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i* 4 ' / The Advancei Learn By Tom Masaon. SHE land is filling up so r conceal one's ignorance i of difficulty. We thread our way female scientists are as not wanting; and one ne< some demure and seemii a tele, that he is not involving himself on the categorical imperative. lr. this competition mere men ha lessor of psychology obtrudes himself i " * >- i keen h^ad for business nires <tu uhi?dozen editions: a preoccupied astrono statesman (with the aid of a lady sec quotations. But as a rule men are du them but little time to think. And theii ? It is time, indeed, that they face t sess, for it is one that vitally concerns t to fall in love with a girl too hastily, cealed about her such a stock of know ship a matter of continual reproach, women learning is no longer confined beautiful, the gravity of the crisis is For it seems to be true that Beautj entities: and girls so handsome, that t inal waste of time, are so hopelessly im approached too near, as to render men Girls are caught so young nowaday before they get to be of age, to connect / there happen to he. And when new added on to the others without appare It A'ould be extremely impolite am that the ladies have not the right to is it not possible for them, in their co: at his ease, by laying aside their ow When woman realizes?as soon she mi making him her intellectual equal, is . that she may then be willing to loci be loved by an inferior creature in th to accept the inevitable, witn that scier philosophy have taught her. In the meantime, let us struggle < inconsequence with due humility, and when we can kiss some lovely and 1 if need be. without even caring how ign Why the Frei Have No 1 By Marcel Prevos ENTHUSIASM for sports is fl liow hard we try to resto 8 taae at best only a se looked down iJpdd by m: The taste for debate prei |i^y[p9 icism is never a topic o complain of this' Is a g than a generation of thinkers? No 01 intelligence seems the secret of victor; Besides, you can't change the nati culars. The young Frenchman is per will never win him the triumphs he as admiration of women. He learns all t out of sports is directly proportional tfiem. He therefore longs to own fin rather than to be a golf champion or Considerations of race, of traditi< . froin reaching anything like the predi tained among the Anglo-Saxons. The> past'twenty years, there is no denying t you find that nowhere among us hai universally in England?the main obj< adjunct to it. For our young people t or even an opportunity for flirtation, but an/ approach to painful effort is ? very r ;gation of sport? Finally, for s not th least impassioned, they are a n T! a proof that all this is true is th spor , .is in old France, and that we bo from other nations. Pity 'tis. Is the Sun Sh Our Watch on It? I ? ? D?AfaaiE . o,y m. x v/ivuv SHE ease with which the sh: aerial envelope diminish November 15, 1902. and 1 lower level than that of earlier standard by Jan The record ends with Inasmuch as the air i to two-fifths of the solar radiation, a he to be apparent to the ordinary observe! and rnimals, and especially that of ci supposed obstruction operated was no! It was about twenty per cent for the particularly helpful to vegetation, and region beyond the red rays. The secoi of the atmosphere there was a falling 1903, a reduction of fully five per cei average for six or eight earlier obser and by the close of April. 1903, the < amount of radiation underwent the st same for ten months. A perceptible i and on February 11, 1904. the radiatioi Different Wa: By Margaret E. So HOLD, in theory, that eve | I noon and relax, taking a J I even thinking of anythi J the waste places of her theory, firmly held and 3fl whisper, in strict confide myself. To take a nap i the impossibilities, and the mere sugge My preference is a rocking chair and f half-hour after the midday meal. A shawl on hand, and knits when she wj *'- hoc mai many white shawis mis iau,< .??..? .? ficient in their manufacture that she ! is her sedative, and she would not fo Certain men among my friends sa extent that nothing else does, and the not in the catch. I think, as I am sur and most of us women are?must ha> it. if we are sociable souls, in the home abroad: some of us never really rest hate to leave home even for a night. Your road to Arcady and mine may 1<? diverse valleys. It does not matter mu make the journey.?Woman's Horn Called the Weeping Tree. In the Canary Islands is a weeping tree, so called because it drops tears. , It is of the laurel variety, and frequently rains down in the early morning a copious shower of tears cr water drops from its tufted foliage. This water sometimes collects at tnent of ing in Women apidly with ladies of learning, that tc becoming an ever-increasing matter through groups of authoresses; common as trees: lady politicians tire ?ds to be extremely careful in selecting ugly ingenuous young miss for a tete incontinently in a one-sided discussion ve small chances. Occasionally a pro nto the public gaze: some fellow with a and writes a book that runs through a mer discovers a star: or an ambitious retarv). makes a speech bristling with 11 instruments. Their occupations give r condition is rapidly becoming hopeless he matter with what courage they pos hem. It is already extremely hazardous when all the time she may have con ledge as would make future companion And- when we consider that ainon? to the homely, but has spread to the apparent. and Brains are no longer distinct 0 keep from loving them seems a crim bued with facts, so fiercely erudite wher e courtship almost dangerous, s that, .with carc, there is time enough : them with all the systems of educatior systems of education arise, they art nt discomfort. 1 discourteous for mere man to suggest Jinow as much as they want to. But mpanionship with him, to put him mon u learning and stooping to his level' ist?that the task of instructing man. o: really hopeless, it !? highly probatk i j.t the matter in Ce right light: t( e absence of anything better, and thus itific resignation which art, logic ant >n as beit we may; admitting our owr hoDing for that blissful time to comt learned creature, over and over again orant we really are.?Life. rich National Sport It. hardly possible in France. No mattei re them in our lycees and colleges, the} cond place, and they, are obstinatel} any students, and those not the worst ails in our boarding schools and athlet >f discussion in our colleges. Need we eneration of athletes better worth whil< ne will dare to say so in an age wher y even in contests of strength, ire of a race by issuing ministerial cir fectlv well aware that athletic prowess ;pires to, namely, social success and th( oo soon that the distinction a man gets to the amount of money he spends or e horses or a 100,000 franc automobile a crack oarsman. m and of customs will prevent sportt ominance in France that they have at have progressed in France during the that: but if you look beneath the surface .e they become what they are almost ect of life or at least an indispensable hey are an amusing form of sociabilit} For men of leisure they are a pastime >vniiirtpd from them, and is not this the i large number of sportsmen, and those leans of climbing the social ladder, e fact that we no longer have a nationa rrow our sports (and even their names) ? ^ irking ? Performance of Duty. ior Langley. n's light and heat penetrated the earth's ed perceptibly at some time betweer February 19, 1903. It then maintained ? the preceding year, rose nearly to the uary, 1904, and then-.decreased again February 11. s credited with absorbing fropi one-thirc ightened obscuration, though not enougt r. might well affect the welfare of plants vilized man. The degree to which this t uniform for all parts of the spectrum ( violet rays, which are believed to be from 2.3 to 6.5 per cent in the invisible id set of figures indicate that outside ofT in the sun's output. On March 26 it was detected, as compared with the rations that year and in October, 1902; tn?/>ionr>v was fully ten per cent. The ime variations, but remained about the ncrease was recorded late last January n was apparently as large as ever. i ' n of Resting'. .ugster. >ry woman should lie down every after in hour's interval, of entire repose, not ng that taxes i.er, and thus repairing life after a busy morning. This is my warmly recommended to you. Let me nee, that this is not a thing I ever dc 11 the daytime would be for me one of stion is enough to keep me wide-awake ootstool and a bright short story in the neighbor of mine has always a white ints to relax*. ,-I could not tell you how le and given away, but she is so pro i? i?~ lika on mtninaton. This pastime tVUH.3 IIIiv u ? rego it on any account, y that a dayfishing rests them to an y affirm that the rest is in the fishing, e you do. that everybody who is busy? e an occasional rest. Some of us get s of our friends or in little excursions well except in our own beds, and we Which of us can dictate to the other? ad across different rivers, and through ch. if we reach our goal, by what route e Companion. the foot <' the tree and forms a kind of a pc<: '. from which the inhabitants sttr v themselves with a drinkable be ige that is fresh and pure. The wuai1 comes out of the tree itself, through innum?raole little pores situated at the margins of the leaves. ELECTIONS IN THE STATES 1 The Candidates and Measures Voted On And the Officers Elected. Nine national political conventions ivere held this year, and nine candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States were nominated, but only six electoral tickets were uenontfly voted for Tuesday. Beside "the ( two j?reat political parties." seven oth; ers made nominations? People's. Prohibition. Socialist. Socialist Labor, CnnHnAntol il.nhort \":itional Liberty i , (negro) and Lincoln <n?gro>. The two negro parties, however, apparently t ended their work when the national ^ conventions adjourned, as no electors i were selected.or at least none appeared t on any official ballot, end the Continenj tal party seems confined to Ibino^. and perhaps, to Chicago, the piace of . its origin. . The terms of thirty I'nited Stares . Senators expire March 4 next. Seven . of the vacancies have already been P filled and the Legislatures of twemy[ three States elected November S v.il* fill the other twent-threc. Members or i the House of Representatives were voted fo* in ail except three States? ^ Maine. Vermont and Oregon ? which have already elected Congressmen. In twenty-seven States a Governor ' ami all. or nearly all. the elective State k officers were chosen Tuesday. In five States minor State officers were sot lected. and in thirteen only electors t .were voted lor. South Carolina enjoys 1he distinction ; of having only one ticket in the field. ' All the other States had from four to liioflififf n-Ith cavan TliPr*i JMA. llliiiuin jv auiKH Htiu .tv ? V ... - . were throe Republican tickets in Dela] ware, but only one variation in the | names of the candidates, the nominee 1 for Governor of the ''regulars'' refusing to abide by the decision of the fao1 tional conference which resulted in the i withdrawal of the "Union" candidate ' and an agreement upon a compromise ticket. The Republicans in Wisconsin had a choice between two tickets for State officers, the "Stalwarts" having decided to keep up their light against La Follette. The electors on both tickets, however, are identical. The Democrats and People's party, or Populists, fused on the State ticket in , Kansas and Nebraska, but in both , States the People's party named separate Presidential electors. In Nevada the Democrats and one wing of the . Silver party divided the minor State officers that were voted for. "i'iie People's Party, which endorsed ' Mr. Bryan in 1896 .and 1900, their own organization in thirty-two States . State officers and electors being on the > official ballqt in twelve States and for ? electors in twenty. Efforts to this end , were made in n number of other States. but the requisite number of signatures . to petitions were not obtained. . The Prohibitionists pat up electoral I ? ...I Ctn.A ?in1'a?C! In (n'OntV.SBVCn ) JIIIll CIUIC 111 ACiO III l??VMV W.V.. j States, and electoral tickets iu twelve { others?one less than in 1900. , The Socialists (called in some States Social Democrats! put up electoral and . State tickets in thirty-two States, and electoral tickets in eleven others? [ seven more than in 1900. ' The Socialist Labor party put up ' whole or part electoral and State ticli [ ets in twelve States, and electoral tick3 ets in two others?six less than in 1900. r The following are the national tickets nominated by the different parties: 3 Republican ? President. Theodore 3 Roosevelt. New York; Vice-President, Charles W. Fairbanks. Indiana. ' Democratic?President. Alton B. Par? ker. New York; Vice-President, Henry G. Davis, West Virginia. Prohibition?President. Silas C. Swallow. Pennsylvania: Vice-President, George W. Carroll. Texas. People's?President. Thomas E. Watson. Georgia; Vice-President. Thomas H. Tibbies, Nebraska. Socialist?President. Eugene V. Debs. Indiana; Viee-Presideut, Benjamin Hanford, New York. Socialist-Labor?Charles H. Corre3 gon. New York;'Vice-President, Willi iam W. Cox. Illinois. ! Continental (Labor)?President. Aus It* Unlnntnh * Y A. King. Missouri. National Liberty, (negro)?President, . George E. Taylor. Ibwa; Vice-President, William C. Payne. Virginia. ! Lincoln party (negro)?President, E. ; P. Penn, West Virginia; Vice-President. John J. Jones, Illinois. GOVERNORS ELECTED. 2 The following Governors of States 2 were elected: Colorado. Jainea H. Pea, body (Rep.); Connecticut, Henry Rob i erts (Rep.); Delaware. Preston Lea ; (Rep.); Florida. Napoleon B. Broward i (Dem.); Idaho. Frank R. Gooding i (Rep.); Illinois, Charies S. Deneen , (Rep.); Iudiana, J. Frank Hanly (Ren.); Kansas. Edward W. Hoch (Rep.); Massachusetts. William L. Douglas (Dem.); Michigan. Fred M. Warner (Rep.); Minnesota. John A. Johnson (Dem.); Missouri, Joseph W? Folk (Dem.); Montana, J. K. Toole (Deni.t; Nebraska. John H. Mickey (Rep.); New Hampshire. John McLar? (Rep.); New Jersey, Edward C. StO.os (Rep.); New York. Frank W. Higgins (Rep.); North Carolina. Robert I). Glenn (Dem.); I \nrth Dakota E. Y Searles (Ken.): Rhode Island, 3. H. Utter (Rep.); ' South Caroliun, D. C. Hey ward (Dem.),-> South Dakota. S. II. Elrod (Rep.); Teni nessee. Jaines B. Fraser (Dem.); Utah, ! John C. Cutler (Rep.RtTexas. S. W. T. L Lanahau (Deui.): Washington. Albert E. Meant (Rep.); West Virginia, Wm. ! O. Dawson (Rep.); Wisconsin. Robert 1 M. I.a Follette (Rep.); Wyoming, Bryant B. Brooks liep ) Minor Mention. If our sins are behind His back it is ' rertain we cannot get to them and see His face at the same time. If you can bind your Bible within its t covers you might as well bury it. ( KaiserWilhelm. of Germany, cabled ? congratulations to President Roosevelt j on his election. Trust magnates are said to be afraid that the President's immense plurality may make him less conservative in dealing with them. The popular plurality for President Roosevelt is now estimated at more that 1.800,000 Judge Parker issued an address to democrats, declaring that the fight against the tariff-fed trusts must go on. i ROOSEVELT Republican Victory In and Ovei CARRIED ALL DOUBTFUL STATES Sweeping Majorities Given For Roose velt Everywhere Ecept in the South Where Maryland is Probably Re publican by a Close Vote, and th< Tennessee Republican Chairmar Even Enters a Claim to That Stat< ?Roosevelt Apparently Sure ol West Virgginia, Though the Demo critic State Ticket May Be Elected New York. Special.?The Republicar national ticket has been elected by i vote in the electoral college that wll exceed that of 292 given McKinley ir 1900. The result of today's balloting was astounding even to the most san guine of the Republican managers Confident as they were of success, the) were not prepared for the aslonisbinj figures which followed the closing o the polls, bringing into the Republicar column not only all of those state: they had claimed as safe for their can didates, but with the possible excep^ tion of Maryland, every state classec as doubtful. Democratic successes are confined tc the solid south, in which Kentucky is Included, and Mr. Parker has not carried a single state which did not give Its vote to Mr. Bryan four years ago Offi( ial returns Indicate that he lost same of those which the Nebraska candidate bold for his party. New York Special.?From returns at hand the electoral vote stands as follows: For Roosevelt?California. 10; Con necticut, 7; Deleware. 3; lillinois, 27; Indiana. 15; Iowa. 13: Kansas, 10; Maine, 6; Massachusetts. 16; Michi ! gan, 14; Minnesota. 11; Nebraska, 8; New Hampshire. 4: New York, 39; New Jersey, 12; North Dakota. 4; Ohio, 23; Oregon. 4; Pennsylvania, 34; Rhode Island, 4; South Dakota, 4; Ver nont, 4; Washington, 5; Wisconsin 13; Wyoming. 3, Total 293. For Parker?Alaboma, 11; Arkan sas. 9; Florida. 5; Georgia. 12; Ken tucky, 13; Louisiana, 9; Mississippi 10; Missouri, 18; North Carolina, 12; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee. 12; Texas. IS; Virginia, 12. Total, 151. WEST VIRGINIA DOUBTFUL. Pprkersville, W. Va.. Special.? Without a precinct in the State count ed, enough has been learned io indi cate that the Democratic ticket has made very heavy gains. One precinct here, normally Demo cratic by 10, has 118 straight Demo cratic tickets, 81 straight Republican ticbofa onrl 14ft scratched tickets with Democratic candidates* voted for Clarkesburg, W. Va.. Special.?Re turns coming in slowly indicate scatch ed ticket for governor. Harrison conn ty and Clarksburg will give Roose velt 1,000 majority. The same gave McKinley 1,200. MARYLAND IN DOUBT. Baltimore, Special.?Returns from the city and State are not complete but it is apparent from the official reports so far received that the vote in Maryland is very close, and that the actual result may not be definite ly known, owing to the slowness ol returns from remote districts in East em Shore and southern counties. In Baltimore the indications are that they may not be a difference of 100 votes. Incomplete returns from the counties show unexpected Republican gainr particularly in the western counties. Odds and Ends. Three hundred and thirty people were killed in Chicago last year by railway accidents. The average for big cities in the United States is eighty a year. The Rev. Dr. John Watson (Ian Maelaren.) who has been minister of the Sefton Park Presbyterian Church. Liverpool, for more than 25 years, has announced his intended retirement from the ministry of that church next September. s \ WINS EASILY the Country Complete rwhelming | PARKER CONGRATULATES. Esopus, N. Y., Nov. 8.?At 8:30 p. m. Judge Parker sent this telegram to the president: ' Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y., Nov. "8, 8:30 p. m. i The President, Washington, D. C.: , The peoplo by their votes have em, phatically approved your administration and I heartily congratulate you. f ALTON B. PARKER. ' ROOSEVELTfS REPLY Washington, Nov. 8.?President Roosevelt's reply to Judge Parker's i telegram was as fo71ows: t Alton. B. Parker, Rosemount, New I York: ( I thank you for your congratula* r tions.| THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 'r VIRGINIA'S MAJORITY 25,000. ' ; Richmond, Special.?The election in f Virginia was absolutely without dis> turbance. The majority on the presi5 dental ticket will be about 25,000. Nine - Democratic Congressmen have been chosen. Slemp, the Republican incumi tent, in the ninth district is apparently re-elected by a majority of about 1,, 200. i 5 t->r-T>T-r>T to ?v rx pmrn Oil 1^1 VI1' 1' JC4UUV1VI1/. i Newark, N. J., Special.?The Repub. lican State committee claims that ' Roosevelt has carried the State by 60,- j 1)00 or over. Newark is Republican by 10,000. Es( sex county will give nearly 20,000 Re? Kit A* c?Ai/Afl , IJliUlK'tiu. i ut; nci'imu ui ciunco >ui i Governor is claimed by tbe Republicans by 25.000. BOSTON DEMOCRATIC. Boston, Special.?Complete returns . f:om the city of Boston for President give Parker. 49,433; Roosevelt. 38,550. The total for Governor in Boston was: Bates, 23,576; Douglas. 62,619. Parker carries the city by 10,874 plurality. Douglas carries Boston by 34,043 plurality. SOUTH CAROLINA SOLID. Charleston. S. C., Special.?All seven Democratic candidates for Congress in . South Carolina are elected. Republican candidates received a very small per cent, of the vote. There was no Republican State ticket. Socialist electors reecived a few hundred votes. PTH VIRGINIA DISTRICT REPUBLICAN. Bristol. Va., Special.?Returns re ceived here Indicate the election of Col cnel Campbell Slemp. Republican, for , Congress in the ninth Virginia district by 1,300 majority. ALL ARKANSAS CONGRESSMEN SAFE. i j Little Rock, Ark., Special.?Early returns show the Democratic plurality is conservatively estimated at 40.000. The Democratic nominees for Congress . have safe majorities. ALABAMA'S DELEGATION INTACT. Birmingham. Ala., Special.?Later re? turns show that Congressman Burnett las been re-elected to Congress from j t he seventh Alabama district by 2,000 I majority. J. Thomas Heflin's majority 1 in the fifth district will be 6,000. These I were the only two Democratic candi I dates thought to have serious opposition. ; TAGGART CONGRATULATES COR TELYOU. Indianapolis. Special. ? Democratic i National Chairman Taggart said: "I have wired my congratulations to , Mr. Cortelyou, Republican national i chairman. That is all I care to say to, night. I will leave for New York tomorrow." News of the Day. The airship contest at the World's Fair in St. Louis for the $100,000 prizes begins today. It was stated that young Harry Thaw had been given 72 hours to decide between giving up his income of SS0.000 a year or Evelyn Nesbitt, the girl he is reported to have wed. j Mrs. Elenmora Chambers, formerly of Indianapolis, left her fortune of i $150,000 to her coachman, whom she j had picked up as a tramp. i ' , T. ~ - " > * OHIO BREAKS RECORD. t Columbus, 0., Special.?The estimate is that the Republican'majority would exceed the high-water mark of 137,000 iu 1894, and also any previous Republican record on Congressmen. It is believed that the Socialists increased^ their vote at the expense.of the Democrats. ALL DOUBTFUL STATES CONCEDEDED. New York, Special.?At 10 o'clock Tuesday night Delancy Nicoll, vice chairman of the Democratic national committee, made the following statement: "The President has unquestionably carried all the doubtful States and is elected. "DELANCY NICOLV ANOTHER ELECTION FATALITY. Huntington, W. Va., Special.?DuTing an argument over the election. ChaTles Blake shot and, killed Hunter Reynolds Tuesday night. The town is wild I with excitement. Extra police officers have been sworn in. CORTELYOU SAYS 304 ELECTORAL VOTES. ' New York, Special. ? Chairman George B. Cortelyou, of the Republican national committee, announced shortly before 11 o'clock that President Roosevelt will havetet least 304 votes in the t electoral college. ALL GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN REELECTED. Atlanta, Special.?The total vote in^ Georgia will count up little more thatt 40,000, which is very light. It is conceded all 11 Democratic Congressmen are elected. COWHERD'S DEFEAT CLAIMED. Kansas City, Mo., SpeciaL?The Journal (Republican) claims the defeat of Congressman Cowherd, chairman of the Democratic congressional committee by 1,500 votes. Cowherd Concedes the House of Representatives. Washington, Special. ? Chairman . , Cowherd, of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, at 11 o'clock said: "We concede that the Republican Roosevelt landslide has carried the House of Representatives for the Republicans by a majority at least as large as that by which they now hold control." Only 151 Votes For Parker. New York, Special.?If Maryland la Republican, as indicated, the returns received up to 1 a. m. Wednesday morning show that Roosevelt has 325 votes and Parker 151 in the electoral college. Amount of Cotton Ginned So Far This Season Given. Washington, Special.?The latest of the census bulletins giving the returns of its agents on cotton ginned for the present year up to October 18 last was issued at noon Thursday. It shows the total number of running bales to be 6,590,137, as against 3,839,625 running bales for last year. Countig the round bales included in these totals as half a bales, the balance for 1904 is reduced to 6,417,894. The total number r.ing bales ginned to October 18 in 1J^^^ was 5,925,872. The reports from the^^r^ rious cotton producing States for the present year follow: Alabama, 694,670 bales: Arkansas. 237,776; Florida, 40,642: Georgia. 1.056,679; Indian Terri tory, 131.316; Kentucky, 284; Louisiana. 392,758; Mississippi, 561,704; Missouri, 10,621; North Carolina, 309,097; Oklahoma. 106,237; South Carolina. 639657; Tennessee, 79,688; Texas,2,201,663; Virginia, 5,145, The total number of ginneries in operation was 28,110. Up tn October 18 in 1903, 37.6 per cent, of the total crop had been ginned, as compared with 53.5 per cent, in 1902. This report will be followed by four others, showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1904 to November 14, to December 15. to January 16, and to the end of the season. No Change at Fall River. Fall River, Mass., Special.?Representatives of the Fall River cotton manufacturers and the striking operative held another conference Monday, but were unable to reach an agreement, ?o that as far as the negotiations are concerned the situation is unchanged. T he mill3 will be opened November 14, *~ us previously decided upon, to give the strikers an opportunity to go to work under a 12^ per cent. cut. At Monday's conference, the executive committee of the Manufacturers' Association was Informed by a comraimttee representing the Textile Council that the latter body had voted not to accept a proposition that five disinterested persons be appointed to investigate the statement of the mill owners that they are still unable to pay the rate of wages which prevailed before the 12^ per cent, reouclion on July 25th. The representatives of the operatives stated, however, that they would favor such an investigation provided the manufacturers would take down the reduction notices and open the gates, pending the result oi the inquiry, me mauiuaciurera iefused to consider this proposition. i News By Telegraph. According to government figure^, United States exports to the Orient increasing in nearly all commodities except cotton. It istinderstoed the Waggaman case as it bears upon the Catholic University was the subject of a conference between Cardinal Gibbons and Manager O'Connell, the rector. Rear Admiral William C. Wise, a native of Virginia, will be retired un- ' tier the age limit tomorrow. * ; *