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The Huron Expositor, 1870-12-30, Page 2••• ;;. • • , ,e• 2. , THE HURON , .*;..... imammasekVINKROXInetaggitat. • PROSPEROUS CANADA.. . . PROSPERITY OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO—RAPID GROWTH OF ITS CITIES AND TOWNS—RAILROAD pl PRoVEMENTS—INLAND NAVIGATION Correvondence pf the IVezu York Time. Toitoetro, Dec. 15,1870 There are marked indications o the incre tsing pt osperity of the Pro vince of Ontario, and indeed of th whole Dominion; hut more particut larly is the rapid growth and Mate- _ rial.progress of this Province obser- vable. Looking back a few' years, none cen fail being struck with the - = wonderful changes that .have been , effected. There was a tune whet 1 -the interests of the country suffered by the haste with which it adtranced but that was an era of speculation when the progress made was, more fictitious than real, and e ve ry bedy seemed to be in a huiry to get .rieh Mau have learnt Wisdom by the lesson that was then •taugirt, and there is no tear of a retrbnerade move merit now, for the recent advance meat of the country has been of a gradual and p,ermanent character. It WaS thought 'that the heavv drain of the circulating medium, consequent upon exceSSive imper;ations wenld have a disastrous effect, and there iS II0 doubt that it did for some time cramp die energies of the countey and check its prosperity, but all that was overcome, and matters have fairly righted them sel ves. 'rhe mer- cantile community saw the mistake that had been wade in ;importing more than was ireauired, especially as the supply cat be renewed so easi- ly, and now the stocks approximate nearer the demand. - The days of over importation are remembered with regret, for many busineas men were forced to the wall. Now. how- • ever, the biteinees is of .a sufficiently heal Lily charactei to warrant the opin- • ion that our merchants are prosper- ing to an unequalled extent. The best eviuence of this is the fact that the stocks of goods amp larger than usual, yet theytare not considered sufficientm to, apply the • trade lined Spring. Added to tliis satisfactory condition of affaire there is the still _ more notable fact that the people generally are contented and liappy. Politieal excitement aid much in the pa$ lt f to create dissatisfaction in the puric Mind; bethe change brought aboit in 1867, if it hae not insured .exenaption from political struggles and a desire for party supremacy, it Ints, at any rate, secured to this sec - don of the Domieion a present good in the contentm6t and *prosperity now enjoyed. years ago theta was hardy a nutnu factoring establishment of any con- sequence, ticts, ittey may be counted b,), dozens. :Ontario Was, not many -• years Since, a. eplendid field for the •• sale of American surplus manufac- tures, but it is' no longer so, as the market is now fully supplied by the f effort's of home indim ry, and with - articles fully pp in quality to any e imported ; in trutlfit is held that its woollen Manufactured goods aro superior to fill others; and therefore find ready sale in the nited States. Our manufacturers have now no dread of couwetitien, end the rapid multiplicatilm of machinery of 73.11 Mils gives employment to E(warms o r atizans. 41)orers aro in demand, and frequently it is, very difficult toll+ b taiu thei . Large and increasing foundries ire in 'regular operation, and even t e business of • manufacturing- sewing machines has becoine one of the • ost important branches of industry.. There are - about a doz n large fa tories of the - kind. in 0 ; tario, the , fitst having been sterte( in 18607 which had a. monopoly 1oi. five si six years. Several factories fill la s,ee orders fol• the -Europea markets. RAILRO S AND TE EXPOSITOR. - Go eminent could uot well refusei to utertitin the -scheme if moons, me ded by the Commi sion. i THE FUTU E. ith regard to true intereste of e country, it -is cl ar; beyond a do 1,ht, that the time: has arrived w •Jna they moist be -duly considered, an a step has been taken in. the rig t direction when the Govern- mt deoides to incp ire inte the feal inility of carrying out the grand pr ect of improvingthe inland navi- git on, with the u1tirnte view of fa- cil ating the transit of sea -going ve els to and fron iu y port on the lal .The feeling lir vails that the cot utry is on the high road to pros - pe ty, and everythin points to. e. ch ring future. It is this st t.c loft th gs which prevent the spr ad pf th desire some timel since nani- ITS *TOWNS AND CITIES. In nothing liSs this country made - greater progress than in the growth of its towns anti cities, SOIDe of which have sprung up almost unprecedent- edly. Few who knew the Toronto of thirty years ago- would recognize, it in the metropolitan arity of Ontario, without wondering a the tarnsfor- • metier' it has undergone. Dui•iug the past year /it has increased M marvelous degree, and. in a greater. ratio than any other place in the Dominion. It is now a. city of over sixty thousand inhabitants, boasting same of the finest public buildings, stores and private residences to be found on the American continent. Kingston is not a *regressive place, and has . remained stationary for a long time, with little prospect of a change. But the Penitentiary City is the enly one that moves slowly. Less than fifty years ago the present site of London was a dense tvilder- ness, with not a clearing near it for many miles. A town was gradual- ly hewn out of it, which now has a population of• nearly twenty thous- and. That is rather rapid for a town thirty miles inland from the nearest - lake port. Hamilton, too, has made great strides, in spite of ..the draw- backs it has had to contendagainst. it was laid out in 1812, and bad a population of ten thousand in p.847.. Ten years later it had nearly doubled that, but miefor tune overtook it and it gained little fm some years; now it has a population of over twenty- five thousand, and this year the in -- crease in the number of new build- ings has been fat greater than ever before. Ottawa, the Dominion capital, although favored more than the other citieS of Ontario, does not make quicker progress, yet it has certainly grown into a city of con- siderable proportions since the seat of Government was located there. It •is believed to be growing very ra- pidly just now. The construction of railways gave an astonishing im- petus to the growth of our tpwns, and numbers have grown from! mere villages of a feW yeare since, into large and populous places. Along the line of the Great Western there are numerous flourishing towns which owe their prosperity entirely to the success of that enterprise, and the Grand Trunk. has given increas- ed growth to such towns as Belle- ville, Breckville, Bowmanville, Brampton,Brantford, Guelph, Strat- ford, and others, more than one of them having a population closely ap- proaching ten thousand. But it is the Manufacturing .enterprise that has done so much to accelerate pro- gress and improve the country. Ten • The surp* singelevel way enterpri e has bee former lettei s. • Every struck, in biting a ,gla to the time hen telegi tplis and rail- ways were tinknown, with the re- markable ccintrest pres nted by the network- of bothestret hing in every direetion over the Ptov.nce. The first railway lof any con equence was wards of six beenadded. it the princi- has failed to formed of it, e iiivestment The value usiness' and y is incaleu- s importance g the mate of the countly, it has ual sotn•ce of discontent jury to the facilities of reat We always met with whi been in al t pays th a EGRAPIIS. pmentiof rail - alluded to in one must be see backward opened in 1 teen hundreC It is to be r grated th :pal line in the country realize the.e Tectation or prove tier muneratia to those inte,esteci. in ot such a lii e to the commerce of the ccunti lable ;, yet, ?' art from i as a means o developi rial ihterests been a corai gild al I ereed trade, 'Che con tritry, has lino, and has of public aPp holders' have ,fied, because aeibi-annual ividends. The North- ern, equally witb the G eabWestern, has met with. ,,naarket1 favcr, and to- day is prebably the hest mauaged undertaking of its kind anytvhere. It is niew, ad ince branches .of which 53, and ui miles hav teen, on the en a popular a full share e its stock- casu e satis- m regularly the _To 'ontn 4. o • d Musk ka will soon be in. r rogre Another branch is contemplat from C Ili wood to Owen Sound., The Gr n Trunk is already too tek wieldy to rec uire more branches,, but the Great . restern is still addija.g, t he last of wl ieh is the Barrisbdreh 'and Branf� 'd line. -- To -day ten miles nt'n bf the Wel- lington, Grey .and Bum I tie, to be operated by the Great e tern, will be opened v,141, a gran emonstra- tion. Tshis Mill make a all abol'et thirty iniles,i f thm e roa •opletdd.e .The other rods now n course iof constrection 4vill be eq al to about tive hundred 'miles. Tliis is pretty, fair progress'on the pai t o Ontatio. INLAND NAvIGA 10. • So urgent have the d the country b conie that th went have eerned it n undertake tl e amprovqm inland navigation of th much sooner than was iht with that view a Canal C has been appointed, cp Commissioners from ea.& Provinoes,chosen not as their party leLaning asbec are men mosul of wliblit re ly conversant! with and fin the carrying trade' o Chief among 'them is Mr. gre•at Montreill ship-owhel prietor of the paean linE o plying to Liverpool. hy Mi. Gro4sk-i, form rl neer, and no one of the contractors 'n the couit Calvin, an A erican by di member of t e Provin .ia ture for Frontena.c anl la a gentle san of lar e in railway co, struction. twio others f om Novt Ne Ar Bruncw ck, and t e Quebeq completes the n, so far' as abilitygoe9, missic I is a good one, ,bu ficidltite say what May r theiee elibeiations.The of the punt y will bi d for. an 1 it is to be ho ed enti:trgament fate St. 1a -w # d Can iS will b d befE)re he co struction. f is reco e men' ed. The en of thos, cane s would e of drawing tile carryin tr West to thej St. Law en possible objesition could b the constriic ion of the CaughnaN'yau a Canal, t • the waters of the Hud o St. Lawrence thus for i tinuous rout for the la vessels betwe n Chicag York. Ther can. be o that such an ,enterprise w with public approbation, ; mands of Govern- cessaiy to nt of the conntry ndecl, and ',omission posed of f the four _ much for use they borough- erested in he lakes. Ilan, the and pro - steamers &assisted an eng:.- vealthiest ry. My. -cent, and Legisla- fr. Laid-, xperience here are otia and layor of ber. In he com- t it is dif- suit from interests lily cared that the eence and cided on new ones argern en f he means de of the e, but no raised to proposed connect • and the g a „con- gest -sized nd New - 'question uld meet and the 11 fes d for a change of politica dos - tin and no one W I d be ',rash en igh to attempt th4 slighte t en - co sgement at preeent of the gita- tie whiph certain gentlemen is the _Pr since of Qatebec tideavor d to co mence last spring. The pri toper-, OIL state of the countr but pa cieu-1 lar of Ontario, is the stro gest oh that has been gi -en to t e In- de ndence movement.. Sn loig th colintry progress s, and here are signs -Of continu us =trove- . me t, the people are c ntented and .no esire is felt for change, b t the mo ent there is 'a depreseio in tre e, and progress apPears chtcked the '-Independence" r annex tion fev • breaks out. Ha pilt , fo • the no e no political epid inic pre ails. [ Thoughts for lkers. iere are proper ti ell.as proper them sho Id take care not *11 their mouths are the .heads are empty. mei case they nariseet one hey bore. Unlee so thing sensible to tali y had better be co out eying it. A good har to •find as a goo yet he knack of listen atti nrnent. If one o triv to look as tboug One ay often get the tui y doing so. 1, hen a company th ii dering away, th oug t to be nttended - lien flash of silence on som aood Iisteners. wh p aft talk is noise is tioni iWhen 'tidies t• • the].u tongues move a no •ie ever stops to kis wh .anaong themselve sue utter nonsenete. talk sen the ans ine lb) bocl any • • es for ta king s for* it. Men o talk iucli full, or hen In th for - in the latter ;ama hes say, h cer- tented ith- listener is as talker and ng iseaq, of ly can con - one li tens, credit •f ae- f talker. are eir th u nd er to by a the pe onversa brij- •t of ion, ot converse- lk toge her, 1 it -once, and en TI is is ladies talk ut ladle can sense when they 11iave men of th talk to, for thee they take, rouble to say something t orth ering. If every oie keeps. alk - nobody t ikes heedof what any - I says, and nobody is, there ore, wiser for their seyi ig ' it, emernber when y u talk that often listening pleases ore talking. . By lis ening .0 et you 'pay him a treat coi ipli- , for you clelicateljindicate that , he says is worth your tea •ing. eoveye though by listening you hear unpleasant things, th u oc- ion often, saves you from the Ice of saying theu1. In s iort, h it may seem • nomalot s to t, one of the greatest chart) s of ug is to hold one's tongue ell. man who holds his tongu in , .e of conversation will sften more pleasure ti an the man merely uses it. , vere tha man men wha Mo nue ha tho say talk ,The COUI give Who Gentleman Fa uing. • y pleasant to talla.iout. by don one hear of gentle lien prin, ers, gen emen Merchants, gentlemen doct is, and gentleme 1 everyt ling else The‘great popith r mista e of thos who talk of gencl nutnly f tree- ing is, they suppose the prac ical far r to be a boor of secessity and that his calling is a vu gar one un- fit r an educated ur u, yet hen subl mated by intellig nee, e nca- tion and refinedeassociations ma be mad respectable! 2" Gentle an" 'art ang is a rank humbug,' as any r profession or trade would be, iweil in the same fashion that bv hanging out a sign, furnis iirg the shop„ store or ofljice wit its stoc -in-trade, and lea e it to the cler s and shop boys to take car e of, whi e the principal goe about elk- ing olitics, or speudin his tim in the ar-room, or foolin it awae in bth nonsense....—..tston, Cl.cltiv tor. P nch thinks a good motts for Highland pipers, " Blow, g ntle Gae s. . adm pric one ; Portland man wanted to ssion to a panorama at on the ground tha he had ye. learned doctor h s give Opi on that tight, lacini is a p ben t, inasmuch as it kills o the olish girls, and le ves the ones to grow into wonae B own—" Well, I al ays ma e it r e to tell my wif everyt ing that happens.' Smith Oh,.f my dear fellow, thateis nothing ! I tell my ife lots of things that never hap n at all." ain alf- but his blic all vise Ba helors cm MAR,RI AD AP ONGE11, AS FE NITTI RE Is 25 Per Cent Cheaper A T THOL BELk.'S -NATIPQO H • HASel-ADDED Stea Po ler To his Faclities, •and is now se mg Whole ale and Re ail. BE SUR TO CALL BE PURCHA ING EbSEWII WARE P01 MS orrosrrE TH WORK SI OP, C'ORNER OF M ET SQUARE. TURNI G don on Sh rtest Notice. COFFINS kept constantl hand. A HE RSE FOR HIRE SEAFORTH, J s30, 1870. Golde ORE RE. MAS the O11 " 011 11 Padlock ! NOS_KHOf Jaw ev ritaa rois ...1115-11 itossi pool e loss e•t- (I) Owl - see itts? FOR SALE—QHEAP, The following liquors. SHERRY WINE, PORT WINE) _EIENNESSY, MARTEL AND PERRELYS BRANDY, IN CASE AND, WOOD, BETTS' & BOOTH S GIN I IN CASE AND WOOD. DOW'S & M,OLSOWS BOTTLED, ALE, —ALSO— STOCR, BARRELS, ALE BOTTLING MACHINE. LIQUOR RODS, ' ANDsONE SYKES HYDROMETER Win{ BOOK„ AT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S Seaforth. Seafortil, Nov: 30, 1870. 156-tf. TORONTO MILLINERY. MISS ERWIN, WsIRlis to respectfully inform the ladies of Seaforth and vicinity, that she has removed. her Millinery Establish- mentito REYNOLD'S BLOCK NEAR TUB RAILWAY STATION. Miss Erwin would alsotake this op- portiiikity of saying that she has very considerably increased her stock which consists of MANTLES. HATS AND BONNETS, Ready trimmed. DRESS CAPS, &c., &c. •orders for all kind of work, such as Mantle and Dressmaking, Braiding, Trim- ming, etc. Promptly aqtenclen 'A stock of piece Satine of all shades on hand. Seaforth, Sept. 21st, 1870. 146-tf— GREAT - Clearing Sale 1 of sawing from 50 to 60 cords of wood per day. - STRAW CUTTERS, of a Superior kind. GANG PLOW, The Latest Improved. CULTIVATORS AND PLOWS, Which cannot be eurpassedi: DECEMBER 30. P.MY. . - Seaforth Foundry ZAPFE & CARTER DESIRE TO CALL THEATTENT g ON OP THE PUBLIC TO THEIR • IMPROVED Threshing Machin es 1 THE BEST AT PRESENT IN USE. These machines possess many improve- ments on any heretofore made They are manufacturing Machines of TW -0 SIZES, one especially constructed for travelling; the dther a smaller size, calculated more especially for HOME USE. So far as their large machine has been introduced., it has given the VERY BEST SATISFACTION. They manufacture the Pitts' Improved Horse Power. In addition to the above, the sUbscrib- crs manufacture almost every article in their line, such as SAWING MACHINES, —A T----. Boitthron ttr, Son's MIMI UNDERSIGNED, INIENDI NG I UP BUSINESS GIVE UBUSINES IN THE STAND THEY NOW OCCUPY, WILL SELL FOR THE WHOLE OF THEIR STOCK OF * Msg. Old °"11‘Zit kr171.111%,? "IN Pad • P7... PM° X "IA Tds "71 At .Cost Price. $.$1-• c Dress , DRY GOOD 9 r— I Clothing; Tweeds, &c. *ma FOR CASH, — e a do ds of all kinds, ?2 p -i At Cost Price. Jr, Ft- *1' Clothing, (Ready-made), 113 t-74 ..00.001 61 At Cost Price. , deo ctJ limP4 ' sew Om )"`t g (tk., *14saOde 101W eet seo lool • gem 1....41 "ate aloe Owed eta' ems" at e. •ar' CeD *NI • amid Omani rera esk Go to the it es THE BRTISHAMERICAN AND BRYANT, STRATTON & ODELL CO BUSIN SOLIDATED SS COLLEG 3 Now the la est, most extensive. and complete BU INESS SCHOOL i4 the country. It. has the largest st.. ff of Teachers, thej most practical and best adapted busin ss forms, and the bet ar- anged and mot commodious apart exits. It is under the man a.gem ent of tbo ough business men, fully alive to all th re- quirements of the business commulnity. The advent gei and facilities aff rded. in this institu ion are unequalled iji the country, and 0 young man should f3ntr a business car er without fully av himself of its nefits. We were a ard- ed the First Priz 11 At the late reindon.. As t tive year that we feel confide one opiniorx as write. in Business en- anship rovincial Exhibition at is is the SIXTH con ecu - e have taken this jrize, t that there can b but here to go to iearp to For specimens of writing, bank n circulars, &c., address ODELL & TROUT, TorOnte. 148— tes, English and Canadian Tweeds I At Cost Price. Shawls and Jackets. At Cost Price. We also sell a large lot of BOOTS AND SHOES at a Small Advance on COST. (or This is no humbug. Parties want- ing Cheap Goods, will find it to their advantage togive them a call before pur- chasing elsewhere. All parties owing accounts will please call and settle them, as they wish -to close their Books at present. J. BONTHRON & SON. Rea,forth, October 3, 1870. 132— THOMSON & WILLIAMS Are introducing the celebrated "CUMMING'S STRAW CUTTER Which has already met with Unrivalled sucsess in other parts of Canada. Warranted to give. perfect satisfaction when driven either by horse or hand pow- er. ALSO• MA NUFACTURE A NEW 6 AND 8 HORSEPOWER, SUITABLE FOR DRIVING STRAW CUTTERS, SAWING MACHINES, OPEN CYLINDERS, AND LITTLE GIANT THRESHERS. Also, all kinds df Fatiming Inaplements including — Reapers, Fannin Mowers, Cultivators, Combined Machines, Horse Hoes, Separators, Weeders, Pitts' Power, Plows, • Sawing Machines, Gang Plows, Double Mouldboard Plo ws, &c. MILLWRIGHTING *tit ENGIN- EERING DEPARTMENT. Steam Engines of all Sizes Built. Grist Mills, Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Flax _Mills, by water or steam, And all kinds of - FACTORIES CONTRACTED FOR AND EXECUTED IN THE MOST AP- PROVED STYLE. TURBINE WATER - WHEELS, LATH MILLS, SHINGLE MILLS, BRAN DUSTERS And all kinds ot machinery of the tie construction, supplied on short notice REPAIRING ENGINES AND me.eaaNERy• I Promptly attended to Address, THOMSON- & WILLIAMS, . Mitchell, P.O. Seaforth, Sept, 6th, 1870. 144-Iy • EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CASTINGS MADE ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. They have a highly approved pattern for - SCHOOL DESK IRONS: -REPAIRS IN ALL BRANCHES Attendato Promptly. it.7 They employ no Agents, and can therefore give the purchaser the advan- tage of the commission - They employ none but the best skilled labor, and material, which warrants them in guaranteeing satisfaction. INTENDING PURCHASERS WILL PLEASE GIVE US A CALL BEFORE BUYING FROM OTHERS. ZAPFE & CARTER. Seaferth, September, 1870- 143-1y— MR. JOHN THOMPSON\ 91 HANKS his numerous custom:era for their liberal patronage during the last fifteen years, and trusts he will re- ceive its continuanee, He has now on hand a large assort- ment of Good Sound Green Hemlock ! Which he warrants wir give satisfaction. ALSO FENCING AND DRAINING LUMBER, ALWAYS _KEPT ON HAND. —ALSO—• 200,000 FEET OF PINE CUT Fon BUILDING- AND CENERAL PURPOSES. -Which he offers on liberal terms. Or- ders will be promptly attended. to. The Mill is situated on the Townline of McKillop and Hullett, 3 and miles from the Huron Road.. Seaforth, Nov. 16, 1870. 84-tf: LIVERY STABLE. TAMES • ROSS desiries to inform the 19 :public that he has opened a New Livery Stable in connection with his hotel., where parties can be aecommod ated with first class horses and vehicles., at reasonable prices. Seatorth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870- 97-tf. FARM TO RENT. DEING Lot No. 16, in the 10th Con. McKillop, 80 acres cleared andnear- ly free fromstumps, witb dwelling house andbarns. For particulars apply to the proprietor. 8. G. McCAUGHEY- Sealorth, Dec. 7, 1870. 157-4— • • 4 • • liECEMBEER :34). The SeaflrttihflosLiter On Wednesaav tii;) inst.,. the Seat. wl..1; Li“,.. entitle Society 1,,eit1 ' me. ting, at w*Itiela ti. attendance, lh. Vel appointed •to rtasl ,14. Darwinian Origiit t.e having his manneerit tonseepienee 41 his tin occupied 'with unftws which it was nee eese attend, wee eempellee: ideas on tlee sithjeet ,t• this, we iti kale reeve from the Doetor's in edge with :the exiii,jece array of feethe, .1hati the discourse would ceodingly interestin : tgeicifalithadinetlaod1)(1::11: -1111 is so well •aidapted., however,10 gather a, learned Doetoi's ohse, subject, which, 111.44, sus -Dees all e =led handled. lell I e dtae4 the ceuree lot his n : looking twin- the va.-:1 of nature we are aer onr ignoranee of tes fi•oin our previons:ir that the phyeical se, verse is in the sane ' dition it was in, N..-.'.' cE.eded from. the h: fiat --that tesery inanimate(' iiatiere r. forms and co-eelat , other which lie.1 6 them on the ideern B(ritstptleiTettti- tittell jeizileits-ni,..)1 has come ,to tell r that twinkle in the , • night, and the Soleil ing the ea eh itselfi s stage of progresst from the A avers nil the great- ocean ti. when the human through the setrioej fancy to manhood , elosed to us tile f' the valleys, •and th the earth on whieN : its seas, lakes and i i the eame permancri not in the same pei •ship to eaeh other ; virhen the matorial I ushered into bein : -seirxuofo Test biockqogo ilile lriw -been builit up by ' tion of natural la same lawl has life tops into idle attmo . streams into their t -ed the seas into - the gradual operat -through "ittccessits appealed ito as the; .ent and p:tst condi ed nature, where i doctor atgued, in f ed beingl from thf same 11W1 NayS even adMitted Ai! tor, that 'the :_min \rotias, as regardo al. 'and mental plf .extenial eonditiol: •ed them, were str ,minion of nature the logie in ext1 and extinction al, ship of species of 'table life from tlet. • laws 1 if leant power which 'the great voluna stamped on its p living lieings, •w transgressing th strict logical inc', the same natura whieh had link, • the chain Of exie raculouS efforts 4 to be reeerte to explanation 0 whose natural e beye.ad our ----i-nv there was an enc. sirel.ne:twli: 1. 1.."7(17- 1., If' awns of animate to oilr OIervati., different diviniA0 111111 :din tl ild\;.i'gigeal?- their parts that . gories under wh ranged them, ar al. The ciassifi naturalist hat -e the diseoverielt , when the gaps nized existence AS 43 0 ' set aside natural relatiezi coveries of get re-establish ;II then. arises the the advent au Species and th each other in. t of their. parts 4,1 supposition of ' atiteepeterrfl est7 als-r eitonirePpalta3urtu an iii duced eort.a. lcila°11lie-:j rode elements links in the ekl - en ce, Such e.