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The great ci tried us, we in Krasnof Corn A Fleet Street Story. Henry Arthur Broome, in "The Log of a Rolling Stone." says that in 1871 he was engaged in wood engraving for Punch when one day, at the -end of the week, short of money. he stood gazing longingly at the cherries on a coster monger's barrow which stood abreast of the offices of the London Telegraph. Hia gaze arrested the 'attention of a gentleman whom he had often seen there before, though not at midday. Then a kindly deed was done. The gentleman. averting his gaze from me a moment, purchased two paper bags .of this fruit. Then, placing one of them In the pocket of his capacious dust coat, he turned to me with the sweetest smile imaginable and without a word offered the other one to me, which I gratefully accepted. He then passed on and went upstairs to the of fices of the newspaper. That was my Arst introduction to the prince of jour nalists, George Augustus Sala. A Limit to His Power. A curious historical anecdote is hand ed down from the time of James L James, being In want of 2,OO, ap plied to the corporation for a loan. The corporation refused. The king insisted. "But, sire, you cannot com pel us," said the lord mayor. "No," exclaimed James, "but I'll ruin you and the city forever. I'll remove my courts of law, my court itself and my parliament to Winchester or to Oxford and make a desert of Westminster, and then think what will become of you!" "May It please your majesty," replied the lord mayor, "you are at liberty to remove yourself and your courts to wherever you please; but, sire. there will always be one consola tion to the 'merchants of London your majesty cannot take the Thames along with you." True Kindergarten Spirit. Master Harold had returned after his first day at a kindergarten school, says the Manchester Guardian. "Well. Harold." said a friend of his plother who was calling. "how do you like school? I suppose you are the youngest there." "Oh. no." said Harold indignantly. drawing himself to his full aeight and throwing out his chest-"oh. no! Some of our chaps come in perambulators." As Far as He Could Go. "I." she said proudly. "can trace my ancestry back to armor and shirts of mall." "I started to trace my ancestry back once." he replied. "but my wife made me stop when I got to shirt sleeves and overalls."-JTudge. Good Names and Riches. "A good name Is better than great rkches." quoted the sage. "But that's not the reason why most of us are poor." replied the fooL-Cin einnati Enquirer. Begin your web, and God will sup ply you with thread.-Italian Provert. Tale of a Lost Will. A lost will found In a ceiling at Chatsworth reminds us of the curious case of Lord Halles' wilL. He was a Scotch judge, and when he died in 1792. as no testamentary paper could be discovered, the heir-at-law was about to take possession or the estates to the exclusion of his daughter and only child. She sent some of her servants to lock up the family mansion, which she had to give up. and from some window shutters there dropped out upon the floor from behind a panel the missing will, which secured her all the family estates and property. Why do people take the trouble to make, sign wills properly attested and then con ceal them? Can they enjoy a posthu mous joke?-London Spectator. Putting Trees to Bed. An interesting method of protecting peach trees -from frost during the win. ter has been practiced for several years at the agricultural experunent station at Canyon. Colo. Early In No vember the earth Is removed from a circle about four feet In diameter round each tree, and water is turned in to saturate the soil. When the ground has become soft the tree Is worked back and forth to loosen the roots and is then pushed over on Its side. The branches are brought together and fastened with a cord, and burlap cov ered with earth is put over them. Thus the trees lie snug until spring. when the covering is gradually loos. ened and finally removed, and they are raised and propped up.-Rocky Moun tain News. But She Hadn't. "What's the matter, old chap? You look as If you hadn't had a wInk o1 sleep all night." -'l haven't You see, my wife threat ened never to speak to me again If I didn't come home last night before 1( o'clock, and I didn't." "I see. You're finding out the lone so)meness of solitude because she kep' her word, eh?" "Not by a jugful. I wish she had.' --Exchanghe. TH owds which continue t rite you to come to our S Dry Goods, Sh 'S er Store. T #1### ### W FLIMSY GOLD LEAF. It Would Take 1 0,CC0 Sheets to Make a Pile an Inch High. Gold eati:ng is ont. of the oldt:L trades hi iiirmil:..l:ai. The work is "one cni/L':y. by b-tud. .he leaf is !aimimieed tut in small home work .ps fa('.a t venty-four -arat -old, but first sent to the roiling mijls. whence a is rea;:rnied int loug. in ribbons We and a quiarter inches wide and a ..;ousandth part of anl inch in thick ness. Then it is ready for the beater. The ribbon is generally cut off into <nall 114 inch squares. weighing bout six grains. The thin square is placed in the cen er of a vegetable parebuent pad. con 4isting of 100 sheets on top and the :me number beneath. This is beaten with a fourteen pound hammer. and the gold. when considerably reduced in :hickness. is placed between leaves of .oldbeater's skin-skin prepared from a thin but tough membrane found in -he large intestine of the ox. Eight hundred pieces of the ham nered leaf are : -ranged over each ither betwecL leaves of the skn. the vhole being placed between parch ment bands and beaten for a couple of hours with a seven pound hammer. Then the 800 pieces are cut up into 3.200 pieces and again beaten When the work is done the leaf is 150.000 part of an inch In thickness and ai mst as light as air.-London Ideas. A DARING BASE RUNNER. On. of the Desperate and Winning Chances Mike Kelly T'ook. Hugh S. Fullerton. the baseball writ er for the American Magazine. tells a story about Mike Kelly, the fa mous player of Boston and Chicago. a generation ago, as follows: "I believe the most desperate and brillIant bit of base running I ever witnessed and the elimax of taking chances was by Kelly. The score was a tie late In the game. Runners were on second and third bases. one out. and the opposing Infield was drawn in to cut off the runner from the plate. "Kelly was the man on second. As the ball was pitched Kelly was on a run at top speed toward third. Thel ball was hit sharply to the shortstop.' who scooped It perfectly and threif home. The runner going from third* s1id desperately toward the plate. where the catcher was waiting. Kelly had rounded third base at top speed and was coming up the path behind the other runner. -screeching 'Look out for Kel!' at the top of his voice. "As the runner from third slid be= hind the plate, trying to get past the catcher, he was tagged out, but before the catcher could touch him and dive back to protect the plate Kelly slid in front of the rubber, dodged under the catcher and scored the winning run." Mark TwaIn's Retort. At a hotel In Jericho was an &Amerl can who had accompanied Mark Twain on his camping trip through the Holy Land. "No. sir." said he in the course of the evening's converstion. "I cannot re call a single instance when the huiuor 1st was caught napping On e we thought we had him sure Mr Twain cae late to the dinner table. when we had sat down. and before be- ap peared we had invented a celever trap "He was still several courses behid when the rest of us were ready for salad. but every onie stoppled eatiln tin til Mr. Twain caught up He had start ed Intently on a crisp leaf of lettuve before he noticed that no one else wvas eating. He paused questioningly That was our opportunity --.-Now. Mr Twvain.' sonme one auske-d 'why are you like Neburbatdnezzarr expecting that the answer would imuply that it was because be was eating grass like an ox. Instead, and without an instant's besitatIon, came the re - Because I am feeding with the brutes.' "-Pearson's Weekly iee Glazed Salmon. Ice jackets have beeni found to be the best protection for frozen salm~on n their long journeys from the Pa ciie coast to all pairts of the world Thousands of tons cf salmon are now frozen in the great factories of the coast for export. because the combina tion of the Ice jackets and the- frozen meat has been found to keep the fish from becoming tainted. After the slm on are bled they are kept at a team perature of zero. or near there. for forty-eIght hours and are frozen hard. if they were shipped this way. bow ever, the air would get to the fish to some extent and tainting would re sult, so they are dipped in tanks or water and given another freezing. 'his puts a thin jacket of ice all over each fish. or glazes him, as It Is called Aft er two coats of glazing the salmon are wrapped in paper. packed In paper lined boxes and started to the export markets.-Saturday Evening Post. Dr.Kng'sNew LiePiEIs -rheabet In the world. o come to our GREAT store and be convinced ELLING oes, Notions and every E NE Tips For Tennis Players. One of the faults of the Inexperi enced doubles player which is most persistent is standing still. This is one of those necessities In doubles that ar often overlooked. But no partner can do justice to his team unless he moves after every shot to the cen t.-r of the angle of the return. In other words. both men must constantly change their positions. moving back and forth toward one side or the other. according to where they have sent the ball. If.the net man has volleyed deep into the right band corner both play ers move across to the right. The right hand player thereby protects the shot down his own side lIne, and the left hand player protects the cross court shot down the central diagonal 0f the court.-Outing. Lubricant For Aluminium. Many tnbinists. especially those employed In the motor engineering In -dustry, are frequently called upon to work in aluminium. To satisfactorily do this work various lubricants have been tried '!$eb. however, owing to their volat ,.y. are of little use. A suitable lubricant is tallow or cob bier's wax. This latter does not dis soive quickly and consequently does not flow as freely as the volatile ois. Ameri- an Machinist. Going On. A terrible noise of thumping and stamping came from Bob's room early one morning. "Bobby. Bobby.'' called his mother from~ downstairs. "what is going on up there?" "Myr shoes." replied Bob. Love's Paradox. "Lo've resuilts in mau' paradoxical sI:- ti-ns " remnarke:d the professo~r. "Wha':t Is one'" "To. kee the love of nuother one ni;'t r."i1rn it." Buffalo Express Alike, but Different. Mrs. Nubride-- My dear Jack is so h- '!unme: lhe resembles a Greek god. M!'4. r !ngw edds does my husband .. hishs. ltoston~ TranscrIpt. He g"olds best that can hart the' I..-r- TDmnish Proverb. TK P ace f The 0 .0 We~ f e- " ~'iig thi' int ee tb d d. mr dl f. S SenI1e of the. wvr.I these The attenltion llof bu.1 auothoes ,a supe @ These fabrics gi' Sumtea FALL SAL are -evid OUT CL( thing else in all our der 1111 shut H4. Off. First Deaf Mute (making signs) Did your wife complain because yoU stayed out till after midnight? Second . Deaf Mute (chuckling)-Did she? You should have seen her! But when It began to get monotonous I just turned. out the lght. Fox Hunting. In communities where fox hun2*r is conaidered a sport catchin one is the cardinal offense. The rule. in for hunting is that you may chase the quarry. but you must not overtake it. Philadelphia Ledger. Mether's Teague. - "Don't you realise the power ot the I mother tongue?" asked the young Min who professed interest in Utertu; "Yes, and so does father." replied the young woman.-Buffalo Expre. Motly All Talk. "I don't feel quite well. doctor. Do you think I could go to a coffee party this afternoon?" "Certainly. miss. Your tongue is all right."-Fiiegende Blatter. Bulls In Caf Storie. Mr. Chancelior of Hoxton (or Fag gerston or so*e other corner of north east Londoni was dilating before the committee one day on the horrors of Inoeulation and vivisection, writes a member of parliamnent in London Opin ion, and harrowed the feelings of his hearers by telling them about somne calves which had bwen inoeulated and assuring the -(ommittee that two years later the calves were still suffering from the e~eets. It happens that on this committee is Edward Kelli, :z ettTred anda witty young~ (O-t. "K. !!y. from 'the~ le of Erin" at onWE spranhg to hh.' feet and eletrified hi.< fellow runstiers by say ing. *Mr (i::airen:?u "n a pednft or Or der would tiw h::Nes' nwnsber kindly explin bow the calves could ttll be calves two yeairs later?" Mr. Chancellor mu.t, I fea~r, he first couint to the pre~i tier who, dlscours ing, ou tihe - - : ,--- :: Ct.c Unttel cair. infir ... :. :-.unu that the calf buet tM-en the , herished poe se.-uliaon n the ?-- i i"fr .wa and -rf1ses' and La( Big Word this ye~ FABRIC. ettie to~ m'eet the comin~g eail~ ble. dhaln ever betfore. 'n ified~ Tve'il of the tailored i:.aI com bjin..tionls in weaves al *ta!s, and t'out -'uits of these fa '-niixi thle ma~terials inetiet for roughenedl we'avesl and ul: fabric*s ,et the style stalIards ers is invited particularly to oul r t ad Plaids They are in hig mnt tn 'sr effec.tively our fain ou ie service and satisfactio: DE moe of their appreciati )THING artments are sold at eq Looky .igbtaing Str..a To be struck by Ugbtni Is StM) a most lucky thing. for the 6ek pes att-f he Is not eid. "8eb s m.:' says ' . a LawS.a; "My todmig a taste for t...m ftr s rat St bb life-his neighbors wMl sWut Mm and enjoy at the mme Mm the Ep tatils ot being motMo see tha ha.." " was wbseA. a tom ancient d6y. A&teSW ma ahath Ity an ccat matins. who t ed In the bnes of Masea AeUiV% com *mfeted on the tact that while apiaee attck by Ughtuabg bM4 s altartect ed apee It &a was themath both boamed sad ave"d, "o a who h s fleAdb~w : ~4u~cha oe ,s ho..ed e... ga a W e Mo. 40 ot''Qutem Javus UbUeN to the mm* i I-l.- C is attIed to his having been favored th" by the geda-London gpectator. **Do the 1ettrs 'Wt: ' and w W bave to be fWlowed by a palsed whem Used thus: tLt. Xd 4th? What Is t om bnatlo-an abbrevistha, outmeties o uerely a sig? In the ftrms.1st.2&4t, em.. we have naI naummals a which. an Arabe sgure is.nmetntud for the W$edeot ame of the cardinal amber from which the ordfal is tdeved. The t .1.90 added to the Arable snual forme the speal6e infleetion which .ehangam the cardinal to an ordinal mnmeral. The forms in question. thei. ame net thr abbrevIatIone ~ar centactitons, oo .yet arser signa. They ar, like a humorist's be for before, only they are o whimsicaL a they would be-If no one hat seen them before, and some es should suddenly. ue them.-Lterm Oy Digast When Juries Mete, tp in Alaska there used to be a district attorney who was tong on a tie oratory, but short on education One. while preseeunn a. big case. he came to the Sunish of .his argument. and. accordIng to Wilson Mitnuer. who wasn op there at the time. he- leaned aeros the rail ad made this- plea: -A11 I asa of you. gentlemnen of the Jury. Is thiat you now rette and mete out festice ats ahe' deserves to ho' uet'** r something Newer,j costume and, the re d colorings,' pre-par ~brics. ned below perfectly tra effects. In every f the season. new Eponges, Pop b favor with fashion Srges and Broad- j to the wearer. Il [608 0 ._ __c . _ K XXXXXXIXZZ~~~ZZ on of the Great Bargaii AT COSI daly cut prices. AU E MPAI CHATTY WELSHMEN. Meet Taihative. it to Said, of All the British Islandere. Is the.WeShmaD the most garrulous man to the British isles? The result of as tapartial test by a London news paperbas shown that for actual talka tiref the typical Welabman beads the list; next in order come Irishmen, them Seois. and last of all the English Unobtrusively made in a number of wal known London restaurants, clubs andpublc -places, the tests invariably -gaLe the same results. By means of a test watch the following table was esmpled: Waelsnhn-Very talkative, animated ja manner and speaking at an average at* of 20 words a minute. Irtsbmen-Also very talkative. but less animated in manner; average rate of speech, 100 words. Scotcbmen-Far less talkative and deliberate In manner; spoke at an av erage rate of 120 words. Engitshmen-Almost silent, rarely the dirt to speak; dogmatic and delib erte in- manner. speaking 100 to 120 words a minute. Tbe comparative silence of the meir. In striking contrast to the vivacious chatter of the women folk, was as usual noticmble. A curious detail was that dark men were always the bigger -~ L.hadista of Holland. There Is a sect in Holland known as the Labadists, among whose members the usee mirrors is strictly prohibit ad. Their founder, Jean de Labadie. a seventeenth century Calvinist min ater. attracted many followers. but aft r his4eath they dwindled down, and now they are found only in a few remete villages of F'riesland. Travel Ingi Holland in 1898. Lecky lit upon a colony of Labedist's. "Intermarry bg meany among themselves," be write., "they have quite a distinct type -aelgtaily beautiful one. with their deliate lips and a curious air of re enmen Theyare fishermen-Tery properne---ndtheir houses, with their cina and silver ornaments and prints of the house of Orange and great Bibles with silver clasps and perfetly preternatural neatness, are vry interesting to see." - London Grefele. C6areful John. A rural storekeeper was greatiy both ered by rats whleh Infested his build g says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Also be possessed a valuable watch dog which guarded the premises at night. One night, just before he locked up, he scattered poison around the place and left a note on the counter fo thiclerk who opened the store in the ma&s The feerk found the note as was in tendal - But he nearly dropped through the Boer when be reed: "Jetf.-Tou take the poison In the moning so the dog won't get It. There Is same; In the ellar too. John.' The SienaI. e-gow- d, you endure listening to UIns' fanny stories? He spoils them by laughing at them himself." "That's what I like about him. Yon do't have to listen in order to laugh at the rght time All you have todo Is to wait till he give. the signaL" Washington Star. Amended. A Enguish offcial once said to Pather Heajy, the famous Irish wit: -Healy, I've got a crow to pick with "Make it a turkey." saId Father Healy, as quick as a wink. "and I'll a you at 6 sharp" Printe Full Editlons. "Has-Jack ever kissed you" "Nevwr once." "kowthat. Jack Isn't given to High Praise,. "Marie, you certainly are a frightr" "I knew you would like this gown. ust it too hideously fashionable for word"-ansas City JournaL. Teehals Retirement. -Is yeur child In bed by 8 every eveng1" "15ebalcally, yes. We begin arguing sout that time."-P'hiiadelphia Ledger. Called'the 9luff. Mrs. .X.-Yes, I tried to make my husband economize in smoking. so I old hIm if he ever smoked I would never qpeak to him again. Mrs. Y. What was the result? Mrs. .-His igar bjil was doubled the next month. -Exchange. Light Diet. A Spanish proverb declares that "a papeltos (a paper cigar), a glass of lea water and a kis from a pretty giri WI) sustain a man for a whole day." ________ It is well to moor your bark with two a&smn-houl Byrna. 's is you can get. If you h a 1ads Lead to MYTMAN1 CAMPAIGNING FOR ALFALFA Object of the Work and Results Obtained-Some of the Prominent Features. GOING TO THE FARM HOMES Thirteefn Campaigns Have Been Cao ried on in Michigan, Ohio and 1111 nols-Holden's Plan Meets Warm Reception With the Farmers Prof. P. G. Holden, director of the Agriculturai Extension Department of the International Harvester Company of New Jersey, has planned and put into operation a new method of ex tending agricultural knowledge. Holden was the originator of agri eultural demonstration trains; of ag ricultural short courses, and many other effective plans, through the agency of which millions of dollars have been added to--the agricultural wealth of this country. The latest plan of Holden is to pace alfalfa upon every farm. There are three prominent features in his plan: (1) The Introduction of a compara, tively new crop into the Corn Belt, Southern and Eastern states. (3) Going direct to the homes of the farmers, where meetings are held In the fields, and success end failure discussed according to local conditions. (3) The use of that most modern vs hice-th automobile. Purpose of Campaign. The primary purpose of the cam' 'plg Is to show the American farmer that alfalfa Is the most profitable crop he can grow; that It can be grown proitably upon every farm; that it en riches the soil; increases farm values; stiula1tes live stock growing and dal tying; produces double that of other bay crops, and is better feed. Thirteen campaigns have thus far been successfully conducted in Mich Igan, Ohio and Ilinois. .Some of the Results, -esults of the Kent county (Mich.) uampagn are: (1) Six thousand farmers visited at their homes during a five-day campaign. ()Thirty-two meetings held. (3) Three hundred and seventy-five miles traveled by the Alfalfa Au tomobile Train. '(4) One hundred and thirty-six alfalfa tlamade by the Holden stat (5) Many applications for similar cam paigns from all parts of the United States. The Kent county campaign has been fllowed by campaigns in Ailegan, Barry, Grand Traverse and St. Clail cunties, Michigan; Van Wert, Marion, Falton, Williams and Champaign coun. *ties, Ohio; and Sangamon, DuPage Iand Kane counties, Illinois. Great Meeting in Ohio. At one meeting in Ohio upon the ter of Joseph E. Wing, near Mechan :Iesburg, nearly 4,000 people gathered from all parts of Ohio and adjoining states to learn more about alfalfa. At this great meeting the Ohio State Al fala Growers' association was organ bid. Over 300 automoiles made up the alfalfa train. It is recorded as the greatest agricultural assemblage in the history of Ohio. Other Ohio counties where the work has been taken up report success on every Sangamon and Kane counties, Ill) nols, have both conducted great cam paigns. At one meeting in Williams rlle, Il., over 1,200 farmers came to hear the alfalfa lecturers. In all of these campaigns which were conducted within a period of about ,wo months nearly 50,000 farm er have been reached with the gos pel of alfalfa. As a result also of the campaign work it is conservatively estimated that 200,000 acres of alfalfa will be Iseeded during this and the coming season. Such Is the result of the initial work of campaigning for alfalfa, but vastly more than this tangible result has been accomplished. Every farmer throughout the region where the work was conducted is talking about al falfa. The co-operation of the schools in the territory is a very important and effective feature. School officials, from the highest to the lowest, have never failed to appreciate the oppor Professor Holden has expressed himself as considering It the most wonderful eixperience and the most ave not already iING, S. c. pomr. mar he nas ever taia But this Is not all-wherever the farmers of any community are-Inter ested in the growing of alfalfa, Whef possible a follow-up man, thorough in his knowledge of alfalfa culture, wil be sent out to assist them in getting a start. -He will live with the farmers and aid them In solving the problems at home. He wiM go from farm to farm upon re quest and study success and failure Before the coming -of 1914 cam - aigns will have been Aanted Is every part of the United States and Canada. Interest is growing so rape dly that many counties-haveorganised campaigns and undertaken te wor without assistance from the outsid ALFALFA Alalfais rich Mn feeding value. TO PROMOTE ALFALFA. - Burlington to Run CabuU* Trains Thro .1. Southern te0M and Northern Missourl-400 .Afata L.ectures to Be Gives I taT Weeks' Camnpaign--7O@ Antoine' bites to Be Used in the Werir. The Chicago, Brlngtoa an~l rairoad will run an alfala omile ion railway and automobeain fa a two weeks' campaign, raking abdW 60 stops in southern IowS 3 ahnd en Missouri, beginning Jatr 38 1 from Des Moines. *The plan, as wrkdt bythe a lngton In co-opeatica with the Agri - cultural Enenaon Department of the Intrnational Harvester Cesgny ot New Jersey and the agrianitural o* leges, Is far in advance ofllany a cultural extension work ever carried Will Stop at Sixty Potato, Local committees at eaeh-of the 6 points on the railroad will arrange fa ive to ten antomobiles to Carry. tila speakers in al directions Into the coul - try to farm homes, schoot houses -and Inland towns within a radius of from four to ten miles, whmr sIhlf lees tures will be given. During the campaign over' *0 a falfa lectures will be delivered by the party to as many audiences, and from 500 to 700 automobiles witl be brought into the service of this great educational movement. These campaigns are conducted @3 a strictly co-operative basis. The people will provide: - lst. A guarantee of at least 9Se to ten automobiles at each. ralroad stop to carry the speakers to -thIlp@atS. In the country where meetings se te be held. 2nd. Halls sitable -for the cetial. meeting in towns where traia sigs. 3rd. Any community desiring a campaign must send in a request to the railroad. agricultual eelege as operating, or to the Agricultural 3m tension Department, signed bmy a re9 resentative number of farinem and business men. Thie railroad will provide: Sleeping cars and dining servis her the alfalta campaign party, and b'g gage and exhibit cars, itterature, e. The .Agricultural Extensl@t De will provide: 1st. Speakers. 2nd. Assistance in orgaunilg and advertising campaign. 3rd. Educational charts and other equipment for lecture purposes. belle tins, literature, etc. 4th. Follow-up men, when poesibiei to asstthe farmer in gettingSa str with alfalfa. Hearty co-operation on the p82t Of the people is absolutely necessary to make these campaigns sunosutu Degeneration of Names. Thomas Hardy showed his keen eye for the characteristic in giving his heroine the distinguished name oflD'Ur berville, corrupted by long rustic wear to Darbyfield. But many stately Eng lish names have gone further down bill than that. for example the mean ind trivial Snooks, whieh has little to recall Sevenoaks. One would suppose that an easy prize winner in a degener ation race. yet Professor Weekley. i is book on the romance of English names. tinds some that have descend ed as far and started higher. There is nothing very distingushd for ex ample. about Codlin-a novelist would hardly dare use It save for acoc figure. As Quodling It is merely queer. As Querding it begins to seem foreign. -and the etymologist can make a shrewd guess where he Is coming out whle Querdelyonl is but the thinnest of - wasks for the illustrious Nornian or izcil. Coeur de Ion. In England the mane'st little names may have the grea:te-st history, especially If they .t~ -.'....... whicah rares badly