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* 9 VOL. 2. ' ABBEVILLE,.S. G, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1885. NO. 11. 1 ^MHWMB?angiMMPMB??iM&J^em3MHHta???r an 'H.TTMMnwni ?mi ip? I I" ??rg??w??^ Lost on the Luke. 1'oiit Aiitiiuk, Ontario, November 1C ?A terrible marine disaster, resultinj in the drowing of forty-eight person and the loss of one of the most vulunbl passenger steamers on the Lakes, \va reported last night when the steamc Arthahasca arrived.; On board of th Arthahasca were Capt. James Moore commander of the* Canadian Paeifi Railway steadier, Algoina, two passen gers and eleven of the crew.. The1 were all that were left of the f>2 person that sailed for this port from Owei > Sound on the Algoma last Thursday Tito following are the suvivors : W. J Hull and \V. B. McArchur. of Meadfoni Ont.; Capt. John Moore, first mat< Hastings, second mate Kichard Simpson wheelman Henry Lewis, watchmanJoin C. McXofF, fireman I'. MeCalgar, deel hands It. Stevens, James llolton. Danie Lauhlin, waiters John C. Mcliane George McCall and John Mclvenzie The captain was hadly injured. v The ship's papers were lost and lh< passenger list could not ho <?l>tainotl The following is a partial of the lost Mrs. Dudgeon and her son aged ton, o St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Frost (or Foster) . relatives of R. 1*. Bntchart of Owei , ;f ^oouud; George I'ittigrow, chief engin eer ; Alexander McDermott,- of Sarnia second engineer ; Mr. Mclvenzie, a ne pliew of Alexander Uclvengie of Sarnia Alexander Taylor, chief .fiieWnril, o either Buffalo or Cleveland : Hr, %one: '4 . steerage .uteward, of Scolafid> 5 Tin 'y ' other names, .consisting of d?ck hands firemen, yrajttjrs and others, of the crew * i Miiuiwt in:;yi|l444lU'l. The stot^'-gf^he disaster, as relate* Yr, by Capt. is that the tYlgonii .V. ? , , ?& ' passed thro^^rJHj^Marj's Canal, bount Wlr fur this |ior(,^bpfi^ Friday noon. Sooi ' after reaching fcitke Superior the wim began to freshen up from Hie northwest and a great band of laden clouds alonj the nothern horizon denoted the ap proach of heavy weather. Realizing however, that the Algonia was one o the strongest and most powerful steam ers afloat and well able to cope with evei a severe gale, Cujit. Moore kept her 01 her course. Pat as night appronchet the wind continued to increase ii violence, and by (lark had develops into one of the fiercest and tuos destructive pales ever experienced 01 the upper lakes. As the pale increase, the sea began to make, and before mid night Lake Superior was lushed into ; wilderness of seething foam, while tin tempest screeched and howled and grea seas swept completely over the struggling steamer. The Kituition was madi I all the more terrible bj a blinding snow Hiorm mat sot in before morning. Ii was impossible to see the length of tlu steamer. Passengers and crew were torrifled beyond measure and momentarily expected to see the steamer plunge ti the bottom. By the instructions of Captain Moore the officers circulated ainonj. the passengers, trying to allay their fears They were- panic-stricken, however, an.<; huddted together in the cabin, where tlu screams and prayers of women and * children could be heard abovu the thundering of the gale. Saturday morning isle Royal was sighted and Capt. Moore headed the stcamci for Rock Harbor, where he hoped tc i gain shelter. The island forms a natural harbor of refuge, but near the entrance there is a dangerous reef, and jusi as the steamer was nearing the entranct she struck the reef. There was a terrillii ichnr^L' ntwl fKnn ? ? ? * ....wv?. wiium bin; aiuuuyjr ciiiiic to f full stop. The passengers rushed outol the eabin ami beseeched the officors t< ( tell them what had happoned. "Wean on a reef," replied the captain, "but il you will only keep ca'm as possible-, ] trust all will be saftly landed." Juki then one of the crew leportcd that th< steamer's bottom had been puncturcc and that she was filling with water. Th< boat* were at once got in readiness am: all starred to leave the steamer, but jus Ias they were about to lower them th< steamer slipped off the reef and disap pcared with an angry roar. The wate was covered with the struggling form: ' of men and women, and then all wai over. I Only fourtoon lived to tell the tale These got into one of the boats, bir were powerlest to save themselves, ai they were without oars. Gapt Moore . however, wrenched the footboard fron the bottom of the boat, and with that ai a paddle succeeded in working the boa to the island, where the survivors wort picked up by the Arthabasca. Mr. Bently, manager of the lino, hu i&ri'i' *v /. sent out tugs from here with instructions >. to search Isle RoyuI for any survivors ir that may possibly have got ashore and to ? |M^tv up iiim uixvu cunj ui ail) uuuics uuu ? L. | ma}' be found. The tugs are now at the s ! sconce of the wreck. ' i r' Egeilcld Echoes. l Ki)c.i:kiki.i>, November 10.?Your ' special correspondent arrived at Trenc ton last night; was hospitably enter! tiiined at the "Trenton House slept V' I like a top in u good bed ; hnd a nice ! breakfast especially prepared for him ' j by the hostess. A cursory view of the ; " j little town showed a thriving village : ' j with many pretty houses, large stores ! " ! and numerous churphes. The 10 | o'clock train brought Attorney-General ' . AlilL'S to Trenton, una "wo two" look a! j comfortable private conveyance, and * j drove to this place in a little more tlian ! an hour. Hi;lore 'eaving Trenton I ! ' | asked for my bill, but nothing could in- ! ' ! duce Mr. T. II. Olark, the kind host, to , I accept any compensation. lie said his! ~ j hotel was a "Chronicle'' house. I, j \ i therefore, chronicle his unexpected gen- J "jerosity. It sounded rather strange to aj native of Charleston, "The; City by the j ' Sea,'' to hear the Trentone.se speak i 1 about Augusta as a "town." It is said | that one Charlestonian meeting another i : .r * 1.. i.i t> \'* 1 111 mi v jiuri ei mi! worm, runs or \ It'll- \ na, for example ; inquire, when did you' ' leave 'town ?' " meaning Charleston, ! f . the only place in the world to an avers ago native, lint "limes change and we r> change wilh them.,' Now. "the town," '' to a very large and growing portion of ' this State is Augusta, and the "City by the Sea" is Savannah, for all the mercantile connections of this, the best part j of the State, arc with your city, and ali the cotton, or nearly all, goes to Augusta and Savannah. This place :s a most interesting little ' city and beautifully situated on hills. * It is hard to believe that such deec's as are charged upon certain citizens of ' this eoiintv eonlil hp rnminUiml i>> .j.>?.1? ^ a place. wilh such a soil, such u climate and such a history. I?ut I will not 1 give any pit mises nor express any opin1 ion. simply becau.ic I have none. The * case of the "Statj vs. Holmes et al.," 1 charged with tin? murder of Oliver 1 ? Towles Culbreatn' has not been put 1 before the grand jury. It i.i rumoied 1 that <?f the eighteen members of the * grand jury, eight are known to be in favor of throwing ont a bill against the 1 thirty-two accused whenever presented. t As it requires two-thirds of eighteen, 1 viz : twelve, to find a true bill, the improbability of coining to a trial at this 3 term appears manifest, lint 1 have l. - > i: ?? ? nv.-?*--i iu ni.'iii'vc an mac i iwar, ' nor tin]f that I sec, so I take this rumor, with all others, "cum grano salis." There are seveuil criminal cases on the <locket for offences covering: the 1 range of delinquencies from larceny up lo murder; seven in all, without count? ing the leading case against the lynch' ers of Culbreath. .1 use Hudson lias i . ? his hands full, and I understand hns come prepared to remain a month. ' What a terrible responsibility rests upon the fanatics who precipitated ireedom upon the negro ! All of the seven accused, and others who nro charged as participants, are colored. And this is * the record of all the counties, with rare exceptions. Thinking men who know what the negro is, in his native wilds. ' 1 --- ! " nuu ?iiiit jiii immense coi.trast there was between the naked, emaciated barbarian of the slaveship and the Guinea coast on one side ; and the well-bebavf ed, well-clothed and hearty Southern * slave on the othe other, deplore the ir? resistable conclusion that the sudden f . j glare of freedom was too much for thcr poor moral stamina of the negro. Macauley, when he advocated imnieJ diate emancipation of the slaves in the 1 r\ t uritiHii colonies, was measuring the Afj ricnn by the standard of the Anglo Saxon. 1 If the clothes do not fit, the fault is } with the tailor, and not wjth the Afri* * can, or his late owner. ^ I am now and never was a pro-slavery * man ; but the manner in which eman5 cipation war effected, has proved an injury to all three of the parties. To the * North by demoralizing the* whole count trv And 1 AU'ahI?.f. -? 1' - r ?" j ..... .unvmig iiiu ouiiiuuru ui vir8 tuo ; to ibe South by impoverishing all, > and ruining half its people, and to the 1 poor slave hirusolf by forcing him sud8 denly into a position for which ho was 4 not prepared, and thus placing him on 3 tlie road which leads to his former condition of barbarism. C. H. M. s [In Augusta Chronicle. i $ "4 -V 'ff . ... ' . : & s;:- . ' v' && Wants to ?<> to an old Fashioned Conntry Hog-Killing. A tirv<l, hard-worked city editor is sometimes allows his busy brain to gl wander away from the monotonous rou- tl tine of editorial labor, and finds pleas- d< ure in the vivid remembrances of the ai time when he was a frolicsome boy. fr One of the editors of the Atlanta Con- tl slitulion found himself in this mood lc the other day, and in a moment of in- T spirahon, gave vent to his feelings as 111 follows : w Before the spring comes again I am w going to an old fashioned country pi hog-killing. I don't know where, but j in somewhere. Where there is a ramb- j f< ling old house. A yard with big trees j ir in it. A long lane with cherry trees, j ei A : 1 ?iii. - ? 211 i 1 -V v.ivai ,-N[jiiii;^ uniiiuu Willi <1 mill b'Jt ' n< across it. A horse lot, a cow* lot, a w corn crib, ami a barn. Near by a row m of negro cabins, guarded by Hop-eared M hounds. Inside the bouse a yawning S lire place with a wood fire, and a featb- T er bed that you climb into. ti There I shall find myself some k night this winter. 'Jhere after a fru- tl gal supper, eaten while the clucking T chickens awkwardly flutter into the M trees, 1 shall tuck myself into the feath- : I or bed. There 1 shall sleep while the hi stars sow the glistening frost, anil t:i await the strenuous winding of the N horn that summons all hands to the T lires that curl about the scalding ket- t<i ties. In That far will I go in all uespite.? tl What shall follo?v, depends. Whether f' I shall liiul it in my bones to caper about the singing kettles, and toast w hands no longer chubby in the leaping M flames, and chase bladders down the c< frostv winds?depends. Whether I 01 shall rush for my share of pig tails si roasted in the honest embers, and oat in open air the hastily cooked tid bits, fo glorious foretaste of the latter fatty <l< bread and spare-ribs ? depends. ? ki Whether 1 shall stulf myself to reple- n< tion on sausage redolent of sage, or ni > gouge with impatient finger the mar- 's row from the backbones, gorge. on '1; cracklings and on brains, and turn with appetite still tincloyed to the hum- ti bio but not-to-bo-sneezed-at chitter- o" lings?depend*. Whether, even, 1 01 shall look with more than casual con- si corn at the patient housewife as she C renders the lard into snow white Hakes, or listen with li:ss than impatience to m the broken grasps and sighs of the <n overchoked sausage mill, or look with h< less than awe on the dimly lighted J" smokehouse with its smoky rafters, tli the rich loam of its llnor and its rdor- th ons pit wit!! its smothered tire of whiteoak chips?all this depends on how d: much of the keenoss and freshness hi of hoyhood I may have carried into SF man's estate. hi It may he that T will he bored.? The morning air may give me a bron- dt chial touch; the smoke may blind an?l the fuss confound; 1 may turn a.vay j> hungry from the n.sh-begrimined deli- ^ cacies. and find no joy or profit in this semi-barbaric festival of the south. cj At any ' event I am going to try it? ,n I shall take with me a vounirHter who o 1S ?till finds natural processes the best, p-( and whose stomach still dreams it is (j, immortal. For his sake, if my own interest fails, 1 shall go the whole hog. ^ and eat myself into greasy indiges- 0j tion- in "Voting at Long Hange. 1 [ Gt The Lynchburg (Va.) Advance says : . '.J udge George W.Ward, who is still confined to his room from the injuries sustained by being shot down in the street several weeks ago by Dr. White, proved himself a noble pati t last M Tuesday. His rooms arc in the third zt story of a building on Main street, in n< Abingdon, and the voting place was ^ nearl}' one hundred yards away, on the opposite side of the street. The judge had himself placed at a window in sight m of the polls, and a string stretched from th the window to tho box, tied his ballot ,n to a key through the handle of which ^ tho string was passod and "lot-her slide." Tho crier recognized him, cried A his vote, anil the ballot was deposited ,e in the box. The achievement is worthy of being handed down for the emulation s* of the next generation." The report M that Judge Ward has recently had a re ^ lapse is incorrect. He has not had a set back since tho shooting, and his im- p, provemcnt, whilo slow, is aure. lo cl Black laces, black and colored velve- Ji teens and other tiimmings at Smith & b< on *s. m Ulue Monday. Everybody knows what blue Monday Everyone has felt the force of its looiny influence. AVe have no doubt tat the blue laws of Connecticut were uvised on Monday, written on Monday id printed on Monday. Only those af?cted with the "blues" would ever link of making a law to prevent a fel>\v from kissing his wife on {'undav. ho man who first conceived this idea mst have had a wife that he didn't ant to kis<; one of those spiteful ives with a winter I'iiee, the very exression of which would turn molasses ito vinegar. That man was like the >x in JKsop's Fables that lost his tail i a trap. lie tried to ninke all the otli* foxes believe that to wear tails was nt fashionable. There is nothing lllco 0 ! nking a virtue uf necessity. Bu'. we e talking about blue Moiulav. Illue [outlay makes a fellow feel lazy. oine people feel lazy all the time. hey can't help it; they were borne red. Others like to work. We once new a man who loved work so well iat he could lie down and sleep by it. here are lots of people have blue [onday all the week and Sunday too. Sunday is intended as a day of rest, nt, there are a great many folks who ike all of their exercise on Sunday. 0 wonder they fee! had on Monday, hen there are some who take Sunday 1 mix their drinks and wake up with a eadnche next day. No wonder! A uis lleeting Sun-Jay will n.ake a sic ''innif. (florin muinli. l?lue Monday makes the grocery men iad. Few customers come along on [onday morning, but the never failing )llector with his little hag and inetnrandum book is sure to present himslf. The school boy has positively no-use ir blue Monday. He knows that he jos not know his lessons, and also hows that his schoolmaster, who is ver in a good humor on Monday owning, knows it. lie fuels that thorp ft rod in Koiik for fiwn*~an3"'rosins his inds us ho doggedly trudges along. The ronianlic young lady is not paritl to Monday. She wakes up abotit 5) clock in the morning, yawns and turns rer to dream of the delightful time ic had the evening previous with harles Henry A ugustus. It is different with the newspaper an. lie goes to church on Sunday orning. in the afternoon and at night? ; never irets tired of sroinir to church? its his money (when he has any) in ie box, poos to bed. sleeps the sleep of ie just and wakes up next morning as ie lark. Lot blue Monday be ever so irk for other peojde, it is alwaj's ijiht for the newspaper man, who >aros neither time nor pains to make s papers on Monday as lively and inresting as the issue of any other iv. A few days ago the city council of irmingham, Alabama, passed a very net Sunday law prohibiting all sorts business and traffic over which the ty has jurisdiction cxccpt the ri>?!e of edieines. Included in the prohibition the business of dealing in newspajrs. The law went into effect on Sun ly and an iiusmcss places except the ug stores were closed. The Daily go was the only concern that <litl not fc*y tin; law and it went on that morng selling p.ipers as usual. Charles M. ays, the business manager, was nrrestl and pave bonds. The Ago publishg company will fight the law, making test case of it. Editor Stead Goes to Prison. London', November 10.?The trial of r. Stead, editor of the Pull Jtoll Ga;f.fe, Sampson Jacques of the same iwspaper, Mrs. Rebecca Jarrett and adam Louise Morney, on chnrge of in?cent!y assaulting Kliza Armstrong, as begun to-day at the Central Crimid Court. The prosecution announced iat all the charges acainst Mr. Brain oil liooth has boon withdrawn and lat the conspiracy chargo against the ifendants had boon abandoned. Eliza rinstrong testified regarding the alged indecent assault on her, the evijnco being a repetition of her former atements. The prisoners, except adam Morney, were not represented y counsel. The jury returned a verct of indecent assault against all four ' the prisoners. The Justice then issed sentence on the prisoners as foliwk : Mr. Stead three months, Uebec i Jnrrctt six months, nnd Sumpson icqucA one month, nil without hard 1?3r; nnd Madam Louise Morney six onths with hard labor. Capital Social Gossip. [Washington Letter in the Cleveland Lender.] Secretary Whitney will contest with Secretary 1'ayard as the most popular . social inemher of the Cabinet during the j1 coming season, lie has rented the old Frelinghuj'sou mansion, which was the social centre of Mr. Arthur's Adminis- 1 tration, and is adding a large ball-room for this winter's entertain men ts. This | ( ball-room will he nearly as big as the city council, chamber in Cleveland, and , will, it is said, be hung with gobelin tapestries. Whitney has more money than Bayard, and. though lie cannot cook the terrapin for his dinners himself like the secretary of State, he can hire a French cook who will probably equal liint. liayard ought not to expect to save much out of his salary as secretary of State, oven if lie does do his own cooking. I lis position demands more social work than any other outside of that of the President, and he is a parsimonious man indeed who can lay tip money in it. Mi'. Kvarts p.iid out $20,000 more than his salary while he was secretary of State under llayes, thus making his four years cost him $52,000. llayard ...M> . * * * * win got uirougn 011 less uian this, but] he has a family and lie wears too good clothes and lias too tasty a stomach to save anything 011 $8,000 a year. Vice-President Hendricks will live at AVilbird's during the coming season. This living at a hotel by a prominent ollicial has of late been looked down upon by Washington Society, but Mr. Hendricks is such an adroit mixer and his wife has so many social qualities that their little parlors at Willard's will : probably be as popular as any place > here. The fact that Mrs. Logan has a bouse might lead to the supposition that she ??.-* t"u,n lu ' curium iargmy during the coming season. I don't think she will have as many callers as when she , was in the stutiy little boarding-house on Twelfth street. She is too much out of J he way, und it is a,J5abba.th day's journey to get to her. The result will ; he that her calling list will be reduced to those who really want to see her. and that it will bo. rather select than largo. Henry B. Payne will keep house next i year, and 1 understand he has re ited one on Vermont avenue near the Portland. f This will not be a great distance from his son-in-law, and Mrs. Whitney will | assist her mother in many of her receptions. Whitney's actions in regard to entertainment lead to the suggestion , that Henry B. l'avne and lie may be concocting a scheme whereby young Whitney shall be the Presidential candidate for 1838, and that his father-inlaw maj* make him his heir to his Presidential support. The opportunities for such a post-Presidential campaign are ' excellent. There is plenty money in ' the Whitney-Payne '"burl'" to run ii * well, and Mr. Whitney comes from the right State to make a goo;l Democratic" 1 candidate. This is worth thinking about, 1 and please don't forget it. ' J The statement is published, that "a , white man was sentenced at Abbeville, ( a few days ago, to three months impris- , onmcnt in the Penitentiary or to pay a | fine of fifty dollars, for selling a crop ( on which there was a lien, while a col- t ored man, for the same offence, was j sentenced to thirty days in the county , jail or to pay a line of ten dollars. , This requires some explanation. What j determined the difference in the degree of the two sentenced ? Were the pen amies proportioned to tne viwup oi the crops sold; or can it possibly be tlint the more intelligent offender received a severer sentence because l?e was more intelligent and therefore more deserving of punishment ? This is not tho rulo generally, and we would be glad to learn whether it js tho rule in Abbeville. JVeftvt and Courier. Colonel Trenholm, who succeeds Judge Thomas as civil service commis :r,,i vv.~i.u~>.- ? n? < Oiiiiiux, nnnvu 111 it unuiii^'Ull un IUUU- I day and took the oath of office, and \ with the other two commissioners call- \ ed on the President. After leaving the 1 white lvouso the now commission hold 1 its first meeting. Tho only business t transacted was tho election of Mr. Ed- \ gurcon as presiuem. j no oierung case r was discussed informally, but no con- t elusion was arrived at. The report of r the examiners at New York was receiv- J % cd. It shows that Sterling passed t twenty-fourth on a list of 30 with an a average of a fraction over 09, in the e? 1 animation for custom house weighers t r \ Mrs. Walkup Acquitted. Emi'oria, Kan., November 6.?The jury in the; Walkup ease returned this afternoon with a verdict of not guilty. They were out more than twenty-four hours, ami most of the time stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. The prisoner, Mrs. Walkup, was married nbout three years ago, ami her husband ilied Inst Spring under circumstances that indicated poisoning. A good deal of arsenic was found in his stomach, but it was shown at the trial that he took it for disease, and ihe opinion is that the poison became encysted there. The theory of the prosecution was that Mrs. Walkup poisoned him f<jr his money. He was ex-Mayor of Emporia. The verdict was unexpected, as the general belief was that tliere was no prospect of an agreement, and there were not a hundred people in the court room when the jury filed in. They were followed by Mrs. Walkup and Mr. Jay. The accused was handsomely attired in blue tricot. She had been prepared by Sheriff Wil white for the verdicj, and her face was aglow with hnppiness, and while evidently agitated, she maintained hor composure. ? ? unicr nuillilil WJIS in III? court room. The .Judge read tlie verdict? "We find the defendant not guilty. You are discharged from custody and are free." Cheer nfler cheer went up from the crowd.. Mrs. Walkup cried and smiled nltcrnaily and thanked each juryman. A moment later her mother, who had been absent, rushed in crying with joy, clasped her daughter in her arms, then threw herself upon Mr. Jay and kissud him, and finally wrung the hands of each juryman and the Judge, thanking and blessing them. Mrs. Walkup then shook hands all around. A large crowd cheered her, as with ennii' frinnila uV>i? fnnl- ?> r? ? iwMVtu PIIV VWVR U \ <11 I lU^U I ?I 1 iH I* Fay's residence, where to-night a largely attended, although impromptu, reception was held. The verdict is received with general approval. Mrs. \Valkup> and her mother will leave for New Orleans on Monday. Notes from the A. It. Presbyterian, The public free schools of Abbeville County for the scholustic year 1885-6 will open on tho third Monday in January 1886. . Krskine College, in its whole history has never had representatives from so many States as now. There are stuients from nine of the Western and Southern States. Florida. Texas and Missouri are in. the list. liev. \V. D. Muyfield has tendered his *esign?tion as pastor of Baptist Church >f this place and also of the church it Donnalds* to tuke eitect the first of January, llev. D. A. Carter of NinetyHix, will bo called to serve these churches. Some weeks ago it was stated in this >aper that Mr. A. C. Clinkscalv, of this >lace, had been appointed chairman of he school trustees for this township. Mr. Clinkscal-s has found it inconvenient for him to act and Mr. R. S. Salloway has been made his successor. uguiuny appomiea ny xne bounty Itoard. We arc glad to be able to state hat he has signified his willinencR to serve in said capacity. Mr. Golloway s too well known in our community to iced any words of commendation from is. He is the right man in the right >lace. A Great Actor Gone. Philadelphia. November 8.?John UcCullough, the actor, died at his rosilencc in this city at five minutes past.l >>nla?lr ? u!. j -t r viiv/ua nun UIVCI IIUUII* illB UUHb(l| SI"" hough not entirely, uexpected oc:urred quite suddenly, and was due as VIr. Hugo Kngel, his physician, says, to 'in affection of the brain caused by )lood poisoning." Dr. Kngel asserts that tlcCnllough was not insane and that it vas a mistake to have placed him iu L . m -: .1.1 r _ * it u uiouiinugunie insane asylum, vhero ho was confined a number of veeks! IIo wais brought from the asy? urn to this city on Sunday night, Oeto>er 25, just two weeks ago, and was akon to the residence of his family, vhere he died. At that time he recogtizod no one, not even his wife or bis wo sons, and had no control of his nuscles, except a little over those of lis right'arm. He regained the use of lis limbs slowly and in a few days was ible to raise himself to a sitting posture. Ie continued in about this same condi ion an til to-day. ; ... * ; / . v *-.^ ... \-j \\-r. /v/; i ii juHftfcJtt1 ?a .<> AiVi;; ?r.