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RUSSIA'S "E?ACUAT?Or Proceedings of Withdrawal From Manchuria ali ? Screaming Farce. On October 8, last year, the Rus? sians nominally evacuated Manchuria under the agreement with the powers. Russia had, however, the. right under the convention with China, to keep troops in Manchuria to guard the l^lroad she has built It is not like? ly that a single soldier was withdrawn into Siberia. ' All the world knows the marvelous change that- Russia made along the line of this railroad. Any traveler on this road would almost forget that he was in Chinese territory. Hallar, for example, which five years ago was an insignificant Chinese town in the Northwest, is today really a Russian city,, supplied with Russian hotels, stores and hospitals. Harbin, whichis-almost in the exact center of Manchuria and is the point where the branch road from Port Arthur inter? cepts the, main line running from Siberia. to ^Vladivostok, is now the home of 9,000 Russians.and a flourish? ing' and active^ town. South- -of; Harbin - the Russians have established" colonies - and built many hundreds of"- houses on the concessions which China ' gave to them outside all the large towns. The Russian conces? sion just outside of Mukden has an area of 244 square miles, on which large barracks were erected, as .well as buildings for the railroad officials, the officers of the Russian garrison and colonists brought into the country In all towns where Russian troops were quartered along the railroad the evacuation consisted simply in march? ing the troops from the towns to I the concessions near them. At Mukden, for example, the troops that were in campen the outside of the town merely marched an hour to the Russian con? cession andi there they remained. Where the troops were massed on the concessions instead of in the im? mediate environs of the towns they ?ave not budged an inch. The news came the- -other day that -Newehwang had been reoccupied by Russia troops. It was a very easy mat? ter, for when the town was'evacuated . by the Russian garrison the troops simply tramped for an hour up the river to the Russian concession. They have now marched back again ; i and this is all the Russian evacuation amonnts to. Russia of course, had retained per? mission, to guard the railroad which ^she built across Manchuria at enor? mous expense. The road, to be sure, was nominally built by a Chinese com? pany, but it is actually a Russian com? pany and Russian capital that carried cst the enterprise.-New York Sun. SEW BAMPSBil BOS STORY. J^od Carried Wounded Hound j By Two Companions. The intelligence of dogs was never better displayed than th a case which came to Hgbt here this week, says a Greenville, N. H., dispatch to The New York Sun.. A little more than six weeks, ago ?JOU?S Cameron lost a valuable hound. When last seen the animal was in company with Charles Rodier's dog Sport and a little fox terrier, and all three were making for the woods on a run. Mr. Cameron tried to find some traces ol his hound, but finally decid? ed that he had been shot or poisoned and gave up hopes of recovering him. Immediately after the disappearance of the hound Sport began to leave Iiis master's house regularly every morn? ing, returning each evening. Mr. riodier tried-to follow the dog, being curious to know. what took him into the woods so much with the fox ter? rier. He supposed the two dogs went hunting together, but failed to find any evidences of .their having done so. ?iast Sunday as Charles Newton was walking down the Wilton road, he saw -Sport and the fox terrier sitting be? side the road looking into the bushes. To his great surprise both dogs growl .ed savagely at him, although he had always petted them. Walking psst-the pair slowly Mr. j Newton spied the lost hound crouching in the bushes. The hound was a pitiable sight. One of his hind legs was gone and all the toes were miss? ing from ono 'ore foot. The tail bad "been cut off short sud a long, freshly healed scar showed where bis head had been torn open. One eye was also #one. The wounds were fairly weil healed, and Mr. "Newton concluded that the Cameron hound was bound for home, being assisted by Sport and the fox terrier. Appearances indicated that the bound had been run over by a train, and tfae regular disappearance of Sport and the terrier proves beyond a doubt that they carried him food and cared for him during the six weeks that he lav wounded in the woods. Henry Ward Beecher's Ghost. The recent discussion of spiritual-. Ssm, in which we are told that th?" ghost of Henry Ward Beecher has ap? peared to a former friend, and con? fined himself, in his message to com? plaining that a certain coin, known as *'the widow's mite," had not been re? turned tc him, reminds us of an inter? esting incident in Mr. Beecher's life while he was still in the flesh. The great preacher was in England, as the story goes, and was being entertained by a gentleman who believed in Spir? itualism and was himself a medium. One day he asked if Beecher would like to talk with the spirit of his father, Dr. Lyman Beecher. Mr. Beecher replied that it would please him immensely. After the seance was over he was asked how it had impress? ed him, at which, with a twinkle in his eye, Beecher responded: "AU I have to say is, that if I deteriorate as fast for the first ten years after I am dead as my father has I shall be a stark-naked fool." When one considers the high and noble purposes to which Mr. Beecher devoted himself while on earth, and the things on which his mind seems to run now, we are con? strained to recall this incident Everybody's Magazine. The backyard of the White House is being turned into a menagerie. So long as the house itself isn't turned into a bear garden, we suppose >?e should be content ?Augusta Chronicle. PERPETUAL MOTION iOEA. The Government Has Not Issued Patent to Any South Carolinian. The Wasb?ntgon Evening Star says : The commissioner of patents, Mr. Frederick I. Allen, has stated posi? tively that the patent office will not, under any conditions, issue patents on so called * ' perpetual motion" ma? chines and that no patents for such machines have been issued by the office for the the past forty years. This statement of the commissioner was made in response to an inquiry of a re? porter for the Star regarding the al? leged issue of a patent for a perpetual motion machine to a man in South Carolina. This . man claimed to have received a patent for his machine, and long articles praising him and the machine have appeared in several of the leading Southern papers. It was a clipping from one of these papers, which contained, among other, things, an alleged statement of the patent office officials, regarding the utility and practical merit of the marine, which brought forth such .an unqualified denial from Commissioner Allen. The -clipping' was brought to the commissioner by a Star reporter with a request for, a" statement as to its truth. Mr. Allen did not hesitate to pronounce the statement false. It has never come from the patent office, he said. "The article to which you call my attention," said Commissioner Allen, *'published in a daily paper of Colum? bia, S. C., and entitled Perpetual Motion Machine Patented. First Patent in Forty Years. The Inventor au Sumter Architect, Mr. D. G. Zeigler-Generates Power for Effec? tive Work;" is absolutely false where it says, in respect to this invention : 'It is the first, perpetual motion in? vention that the United States govern-, ment has allowed a patent for in forty years, ' because the patent office is not allowing paten ts upon perpetual motion machines at the present time. "A long description appears in this article, preceded "by the words: The United States patent office has the fol? lowing to say about the machine, and at the end of it-'This indorsement by the patent bureau shows that Mr. Zeigler has hit upon a practical ma? chine. * * ?-?r. Zeigler took his machine to Washington and illustrated it, putting it to a practical test, and the commissioners were so well pleased with it that they told him that his application would be filed and allow? ed.' " These statements . are so utterly false in their implication that the patent office would do anything so foolish that it is difficult to conceive for what purpose this article was writ? ten, unless it was prepared to cast dis? credit upon the operations of the United States patent office, or else in? duce ignorant people tc embark their money in a fraudulent enterprise. "It is enough to say that the United .States patent office: does- not intend to assist in any schemes of such nature." Higher Education in India. -~~ India is covered with great uni? versities and colleges of excellent rank. All instruction is in English. But the more ambitious youth must break caste and actually cross the Kalapani, the "black-water," which ancient Hindus were prohibited from venturing upon. This one returns an Indo-Gothique, emancipated from spiritul law and tradition. But there is no place for him either in Hinda or English society. He cares no longer to live in the most composite family of his rela? tions ; he shakes hands and slaps the 'back of "the old man" whose lotus feet he used to fall and kiss. He thought the higher education" would make him a great man-an 4 ' illus? trious fellow-citizen." But the English who reci?ved him so warmly in London withdraw their cordiality in India? He has offended his own, and even though he may through ex? pensive penances return to his caste, tho; sacred thread of family and spiritual relation is broken. His acute attack of English education bas result? ed in chronic -gloom and disappoint? ment.-Everybody's Magazine. Summerton's New Bank. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Summerton, held Tuesday at Summerton, . S. C., under the. authority of a commission issued by the State, the following directors were elected : C. S. Gadsden, J. Adgcr Smyth and Henry P. Williams of Charleston ; Richard B. Smyth of Summerton; ?. L. Lesesne of Silver; David Levi of St Paul's, and C. M. Davis of Davis Station, S. C. At a subsequent meeting of the directors, Richard B. Smyth was elect? ed president and Henry P. Williams, vice president Twenty per cent of the subscription was called for at once in cash and the charter will be applied for immediately. All ;ot the stock was subscribed for.-News and Courier. -- mm Got it at Last. He criticised her pudding and he criticised her cake; lie wished- she'd make the biscuits his mother used to make ; she didn't wash the dishes, and she didn't make the stew, and she didn't mend the stockings as his mother used to do. Oh, well, she wasn't perfect, but she tried to do her best, until at ?ength she thought it time for her to bave a rest. So when one day this man bad growled and whined the whole day through, she turned him np and fanned his pants as mother used to do.-Exchange. The Wastes of the Body. Every seveu days the blood, muscles and bones of a man of average size loses two pounds of wornout tissue. This waste can? not be replenished and the health and strength kept up without perfect diges? tion. When the stomach and digestive organs fail to perform their fnnctions, the strength lets down, health gives way. and disease sets up, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach and digestive organs to digest and assimilate all of the whole? some food that may bc eaten into the kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues and pro? tects the health and strength of the mind and body. Kodol cur?s indigestion, Dys? pepsia and all stomach troubles. It is an ideal spring tonic. Sold by J. S. Hughson SALE OF SCHOOL BONDS. ? . The City Board of Education Explains why the Bonds Were Sold at Home. The following: extracts from official minutes of the City Board of Educa? tion, with the added note, is in an? swer to the questions which have been raised on the subject of the sale of bonds for the High School build? ing: Sumter, S. C., May 15, 1903. The City Board of Education met at 7 o'clock p. m. Present. Commissioners E. C. Haynsworth, Chairman, Neill O'Donnell, M. Moise, and A. B. Stuckey. Superintendent S. H. Ed? munds. Minutes of February 25th, March 7th, April 4th, and 21st, were read and confirmed. Detailed drawings and specifica? tions of new High School building according to modifications ordered by the Board were received from Mr. C. C. Wilson, Architect, and same were adopted. Th? Secretary was instructed to advertise for bids from contractors. Time for receiving same to expire June 1st. The Secretary presented proposals for purchase of school building bonds, fifteen. thousand dollars at 4 percent.-20 years. Fickeri, Hughes & Co., Charleston, S.. C., 93 p?r cent. iSeasongood & Mayer, Cincinnati, Ohio-Par-City Board Education pay $500 for Attorney's fees, bond blanks, and all other expenses. S. A. Kean. 132 LaSalle street, Chicago 1011-10. He furnish bonds free. Mr. Kean's bid being so indistinct that it could not be decided whether' he was bidding on 4 per cent, or 5 per cent, bonds, the Secretary was instructed to wire him for definite information on that point. Sumter, S. C., May 20,1903. The City Board of Education met at 12 o'clock M., to dispose of bids on School building bonds. Present: Commissioners E. C. Haynsworth, Chairman, A. B. Stuckey, M. Moise. The Secretary reported that in an? swer to his telegram to S. A. Kean, Chicago, III., he had received a let? ter statiug that bis (Kean's) bid was fqr five per cent, bonds " and not four per cent. Whereupon, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted : Whereas, the Board of Education of the School District, . City of Sum? ter, has advertised sale of ($15,000) fifteen, thousand dollars school building bonds to be issued under authority of Act of the General As? sembly of South Carolina, approved March 2nd, 1903, payable in twenty years with interest at not more than five (5; per cent, per annum. And whereas/a majority of the freehold? ers of the said School District had petitiooed for an election to deter? mine whether or not such bond issue should be made. And whereas, such election was duly ordered, and held according to law on the 24th day of March, 1903-resulting by a large majority in favor of such issue -To wit: 159 votes for, aud 6 votes against their issue. And whereas, several bids were received in answer to the said advertisement. Among them, one from the First National Bank of Sumter, offering to take, at par, the entire issue of fifteen thou? sand dollars at 4)? per cent, interest, payable semi-annually for twenty years. And whereas, in the judg? ment of the said Board of Educa? tion, the aforesaid bid of the First National Bank of Sumter, is the most advantageous to the said School District. Now., therefore, be it Resolved, that the City Board of Education of Sumter, hereby ac? cepts the bid of the said Bank. Resolved further, that E. C. Haynsworth, Chairman, and C. M. Hurst, Secretary and Treasurer of the said Board are hereby authoriz? ed and directed to properly execute the said bonds in coupon form dated July 1st, 1903; the interest coupons thereof being payable semi-annually on January 1st, and July 1st, for twenty, years at the rate of 4?? per cent, per annum. And wnen so exe? cuted to deliver the said bonds to the said Bank, upon payment of fif? teen thousand dollars therefor. All necessary expenses incurred in exe? cution and delivery of said bonds to be paid by the said School District of the City of Sumter. The following will explain the reasons of the Board's acceptance of the Bank's proposition: Pursuant to the advertisement for bids on the $15,000 of City School Bonds, the Board of Education met on the 15th to open and consider these bids. There were two that the Board seriously considered. One was from a Cincinnati firm for 4 per cent, at par ; but with the stipula? tion that the City should pay at once the sum of $500 for fees-a bid there? fore, not at par, but at 9673 per cent. The other bid was at a premium of 101 1-10; but, where the figure repre sentingthe per cent, should have been, there was a 4 andover that a 5. The Board telegraphed to Chicago for an interpretation of the bid. No answer was received until Tuesday and that revealed the fact that the bid was at 5 per cent, not 4 per cent. But whatever the result of the com? parison may have been, the Board could not have accepted the Cincin? nati proposal as the Act providing for the bond issut> specially provided against a sale of such bonds below par. In order to satisfy itself as to the relative value of the Cincinnati bid as compared with that of the First National Bank of Sumter, the Board had a calculation made which re? sulted as follows: Computing the compound amount on $500 for 20years at 7 per cent, the result obtained was $2070.18. The compound amount of $75 for 20 years plus the excess in interest paid dur? ing the twenty years will equal $1790.24, a difference in favor of the Bank's proposal of $279.94. There was a tacit understanding between the Bank and the Board that, if a better bid should be receiv? ed, the Bank would release the Board. After the advertisements had been taken out of the State pa? pers an advertisement was placed in its columns by.one of the New York financial papers and some of the bids received showed that those in? terested were not influenced by the Board's naming the Bondsfour per cent, bonds; for their bids read 5 per cent. In view of these considera? tions the Board on Wednesday morning formally ?ccepted the pr' - posai of the First Nation?] Bank ai d a study nf (lip conditions in orh^r towns <>f this Statp relativ? to tile floating <>f bonds-Lancasier. Union, Georgetown, E(Jg?field, and And?r ? son, will show (hat the Board was peculiarly fortunate. Board of Education. C. M. HURST, Secy. & Treas. E. C. HA YI< S WORTH. Chairman. A Petrified Log. A piece of petrified hickory log was left at this office last week by a negro man named Abraham, from Bernini, S. C. He said that he put the hickory log into a stream of water that flows into the Santee river abouttwo and a half miles from that point, about eight years ago, expecting that it would be? come petrified, He dug it cut not long ago, and in doing so broke it in two. The piece he brought is about 3 feet long and 6 or 7 inches in diameter at the largest part. It shows the grain and knots of the wood, and appears to be mostly the heart of the tree, and that the sap has rotted off leaving the surface irregular. He wanted to sell it, but failing to find a purchaser, and having become tired by its weight, about 60 pounds, he decided to leave it here until he can dispose of it. It is said to be good material for hones and whetstones. Any one having curiosity to see it is invited to call and do so. 71 POSTAL SCANDALS. Some Results of the Investigation Already Apparent. Orders for the Promotion of 3, 046 Postal Clerks to a Rank Carrying a Higher Salary to be Cancelled. Washington, May 20.-The cancella? tion of tbe promotions of over3, OOO post office clerks throughout the country, recently authorized by the department, and a formal notice to former First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath of the charges made against him by Ex-Cashier S. W. Tulloch, of the Washington city postoffice, consti? tuted today's developments in the post office investigation. First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne late this afternoon reported to Postmaster Gen? erali Payne that the tabulation . of the clerks in each grade in postoffices of the first class had been completed. This work was undertaken in accord? ance with the order made by the Post? master General to rearrange the salar? ies of the clerks already classified so < that the number in the several grades shall not exceed the number specifical? ly prescribed in the Act of Congress, making appropriations for the postal service. The former classification was made by George W. Beavers just prior to his sudden resignation as chief of the division of salaries and allowan? ces. The report says : "It will not be necessary, in any case, to reduce any. clerk, but simply to cancel 3,046 out of 7,412 promotions heretofore authorized to take effect July 1; 1903. We will proceeed at once to ascertain exactly . the number of promotions in each grade it will be neccessary to cancel at each postoffice, and then will inform the postmasters and allow them to select the increases which must be cancelled. " The Postmaster General today sent to Perry S. Heath a copy of the charges filed by Mr. Tulloch together with a letter requesting any informa? tion he may care to submit on the subjcet. This is the first official com? munication with Mr Heath during the investigation. Auditor Castle, of the postoffice department, .was busy today reviewing the records of hi? office in conection with the Tulloch charges, and will submit his reply to the Postmaster General probably tomorrow. The end of the investigation is not yet in sight. Fourth Assistant Post? master General Bristow, who is con? ducting the work, has not set any date for the submission of his report, for the reason that the sweeping nature of the investigation has made it impossi? ble to indicate when the whole matter will be ready to be placed in hands of the Postmsater General for final disposition, lt is probable that the report will not be submitted before the close of June or the early part of July. jldarriage, no one may escape in In? dia. . It is, as death and birth, inevi tablev Only birth and death are our finalities, marriage may come by choice, caprice, or accident ; these are not found in Indian dictionaries. The wisdom of selection is left to parents. rOf course, there are mistakes, surpris? es, disappointments, as everywhere. But 1 saw as much love-light in happy eyes in India as in any other country. -Edmund Russell in Everybody's Magazine. Key West, Fla,, May 21.-The body of Frank Whitaker, an old resident, was found in the water at Sweeney's wharf here. On examination four wounds were found on the head, either of which would have caused death. The coroner's jury boarded the schooner New Venice, which was lying at the wharf, where the body was found, and found the dead man's hat and that the deck was covered with blood. The coroner's investiga? tion resulted in the arrest of li red Evert. An examination of his cloth? ing showed it stained with blood. It was also known that he had no money on Monday night, but deposited with, various parties on Tuesday $200 for safe keeping ; several others were ar? rested and will be held as witnesses. The X-Rays. Recent experiments, by practical tests and examinations with the aid of tho X-Rays, establish it as a fact that Catarrh of the Stomach is not a disease of itself, but that it results from repeated attacks of indigestion. "How Can I Cure My Indi? gestion Kcdol Dyspepsia Cure is caring thousands. It will cure you of indigestion and dyspepsia, prevent or cure catarrh of j the stomach. Kodol digests what you eat j -makes the stomach sweet. Sold by J". S. ! Hughson & Co. ? The Sanitary Conference. A partial list of the papers to be read on sanitary snbjcets at the sanitary conference in Colnmia, May 28th, 29th ; will be found below. There .will be other papers of importance by pro? minent physicians. "Quarantine in the light of modern knowledge," by Dr. Robt. Wilson, Jr., City Bacteriologist, Charleston, S. C. "Drinking Water, and receptacles containing water for the human family," by Dr J. W. Folk, Quaran? tine Officer, Port of Georgetown. "Railroad Sanitation, " by Dr. Van Telberg Hofman, Division Surgeon, A. C. Line and Southern Railroads, Sum? ter S. C. "Transmission of Malaria,'5 by Dr. Robt. Wilson, Jr, Charleston, S. C. "Powers and Authority of hoards of Health." by Attorney General U. X. Gunter, Columbia, S. C. Smallpox,' Vaccination and Disin? fection," by E. L Reardon, Health Officer, Sumter, S. C. "The best methods to prevent spread of Tuberculosis," by Dr. James! Evans, Secrbtary State Board of Health, Florence, S. C. \ "Relation of Bacteriology to Sanita? tion," by Dr. B. E. Baker, of Char? leston, S. C. "Transmission of Yellow Fever and Malarial Fever by the mosquito, and extermination of these diseases at Habanna, by extermination of the mosquito," by Major W. C. Gorgas, Surgeon, U. S. Army. "Water Supply," by Dr. T. G. Simons, Chairman State Board of Health of Charleston, S. C. Several papers which were read last ? year at Charleston will be read again by request, owing to their importance, and to the fact that the attendance was small on the day they were read. Dr. J. W. Babcock is expected to read an important paper on "Typhoid Fever, and precautions to be taken to prevent its spread." Drs. Charles M Rees, C. W. Kollock ; T. M. Whaley, E. F. Parker, B. E. Baker, and J. M. Green of Charleston, Dr. A. A. Moore of Camden, Dr. W. H. Nardin of Anderson, Dr. Geo. R. Dean of Spartanburg, Dr. S- C. Baker of Sumter, Dr. Jas. Evans of Florence, and other prominent physicians of this State are expected to read papers. The railroads have promised special rates to Columbia for the meeting Or. Geddings at the Sanitary Conference. Surgeon General Walter Wyman of the U. S. Marine Hospital and Public Health Service, has notified Dr. T G. Simons, Chairman State Board of Health, that Dr. H. D. Geddings, Assistant Surgeon General has been detailed to read two papers at the sanitary Conference in Columbia May 28th, 29th. Assistant Surgeon General Geddings has prepared two important papers which he will read, viz: "Watersupplies in relation to typhoid fever" and the "Hook worm dis? ease." He will also give information on general subjects pertaining to pub? lic sanitation. Mr. W. B. S. Whaley, of Columbia, has been requested to read an import? ant paper, also, on "Mill Sanita? tion," and as he has had great experi? ence it is a foregone conclusion his paper will be an interesting one. Dr. Geddings' papers should be heard by all public officials and mill officials. June Everybody's. You will rarely see as interesting a table of contents as that of the June number of Everybody's Magaize. Be? ginning w?th the full-page frontispiece of Thomas Wallace Russell, who has taken Parnell's place as leader in the fight for Ireland's freedom, and end? ing with "some additional remarks" by Simeon Ford, with his quaint and irresitible humor, the magazine is brimfull of bright, snappy, entertaining work by good writers, some of them well known, others who are sure to be. "Then Ireland Will Be Free," by Frederick James Gregg, makes romance of Ireland's long struggle for liberty, and at the same time reduces to simplicity the much discussed home rule question. Justus Miles Forman, in "The Needle of The Damned," weaves a difficult choice into a somewhat strenuous love story. Intimate Portraits as usual are exclusive and introduce you to people whom von very much wish to know. "The'Wooing of Ab-Te" con? tinues the Indian Idyl begun in the May number. The "Marquis and Miss Sally" is a Western story by 0. Henry ; we need not say it is clever, since it is by O. Henry. "Twice Born," by Edmund Russell, is a de? scription of childhood in India, which conjures up the dreamy atmosphere of the East. In "A Dakota Romance," M. W. Law, while telling a strong love-story, manages to paint a convine- j ing picture of emigrant life in the Wes tern prairie. James L. Ford is at his best in "The Coming Queen of Comedy." Lillian Pettingiii con? cludes "Toilers of the Home," making many interesting statements about the lives and thoughts of servant girls. Read "Significant Autobiographies" if you would know how it feels to be lifted from a small Western town into Congress and out again. In "The Imperturbable Moores" Will Payne has written one of the finest character studies that has ever appeared in any magazine. Herman Whitaker in "The Wheel of the Potter," gives us a stir? ring tale of the Northwest. The four "Little Stories of Real Life" in this number are above the average. Mary Stewart Cutting's "Glad Tidings" is an exceptionally good story. "With the Procession" is full of information, interest, and a great many bright things. Don't fail to read it. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought 8?S Bears the Signature of Eb CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PELLS ,??<Sr"V Orignal and Only Genuine. ^\ SAFE. AIwav* reliable. Ladle?, ask Drurdst ?JI *2ssk -0T CHICHESTER^ ENGLISH v?^??K?!?%^S in tCZO arvl Gold metallic boxen. Healed J? ^~~l&r4 w?th blne ribbon. Tnkc no other. Kef nae Tri J>uieepoui? 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