one of her guests remarked it.
“Yes.” said the hostess complacently,
"wo have all our milk and butter sent in
from our farm every day. Thoy make
butter out there—havo a regular creama
tory, you know.”—Washington Post.
Unappreciated Liberality.
“You are going to bo tried before a very
liberal judge,” sold a lawyer to his client.
"I am gin*of that.”
“ You needn’t be. If you are found
guilty, he’ll give you all the penalty the
law allows.”—Detroit Free Press.
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French-Engl i»ti. /
Perhaps tho following may amuso your
readers: Some years ago at Cannes in
passing the small shop of a tailor I read
this notloe: "Orders executed with stage
coach and dispatch."—London Spectator
General freight and passen
ger office of Southern Railway
removed to No. 7 North 20th
Btrest. Telephone 846.
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