June 22. 1398. .
One of our readers desires to know
when the tramway charter expires by_
law. Forhis information and that of
the general public we quote from the
company’s charter:——“Sec. .14, all the
powers and privileges herein given to
\said'cbmp’any shall cease and .be de-
,tarmined at the expiration of four
years from'the rising of this assembly.
less. there shall have been located
and constructed in the mean .time,
and shall be in actual operation here-
under, a tramway or tramways of the
aggregate length of one mile.” The gen-
eral assembly of 1889 which granted
. this charter rose June 22. 1889 and four
years later bringsfus to June 22, 1893.
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Democratic Club.
About fifty democrats met at the club
rooms in the Price building lastiTuesday
and voted to make the late campaign
club a permanent orginization. A com-
mittee was appointed to draft a consti-
tution and by-laws and re port at a meet-
ing to be held at the same next Tuesday
evening. It was also voted to secure a
lease of the rooms where the meeting
was held. The following ofiicers were
elected: » _
James T. Hubbell, President, Wil-
liam Sheldon, Darius N. Couch, George
Honnecker and William Mullen, Vice-
Presidents. Samuel Weed, Financral
Secretary, Leslie L. Sherwood, Record-
- ing Secretary, Frederick Mead, Treas-
urer. -
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Prison Convicts.
The state board of pardons will meet
December 5, at 11 a. m. There are
fifteen petitions on the docket,six of the
petitioners having petitioned before.
There are nine new cases. viz : In Hart-
ford county, Horace .F. Niles, burglary,
sentenced March, 1889. for five years.
R. J. Leyden, December, 1890. for five
years,attempt at rape. Morris Murphy,
horse theft, 1890, three years. George
L. Twiss,attempt to rob. December 31,
three years.
New Haven county, Christian Green,
horse theft, October, 189], three years.
William Johnson, murder in the second
degree, 1884, life. Daniel J. Webster,
attempt at rape, February, 1890. eight
years. -
Fairfield county, Patrick Enright,
rape. October, 1889, ten vears. Charles
E. Waterbury, kidnapping, March,
1892. four years.
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Gov.—Eiect Morris’ Staff.
Got-elect Luzon B. Morris has an-
nounced his staff as follows :
Adjutant General—Edward E. Brad-
ley, New Haven.
Quartermaster General—John P.
Harbison, Hartford.
Surgeon General—Patrick Cassidy,
M. 13., Norwich. ‘
Commisary General—William J amie-
son, Middletown.
Paymaster General—Henry A. Bish-
op, Bridgeport.
Aides-de-Camp—H. Holton Wood,
Derby ; Charles S. Andrews, Danburv;
Louis F. Heublein, Hartford; Salmon
A. Granger, Winsted.
_heo. Chlchester’s Will.
~i'he will of the late Theodore Chi-
chester has been offered for probate. It
_ leaves his entire fortune, estimated at
‘ some hundreds of thousands of dollars.
to his mother, Mrs. Caroline Chiches-
ter, of Brooklyn, who is now 92 years
of age. After her death, it goes to his
sisters, or in case of death, to
their children. They are Mrs. Wil-
liam D. Camp, of Brooklyn; Mrs. P.
L. Cunningham, the Misses Myra and
Caroline Chichester, of South Norwalk;
Mrs. A. Morehouse, of Darien, and the
late Mrs. Harriet Brower, her surviv-
ing children being Mrs. R. P. Beatty
and Harvey I. Brower. The executors
of the estate are Peter L. Cunningham,
Theodore Camp and A. Morehouse.
Electors Meet Next. Wednesday.
On Wednesday, December 7th, the
Democratic electors of the State of
Connecticut will assemble in Hartford
and cast their vote for Cleveland and
Stevenson. This is the day set by the
constitution for all the electors in the
different states in the union to meet
and cast their votes fot the presiden-
tial candidates which the majority of
the voters in their respective states have
decided upon for their choice. As there
are but six electors in this state it will
not take buta short time for them to
announce their vote, so the meeting
probably will not last but a very short
time. The electors will select one of
their number to act as messenger to at-
tend the meeting of the electoral col-
lege which is held in Washington early.
in December. The messenger.is enti-~
tled to the same mileage as a congress-
man, which makes the duty of carrying
the result to Washington pleasant as
well as quite lucrative.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
Thirty-five ydung men, delegates to
the fourth annual convention of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, gathered
at St. John’s church, Bridgeport, Sun-
,day for their business meeting,
swhich followed the preliminary exer-
cises of Sunday. The ‘meeting was
called to order by the president, H. H.
Heminway of Watertown. After dis-
posing of several minor matters the
followmg officers were elected: Presi-
dent, H. H. Heminway; secretary, J.
L. Scott of Watertown; treasurer. C.
F. Mitchell of Waterbury; standing
committee, H. H. Heminway, Water-
town; W. D. Morgan, Hartford;Al-
fred Gildersleeve, Portland; W. C.
Sturgis, New Haven; The Rev. Mr.
Nleson, Norwich ; The Rev. Mr. Gra-
ham, Norwalk, and C. F. Mitchell,
Waterbury. -
- The services on Sunday were not
only largsly attended but interesting.
Bishop illiams, the aged but vigorous
presidmg officer of the diocese was
present and preached a sermon appli-
cable to the young men who constitute
the brotherhood.
The Saint Andrews brotherhood is a
society of yOung la men connected
with the Protestant Episcopal church,
who are organized for the purpose of
bringing personal and individual ef-
fort to bear upon men not under the
influence of the church, and to than
spread the power of the gospel of
Christ. There are chapters organized
in the various parishes, and these are
under control of a central council.
It is said that the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road intends to
put on fast trains between Danbnry
and New Yorkwhen the new time table
goesinto effect. The crews will run
through to‘New York- and return and
the train will include through mail and
express services.
WEEKLX, -‘ NORW’ALK - GAZETTE;
Discharges Revoked.
Governor Bulkeley has issued an or-
der revoking the dishonorable discharge
of Colonel W. Cone, Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Thompson and Major Smith, field
officers of the FirstC. N. G., who were
dishonorably discharged by him, J anu-
ary 22, 1890.
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Veteran Odd Fellows.
The seven oldest living members of
the Odd Fellows in Connecticut,_w_ho
arevall charter members of Quinnipiac
Lodge, No. 1. of New Haven, are as fol-
low: H. H. Foote, who joined in Octo- -
ber; 1839 ; Calvin Russell, on January
25, 1841 ; Robert Sizer, January 28th,
1841; Albert Minor, August 30, 1841;
D. O. Thatcher. January 28, 1841; C.
0. Clinton, August 25, 1842. Theold.
est member, Aaron Belden, who jorned
in September, 1839, died a few days
ago in New Haven.
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Robbed His Benefactress.
A story has just come to light that
John T. McAldine, who has for some
time been posing as a religious man
and general reformer, is not all he pre-
tends to be. He Went to Fairheld and
enlisted the sympathy of Mrs. Almira
Hill, a wealthy Widow, and she. as-
sisted him in studying for the_minis-
try. He is now accused of robbing her
of a large portion of her property and
also of running up heavy debts. He
then disappeared. A year ortwo ago
he was largely instrumental in carry-
ing the town for no license.
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Stanton-Reed.
Mr. Noel Stanton of Orchard street
seated himself in a tivo horse'sleigh
yesterday afternoon and driv1ng.to
South Wilton was met by Miss EliZa
Reed. They then went to the home of
Rev. Mr. Dykeman. at Cannon Station.
where thev were made man and wrfe.
Getting into the sleigh again they
were driven back to Mr. Stanton’s
home. On going into the house they
were not a little surprised to find quite
a party of neighbors assembled and
a wedding feast prepared. Congratula-
tions were extended to the newly
wedded couple. A very happy evening
was passed. The Gaznrrn extends the
usual congratulatiohs.
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Hints for Husbands.
Christmas time is always a most vex-
ations period for the men of the family
—what with the demands on them for
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extra money and their desire to do_ -
something right down nice, combined
with their ignorance as to the best Way
of going about it, they are in a fix
which they usually wriggle out of by
saying: “ Here, my dear, take 850 and
go and buy something for yourself. I
don’t know what. you want and a man
always feels such a silly in a store 'With
a lot of girls asking him questions he
hasn’t the most remote idea how to an-
swer.”
Now, dear, generous man, this is all
very nice for one gift, but just _you go
before the rush begins and pick out
something entirely to your own taste
that you mean to surprise the little
wife with on Christmas morning. _It
may not cost over a dollar, but it Will
be warmly appreciated, we can assure
you. Money is always an acceptable
gift, but there is something in a fool-
ish little woman’s heart that responds
with a world of tenderness to the fore-
thought that prompted you to go all
by yourself and choose something of
which she knew nothing about. '
It isn’t its value she looks at. but it
shows her that under the business ex-
terior and the rather prosaic manner
there lies a substratum of love that all
the years of .married .life have only
strengthened. and the little gift 15 em-
blematical of far more to her than all
the usual offerings of the Christmas
season. Remember this, you busy,
kind-hearted but thoughtles masculines
—if it is only a handkerchief, a pair of
gloves, apretty brooch or a bottle of
perfume, be sure that you have stored
away for the best woman in the world
some little gift that will surprise her by
its wealth of kindly meaning when
Christmas morning dawns.
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The Widow Aggrleved.
Lizzie T. Cartwright in June, 1885.
was 45 and single and resided with her
sister, Mrs. Hunter in Norwalk. Sam-
uel H. Barnes was 75 and also single
and also resided in Norwalk. Had they
continued separate instead of linking
themselves in matrimony the suit of
Lizzie T. Barnes against William H.
Starr and others, now on trial before
Judge Hall, would not have been
brought. . _
By his solicrtation, says the Farmer,
Miss Cartwright frequently performed
little household services for Mr. Barnes
and performed them well.
In June, 1885, he asked Miss Cart-
wright : "How would you like to mar-
r me?” '
Miss Cartwright remarked that there
was considerable disparity in their ages,
and she would like time to think it
over.
Some time after that she told Mr.
Barnes that if she married she wanted
a man who would give her as good a
home as she would leave. Ber septu-
genarian lover assured her that he was
prepared to do that, and in July of the
same year they became engaged.
A fierce opposition sprung up among
his nephews, nieces, cousins and other
relatives. Mr. Barnes received an
anonymous letter in which it was set
forth that Miss Cartwright only Wished
to marry him for his money. One day
in the summer of 1886 he proposed _to
his fiancee to sign an ante-nuptial
agreement in which for a consideration,
of $5,000 she was to release all claims
on his estate. ,_
In her testimony yesterday. she said
that he promised to destroy this_agree-
merit as soon as they were married and
that he only wished her to sign it in or-
der that he might use it to appease his
relatives. She signed and on August
4. 1886. they were married. .
Mrs. Barnes further testified that the
relatives continued to poison her hus-
band’s mind against her, so that he
compelled her to subsist on salt pork,
rye bread and other such food. They
also induced him not to destroy the
agreement. He died in 1891. leaving
the bulk of his estate of $90,000 to
nephews and nieces and strangers of
his blood, cutting off his widow and
sisters.
The latter have opposed the probate
of his will and thewidow ones for a set-
ting aside of the ante~nuptial agree-
ment on the ground that it was ob-
tained by misrepresentation. ,Fessen-
den. and Stoddard are for the plaintifi‘
and Brewster, Tweedy & Scott and
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Miss M urray Appeals.
Miss Agnes Murray, of Greenfield
Hill, against whom Judge J. M; Hall
last week gave judgement for $1,750 in
favor of Miss Adelia Hubbell of the
same place, has given notice to Stod-
dard, Bishop & Shelton, her lawyers,
to carry the case to the Supreme court.
Miss Hubbell sued for $20,000 for rum-
ries received by a ram belonging to the
defendant. ‘
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An Early Morning Runaway.
As milkman H. W. Hawxhurst was
turning from Harbor avenue into Or-
chard street, at an early hour this
morning, with his milk wagon, he gave
his horsesa sudden cut with the whip
causing them to break the traces and
jump clear of the wagon. They then
started on a run through Orchard street
to Maple street to Franklin avenue,
where they were stopped by Eli Bur-
chard another milkman. About the
only damage done- was the breaking of
the pole to the wagon.
‘
One On Hendee.
A resident on Wilton avenue. whose
wife was suffering the agonies of death
from a carbuncle boil on the back of
her neck, seeing our good friend Hen-
dee with his little black piano-tuning
box in hand, rushing by his door, mis-
took him tor a physician and excitedly
called him in to look at the angry Job’s
comforter. ‘_‘Now what do you think
of that, Doctor? ” queried the fright-
ened husband. “I think it’s pretty.
bad" quoth Hendee, “and if I were you
'I‘ weald send and get a doctor. I am
| only a piano tuner.” . - '
V tury with the history of the state and
Mayor McGlnnis Explains.
We have just had an exceedingly pleas-
ant as well as a most comical visit and
explanation from his honor, Mayor
‘Rfihody McGinnis of Cobble Hill pre-
cinct. He says it was not a music stool
at all that he purchased for Lady Mc-
Ginnis’ birth-day present, but a rock-
ing chair. But the.interview can best
be given in Rhody’s own phrase and
dialect. Said he :——-‘ ‘1 know vey well
who tould yes. It was that bloody son
of an Italian, Clarity, who tould the lie
on me, for didn’t the spalpeen see me
lift the chair out 0’ me cart, an’ I’ll bet
he came peekin’ in me winder afther
dark, to see Mrs. Maginnis and meself
enjoyin’ ourselves a rockin’ awa in it,
sure. Does ye think I’m such a b arsted
fool I didn’t know ye could get no
more music out of a sthool than out of
me ould cart when it’s squakin’ for
grass. But say now, tell me, what the
divil does they call it a music sthool
for any way. when there’s no music in
the crazy contrivance? But I’ll git
even with Clarity, now you mind,—I
hav’ a sthory on hzm I’ll give yes to
print: but wait till I tell yes all about
me chair. Will, the rockin’ chair Wus
one uv thim patent Yankee contrap-
tions which will rock yes to slape and
make yes think ye’s in heaven, and the
divil a bit uv a rocker is there about it,
at all, at all. There’s a bit of a rhub-
ber ball, some big wires anda lot of
sthicks and fixins’ under the sate. but a
divil a bit of a rocker, and yit the ma-
chine will out rock a ship at sea in a
gale of wind, so it will; and will yes
cum up to me house and thry it yersilf?
“But about Clarity; now did yes ever
hear about his buyin’ the pig? Well,
this is how it was :—He wint over there'
beyont the sand-hill to hi. 3* u. pig and
when he wint in the road-house to it a
dhrink, he threw down the bag Wi the
pig in it on the sthoop outside, and the
divils of boys opened the bag and let
the pig out into a box and put a bit of
a black dog in Clarity’s bag, so whin
he came out a wipin’ off his chin, he
picks up his bag and throws it over his
shoulder and tramps ofl'. Whin he gets
home to Cobble dill he dumps his bag
into his pig stbye and bedad his pig
was a pup! Holy St. Peter, wasn’t
Clarity mad! He sazed the pup be the
tail, put him back into his bag and
thramped back to the sand hill and
whin he got forninst the saloon, he
was dry agin ; and he dropped the bag
outside and wint in for his sup, and
while he was there those divils of boys
let out the pup and puts back the pig,
and whin Clarity gotto the man’s as
sold it to him, he was a cursin’ and a
swearin’ at ’im and sayin’ as he was a
fraud and a cheate, and it was no pig
at all he’d sould him ; but when he
emptied his sack agin, begorra, out
dhropped the identical pig! ‘Well,’
says Clarity, ‘I want me money back,
I wont hav yer blarsted brade of pigs,
any way, for they have the divil in
thim and theys can bes pigs or pups
just as they pleases, the divils. ’ ”
Go Slow. Brethren.
Says the New Britian Record: The
Record would like to whisper softly to
its Republican contemporaries about
the state that they will make alarge
sized mistake if they allow the wily
Democratic leaders to precipitate a
.fight into the camp of Republicans
over the question of the senatorship.
Without attempting to account for the
reason the fact is apparent to every ob-
serving student of Connecticut poli-
ties that the enthusiasm of the younger
element and practical workers of the
party is almost entirely in favor of
making Governor Bulkeley our next
senator. He has stood the shock of
partisan abuse, misrepresentation and
calumny with unmoved and unrnfiled
good nature. Conscious thal he was
right in all his actions and obeying toe
supreme law of the state, has kept his
hand steadily at the helm and all has
been well. Asa worker for the suc-
cess of the party, as an organizer for
victory, Morgan G. Bulkeley has no
superior in this stare. He numbers
his friends by fans of tlmusa. ds. and
by his'perSonality arouses Innl't: rn-
thusiasm with the rank and file of the
Republican party than any other man
within its ranks. Morgan G. Bulkeley
never faltered in his earnest and hearty
support of the Republican party or its
principles. He has always been at the
front. He is not a sneak nor amug-
trump. He does not sit back and ask
for recognition because of any past as-
sociations, but his friends are asking
and they are going to ask very loud——
that he be rewarded for his present
and recent work for the party. We
want a senator at Washington who will
be in touch and sympathy with his con-
stituents here at home. A man who
will build up and strengthen the party,
and no man is better qualified than
Morgan G. Bulkeley. Regarding the
candidacy of General Hawley, we have
to say that it is an honorable ambition
on his part. General Hawley’s career
is interwoven fora quarter of seen-
of the nation. He has been a brave
and honored soldier and has rececived
the sobriquet of “The Gentleman in
Politics.” Honors have fallen often
to his share in the past. Governor of
the state; representative in congress;
president of the Centennial commis-
sion, and for many years our senior
senator in congress. An almost un-
broken record ‘of thirty years as an of-
fice-holder, military and civic. Is it
any disparagement of General Haw-
ley’s past, or is it anything more than
natural that other men want recogni-
tion? General Hawrey has been ad-
mired and respected for his sturdy
honesty of purpose and for his bril-
liant military career as a volunteer,
soldier, and officer. As a politician,
an organizer, a man in touch with the
workers and rank and file of the party,
he cannot be‘called a success. Gen-
eral Hawley has many friends; they
are. loyal and enthusiastic in his sup-
port. That is all right and proper,
but unfortunately for their cause it ap-
pears to be supported en masse by all
the Democratic papers in the state and
by but four or five of their own party.
We are sorry to see that some of them
are losing their temper and are throw-
ing sly dabs of mud at Governor
Bulkeley. Now, this is all wrong,
gentlemen. Go slow! Morgan G. Bulke-
ley is more than likely to be the next
senator from this state, and if you treat
him likea gentleman in this contest
you won’thave to eat so much crow
after his election. If General Hawley
should be so fortunate as to succeed him
self again, he cannot say but what the
opposition to him has been fair,
friendly and dignified. As we ob-‘
serVed before, and also at the head of
this article, it behooves the opponents
of our popular governor to go slow?
He is evidently 'the coming man. “It
is better to be safe than sorry.” The
Record only desires fair play .for both
candidates and .no ill feeling.
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Democracy which describes itself as
“the better element” is considerably
wrought up because a colored gentle-
man by the name of Murray willrepre-i
sent the Seventh'CongreSsional district
of that State, says the Washington Post.
This is not the first time the Seventh
South Carolina district has been
brought to theattention of the noticing
but it is the "first time that the Demo-
cratic officers of South Carolina, while
dealing with this district, have issued,
a certificate of election based on the
bona fide returns of the law of the
State. Therefore it is but proper
that Gov. Tillman and his official col-
leagues should be commended for this
healthy innovation.
The Seventh Congressional district
of the State of South Carolina is a most
remarkable product of the gerryman-
der. Its curves, its in-shoots, its out-
shoots, and its crafty drops would be
worth a fortune to a modern baseball
pitcher. All «or these were arranged
that the colored voting population
might be grouped into one district,
thus insuring the other districts of the
State to the higher grade of Democ~
racy, which managed the affairs of the
State when! the gerrymander was en-
acted. But the “better element” of
South Carolina Democracy coveted
this lone Republican district and by
the manipulation of the election tick-
ets the Republican candidates were
counted out by the.“irregular size”
and “illegal color” methods. In each
instance it was shown that these ta-
booedlsizes and colors were produced
by the “better element” politicians of
the Palmetto Stare.
At the election on the 7thinstant,Mr.
Murray, the Republican nominee, ran
the gauntlet of sizes and colors. cleared
all of the high technical hurdles, and
landed a winner, according to the face
of the returns, by a majority of less
than forty. But the local canvassing
boards tackled Mr. Murray’s case with
great energy and succeeded in lopping
off over 1,700 of his votes. It was in
this shape that the case reached the
State canvassing board. This board is‘
not composed of what the “ best ele
ment” is pleased to term, “Tillman
boors,” and this rude and uncouth
board actually reversed the action of
the local canvassing boards and “ Out-
raged ” the old regime byissuing a cer-
tificate of election to “ the black negro
Murray.” For this reason the higher
grade of South Carolina democracy is
astounded. '
It is said that Gen. Moise, who was
the Democratic nominee for Congress
in the “ shoestring” district, may car-
ry his case to Congress. Perhaps he
will, but whatever may be the result
there, Gov. Tillman and his adminis-
tration are to be congratulated on the
radical departure they have made in
South Carolina election methods.
Fire Department inspection.
The annual inspection of the Borough
Fire Department was made Tuesday.
Chief'Engineer Prowitt, Assistant Mc-
Keon, accompanied by Warden Kim-
mey and Burgesses Adams, Buckley
and Chinery, and the assistant clerk of
the board, first visited Dann’s livery
stable where the ' supply wagon is
housed and in readiness for immediate
use at the sound of an alarm. It was
found to be in‘ first-class condition.
From thence they went to Hope Hose
house, where the members of the com-
pany;werc found in full uniform and
the fire apparatus in splendid shape and
the surroundings clean and in good or-
der. They then proceeded to the Fire
Police rooms, a fine representation of
the force being prehent, and the meet—
ing room in keeping with the fine ap-
pearance of the police. The Hook and
Ladder Truck rooms next received at-
tention: Everything about the place
was in good order, men and truck in
readiness for an alarm of fire. The par-
ty then went into the Engine House
where a critical examination was made
of the steam fire engine. jumper and.
other appurtenances all of which show-
ed great care on the part of the compa-
ny, the members of which have always
gained much credit for prompt and he-
roic action at fires.
The inspecting party then went into
the handsome parlors of the company
where a reception was held. A sur-
prise had been arranged and it was of
such an entertaining character that the
visitors were 10th to leave even at a late
hour. The entire Parlor Mu'see com-
pany was present and gave a pleasing
programme, Mlle Corrine greatly mys-
tifying all with the rapidity with which
she named any article in the possession
of those present, and she at the same
time blindfolded. Manager Miles and
Nettie Bond gave an excellent bur-
lesque on mind reading.
Refreshments were also served.
The Warden and Court of Burgesses
- were surprised and pleased at the ex.
ellent condition 111 which everything
pertaining to the fire department was
found and were not .loth to compli-
ment both Chief Prowitt and the entire
department. Something they did not
like, however, was the poor servrce in
the. way of light and they will no doubt
see to it that a remedy is forthcoming.
Suggestions of yet" further improve-
ment in. the service were made by
Chief Prowrtt, and will be brought be-
fore the next meeting of the Court,
among others being the putting-in of, a
’j‘loop” from the engine house connects
ing with the hell on the Town House,
and the placing of a gong at the elec-
tric light station and providing for the
blowing of the steam whistle in case of
an alarm of fire.
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agree that the oyster supply this year
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