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The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
MILITARY SLAVERY.

A more monstrous inAiction of punish
ment than is noticed by the Brighton Guar
dian, has never been recorded in the history
of modern civilization and it is not sur
prising that the police of England should
receive notice of two hundred aud fifty de.
sertions from the army in one day. The
report of the punishment inflicted ought tc
cause every man of sensbility to quit the
service disgraced by such brutal outrages Of
humanity. Here is the story:
A private Of the Thirtyoffth Royal sus,
sex Regiment, having been found guilty by
district court martial of stealing five
shilling piece belonging to private Dough,
erty, of the same corps, was sentenced t.
receive fifty lashes, and to be imprisoned
eighty,four days with hard labor. The pun,
lshment Of hogging was inflicted on Satur,
day at Chatham, and was very severe, the
cat having nine thongs to it, thereby giyine
four hundred and fifty stripes on the man.
back. Some of the young soldiers who hac
never seen su III punishment before, dropped
from the ranks and tainted. The prisoue
appeared to bear the inaiction with degre,
OF bounce and hardihood; for when he wa
relieved from the halbers he set up lou,
laugh at the officers, and observed to hi
comrades, II shall soon be back again"
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

EGYPTIAN MUMMY RAGS IN A YANKEE
PAPER MILL-A correspondent of the New
York journal of Commerce, writing Of the
paper mills at Gardiner, Me-, SAYS ...
Yesterday I visited, in company with
Mayor Woods, of Gardiner, the two princ-
pal paper f.ctories, and was astouisled, in
boxing at the millions of pounds of rags
piled up in warehouses. or spread over acres
OT ground. 10 lind that 3 portion of theiF
had recently arrived from Alexandria i,
Egypt. They were the most dsagreeab!s
odoriferons old clothes that I have ever had
the bal fortune to smell This, doubtless,
WIS owing to the fact that a part Of then,
had been collected from all the corners O.
the Pasba's dominions-from the living ar
the dead. How many east off garments @.
Hovadjia-haw many tons Of big, loosa
ragged Turkish breeches, and how many
head-pieces in the shape Of oil doT,A u
bans, the deponent sayoth not b.. r..
most singular and the cleanest division d.
the whole filthy mass came, not from th-
limbs of the present generation of traee'er-
pilgrims, peasants soldiers and sailors r'
| Egypt-but were the plundered wrapping
Of men, bulls. crocolies, aud cats, torn FROM,
the respectable defuuct members Of the sane
What a scene to call up the grim pc.
/ Aud what a desecration. too, to take VI
garments Of the Pharaoha, Ramescs, and
sacred bulls, holy crocodilos, and pi1o
ats, and miuglng them with the vul
unmcnonables Of the shavc-pated herr
modern Egyptians, to ship them to g..
,ther side Of The world--to land viii.
Ptolemys map had no room for--thero T.
grind them up to the music of the cnr
wheels and the falls Of the Corbpsso Contec
How little did the religious old Egyptar
think tbat they were pi6ng away stores 'o
the future cash accounts Of Turkomans, an
that the linen folds which so carefully bal5
aged their holy dead should one day mat
highly calendered paper, Mummy cloth,
as well as old rags of Italy, chow Do The
manage to produce so many rags there
are ground up and come forth mingled
fond embrace and in the parost white. !
has been ascertaued that some Of the Egyr-
tian rags contain about forty per cent. OF
dus, aud dirt The dust doubtless con,
sists of many fine partacles Of Pharoab's
embalmod subjects, but now few Of tn.
modern rags seem to have heon spread upon
the sands at the periodical overflow of H..
Nile, and received a deposit Of the fine earth
that has washed down from the muuntair.
# Abyssinia. This adds to the weight, but
Yankees will not be sold twice in this man.
ner,
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
QUEEN VICTCRIA AND PRINCE ALBEs 7
ON THE ROAD.

The officer who conducted oorrespon-
dent Of the New York Express, through .
stables at Windsor CastIe--what an honor d.
a native "--related the following inciden
1t seems her Majesty, as we'll as Pra.
Albeit, loves fast horses, and she never rid,
without Ier nags are upon the quickest rot
Well, she had heard Of the speed of Nov
York horses and somehow the story of the
rapid movements of pair Of them in Lon
don reached the ears of the Prince ana
Queen. They were both anxious to See
their movements and try their speed, whiel
being known 10 their American owner, h.
forthwith challenged Prince Albert 10 ties,
The mettle Of his animals between London
and Windsor. The royal party were 10 hayr
twenty minutes start, and change horses on
the road, while The American lIotters werr
to 90 through the entire distance The sf~
fair was wholly private, and vet what was
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

THUE HERoIsM--A correspondent of the
New Haven Journal writing from Guilford,
Ct., gives the following instance of true
courage which occurred at that place
A short time since, two men engaged in
oxcaval.pg a lelge of rocks for the purpose
Of finding spring of water. had reached a
depth of some fifteen or twenty feet. AT
this point they had prepared side blast"
when one of the men assembled, while the
other remained below 20 ignite the fuse In
50 doing, some powder " lying about loose =
was fired, aud the man lost his presence Of
mind, through fear, and was unable TO find
the ladder by which he was to ascend, ex-
claiming at the same time, !" / am dead
man !" His fellow workman seeing his
situation, descended to his rescue, aud, seiz>
ing hm by his clothing bore him 10 the
surface reaching ii only in time 10 avoid in
evtable death--lhe explosion following IN,
mediately, tendug the Ialder 70 atoms, and
tearing out immense pieces q granate, The
name Of this esrless hero is James McDer>
moi, 40 humble individual, but who has the
CONSCIOUSNESS of having saved tho life of a
fellow man. even at the imminent peril o.
losing bis own.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
/. ANGRY WORDS.

BillyPwas making ajonrrey in stage-coach,
over the hilly roads in the western part Of New
York, and amused himself, on The way by fre>
quent resorts to tie comfort of mysterious
black bottlewhich he had with him, Sudden
", the coach camein contact with large stone
whichwilhopl doingany other damage, deprivin4
Billy Of his equilibrium, aud down he rolled 70
he gtonnd. "Wot'n thunder are yer doing ?"
said Billy;"how came you to tip the stage over 2
The driver informed him that the stage had not
been overturned at all; and the passengers ass
sured him that Jehu was right. Billy approach
ed the vehicle sgain. and tlremounted slowly to
his former seat on the outside. rDid MOI up
etd'you say q "Not at ALL" replied the dri,
ver."Wsll, if I'd a known that" said Billy
l ,oOa,dn't ha' got off,"
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
THE CODE DuELLo.-The Raleigh paper

THE CODE DUELLo.--The Raleigh papers
contain lengthy correspondence between
Hon. r. 7 Paine aud John G. Br4dham,
ESQ.,, of Edenton, N. c.. and their seconds,
looking to hostile meeting A cbaIIeng
was sent and accepie the weapons. dis
tanco aud place agree to--but as the cha
lenged party insisted that the meeting should
occur the next day, or be postponed for a
month, when he should be free to name
whatever weapons he might choose--th,
challenger objected, and published the cor,
respondence.
In the Columbia Is. c. Guardian o
Tuesday, we find the following:
We learn that two young gentlemen, stu
dents at Chappell Hill, N. c., we're to hay,
met in this city on Saturday last, for th'
purpose of adjusting a difficulty. Mr.. f
G. Claiborne. Of Danyife, Va, accompanied
by bis friends, Messrs. Chas. Irving aud q
| c. Cabell, arrived on Friday last, and await
ed the arrival of the rarty challenging, VIII
named Columbia, S. c.
Information received yesterday that tn
challenging party would not be in Columbia
necessarily put quietus to further proceed
ings. Messrs. Claiborne, Irving aud Cabel
returned last evening to Danville.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

n- How beautiful and exalted are the
following sentiments of De Witt Clinton:
Pleasure is shadow, wealth is vanity,
and power q pageant; but knowledge is
ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial IN fame
unlimited in space, and infinite in duration
In the performance of its sacred offices il
fears no danger, spares nc expense, omi,s
10 exertion. 1t scales the mountains. looks
into the volcano, dives into the ocean, per.
torates the earth, encircles the globe, ex,
plores the sea and land, contemphtos the
distance, ascends the sublime No place
too remote for its grasp, no heaven too ex.
alted for its reach.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
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THE SONG OF SEVENTY.
BY MARTIN F. TurPEu.

BY MARTIN +. TUPPER.
I am not old, l cannot he old,
Though three score years and ten
Have wasted away, like tale that,is told,
The lives of other men.
I am not old, though friends and foes
Alike have gone to their graves,
And left me alone to my joys or my woes,
As rock in the midst of the waves.
am not old, 1 cannot be old,
Though tottering, wrinkled and gray;
Though my eyes are dim, and my marrow ia cold
Call me not old to-day.
For early memories round me throng,
Old times and manners and men,
AS | look behind on my journey so long,
Of three score years and ten.
look behind and am once more young
Buoyant and brave and bold,
And my heart can sing, as OF yore it sung,
Before they called me old.
do not see her-.he old wife there
Shriveled and hnggard and gray
But look on her blooming and soft and fair,
AS she was on her wedding day.
| do not see you, daughters and sons
In the likeness of women and men,
But kiss you now a' kissed you once,
My fond little children then.
And, as my own grandson rides on my knee,
Or plays with his hoop or kite,
can well recolect l. was merry as he
The bright-eyed little wight
'Tis not long since, it cannot be long,
My years SO soon were spent,
Since was boy, both straight and strong,
Yet now am feeble and bent
A dream--a dream-it is all dream
A strange, sad dream, in sooth, M
For old as am, and old as l seem,
My heart is full Of youth
Eye hath not SEEN tongue hath not told,
And ear hath not heard it surg,
How buoyant and bold. though it seem to grow OLD
Is the heart, forever young.
Forever young, though lifes old age,
Hath every nerve unstrung;
The heart, the heart is q heritage
That keeps the old man young.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

rSEg" A travelled Eondon lady givcs-tbe follow
ing incident, among others to circle Of admir-.
ing friends, on her return from America:
was a dinin' hsboard first class steamboat
on the EIoegho river. The gcntlomNR next me,
OF my tight, was q Southerner. and the gentle
man on my left was q Northerner. Well. the,
gets into kind of discussion on the habholitiolt
question: when some Ugh words hars
Please to retract sir, said the Southerner,
"Won't 60 it, said the NoTthener
"Pray maam," said the Southerner. "wlll
YOU have the goodness to lean back in your
chair 2"
With the greatest pleasure said l. not kno'iu
what was a conin' When what does my gentle
nan do but whips out a oss pstA ms long as NV
harm, and shoots my left and neighbor dead 7
But that wasn't hall for the bullet comm nu
Of the LEFT temple, wounded lady IN the side.
She uttered an 'orrifck scream.
'''P on my word maam," said the Southerne'
g You needn't make so much noise about it, for T
did il by mistake"
"And was justice done the murderer 2" askcd
n horrifed listener.
+" "Hinstantly, dear madam" answered Mis-
l. "The cabIn passengers get right G.
work and lynched him. They Jung i'm in III
lamp chains, right hover the dinin' table, aag
then finished the dessert. But for my part. =
quite spoiled my happetite"
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

MORE INDIAN DEPREDATIoNs AT Fort
ARBUoKLE. The Fort Smith lArk J Times,
of the 4th inst, has report that the
Camanches are again commencing hostilities
in the neighbcrhood of Fort Arbuckle,
The report appears to be confirmed by
the following extract from letter dated
Fort Arbuckle, July 2G, received at Fort
Smith and published in the Herald of the
10Th inst
| am sorry 10 inform you that party Of
Camanches made another descent on the
neighborhood of this post last night or early
this morning, and drove off the greater part
of the horses belonging to Lenny and Smith
Paul also part Of the horses of Robinson
Chemutes also attacked Mr.. Robinson as
he was coming to the post to report to the
commanding officer, firing upon him with
arrows and guns, killing tile horse Robinson
was riding lie states that there were about
sixteen or eighteen of them, all well mount
ed AID armed. When they first saw him
they asked him if he was an American, but
on his replying that he was Chickasaw,
they Immediately made an attack upon him
but he made his escape aud came into thu
post.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

A NEW STYLE OF LADIES DREss.-A New York
letter of the 18th inst says:
Though everybody is supposed and said to be
out of town, there is something new in the way
of fashionable dresses. Several ladies prone
nading Broadway, yesterday afternoon, displayed
a new style of dress. The back, between the
shoulder straps, was cut in the shape of q letter
V, SO rs to display handsome neck, shoulders and
hack to advantage, The vacancy was bordered
ike that sometimes visible in front, by pretty
lace edging.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18


Sur LovENaooD on STRoNGslIyDED Wo-
MEN. George, did you ever hey slrqug>
minded oman sifauer you-a rale he Oman
Nd9 Well, Of ever one does, jis you fight
her ike she wore whiskers, or run like p--l;
ef YOU don't. ef she don't turn you inter a
kidney worm'd hog What can raise hs bris-
Ties, IN less nor q monrh, you are moe OF
less owe man than | takes you to be. Owe
aIl the varnipts ever seed, Ise feardest owe
them, They haint human; theyse an eHsl
mixtry owe stud hoss blacksnake. goose,
peacock, britches and d--d ,askilQ They
wants 10 be man; and es they cant, they
fixes up thar esse by bein devils. Take
keer owe them you'd better cum iu conlac
With CONT ura coal porterpihan wun ov'
EN- epy time. They'll undermine your cou
stiluion sure. asH Hoalcs1 sal9il,
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
From the Cincinnati Times.
tNHITE FOLKS GETTING SASSY ;

A few days ago. while conductor Woodal,'> 5
train was stopping at Xenia, tbree "cuiiafd
gelnmen' got aboard and attempted to ente
the ladies' car The conductor stopped
hem, rnd told them that if they wished
passage they must go further forward
Rather than do this, lhey stepped of. The
conductor spoke to die brakeman, stout
Goliah sort Of fellow. who lever objects 10
a muss, and tod him to see that The trio OF
color genlihty did Not enter The ladies'
car before or after starting. rhe brakeman
eyed the trio who evidently intended 20 ride
in that car and no other. They did not like
the looks Of lie sentinel, however, and after
growing awhile one of them said;
=" Come on, gents; let's lake that for ard
car White folks gittia so sassy, no,c
days, dat gsmmen hare no respect slown
en-"
They took the forward ear, much to The
regret OF the brakeman, whose huge fist
just then began to itch for a few fancy
atreLos.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

RE- A young lady who wore spectacles
exeleimeds ina voiceof sentimental enthu>
slasm to young plowman who was walking
along lhe rhaa 'Da sou. 81, appreciate the
beauty Of lhas Iandssape Oh, see those
darling sheep and lsHks ''Them's hogs
miss vas the n|nniofian reply.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
CAN LOVE FoRGETl

The following exquisite and passionate vers'
we're addressed, by the Rev. John Moultrie,
he lady Of his love, whom he subsequently MAJ
led
Forget thee If to dream by night,
And muse on thee by day
If fall the worship, deep and wild,
A poets heart can pay
If prayers in absence brcathed for thee,
10 heavens protecting power
If winged thoughts that fit to thce,
A thousand in an hour
If busy fancy blending thee
With all my future lot
If thou CALI st these forgetting, thou
Indeed shalt be forgot.
Forget thee !! Bid the forest birds
Forget their sweetest tune;
Forget thee Bid the sea forget
To swell beneath the moon;
Bid the faint evening flower forget
To bring refreshing dew;
Thyself forget thine own dear land
Its mountains wild and blue;
Forget each old familiar face,
Each long remembered spot
When these things are forgot by thee,
Then shalt thou be forgot.
Keep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace
Still calm and fancy free;.
For God forbid thy gladstone heart
Should grow less glad for me;
Yet while that heart is still unwcrn,
Nh bid not mine to rove lH
But let it nurse its h mble faith
And accomplishing love.
If these, preserved for patient years.
i. AT last avail me not
Forget me then but ne'er believe
That thou canst be forgot.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
CARSON ERWIN,

SURVEYOR & GENERALLAND AGENT
WlbL pay particular attention to tpe Sur
veylng, Examination and Location Of
hand in lssaquena, Sunfower and adjoining
e1pnties. and the counties Of Crittenden and
Mississippi in Arkansas,
vii act as general land agent for paying tax
rs, redeeming lands from tax sale, and for buy.
ne and selling all landsin the above named
ebnnties. Fs,91..a
Special nttentiongiven to making out cor.
eel Maps Of Lands.
EsE- Business letters addressed TO the care
af w. j. Barrett. Yazoo City, will receive
prompt attention.
Sept l, 1853.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

A lTTORNEYS AT LAW, VICKSBURG,
IA Miss, will continue to practice their
profession in the Circuit, Chancery and Probate
Courts of Warren county, at Vicksburg
Washington county, at Greenvlle; Bolivar
county, at Wellington; Issaquena county at
Talula, and the Supreme and Federal Courts al
Jackson, h Sept. :. 1883
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

LONGEVITY. AT Burnside, Pennsylvania,
resides the Oldest married couple probably
aIive-a Mr.. SNYDER and bis wifi he being
one hundred and eleven years Of age, and she
one hundred and seven.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
R1F- An edror Of oonnlry paper dbl.

E4F An edror OF a county paper mus
bids farewell TO his readers:
THE sheriff is waiting for US in tho mex,
room, so we have no opportunity to be
pathetic. M'jor Nabem says we must 90
Delinquent subscriber, you have much to
answer for. Heaven may forgive you bu,
we uevel camp
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

DEAR HuGG1Na.--An editor IN Iowa has
been fined 5000 for hugging a young lady
10 church.--[Daily Argus.
Cheap enough We once hugged a girl
in church some ter years ago, and the scrape
has cost US a thousand year ever since
[Chicago American,
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HYsTERIcAL.-The see a wasp-waisted
youbg lady in ringlets, and an abundance
of f5unces, gracefully sail to the head Of
the table, and with voice as angelic as a
tenor flute, call the waiter for plate of
cold pork and beans, is the most trying
thing romance can encounter
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18

"A lawyer at Lowell found $95 and return.
edit toihe owner, and one Of the papers
SAYS that The act may be honest and honor
able, but It isue professional.
The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
sewing Machines.

Nv HELLER & WILSON'S Sewing Ma
chine, as now improved is the most
nipple. durable and beautiful Machine made
Tbey do better and more work, are easier an
aFrstood and managed, Than any other Machine
before the pnhic. These Machines have now
Eot to perfection, and are mining all Others
8ni of market. as they are the only ones capa
I'D Of doing every kind Of work, from the ma
kipg Of carpet to The hemming Of linen
zambric ruifie. Call and see them at the rooms.
C. SWAIN, Agent
Yazoo City, September a. 1853,
N. B. A large lot OF thread, needles, silk &c,
senslaDily 90 hand. (yly
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and the small bundle in the trundIe bed
has dropped off to sleep, but the broken
prayer may 90 up sooner than many long
petitions that set great while before If.
Add 50 it was good night" all afound
tue homestead aud very sweet music, t0o.
in the twilight, and very pleasant melody
it makes now as we think Of it, for it was
not yesterday, nor the day before, but a
loug time ago, 50 long that Tommy is
Thomas Somebody, Esq, aud has forgotten
that he ever was begi and Wose what the
ls,as4@s aud ricnest OF us can never wear
but once, if we try--the first pair of boots.
And 50 it was g good night" all around
the house and the children had gone
through the ivory gate, always left little
ajar for tbem--through into the land Of
dreams.
Aud then the lovers "good night" and
the parting kis, They are as prodigal Of
the hours as the.spendthrift Of his coin, and
the minutes depart in golden showers and
fall in dying sparks at their feet. " Good
night"
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PETER B. COOK g. CO.,
cIbSIssaleano Aetai!,.

I'D - u q O. Y = - U9s
NeolxsEE.IE8s s AHAT1oNE1ks
A'nts. f|leand Glass, Garden Seeds z
Yazoo City. sspt. ], 1858.
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R. .. G. PERKINS.


ATT o N Ely T j. W,
taanoa ga" Yasoo City, Mississippi,
SE7lLL practice in the Circuit Courts Z
wv IeaEe. Atlala and Holmes counties, til
several courts in Yazoo County, and the Cour
held at Jackson. Sept. |, 1858.
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YAZ00 CITY, MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 49,
J. GOOD NIGHT, GooD NIGHT, PAPA. /"

"GOUD NlGHI, GOOD NlUhI, fAfA.
These are the words whose music has not
left our ears since the cleaning, and now it
is midnight. "Good night, darling God
bless you; you will have pleasant dreams,
though toss in fever, haunted by the de-
mons Of care that harrass me through the
day. Good night !" The clock on the
mantel struck twelve, and no sound was
heard in the house save the regular breath
ing of those little lungs in the next room,
heard through the door ajar. We dropped
our pen, folded our arms, and sat gazing
on the lazy fire, while the whole panorama
of life passed before us, with its many
" good nights tits great thing to be rich,
but it is rich thing to have good memory
provided that memory bears no unpleasant
fruit, bitter to the taste and our memory
carries us back to many pleasant scene
to the little arm chair by the fireside; t.
the trunde bed at the foot of the bed tc
the lawn in front Of the house, and the
orchard behind it; to the buter.cup and
the new clover, and the chickens and the
swallows, and the birds nests, and the
Strawberries, and the many things that at,
tract the wondering eyes of children, tc
say nothing of the mysteries of the starry
skies, and the weird gloom of the moaning
forest But, thea, there were the "gool
nights aud the little prayer, and the
downy bed, on which slumb4r fell as lighfi
as a snowy hake, only warmer and sucl
dreams as only visit perfect innocence -
| The household I" Good night y Somebody
in whose brain its music still fingers, ha
written hiss
Good night!" A fond, clear voice from
the stairs said chat it was Tommy "Doo,
night murmurs litle something tha
we call Jenny, thai filled a large place il
the centre of two pretty little hearts
/" Good night ? lisps litIe fellow in plai
rifle dress who was named Willie about si
years ago.