FOR THE TOCKG PEOPLE.
The " Well Donkrj."
He might be called the " castle " don
key, too, for he has lived nearly all his
life in Carisbrooke Castle, in the Isle of
Wight, where King Charles I. was im
prisoned, and where his lovely daughter
Elizabeth died.
In this castle is ft well three hundred
feet deep, and the dear cold water is
brought np by this donkey, who turns
a great wheel fifteen and one-half feet
in diameter ; and that is why he is call
ed the " well donkey."
Now to look at this great wheel, yon
might think it would be hardwoik for
Buoh a little fellow, but it goes so easy
that it seems no more than play to him.
Then when the bncket of sparkling
water cornea np, the visitors dip in their
tumblers, and generally drink it all np.
it is snob splendid water, and so nice
and cold I
Then they pat the donkev. and Rive
him sweetcakes, or an Iele of Wight
" cracknel, or some dainty bit, so that
the little chap is juat about as pleased
as they are. and I have no doubt thinks
the old well was made on purpose for
his benefit.
The donkey, too, is taken such good
care of by the man who has charge of
him, tbat these "well" donkeys have
all lived to a good old age. The one
that turned the wheel when I lived in
the Isle of Wight had been there nearly
all his life, and was then nearly thirty
years old. And of tuoso who drew the
water before him, one lived to be fifty
years old, and the other forty years I
Mo 1 conclude these donkeys have i
pretty nice time in their fine old castle,
Home 5 ears ago they were afraid the
water was becomiupr impure, but 1 11
tell you how that was. The well-keeper
was so foolish as to lot visitors throw in
pins, which made a curious noise as
they struck the water at that great
depth ; so their nse was forbidden, and
now water is tun. vn down from a duck
et. It is three or four seconds in fall'
ing, and makes a startling noise. And
this is ft -touch more harmless way of
showing the depth of the well. Alight
ed candle, too, is lowered down, and
has a very curious effect. But the dear
old "well donkey" was my chief at
traction at the well. Youth's Compan
ion, " Friction."
" O Frank! come and see how hot my
saw gets wnen 1 rub it.
"That's the friction." said Frank.
with the wisdom of two years more than
Eddie was possessed of.
"Yes," said sister Mary, who was
passing, " it's the friction; and it makes
me think of two little boys who wera
quarrelling over a trine this morning
and the more they talked the hotter
their tempers grew, until there was no
knowing what might have happened, if
mother had not thrown cold water on the
fire by sending them into separate
rooms.
Wooden-Shoe Makers.
Let ns describe a party of wooden
shoe makers, or as they are termed, ea
botiers, at worK near a clear stream,
The whole family is together; the father
with his son and son-in-law, the ap
prentices, the mother and children run
ning about in the beds of cress. Under
the trees rises a hut of planks, where all
sleep; not far off , the two mules which
carry the belongiugs of the encampment
are tethered. They are birds of pas
sage, traversing the forest, and sojourn
ing where the wood is cheap. In this
green forest several fine beech trees
are marked for the axe; they are fifty
feet high, and three feet in girth. Each
will probably give six dozen pairs of
wooden shoes. Other kinds of wood
are spongy and soon penetrated with
damp; but the beech sabots are light,
of a close grain, and keep the feet dry in
spite of snow and mud; and in this re
spect are greatly superior to leather.
All is animation. The men cut down
the tree; the trunk is sawn into lengths,
and if the pieces prove too large, they
are divided into quarters. The first
workman fashions the sabot ronghly
with a hatchet, taking care to give the
bend for right and left; the second takes
it in hand, pierces the holes for the in
terior, and scoops the wood out with an
instrument called the cuillcr. The
third is the artist of the company; it is
his work to finish and polish it; carving
a rose or primrose upon the top, if it be
for the fair sex. Sometimes he cuts an
open border round the edge, so that the
blue or white stocking may be shown by
a coquettish girl. As they are finished,
they are placed in rows under the white
shavings; twice a week the apprentice
exposes them to a fire, which smokes
and hardens the wood, giving it a warm,
golden browa hue. The largest sizes
are cut from the lowest part of the bole,
to cover the workman's feet who is out
in rain from morning to night. The
middle part is for the busy housewife
who is treading the wash-house, the
dairy, or stands beside the village foun
tain. Next come those of the little shep
herd who wanders all day long with his
flock, and still smaller ones for the
school-boy. Those for the babies have
the happiest lot ; they are seldom worn
out. As the foot grows, the mother
keeps the little sabots in a corner of her
cupboard beside the baptismal robe.
Long after, when the child has become
a man, and his chair is vacant by the
hearth, they are drawn out to be looked
at, sometimes with a smile, too often
with tears. During all his toil the
workman talks and sings ; he is not
taciturn, like the charcoal burner ; his
muscles continually in action, his work
in the open air keeps him in good
temper, and gives him refreshing sleep
and appetite. He sings like a linnet,
while the women chatter and mend the
family garments. When the trees have
been all cnt up, the camp is raised, the
mules are loaded, adieu to the green
hollow, and another place is sought for.
Thus all the year long, whether the for
est be tinted with pale spring verdure
or covered with the yellow autumn
leaves, in some corner will be heard the
workers, busy as bees in a hive, gayly
carrying on their simple, healthy forest
lite Chambers' Journal.
Mehemet Ali Pasha, alias Schultz, has
led a cheokered life. The son of a poor
music master in Berlin, young Sohultz
apostatized and bcoame as unrelenting
a Moslem as the fiercest of the Turks.
He was adopted and befriended by Aoli
Pasha, Turkish Minister at the Prussian
court, and was early plaoed on the high
road to fame and fortune. Hifl bravery
and dash as a soldier won him great re
nown among the foreign officers of the
Sultan; but, after the death of his pro
tector, be was made the victim of many
court intrigues. Early in the Basso
Turkish war he distinguished himself
by snch military movements as he was
allowed to make; and, in August, 1877,
he was apppointed Generalissimo in
place of the disgraced Abdul Kerim.
Mehemet Ali ' was accused of making
immense sums of money on bis position.
His death was the direct oonsequenoe of
his refusal to lead the Albanians against
the Austriana,
False Confessions of Mnrdcr.
Mr. Henry 0. Lea'g "Superstition
and Force" gives many remarkable in
stances of false confessions of murder,
extracted by torture, and capital pun-,
isbment inflicted in consequence there
of, followed by the detection of the real
culprits. Boyvin du Villars relates that
during the war in Tiedmont, in 1559,
he released from the dungeons of the
Marquis oi Mas8erono an unfortunate
gentleman who had been secretly kept
there for eighteen years, in consequenoe
of having attempted to serve a process
irora tue unite oi avoy on the Mar
quis, His disappearance having natu
rally been attributed to foul play, his
kindred prosecuted an enemy of the
family who. under stress of torture.
duly confessed to having oommitted the
murder, and was accordingly executed,
in a town where Masserono himself
was residing. Oodelmann relates that
a monument in a church in Upper Ger
many, representing a man broken on a
wheel, commemorated ft case in which
two young journeymen set out together
to make the accustomed tour of the
country. One of them returned alone,
clad in the garments of the other, and
was suspected of having made way with
him. He was arrested, and, in the ab
sence of all other evidenoe. was prompt
ly put to the torture, when he confessed
the crime in all its details, and was ex
ecuted on tne wheel, after which his
companion returned. Another case
was that of a young man near Bremen,
whose widowed mother lived with a
servant. The son quarreled with the
man, who fled and took service at ft
distance. His father, not knowing his
departure, accused the youth of mur
der; and torture speedily drew from the
latter a full confession of the crime, in
eluding his throwing the corpse into
the weser. jNot long after his execu
tion the serving-man reappeared and
was duly put to death, as also was his
father, to make amends for the blun
ders of the laws. Few, when once en
gaged in such pursuit could be ex
peoted to follow the example of the
Milanese jndge who'resolved his doubts
as to the efficacy of torture in evidenoe
by killing a favorite mnle and allowing
the accusation to fall upon one of his
servants. The man of course denied
the offense, was duly tortured.confessed
and persisted in his confession after
torture. The judge, thus convinced by
experiment of the fallacy of the sys
tem, resigned the office whose duties he
could no longer conscientiously dis
charge, and in his subsequent career
rose to the cardinalate. The mood in
which these untoward results were usu
ally treated is illustrated in another
somewhat similar case, which was told to
Augustin Nicholas, at Amsterdam,
in explanation of the fact that the city
was obliged to borrow a headsman from
the neighboring towns whenever the
services of one were required for an ex
ecution. It appears that a young man
of Amsterdam, returning home late at
night from a revel, sank upon a door
step, in a drunken sleep. A thief emn-
tied his pockets, securing' among other
things, a dirk, with which, a few min
ntes later, he stabbed a man in a quor
rel. Returning to the sleeper, he slip
ped the bloody weapon back to its
place. The young man awoke, but be
fore be had taken many steps he was
seized by the watch, who had just dis
covered the murder. Appearances were
against him, he was tortured, confessed,
persisted in confession af tor torture and
was duly hanged. Soon after, the real
criminal was condemned for another
crime and revealed the history of the
previous one, whereupon the States
General of the United Provinces, using
the ordinary logio of the criminal law,
deprived the city of Amsterdam of its
executioner, as a punishment for a re
sult that was inevitable under the sys
tem.
A Wonderrul Tree.
A tree well deserving cultivation,
which exists in Morocco, is mentioned
with favorable comment by Consul
Drummond Hay in his trade report on
Mogador for the past year. This re
markable tree is the " organ." It grows
only in the provinces of Haka Shiedma
and Sooz, mid in times of scarcity affords
nourishment both for the natives and
their flocks. It is utilized in the follow
ing ways : In the first place, the peas
ants extract an oil from the nut, which
is useful both for burning and cooking
purposes. When the nuts ripen and
fall off the trees they are collected by
the natives, who are aided in the harvest
by their goats. These animals swallow
the fruit for the rind, but being unable
to digest the nut, they throw it up
again, and it is then added by their own
ers to the store for making the oil. For
their private consumption the peasants
rarely make a large quantity of oil at a
time, but crack open a few handfuls of
nuts with a stone, and, after toasting the
kernels in an earthenware dish, grind
them into flour. The oil is extracted by
adding water in small quantities to the
flour, which is 6tirred in a bowl. As the
oil is being formed by this process, the
flour hardens into a cake, which is finally
squeezed, leaving the oil perfectly clear
and fit for use. This kind of oilcake
then serves as an excellent food for cat
tle, as also the dry rind of the nut,
which is generally given to them with
the cake, forming together their princi
pal and most nutritious food during the
year, and is invaluable to the natives in
time of drought ; for the argan tree is
very hardy, and a dry year has little if
any effect upon it. Even the empty
husk of the nut when broken is not
thrown away by the peasants, but is
used as fuel. The best charcoal is made
from the argan tree, and the dry timber
is excellent firewood. The goats feed
also upon the leaves of the tree, and
when browsing in the argan forest may
be seen climbing among the ti'ees, pluck
ing and nibbling the nuts and leaves.
Hindoo Weddings.
Among the Hindoos early marriages
are the rule. By the time a boy of good
family has reached the age of fourteen
or fifteen, a wife has been selected for
him, usually a girl a year or two younger
than himself. Very possibly he has
never seen her until the marriage cere
mony is about to be performed. At the
wedding both families lay themselves
out to make the utmost possible display.
Relatives, friends and guesta are gath
ered in the house of the bride's father.
Clad in her richest attire, the girl kneels
on a slight platform covered with s rich
tissue, the boy sitting cross-legged op
posite her. The bride's father raises
her hand over a vase filled with the holy
water of the Ganges, and places her
hand in that of the bridegroom, who
puts the ring on her finger, amid the
prayers of the Brahmins. This is the
essential part of the ceremony, whioh
makes them husband and wife. The
genealogy of the husband is then form
ally read, and the stipulated dowry is
paid over to him. After this, the fes
tivities begin, and are kept up for sev
eral days.
Fairbanks & Co., scale manufacturers,
already get three gold medals at Paris.
nUNSINQ THE FAST T1UIJC.
I.Uhlnlnc-lilk Hallread Rpeed Betweea
New Trh aad Pbllndelphla-A Mile In
Porty-Elsht Nraudi,
The train leaving this city at 7.35 in
the morning for New York over the
Pennsylvania Railroad is among the
fastest in the world. Indeed, a portion
of the distance is made at a rate scarcely
obtained by any other road in Europe
or America. The distanoe between West
Philadelphia and Jersey City is eighty
nine miles, accomplished in one hour
and fifty-four minutes, with a single
stop, while the return is six minutes
less, including two stops. This gives a
rate in going, of nearly fifty miles, and
in returning of slightly more than fifty
miles an bour, surpassing tnat of the
celebrated Queen's mail between Lon
don and Holyhead, where the ran of 264
miles occupies seven nonrs. At nan
past seven o'clook on the morning when
a Times man, by permission, boarded
the engine at the West Philadelphia
depot the steam gnage marked 120
pounds and "still rising.'' neoisoiy
five minutes later the bell clinked over
the engineer's head, and almost simul
taneously he gave a slight clutch of the
lever and the traiu of four cars was oil.
It stopped at Germantown Junction
thirteen minutes later. As soon as the
engine got clear of the suburbs she
shrieked and bounded away at greater
speed. About twenty minutes after it
wound its way throngh Bristol, and in
still less time the iron bridge over tne
Delaware was sighted and Trenton was
bisected at the same moderate speed
which had been adhered to through
Philadelphia. But it was necessary to
do better in order to reach Jersey City,
nearly sixty miles away at the appointed
time. Trenton was scarcely passed
when the engineer touched np ins steed.
Between the first two mile posts noted,
the distance was passed in sixty-three
seconds; the next in a little less, and a
third in precisely sixty, uurram ine
train was spinning along at the rate of
a mile a minute. And yet everything
proceeded with so much smoothness that
it was impossible to appreciate the
amazing swiftness. There was no nnu
sual jolting, and in the cars the passen
gers were smoking, dozing or reading.
just as though it was an ordinary train
in whioh they were riding. Just beyond
Princeton, the speed rose to the rate of
a mile in fifty-eight seconds and con
tinued it without diminution, except
slight " slowing up" at Monmouth
Junction, until New Brunswick was in
view. As soon as the town was left
behind the engine was at it again, and in
the neighborhood of Menlo Park the
speed became prodigious, as if the loco
motive was snorting defiance to to the
wonderful Edison in his laboratory un
der the hill.
In this neighborhood Conductor Si
lance, with watch in hand, carefully
timed the train for three miles. The
first was passed in fifty-four seconds, the
second in fifty-two. and the third in fifty,
The last was seventy-two miles an hour.
The puffs from the engine had become a
continuous shuddering roar; the driving
wheels were spinning around four hun
dred times a minute a half dozen times
a second with a centrifugal force that,
it would seem, ought to shatter their
peripheries to atoms. The day was a hot
one and the air was at a dead calm, but
it rushed through the narrow door in
front of the engine like a tornado. Small
bridges were thundered over so quiokly
that they gave a single rumble as they
whisked out of sight behind; the express
train coming from the opposite direction
flashed by like a meteor in a single hot
puff of air; yoa might yell to the en
gineer, two feet distant, and yet he
would only see your lips move, without
hearing anything above the deafening
roar of the engine, which drowns every
thing except the shriek of the whistle.
All the time the fireman steadily shovels
in coal or climbs around the engme with
oil can in hand, his clothing flattering so
fiercely in the wind that it . seems in
danger of being blown off. The engineer
with his hand npon the lever watches,
with a cat-like vigilance, the rails sweep
ing under his wheels. The whole train
is constantly under his eye, and he never
allows his attention to be diverted for an
instant.
One Saturday morning, as the train
was approaching New Brunswick, and
before its speed had diminished, Ed
Osmond, the engineer, felt a sudden
thump beneath him. It was repeated
instantly, and then his entire side of the
cab flew off as if from a thunderbolt.
But the veteran knew like a flash what
was coming when he heard the first
thump, and with one bound he threw
himself astride the boiler, shut off steam,
and applied the automatic air brake,
This stopped the train with such sud
denness as almost to throw the passen
gers off their seats: but no one was Hurt,
and the slight scratch of the engineer's
... a 1 A.
nose and the blow on nis arm uia not
prevent his running back to Philadel
phia in the evening. This is the only
aocident which the fast train has encoun.
tered since it began running on the 8th
of July last - As proof of the ease with
which the extraordinary speed is main
tained, it may be said that the train goes
into the Jersey City depot frequently
ahead of the schedule time. One day
the passengers began stepping off just a
minute and a half before the train was
due. Of the twenty-nine trips from
West Philadelphia to New York, twenty
five were made on time connection. The
train has been missed only twice. Once
was on account of the accident mention
ed, and the other was a twelve minute
detention caused by an exenrsion train
getting in the way. 'i he other delay
were just two minutes apiece, occasioned
by the draw in the river. The return
trip fails oftener, it being difficult to get
away from Jersey, city at the exact moj
ment, wnne me run is naruer, inoiuumg
more np grade.
The train generally consists of four or
five cars, inolnding ft palace one, and
averages about SOU passengers a day,
It is under the charge of Louis Silanoe,
an experienced conduotor, while the two
engines, whioh alternately do the work,
are run by the vetarans Edward Os
mond, who has been on the road twenty
one years and has handled a locomotive
sixteen years, ana f rank I'eaoock
equally skilled and careful. The regis
ter shows that many ft mile has been
made in forty-eight seconds, which is at
the rate of seventy-five miles an hour,
Going eastward the train makes one and
in returning two stopc The driving
wheels of the engine are only five feet in
diameter, but this will probably be in
creased to five and a half teet.Phila
delphia Times,
Mr. O. D. Sanders, of Parkersburg,
West Virginia, is a tall, straight, robust
man. between fifty and sixty. He has
not slept for fifteen years: he feels tired
sometimes, but never sleepy; though he
has tried working oontinously for ten or
eleven days and nights. Heavy opiates
have no effect npon him. At night he
goes to bed, " so as to be out of the
way," and lies there and thinks, bat
does not sleep.
INDIAN ASTRONOMY.
Haw the Bed Alea Murk Ine Change r the
feaeea.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Star writes from camp on Clear creek.
Wyoming : Considering their igno
rance of astronomy, time is very ration
ally divided by the Indians. Those in
tne interior parts (ana oi those 1 would
generally be understood to speak) count
their years by the winters ; or, as they
express themselves, by snows. Some
tribes among them reckon their years
by moons, and make them consist of
twelve synodical or lunar months, ob
serving, when thirty moons have waned,
to add a supernumerary one, whioh they
term the lost moon, and then begin to
count as before. They pay a great re
gard to the first appearance of every
moon, and on the occasion always re
peat some joyful sounds, stretching at
me same time their nands towards it.
Every month has with it a name ex
pressive of its seasons. For instance,
they call the month of March (in which
their year generally begins at the first
new moon, after the vernal equinox),
the Worm month or moon ; because at
this time the worms quit their retreats
in the bark of the trees, wood. etc.
where they have sheltered themselves
during the winter. The month of April
is termed bv them the month of Plants :
May, the month of Flowers ; June, the
Hot moon ; July, the Buck moon. Their
reasons for thus denominating these is
obvious. August, the Fish moon ; be
cause in this month they catch great
numbers of nan. September, the Corn
moon ; oeoause in that monm they
gather in their Indian corn. October,
the I raveling moon, as they leave
at this time their village and travel
toward the place where they intend
to hunt during the winter. November,
cue ueaver moon ; for in this month
the beavers begin to take shelter in
their houses, having laid np a sufficient
store of provisions for the winter sea
son. December, the Hunting moon ;
because they employ this month in pur
suit ot their game. January, tne uoid
moon ; as it generally freezes harder,
and the cold is more intense in this than
in any other month. February they
call the Snow moon, because more snow
commonly falls during mis month than
any otner in the winter.
When the moon does not shine they
say the moon is dead ; and some call the
tnree last days of it the naked days.
Tho moon's first appearance they term
coming to life again. Thoy make no
division of weeks, but days they count
by sleeps, half days by pointing to the
sun at noon, and quarters by the rising
and setting of the sun : to express
which, in their traditions, they make
nse of very significant hieroglyphics
The Indians are totally unskilled in
geography, as well as all other sciences.
and yet they draw on their birch bark
very exact oharts or maps of the coun
tries they are acquainted with. The
latitude and longitude are only wanting
to make them tolerably complete.
Their sole knowledge in astronomy
consists in being able to point out the
pole star, by which they regulate their
course when they travel m the night,
They reokon the distanoe of plaoes, not
by miles or leagues, but by a day's
journey, which, according to the best
calculations I could make, appears to
be about twenty English miles. These
they also divide into halves and quar
ters, and will demonstrate them in their
maps with great exactness, bv the hie
roglyphics just mentioned, when they
regulate in council their war parties or
their most distant hunting excursions.
They have no idea of arithmetic, and
though they are able to count any num
ber, figures as well as letters appear
mysterious to them and above their com
prehension.
A Camel on the Rampage.
We have often laughed over the story
of the man who had a tiger by the tail,
and dared not let go. But even bis nn
pleasant situation has often been sur-
by the comedy of a thief s pun
ishment who mistook the quality of his
piunaer. ine Virginia uiiy iironicie
tells a long and very droll story of a
night adventure of some prowling Mexi
cans with an old camel. The following
is the substance of it:
It seems that a certain French settler
in Nevada owns a herd of camels, whioh
Oriental animals he pastures on his ranch
near Carson river, below Dayton. One
of the camels, dubbed " Old Heenan
by the herders, is a monster in size, and
wears a coat of One silky hair, almost a
foot long. The rascally Mexican va
queros in the neighborhood coveted Old
Heenan's hair (for their leggings and
saddle trimmings), and one night two of
them determined to catch him and clip
him. Mounted on their mnstangs, they
rode softly to the Frenchman s ranch,
and finding the big camel lying down.
and apparently an easy prey, soon had
their lassos round his long neck. Old
Heenan felt the pull, and rose to his
feet in astonishment and indignation.
The little horses were horribly frighten
ed at the living mountain of flesh and
bones that so suddenly towered np be
fore them; but the strong riatas were
made fast to their saddles, and they
could not get away. For the next few
minutes the excitement was intense as
if a whole menagerie had been let loose.
Old Heenan ran first at one mustang
and then at the other, with his mouth
wide open, and hissing and blowing with
rage; and the poor mustangs snorted in
terror, and lumped, ana rearea, an
tumbled down. The big camel rushed
around, intent on vengeance, and the
little horses plunged the length of the
lassos, only to be twitched back npon
their haunches again. The dust rose in
a perfect smudge, and all the sage-bush
was trampled flat for a space oi nve
son are rods.
The thievish Mexicans soon began to
be as anxioas to get away as their horses
were, and making the best of a bad lob,
they whipped ont their shears and out
the lasso thongs. Old Heenan stood
scornfully, with the long riatas trail-
ing fror his neck, and let his beaten
tormentors gallop off the field. The
thieves felt chagrined enough at their
failure. Besides their rough handling,
they had lost their riatas, and these
would be hard to replace. They con
cluded they would try to recover them,
and presently one of them came sneaking
Dacfc on loot. Ola lieenan saw him.
and charged at him in full fury, blowing
and snapping his teeth, and the scared
" greaser ran for dear life. Then the
other tried it, but came off quite as
ignominiously. Finally, they led their
uiUBuuiKa iu x-iuw oamp, aown ine
nver, and told a "big Injun" they
wouia give him five i dollars to get their
riatas on tne camels neck. The hie
Indian was used to camels, and declared
he wasu't afraid. He went but in less
than fifteen minutes, he came back with
Old Heenan at his heels. The sight
struok a panio through the camp, and
11 1 ji -a 11 a. J.
mi .unuus soaiierea, pen-men, Indians,
squaws, papooses, and the thievish
vaqueros.
mi I sjb a
xuo ma earners Diooa was up now.
ana no came on, fairly snorting with
wrath, the riatas still dangling from his
long neck. In an inoredibly short space
of time the oamp was cleared, some of
the Indians swimming across tne river,
some hiding under the bank. Old
Heenan felt that he had been insulted
as well as injured, and he determined to
make an end of it. Finding nothing
else to vent his rage upon, he attacked
the flimsy wigwams with nis teeth, and
flung them right and left, with all their
furniture, till the ground looked as
if a typhoon had passed by. The Mexi
cans did not want anything more of Old
Heenan or his hair. Next morning his
owner took the riatas of his neck, and
chuckled to see what nice ones they
were. Nobody ever called to claim
them.
The Blue Hen Hotel.
" Some time ago." said the drummer,
" I had occasion to visit the city of D ,
in the State of Delaware, and I con
cluded to stop at the Blue Hen hotel,
where I had spent one nigm during a
nrovinns visit.
wnen i reacnea me
spot where the hotel used to be, J. was
surprised to see that the tall building
bad iriven place to a low structure with
a single row of windows, ana tne rooi
close to the ground. However, I recog
nized the keeper of the old hotel sitting
on a chair in front of one of the win
dows, and I asked him where his estab
lishment was.
There she is. sir. I ve enlarged her
since yoa wero here last''
" indeed I iniargea i aon t ex-
Botly understand."
" Ob. 1 know she looks smaller ; uut,
stranger, I tell yoa that I've added four
stories to this hotel sinoe January, '75."
" What became of them?'-
"I'll explain. After the hotel had
been built a year or two she suddenly
began to sink. I dnnno what the rea
son is. A quicksand under her, I reck
on. Anyhow, she kept going down and
down, until the first story passed under
ground. Then I moved the bar room
up stairs, put another story n top and
began business again, trtenj soon sue
sank to another floor, and we moved up
a second time and added another story.
It's been nothing unusual in this house
to go to bed in the second story and
wake np in the morning to find yourself
in the cellar. The milkman has regu
lar instructions to pour the milk down
the chimney in case he comes some
morning early and can't dig out a win
dow. Last month I overslept myself
for forty-eigt hours because the room
remained dark, and when I did get np,
the roof was jnst even with the streets.
" This part of the house that yoa see
now 1 built on early lost week. The
property became too valuable to lease.
There are sixteen stories to the Blue
Hen now, and I have got to add another
before the week is out. if this notei
was spread out sideways she'd be about
three hundred yards long. Eventually
I expect she'll be six or seven hundred
stories high, and it '11 take you a week
to get into the celler. I s'pose if I keep
on. this here hotel will reach clean
through, from Delaware to China. The
lower end will come bursting ont into
Hong Eong or Shanghai, and maybe
I'll be taken Chinamen for boarders
without knowing it. Then, very likely,
they'll tax both ends of the hotel and
take money out of my pocket. They're
always grinding a poor man so s he can
hardly get along, uosts like tnunaer.
yoa know, to run a hotel like this that
requires so much to keep up a respecta
ble appearance. I duno exactly what
I'll do if she breaks out on the other
side of the earth and then slips through
the hole. I can t carry on a hotel float
ing out into ethereal space, you know,
" I have some hopes that may be, be
fore she sinks more'n a mile or two, she'll
strike a volcanic vein or something and
get a shove np : come all the way out.
for all I know, and stand on solid
ground. If she docs, you come round
and see me, and I'll take yoa up and
show you the view. 1 11 bet yoa can
see Peru and Oshkosh and Nova Zembla
and Tuckertown, and all those places
regular bird's eye view. You come
rouud anyway and I'll take yon down
into the cellar."
I said I wonld. and then I hunted np
a safer hotel. The Blue lien is too
original, too eccentrio for comfort,
Max Adder, in Philadelphia uuueun.
Curiosities of Grafting.
In 1866 Mr. Carillet, of Vinoennes,
France, took two young pear trees, each
of whioh was worked on tho qnince
stock, and one of these, the Beurre de
Aremberg, was made to serve aa the
stock, while the other, the Buerre de
Chorneu. was grafted upon it in an
inverted position, having it roots fully
exposed to the open air. The operation
was performed in April, and during the
summer the stock grew vigorously and
bore two fruits, while the scion tree
threw ont buds and shoots from the
quince stock. Two add to the com
plexity of the experiment, M. Carillet
grafted four pear scions on the principal
roots of the quince, ana two ot tnese
succeeded. The sap thus passed from
quince roots through Beurre de Arem
berg, thirdly throngh the inverted
Beurre de Uharneu, then tnrougn tne
quince again, and finally into the two
varieties of pears. London Graphic.
Rhyme and Repartee.
Several Tears ago the reverend and
venerable Dr. Jeter, of Virginia, was
holding a Wednesday night service, and
a very slim audience was present. After
lecturing for half an hour, he gave out a
hymn to close the exercises. No one
belonging to his own denomination be
ing present to raise the tune, he called
on a Methodist brother present of the
name of Moon. He said :
" Brother Hood,
Will vou raise the tune ?"
Bat brother Moon had no hymn book.
and was unacquainted with the spiritual
songs of the Baptist church, therefore
he replied, extemporaneously :
uroiner Jeter,
What's the meter?"
The laugh that followed was long and
loud. ndDr Jeter ithout ?mgmg tlio
bymn satdj " Let us nnite in prayer.
The biar nioture of the Berlin orngrees
by Director Werner, painted to the order
of the city of Berlin, is under wy. The
artist took separate sketches in water
color of all the members ol the oongress,
aud that of Lord Beaoonsueld is among
the best. In the picture he is to be re-
the congress table, leaning over the chair
of prjnce Gortohakoff, and laughing in a
friendly way with that celebrity. Prinoe
Bismarck stands firmly planted beside
them, and Counts Andrassy ana Honou-
-aloff are deDioted advancing to shake
hands. The picture promises to be of
I :i.i. ba .Qiior,.o
A man mav sneer at a woman all he
will because she cannot sharpen a lead
but she has the smile on him
when he stands holding an unoccupied
suspender button in his hand, and won-riArino-
whether it will hurt less to pull
the needle out of his thumb the same
way it went in, or push it on through.
Mawkeye, t
An editor with nine unmarried daugh
ters was recently made justly indignant
by the misconstruction bis contempora
ries put npon his able leader on " The
demand for men."
Prompt Reform at Badllv Ell.
f tironiDt reform of those bodily erllR.
enfeebled digestion, incomplete assimilation,
inactivity of the livor, kidneys and bladder, as
well as the nervoni symptoms whioh these
ailments are especially prone to beget, Is al
ways accomplished by the use or juosteuer
Btomaoh Bittors, a medicine aooredited by
physicians, prononnoed pnre by analysts, and
eminently wholesome and agreeable. Barely
inch a restorative is preferable to unpalatable
and indigestible mineral drugs and unsanc
tioned nostrums. The nation at Urge assur
edly thinks so, Judging by the unprecedented
demand for the article from Maine to the Pa
oiflo, a demand now supplemented by immense
orders for it received from tropical America,
Mexico, the British and Spanish Colonial pos
sessions, and elsewhere. Both at home and
abroad it is recognized as a standard remedy
and preventive, tbe decisiveness of its effects
recommending it everywhere.
The destrnalWe nroeresa of that insidious
foe to life and health. Scrofula, mar be ar
rested by the aid of Bcovill's Blood and Liver
flvrnn. a hntanin dnnnrnnt wtilnh rids tha mrs-
tem of every trace of scrofulous or syphilitic
poison and cures ernptive and other diseases
indicative of a tainted condition of the blood.
Among tbe maladies which it remedies are
white swelling, salt rheum, earbnnolea, bilious
ness, tbe disease incidtnt to women, goat and
rheumatism.
A Wonder pob the Workshop. Every me
chanic) should have at band a box of Grace's
Salve, as It Is a ready remedy for accidents
such as Oats, Braises, Contused Wounds,
Barns, Scalds, Poisoned Skin and Eruptions
caased by operations in tbe factory, dye-house
or printing office. Only 26 cents a box.
Award to America at Parts.
Tbe oable annonnoes most of the prizes won
at Paris. The Howe Scale Co. nraat feel satis-
fir d with their share. They take the gold medal
Cthe highest award), the silver medal in class
68, (tbe only award to any scale manufacturer),
ana tne Dronze meaai in class b (tne bienest in
that class);
Another Fat Man Keriaced.
IT. A. Knfus. dealer in dry eoods. Woodhnll.
m., writes Botanic Medicine Co., Buffalo, N.
Y., Jnne 22d, 1878 : "Gentlemen Please find
inclosed $5.00, for which send me by express,
im nt. i nave taken one bottle and l lost
five and one-quarter pounds,"
Cottiiarn Mlngerbrcnd.
Take one cup of butter and lard melted to
gether, add one cap New Orleans molasses;
stir into this one cup each of sugar and cold
water, two Urge teaspoonrnls ginger, two eggs
beaten, and four enps of flour, bavins in it
three large teaspoonfnls Dooley'i Yeast Pow
der. Bake in moderately hot oven.
CHEW
The Celebrated
' 'Matchless"
Wood Tag Plug
Tobacoo.
Thb Pioneeb Tobacco Compaky,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
For upwards of thirty yeara Mrs. WfNSLOW'8
SOOTHING BYBUP has been nsod for children
with never-failing snocess. It corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind oolio, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrbooa,
whether arisimr from teethlnir or other cansea.
An old and well-tried remedy. 25 eta. a bottle
Rheumatism is the most painful and most
troublesome disease that affliots humanity. It
comes when we least expeot it and when we
have no time to be interviewed by it. Tbe only
reliable remedy that we ever found is John
son's Anodyne Liniment.
Nearly all diseases that aflliot humanity orig
inate in the stomach, liver and bowols, aud
might be provented If people would use a little
common sence: but they will not. They rather
take Parsons' Purgative Pill, because one is a
dose.
To cleanse and whiten the teoth, to sweeten
the breath, use Brown's Camphorated Bapona
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
IMPORTANT NOTIOK.-Fnrnjere, Faml.
lies and Others can purchase no Remedy equal to Dr
TOBIAS VENETIAN MNIMRNT for tho ear ol
Cholera, DtBrrbo, Draeoterr, Oroop, Oolfo and Sa
ickneM, taken internallj (it perfeotlj hmrmle-B;eo
onth Aocompanrinfr each bottle) and oiternall for
llhmnin Rheumatism. Headache. Toothaohe. Sore
I nroat. UUIS, oarai, Dwellings, piuirb, nwuii.
Bites, Old Sores, Paina in Iiimhs, Back and Uhesc The
VKNKT1AN LINlHltn l waa introduced in 1W7, ana
no one who has need it bnt oontinues to do so, many
t-lin if it. m Ten DoMara a liottle the wonld
nnt h withont it. Thousands of Certificates oan be
seen at the lepott speaking of ite wonderful eurstivo
properties, nolo Djtns urontiH H u ril. lepoi
42 Mnrrar St., Hew York.
Tbe Markels.
aw xois.
Beel Cattle. Native Ml
Texas and Ohorokee.. I S
Milch Ootrs H 00
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V8 CO
Hogs: i4t
ureasea
OS 9 (6X
08fc-a mm
Bheep. ...........
Iambi u..i.Mt ....
Cotton Middling
Flour Western Qood to Choice....
State Fair to Ohoioi......
Wheat -No I R4 r
White BUte
Bye State....
Barley State....... ...... ..........
Barley Malt
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Oats Mixed Western..........
Corn Mixed W estern. ....... .......
MJtf
May, per cwt......
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Straw per cwt
Hops......uooa to f rime......
Pork Mess. . . ....... .m.s ...
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HsU Mackerel, Ho. 1, new ltuo
; s
" no. a, new ouu
Dry Cod, per cwt...... I It
Herrlnu. Boaled. oer box IT
415
a is
Petroleum Ornde. . 08X008 Bs lined,
10
Wool California fleece..... uu
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16
Texas " ............ 31 9
Australian " M 0
State XX... 14
Batter stats is
0
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Western Oholoe...... J
Western Good to Prima... IT
Weaterr Firkins IS
teoeie State Factoi?...... C
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mate Skimmed. ...... ...... 10
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Egg etata and Pennsylvania..... 3OJi0 II
BUVVALO.
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Wheat i Ho. I Milwaukee I II
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Oorni Mixed..................
46
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01 00
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Bheep............ ............ 01
Hogst Dressed. 08
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0 111
rioorl Pennsylvania Extra. too
Wheat t sad Western......
1 C6)f 0 1 OS
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Oornt Tellow. 11 19
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Petroleum I Orud......08 008 Beaaed...ll
Wool Colorado ... 10 0 M
Texas....... . II 0 13
Oeillornla m 10 s M
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Flour Wisconsin and Minnesota.. I II
Corn Mixed.. II
Oate " 82
Wool Ohio &nd PenusylvnU XX. . M
minora. rail SO
IUOHTOM. tLAMM.
Beof Ottlta0MVBVMSsaM.vacM4
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06 0 OS
07 0 10
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IfATJJCU "' blJ -. Buinn Am claw,.
Iil MoaiToaQuM woaM,CiaciiiATi.OBio.
CIDER "!. SWEPT
for reais, or fermentation oan be arreeted at anr desired
iiWjKi"" r'2' P?r,Preerialerial
for hbls. W cU.. for 7 bbls. Il.w. bent bj mail, with
L" , directions for use and how to .lean old barrel.
pi uaum.onirer. r tta n. FUK1I, Havenna, Ohio.
WE WILL SEND1.M('0!,JMK'-or3MM,rli
ii il . ,TT iut our Patent Steel Wire and
Oliver aieuuio violin, liuitar and Banjo htriogs. toanv.
one wishing the Aa-enor. They are warranted: and will
is the Agenoy,
They are warranted, and will
an Aiao, i meoe tor JJOo. or 6 pieces for I , el
our new Brass Band and Orchestra Mualo - all oaita eon.
pleta beat in market. HurUnrrt Bra,.. Marshalltown.la.
PENSIONS
A a? 'A I O every soldier disabled la Una
Li;HwbtA?c,,,""t OT elherwlse. Jt
Vt-4I1J11 of any kind. Iota of riW
CI at K, TOB erEYIS; KIPTCKE,
U ii?''"' Oaeasva or MJNOB.
BO UK TV Discharge foy Wound, Injur
l8 or Buptura, givee mu, Uoeuttw.
Irftat Horaca, omeara Aece.nU
and all War Claliua aettled. Kb
JKCTKD CLAUa RK.aKITlCO.
SeudSff eanta fur a t-mpy ot Acta ;
aa rusiuns, KOtiHTY
lII t LAUaal. Maatsaa
CirraUara.
WB. V. CrHHIt9SI at CO.
0, B. CIAIM AQT8 and PATENT ATTTI,
jaw. .svi " aoMsMawi a..
ft
I V
anuii
-. 1 VII
SaXtwai BBOWCiff AT. TsOCTrrs. for eoafhi anS ooMS
Porkft Ostllni Quo Tjft ArmOo.,Lawrenoi MaM,
'11
UPHAM'S
ANTIIMA
Kmmr fniU. ftnM fx
.IKK
all drnimtu. toe. a box .
nTTWR J?,lT0J'T.KK5 Met free, Art dree
WUlla Great Western Ona Works, Plttebnra. Pa
An IS a da? oanrassint " Tbe Name Dliht.'
gentaTroflt, Sample free. Fred. Jones, Waesan.W.T.
LATRRT and f""f ttnnhn nn Btrnm Enqtnutrtng. Send
stamp for oatalog no. F. Kkfpt, Bridgeport, Oonn,
CLRRGVMTtN of Sftlnenred for tl.ono at 113.28 a rear.
Oircnlarsof Seo'rMqt.Life.Readinaton.NewJereer.
Ml II WATOH FRRR TO CARD AGENTS. Send to.
UUliU stamp to M. H. AKUHKK, Trar. N. Y.
SBQ a dar to A iron to to sell a Household Artltile.
i$,r Addreei Bnrkeye IM'fVt; I t., Msrion, Ohio.
$350
A MONTH Aeaea Wanted 3 B boa I
ellina articles in the world ; one sample re.
Address JAY BRONSON, Detroit, Mich.
BIO
PAY. With Standi OntHta. What aoste 4
ots. sells rapidly for SO ot. Catalogue ree,
S.M.Spsngkr, 1 1 II Wash'n Bt.Bostoa.Maei.
0E61IS
null pries B2ROonl
. PIANOfJ
retail pn
bargains.
retail prtoe 8i10 on I
13a. ureas
inctoo, N.J.
oaaiii,
$7
A DAY to Agents oanraeelng for the Ftraetde
Vlallor. Terms and Ontflt Free. Address
f. O. VIOKBRY, AogosUt Maine.
$10 to $1000
lnTMted in Wall St. Stock" mnm
rortnrmn mry memtn. doom, hdi
frasa aanlaJnlnA Mn t h nw .
Addrwii BAXTKR A CO., Banker, IT Wall St., lt.T.
of Eniilne under
(rreat variations.
Kuna id oil. tjurgviif uphj iiy U. a, l"vernn.ent, to,
Ir1re rnturrtt, Huntoon Governor Co. , I wren oe, M aaa .
OV RES'
.?tfJl ELIXI
Tearrt ea fim month rWwwtat frntn eahaK !). TKoaW
-ata Bra f'wejs oriflial. airl aha aswaii rwnM
IrwBlUua. It wot telia sfaftc taH swt faJhk Nf
pueiU 1 hjary tains skin, mt'fy ar-Hied and nfilt Im
fV-rU Pkjnnal-paMlrta llWWrla. L.L.ttMtTI
CO. &ke Af' U, PaUaia. 10. A1lstimMaltM.
TEAS.
taple article i
The ehoioeat In the world Import
i prioef Largest Oompanr in Amef-
ArMaintr Arenta wanted
pieaees everrDoar i raoe eontinar "r m
ment donl waste time eend for Olronli
everywhere bn tnaaoa)
for Uiroulair?
KUn I ttf.LiIjO, to Tusyotufl. I., r;
IV r. HOI .H7.
alUS $9.Mmocoar Fine Art I
a ft si A P TaMt tin to
AffenK Untalflotf
IIUTblllWfJ
til nitrate! AtUA VMAAbr mil on
Oataloffu A UUtUb i lCO application m
J. H. BUFFORD8 SONS, Mannfaotnrln PoMiahert
141 to 147 Franklin Btreet, Boaton. MaM.
FJblifihed nearly fifty yeara. m
PROF. SCHEM'S Illustrated HISTORY OF
The War in the East,
conflict between Rtrnsu andTtrBKET Is the Nrtbook
fir mtntn. Hum 7iin odtavo Datres.125 envravincs of
B a tile ScEnms. Fortressea. Generate, etc, and ia th
only complete work published. Haa no rival. Bella at
H Addreae K. 8. HOODSPKKD A UP.. New York.
i rlvri.TZATION'l
Name Wrltirrr, Fancy Stitch
ln and Darnlra Attachment
for Fewin Machines. Its own
work is It. .trongest prs isa.
Price 1. Ask a 8eln
Machine dealer. Special at
tachment for each kind of ma
chine; in orderinir, name the
machine . Aisot .wanted.
R. M. ROSK, Sun Buildinc,
New folk.
Par.aii'a Pnranilve Plll make New Rich
Blood, and will oomplotely chana-a tbe blood In the
take 1 pill each nicht from 1 to 19 weeks may be reatored
to eonnd health, if anch a tbinc be possible. Sold every
tehere or sent by mail for eight letter ttampe.
entira Rv,tm in three month. Anr oerson who will
Ban cor, Maine.
Dr. 0RAIGS KIDNEY CURE
The Great Remedy for
All Kidney Diseases?
najer oy epedal permution to Kev. ur. J. K. Kankin,
w&shmatan, U. U.
T. Hniifnn. M. TV.
Racks Co . Pa.; John L. Roper, Kq . Norfolk, Va.;
Dr. J. 11. White, 47 Fourth Ave., New York: Dr. O.
.. Dean. Ghnrlntte. N. Y.: Hon. O. K. Paisons. pres
ent Mayor of Roc beat nr, N. Y. Ask your drnfrgifit.
iiiiE.ii3ii i riiAi r.t ir.wv i imiiv.
Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Sonr Stomach, Sick Headache.
GRACE'S SALVE.
JOKISTTT.LX. Mich.. Deo. 37. 1877. Meum. RwIm; I
tent yoa GO eta. for two holes of 4rnee'o Halve. 1 bare
aaa two ana nave need them on an niuer on mr foot.snd
it 1. almo.t well. Respeotlullv yours. O.J VixMEBl,
Price lift eente a box at all drmraista, or sent h m il
1 receipt of Rfi cents. Prnareil liv MKT II W .
MIWI.lt Ak MtN, Harrison ATe..Bnton.Ms.
Daily land Weekly, Quarto,
BOSTON, Mass.
The Tjarmat. Ohenrwt.f. mnA Ri.t. V.tntlD Hawaiian.
In New Kniiland. Kdited with speoisl reference to the
vartea taate. and requirements ot tbe home circle. AU
the foreign and local news published piomptly.
pailr Transcript, I O per annum in adriooe.
Weekly 14 S3 ' " "
(o copies to one aanras.,1 9,1 mj ar
annum in advance.
BEND TOB SAMPLE COPY.
HYHU
as
MOW TB BIT TMIM In tht w prt of th tat. 6,000,000
.wres for sale. for a oop? of tbe "KuitMia I'aclBo Home,
tod." fcddrtii 8. J. Otlmorw, ,tnj Com t. fealtp, fcaniu.
gAPONIFlEffi
Il tha Old Baliabla Concentrated Lye
FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING.
IT IM tBLi WM19BT AMD BTRMNQTM.
The market hi flood.d with (so-Mlled) Concentrated
Lye, which ia adulterated with salt and rosin, and wew'l
ma rm noifir, and but tbm
SaponifieR
MAC ITTBI
FmuylTBBiA Blt Manuf g Co.,
PHILADELPHIA.
WAKE HENS LAY.
An Kncilih V.tertn.rT Fore son and Chemist no
gig
HEW BICE BLOOD 1
trv6l.inff in t hit oonntry, mat moat of the Hon
ud Out! Powder sold here we vorthleea train. He
ftaya that ehendan't Condition frmnera are abaolateiT
pare ud immeatblj valuable. Nothing; on earth will
make hene lay like 8heridmt Condition Fuwder.
uose one teaepooniui to one pint rooa.
Sold everuuAere or sent by mail tor eight Utter ttampt,
I. ti, JOUNHON t CO.,
Bugor, Maine.
EnUblUh-d 1833.
Gargling Oil Liniment
Yellow Wrapper for Animal and White for
Human Flesh
is good yoa
?,Ur,K? d f-calds' Sprain, and Brulaex,
Chilblains, t rost Bites.StrinKhalt. Windgalla.
Scratch, or Grease, Foot Itot in Sheep?
Chapped Hands.
roundercd Keet,
Roup in Piiultry,
Cracked Heels,
Kpizootic,
I.amo Back,
Hemorrhoid, or Pile.,
Toothache,
Rheumatism,
Spavina, Sweeney,
Fistula, Mange,
Caked Bream, ,
Sore Nipple.,
Curb, Old Sores, .
Corns, Whitlow.,
Cramps, Boil., ' -Weakness
of the joints
Contraction of Muscle.
t-tcaii ivounas,
External Poisons,
Sand Cracks,
Gills of nil kinds,
Sitfast, Rinyboue,
Poll Evil, '
Swellings, Tumors,
Garget in Cows,
Cracked Teats,
Cnllous, Lameueas, 1
Horn Distemper,
Crownscab, Qiiittor,
Foul Ulcer., Farcy,
Abces. of the Udder.
Swelled J-ei-s.
Thrush,
at
Merchant;. (J.ntlinir Oil Is the aUndard
Liniment oi tha United State. Larira size.
1
medium, 50c; small, a5c. Small site for
lamuy use
N. V., by Merchant'. Gargling OU Company.
.50 Manufactured at Lockport,
iOHa HODCI, Bec'y.