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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-08-06

NO1lce.
YAK SALE OF LOT for the Cost Of abatinR q
/ nuisance upon said Lot;
Owners' names. Lot. Block. Tax. Cost
Unknown, ~ $3.50 1l.25
NOTICE 10 hereby given to the owner or own
ers OF above described lot that special tax ha.
been assessed and levied upon said lot, being the
amount appended BY the City Of Kcokuk for iiiine
said lot for tho purpose Of absting = nuisance on
the same, eauaed BY stagnant water, and unless
payment be made VI tho taxes 30 levied, and
also al costs, before the 2Ist day Of August, A.
D. 1905, the said lots, much thereof Is
shall b. necessary to discharge said tar and
costs, will be sold on the day Aforesaid, At the
Mayors ONCE, In said city, between the hours Of
o'clock q. u. and o'clock p. m.
9. G. STEVENS,
Collector Of the City Of kcokuk.
Ice County and State Of Iowa.
July -, 1s58-d4w /.
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August 2. is5s--dlot
kEROsENE LAnPi

hEhONkNE La NPI
Tor hurniugCoal Oil, which in point Of economy
and brillancy excels all others. One Lamp 10
equal to tho lightof six candies, and Is Ave times
cheaper than barring duid. II gives out no odcr
in combustion, and will not explode. In bringing
this lamp before the public il Ii unnecessary 10
append testimonials, ms its own merits arc deemed
sufficient to insure its adoption.
The above Lamp and Oil csn be obtained 1t
No. 6l3 Msin-si., between I'd and Sd, QUE door
below kickcy's Hat Store.
iY22-dlm IL C. MERRILL
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closes - 4. u.
Psstenes open fron ~ A.n.to 3S.s.
The DAILY GATE CITY OFFICE IL
In McCurs's Building, corner Of Main and
essosd Streets. Entrsnes on Sseosd street;
Oosatisg Room Arst door to the right.
Orders for oil kinds Of Job Work Allsd
With nsaAasss and dispatch.
Dusinsss - Kssk ak anA Eisswhers.
Business Il dali and Eat enough in Ksokuk.
The fass y patent 70 outsider, and fsrsibly
enough fell BY issid srs. Bus thsrs d no
sssss To- dissesragsrssut 70 our people, rel
ativsly considered. W. are no worse OF
has our nsighbors, near Or fer. Indeed, W
80 quiss ~ veil Of - the average. The
river towns shove ~, the llhsois towns east
d y, all ere qsits ~ much depressed. Our
s1igAbor % ths Flint Hills shove ~, that
has vssshsd our progress with 20 Jealous an
~. sassos beast over -. She h old-fogy
aa1 stsady- going, bat her streets are more
Asssstsd and show les sigas Of bSsinsss than
NJ streets Of Keokuk. Even Chicago, %
Aigly favored BY hsr rsnstksbls pesisios and
Business resources, il suffering, relatively,
4uiss - naeh. There u qaits - large .
proportion Of shops end eligible dwellings
Tor rsss, and wages rule qsits = low
- hsrs. A little observation will demon
seeats Inst. The obsssvasisns Of the past
Two weeks there have fully sasisAsd - Of the
fsss, q least. Reports fron The East, whore
~ might reasonably expect business 70 - in
. more prosperous coalition, after ths late
ssvulsios, than IN the frsshsr western tswas,
.saou ssAss Of things II any thing more dis
sosraging. Said . friead 70 10, two or
thsss days ago, Who had just returned from
- extensive Eastern tour, "Yoa san - veil
aG6rd 10 20 home and await the revival Of
business in Ksokuk - any where else that
know Of. In fast, II you could ses what
AAvs sssn, you would consider yourselves
veil o." Keep "sti8 upper lip, friends.
You can fight Il out ~ veil hsre - any
where. In point Of fact, 1t present there is
liEsls TO choose, in respect Of business, be-
tween different localities, bat the outcome 10
likely to be earliest and sursst in the best
sasursl localities and where trade has worn
Ne deepest channels and become the best
vontsd. Among such places no ono doubts
bat that Ksokuk holds high rank.
ADDITIONAL TnAvsLIxo Coxnscroxs.
viii BE- seen BY the advertisements Of the
Ksoksk snd MussasiDs r. b. Co. and the
Ksokuk and Burlington Packet Co. new
railroad and steamboat sonnsctions will b
nsds bsawssa this place and Chicago, which
viii rsdses The tins Of travel to the shortest
paisd and anosgss them al The public will
desbtsss BE- conveniently and scoommoda-
tisgly served.
EpsfoRs CARS CITr The firing Of can
non q Wsrssw, last evening, va not on 90
count Of the election, but 70 raise the city Of
Alsxsndria, which VA drowned last week
- u b customary 70 aes . cannon over the
plass where body = ssppossd 70 have been
drowned; In hopes thas Il will rise. Such,
suppose, was The sauss Of firing.
@ Ksokuk, Aug. s, 1858.
DANA NOTICE.
NJ Office 10 hesssy gives tAes The andsrsigaed
1ormine brunsh Of M state Bank Of Iowa IN the
~ ~k~t L. vn-
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Dv. l.. q. lNGEMs OIL,
nENTIST, corner of Third and Main streets,
- Ksokuk, Iowa, over Xix, Hale 4 Co.'S Bank
entrance on Third o.. Special attention givsa 10
the preservation Of the natural teeth treatment Of
OF tbs dental arch. Artificial Teeth Of tho beat
style and 6nsh, From sinss tooth IN sntirs sst.
jy10d6m
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Phtiaaelphta CITY Prspersy.
In Exchange for Farming Lands in Iowa.
Missouri or Illinois.
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WHOLE No. $50
Gbc 1alniip Cirtlr.
TIE IMpLANTING OF GRACE.

Seeds Of grace though miXcd with mass
OF corruption, cannot be overcome by il; as
gold cannot lie altered in its nature by the
drosS, or transformed into the MIXTURE Of the
rubbish in which It lies. Grace is surely
weakest at the first infusion, when it is newly
landed in the heart from heaven when tho
devil and the wickcdnesS of mans nature
have taken the alarm, and drawn together
all the armies Of hell to hinder its progress
vet, though it be thus in so weak condition,
lndisposition to made a stout resistance,
having got but little foo iog in the heart, and
Il man s own incllnatlonj not we'll rcconclei
to it, nor his evil apprchcnsions and notions
fully eXtcrnniatcd, and the predominant
cOnuptlons that held the empire before,
having received but their first wound. and
being much unmoItitied, and grace also a;
yet but III a strange soil, not naturaliled at
all; yet is grace the so strong that all the
lcgions Of hell cannot totally worst it though
ii be Ike grain cfmustard seed newly sown.
yet 1t springs up inSo a mighty tree for az
the weakness of God is stronger than men,
so is the weakness of grace stronger than sin
in the event and issue. The mcanest grace
is abo9e the highest intellectual parts, as tie
smile Of a sunbeam is more powerful to chase
away the grim and sour darkness Of the night
than the sparkling Of a diamond. According
to the degrees Of its growth, its effects arc
wondcrful as small spark, by breath Of
wind growing into. flame, may fire and
consume a spacious and stately building
ChurHock.
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5clcttco l)ottrll.
The Western Hunter.
BY j. W. TURNER.

BY j. W. TURNER.
In forest wild, where bounding deer
Rush along the maintain side,
Where panther, wolf, and angry bear
Roam in all their angry pride,
There lives the western hunter bold.
OF whom some noble deeds are told.
A king who sits upon his throne
Cam never more contcntcd be:
The hills and rocks he calls his own;
With lordy sway he roams them free.
So lives the western hunter bold,
OF whom some noble dcsds are told.
When morning dawns, forth from his hut
Der craggy cliffs he hics away;
with lprdly sway he roamS them free
And eager watches for his pr,y.
so lives the western huntrr bold.
Or whom some noble deeds are told.
When night comes on he then returns
All Laden with the sports of day;
Down by the fire that dimly burns,
In resi- he passes night away.
SO lives the western hunter bold,
OF whom some daring deeds are told.
Then here's a health, old hunter brave,
Great monarch Of the rugged west
May Heaven own you when the grave
Has bound you in eternal rest.
God bless the western hunter bold,
OF whom such noble deeds are told.
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lnritu!tur0l.
ScaSonahie Hints on the Pig.


Look well to the pigs and pens this month.
Pigs need particular care and protection from
the extreme heat Of the season at this time
to do well. See that they shade, shelter and,
clean, comfortable pens, for pigs, like blpcds
do best in comfortable quarters. Many build
their hog pens over running stream, to avoid
the nuisance of the ammonia which arises
from the manure, and therefore annually sur-
fer the loss Of the fattcning properties Of their
whole rye. corn and buck wheat crops, by
permitting the weddings to run down the
srcaln. OF course no fariner can ever pros
per who permits the waste o. 50 much val
liable fertil'zing matter AS this, and when it
can bc prevented, as well as the health of his
pigs. and the atmosphere of the ncighhorhood
purified by simply feeding few handsful of
charcoal to the pigs daily, it is matter of
great surprise that so simple a prccauton as
this should be neglected and most abOm-
nablc nuisance kept M to the annoyance Of
the whole nciehbo,hood. The strong od1r
Of the log'sty is frequently the first sante Of
the stranger in approaching an otherwise
neat and tidy farmers residence, whereas,
the offensive cilluvia might be altogether ar
rested and concentrated by keeping on a bar
rel of charcoal and feeding few handsiul
occasionally to the hogs, who will cat 1t more
grcedily than corn. Charcoal not only acts
as disinfcctant, but also greatly prom o,es
the health and growth Of swine, and any far
mcr who undertakes to make nice pork with
out using charcoal to promote the rat,cninr
OF it, and particularly to feed il at killing
time, purify and prevent the roetid odor which
arises from the cleaning Of the intes.ines, de-
serves to be made to feed and keen con,panv
with the gruntcls whom his stupid ignorance
OF lazincss compcls to live and die in filth.
If ever any neighborhood is afflicted with the
hog cholera put it down to the disgusting
practice of hcrding them too closely together.
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Select NlistcIIonn.

a CHAPTER OF FIRST Tunes Printing
was first brought into England, March q,
l17I.
The fist abstinence society was organi Sod
February II, 1896.
steam navigation was first successfully ap-
piled February II, 1909
The first printing was doHe April 81, lilI.
The first English steamer for India sailed
August lG. 1925.
The first commencement at Hazard College
took place October 9. 1862.
The tilst Cardinal was made in November
20, 1924.
The first mariners compass was made No
vernbcr 81, 1902
GUnpowdcr was first used December %,
1881.
Christmas was first celebrated December
%, A. d. 9S.
The first trial by jury took place May II,
a. u. go
The first debate in the United States House
Of Representatives was on the subject OF the
tariff, In the debate ono of the members
from South Carolina favored protective duty
on hemp.
The first wood mill on the Pacific coast has
been set in operation at Salem Oregon with
four hundred and eighty spndlcS.
The first building erected in America TO
collect the Kings duties occupied the site at
the corner Of Richmond and North streets,
Boston.
The earliest reference to music we have is
IN the book Of Genesis, (ch"ptcr w.. verse
p y whore Jubal who lived before the dcluec
is mentioned as the " father Of all such as
handle the harp and organ"
The first daily newspaper printed in Y.r.
GINA was in 1850, and the subscription plice
was fifty dollars per annum.
The first religious newspaper ever publish.
ed was the " Herald of Gospel Liberty"
which was published by Elias Smilhin Potts
mouth, \. H.: IN 1908.
The first cut nails ever made were rroduc-
ed in Rhode Island. and the Historical Society
Of that State has the machinery employed at
their introduction. The nails were made
during the revolution.
The IilSt iron works established in New
England were at Lynn. The first attempt to
melt the orc was made in 1913.
The FIRST paper made in New England was
produced at Milton: the first linen at London
deny: the first blankets at, Ipswich the
first scythcs and axes at Bridgcwater ,sthe
first powder at Andoyer; the first glass at
Quincy.
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GROWTH OF CITIES. During the first hun.
drcd years after the settlement of Boston,
tl63O) she was the largest city of the colonies
New York became as populous as Boston Just
before the Revolutionary war. New York
bacame as populace as Philadelphia, each
Containing 100000, inhabitants. in lSll.--
Baltimore overlook Boston about 1900. The
principal rev cities grew up to the number
of 10000, nearly as follows: Plttsl ugh, in
65 years; Louisville, so years Cincinnati,
p years: Cleveland, 40 years Detroit, IS
years; New Albany, So years Chicago, y
years and Milwaukee, 10 years. The above
named cities attained to twenty thousand, in
the nurher of years from their birth, as fol-.
lows: Boston, iG3 Albany 900; New
York, $50; Philadelphia, so New Orleans,
ll3 ; Baltimore about 80; Pittsburgh. IS :;
Louisville Al; Cincinnati, 80; Cleveland,
45 ; Detroit 81, Chicago l6 ; and Milwaukee,
IL years.
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THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT or
BARNYARDs.--A wcll-carsiructcd BARNARD is
the most important par.-of the farm. 1t is a
kind Of mine, containing clements Of more in.
trinsic value than the gold of u "thousand
hills" The size of the yards should be made,
not merely according to the SIZE Of the farm,
but with reference also to tue collection Of
any materials which would increase the
amount Of the mantrc. It's line, and location
as an enclosure for the confinement and con-
yrnicnt feeding Of stock, would naturally be
adapted to the situation Of tie buildings and
adjoining fields but as place for making
and saving manure, the main object is the
manner of its construction. The border on
every side should he high, with an inward
sloi C forming a reservoir sufficient to contain
all the water which might in any way get in
to it, and with the bottom so compact that it
could not penetrate the ground.
4 yard so constructed would retain all the
salts Of the mauurcs,--a large portion Of
which according to the present practice of
many farmers, is entirely lost. /" The dark
side of the picture" Of barnyard, is that
side where is frequently seen a black or cop
per colorcd liquid running into the bitches by
the road side, or oyQrtowing some already
rich portion of the land, and lost for any use
full purposes to the firm. The waste in this
way on many farms, is very great and the
annual loss to the farmers, 10y ncglecting to
provide suitable yards for the preservation Of
their manure is beyond estimation. But light
on this subject is breaking into the minds of
at least portion of the farming community,
and a better practice will eventually prevail.
GeRcsSe Farmer.
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TIIOUGIITLESSNESS OF MANKIND.

Astonishing fact, that all that mankinG
acknowledge the greatest they care about the
least AS first, on the summit of all great
ness the Deity. lis acknowledged he reigns
over all, is present always here, prevails in
each atom and each star, observes us as ar
awful Judge, claims infinite regard. is ST.
premely good-what them why, think no
thing at all about him There is Eternity
you have lived perhaps thirty years years
you are by no means entitled to expect so much
more life; YOU at the utmost will very soon
very soon die What follows Etornitv--
Il honndlcss region neXtingushabe life:
myriads Of mighty and strange spirits vision
Of God: e'orics, horrors. Wcll-what then?
Why, think nothing at all about it There
Is the great affair moral and religious I'M
provcmont What is the true business Of
lltcf To grow wiser, more pious, more be-
nerolcnt, more ardent, more elevated in every
noble purpose and action, to resemble tho
Divinity. 1t is acknowledged who denies
or doubts it! What then Why, care
nothing at all about it Sacrifice to trincs
the energies Of the heart and the short and
fleeing time allotted for divine attainmcnts
Such is the actual course Of the world. What
a thing is mankind .--foster'S Life a,t:
Correspondence.
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TuE DOOR Roy.

Don't be ashamed my good lad if you have
a patch on your elbow, 1t is no mark Of
disgrace. 1t speaks well for your industrious
mother. For our part, we would rathar SEQ
a dozen patches on your jacket than hear one
profanc or vulgar word escape from your lips,
or smell the fumes of tobacco in your breath.
No good boy will shun you because you cam
not dress as well as your companions; ami il
a bad boy sometimes laugh ct your appear
auce say nothing, my good lad but walk or.
We know many rich and good man who
was once as poor as you. Love God, my boy,
and if you are poor but honest, you viii be
rcspecteda great deal more than if you were
the son Of a rich man, and addicted TO bad
habits.
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Box MEASURES FOR FARMERS AND PA

Box MEASURES FOR FARMERS AND Plan
TIERS box u BY sixteen inches square.
ard % inches deep, will contain a barrel 5
bushcls-or l0,7j2 cubic inches.
a box 81 by l6 inches square, and III
inches deep, will contain hall Darrell %
bushels or $3.50 cubic inches.
A box "a by ICY inches square and s
inches deep, will contain bushcl, or 20l0l
cubic inches each inch i'll depth holding one
gallon.
a box 81 by IL inches square, and in
ches deep, will contain also bushel, or H.
1881 cubic inches; each inch in depth hold
ing one gallon.
A box II by IA! inches square, and inch
es deep will contain half bnshei, or l,075t
cubic inches; each inch in depth holding
half a gallon.
A box s by s. inches square, and inches
deep, will contain hnlf peck, or 1885, cubic
inches. The gallon dry measure.
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EGG CROP OF TIE UNITED STATES. The
Buffalo Express, in speaking Of an American
" staple" states thai it is estimated that there
are 100000 laying fowls in the country,
of which fifty million lay one egg a day
throughout the year This would give the
annual crop of 1880 100000 eggs, and
these at eight cents dozen would lie worth
Sl2l 66G 6G6. The cotton crop of the United
States, estimated at the seaboa,d, according
to the census Of 1850, amounted 10 SS73 2G4, :
92o. Estimated at the same roint-that is,
according to New York prices to day the egg
crop Of the United States would amout TO
$50, 0l G66 or twice as much as the cotton,
tobacco, rice, hay, hemp aud sugar crops OF
the Southern States put together.
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CI)oifc l)octrn.
The Rcfncr.

IT'S sweet tn think thlt Ii, who tries
The silver, takes his seat
Beside the fire which purliCs,
List too intense a heat,
LIi>cd to consume the base a1l,v.
The precious metal to destroy.
IT'S good to think how we'll he knows
The Silrrr's power To bear
The ordeal through which it goes;
And that with skill and cure
Hen take it from the fire when fit,
With His own hands to polish it.
'TjS hlrsSedncSs to know that He
The piece lie has begun
Vi i'll not f1rsalic, till He can see
The work well done
An image by its brightness shown,
The perfect likeness Of His own.
But all how much of earthly mold,
Dark relics of the mine,
Lest from the orc--must he behold,
How long must he refine,
Ere i'll the silver he can trace
The first faint Resemblance Of His face.
Thou Great Rciner! sit thou by
Thy purpose to iultil
Moved by Thine beneath Thine eye
And melted at Thy will.
o may Thy work forever shine
Rcilecting beauty pure as Thine.
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RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.

1t is some hope of goodness not to grow
worse; it is part of badness not to grow
better. | will take heed of quenchng the
spark, and strive to kindle fire. Jf have
the goodness | should, it is not too much
why should make it less ? If keep the
goodness have, it is not enough why do
not make it more lie never was so good AZ
he should be. that doth not strive to 10
better than he is; he never will be better
he is that doth not fear to be worse than he
CrIlcu
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UNHEALTHY poslTi0N OF TIE BuDY.-
Those persons engaged in occupations re-
curing the hands alone to move while the
lower limbs remain motion!css, should bear
in mind that without constantly raising the
frame to an erect position, and giving slight
exercise to all parts Of the body, such a prac-
tice will tend to destroy their health. They
should, moreover, sit in as erect position as
possible. With seamstresscs there is always
more or less STOPPING Of the head and Shout
ders, tending TO rctard circulation, rcspira.
tons, and digestion, and produce curvature
Of the spine. The head should be thrown
back, to give the lungs full play. The frc-
qucnt long drawn breath Of The same seam
stress evinces the cramping and confinement
OF the lungs. Health cannot he expected
without free respiration. The life.givng
element is in the atmosphere, and without it
i'll proportionae abundance must disease in
tcrvenc. Strength and robustness must come
from exercise. Confined attitudes are in yio-
lation Of correct theories of healthy physical
development and the instinct of nature.
Those accustomed to sit writing for hours,
day after day, can form some idea of the ex-
hausiing nature Of the toilsome and illpaid
labor Of the poor seamstress.
Sr1entifr frlcric1r
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WORLDLY HONOR.

There never was so miserable mourte-
.ank as what is called worldly honor. 1t is
this ouack-salvcr that talks, Of washing
wrongs out with blood, in the same way
that jack pudding at fair needs powder Of
pool to take out every household blot and
stain. Both these creatures are impostets
with this difference, that one is zany with
death s-head.
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a MIRACLE OF NATURE.-The Savannah
News says:-One of our city physicians has
handed us the following extract from a letter
written him describing somewhat singular
case, we believe Of rare occurrence in surgical
practice - must put in slip, TO give you
an instance Of death from the rapid acculnu-
lation of fat We had a Young mar, residing
Is miles from this place, who was one of the
miracles OF nature. AT the age of % years
he weighed 5G5 pounds he continued grad.
ually to increase in flesh, until he reached
over Geo pounds; he was able to get about
with tolerahle ease to himself and attended
TO his planting interest. Some weeks ago he
Commenced increasing in flesh very RAPIDLY,
and gained ! pounds per day then it was
found he gained little over 2 pounds per
day. Last week he died suddenly in his
chase think, from the accumulation of fat
around the heart. Three days prior 10 his
death, he weighed GIG pounds; had he been
weighed the day of his death he would have
gone over 600 pounds. | have often seen
him, and visited his family few months ago
professionally.
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NO ONELIVETH FOR HIMSELF.

God has written on the flowers that sweetcn
the air, upon the breeze that rocks Tie
flowers upon the stem-upon the rain drops
that refresh the spring Of moss that lifts its
head in the descrt--upon its deep cham bcrs
upon every pencilled sheet that sleeps In tie
GOVERNS Of the deep, no less than upon the
mighty sun that warns and cheers millions
of creatures which lies in its light-upon ali
his works he has written--No one Nvoth for
hlmSalf
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WHAT nNES TT

1t is not High Grimes, such as robberies
and murder, which DESTROY tive peace D., -o.lc-
y, SO much as the village gossip, crp'y
quayrels .jcalousies ard chickering's, Latwtah
nciehbors- meddles2,.t ard tai. ~.
which are the csnktr tA,t eats Ial3 a.. svc'e.
happiness.
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BLOW YoUE Own HoRN.--The following
passage is said to be from the Book of Nor
mon Evidently Brigham Young practices
upon it;
" Blessed is he who bloweth his own horn !;
for whose boweth not his own horn. the
the Same shall not be bowed. Likewise,
whose bloweth his own horn. the same shall
b. bowed witha vengeance.