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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-08
CARD TO THE LADlEss
DIR. DnPoncs's GoIasn PerlsAlCal
Pills, fer femaIss!

CARD To THE LADlEsS
DIR. DnPoncs's Golden PerlsAlcal
Pills, fer FemaIsss
One OF the most sucoessful remedies for distress
Ing and painful nsnstruatioa ever known. They
corrcct irregularities and remove distractions,
from what ever cause.
Their ingredients are known TO al agents sell
ing them, and they will tell you they the best
Pills ever introduced for al diseases peculiar to
females, and always successful ~ preventive
They will be found most invaluAb,e remedy for
All those siiissins rsSs..- e re
Wis Distressing and painful menstruation. rctsn-
tion, pains In the back and loins, pressing down
paiAs, rush Of blood 70 the head, dixsinsss, dim
nsss u sight, heavnes, fatigue on any slight sx-
srtion, palpitation Of the heart. Ac., 40, all Of
which DR.. Duponcos French Golden Pills are DER
tain to cure. Rriss 81 90 per Box. For partica-
lars get Circular Of Agent.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by s. B. VOWEL.
Druggist, No. Isl Main street, Keokuk, lows, sole
Agent, TO whom all orders mast be sddyssssd. He
will supply dealers, and ssnd tho Pills to Ladies'
(sonfdentially) BY mail, any part Of tbs county,
By sending him 81 through the Ksokuk PostoRes,
Iowa lSsps. -, 'ss-d&~ly
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ll n
n. =. . II I y II
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Has Rensvea 20
NO. 10 MAIN ST, BET. SECOND THIRD.
Having just returned from the East,
HE'S nov ME CEIvuN0
Asslscs Asssrsmeas
NEW GOODS,
ADAPTED TO THE COMING SEASON.
Which be will be happy to sxhib, to ali who CALL
With bis facilities for obtaining
THE Latest STYLES or GOODS,
And constantly receiving
Everything New IN the way.s
FASHION,
He respectfully invites the lGentiemen Of Keokuk
and vicinity, when In want Of
KAsr-rirriso AND SIcE-nApE CLOTHING,
1D-ro eIvS Biz A cALL.-~
N. B.-Psrticular attention paid to CUTTING
for others 70 make. Eseys' clothes Cus.
keokuk, Sept. 10, SD
ANDREW =. WILLIAMSON,
Late Wilkinson 4 Marshall.
Wholesaie aud II eaail DruRxlst
NO. % AATN-ST.,
hfFEkS for cash TO the trade, and at retail =
- fuii assortment OF Drugs and Medicines, Oils,
Paints and Dyes, Window Glass, CLANS " are and
Aug. IL, Esd
NITRATE Silver crys,alised-4s ounces Chem.
~ icaily pure, in store and for sale by
~. WILKINSON,
Augisd ee Main..t.
CPTs. TURPENTlAE-2G 200 cal. In barrels and
Al. WILKINSON.
iNsEED, Lard and sperm 0il--3oo raj. eseh.
L. In barrels and cans, for sale by
Al. WILKINSON,
augied % Aain-st.
A LcoH0L, 50 and vs. per cent --6oo gal in star,
a and for sale low by
augl0d " MAin-st.
Z s0oPEk's IsIkaLAss--so fhs q this superior
a. ). WILKINSON.
angisd % Main-st
| A ikh'S Cherry Pectoral-2o0 dosen Of shi,
"A. "A standard remedy for Coughs and Colds. IL
A. ). WILKINSON.
| Sole Wholesale Agent for Ksckuk,
/ augl6d % Nain-st.
L,RAYsERs BAKING POWDER. admitted 5,
= All Who have tried it. as superior to any 9th
| er, Manufactured and for sale by
A. J. WILKINSON,
augz4d VI Main street.
yarnishex.
( sOPAL, Nos. i and 2; Coach, Iron, Demar OF
~ White, Japan and Leather, Of the Queen City
VArnish Co.. Tor sale in quantities to suit, by
A. J. WILKINSON,
sug2sd % Main-st.
ECKEk's FARINA, n diet for lnvaIids and
A. J. WILKINSON,
aug23d oe Msin-st.
DERRY DAVIS Pain killer--lo gross large me
A. j. WILKINSON.
augzsd % 4 sln.s..
vHkOAES--1resn and yellow, dry, in stors and
~ for sale very low by
x. J. WILKINSON.
Aug2ld sS Main-st.
DUKE Cass0T OiI--pressed and Clarified
by stsam--in store ard for sale low by
A. j, WILKINSON, Druggist,
augald 70 Main-st.
NJ ACE, 100 lbs. prime Penang, IN store and for
yI ssleby A. j. WILKINSON,
augAd 70 Main street.
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- Piles are ono Of the most troublesome -
well - painfal aAlictiops Of the human 10 nily,
the cause Of which, il inquired into, invariably
Il foand to be eonstipAted bowss. Rsmovs the
cause and be made whole. This can b done H.
fsctuAlly BY the use Of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tsrs which II TAX ~ q per directions on the bot
.le, will remove All fatuiency or hcayiness from
the stomach, cure costivsness, assist digestion,
give good Ape title, and impart healthy tone v
the whole system. Why not give Il . trial all
who suffer, and be relieved 1t onssS and IL health
to you 10 preferable 10 sickness, continue to use
1t daily before meals.
Kept 1t All the popular saloons, and principal
drug stores in the Union.
p. GIBBONS, Agent,
deco d&w Main-st, bet Sixth and seventh.
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BARTLETT, KAYE 4 CO.,
Importers and Dealers in
00U08 q 2IRO0oII401.
PAINTS, OILS, vAkNISHRS,
WINDOW GLAR, GLASSWARE, BlUsnH, &C
Ne. i4S MAIN So, hss. Bsh 4 6sA,
KEOKUK, IOWA.
g.. r. 0lKYORD,
MATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.

MATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Third-st.. bet. Main and Johnson,
hhoh "A.
have Inst received, in addition to ny former
stock Of Watches, JsweIry, Silver wass, 10.
Goods suitable for Christmas snA New Year :
Pressutsl Aiso,a ssssstnsnt Of Morton q Pre-
ninm Gold Pens
sPECEACLEa.
To those in want u 6psesA-
osps, would sAy, eOns whore you saa have pair
selected lhss win suit your eyes, and of the hind
~ Glasses thai are mschanisaliy adapted - sait
every condition Of sight. This IL NO 6asss
work.
Ny personal attention will be given 70 the Re-
pairing Of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sc, which
will h warranted 10 give satisfastion. Every
description Of Goods IN my iise msds 70 order
Engrsving done 1t short Notice.
dec4dkw
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sOMETnlNG NEWT
MIRROR OF FORTUNE,

HI An a YSIS OF LIF
ILLUSTRATED BY Cams from the hsst writers
j ged in new and original manner for the
entertainment Of Literary and Social Circles, BY
For sale By O0DEN, BR0WEELL 4 GO.
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weeds Patent Sewing machA1s
Makes sqsany o. seod work on the nnsst fabric
or on ths heaviest cloth, On either Of which for
beauty and durability itis superior to hard work.
We invite the attention Of those who wish ms
chimes, 70 see Weeds Machine. They arc the bsst
for family use, became adapted TO all kisds Of
work. They ara ths best for manufacts ress, ~
cause they mako sush beautiful and strong work.
They an he bsst for tAilers because they DO bet
ter work than his hands.
Extract from letter written by : gentleman,
owning plantation near New Orleans. Ioartuo
Weeds Patent 6swing Asehinss have been In Al
most constant use sines I bought them, and With
the best Of practical result. 10 less thAA three
weeks the two operators on them finished . com
plsts suit Of clothes for each Of my two hundred
and ten plantation hands, and hnd the time sAvsd
in naing them season, has more than paid their
coat.
The Editor Of the zanesyilis (Ohio) Courier,
says: There has never bssn Sewing Machine in
this city that Aas given sueh snbsndsd sAtisfsc-
tion to al who have used II - The weed Patent
We have examined tAsn, and nust sonfsss our I'd.
mirau on If their simplicity And dsssbiiity, and
ean, with perfect eonAdsnss, After a sxamination
Of ali other sewing Aaehinss, pronounce this 10
BE- the best, and recommend Ii 70 cur readers, who
wish Sewing Machine, - W are sure 1t win give
them satisfaction.
WHITNEY LYoH, Prppistoss,
sA5 proadusy, New York.
i. A. DUKE, Agent for Ksoluk, IS MAis-st.
dsc6dAwlm
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0HOonas
q q DOE. BROOMS ON consisrment and for sale
Do " CLR0HUkN, TAYLOR 3 co.
A LSO, nns assoF tnsnt Of Prayer BOOKS, 81
"A OGDEN, BROWNELL CO.'S
nov3od ClrY Book 0fona.
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Lroarxrxo. We are informed thst on FRI
day night, during the heavy rain, the house
Of Mr.. N. Grimes was struck By lightning.-
The lightning descended the chimney, and
struck Mr.. Grimes, who wss lying on tho
Aoor, staining him 20 much that hs vas un-
CONSCIOUS for about three hours. The house
Was not injured. Fairfield Ledger.
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TEAS.
ME are receiving direct from Boston, and now
w have ready for examination and sale, the
freshest, choicest, and cheapest stock Of TEAS
one often behokis, consis ting Of
Imperial,
Old Hyson,
0unpowdsr,
Young Tyson,
0olong or Black
TEA. We are selling ct retail - good Teas 1t 50
cents - heretofore sold for 81, and Gil grades q
least 70 per cent less than the uaual retail price,
All We ask Is . trial. Dealers can buy By the
Chest, or otherwise, 81 very low figures.
KELLOGG BIRGE,
oct75d No. l49 Main-ut,
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IXYANTED, laos, for vkisA vs pay Cash
w ". H. AUSTIN AGO.,
a1e11Aw No. lis HalnrSt.
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Main-st, bet. 9Th and eth........ ........KEOKUK,
MANUFACTURES II Ill kinds u CAkss and
Nl Candies, Pyramids, Ia. All orders fer pastlss
will Be- promptly attended 10, st the shoRtsst NO
tice and il the most approved style.
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Blk Of doshen, Goshen.
Blk Of 6ospoFt, Gosport.
Blk Mt. Vernon, Mt. v.
Blk Of Psoii, PAoli.
Blk Rockville, v abash.
Blk salem, N. Albany.
Bk VI salem, Salem.
Bloomington Rank.
Cambridge City bank.
Canal Bk, Evansville.
Crescent City Bk /"
kxch. Blk, Greeneaatie.
1systts County Bank.
Roosisr BAnk.
Indiana bk, n sdisoa.
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e. The wssther yesterday Was rather
cool, the Thermometer - O'Clock p. N.
standing 1t IA deg. shove ssro. iee was run
ming thick and heavy 10 the river, and vss
packed on the other side 20 thick o. to stop
the ferry boats. A few nighss more like the
last viii cicss navigation entirely.
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OAAes vinegar.
K BBLS. moro 81 that pUaB Cider vipssaf iust
~ rscsivsd from Clsvsland, Ohio, and for sale q
orr store % retail.
KELLOGG DIRGB,
oct30d No. 140 Aain-st.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-03
The YrisarIi Treaty and the Contract for the
Transit Across the IAthmus Of Nicaragua.

The Gacetd de Nicaragua (be official paper) OF Janu
airy rs, 1885, No d. published at Managua the capital
contains official communication addressed by Don Gre
goro Juarez, the Minister OF Foreign Relations of the
public Of Nicaragua to the government OF Costa Rca
company the decree of the Nicsraguan Legislature
fusirg to ra the convention OF the 9Th Of December last
made between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, respecting
boundaries, and inviting Costa RIGA continue the nego
atoms for treaty of peace friendship, boundaries and
alliance between the two States.
The official note OF the Nicaraguan Secretary is dated
Managua, January 49, 1858, and contains the following
passage
The government OF your Excelency has been Informed
and Pacific Ship Canal Company, existing since
1919, which che has had to regard in the new
arrangement In conse luence OF its having be-
come impossible to execute that great work according
10 the Dimensions and the government Of your
ExceeDcy Ia not ignorant that those obligations
taen into either the treaties of or in
convention OF December. The government Of your Ex-
celepcy must likewise be informed Of the treaty which
the Minister Pleppoteniary Of his republic made the
10th November last with the OF the United
States OF America, which treaty must be taken into
count IN entering into mutual obligations between Costa
RIGA and Nicaragua.
would seem from the foregoing official communca
ton that the Yrsarr treaty has been virtually accepted
by Nicaragua she makes It's stpula,ons necessary
condition 70 her negotiating with Costa RIGA about bcun-
daries
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Army Intelligence.

Lieut., General Scott has his residence 10 this
city, in good health.
orders will be issued in few days. detailing additional
troops for the army OF Utah. when expected that the
campaign will be commenced and prosecuted with all
the energy and that dc devised by The
heads OF the several departments
recruiting rendezvous for the First regiment of Ora
goons, will be opened at Winchester Virginia. by dircc
ton OF the War Department Colonel T. T. Fauntlcroy,
Major Carlton Captain Whttlesey and Lieutenant Randall
First Dragons, are detailed for that service
Tho several officers belonging 10 regiments route for
Utah who have been detailed the recruiting service
and other duties, have been relieved and ordered
out mIut datcly and join their respective regiments
Fcrt Leavenworth and elsewhere.
Captain George W Wallace FrA Infantry. will relieve
Lieutenant Joseph updegraf, Ehh InfanA3 at the
crutng rendezvous, lis Cedar street, In thscity.
WAGONS, NEDICNN, &C, ON unaR WAY TO UTAH.--On
Saturday, two tons Of me icne and half Of percus
caps arrived in this city by the fast express line
will be forwarded this morning by the o. NJ Railroad
10 the Army Quartcmastcr at St LOUIS 20 be immediate
ly dispatched N Utah Territory for the army AZ despatch
N being used In the transmission o those articles they
are probably required for some special purposc-tho
medicine Tor the soldiers and the percussion caps for the
Mormon rebollonsts. This morning forty four wagons,
from the manufactory Of the government contractor at
Philadelphia, will arrive here by the express 10 be for
warded 70 the same destination, via IT, ousCHcHnati
Ia -ele March l.
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PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD.


PHrADyPHfA, March 2, 1883.
SOCKS heavy. Pennsylvania State SIS, So; Reading
Railroad 81 Morris Canal, Gales; long Island Rail-
road, 13k; Pennsylvania Railroad, 45h.
NEW ORLEANS, March 2, 1858.
Cottou-The market slightly cheaper. Sales to-day
5000 bales, t lie. IL Nc for middng The sales for
the three days add up n 900 bales and the receipts
4e5o0 The receipts at this port up 10 the present time,
compared with those Of last year fall short 100 500
bales DO at all Southern ports 800 500 Moasses zoe
Rio coffee, l0Hc. II Nc; stock 10 900 bags Sterling
exchange, 107 q los.
The sales Of cotton we're bales at advance OF
one-eshth 70 one quarter Of a cent.
octionsacs TO day $500 bales, at 9Ac. 12l4c., the
market closing firm.
Sales OF cotton to-day 900 bales NJ prices eighth
70 q one quarter cent higher.
80 AUGUSTA, Ca, March 2, 1853.
Cotton-Sses today unlmportant. Prices nomnaly
advanced ac &c. since the receipt OF the Americas
news.
-,- SAVANNAH, March 2, 1858.
The Ameticas advtces caused &c. advance In the
prices On oo"on EXCHANGE on New York declined 4 per
cent.
, Bnr~opE March q 1853
Flour quiet and rather heavy at - 3T a. "a Tor an
perane. Wheat and unchanged and sts.dv Cuovey
seed steady at 70 20 rs. whiskey dull at SIC a coc
Provisions heavy and tending downward pulk m.ats~
Sales At exc. for shoulders and SIC asl.c Tor sIdes
Bacon 7kc. aekc. for shoulders and Sides Me.. ,o,r
els IS; prime sis lard e.c. aexo. ''' PO'N
PHrLADuFruA, March q ,ass
-Four firm At ~ so 10 s5. Wheat firm At si o. an ~
Tor red and 81 "a a ~ ~ for white Corn hiss so,vn
ward tendency. Sales OF yellow at bsLc n soo Pc
Visions quiet and without change IN rates wniskey ip
~ SSc.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-03
The FAMILY HERALD.

Inauguration OF Crswford's Equestrt,n
Statue at Richmond, va.-Grest Revival Of
Religion In New York and Elsewhere-
Affairs In Europe-NeSvs from California,
Utah ana the Pacific Coass-Congrsssion
Proceedipgs-Lstest InteIIigcnce-sfarsxess
SC. sc.
Wednesdays edition Of the FAMILY HERALD, among
other hngs. win contain
The Inauguration Of Crawfords Equestrian Statue os
Washington at Richmond ys-Grsnd Reception OF her
Guest by Virginia: our Special Report
Great Revival Of Religion in New York-Proress Of
the Movemeut-Remarsabe Conversions among the I'm.
rshteous-snners brought 70 the Way Of G<soe-one Of
the "Forty Thieves" Repcntant-wonderul Manifesto
TONS q Peni,epce and Pe,y-Revivss Elsewhere, &c.
Affairs in Europe-our London and Madrid Correspou.
dence.
Detail. Of Two Weeks Later News from California and
the Pacific Coast
Mormon Neurological Des,i,uton In Salt Lake Val
ley, &C.
Interesting letter from our Special Correspondent IN
Kansas.
Lecture the Financial Crisis, by Hon. y A. Conkiins
Rembrandt Peales Lecture the Portraits Of Washing
ton, before the Historical Society
Affairs in wsshngton-Proceedngs in Congress-
Editorial Remarks on Matters Of Interest
The Local Incidents Of this and adjoining cities Of gene
raj interest
Pull Report Of the Prices Of all kinds Of Marketable
Produce, carefully corrected each week
The latest Intelligence received up 70 the time Of publ
cation.
Together with Police Reports-Theaircsi watters-RA
port on the Gate Market-Mooey and Commercial Mar.
kes-Msrriases and Deaths-Forning great mass of IN
teresting and miscellaneous reading
1erms-Only ~ year; four cents q single copy TO
be obtained at the ONCE Of the HERALD and Of all
ageDfs
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.


NBw YoRk, March I, 1853
Referring TO an article in this mornings HERALD, under
the caption Of "The Scientific Patent lobby in Full Blast"
fit Intended TO intimate that We are interested in these
"sxy patents" which alleged 10 have been granted
10 w, We wish most distinctly TO deny that have any
pecuuary interest in such patents directly or indirectly
and tits act Of injustice mpue any such interest 10 u.s.
We deny that sixty patents have granted
upon any occasion whatever. true that sixty and
than that number have been granted TO our clients
by an Appeal Board selected by the Commissioner OF
Patents nom the chief examining corps Of the oice bu,
have no pecuniary interest in any Of them since
not spectators in patents rights, and entirely
70 TO learn that these patent have been issued with
view 10 secure the influence Of the Scientific American
We moet positively deny that there any understanding
Of this kind our clients Judged and decided
upon their merits and is not true that these patents
direct arrangements OF existing We have prescott
ed scientific researches sufficiently far 10 know that
s an pore assertion, not founded upon any correct
kno~ledge ofthe facts In regard W "the whole ships
Of Washington lobby sts" would state that they
do not hang about the Patent Once and We do not
Der ever to have seen one OF the Simons Pure such
daily shown up in the columns OF the HrpAfp They
no business with us. and we want nothing Of them.
MUM 90
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SINGULAR CASE oy DRowNSu.--Coroncr Hills was mott.
fed TO hold inquest yesterday upon the body Of man
named Thomas Fannin, who was found drowned in
pool Of water in South street. between Dover and Rocse
welt streets The deceased IL appeared was an intern
perste man. On Monday night, while intoxicated he fell
head hrst INTO The pool OF water referred and being
unable 70 raise himself ont Of the water he WAS suscaed
The police found the deceased after death had
place, and efforts were made by them resuscitae de-
CEASED, but In vain. Verdict"nesth by drowning by
falling into pool OF water while iu,oxcasd the ist Of
March. 1888" Deceased was 90 years Of age AMI
nHAse VI Ire.Aod.
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Affairs I'm Washington.
Correspondence Of The Press
WAsufScrnx Eeb

Island Of Fbrmosd--P Paraguay
Early last summer Capt SIMS OF the marine corps,
was detached from Commodore Armstrong; comm md in
the Chinese waters on mission 70 the leland OF Formosa
quisitobfor the linked States OF naval depot at that i'm
portant point.
The subject actively c,nvassed in American and
European journals, but since then IL has gradually
shed from public attention. have diligently sought fur
Their information In repecto the result OF the mssion or
Capt Sims, but without any very great success No re-
port has been made the secretary OF the Navy
formed, at the NavJ Department and the probability Ia
that the whole matter hiss been turned to the state
Department and thatCou missioner Reed has been fully
empowered TO act in The premises cannot be forgotten
how the officers and crews Of American vessels cas-, away
upon the shores o Formosa been mareaied the
habtan OF that island The Hghaysr Ia the latest case so
far as Information has reached this country And under
all the circumstances cannot be denied that something
necessary 10 be done for protection In the future for Anne
rican shipping In those waters.
II has been supposed that this government, would take
action in the affair Of the Airiac, which ocaped from
Marseles and r arrested BY the French authori.
ties Our government has right 10 do tor the ques
ton b one for the adjudication entirely Of the French tr
bunals violence be done 10 the rights Of our citizens
then the duty OF cur Consul AZ that port 10 make
per. 10 the State Department This has not been done
yet Whether II will or not remains 70 be determined
by further proceedings.
by the latest Official advccs from Grauada IL almost
certain that the treaty negosted by General Herran and
General Csss has been ratified by that government This
treaty, among other things provides indemnity for the
Panama riot Of April, 1855
The Paraguay difficulty N in Hdtu qno waiting for the
action Of Congress.
INFORMATION WANTED.
From the Philadelphia Press, March
Weee called upon again 10 refer 10 the following from
our occasional correspondent at Washington
wasHSGros, Feb "a, 1858
The town lie filled with from your city that disco.
very has been made that $4,000 pad gentleman
wo he'd high position under the late administration which
,Sn ENABLED him y ess s " r rs
Post Once This matter has assumed such definite shape
that the swndled shosd demand inyesgnon
By the proper authorities The property soi TO the Unit
ates for &n00oO, understand that
judges that time would that properly have brought
a greater amount than $50 COO
This too grave and serious charge 10 be passed over
In silence As conservatives OF the public interests
call upon the present officers Of the Bank OF Pennsylvania
10 let the people know the alluded 10
not also the duty Of Congress 10 Investigate this swim
die upon the government