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F i E IfD 1(5.NEWBERRY, S. C.. FID[AY, MARCIH 22, 1"O)l TIPAW~rV(1rU THE SOUTH SUFFERED FROM CHINA WAR MORIC Tit %N %Nv 06 'i It P AIt'I OF I III The Trado In Volton o-edN Won %h,nply Plaral3ze-d n' Prin pit Iip erting Porti. It- portft from Coissule. [The State.] Washington, Mirch 18.-The State department has received from Unite i States Consuls Fowler at Chee F,,o, and Ragsdale, at Tien Tmiti, reports intended to show the effects of the Boxer troules in nort.h China upon United States trade with particular regard to what Americans lost in America through the outbreak, rather than China. A resume of tr.ade ret,vr'nsin north China entire, comptring the qu-irter ended June 30 last with that ended September 30, shows an almost cow plote annihilaution of the American import trad-, and in Consul Fowler's language, "gives a good idea of what a mob in China can do in interfering with trade." The greatest lois was felt in cotton piece goods, and the cessation o t hi class of imports says the consul anit have been most keenly felt in th# Southern States. Probabi % no coan try in the world, Gunul Fowl(-r states, sulfered as ntivh as did the United States, for the snene of strife covered practicall the entire Amer can field of trade. In comloiling the statistics, the amounts are iidicattd by gallons, pieces or set out in Chi. nese money, so that an #-stimate ot the total actual value of the losses sustained is not eaily avail.,ble, but the comparative tables indicating tho. greatest increase in our trade with China ever known at he bgi-ning of 1000, and settiag fort h t he most seri ons losses to it, at the end of the year, are stificiently imprssive to serve the purpose. At Cheo Foo, which, compared with the immeainte northern ports, was peaceful, there were more riots and tirmults than were ever known before, and the va rious American mis-ion losses proba bly will total $150.000 in gold. Af ter June 15 the imports at Chee Foo ceased, all commercial transactions being absotitely nil. The effect of the boxer mlvement is shown to have been felt much earlier and more seri ously at Tien Ttin than at Uhee Foo. Ships loaded with Oregon lumber reached Takn and were unable to land their cargoes, thus entailing an enormous loss upon the American lumber tratde. At Niu Chwang, which saw more lighting than Tien Tsin, the trade was almost completely wiped out. The only foreign power that interfered there wvas Russin, that government seizing the port as early as August 4. On August 12 it had control of t be custom house. The total collection of duties for all china duingt the quarter ended September 30, lait, showing a loss of 2,45,591 haikwan tacis as compared with the same p -riod of 18991 The figures submitte,1, Con-tul F~owler points out, do not fully show Ameri can losses, fur immense quantities of merchandise were hel.l up in the va rious parts which must be worked off before importations cana begin Th'e Losses to the cattoum t rade a one are' estimated at over $3,000,000. TEAolING4 PEtOPLIC r) BA i E. Texas and Lout,stana to ICat,.bitdh a NIte Kitchen Set the Pan-. 6in.-rten Isl' -nrtea,n at 1toff rio-'re>a, I...fe Y ,ar thad About 50 000 tor.. eof Lsd t,e. Voted teo Ktte t4:ulture--his Yeatr the 4oree.'.ra. s'att mn,trd at 125.000, fH ,ustona Post.] It is said that there are two mil. lion acres of land in TVexaq that can Sbe-used in the. prodnetit i rice. This will give some idea ot the won derful p,ossibitlities of this crop, which is nOW raised to ounl, a comparatively *small extent in thbe United States. Texas laest year had about 50.000 acres of land devoted to rice culture. This year the acreage is estimated at 125i,000s which is a wonderful in crease in what is a new crop for this State, and which was not thought possible of cultivatioun In Texas until a few years ago. Louisiatta, a State that has been growing rie for zruny years, will not show more than 00, 000 acres this spring. Texas will undoubtedly have an acreage in ex cess of that within another year, and each season promises to record a wonderful increase in the'crop, which can be raised in this State at less ex .pense and with greater success than in any other part of the Union. But with such a rapid increase in the crop it will be necetnary to insure a like gain in the consumptive do mand in order to make the raising of rice profitable. Juht now the profit, in the business are very large and, while it is true that rice could be raised and sold for less money, which would be one way of incraling the demand, the great need just at this time is to let .the whole world know the value of rice as food. Compara tively few people in this country eat rice to any extent and thousands of persons have never tasted it. One great factor in educating the people as to the posqibilities of rice 1s food will be the rice kitchen to be established by the Rice Growers' As 1ociation, of Texas and Luuisiana, at Lte Pan-American Exposition at Buf falo. The success of this project is now assured, and the millions of peo pie who visit the great Buffalo Expo -ition will see rice exhibited there i, &,very form, and will have an oppor Imity of ditcovering the many ways in which it can be cooked, and of tasting the palatable dishes that. can te made with this cereal as a basis The passenger traffic department of the Soutbi r.a Pacifiv Railroad is Aso doing a great work in behalf of rice education. That railroad is get ibg out large q,nantities of rice lit erature and is circulating it in every part of the Union One of the late.t projeits of Mr. S F. B. Morse, pas. seuger traffic manager of the road, I-' to issue a booklet containing 200 receipts for preparing rice for the table. Perhaps not one housekeeper in a hundred, even in the South, where rice is better known than in any other section of this country, could prepare more than half a dozen dishes with this cereal. To demon strate that there are 200 good things to eat, with rice as a basis, will be a revelation to housekeepers through. out the land and will undoubtedly greatly stimulate the use of the pro duct. These booklets will be distrib uted at the Buffalo Exposition rice kitchen, and elsewhere, and will serve to create an interest in the cereal wherever seen. The greatest food experts declare that there is more nutritive elements in rice than in any other grain that is eatem, consequently the campaign to make more people eat rice deserves ever) encouragement even from a humanitarian standpoint. The Sword of Damocles. There was once a king whose name was Dionysius. He was so unjust and cruel that he won for himself the name of tyrant. He knew that almost everybody hated him, and so lie was always in dread lest somebody should take his life. But he was very rich, and he lived in a fine palac~e where there were many beautiful and costly things, and he was waited o'n by a host of servants, who were always ready to do his bidding. One day a friend of his, whose name was Damocles, said to him: "How happy you must be. You have here everything that man could wish." "Pehsps you would like to change places with me," said the'tyrant. "-No, not thit, 0 kingl" said Damocles; "but I think that if I could only have four riches and your pleasures for one day. I should not want any greater happiness." "Very well," said the tyrant, "you shall have them." And so the next day Damocles was led into the palace and all the servants bidden to treat him as their master. 'He sat down at a table in the banquet hall aird rich food was placed before him. Nothijs was wanting that could give hinm pleas ure. There were costly wines gntd beautifurl flowers, and rare perfumes and delightful music. He rested himself among *soft cushions and felt that lie was the happiest man in all the world. Then lie chanced to raise his eyes toward the ceiling. What was it that was dangling above him, with its point almost touching his head? It was a sharp sword, and it was hung only by a single horse-hair. What if the hair should break? There was danger every moment that it would do so. The smile faded from the lips of Damocles. His face becaie ashy pale. His hands trembled. He wanted no more food; lie could drink no more wine; he took no more delight in the music. He longed to be out of the palace and away, he cared not where. ''What is the matter?'' said the tyrant. "That sword! Tha. sword!" cried Danioclcs. IIe was so badly fright ened that lie dared not move. "Yes," said Dionysius, "I know there is a sword above your hcad, and that it may fall at any moment. But why should that trouble you? I have a swort over my head all the time I am every moment in dread test something may cause me to lose my life." "Let me go." said Damocles. "I now see that I was mi.staken, and that the rich and powerful ate not as happy as they seem. Let me go back to my old hone in the poor little cottage among the mountains." And so long as lie lived he nevcr wanted to be rich, or to change places, even for a moment, witlh the king.--Young People's Paper. Enthusiasm. Mr. D L Moody illustrates his idea of Christian enthusiasm by the following: "There was an old man I wanted to see when I first went to Europe in x867-. I was told :not to. ,fail to go to Edinburgh and see Dr Duff, of the Assembly. I stayed in Edin burgh a week to get a little of the old man's fire. He. plead for an hour and a half foeJUdia, and at the end of au hour and a half he fainted away. T1hey took him up and carried him to the vestibule. When he revived be said, 'I didn't get quite through, let me go back and finish.' They said, 'If you go back it will cost you your life.' 'Well,' he said, 'I shall die if I don't.' So they carried him back. As they passed up the aisle the peo pie rose, and tears flowed down every cheek at the sight of the old veteran. He said to them: "'Fathers and mothers of Scot land, is it trute that you have got tno more sons to gis e to India? I have spent twenty five years of my hife there, anid I have conie back to die; there is plenty of money in ite bank, butt your sonis are not willing 'to go. If a call cotmes from the quceti to go there in the army, they are ready. Is it comte to this, that the Lord calls for recruits fur his kingdom, and they will not go!' And turtling to the moderator lie said, 'If there is no otie to go to India I will retnrn to them, and will ILt themi know that there is one old Scotchmati that can die for them, if lie can't live for them.' "My frietnds, that is what I call enthusiasm." O A. O 'T O 242.a. der th h6. You lhave Aiway Bouf Bignature of Llteratp Notes. In variety and value of contents McClares M gaizine for A pril will be a nmotiable naher. Trimeiliunss, liter ary worthb, historical r.'searche'r, an alysis of character, studies in nattural blitory, an~d life next to the soil, in the metropolis, in the Orient, all these and more wilt distingnish the forthcoming issne, and It will -be ad journed 'hroughout with illust.ration contributed by the beat artists and re produced with the extreme of skill in art-process. 8. 8. MCCLrEn, . NEW YORK. Honor is not in honors. Good morals make the best mnan noers Sumter Suffers From the Flames FtR'TY I 114uit%Nil )OLLAR FitEC IN TIOE GAiE ciiCK CITY. Nineteen Ietitlleg. Hirns d--Finmen Qprad Acroija the Snveit sln J eatid Othor Buildiage [The Stato, March 19] Sumter, March 18.-The biggest fire that has occurred in this uity for several years broke out at half past 8 o'clock this evoning It Pittrted io a male shed atiach, d to G F. Ei-per uon's large sale and livery stable on Canal street. Thro origin or the fire is unknown. The great quantity of f-dder and bay stored in the build iags made them veritable tider b xPs wnd alpptared ailmiost as an e--xplosion. Bef-re the ilarmo wa! sound- d the I -mes we r4% burst i, g through the shingle rot,f, and in a remarkitbly shoit titmi all the build ings on the pro-mises were burning. Several noegro housts on Siotor street caught firo At. the same time< the Il ames cro-svd Canal st reet and tho. two couny.1. jails, thi- old aid thei new, were ablazi4 Bot h hetse are of 1rick and did not burn so rapidl% ;I i-ideed, the tiew jil is still burning. The walls of the old j-iil crumbled r .pidly and the upper part fell with Ft great crash. From the jails eist w ,rd the fire spread to one of the Epperson's store houses, in which was a large quantity of wagons, ag ricultural implementa and mabchin ery, thence to stables atind ware houses of the Craig Furnituro com. pany. Two htius-es on- the west -de of Sumniter it reet. wero 1lso con 1nmsd. Ma- buildings wilhin -ia qiuarter of a mibe culit from spalrk, and fl itig cinders, blit the firt wits pr.veted froin spri,aidimg be 3ond the limits de-scribed by persist ' and plucky work of the fire depart ment aided by many citizens. The prisonera conuned in jail were taken safely to the city guard houmse Filid packed in there like sardines in a box. All the live stock in th, itables were gotten out except about ,ix head of horses and mules. This is the third time that Mr. I Epperson has been burned out, and the loss now falls most, heavily upon him. Altogether thq viue of the prop orty destroyed may be safely esti mated at $40.000, with insurance of probably $14,000. Nineteen build ings were destroyed, with losses as follows: Go. F. Epperson, livery stables, bihelds and miachmnery building, also live tenement house. , a total of 11 I busibnlling-- ; loss estimated at $18,000, insu1raice $3,500.< J D Craig, furnitumre comnpaniy.I iw o w arthouea, st abIles land eriag e.hee-l. withb so.cek in builinsgs; lees $8 000, i'.ssrance $4 000 New conty jail ; loss $9 000, in suranmee$5,000 Old juil; loss $3,500, insurance $ 1,0100 H-orace Harby, two ten'em'ent hauses; loss $300, cover, d b3 in- 4 Rn rance. The city bhad ar small loss in several Rs-ctionsi of tine Jahbric. tire hose at tached to the plug neatr the hurning buildings which w. r. destroyed, the heart beceomisig so intense that the fir' tfl;n had to fl.e for aufety. THRE OJNEnKAL ItmNiusiow Ele. -r m .il-te notte El.,. lin..e s, rgl, ti op-Over A to,wed rier ,h., south (lua. slina V..c eha.. (Thei St ate, Marr. 20.) Chairmian 13 icharrd-on or t he 8sont h eastern Pair. rnge r Ass c-iat ion hi s A lanta, aut hoa zir g oever 28 rail Iroad lI- -cs in the son heri .St ates ai rateo f one e,nt per mits in each dire ctilee, per capit a, to M. mphis, Term., and re turn on the occasio * of the general re ion of t'he Cosnfederate veteraniu to lbe he ld there, fi om n'll pouints within11 th- territory of the association. On tis basis the following are the round trip rates that will govern the junctional point in South Carolina, not including Seaboard Air Line rates, however, that si stem not being -in the t0ssoctatlob: These tickets are to he mold in this thritory'on Mny 2it 20 and 27, wit linal liiit of Jtinle 4. On depositing tickets with the jo t tgent tit Mem phis, howover, and the. payiont of 50 ('ets '-% 1 at [ i iti of d(yomit ai ex tension until J1n1 30 may be ob. tainedl A stop over of one day is to be por initted at. Chatta ii,vii. 'eni., on tickets sold from South Carolina points oither on the going or return 'rip 5oias to enmablo he Sut b Carolin Veternes to Visit. Chickon,amia park 1 por the occlsion of the unveiling and I dia'ion of the South Carolina mon imout. The Seahsoard und ol her non-mom. )twrsihip lines, the circular says, have 4x. ressedi a willingiaiss to part icipiIe u .-eso rates. ritiE i 41.1'e.iNV.4 IN i. euIn 0xh-b'it Ies l, ,e- s 'e 11e 0 th e 'h-rieRt(fn Flib0-bltI bib. (The State, M.tr. 20 ) The Stiate hs jiust rcived a copy )f the issue of January 19 of tho tparri Noys, puitlished at Aparri, ?hilippino islands, wilh Allan OraN )f tho Sixe-enth infantry, U. S. A orimely of tiis city, as editor. I tb him issue the News mnyn yditoriall if lie Charleston exposition: "Wil re in receipt. of the first unm. )i%r of t he '1;posit ion' of Charleston, 3 C. an it I raet ivo 1eriodical publish. d exclnsivolv in the interest of the 3 Ut be Carolina Inter stato and West ediai Expit il., whie'h is to be held LIt Chitr! so, S C, from Decemier st, artistienli1 illustrated with many int' (n1's of h.t.brestileg Imildings and >l er sig bts ift ni(d itround Clharle(*ton l)i( n't thi ex ph. osXIOition lihts beenl set 04ibti fet exhiits from thei hilippi. W(S, and it is exiecled that s01110 ithnible mi intereiting relics from hivis. hi-t rical isle's will bo on exhi )ition it this eXposition."1 iVl 1 ilI- -t,n tee u1tifrai - PrOfreaeor Hre.tz,a-te ,o F0oie(c. [Th, Sltte, March 20.] Gov. McSweoe.Iev yesterday ap )Om11ted Mi-s Enla Willis of Charles on to ho o of thot lady commis ionnrs fron this State to the Pan imprican expsitionti at Buffalo, N. e. Miss Willis was given a similar R)mmision to the Paris exposition. 3he has just reached home from Paris, Cind has been made chairman of the fino arts committee of the Dhitrleston exposition. The Governor has ailso given Prof. LV. E B3ronzeale, formerly of Win. ,hrop, an honorary commsion to nvest.igate the normal school system >f Fr"ance, I lie yong edutcator ex Wet inig to HIpend some time there. Bear. tic ilo Ktnd You ilato Always Oughi 8ignaturo Our Sister Republic. Trhe population of Mexico is r2, >1o.949. A total of 749 trade marks have >een registered sinice 1890. One hundred and( fifty patents ,vere issued dnring the year. TFhe num ber of marriages in ik xico averaged a little over So,oc o u year. In tihe last twenty years the ex >orts of Mexico have increased 400 er cent. There are I.532 postoffices in the eputblic. Sixty-one were opened luring the year. 'The repubcIlic boa.sts of 17 mnu Cetins. 83 liblraries, with 457.43r colnmetis. neoi.1 30 scientific and lite rary socCieu~tes. Thiete V r: over 66,ooo kilometers >f te laphl wires and nearly 20,000 kiloeters of telephone wires ini Mexico. Thlere is still roomi for a f'ew tmore settlers. Tihie average numiiber of poplaitjin per square kilometer is less than seveni. Seven hund red and sixty-two kilometers of railroad were built during tihe year, making the total length for the republic 1 2,1r57 kilo meters. The values of gold, silver, and copper co ied dturing the last seven. teen~ years averages aou $2r, noo. ooo a year, quite evenly distribute during this period. There are 531 periodicals put lished ii Mexico. Forty-eight ar daily newspapers, 223 weeklies and 92 published monthly. Sevel are printed in F4glish, two it French, and one in German. There exists in the republic 3 colonies; thirteen established by th governtment containing nearly 7 ,0o colonists and 21 colonies establishe< by companies or authorized persons with colonists numbering over 4, 000. There are in Mexico 1,512 schools. Of these 5,852 are sus tained by the States, 3,212 by citic and 2,442 are private schools. Of the total 6 027 are for males, 3,104 'or females and 2,381 are mixed. 'lie actual attendance at thes( schools was 490,746, and the amount appropriated for the support of pub lie schools nearly $,.500,00O. Modern Mexico. Starn at the Bottom. Two boys left home with just enough money to take theim througl college, after which they must de pend entirely tilon their own ef forts. They at tacked the collegiate problems successfully, passed the graduation, received their diplomm. from the faculty, also commenda tory letters to a large ship-buildiny firm with which they desired em ployment. Ushered into the wait. ing-room of the head of the firm. the first was given an audience. lie presented his let ters. "\Vhat can you do?" said the man of millions. "I should like some sort of a clerkship." "Well, sir, I will take your nam and address, and, should we Lvi anything of the kind open. wit correspond with you." As he passed out lie remarked I( his waiting companion : "You call go in and 'leave your address.' " "\Vhat can you do?" was again the question. "I can do anything that a green hand can do, sir," was the reply. The magnate touched a bell which called a superintendent. "I1ave you anything to put a ian to work at?" "'We want a man to sort scral iron," replied the superintendent And the college graduate wen' to sorting scrap iron. One week passed, and the presi (lent, meeting the superintendent asked :'"How is the young mai getting on ?" ''0," said the boss, '"he did hi work so well, andl never looked ni the clock, that I pu himi over thi gang." In one year this man had reache< thc head of a dlepartment and at advisory position with the manage ment at a salary represented b: four figures, while his whilomn coim panion was maintaining his dign it: as ''clerk'' in a livery stable, pol ishing harness and carriages.-Se lecte d. Bears the h6 Kld YOUHave lway Boudi of A Reagazine or Mnaipg,tig 'tmnely Interce The March issue of "The Nations Magazine" fairly snaps with timiel, interest from frontispiece to finis. As a charact.*ristic hilt of Ameri cnn enterprise. "T[ b' Nation il Mages zinc" of Boston sneunredl the fire written expression from Mrs. Carri Nation on her mission. Tho art iol was written in jail at Topeka an was sent hy telopraph to the magi zinc, and within a few h .ors nn was written was Trnn~ng on the prep for the current numb.er. In thi timely artice The National Magt zmne" has tadded another to its Ion anid repeated list of scoops in th periodical realm. C,A.uTOcruTA. Bears the 4as Kind You loAla s Boug of Bridling sin is like harnessini sernents. ISTATE TO COLLECT VALUABLE FIGURES, CWAr v'itoviors 11"01 SOMEMl'IN0 Lff.No N FEEDEfD. 4et mg Tuscht s,elvery in1 3141,to--Thea muon .. Iroll r (a n1orial 111to. lotued 1'reltuil I)at gy C,rd-11 r 9 4.,.n1,11W .a 1 .1AU d1i1to flow tii P1roccedt. [Tho Stato, March 20.] For i loug himo South Carolina 111w boon at a great dilldlvaltage be. IMaus of th filet that, 8h1 1ha.s no (m)eaus o colletinig fac1 anl figures aboultl her cot tl iln mils, ee. The only -4tatistics fivotilibla ' hilme thlie great. d . V+-lo lmli t (,f Il tox i i (l l ustry be. 431i havO be10n1 Whik 1 tEOwspiipors 0auld collet and what cIII Ie givol by meanst of a cliarler record. Lionco. f >rth, however, 1idoer th now act of iho general isHembly tich informa i.m is to ho olltially obtained t brough he tix m whineory of thI Stato, and hat it will bo of great value goeH wit'hout, Haying. Lo.kiig to the carrying out of the ,roviHionm ot I his most inmporl ant new ict C ,m1pt1roller (Ioet.ral D-orham yes. torlity issued tIie followig circular #Itter to t-ho atditorti in the soveral coities of the f :Ito: D--nr Sir: As rt-quiro(d in the act ipprovid IU li f Fohruitry, 1001, of "Ani act to provi(lo uniformity and uallity inl the assesfsmont of prop rly rtirnihable for taxition by per Sons4, firii or c.''porattionl engaged (I 1, xt e in tttrio-s, 1111d c s11 pro vidilg o wwer f,r rent or hire, and 01toll HVt'd oil com paipjis fil fortili r companrii.s," you will immiediately I th i. ii rii imeit of yotir contity '01a1r of << ini zL ioti, send returns f allch cimnis ink you r county i > his offii, witl a i taiullated Ftate mlnit, givm1g, ' lhe cos of cotton odl1, the c;pii,l toek, number of -iindlm, numbivr of looms, tumbor of '1 1tilti- oyllpo .d liii aimloillit of cot .-011 C010311l11441 tiriiig the proceding yo-ar, and stich oh- r ttggoi,itions as oil may doom propor. And in the (.aso of cotton woe I oil compani0s, tihir Cipital -iovk, am111oiunit of cotton Wild consumlil-f, file., ote. Anid inl tho caseo of fort.il'zor com panie, give their capital stock, q uan tit-y and valino of imlaterial usod, and stich other infornationi reluat i ve tboro to ati will he uHeful to the Stiato board Iof iqualization. oivo mo the name 111d firosF of the chairman of your 0 mnt1ty bolrd of equalization, who is --x otlicio i mivimber of tho Stite board of equalization. CASTOR IA For Infanit and Children. rhe Kind You Have Always Bought Boava tho Bignaturo ol M11 ig. 'Ii 1.uita' Ieduced. Seaboaird Air Line Railway one thou-andric mile tichotsi ar0 nlow sold from aill poinlts on its lines at rate of $i2500, including t hose previously sold in the Stateoof Fl1orida atL $30.00. L'hese Tickets are good1 over (ho on Lire Seatboa rd Air Li ne Ril way Sys, til em aud are honored betwoen Riel mond and WVashiungton b)y the Rich. mndl, Fredlericksbu)lrg & Potomac and P~e[nnsylvaia RaiIilroaids, between Portsmouth and Baltimore by the Baltimore steami Packet Company (131y Line) and1( betwoon Clinton and Collumbhia, S. C., by the Columbia, Newborry & ILaulrens Railroad. All t ikets wotich have been sold at $25 00) andi endorsed "'nfot good in mt4 of Fl'aa wvill be honored over the 01ntiro systemr, including lines in Floridai regardless of such DoI)n't Fo'rget the Lecture of .Ih' n irowm a' Or HIouse the 25 Inst., 4'so) at1 W -sr I10 i I II In,ist, Chturchi tho 21 inag.. Suoj ot,: AL Opera Hlouse r.'(. 25 Courtshme and Matrimony. Atb Wesrt Lod the 2', After T1he Knot Is Admission: At Op'ra Homuso, 25i cents., Reserved scars, :36 ce.nts, TrickeHts on sale at, Suholit'.. P'otbum's, Receders' Nmith's, and IB oktorem~', and at Helena by M rs. WV. 1i \f eton, at West End by Mirs E 'a [Bro'vn, Mrsa. R b)ecca Loule, M14 es Allen C.tsy, Bronlce Demv 'meo. Magrio hutch In-on, Carrie Rd rh oy, nu Mca J. M. D)avl, Those who putrchaseO rem~ved seats will please go to Mr'. tohtz aind seleot theirseats.