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VOL. XVIII.. No 37
Lohighton, Carbon County, Fenna. July, 26 1890.
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Pricesly
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THE NEW
The establishment of a Cutting School
In Lehlghlnn li.il been Instrumental In
more ftillv arnustue nubile sent lineal upon
one vital qnosilon than hag (vir liefnrc
been aroused, namely:
" THE PltAOTICAL KDUCATION
FOR WOMKN."
Appealing la your raoul candid jmlR-
luent. parents, have yon piltteAlcil jour
dauchtets In such a manner that tin' can
ea.ru ft good, honest living hv their own pf
foils, If suelua Ihlns should bocoinn neces
Bary, for llltlo do any of us How what Is
in store for us? It Is a refined accomp
lishment for any laily lo be aiile lo look af
ter her own ciolhini: aiiilseoth.it Ills made
correctly anil in becoming style, ami there
U no education that prepares any laily for
the responsibilities and duties of Inn equal
to knowing how lo construct her own
clothing properly.
It. is only Iho second consideralinn con-
ccrnlnir this life's cooils. Tim llrst Is pro
paring our food properly ami next is our
clothing, md this Is of the highest Import'
nncetoall, and might mean very much to
Route ofjjur leaders. It is an lUteHcil faei
that the rutting School is a harbinger of
cood wherever cstalillsltei, ami tlie price
of Ihe thorough course of Instructions giv
en is merely nominal compared with lis
Bleat value which Is cleaily demonstrated
by the best, judgment of some that have
already been doing good work with It, and
we cordially welcome any one to our In
struction ltooms to see and Investigate for
themselves.
Space only permits us In give llin names
of a few who take pleasure In speaking of
its worth.
It. F.BILKHW.
II. BRlBSHAcn. Jii W, lllitminrit,
Agents-tor l.oer Carbon enmity.
1st Door above THOMAS' Drug K'nro
I.KinOHTON, PA.
Ki.koknkrrvim.k, Pa., Sept. 25, '80.
Messrs. I'lltoelc Ar Tnvery flantlejncn :
Iiavlncatleniie.l your Cultil School Hi .Mioic-li
('bunk, I must say thai I was highly pleased
v til too mil nn.l omnnletA itiitruetfnns civen
Your system Is ly for Hie beat that lias cnnio
lo toy notice, nnd t rheeilnlly commend it to
others. IX-apt'elfully,
' ruukx J. HBiiBr.MNO.
Mrcn Chunk, OM. 17, 'Si)
Messrs. rilloek .t ha very Dear Sirm Yon
ask me what I think of the Garment, (hitter,
and 1 1 eel;, as if I cpuM not spimk lilgli eitoiieli
in ils nralse.- I liavo cut several natterns with
it, and 8010112,1116111 was Ihe lea gown r ft was
in st splemtiili tilling so uitviy overvwjvfte.njitl
take ptoasure in recnimnendfng'ft to all my
lady friends who desire elegantly ruling
clothes. 1 ours resiwuony,
o. JOTWiLr. iuomux.
Mauoii Chunk, Pa Out. ID, '8!)
Sirs : I taltn pleasure In saying Hint I am
highly pleased with the National Garment
Cutter, and with iiitlritrtions given I found it
not only very easy lo .ram, tint perfectly roll
able. I have used it with excellent sueeest.
Yours, KATIE (rTTIS
Ma lion Ohusk. Oct. 15, I8R0
Gentlemen : I am verv much pleased with
the thorough lnslrnctiiiiiayi.il gavo in the Me
of the Garment Outtor and also with Ihe culler
iteelf. I have tested it and find It all that vn'
claim for it. Unli ke other systems the cutting
of drapery and (riminlups is mailo so simple
and the iustnlrtmiis for thn making of Ihe
garmsnts srpialu tliat any one could lanrn.
'Wishing you success,
SAItA It Kf.Y.
AlAiicit I'linxK, Oil. Ulh, 1!81.
Pillock A' Lavery Gentlemen i Having no
previous experience in culling ami luting be
loro I learnea to ota tne culler, I lelt a littli
timid n undertaking to out a jacket with you
system, but I overcame -my leullnjjt mid lis n
perfect fit in every way and I am iwrfc
alisued with it. I can onnaeien louslv reeoio
mend your system to nil ladles desiring xreet
uuiiik gai uieum. mura irmy,
MAiln SMITH
lUuoit Chunk, Pa., Oct. Ulh, 1889.
Pillock i- Iiavcry- Sirs: While lakine
course df'Jnstrnclions in yourCuttlnf Rehool. I
cut tnytelt a basque, last week, with Ihe. bias
darts and it fits iH'rfwtly without a single
change of seams and am very much pleased
with it I can heartily reoamnjend it to any
one ieiring u wriect system lr culling any
ming. jours reepeeiiuiiv-
MAGUfh PArtJiBY.
Msitii OnuiK, P.t., Out. loth
' Garment 'niter Co., Gentlemen After
Using a lew lentous with the tiiirinrnl Cutter,
I cut a basque that was a perleet lit without
changing a sou in. I think ywir system nil
that la I'lanneu for IP 1 ours resiieetlullv,
AH) IK WILKINSON.
Mai cii f'lll'NS. Jfri , Qot. 13, 18K9.
Plllork A Lavery Oenllenieii: Having
examined Iho National Garment duller, I am
wtll pleased with it. 1 havo uwd Ihe Magic
fieale, hultiud yniirs far supemrto it or any
other I have ever eximiued I utn aapmially
pleated with il siinplitMly, nnd lh ant, that
it out! nil Kinds cd elutbiug mi. I full drapery!
buu iriuuiuiiKi are nnvauiaL' 4 lssrsseil uy no
other syslein I kp.iw of. Together wlli the
prietiovsfnr matting up ; .mienls it is (nm
Idsred perleel. Ynrs luilv.
IJATi: HENKY.
Mtl I'll I'HI'Sk, Pi
ftirs- Htivint n nrevi.
cutting in anv way boleii
your syslem, I was very n
tha difi'erent psilero" I cm
perfect til wilhiiut n siuft'1'
Then your V.ure ..f Kusln
plete authority fr euttim
meats to Ihe Isles! slvle
bast of suceess, Ueep.-.
,l ! I .III, 1SMI
kn.utletlge
I I.
I to UPC I
leh
'ubed wild
I 'iey weie all a
. h mie ,d senior
n in ike i il nuii
iil kimU of gar
ttilllhi; (hp
ii.llv.
''-ii: io:Ki;rt.
JttlTll 'h li ll h . 1 1. 1 1 1 ih, I s8U,
Sirs I never cut soy eli.thmi; be Lire I
Uarned your ayalein, I vras veiv inuelt
pjaased to know Dial 1 eoiil.l , ui a l., ,ine lnv.
stlf and lm inc it iwri" ' '.i nlirtul any
tii none au Hell us the lrg r nirl.
..ur tnil. Jt I.I V M l I.'MKR.
Mi i ii Cm a. Pa . i let -Mil, IK.
(ientlemen 1 nin very mm I, uleaswl lo
tell you ol Ihe sueiWM I hava had with your
system 1 I. me en! two basque, and u sln.nl.l
er cape, and 1 Imve had splendid ft! each
time- The ejpe exeeeiled my exietlnli,nni,
sod any one iletnnig .rleel ulling el..llnog
should ilea the tiiumeiil Ciller.
Vaura rectloHy, KSSIK cohKlf.I,.
If l I .1 I III
I'u . .! I .til, 1S88.
I.enllemen : I am tk-
.artseut ( 'utter i n
mi a . aise id mlrneiiiiiia m u.rinenl eiitling
I nou ll vary simple and easy lo uudersluml.
I bavedraltad and cut a bawpie tor my uster
audit Sis perfectly Alter takm, i, I, wle.
SMii I have no trouble in drafting any k,n,
efgtrtutnt. HMpsctlullr,
UkL'RA RtlNHAKD
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOLUTEiy PORE
WeissDort Baste JJirectory.
JJtllANKI.lX HOUSE,
P. A ST WKISSP01IT. l'KNN'A.
flits house offers llrst eluss accoinnindiitlnns lo
he iiernmnenl h. winter ami transient imest.
aide prk'es, only dire Hollar per Oay,
mig'-iy .Ion n llKiiuio. I'rotmeti.r.
Oscir Cliristman,
WKISSI'OliT, PA.
Livery nml Ifo'clmmp, fitalilcs.
itasyrliIhi-4rearrlaKa and safe cliivum horses.
Ilesrtaecomiiiodiillonsto nuenta and travellers.
Jl'ill and leleitraph orders promptly Rt tended to.
Ilivo-mea lilal. nmv2l l
The - Woissport - Bakory,
0. w. LAUitY. Pitopitiiaoit.
Delivers Presh Dread and (lake In Woissport,
lichlidiinn and leinlttes every dav.
In the store 1 haven Fine Lino of ('onrecllnnery
it Iho Ilrtllduv Trade. Hunday schools and fes-
vals snnnlled at lowest prices. iee.i-r.in.
Over Canal Bridie E. Wcisprt.
UNDERTAKER
AM) i)HAI.l!i: IN
KtTRNfTUllK,
PARLOR SUITKS,
BRD R001SU1TES,
, c. Prices the very lowest. Quality or
goods Ihe best. Hatlsfnrtlon giiaranteed In
every pnrtleolar.
OaskoLft, ConitisJ and Shrouds,
We have nihil line whloh we will furnish a
the Unrest possible prices.
Flour, Peed, &c,
flu, elinIMst ttuulllvtit verv ivulMimablPltrlees.
Pall and he cjiii'lnced.
JOSEPH F. REX,
Aiu;ll-iy . KAHT WK1BSP0UT.
DU. G. T. FOX,
H2 Main .Street, Hatli, I'a.
AT KASTOX,'HWAN HO rKU TIIKMIIA1 H.
AT Al.l.KN'1'IHVN, MMIl.K l"rKl., THIIHHA
AT llAMlllll, IIIIOWIW.U IIOl'HK.rnNllAlM.
KV lUTII, WKUNRMIl.Wri AMI! SATtnil)AM.
Oltlce Hours -Prom a a. m. to 1 n. in. i'ractlce
limited to disunites n( the
Eye(Ear, Nose & Throat
fc-.lMi. lterraellonoriheUyesfnrtlie adjiwt-
nient otnlftsses.
D. J. KISTLER
Kesoetfnlly nuuoiinees to (be public that he has
opened it SUW UVKP.VSt'Alil.H.andthatheU
ow ureimrtMi io iiiruisu jeauis mr iriuieniis,
WediPngsorllnslnessTrliw on the shot lest uo
leeiuul moil liberal ternw. Orders lelt lit the
(lartioi: House" will ieclv-pmui)t iilteiitlnn.
8TAM1H8 ON N0IIT1I STHBFiT,
next tholiael, lhlIit(m. lanKtA-
All Hib freshest (lounty nmvs in
t'nis papov. Road it,
iir Newest Designs nml MiwrKMbumiiiile
Bibles ol
DRI'ISS GOODS. .
T)RY GOODS,
GR00ERTI3S,
PUOVTSTONS.
S1LYGRWARE, &c, &c.
CO TO
IB. JET. SNYDER,
llrtnJc Stroot, Ijohighton.
uooiIb guaranteed and iwieet as low as else
where lor the aaina Utility of goads.
July IB, 1HH6 ly)
No
more
of this.
Huiilier Hh.MtM unlesa wmj uaoouiartaUy tight
,11 .HI. 11 ll. 1.11 Ull'
THK "COLCHESTEIt" RI'IIIIRU CO,
T. r a
Ii.m. uitli luKlde of heel Uued wltb ntLhar.
1 1 e'lti
(i,t bii..tiiK i,tr
me tiue ana pveveats uw ruueei
(.'all rr tha polciwssar
"ADHESIVE COUNTERS.'
JOHN K. LENTZ, WholaaaU Agent.
AI.I.KMOWS, l'A.
- .IT RET.llL ISl'
Ketall deulers tan h.tie then u.tinri. Insert.
here n,)lu jtem itnt) n. imtii yi
EMORY
t' U. ...Ll- fl Hi.Tl
Av,. IW Yurk.
srii ! Mil
U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
Catarrh
IB a blood disease. Until tno poison (a
expelled from tlio system, there onu
be no euro for this loathsome ami
dangerous malady. Therefore, the only'
effective treatment is a thorough courso
of Oyer's Snrsnparllla the best of all
blood purifiers. The sooner you begin
tho better ; delay is dangerous.
" I was troubled with catarrh for over
two years. I tried various remedial,
and was treated by a number of physi
cians, but received no benefit until I
began to take Ayer's Sarsoparllln. A
few bottles of this medicine cured me of
this troublesomo complaint and com-
Eletcly restored my health." Jesso SI.
;ogga, Holman's Jlills, N. 0.
s "When Ayer's Barsaparilla was rec
ommended to mo for cotarrfi, I was in
clined to doubt its efficacy. Having
tried so many remedies, with little ben
efit, I had no faith that anything would
euro me. I becamo emaciated from loss
of appetlto and impaired digestion. I
had nenrly lost the senso of smell, and
my system was badly deranged. I was
about discouraged, when a friend urged
me to try Ayer's Barsaparilla, and re
ferred me to persons whom it had cured
of catarrh. After taking half a dozen
bottles of tills medicine, I am convinced--that
tho only sure way of treating this
obstinate disease is through the blood."
Charles II.
Maloney, 113 ltivor St.,
Lowell, Mass,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
pmrAHED Br
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price $1 ; sir bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottls.
Professional & Brines Cartls.
W. M. Rapsher,
ATTOUNEY and COUNSKLIjOU AT T.AW,
First door above Ihe Mansion House,
MAUOII CHUNK PBNN'A.
'.teal Kstate and Collection Aucney. Will Huy
ind Sell Ileal I'stale. Coiiveyiinchi!! neatly done.
ollertions promptly made. Settling Kstatesof
Occidents a specialty. May he cot'snlted In
Knullshitiid (termini nnv. w-vl
W. &. M. Soiple,
PUV8ICIAN AND SUltOEON.
SOUTH RTREKTt - - - LKHIGHTON.
May ho consulted in Kimhsli and (lernian.
pecl.ll ntteidlou given to (lynecology.
Omen llotmsi From 12. M. to 2-1. M., nml
'rnhlfiloBl'. M
mar. st-vl
When vou aro addressed as above, vour firit im
pulse is to look at the driver. If the day be stormy
and tho drireris a wise man, you will find that ho
wears a " 1 uh Urand Sliclter," and he will tell you
that ne is a j comiortauie on ina dox as ins yiassen-
rer In the cab, and that lor his business tins coat
a lnvaluab'e. When you get once inside a " Ktah
liraod Slid.er," there's no such thing as weather
for you. Il doesn't make the smallest difference
whether it rains, bails, sleets, snows, or blows.
You are absolutely and solidly comfortable. Get
on st once. No danger ol your not Uk tne it after
wards. It is a was'e of mouey to buy any other
waterproof coat. They are worthless after a few
weeks of hard usage. Ueware of worthless im
itation i, every eaimenT stamped wltli the ''Fish
lirand" Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior
coat when you can have the " FUh Brand Slicker "
delivered uithout extra coat. Particulars and
illustrated catalgi)3 free.
A. J, TOVSn, - Booton, Mass.
:. I, SMITH, D. D. S.,
(inioe o)oslte the Opern House.
linnk Street, Zteh it.ton, Pa
DKNTIHTUY IN Aid. I't'H llltANniKH.
f tlMlig and uuktng nrtilleiiil ilentuiCH siiet'lul
ly. Ij.enJ auesllietlea used.
Uhs Htlmlnlsteretl ami Tevtb Kxlrneted WITH
Oft I'AIN.
OPKIOK IIOHItS:-.'riiii k . in., to li in,, from
1 n. in., w s t. in., rout I n. in., 141 H p. in.
Consultations In ICugllsli or (leriutm
Office 11 mil v iit Iliuleton Ken hatunliiv
Oot lfr8T-lv
DENTISTRY.
Di J. A, Mayor &$cn.
Vtr. GE0I1GE II, MAYER,
tinuhmte from Hie Denial Department of the
Unlvirlty of 1'KiiusylvHitlu,
hits oieued mi ufilee in the sdme Inilldlng with
ui iitinet, M'eoiiti niNir in me nay iiHitm,
ru IllillAliWAY. MAIH'II t llUMv, l'A.,
ami is limy meii.uvil to tecelveeveryonein need
ul llrst eluss iicnl.il sen lee. lime S Slt-K
MANSION HOUSE
UpposlU' I.. Jt S. lel,
BANK 8TBKET, - LEH1GHT0N,
P. II. 1I0M, rUOl'KIKTOH.
Tills litHiae ogern tlrt-elnss lU'etiiuiutiil.ttions for
'rallsleiil nnd ierinHnenI hoarder.,. It bits lieeu
uewli refilled 'll ltltstleiuitiueii,and is Im til
ed in tine of lite moat iihtiireMiue iorUtii's of the
boruuglt. Terms numeral... s I lie AII Is
UIHlled With 'he chilli est Wines, l.hiuols ami
Jlgurs. Kresh i-..?ei on Tun. :tir 17 l
PRANK. P. DIEHL,
NHU'IH .illil Ll,
, l'ructicil BUeksuillhit llorsesboer
Is iie..tred to do al work in his Hue
lu the bent niaituei and at the lowest
ilrtcen. Please eill. no-l-ly.
PACKEKTON HOTEL.
MhJwitN h.tween Mailt It t Inuik & I.euiKliliiii
L. II I HUM, l'i"l I01.
PAl'KERTOM, - - TitNKt.
thin well known Hotel ts mlutiittbluetttteu, und
handle Lest ari-oiiuiitid.it tuns tm pernuuieni and
.ttiHieoi hoarders Kicelleiit 'lables and the
eiAr beat Listuoia. suble. attached lattjl
MAVE A CAB?
A SHORT SERMON.
Children, who read my hay,
Tills much I have to my:
Kach rtuy and evwy day
Do what Is rlgllt
ItUlit tiling in (Treat and smilli
'I'hen, thonjth thn sky should Mil,
ftim, moon and stars and nil.
You shall bare light
Tills further would I my:
lie yon tempted As ytou hmy, . ;
Ench dly and erei y dVky,
ttimak what Is tru
Ti ud llilngn In irreat and small ;
TIiho, thoiiKh Ihe Rby should fall.
Son, moon and stars and all,
Heareii would khow Ihrongh.
Flea, as you sea and know,
Do not out ot thistles grow:
And though tha blossoms blow
Willi on the tree,
Orapea never, never yet
on Ihe limbs of thorns were set.
8o, if you a good would get,
(lop'l you mutt Iw.
IJfe's journey, through and thfough,
BpoiklnK wliat Is Just and true,
Doing what Is right to do
t'ntoone and nil,
When you worlc and when ytmjilay.
Each day and every day;
Then peace shall gild your way.
Though the st:y should fall.
Montreal Star.
A GREAT DIVOECE CASE.
There wns a man called , Bronclthorst
a three cornered, middle, aged tnan In
the army gray ns a badger, nml dome
people mid with n touch of country
blood in hiin. That, however, cannot bo
proved. Mrs. Bronckhorst was not ex
actly yontiK. though lifteen years young
er than her husband. She was a large,
pale, iruiet woman, with heavy eyelids
over weak eyes, nnd hair that turned
red or yellow as the lights fell on it.
Bronckhorst was not nico in any waj
He had no respect for the pretty public
and private lies that make life a littlo
lens nasty than it is. His manner tow
ard his wifo was coarse. There are
many things, including actual assault
with" the clinched fist, that u-wifo will
endure; but seldom a wife can bear, as
Mrs. Bronckhorst hove, with n long
course of brutal, hard chaff, making
light of her weaknesses, her headaches,
her small lits of gayety, her dresses, her
queer little nttempts to mnko herself at
tractive to Iter husband when Bho knows
that she is not what she has been, and,
worst of all, tho love that she sjiends
on her children. That particular sort of
heavy handed jest was specially dear to
Bronckhorst. 1 suppose that he had first
Slipped into it, meaning no harm, in the
honeymoon, when folk find their ordi
nary stock of endearments ran, short,
and so go to the other extreme to express
their feelings. A similar impulse makes
n man say, "Hutt, you old beastl" when
a favorite horse nuzzles his coat front.
Unluckily, when the reaction of mar
riage sets in, the form of speech remains, '
and, the tenderness .having died out,
hurts tho wife more than sho cares to
say. But Mrs. Bronckhorst was de
voted to her "Teddy," as she called him.
Perhaps that was why ho objected to
her. Perhaps this is only a theory Cp
account for his infamous behavior later
on he gave away to the queer, &avago
feeling that sometimes takes by tho
throat a husband twenty years married
when ho st'es across the table tho same
face of his wedded wife, and knows
that, as ho has sat facing it, so must ho
continue to sit until tho day of its death
or his own. Most men and all women
know the spasm. It only lasts for three
breaths as a rule, must be a ."throw
back" to times when men and women
were rather worse than they ure now, nnd
is too unpleasant to be discussed.
Dinner r.t the Bronckhorsts was. an
infliction fetv men cared to undergo.
Bronckhorst took a pleasure in saying
tilings that mado Jiis wifo wince. When
their littlo boy came in at dessert
Bronckhorht used to give him half a glass
of wine, and naturally enough the poor
little mito ut first riotous, next miser.
able and was removed screaming..
Bronckhon.t asked if that was the way
Teddy usually behaved, and whether
Mrs. Bronckhorst could not spare some
of her time to teach the "littlo beggar
decency," Mrs, Bronckhorst, who loved
the boy more than her own life, mod
not to cry her spirit seemed to have
been broken by her marriage. Lastly,
Bronckhom used to say: "There! that U
dq, that'll do. For God's sake try to
behave like a rational womau. Go in
to the drawing rooni." Mrs, Bronck
horst would go, trying to carry it all off
with a smile, nml the guest of the even
ing would feel angry and uncomfortable.
Alter three years of this cheerful life
for Mrs. Bronckhorst had no women
friends to talk to the station was atari
tied by the news that Bronckhorst had
instituted proceedings on the criminal
court against a man named Biel, who
oertalnly had lieeu rather attentive to
Mrs. Bronckhorst whenever she hart up.
peareel in publio. The utter want of re
serve with which Bronckhorst .treated
his own dishonor helped ns to know that
the evident- ugainst Biel would be en.
tirely circumstantial and native. There
were no letters, but Bronckhorst said
openly that he would raok heaven and
earth until he saw Biel superintending
the manufacture of carpets m the Uen
trul jail. Mr. Bronckhorst kept entire
ly to her house. aiA let charitable folks
gay wttat they plewsed. Qfrinion were
divided. Some two-thirds of (he sta
tion jumptitl at once to tha conclusion
that Biel wm guilty, Irat a doten men
who knew nnd liked him held by him.
Biel wm furious and surprised. He de
nied the w'tole thing, and vowed that
he would thrash Bronckhorit within an
inch Of his life.
No jury, we knew, could convict a nuiu
on the criminal count on native evidence
in a land where you con buy a murder
charge, including the corpse, all com
plete for fifty-four rupees; but Biel did
not care to scrape through by the benefit
of u doubt. He wanted the whole tiling
cleared: but as he said oue night: "He
can urovu anything with servants' evi'
llence and 1'ye only my bare word." This
was about a mouth before the owe came
on, and beyoud agreeing with Biel we
could do little. All that we could be
sue of w.ih that the native evidence
would le bad enough to blast Biel's char-
outer for tlv rent of his service; for when
n,n:itie 1m ;iiw perjury he perjure him
etilf thoimulily. Ho does not lioggle
over tlelnil.
Some geiiius at the end of the table
whereat lln- affair wan Ik-iiik talked over,
bald. "Loo1: here! X don't believe law
yers aiv iciv (ixhI. ' (Jet a man to wire
to Strii-klniitl. nml lx-g linn tot inin-iliiwii
ami pull it, tiiioiigh "
iitntlil.ml won almut .1 litm iifii nml
t!Kht. 1,11! s up tlie lute He I mil uol
luug Ik-i-ii i1i.11 1 led to Miss Youjrhitl, but
1 he gcentrd iu the telegram a rluuic of
return to the old detective work thut hi
1 ijudl ltibtcti itllei , mid nuAt uiifhl he cuuie
iji aUtl UeAlvl uUt ttUCV. PH'4'f 1 1 '
pipe nnd mta oraculnfly: "We must get
nt the evidence. Ootya bearer. Mumwl
man'Wilt and methrnnlayah, 1 Ruppose,
are the pillars of the charge. I am on in
this piero, but I'm afraid I'm getting
maty in my talk."
lie roiW anil went into Biers bedroom.
where his trunk hml been put, and shut
the doon An hour later we heard him
soy: "I hadn't the heart to part with my
old makeups when I married. "Will this
doV There was 0 lothely faquir twlnnm
ing in the doorway.
"Now" lend mo fifty rupees," said
Strickland, "and give me your words of
honor that you won't tell my wife."
He got all that ho asked for, and left
the house while the tablo drank his
health. "What he did only ho himself
knows. A- faquir hung about Bronok-
horgtfff oomponnd for twelve days.
Then n mehter appwired, and when Biel
lierittl or liim he slid that Strickland
was art ahgel full fledged. Whether the
ihellfe'rinnde love to Jauki, Mrs. Bronck
hontfg ayah, is a question which con-
cerjiB Strickland exclusively.
He onino back nt the end of three
w&lfg, and said quietly: "Ton spoke
the tnlth. Biel. Tlln wlinln limrinnaa
put iip' from beginning to end. Jovo!
n nimogt astonishes me! That Bronck
horst beast iga't flt to live."
There wiw uproar nnd shoutine. nnd
Biel said: ''Ilownroyou gping to prove
UP You can't say that j-ou've been tres
passing on Bronckhnrst's compound in
disguise!"
No," said Strickland. "Tell vour
lawyer fool, whoever ho is, to rret un
something strong about 'inherent im
probabilities' and 'discrepancies of evi.
dence.' He won't have to sponk. bnt it
will miike him happy, I'm going to run
tms business. '
Biel hold his tongue, and the other
men waited to tseo what would happen.
They trusted Strickland as men trust
quiet men. When tho casocamo off the
court was crowded. Strickland hung
about in tho veranda of the court till he
met tho Mohammedan khitmatorar.
Then ho murmured a faquir's blessing in
his ear, and asked him how his second
wife did. Tho man spun around, and as
lie looked into tho eyes of "Estreeken
Saliib"-his jaw dropped. You must re
member that before Strickland wns mar
ried he was, ns I have told you already,
a power among the natives. Strickland
whispered a rather coarse vernacular
proverb to the effect that he was abreast
of all that was going on, and went into
the court armed with a gut trainer's
whip.
Ihe Mohammedan was the first wit
ness, and Strickland beamed upon him
trom tho Uncle of the court. The man
moistened his litis with his tontrue. and
in his abject fear of "Estreeken Sahib,"
the faquir, went back on every detail oi
his evidence said he was a poor man
and God was his witness that ho hadfor
gotten every thing that Bronckhorst Sahib
had told him to say. Between his terrot
of Strickland, the juClgo nnd Bronck
horst he collapsed, weeping.
'liien began tuo panic among tho wit
nesses, .lanki, tho ayah, leennir chastelv
behind.; her vejl, turned grojv amV the
bearer lelt tho. court. Ho said that liis
mamma wns dying, and that it wa3 not
wholesome for any man to lio nnthnftily
in the presence of "Estreeken Sahib."
Biel said politely to Bronckhorst:
"Your witnesses don't seem to work.
Haven't you any forged letters to pro
duco?" , But Bronckhorst was swaying
to and fro in his chair, and there was n
dead pause after Biel had been called to
order.
Bronckhonst's counsel saw the look on
his client's face, and withont more ode
pitched his papers on the llltlo green
baize table, nnd mumbled something
about having been misinformed. The
whole court applauded wildly, like sol
diers at a theatre, and the judge began
to say what he thought.
Biel came out of tho place and Strick
land dropped a gut trainer's whip on the
veranda. Ten minutes later Beil was
cutting Bronckhorst into ribbons bohind
the old court cells, quietly nnd without
scandal. What was left of Bronckhorst
was sent homo in a carriage and his wife
wept ovpr it nnd nursed it into iv man
again.
Later on, after Biel had managed tc
hush up the counter charge against
Bronckhurnt of fabricating false evi
dence, Mrs. Bronckhurst, with her faint,
watery smile, said that thoro had boon a
mistake, but it wasn't her Teddy's fault
altogether. Sho would wait till hoi
Teddy came back to her. Perhaps he
had grown tired of her or she had tried
liis patience, and perhaps wo wouldn't
cut her any more, and perhaps the
mothers would let their children play
with "littlo Teddy" again. He was so
lonely. Then the station invited Mrs.
Bronckhorst everywhere until Bronck
horst was lit to appear in publio, whou
he went home and took his wifo with
him. According to tho latest advices
her Tetldy did "come back to her" and
they are moderately liappy, though of
course lie can never forgive her the
thrtwhiug that sue was the indirect
means of getting for him.
"What Biel wants to know is: "Whv
didn't I prefts, home the charge against
the Bronckhorst brute und have libit run
inr
What Mrs. Strickland wants to know
is: "How did my husband bring auoh a
lovely, lowly Waler from your itation;
I know all nig money affairs, and I'm
certain he didn't buy it,"
What I want to know is: "How do
women like Mrs. Bronckhorst come to
marry men like Bronokhors?"
And my conundrum is the most unan
swerable of the three. Itudyard Kip-
ling.
Napoleons of 1'liiauoe.
A most appalling sound wns heard iu
the nursery, and the nstonighed father,
with his hair on end, ran to see what
was the matter. He opened the door
and looked in. Willie was sitting astride
Ins drum, kicking it with both feet.
Johnny was twisting the oat's tail and
liringing forth howls of dire agony,
Tommy waa whirling n rattle, Bobby
Btapleford, a neighbor's boy, wag super
intending a fight between two vociferous
dogs, Harry Plugmore, another visitor,
was juinpiug up and down on an empty
barrel, half uogen other casual young-
fcterg were pouuding tin pan, and all
were veiling at the tops of their voices.
'What is the meaning of this unearthly
racket?" ileiiruiiieii the father us hoon as
he ronld make hiiif-elf lie, mi iilnivo the
din.
"We're lilaying Chicago board of
trade," replied Willi!. "Felli'is, let 'er
go once inure1'
.n pHiuli minium I nuke loose again.
Chit ntro Tribune.
Aloe.
mv la -
"How 1
1 .In il uru
mured th. 11 i t
"Yen," ruckled the hou "but you can't
get twenty ecu to u dufceu tor'ew." Har
per a Bu.ir.
0SS1NG MANY BABIES.
A CLEVER WOMAN'S WAY OF SELL
INQ SEWING MACHINES.
Curious riiftue- or Ure Seen by n Girl
Who Wont About TenrhliiB Women to
Sew on Marhlnes Customer Kept In
Cood Humor by Taet nnd PHtlcnee.
Women play a big part in selling sow
ing machines. Besides giving instruc
tions, most sewing machine companies
engage them to draw up contracts when
machines aro sold on the installment
plan. No matter how bright tho ngont's
prospects may seem, a machine is not
considered sold until the lease is in, and
in order to accomplish that much dopends
on the skill, efficiency and personality of
tho teacher. One teacher writes of her
oxperienco among New York down town
people iu this way:
"I shall never forget my first oxperi
enco. If any woman is anxious to get a
practical knowledge of human nature
my advice is to tako a situation ns
teacher on the sewing-maehlrrB itl 'an in
stallment district. Because 1 resented
one customer's impertinent nnd irrele
vant questions she called me n crank and
an old maid nil in one afternoon. A
colleague informed me that tho customer
had it 'in for tne,' and that she wouldn't
keep the machine if tho company made
her a present of it. 'All right: we'll
see,' I'said. When 1 went to tho woman's
house the next day she was crosser than
two sticks, and sho concluded her vitu
peration by ordering me nnd the machine
out of the houso.
AN IK.QOISrnVE CUSTOMKIt.
"And this was tho reason. Whon I
called on her tho first time, after asking
mo my ago, my residence, tho amount of
salary 1 reoeived, sho wanted to know
why I didn't get married. I told her in
words moro emphatic than polite that a
twelve-dollar-a-week girl would never,
never marry a niue-dollav-a-week man.
Tho woman's husband was a porter in a
storo, and earned $9 a week. No won
der she nover forgave me. '. This one ex
perience taught me a lesson, however,
and over afterward when I had a custo
mer liko her on hand 1 supplied myself
with tho patienco of Job, the wisdom of
Solomon, tho oloquence of Webster and
the suavity of n Chinese diplomat.
"The tough customer also comes in
for n sharo of my criticism. She is a
woman who permits an agent to send her
a machine on trial, and down deep in her
heart never intends to keep it. This
customer always manages to get her
spring or fall sewing done up in this
way, and to manage her I had to use my
very best verbal and thinking abilities.
Women who indulge in the petty arti
fices nro as easy to sound as an empty
barrel. Thoy nro always commonplace
and very talkative. When I came across
a woman of this .class I made it o point
to study her and her surroundings and
then I would act. If she doted on her
children 1 usually began the campaign
by kissing the baby. While o teacher for
the company I kissed babies of every
nationality, to say nothing of creeds. By
constant application I would get the
tough customer to sign tho lease in a
Week or ten days, and wheu that docu
ment really was in my possession no one
was moro surprised than myself.
DEl'INlTIOK OF SEVERAL TERMS.
" "Afraid of being cheated' is the
thought uppermost in the 'queer' cus
tomer's mind. Sho invariably proves to
bo a.good little woman who has been im
posed upon by human sharks of every de
scription. Once get her confidence and
the case is O. K.
"The 'thick' customer is the ono who
tried my patienco and made mo feel cross
after leaving her house. Dense stupid
ity is the definition of 'thick' in the sew
ing machine vocabulary. I was with tha
company 6ix months before I could ac
enstom myself to tha use of that word.
The 'thick' woman could never learn the
attachments. Her nwkwardness is sim
ply inborn, and all tho manual training
in Christendom would never make an
operator out of her.
"The 'particular customer is another
who tried me a groat deal. She is one of
those women who go through this lifo
making other people miserable.
"Tho 'easy' customer has a mania for
buying everything on the installment
plan. She would buy tho earth that way
if it wore for sale and, if ono would give
her plenty of time to pay for it. She
would 'close this week,' only alio has to
meet tho payments on some silverware,
Whon tha next week camo her exenso
was that she had to make u payment on
o bronze clock. Her husband was the
one person who didn't know anything
about the debts she contracted. I onco
leased a machine to a woman who told
me after 1 gave her tho second lesson
that she was coming up to tho office to
pay the full cath for it. Hor husband,
she said, gavo her the money. Like most
men he objected to the installment plan
The next time I called to instruct her
she astonished me by paying jJie had
changed her mind about payingoaah for
tlie machine,
" ') wanted a laoe dreaa, so 1 bought
it with the money he gave me for tho ma-
ohfne. He won't find it -out.' Tho ho
referred to was her husband, of course,
and he was employed an n Ixirtender iu
an uptown saloon. She arranged with
tlie collector to pay the installments
from tlie money she could save from the
house.
"Tlie installment plan lias its dark
side, but it haa been a real benefaction to
the poor. The discount alio veil for cash
is so small that it is not tnuoh ot an in
duoement to customers." New York
frees.
llora In Corea.
Every man who goes to Corea should
be, or should net, married. Every un
married man is considered a lmy, though
he should live to be 100. No matter
what hiK Here, he follows in position the
youngest of the married men, despite the
fact, perhtqw. of having lived years
euough to lie their father. The jmly
parallel to this in America is in our poli
ty's, nhc-H-ni every man active in the
profession U a "b'hoy," even if he lie as
jiay itillra. hjiinula. Chatter.
lieu THt,eihe.
"nuMieliu imu dUntsB" lias Miineared
during the luat few years, and the bee
keepers have had to lament not only de
nletad liive-t. but larae numbers of dis
eased I mh-h. The liet-H look black because
of losa of I air, inncli an do robber bees or
old Ihhm m tin mi:, and frequently make
strange motions in front of tlie hives, as
tli.smsli dam-ill. i.t in convulsions. The
difceuso i.- fe'ipiauMid to be due to fungoid
attack. Tim i euiedy is found in super
seding tlie queen with a healthy one,
and also in ha-, a plentiful supply uf
salt wattr close to the hive, where the
tart can fctuii lutnly aoceas tu it - fwt
REAL ESTATE FAKIRS.
lt-ow a Young Western Man Dee' o
' Nothing- to Make Money.
"While fakirs aro numerous in all
classes of business," said a 'prominent
real estato dealer, "I think that there are
more of them in our business than in al
most any other. The real estate fakir is
usually an ambitious young man whoso
imagination has been fired by tho daring
exploits of such men as Napoleon Ives.
He thinks that in nothing elso can ho so
quickly attain riches, at the same time
avoiding the fall that blighted Ives ca
reer. "Tlieso fakirs, 'dressed in their best
suits of clothes,' call nt a broker's office,
talk of their property, of largo deals on
hand and of options held by them, ns
though they possessed tho wealth of a
Gould. The unsuspicious broker re
ceives them with open arms, bnt soon
discovers that is all talk. Thoso ad
venturers go from one offico to another,
and it is always the same story dreams,
empty dreams. Once in a while o bright
young fellow succeeds on nothing but
nerve, as did n young ncqunintanco ol
mino. Tho fellow I speak of lived by
working on a salary of $50 a month, and
decided to open a real estate office. With
a capital of flOO he rented an office, had
handsome cards engraved, and fearlessly
embarked upon the real estato market.
Ho succeeded beyond his wildost expec
tations, and is today worth $30,000, and
all iu ono year."
"What wan his method of operation?'
queried tho reporter.
"It wns simply this," responded the
broker. "The young man discovered a
vacant lot iu a desirable location for
which tho owner paid itO,CK)0 about two
years previous. He called on the ownoi
and agreed to pay him 515,000 for tho lot.
His offer was promptly accepted.
" 'Hold on,' said the- young man, '1
haven't a cent, but this is what I propose
to do: convoy the lot to mo and put th
consideration at 20,000. I will execute
a trust deed to you for $15,000, which J
want you to withhold from record for s
few weeks.'
"This was agreed to, and tho young
financier had plans and specification!
drawn, advertised for bids and received
bids running from $15,000 to $70,000,
Ho concluded to let the contract to the
lowest bidder. Now came tho vital
question of obtaining the money. The
young man was equal to the emergency.
Ho called on n well known capitalist,
showed him his deed for the lot, assured
him ho had paid $20,000 cash for it, and
stated that ho had contracted for the
erection of a $70,000 building. This,
added to tho valno of the lot, would
make $00,000. After an examination oi
tho situation tho capitalist agreed to loan
him $00,000, secured by mortgago on the
lot and the building to be erected.
"My young friond paid the $16,00C
duo on the lot, and a handsome building
now stands there. He also ref nsod $25,
000 a few days ago for a half interest in
his equity in tho property. The building
yields o good income, and in a fow yean
will pay for itself. I can say that while
this young fellow deceived in tho flrsi
instance, lie has lived up to his prom
ises and is now doing a good business.'
Another broker relates an amusing en
counter with a crank.
"Wo meet with plenty of cranks in
our business," said this broker. "Thoj
all havo some wild scheme with mlllloni
in it. One came into my office today
with a. great scheme. He assured me In
seriousness that ho would make ray for.
tuno. As I was not busy I listened to
him. His plan was to buy the space
above buildings of moderate height. 'Oi
course,' said this crank, 'we won't tell
tho projierty owners what we propose tc
do with this space, and they will think
they havo struck a snap and that we are
fools whon we offer them a fow hundred
dollars for the air above their buildings.
When we have obtained this space w
can bnilil on as high as we please. Donl
you see?"
"I failed to see, and ho left, muttering
how many fools thoro are left." Chi
cago Post.
Rhamny Leather.,
Shanioy or wash leather, proporlj
chamois leather, is so called because
originally and when of the best qunlitj
it was mado from the chamois or wild
goat Inhabiting tho Alps and Pyrenees.
It is now mado chiefly from the skill ol
deer, goata and sheep. It is essentially
distinguished from other kinds of leathei
in being dressed with oil without salt
alum or tun, and in the grain being taken
off. The kins are brought to a stat
of pelt by liming and washing. The
buff color is imparted by dipping inte
gamboge, not to tan, but to dyo them.
Now York Telegram.
I.nd Duat In Quantity.
Cases of lead poisoning among thi
Jncquard weaves in a Swiss factory wen
traced to the dust from leaden wcighti
which are used by tho weavers to carrj
tho thread of their warp. After thi
varnish has been rubbed off from tin
weightH the lead begins to wear away
and falls in fine particles among tha dusi
on tho floor. In some cases the dust wat
as much a 56.80 per cent, lead, and ever
when tho utmost caro had been taken i
or 10 per oont. of lead was found in it
Philadelphia Ledger,
A Child's Simile.
Callolmy (who is growing a beanl)
Littlo girl, why do yon look at me e
steadilyi Never seo me before?
Flossie I was only wondering if ypt
were one of the gentlemen papa says cat
play ehln music.
Cnlloboy Not 1. But why do yot
think bo'.'
Flossie 'Cause your chin looks so likt
the cylinder of our musio box. Pitta-
burg Bulletin.
Love of Ufe.
A x-ecent writer says that persons wh
earnestly deeiro to live can keep a mor
tal disease nt bay muoh longer thai
thoso who are comparatively indifferent
to their fate. A resolute determinatloi
not to succumb is, an every army surged
knows, the salvation of many a wounded
6Qi(Uer, who without it would awmredl)
die. Hnll a Journal of Health.
An Klephant Hunt' In Seattle.
Two elephants of a circus were being
driven on board a steuner at Seattle,
Wash., for a trip to Ferndale.when they
refuted to step on the gangplank and
both made ti break up street. The larg
est, named Queen, was pursued by a
crowd of men and boys into a lumber
yard, where she made a stand and trum
peted several times. The crowd pressed
W with t-iubs, and in a moment she
charged them. In the scramble a big
pile of lumber was upset and four men
were buried. After an hour's chase
itacn was capture!. -Pituburg Dla-
When words fall to express, try soire
rellablo freight lino.
100 turtles Wonted.
And 100 men lo cull nt druggists, for a
free package of Lane's Family Medicine,
the great root and herb remedy, dlscoveerti
byDr Silas Lnnc while in the ltocky moun
tains. For diseases of the blood, liver nml
kidneys it is n positive cure. For conslipa
tion and clearing up the complexion it does
wonders. Children like it, Kveryone
praises il, targe-sUo package, fin reins.
Al nil tlritfttish)'
A tea set Tho Chinese.
Tlie world's fair Women.
Out rates Tho harbor's fee.
Home FnolUli People
Allow ii cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
" Oil, It will wenr nwny, but In moM rnces
it wonrs llicm nwny. Could thev be in
duced to try tlie successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on n positive
guarantee to cure, they would immedialelv
tee the -excellent effect after taking the llrit
dose. Price COo nnd $1.00. Trial sUe free.
At all druggists.
The race question "Which horse Is
ahead 1"
Tnily4hu ways of women are past find
ing out, but they are dear delightful crea
tures for all their lack of continuity,
J'nels Worth Kooning.
In nil diseases of the nasal mucous mem
brane the remedv uued must be liun-iirilat-ing.
Tlie medical profession has been slow
to learn this. Not liitist satisfactory can be
accomplished with douches, snuff, jiowders
or syringes because they aro nil irritating,
do not thoroughly reach the affected surface
es nnd should he nbnttadotied as worse than
failures. A multitude of persons who had
for yenri borne all tlie worry nnd pain that
catarrh can inflict testify to redicnl cures
wrought by Kly's Cream llnlm.
If urowii men only knew as much as
their mothers think, thoy know when they
aro babies, tlie world would have no furth
er iis.0 for encyclopedias.
A Hnfe Investment.
s one whieh lurunruntcetl to brlnur von satls-
hirlory results, or In cine ot failure a return ot
liiiri iiane, priec. uu mis saie pian you can
buy from our ntlvertisetl Drngelst a bottle ot Dr.
Kiliu's New Discovery for Oonsuinntloii. It It
Hiiaiiiiielctl to urine relief In every case, when
utetl lorau nircctlon ot Throat, Lungs or Chest,
siieli as I'luijuinptlon, inflammation of Uinirs.
llroiiehltU, Asthma, Whooping Couch, Croup,
etc., ete. It Is pleasant and agreeable totaste-
leneetly sale, an can always be depended up,
in, 'lrliil hollies frco iitltHimn'H Drugstore.
It's concentration of thought that tells
in our daily endeavor. Just watch the
face uf the small bo; when lie Is taking
aim at a trauip cat.
Oh. AVlint a Cough,
Will von heed tho warnine. The stenal
perhaps of the sure approach of that more
tcrrilile disease. Consumption, Ask your
selves if ynu can alliiitl for the sake of sav
ing 00 cettle, lo run the risk aiiu uo notli
inir for it. Wo know from experience that
fcthitoh's Cure will cure your cough. It
never mils, mis explains why more man
n Million ISoltliS were sold the past year.
ll relieves croup nnu whooping couku nt
once. Mothers do not he without it. for
htmc back, side. Or chest, use Shiluh's
l'tiroiiK Plaster. Sold nt Blerv's or Thomas'
drug store.
'How can I tell the sort of parasol von
rcqulro." tho tradesman was heard re
marking lo Miss jUarnford, "when you do
not give the slmdo." "Silly man' I ex
pect the parasol to do that," was the reply.
" ll'lial sltlo of the sticct do you live on,
Mrs. Klpple?" asked a counsel, cross-ex.
auditing a witness. "On either side. If
you go ono way it's on the right side; and
if you go tho other war, it's on the left."
I.vspeil Hint Mver Complaint.
Is it nut worth tho small price of 75 cents
In trio ytitiiHelf of evcrjr symptom of these
distressing conqilalnls, if you think so call
at our slorc ami get a bottle ol Hlilion e
Yilalizer. ICverv bottle has a printed
guarantee on it, use accordingly, and if it
dncK you no good it will cost you nothing.
Sold tit Hicry's or Thomas' drug, store.
'I'm v. iironrieinrs nf Klv'a Cream Balm do
not claim it to he u cure-all, but a sure
remedy forciilarrah, colds iu head and had
fever, it is not u litiuld or a snuff, but is
easily applied into the nostrils. It gives
relict til once.
When a woman fancies to herself the
husband she would like to havo, be is gen
erally different in Important respects from
ibo husband sue has already.
from lite Notion's Capital.
Mr. A. N. Hazon, Washington, I.J., ay XM
lanious lied Flat; Ull Is a perfect family medi
cine and lias no eiual for nfieutnatuin, Neurahfa
Hpralnf.Uut', Uurnsand bodily pain. Price tt.
Uontuuipllon, are you troubled wlththla terri
ble dlieaie, irao tako healthy exercise, live In
open air, ue 1'urltanOough and Consumption
Cure nnd be cured, don't delay, f rlco Zi cents,
at Thomas' drug store.
No; the steward docs not necessarily
have to be familiar with the club's bj-laws,
but he ought to kuor,' something about the
constitutions of tho members.
lon't Get Discouraged.
ISciiulso the doctors say you cannot live I
was troubled with Dropsy, and given up to
die. But after usliig Sulphur Bitters 1 am
well, ll is tlio beet medicine for all Kidney
dikuokes I ever saw. -Mrs. J. Brown, Bridge
port, Conn.
Upton Do you know that the telegraph
linemen have a higher moral standing than
ordinary folks? Lowe No; Why eo?
Upton They are more easily shocked by
current events.
Mnrveloiia Hmturancu.
The vat amount of labor performed by
the heart in keeping all portions ot the
body supplied with blood is not generally
known. It Leau 100,000 times, and forces
the blood al the rale of 103 miles a day,
which is 5,000,000,000 times and 8,150,880
miles in a life time. No wonder there are
so many Heart Failures, The first synip
tome are aliurtnes of breath when exer
cising, ialu in the side or stomach, flutter
ing, choking in throat, oppression, then fob
low week, hungry or smothering spells,
awollen ankles, etc. Dr. Franklin Mile'
New Heart Cure is tlie only reliable rem
edy. Sold by T. D. 1 heittae and W . F.
Uitry-
Sufferer Do )ou pull teeth without
pain? Dentist Well, not always. I sprain
ed my wrist last lime I pulled a tooth, nnd
il hurts me yet, occasionally.
Thousands have been lebeved of Indite
tiH and low ot apjK-tite bv a ungle bottle
of Ayer's bursaiaiilla. The uee uf thi
medicine, by giviug lone and strength to
the assimilative orgsna, haa inatle innum
erable cure- uf ihrouic ilv-.l. I'me
fl. Wuilh t-J a bollle,