niB CITIZEN, FIUDAYNOV. 26, 1009.
THE CITIZEN
rCWiSUID BTEBT WIDM8DAT AND FBIDAT BT
THE CITIZEN PODLIBIIIKO COMPACT.
Koto rod as second-class matter, at the post
otllce. Honesdale. Pa.
E. B. HARDENBERQH. - - PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - MANAGER AND SKC'Y
directors:
a. b. DonrLinoEB. m. b. alien.
BESBT WILSON. E. D. IIABDEHBEBOII.
W. W. WOOD.
FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1000.
By a unanimous opinion the Unit
ed States Circuit Court decides that
it was Illegal for the seven principal
stockholders of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey to acquire
controlling interests in nineteen
companies scattered through the
United States and engaging In some
feature of the oil business and merge
them all, so that their operations
could be controlled In a way to pre
vent competition and to monopolize
the products. There Is walling and
gnashing of teeth among the trust
Interests, and already we have heard
Xliat a disastrous cneci ine aecisiuu
111 have on business enterprise. It
a Avlilont that the trusts have for
gotten that so long as the human
race endures the natural laws of sup
ply and demand remain operative,
there will always be ample oppor
tunity for business activity, but In
stead of millions of profits going into
the hands of a few, all who engage
in trade can do so with a reasonable
expectation of being permitted to
live and to receive fair returns and
the consumers enjoy the benefits of
unrestricted competition. It Is gen
erally understood that the beef trust,
as obnoxious as It is already, is en
deavoring to obtain control of the
business of the Argentine Republic,
prevent the country from enjoying
the benefits of free hides and by
controlling the hide industry as well
as the meat market, gradually obtain
possession of shoe manufacturing
with other leather business. It is
easy to see how dangerous it would
be for a few to control such vast en
terprises. Such a combination under
the decision just handed down would
be illegal on 'the grounds that the
possession of such power' Is presump
tive evidence that it would be exer
cised, and yet were such a gigantic
trust formed and declared illegal,
the same cry of discouraging busi
ness venture would be heard. The
decision will , .have. a wholesome ef
fect and there is, no doubt, but, that
it will bo sustained by the United
States Supreme Court for that court
has already passed on the principles
of law in the Northern Securities
merger. It all goes to show that
when Alton B. Parker declared five
years ago'that the laws were already
adequate for the regulation and
control of the trusts, he was right.
"What a difference between this case
against the Standard Oil Company
and the spectacular $29,000,000
fine.
A TOWN'S GROWTH.
Nine years ago, the Board of
Trade of Wllliamsport, Pa., began
to stretch out in "The Williams
port Way" and $140,000 was rais
ed which secured the location in
Wllliamsport of the largest and
finest dye works in the world, now
owned by the National Silk Dyeing
company, and employing 300 men.
To secure the removal from Syra
cuse of the Sweets Steel company
It Was necessary to raise $150,000.
Every dollar of that amount was
furnished by Wllllamsport's banks
of discount. This was done quick
ly, and tho steel company's plant
is now in operation, employing 400
men. Ten members of the board
purchased a tract of 130 acres of
land and placed It In the hands of
the board for manufacturing sites.
This enabled the board to offer In
whole or In part at actual cost for
the original purchasers expected
only their money returned with no
profit. In 1900 the members con
tracted to provido $215,000 to tho
guaranty fund for use of tho board.
This contract was renewed In 1905.
To-day the guaranty fund amounts
to nearly $500,000 to be used for tho
extension of local Industries and to
loan to deserving manufacturers.
Tho members of tho board furnish
ed the money for the Wllliamsport
centennial celebration In 1906. The
result of Wllllamsport'B nlno years'
campaign, along theso lines', aro
significant. The percentages of in
crease follow: Population, twenty
nine per cent; freight revenues,
twenty-nine per cent; bank capital,
thirty-seven per cent; bank deposits,
'fortyrslx per cent; assessed valua
tion, fifty-four per cont; freight ton
nage, sixty-one per cent; bank sur
plus and undivided profits, 112 per
cent; postal receipts, 147 por cent.
For the same period WUUamsport
citizens Invested. $1,060,000 in new
local industries, and the outsldo cap
ital invested In new local industries
amounted to $1,434,500. These
figures do not Include investment in
plant extension. These two are suf
ficient to show the value of constant
and persevering municipal advertising.
BOILED DOWN FACTS.
Crane was shown the "open door.'
Chattanooga Times.
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Ten years ago I used to have head
aches. Richard Croker. Now
Murphy has them. New York
World.
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Commander Peary's proofs are all
In. There are some people who
think that Dr. Cook Is also. Provi
dence Journal.
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Both the polar explorers tell about
having eaten dog,- but both stub
bornly refuse to eat any crow. St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
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Gipsy Smith saved 400 In Chicago
the other night. ,But it wasn't the
400 which we sometimes hear about.
Atlantic Georgian.
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Wonder If the wedding of Mark
Twain's daughter to a Russian pi
anist will result in Mark being made
an honorary member of the douma?
Los Angeles Express.
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Narrowly escaping death when
charged by a bull elephant, Mr.
Roosevelt has yet the satisfaction
of knowing that in turn he can,
charge the publishers. Los Angeles
Express.
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People in New York or Washing
ton seem to have no intellectual dif
ficulty whatever in imagining a cen
tral bank located at one edge of this
great and growing country. In
dianapolis Star.
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A thing of beauty Is a joy until
the styles change. Atlanta Journal.
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"What is a college for?" asks a
magazine writer. Every manager
of a football team knows. St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
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Harvard professor says the ten
commandments need revision. Let's
give them a fair trial first. New
Haven Palladium.
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Speaker Cannon acts as though he
was one of the national resources
that should' be conserved. St. Paul
Pioneer Press. '
S (I) O (A ,!
After lV.OOO miles of dinners, It?,
is not strange that President Taft'
comes out in favor of a national
boafd of health. New York Even
ing Post.
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"If Senator La Follette is a Re
publican, I am something else," says
Speaker Cannon. We believe we
have heard Mr. Cannon called some
thing else. St. Paul Dispatch.
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If Speaker Cannon succeeds in
securing a league franchise for a
ball team In his town of Danville,
111., It will no doubt be known as
the Cannon ball team. Christian
Science Monitor.
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Looking at It from all sides, It has
been a bad year for the Tiger.
First, Detroit via Pittsburg; then
Princeton by the Lafayette route,
and now the Tammany mascot. Are
there any more talis to twist?
Philadelphia Inquirer.
GIVES LIFE FOR GRANDSON.
Congressman DeArmond Burns to
Death with Little Fellow.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 23. In
a vain effort to save the life of his
little grandson, Congressman David
DeArmond of the Sixth Missouri dis
trict, perished in a fire that destroy
ed his home In Butler, Mo., early to
day. His act of heroism became known
late this afternoon when his body
was found, his arms locked around
tho blackened and burned body of the
little boy. Ho had caught up the six-year-old
lad, David A. De Armond,
Jr., and rushed with him through
tho flames that filled his room. Ho
fell with his unconscious burden and
both sank through the floor to death.
BYRNE BROTHERS.
Go to tlio Lyric and See Them To
night. Theso ever populrfr and well
known pantomlmlsts will appear In
their great success, the new "Eight
Bells," at the Lyrlo to-night. In
presenting "Eight Bolls" to our
theatre patrons this season, the
Byrne Brothers have expended over
$20,000 in new sconory, mechanical
effects and stage paraphernalia. They
Intond giving one of tho best and
most complete pantomlc comedies
on tho stage. Tho reputation they
bavo gained for themselves has been
done through hard and faithful
work, and for this reason they have
been ablo to keep the confidence of
the people "Eight Bells" is a
startling rovelatlon In stage craft.
Mr. John F. Byrne has Invented a
number of new and surprising tricks
which mystify the audience. Noth
ing has been left undone to make
this production one of the real nov
elties ot the season.
Japan's Control of tho Pacific.
Tho control of the Pacific Is
awarded to Japan by at least two
writers, one an American, the other
a Japanese Homer Lea and Satori
Kato. The former states his vlows
in "The Valor of Ignorance," a work
which contains an array of argu
ments to show that America, In com
parison with Japan, is unprepared
for a struggle with the Eastern
Asiatics and that Japan has already
practical control of the Pacific and
could with efficient resistance seize
the Philippines, Hawaii, Panama,
Alaska, Washington, Oregon and
California. Mnj.-Gen. J. P. Story,
U. S. A., In Introduction to Mr. Lea's
work, thus summarizes and Indorses
that writer's conclusion:
"Japan has now supremacy In the
Pacific. In the event of war, that
supremacy could not be challenged
until after we had constructed a
sufficient fleet of colliers. Japan
can within three months land on the
Pacific Coast 400,000 troops, and
seize, with only insignificant resist
ance, Seattle, Portland, San Fran
cisco, and Los Angeles. A barrier
of mountains and deserts makes the
defense of the Pacific Slope an easy
matter against an attack from the
East, and only from that direction
could the United States hope to re
capture Its lost territory. . . . Mr.
Lea clearly shows that we are con
fronted by conditions which may
Imperil our national security, peace,
and welfare. No candid mind, who
carefully reads Mr. Lea's book, can
draw any other conclusion. It is
to be hoped that the book may
arouse a public sentiment through
out the country which will lead to a
full and serious consideration of a
problem which should no longer be
Ignored."
This double testimony agrees in
general with the views of the Japan
ese expert, given In the Hamburger
Nachrlchten, a journal generally
favorable to Japan. The title of this
brochure of tho Toklo speculator Is
entitled "Mastery of the Pacific,"
and It opens with a sarcastic refer
ence to tho cruise round the world
made by the American squadron, of
which we read:
"In conducting their modern
armada round the world the United
States of,Amerlca have merely made
a marvelous display of naval luxury."
The writer proceeds -to state that
Japan has mastered her' problem of
naval construction.' The Goverri
ment can produce at home the ma
terials, including steel, needed for
their shipbuilding. Labor and ma
terials are much cheaper in Japan
than In either America or even
Europe. The personnel of the Jap
anese Navy Is composed of patriots,
well known in the districts to which
they belong. These men scarcely
demand salaries or wages. To quote'
the words of this writer:
"In the event of war, Japan
could', as If aided by the wand of-a
magician, overrun the Pacific with
fleets manned by men who have
made Nelson their model and trans
ported to the armadas of the Far
East the spirit that was victorious
at Trafalgar. . . . Whether Japan
avows it or not, her persistent aim
Is to gain the hegemony of the Pa
cific. "Although peace seems to prevail
over the world at present, no one
can tell how soon tho nations may
bo entangled In war. It does not
need the English alliance to secure
success for Japan. ' That alliance
may be dissolved at any moment,
but Japan will suffer no defeat. Her
victory will be won by her men, not
by armor plates, things weak In com
parison." Translation made for
The Literary Digest.
INTEREST IN THE ONE RAIL.
It May Revolutionize Railroad Build
ing. Great interest has been manifest
ed among railroad men during the
last few days in the monorail car
tried out by Louis Brcnnan, C. B
before the Royal Society of England
last week. Many believe that the
principle of the gyroscope thus
adopted to a full sized car for the
first tlmo Is about to revolutionize
railroad construction.
Mr. Brennan first demonstrated
the Idea with a small model before
the society In the spring of 1907.
Last week he exhibited, on the War
Office grounds near Chatham, a 22
ton car, 40 feet long, 13 feet high
and 10 feet wide, mounted on a
single line of four wheels, without
other support than those wheels.
Two gyroscopes were used, weighing
three-quarters of a ton each and
making three thousand revolutions
a minute In a vacuum. A gasoline
engine furnished tho power. The
gyroscope wheels are 3 feet G Inches
In diameter and are placed In a cab
at the front of the car. A speed
of only seven miles an hour was at
tained on trial.
It was found that the big car was
even more successful than the mod
el. It showed no tendency to leave
the track or to tip. Sudden shifting
of weights In no way endangered
the equilibrium. It Is expected that
this type of car will do away with
the dangerous and uncomfortable
side thrust which leads to spread
ing rails and excessive Jolt and jar,
and limits tho safe speed of tho
ordinary two-rail train to about
seventy miles an hour. Moreover,
the power of the engine can be more
economically applied, and It Is pre
dicted that a safe speed of 160 miles
an hour can be attained.
Tho gyroscope employed Is on the
same principle as the toy of that
name and of tho ordinary spinning
top. It lends stability to the sup
porting car through the fact that a
revolving wheel tends to remain in
one plane,
ROOSEVELT WOULDN'T HU17.
Declined to Be a Candidate Far Mayor
of New York.
New York, Nov. 23. Herbert Par
sons, chairman of the New York Re
publican organization, makes known
tho fact that Theodore Roosevelt was
asked to help the Republican party
overcome Tammany In the last munic
ipal olection by becoming a candidate
for mayor, but declined to do so.
"I never asked Mr. RooseTclt if ht
would consent to run for governor,"
said Mr. Parsons, "but shortly before
he sailed for Africa I did ask him 11
he would not consent to becouio a
candidate for mayor. He absolutely
refused to have his name considered
for the office of mayor.
"He believed It was an office which
required a great deal of Iiard work, a
great deal of attention to details. He
had just finished seven years of ardu
ous work at the Whlto House, and be
did not fool that wo bad a right
draft him into tho public sorvlca s
Besides, It would also bavo req"t
him to change his official rcsfdeno
from Oyster Bay to within tho city oi
New York."
SHETJBB BEATS LONGBOAT.
Indian Finiihee a Quarter Mile Behind
In Sixteen Mile Race.
Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 25. Alfred
Shrubb, tho English long distance run
ncr, won from Tom Longboat, tho In
dian. In a sixteen mile raco here by n
quarter of a mile In 1 hour 34 minutes
00 seconds.
The track was a cinder one laid on
Ice In tho arena rink, oleven laps tt
the mile, and In many places the cln
ders wore away, showing the Ice.
Another Football Fatality.
Sioux City, la., Nov. 25. John re
ters. Injured in a practice football
game with Mornlngsldc college in
preparation for today's contest with
Vermilion today, died in a hospital
here, and tho gamo was called off.
Promotion For John Burns.
London, Nov. 25. John Burns, thE
Socialist Labor president of the local
government board, will roplaco Her
bert Gladstone as secretary of state
for homo affairs.
ZELAYA JUSTIFIES ACT.
Says Cannon and Groce Had Fair Trial
and .Pleaded Guilty.
Panama, Nov. 25. President Zclaya
of Nicaragua has telegraphed to the
Nlcaraguan representative here con
firming tho execution of the Ameri
cans Leroy Cannon and Leonard
Groce. He says that the revolution
ists employed the two Americans to
mine the San Juan river and that one
of the mines they planted exploded
near the steamer Diamante.
Zelaya declares that Cannon and
Groce were captured in flagrante de
licto and wore tried by conrt martial,
They were amply defended. They
pleaded guilty and wero condemned
to death In accordance with the laws
of the republic.
Cannon was engaged in former rev
olutions. He was captured in Hon
duras in 1007, but was liberated on
his promise not to meddle further In
Central American policies.
ZELAYA HAS FORTY MEN SHOT
Wholesale Murder For Cheering Rebel
Victory In Nicaragua.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. Tho execu
tion of forty citizens of Nicaragua nt
Corlnto by a flying squad under orders
from President Zelaya because they
cheered upon receipt of news of a-victory
by tho Insurgents now In arms
against the Zelaya government is the
story of tho cruelty of tho president of
tho Central American state brought to
San Francisco by tho passengers and
crew of the steamer City of Para.
They say that every precaution Is
being taken by President Zelaya to
prevent the landing by passengers or
crews of ships arriving nt Corlnto, and
thus ho hopes to keep news of tho
conditions existing in the republic
from reaching the outside world.
SAILS WITH COOK'S REPORT.
Explorer's Secretary Takes 30,000 Word
Document to Copenhagen.
New York, Nov. 25. Walter Lons
dale, secretary to Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, sailed today for Copenhagen on
the steamship United States of the
Scandluavlan Hue, taking with him
Dr. Cook's 30,000 word report to be
submitted to tho University of Copen
hagen In proof of the explorer's claim
that he reached the north pole on
April 21, 1008.
It Is Dr. Coolc'3 opinion that tho uni
versity's announcement of tho result,
of Its examination will be made not
later than the first of the year. Mr.
Lonsdale said:
"I do not think the general public
understands the work wo have been
doing. It has been said that we were
preparing the records. Such a state
ment Is Inaccurate. The original rec
ords go to tho university Just as they
were made by Dr. Cook in the arctic
regions. What we have been preparing
is the report to accompany them. This
report contains about 30,000 words.
"I am irot in a position to say wheth
er or not Dr. Cook's records will be
Immediately turned over to tho Na
tional Geographic society as soon as
the Danish authorities havo finished
with them."
Acquits Qlrl Who Killed Betrayer.
Ban Francisco, Nov. 25V Alma Bell,
a young woman who shot Joe Ames
bocauso be refused to marry her after
betraying her, wu acquitted by a
Jury at Auburn on Uw fraud of tem
porary Uuw<y.
Alarming Decrease In Births.
If the present decline in the birth
rate should continue for a century
and a half there would bo no more
births at that time, said Professor
Walter F. Wilcox, the Cornell statis
tician In a lecture recently. As no
one believes that mankind will be
come immortal, however, no one be
lieves that births will stop. He
warned against the volitional control
of the births by the better classes.
He Bald:
"There has been an Increase, of
perhaps five hundred million In the
earth's population since 1750. This
increase was not due to an Increased
birth rate, but rather to the decreas
ed death rate, secured by tho pro
gress of science and of government.
Under earlier conditions a famine,
pestilence or war killed many per
sons and at the same time prevent
ed many births.
"During the last half century
these reclprlcal relations has given
,lace to a decrease in both . death
'ates and birth rates. The decline
of the birth rate In tho United States
has probably been as rapid as any
'country of Europe, and If It should
continue unchecked for a century
and a half at the end of that time
no births would take- place.
"This sharp decrease was neces
sary in order to grip firmly and re
tain the benefits secured by the de
cline In the death rate. As no one
believes that mankind will become
immortal and so births will not be
needed, so no one believes that
births will cease to occur within a
century and a half.
"It Is not the decrease In the birth
rate that Is disturbing, but rather
the fact that the decrease Is greater
among the classes whose children
would probably inherit much social
worth and capacity for leadership.
Thus figures from Harvard college
Indicate that each 100 graduates
produces in the next generation only
73 sons. The native American pop
ulation at least in New England and
New York loses more by death than
It gains by births.
"These changes are due mainly to
direct volitional control of the birth
rate, a phenomenon of the last half
century. It calls for an adjustment
of our ethical standards to the new
conditions and more social ap-
BIG RELIGIOUS PARADE.
Column Nearly Two Miles Long
With Bands of 100 Singers.
Five thousand persons, composing
a column nearly two miles In length,
with several brass bands and a whlto
robed chorus of 100 singers, Satur
day night gave the village of Oxford
an exhibition of religious enthusiasm
never equalled In the Chenango
Valley.
The unusual spectacle was an inci
dent of the great revival which,
under the leadership of .EvangeJJsts
Davis and'- Mills; is sweeping ' over
the Chenango Valley. After a month
of energetic evangelizing in Sher
burne, the center of the camnalen
was moved to Oxford, and Saturday
night was selected for the demon
stration. The people of the Chenango Val
ley villages, without regard to race,
creed or color, joined in the re
ligious awakening with the result
that the people of Oxford saw one
of the biggest parades In its history
and witnessed more enthusiasm than
any event in a generation has stirred
In that locality.
CASTOR I A
For Infanta and Childron.
TTia Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
HENRY Z. RUSSELL,
PRESIDENT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICE PBESIDENT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bonk was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, I8G4.
Since Its organization It has paid In Dividends
to its Stock holders,
$1,905,800.00
The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR
ROLL, from the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more than
equals Its capital stock.
What Class 0
are YOU in I
The world has always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who have built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the
railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement ana happiness.
The spenders are slaves to .the savers. It is the law of nature. We
want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department
and be independent.
One Dollar will Start an Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
EP SUPERSTITIONS.
How to 'Awajtcn at Any Hoar Yost
May Designate.
Sleep Is the best cure for waking
trouble. Hours for sleep:
Nature gives five,
Custom seven,
Weariness takes nine,
Laziness eleven.
If you wish to arise at a certain
hour, before going to bed make with
your right foot as many marks on tho
floor as the hour on which you wish
to wake, then go to bed backward.
To Insure happy dreams burn some
hazelnuts and do the ashes up In a
package, which you must place be
neath your pillow. You will then
dream sweetly.
If you wish ever to marry, never
look under tho bed.
9
If a person talks In his sleep, put
his hand In a bowl of water and he
will tell you all his secrets.
The Hindoos say It Is bad luck to
sleep with your head to the north,
but sleeping with your head to tho
south promotes longevity.
It (s considered by some nations
dangerous to sleep while thirsty, for
the soul leaves the body in search
of water, and If the body awakened
too quickly the soul might not have
time to return to It, so tho body
would die.
In Germany the nightmare is be-'
Heved to be a spectral being which
places Itself upon the breast of the
sleeper, depriving him of the power
of utterance or motion. Philadel
phia Press.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, SS.:
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he Is senior partner of the firm of
F. L. Cheney & Co., doing business
In the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and tlint said firr
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case o
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib
ed in my presence, this 6th day of
December, A. D. 1886.
(Seal) A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family" Pills for con
stipation. HEHL ff. DITTO. - - LESSEE 'ASD MANAGER
FRIDAY, NOV. 26
THE EVERLASTING SUCCESS I
THE WORLD-FAMED
BROTHERS 6RYN
In the Greatest Laughing Show
n Earth, the
New 8 Bells
TONED UP-TO-DATE.
The Acme of Pantomimic Comedy
Everything New This Season.
i.I I NEW THICKS
AM NEW FEATURES
nL NEW EFFECTS
1001 NEW SURPRISES.
Always a Shlnlne Exponent of Expan
sion, Positively the only Bjrne Production
before the Public.
PRICES : 25, 50, 75, and $1.
Diagram opens at the box office at 9 a.
m. Wednesday 24th.
EDWIN F.TORREY
CASHIER.
ALBERT C. LINDSAY
ASSISTANT CASHIER