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PUBLIC SALE
OLE PERSONAL PROPERTY

VI lEItNCN AL IhOi th l..
TEVllE subscriber will sell ut Public Sale at
e his residence at Port Herman, Cecil
county, Md, on MONDAY, March 3lst,
1876, the following personal property, to wit:
HousHnoLD Two mahogany
spring seat sofas, l nearly new; do. spring
seat rocking chair, & do. stuffed chairs,
marble top centre table, wat not globe lamp,
mahogany book case, venetian window
blinds, window shades, hat stand with mirror
large and small looking glasses, bureau,
marble top wash stand, high post mahogany
hedStcad, | do. maple, brass stair rods
Also, about 80 yards ingram carpet, nearly
new.
STORE GooDs.-ConsSting of. general
assortment Of dry goods, quecns-ware,
glassware, hats and caps, large assortment
Of boots and shoes, salt 10y the sack, tea,
coffee. sugar, cheese, soap and candles, oil,
fluid, brooms, brushes, nails, glass and putty
powder and shot. About 1000 good CARS
in small boxes. Also. store fixtures. scales.
weights and measures; l Fairbank S platform
scale, Weighs $40 lbs.
From 400 to 500 lights window sash, Pota-
toes, buckwhcat and grcel apples by the
buShel, and numerous other articles too
Numerous to mention.
TERMS.--.All sums Of or under $50 to be
paid in cash; on all sums over that amount Il
credit off months will be allowed, by giving
notes with approved securities, bearing in
tercSt from day of sale. There will be Il
discount Of per cent. on all credit payments
il the cash is paid. sale to commence at 10
o'clock A. NJ, on 81 d day.
JEREMIAH STARR.
March nn---Iw
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1t subomS witnesses Nurses perjury
detilcs the jury box and stains the judicial
crmine. 1t brides vo;cs-diSqualiiic voters
-corrups clcctions--pollulcs our institutions
and cndaugcrs our government 1t de-
grades the cltizcn--dcbascs the legislator
dIshonorS the statesman disarmS the
patriot. 1t brings shame not honor: terror,
not safety; despair, not hope; misery, not
happiness. And now, as with the ma ,vo-
lencc Ola iend, it calmly surveys its fright
ful dcsoations, and iaSdti0te with havoc, it
poisons Iclicity-kills peacc--ruins morals
bights confidence Stays rcputation-and
wipes out national honor-then curses the
woodland laughs at its ruin.
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VOL. Xv.---NO. 81
Original l)uctrn.
Written for The Cecil Wing.

There is word, which, to the hearts of all,
Sounds swccly as the language angels use
In upper skies. when, at the glad recall, muse
Assembling round the throne bright screaphs
And chcrubs sing
Praise to their king. music bring.
And all the host, from mount and vale, their
There is sound, which, falling on the ear,
Thrills all the soul with ducet melody,
As when harmonious spheres their courses steer
Mid harp and lutte Strings toward eternity
When zephyrs beat
The leaflets feet,
Soft numbers sounding. as the dulcimer and sweet.
There is place round which the heart strings
As 10 the clingng tcndrils delicate,
Which issue from the frai and yielding vine,
About the sturdy oak. Naught abate
The ardent love,
dixie that abovc)
Which binds us to that place where or we move.
There is spot cndearcd to us by far
More tender ties. than sparkling diamond streams
To naughty grasping Spain-or triumph car
To Cesar-or clysium of dreams
spot 30 dear,
That rot n tear there
May fall in mcmbrancc Of it, hut It's hal!owcd
The WORD. which swectly sounds to every car
The sorNn. which thrills with melody the soul
The PLACE, to every mind SO dearly near
The SPOT so loved, though tween us oceans roll
The everything
That pleasures bring, poets sing !
Is uoNE sweet home, which artists sketch and
CARL GREY.
From ssMe Eyrie," Mar. II h. '56.
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Tam here, and have been trying to post
up on affairs relating to this town of mixed
mUtitudcs, but don't catch step so easily as
| would with Yorker or Bay State Yankee.
The people here par;akc more or less Of The
manners of the French Ia cvcrythmg.-
The ladies are pretty, graceful and volatile,
and dress extravagantly. number Of the
merchants doing business here are non-resi-
dents. The high rivers have brought great
quantities of cotton to market, some of which
has been kept back two years.
| was down in Frenchtown Yesterday
The signs on the stores and shops were in
French, and if you stopped any one to make
an enquiry, most probably he would say
''me no understand" | began to think the
living language preferable to The dcad-at any
rate 1t is so i'll this place, and | could not but
see the absorbing power ofthe Saxon language
in which all others will be lost, and before
which the national pride of the world must
bow. When We reach the commercial part
of the city, we find the live Yankees doing
the trade, and if we have a sprinkling of
other people you do not find them saving
'me no understand" Policy leads them to
the conccding point ofsurrendcrlng their own
for another language.
Before close this letter I must crowd
another item into it, Crossing the Lake |
picked up novel laying on the table in the
gentlemen cabin. 1t was "Ihc Orphan Chii~
dren," by 7. S. Arthur. | began reading it
to group of rough looking Kentuckians, and
though their exterior indicated disposition
rougher than rasp, yet within their broad
chests beat hearts whose tender fibrcs would
respond to the sigh Of the swaddlcd child, no
odds whether it slept on moss, or rolled on its
bed of down; and as paused to enjoy their
comments on the Internal wrong that the I'M
pr etcnding author sets out so distinctly in the
ative-'twas also to note their sympathy
at the thought of poor Isaaos sullerings.
speak Of this not because wish to refer to
the people of that matchlcs> state. For every
one who knows anything Of them, knows her
S ant sons are big in ali that noblcness Of
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Heyy"E 0rk and Washington
Printing Telegraph Company.

OWNERS and occupants of timber lands
W along the line of this Telegraph, are
respectfully requested to send to The Super
intendent, or to his assistant SAMUEL W.
STRICKLAND, at Port Deposit, Nd,
NOTICE, at least three days previous to the
time at which it is intended to fall any trees
that may, in falling, come in contact with the
Telegraph Wires.
On receiving notice there will be q man
sent to assist in keeping the trees clear OF
the wires, and thereby avoid the great in
convenience to the community at large,
which would otherwise occur, by reason OF
the Telegraphic communication being inter
rupted. MARCUS HUGHES,
Feb 23-Gw. Superintendent.
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Hy9RP iSO.N'S
Columbian H7Gyf,stsscyy.

pY the great American Pertllmcr, of Phil
ID adolphia, contains over 1870 different
varieties, and is claSsed under Articles for
the Tour. for the SKIN for the HAIR, for
the HANDS, for tho IIANpKERcuiEF, for
FLAvoHIKG Foop, for the BEARD, for the
TEErs and MISCELLANEOUS. They are purely
American, in style, character, and quality,
and Sc far surpass in intrinsic excellence
RvxRY foreign article. that the refined #
American society are adopting them as the
STANDARD Of EXCELLhNCE. For sale at the
Dry Goods store of E. BROWN JR.,
Jan l2-tr ELKToN, M.
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Select 4alislcLlonp.
From The Kent NcwS.
Railroad Meeting.

The delegates appointed by the several
counties Of tho Eastern Shore, to hold a Con-
vention at Alillington, Kent county, assem-
blcd on the 18th inst, at l l o'clock A. NJ, at
that place. The convention was organized by
clecting Edwin Wilmer, ESQ. of Cecil Prcsi-
dent. and W. E. b. Faithful, Esq, of Queen
Ann's Secretary. On motion. the convcn-
tion adjourned till clock, p. NJ.
The President called the convention to or
der, at o'clock. On motion Of Mr.. Earle,
Of Queen AIMS, it was
RcSoIccd. That DR.. Powers, (who was en-
gagged in the survey of old Eastern Shore
Railroad route, and then present. be rcqucs-
ted to state his views upon the route of the
contemplated road, through the several coun-
ties Of the Shore, with Elkton and Easton as
the tcrmin. Mcssrs. Earle, Wilmer, Glenn.
cnts. Downcs, and others, presented their
views upon the practicabi.ity and importance
of said railroad, without reference TO any par
ticuar or sectional route. The best feeling
Eeryadcd the convention, and much unanmi-
ty and zeal was manifested, in favor Of the
commencement and prosecution of the Road
to its final com llction, at an early u day as
possible.
On motion, a committee was appointed by
the chair, to name delegates to attend Il CON
vcntion to be held at EaStoii, on the Sth of
April next The following gentlemen were
elected:
Cecil-Geo. Earle, Geo. R. Howard, B. F.
May, &. W. Bennett, r. IL. Bryan, &. NJ.
Eldridgc.
KeM-lIcn. f. F. Chambers, A. J. Reese,
&. B. Wcstcott, W. +. Smyth, f. Wilkins,
Dr. L. +. Rasin.
Q"con 1H"'S-pcrry Wilmer, D. c. Hop
per, W. |. Gibson, NJ George, j. Clements,
J. 7. Earle.
On motion, The convention adjourned to
meet again at such time and place as the Com
missioners appointed BY the law may dcsig-
nate. BY order,
+. WILMER President,
W. L. Il. FAlTI!rlI Secretary.
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Mn. DAVIS IN THE House or REPRESENTA-
rlvEs,--Thc Washington correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Inquirer SAYS
Hon. Henry Winter Davis, cr Maryland
then took the floor, and the change in the
disposition of the members and audience was
highly interesting. The former dropI c their
pens and papers, htlshcd their conversation
and crowded around the speaker, and the
latter aroused themselves into u state Of any
ious cagcrncss. Mr.. Davis, who has for some
time, been called the Henry Clay Of Mary
land, is one of the most promising men in the
Thirty fourth Congress. lie possesses Il fine
and commanding, but not large figure, and
is what would anywhere be called hand
some man. His manner and gestures are
graceful and lorciblc. lie speaks without
the least hesitation, with rapid enunciaton
but entire dislirctness, and scarcely Sec
ond's cessation between his sentences. In
decd, ! Ito not believe that during the hour
he spoke, he lost two minutes time by pau
scs for any purpose. His delivery ii, this
respect, is remarkable. -IIc is regarded rs
one of the ablcst lawyers i'll his own State,
and his argument yesterday was entirely a
legal and constitutional one, and would not,
therefore, be appreciated by a general audi
ence. He took sides with neither party, but
claimed that Congress had no power to touch
the subject, at all, and that the President
alone had any right or authority to move in
the matter in any way. lie argued that the
law, whether right or wrong, having been
once established must be carried out and that
the President WIS the only power authorised
by the Constitution TO see it d ne. There
fore the election law Of Kansas having been
violated, the President. and he alone, should
punish the offenders, qucll rebellion, and res
tore civil order. This was novel view of
the case, and excited much interest. Mr..
Davis was listened to with brcaihlcsS inter
est That hacknicd word is almost the only
one | could use, for from the commencement
to the close there was not moment when a
pm might not have been heard to drop. Even
the visitors in the galleries maintained more
than their usual qulctncss, and seemed to
hang anXiouSly on every word that fl from
the orators lips. | have ccnvcrS,d with
numbers Of the members, and however they
may disagree with his views, they invaria-
bly, pronounce it the most powerful and bril-
liant effort of the session.
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GRAPHIC Defamation OF TIE NllSERIES
AND EFFECTS OF lNTEMpERANCE.-Thc fol-
lowing is the most graphic dclincaton of the
niserlcs and effects of intempcrance that we
have ever sccn-.-it is from the arguments ad-
vanccd BY certain citizens of Portage county,
Ohio, in memorial to the Legislature on the
subject
And yet its march of ruin is onward still,
II reaches abroad to othcrs-invadcs the
family and social circles-and spreads woe
and sorrow all around. 1t cuts down youth
i'll its yigor-manhood in its Strengthened
age in its weakncss.--Tt breaks the fathers
hcart-bcrcavrs the dnating mother--eXtin-
guishcs natural aittction-craseSc njugal love
--blots out lilial attachment blights paren-
tai hope and brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. 1t produces weakness,
not strength; sickness, not health: death, not
life. 1t makes wives widows-chi!dren Of
phans-lathcrs litnls and all of them pau
pers and bcggaIs. 1t halls ttvcrs-fttds
Observation-Disclosures govt welcomes cpl
denies invites cholera - impalts pcstilencc,
and embraces consumptions. 1t covers the
land with idlcness, poverty, disease and
crime. 1t fills your j i,s-suppli's your
aims houscs-and demands your asylums.
1t cngenders controvorsics-foS quarclS-
and cEerishcs riots. 1t contempts law
spurns order--and loves mobs. 1t crowds
your pentcntiarics-an furnishes the VIC
Tins for your scaliolds. 1t is the life blood
of the gambcr-thc alimCnt Of the counter
fcler-hc prop Of the highwaymcn, and the
support of the midnight incendiary
1t couutcianccs the lar-rcsPccts the thief
and es!ccms the blasphemer. 1t violates
obligation fraud and honors in
fanny, 1t d flames bemcyolcncc hates love
sc1lns virtuc-ard ISLANDERS innocence. 1t
inct,s the father to butcher his of,pring---
helps the husband to massacre his Wllc--a and
aids the child to grind his pariicidal axe 1t
burns up man consumes wonan--detests
ilt.--nnl.cs NMd nu-i lnsni.nG llcaNcM.
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several articles may be accurately ascertain
Cd. may here observe that ashes and salt
were applied on two pieces Of similar soil adj
joining the above, but as the application was
not made at the same time as the other ar
ticlcs, and with somewhat less attention to
the specific results, do not report them, as
they could afford no additional data dcserv-
ing Of regard. They will, however, be re-
ported, and the specific results preserved for
future rcrord.-C0r Germantown Icteeraph
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ALEXANDER EVANS.

A TTORNEY AT LAW.-May be found
IN at the Office to which he has lately re-
moved, opposite the store Of VIM. Torbert,
Esq; in the building recently occupied as
the Post Office; or at the Office adjoining his
residence, Elkton, Maryland.
April D. lS5I-tf
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REAL ESTATE AGENT,
SETilOSE advertisement is in another
w column of this paper, has on hand vt
this time and for sale 20 FARMS: several OF
them from three to five miles from Port De-
post.
Aug. 25-tf.
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SURVEYING.

yEIIIE subscriber having re sumed his 70 IN
a err business OF Surveying and Convey
ancing, promises to accommodate all VI de
sire to patronzc him. JOHN JANNEY.
Elk O !. Md, Apr 1tf
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DENTAL NOTICE.

III II. MUSGROVE, having permanently
Il . located in this Town, tenders his pro-
fessional services to the citizens of Elhton
and vicinity. Office nearly opposite tho
Court House.
Elkton, May 5 6m
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JAS. r. HICGUEaCS s.ss,

A TTORNEY At LAW ANp SOLICITOR
"a IN CHANCERY.-Oilic under the
..lIoward House, Main Street, E.kton, Md.
E!kton, March 10, lS5J--tf.
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JOHN -. ROWAN.

4 TIUKNE1 at LAW. and SOLICITOR IN Oman
IN Gerry, will give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to him. lie will attend al
the Courts Of this county, or of any other
County where his services may be required,
ULj'lle can at all times be found AT bis flee.
next door to the office Of the Cecil DcmGurlt.
Nov. TO- 1850
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REMOVAL.

WIN. ]. JONES has removed his Law
w Office to the first stony of..The Cecil
Whig' Building, where he may always be
found ready to give prompt attention to all
business placed in his hands.
Nov loft,
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GNrN3.
a &, AR I'D.

'ANllE undersigned, having entered in a
4 Co Partnership for the practice Of 'hc
LAW i'll all its various branches, will give
their prompt and undivided attention to such
business may be cntrust,d to thcm.-
ONCE opposite opposite the Court House,
Where one or both may always be found dur
ing business hours
GEORGE.EARLE
JOHN A. }. CkESWEIL.
Fec 81 If
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l. u vi Il T. II .
E.G' WI lSEEs.

'EN!lE undersigned having just received an
4 other lot OF llcmlock and White yins
Lumber. at very reduced rates. offer the
same at corresponding low prices. These
who need. may find it to their interest to ccu
ami examine the stock on hand at Winners
Point and George Town. by
June IL WILMER s. FORD.
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HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
PAPER UANGTNGS.

5000 pieces of Wall Papers aud Borders in Gilt
Glazed and Unslazel at al! prices. from of the
most celebrated mnnufuctoics in this country
near'y all of new patterns, which will be sold n
lowest Philadc' phi, prices. Also--l0O0 lbs prime
quality BED FEATHERS Imnr lJ-3w i
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This experiment shall repeat next year
on an acre of similar soil, and with the same
scrupulous accuracy as to results that was
observed in this case. The effect Of the sew
Grad articles, as developed by the soil the see
ond year. will also be observed, that more
conclusive opinion Of the relative value Of the
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HE WAY TO EM!NENCE. -Lang ago a little
boy was entered at Harrow school He was
put into class beyond his Yeas, and where
all the scholars had the advantage of prcyi-
Gus instruction, denied to HIM. His master
child him for dizziness, and all his efforts then
could not raise him from the lowest place ON
the form. But, nothing daunted, he procur-
cd the grammars and other elementary looks
which his class fellows had gone through in
previous terms. lie devoted the homs of
play, and not few of the hours Of sleep. to
the mastering of these: till, in few weeks,
he gradually began 10 rise, and it was not
long till he shot far ahead of all his compan-
ions, and became not only leader Of the divi-
sion, but the pride of Harrow. You may sec
the statue of that boy, whose career began
with this fit of energetic application, in St.
Paul's cathedral; for he lived to be the great
est oriental scholar of modern Europc-it was
Sir WILLIAM JONES.
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That which OH or folks can do,
Why. with d lticncc my not Won?

When young scholars see the lofty pima
Gle Of attainment on which that name is now
rcposing, they feel as if it had been created
there, rather than had travelled thither. No
such thing. The most illustiious in the an
nails of philosophy once knew no more than
the most illiteIate now do. And how did he
arrive at his peerless dignity7 BY dint of
diligence. by downright pains taking. Life
in Earnest.
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Spring Dry Goods lS5G.

TTAGER & BROTHERS LANCASTER. Pa, have
L l Just received and opened new and complete
assortment of Spring Goods, which they will offer
at the very lowest prices.
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
Rarnsley Shooting Linens Sheeting and Skirting
Cottons. DamlSk Table Linens, Checks and Tick
ings, lanlspun Shirting Linens. 0snnburgs and
Toweings Marseics Quilts, Napkins &c. &C.
CARPETiNGS AND NEW DESINGS IN
Velvet. lngr1in, Hemp. Brussels. Venetian, List
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS of various widths and
patterns.
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Scr Sale.
AT PRIVATE SALE,
VARIABLE TIMBER LAND,
FARM, FISHERY
IN D STEAM SAW MIL L..

\ " u . Il Il vi W MI Il IL.
TjIIE undersigned offer at Private Sale. on
L accommodating terms, their valuable
Land lying in the Lower District Of Caroline
county, Md, containing alto gcther about
1000 ACRES. Said Real Estate consists
Of:
/. A small FARM, containing about 100
ACRES OF LAND, lying on Choptank river
Oh bold navigable water, with good Wharf
and Landing. The Improvements consist
ola good DWELLING HOUSE, Barn and
other outhuildings. There is also erected
on the premises at the shore, IL STEAM saw
MILL, in excellent order, fr"m % to 30
horse power, running Il gang of ten saws, Il
single up midtown saw, one large circular
saw for saving logs, two small circular saws
for saving pailings also a small mill for
grinding food. The arabic land is improved.
WOOD and TIMBER sufficient for the farm.
There is good FISHERY on the shore for
shad and behring's. A good level road leads
from the mill TO the tract.
,. \ valuable tract of 500 Acres 1s.ssgaasis
of Land, Of which about 600 acres q ssSssssa
are in valuable WOOD and TIM fhlSgsSS
Der; the balance cleared. Among
the timber is a quantity of WHITE
OAK suitable for SHiP TIMBER; also, ma
pies, gums, poplar, willow-cak and rcd-oak.
About 50uO cords Of good oak wood might
be cut, leaving abundance for the use Of the
farm.
This land is about four miles from Chop
tank river and near PoTTER's LANDING.-
Churches, School-houscs and GrSt Mills
convenient to both places. and the neigh
borhood agreeable and healthy.
II not sold entire, the land may be pur-
chased in tracts Of 100 acres, OF more, to
suit purchasers. The purchaser can have,
at a fair price. the personal property on said
premises: 10 Mules. pair OF timber wheels;
sia. &c, &c.
C-5-PoSsrssion can be given at any time.
For further particulars apply to ALENAN-
DER WILSON. at North East, Cecil county,
Nd, or to JAMES X. BuHNIrE, living on the
premises, 6 miles from Drlton.)
WILSON x BURNlTE.
Erh o3-GM.
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THE Missouri PRESS. -Twcnty-seve pa
pcrs in Missouri support Che American ticket.
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DJTThe town Of Poland, Ohio, manufac
lures $50, 900 brooms year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-07-17
RWR K0RBY8&&sas NM@U3B &B.

Putting all other considerations out of question,
this alone is worthy Of serious thoughtfuness-
The South and the North must grow together
equally in their sovereign power, or they must be
forever separated.
The Kansas bill of Mr.. Douglas, whatever form
it may assume in its details, is rectiicatIon OF
this disturbed balance of power, and in that light
it may he frankly acquiesced in Suppose this is
the rea object, why should we blink the ques-
tinn. 1t is of little moment who succeeds in hold
ng the reins of government for four years, if the
government itself Int firmly lasts. We must not
consider men 81 much rs we should the Unlon.-
This bond is all that makes us great and happy
Anl prosperous.
We may, indeed, expect some Of our favorite
partisans to be damaged in the struggle. When
All army goes into the field it expects to lose in
the ranks and from its leaders. 1t is the fate OF
war-it is the lot of men. So we must hot care
for these casualties in defence of our great nation
nj unity We will cure the wounded, and We will
bury the dead with all the honors of war.
Let, then the Kansas question he settled in the
right spirit. Let tho South, lift wishes, have fair
play. Let the Territory come in MS slave State,
and there will be no further cause of discomfort
The Union must and shall be preserved.