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JACKSON HERALD ROBERT S. HOWARD,) Editor and Publisher. \ VOLUME I. C_ "W. DUPRE, G-ainesville, €3r^-, IS HEADQUARTERS for good reliable goods, and the Leader in Low Prices. My stock of General Merchandise is the largest I have ever carried, and the most extensive and best selected stock ever brought to Gainesville. My Dry Goods Depa-rtment Is full and replete in every line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SAFINS. PLAIDS. SiRIPLS and BROCADES ever offered here. A superb line of FLANNELS, \\ A r l ERPROOF S, LASIMLkLS, JLANS, CLOiIIS, Ac. My stock of LADIES’ CLOAKS will equal that of every house in the city together. This line is complete in all grades. Every lady can be suited here. My Glove, Hosiery and Corset Departments Are full of the best goods and lowest prices. In MILLINERY, HATS, RIBBONS and TRIMMINGS, for ladies wear, I have an elegant line, with MISS MARI lIEADLN, a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department. Olotliing! Clotliing' 2 In my Clothing Department may always he found everything pertaining to a first-class clothing store. This stock is unequal ed in this section. “ KEEP’S” Shirts. Collars and Culls a specialty. No fancy prices. 1 have the largest stock of Boots ami Shoes, for Gents. Ladies and Children, ever offered to the trade in Northeast Georgia. Ziegler’s Shoes, and other noted brands in full lines. My stock is complete in every department, and as to prices l will guarantee to sell anything in my stock as low as similar goods can be bought in Atlanta or Athens, or any other market. All I ask is an opportunity to convince you. Come to Gainesville. Come to see me. * C. W. DuPItE. P. S.— l buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices. Lepf Hifoertiseiuciits. EORGlA, Jackson County. yX Whereas, upon application to me, in terms of the law, by onc-fifth of the qual ified voters of the 21" th ( Jefferson) Dis trict, G. M., of said county, asking for an election to he called in said District, that the question of the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquors in said District may he submitted to* the voters thereof (except those in the corporate limits of the town of Jefferson) — It is hereby ordered that an election he held in said District, at the usual place of holding elections in the same, on Monday, the 9th day of January. 18S2; that those voting at said election who favor restric tion shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, “ For Restriction,” and those who oppose shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, “ Against Restriction,” and that the man agers of said election shall ke.*p duplicate list of voters and talley sheets, certify and sign the same, one of which shall be tiled with the Clerk of the Sifperior Court of said county and the other forwarded with out delay to his Excellency the Governor. dec 9 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. EORGIA, Jackson County. Whereas, upon application to me. in terms of the law, by one-fifth of the quali fied voters of the 428th (Cunningham's) District, G. M., of said county, asking for an election to be called in said District, that the question of the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquors in said Dis trict may be submitted to the voters thereof— It is hereby ordered that an election be held in said District, at the usual place of holding elections in the same, on Wednes day, the 11th day of January, 1882 ; that those voting at said election who favor restriction shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, ** For Restric tion” and those who oppose shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, “ Against Restriction,” and that the managers of said election shall keep duplicate list of voters and talley sheets, certify and sign the same, one of which shall he filed with the Clerk of the Supe rior Court of said county and the other forwarded without delay to his Excellency the Governor. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y. 1882. 1882. THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS. On the first of January the Weekly News enters upon its thirty-second year. During the long period which has elapsed since its inception, it has been a consis tent advocate of whatever it considered to be right, always prefering principle to ex pediency. With increasing years it has not deteriorated, but, on the contrary, it has steadily improved and kept fully abreast of the progressive spirit of the times, and to-day. as a journal, whether taken in its general or special f< attires, it stands tirst among the papers of the South, and equal to those of any section of the t’nion. During the coming year the Weekly News will partike of all improvements in ! our daily issue, which, with additional editorial labor, increasing correspondence by mail and telegraph, and a more tho rough organization will, if possible, occu py a still higher rank than heretofore among the newspapers of the country. To the farmer, mechanic or aitisan, the business or professional man. who has not the advantages of a daily mail, the Week ly News affords the best medium by which he can be informed of all events transpiring in the bus}* world, whether in his own State or in the most distant parts of the globe. In addition to a liist-class newspaper, ! adapted to the wants ol the people dT Georgia, Florida and other Southern States, at a moderate price, wc oiler to each new yearly subscriber received be fore January 1, ISS2, or to old ones who renew for a year before that date, a copy of any of the published novels of theMORN*- iNd News Library FREE. Send $2 and got the Weekly News for one year and a good novel tree of charge. Ihe above oiler also applies to the Southern f armer’s Monthly, which enters upon its tilth year with the Janu ary numher. this journal is, as its name indicates, devoted to the agricultural in terests of the South. It is ably edited, and is just the magazine to supplement the Weekly News. The subscription tor one year is $2.00. Remember that the Weekly News and Farmer’s Monthly and two oir the Morning News Libraries will he sent to one address for one year for $3.50. Subscriptions can be sent through local agents and postmaster q or direct to J. H. ESTII.L, 3 Whßaker Street, Savannah, La. FAIR WARNING* A parties arc notified not to hire or , *■ harbor in any manner a colored boy *y the name of ZACK HEMPHILL, as .'ii V* , unf l to me. and I will prosecute 0 t.ic extent of tlie law for so doing. dcc h* A. LEMON. Subscribe for the Herald. I EORGIA, Jackson County. Whereas. O. 11. I*. Pettyjohn, Admin istrator on the estate of Temperance I’ct | tyjohn. late of said county, deceased, rep t resents to the Court that lie has fully and completely administered said deceased's estate and is entitled to a discharge— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in Feb ruary, 1882, why said Letters of Dismis sion should not he granted the applicant. Given under iny official signature, Oc tober 29th, 1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. THE SUN. NEW YORK, less. The Sun for 1882 will make its fifteenth annual revolution under the present man agement, shining, as always, for all, big and little, mean and gracious, contented and unhappy, Republican and Democratic, depraved and virtuous, intelligent and obtuse. The Sun's light is for mankind and womankind of every sort; hut its ge nial warmth is for thegood. while it pours hot discomfort on the blistering bacKs of the persistently wicked. The Sun of 1808 was a newspaper of a new kind. It discarded many of the forms, and a multitude of the superfluous words and phrases of ancient journalism. It undertook to report in a fresh, succinct, unconventional way all the news of the world, omitting no event of human inter est, and commenting upon affairs with the fearlessness of absolute independence. The success of this experiment was the success of The Sun. It effected a per manent change in the style of American newspapers. Every important journal established in this country in the dozen years past has been modelled after The Sun. Every important journal already existing has been modified and bettered by the force of The Sun's example. The Sun of 1882 will be the same out spoken, truth-telling, and interesting newspaper By a liberal use of the means which an abundant prosperity affords, we shall make it hotter than ever before. We shall print all the news, putting it into readable shape,' and measuring its importance, not by the traditional yard stick, but by its real interest to the peo ple. "Distance from Printing House Square is not the first consideration with The Sun. Whenever anything happens worth reporting we get the particulars, whether in Brooklyn or in Bokhara. In politics wc have decided opinions; and are accustomed to express them in language that can he understood. We say what we think about men and events. That habit is the only secret of The Sun's political course. The Weeki y Sun gathers into eight pages the best matter of the seven daily issues. An Agricultural Department of unequalled merit, full market reports, and a liberal proportion of literary, scientific, and domestic intelligence complete The Weekly Sun. and make it the best news paper for the farmer's household that was ever printed. Who does not know and read and like The Sunday Sun. each number of which is a Golconda of interesting literature, with the best poetry of the day, prose every line worth reading, news, humor— matter enough to fill a good-sized book, and infinitely more varied and entertain ing than any hook, big or little? if our idea of what a newspaper should he pleases you, send for The Sun. Our terms are as follows : For the daily Sun, a four-page sheet of twenty-eight columns, the price by mail, post-paid, is 55 cents a month, or $0.50 a year; or, including the Sunday paper, an eight-page sheet of fifty-six columns, the price is 65 cents per month, or $7.70 a year, postage paid. The Sunday edition of The Sun is also furnished separately at $1.20 a year, pos tage paid. The price of The Weekly Sun, eight pages, fifty-six columns, is $1 a year, pos tage paid. For clubs of ten sending $lO we will send an extra copv free. Address I. W. ENGLAND. Publisher of The Sun, New York City. A —BEATTY’S PIANOFORTES —MAL- Xv_ NIFICEXT holiday presents; square grand pianofortes, four very handsome round corners, rosewood cases, three uni sons, Beatty’s matchless iron frames, stool, book, cover, boxed, £322.?'* to $397.50: catalogue prices, £BOO to £l,- 009: satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded after one year’s use; upright pianofortes, 12. Hto $355; catalogue fortes of the universe, as thousands testi fy ; write for mammoth list of testimoni als ; Beatty’s cabinet organs, cathedral, church, chapel, parlor. £:SO upward ; vis itors welcome : free carriage meets trains; illustrated catalogue (holiday edition) free. Address or call upon DANIEL F. 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And grant to our goaded hearts a hush That is holy enough to let them hear The footsteps of angels drawing near. We mean to do it. Oh. never doubt. When the burden of daytime broil is o'er. We'll sit and muse, while the stars come out, As the patriarch sat at the open door Of his tent, with a heavenward gazing eye, To watch for the angels passing by. Wc sec them afar at high noontide, When fiercely the sun's hot Hashes heat; Yet never have bidden them turn aside, And tarry awhile in converse sweet; Nor prayed them to hallow the cheer wc spread, To drink of our wine and break our bread. Wc promise our hearts that when the stress Of the life-work reaches the longed-for close, When the weight that wc groan with hin ders less, We'll loosen our hearts to such repose As banishes care's disturbing din, And then—we'll call the angels in. The day that we dreamed of comes at length, "When, tired of every mocking quest. And broken in spii it and shorn ofstrength. We drop, indeed, at the door of rest, A nd wait and watch as the day wanes on— But the angels we meant to call arc gone. Mf. Disston’s Great Scheme. At the northeast corner of Third and Chestnut streets was established yesterday the office of one of the boldest enterprises ever undertaken in Arne rica. Conspicuous inY c management, is Mr. Hamilton Disston, head of the great saw works. Ex-Mayor Stoklev is President and Mr. Disston Treasurer of the new company, which starts under the rather long title of the “Atlantic and Gulf Coast Canal and Okeechobee Land Company’.” Engi neers have been sent to Florida, the surveys mryle under the auspices of the National Government have been verified by the corny any, three large dredges are now on the way to Jack sonville. and work is to be pushed with vigor. The daring and immensity of this scheme may be inferred from the fact that the territory in question ex ceeds by a thousand square miles all of the land included in the four States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware. The company intends to open up over seventeen thousand square miles of the most tropical portion of the most tropical State in the Union. The engineering features of the work arc interesting, a report upon the subject having just been issued by Mr. James M. Kramer, G. E. Luke Okeechobee isthe grand inland reservoir for the waters of Middle Flor ida, having no natural or direct outlet. The principal feeder to it is the Kissim mee river, which pours in a constant supply of 207,300,000 cubic feet of water every twenty-four hours. The amount of evaporation from water sur faces exposed to sun and wind is set down in the books at the rate of from onc-eighth to three-eighths of an inch per day, according to conditions. Lake Okeeehobee having an area of 1,000 square miles, the evaporation from the surface of the lake aggregates, at the lowest rate, 200,400,000 cubic feet of water, winch is more than ono tliird in excess of the supply from the main feeder. During the ordinary sea sons. and particularly during periods of drought, the level of the water in the lake is lowered, the surrounding land becomes in a measure passable, and large herds of cattle obtain ex cellent pasturage in the savannas and swamp lands of the interior. Then when the rainy season comes, four months in the year, the waters of the lake gradually rise, overflow the im mense traets of sugar land, the soil of which is identical to that of Cuba, and back up the waters of the rivers empty ing into the lake. It is tho purpose of the company just formed to per manently lower the surface of Lake Okeechobee, which, according to the United States survey of 1879. is twenty five feet above mean low tide, by con structing a drainage canal twenty-one miles in length to the St. Lucie river at a waterfall of one foot a mile. This plan is similar to that recommended by Colonel Meigs to the National Gov. rnment iu IK7J. In the proposed canal this waterfall will give a velocity of two and two-thirds miles per hour, and a capacity of passing 733.708,800 cubic feet in twenty-four hours. Three steam dredging machines of the Mengc patent, constructed on the continuous ladder principle, and resembling the buckets in a grain elevator, are now being put together at Jacksonville, the hulls being already in shape. Each dredge will be capable of making a clean cut of 22 feet in width. The , dredges will be lashed in pairs, so that FIRE PROOF MESSENGER BOXES at one operation they’ will open a canal 44 feet wide. To dig the canal from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie rivei will require the excavation of 9,000,000 cubic yards, which, at the rate of 2 cents a yard (the Menge figure), will amount to $180,734, and at an outside figure of 5 cents a yard will amount to $451,336. In addition to this canal it is the de sign to huild another canal from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchie river emptying into the Gulf; also to deepen and strengthen the streams emptying into Lake Okeechobee, to dig lateral eanalsor ditches, and at various points to tap the ridge separating the saw grass marshes from the Atlantic and the Gulf, thus draining the remotest sections of that great region. The area of land reclaimed will em brace every class of Florida land, in cluding “ high and low hammock,” “ first, second and third rate pine” and “swamp lands,” and under the terms of the contract between the company and the State of Florida, one-half of the 8,000,000 acres to be reclaimed by the lowering of the lake waters will revert to the company’. Valuable deposits of hematite ore and marl are also reported. The Same company has bought the franchise of the Atlantic Coast Steam boat, Canal and Improvement Com pany for the const ruction of sixty one miles of canal, which, by linking the waters of the rivers and sounds skirt ing the eastern front of Flori la. opens up nearly 330 miles of continuous inland navigation, connecting the St. John’s river with Lake Worth and developing a huge stretch of land which ha3 been neglected simply becauso it was not accessible and which produces crops of the widest scope, embracing tropical and semi-tropical fruits and fibrous plants, and maturing to a degree developed at no other point in the United States. The cost of build ing these canals with labor saving ap pliances is placed at $203,984, and with the dredges now building can be completed in nine months. In con sideration of this work the company will receive land grants of 400,000 acres immediately’ adjoining the canal. It is expected that both lines of canal, measuring eighty-two miles in all. w. 11 be completed within fifteen months.— Ph iladelphia Ledger. No More Hard Times. If you veil! stop spending so ranch on fine clothe*, rich food and style, lily good healthy food, cheaper and better clothing, get more real and sub stantial things of life every way, and especially stop the foolish habit ofetn ploying expensive, quack doctcrs or using so much of the vile humbug medicine that does yon only harm, and put your trust in that simple, pure remedy. Hop Hitters, that cures always at a trifling cost, you will sec good times and have good health.—Chroni cle. The Pension Drain. The annual pension drain has grown beyond the expectations of those who framed the arrears of pensions acts. The deficiency this year will amount to twenty million dollars, and the way things are going there must, he a large increase ere a decrease is shown. The roll fur this year amounts to thirty mil lion dollars, and fort y thou -sand claims will be settled before-July 1 tnext. One thousand claims represent in arrear ages one million dollars, and at this rate seventy million dollars will be needed by July. The appropriation for this year is fifty million dollars. Hence twenty million dollars more will be required. One hundred thousand claims remain to be passed upon. Half of these will, probably, be decided next year, and the Commissioner of Pensions will ask for one hundred million dollars in the next pension bill. Hut for these arrearages I'm annual drain would be about $5,000,000. The cases accumulated amount to 350,000. Of these it is understood that only about. 100.000 can 1 e justly allowed. It is stated that $50,000,000 will be required annually till all these claims are discharged. It is proposed that •liberal” appropriations and an in crease of clerical force be asked for to expedite adjudication. If a good round sum paid down will get rid of this steady drain upon the public purse, the sooner it, i* given the i better. Thousands have been paid gratuities who bad no just claim to them. The whole arrangement was a political dodge, and the Democrats who supported it failed to gain the credit they posed for. It was for tunate that they had sense enough left to place a limit on the time of applica tions, else there i3 no telling where the claims would end. As it is, frauds enough have been revealed to warrant the conviction that greater rascalities lie hidden. By all means let the drain be stopped, if it has to be fed to do it. When the opportunity for frauds ceases the frauds will cease, and if the money demanded is given in a lump the swindlers and thieves can pocket it at once and be spared further taxation of their ingenuity. The Beauty and Color of the hair may lie safely’ regained by usiug Par ! er’s Hair Balsam, which is much ad mired for its perfume, cleanliness and dandruff eradicating properties. The First Fellow She Had. ’Tvvas a dull, heavy evening; the liglit of the dozen gas jets along the street only served to make the haze and fog visible. The clock just tinkled forth the hour of 9, and with the usual remark that “Twas time honest folks were abed,” old McGun nigiggle trudged on upstairs, followed by the aged partner of his sorrows and searcher for his joys. “ Don't you young folks sit up till the morning paper comes this time,” shouted she over the banister. “ No o-o,” replied a sweet voice from the parlor ; “ wc won’t, will we ?” said she in an undertone. “ Not if I know it,” was the reply. “ If the old folks are going to be sour as this, I guess I’ll skip now,” and he reached for his hat. “ See here!” and the girl's eyes gleamed with earnestness, “you’re the first fellow I’ve had, and you’ve got to put down that hat and sit up and court me in good shape. I’m homely’, I know, but 1 can build better bread, iron a bosom shirt handsomer, knit a pair of stockings quicker, and make one dollar and thirty’ seven cents go further than any girl in the village. Them’s my 1 recommendations.” “That suits me exactly’,” and his hat Hew into a corner, and that even ing the details of the wedding were arranged, lie depended on a girl as smart as that to get the best of the old folks. A means of getting rid of mutilated currency has been discovered in the St. Louis churches, where the coins are dropped in the collector’s box. Prominent ministers there are report ed as saying that the effort to pass mutilated money has been productive of more profit to the church than when all sorts of silver brie a brae was pass able. A man now who holds a punc tured half dollar, after essaying to pass it off for merchandise and being unsuccessful, finally resorts to the collection box, and, with the short sightedness peculiar to roguer}*, he drops a half dollar or quarter where formerly a nickel or a dime sufficed. The money, when it accumulates, is sent to the United States mint, where it is received and paid for as bullion, entailing a loss of five per cent. Apples as Food. From the earliest ages apples have been in use for the table as a desseit. The historian Pliny tells us that the Roman cultivated twent}’ two varieties of the apple. In these latter days we probably possess over two thousand. As an article of food, they rank with the potato, and, on account of the variety of ways in which they may lie served, they are far preferable to the tasteof many persons ; and, if families would only ripe, luscious apples for pics, cakes, candies, and preserved fruits, there would be much less sickness among the children and the saving in this one item alone would purchase many barrels of apples. They have an excellent, elfect upon the whole physical system, feeding the brain, as well as adding to the flesh, and keeping the blood pure; also preventing constipation and correct ing a tendency to acidity, which pr< £ duces rheumatism and neuralgia. They will cool off the feverish condition of the system ; in fact, they are far better for these purposes than the many nostrums which are so highly praised in the advertisements and so con stantly purchased by sufferers. A ripe raw apple is entirely digested in an hour and a half, while a boiled potato takes twice that time. Now that apples can be purchased at such cheap rates, every family should keep a dish of them in the dining-room, where the children can have access to and cat all they please of them. They will rarely receive any injury from them, if they' are thoroughly masticated. Baked apples should be as constant a dish upon the tabic as potatoes. Every breakfast and every tea table should have a plate of them. Baked sweet apples are a very pleasing addition to a saucer of oatmeal pudding, and when served with sweet cream they are very appetizing. They are not as com monly used as they should be, as they will supply as much muscular and nervous support as dishes of meat and vegetables. Thousands of bushels of sour apples arc used for pics and pud S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. I SI.OO for Six Months. dings in hundreds of families, where well baked sweet apples would prove more nourishing food and much more economical. They are also good food for old people and are usually greatly relished bj' them. In my own family they are always, when in season, a puit o the meals of the day and arc as commonly used as a slice of bread. —Country Gentleman. The Gastroscopy Physicians have long been in pos session of instruments—commonly small mirrors—designed to assist them in getting a look at the interior parts of the human body, such as the back part of the mouth, the throat, the inner car, etc. The dentist’s mirror perched on a flexible joint is familiar to all. But it has long been desirable to penetrate to the stomach of a pa tient afflicted with gastric troubles and see by actual inspection what is its con dition. Thus may often be gained during the lifetime of a man the val uable information obtained at present by post mortem examination for tho mortuary report, and what has hither to served too late to gratify tbccurios ity of the doctor may go to saving the life of his patient. In a word, a means of diagnosing the condition of the stomach by sight rather than guessing has long been wanted, and Herr Loiter, of Vienna, has patented an instrument destuied to supply the want. The gastroscope is an electric lantern and mirror combined, which, fixed upon the end of a flexible tube, is inserted bodily into the stoini ach, being passed down the throat of the patient equipment of wires for procuring the electric light. The lantern is a small hollow glass globe containing the platinum foil winch, when headed by a current of electrici ty, is to produce the illumination of the interior of the stomach. It is made double so that no beat can be communicated to the stomach, and to. make it the more sure, the space be tween the inner and outer globe is kept supplied with a current of colds water b} r means of two small India , rubber tubes inclosed in the main tube. The tissues of the human body are comparatively translucent, and when . the current of electricity is turned on,. the internal organization, it is said, becomes distinctly visible. The ex periment of illuminating the interior of fish has often been performed by amateur electricians, the straight lines and simple structure of the introduc tion of the apparatus. What is really novel therefore in Ilerr Leiter’s appa-. ratus remains to be described. It is the addition lie makes of a series of mirrors and lenses by means of which, the light coming from the illuminated stomach is sent back up the tube to. which tiic lantern is attached, and, reaching the eye-piece outside the pa : tient's body, is viewed by the surgeon. But a small portion of the surface of the stomach is thus brought into our. view, it is true, but is enough from, which to make a diagnosis. If a broader field is desired to be coverpdj it is done by revolving the lantern. By the agency of a little notched wheel, with teeth playing into a ring in the interior of the tube, the whole lower part of the apparatus may be re volved without the necessity of with drawing it lor anew adjustment. Though but a little known as yet, this instrument has been put, it is said, to the test of practical use, and wc can, scarcely doubt that it will soon come to form a recognized part of the stock of instruments in the hands of every, surgeon. Happily for Herr Lcitera, invention its introduction into general use has been rendered possible by M> Faure’s secondary battery for stor ing electricity. Without the lattcrtho. gastroscope could’ have but limited use, since to obtain the high degree of light required a very strong galvanic battery would have been needed, and, such a battery few physiciaiaps pos sess or would care to be troubled with. As it is. one large Faurc’s cell, which, the physician can readily carry with him in his buggy. i3 all that is neededj for intro gastric diagnosis. Walton County Vulette: “ The body of a negro woman named Polly Lewis, was found in Flat creek, near Mr. liar-, rison Upshaw’s plantation, in this county, on Thursday last. The friends of the dead women sent for the cron. er, who, not having given bond—as re quired by law—since bis election, fail ed to respond, and John S. Dickl nson, was sent for, who responded with his. accustomed promptness. Summoning a jury of inquest the court repaired to, the spot where the dead wo nan lay, and proceeded to inquire into the causes; and circumstances of her death. Sus : picions of foul play was at once arous ed, but from the evidence assured tho. jury were of opinion that the deceased came to her death from drowning—. having, they supposed, accidentally fallen into the creek, and being very old and feeble, was unable to extricate he:s Ifc and so drowned. The water where she was found was not exceed ingsix inches in depth.” Invaluable in the Family. Charleston. S. C. Jan, 18, 188 - IL 11. Warner & Cos.: Sirs — Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure i9 invaluable in my family, and I would, not bq without it. E, A. Eason. Who says it’s unhealthy to sleep in. feathers ? Look at the spring chicken, and sec how tough he i*. NUMBER 46.