davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-02-21

]
M the shaft with horrible unearhW |
tame that made me trcmbln. | cried
p ,ain aud again ,ili was hoarse, but
knew all the while that it was useless.
for there was not a cottage ipr at least
mile, and then terror seemed to get the
better OF me. as l felt that there, in the
midst Of that fearful darkness ! must
drown. and then sink to the bottom OF
this old, old, worn.out coal pit while no
one, not even my poor wife, would know
of my fate.
With the thoughts of my wife, came |
thoughts of the pleasant scene | had 50
lately gazed upon something almost like |
q sob seemed to come from my heart |
and then came weak, dcspairin- tears
but I reused up, and shouted again and
AGAIN, throwing my head back to try
and sec the mouth Of the pit, but,
though imagination peopled the dark
ness with horrors. licre was nothing
around but the Intense blacknes3j while,
to add to my despair and terror, | could
feel that my hands were slowly slipping
from their bed.
Could any man have heard me down
- 'eso' :" @ - ','l''o, @ ,' ,,,. faarf,i f1r Jr~,
H.; ',Io' ,, ,,',,o ,,,;a,to DI y.as br;otiro for
~ ~ Wv a;I,n~, G ,o,t",o tLo mast uns,rfbI,
yells, PRAYING aloud, and crying for mor-
cv; and lhen, hoarse and worn out, /
~, tSJ,f tLotT mnst sink hack, and I did.
sb,ieLing md sfrn~gIinr savooelv tor
Ef, I'm Tho colj wgTer ~1Igolcd over INV
WV ,north and cLol;aJ hack nv cry,
TIon foro fov rinutes | was beating
tbo gafor fronticly as a doc beats il
,ybo, Il c,nrnt swi,n hut nv nerve
saon,od =, co,on onca roro. and even
hon in tho midst Of that horror and
1osno;r copId M. hclnth;n;inr ofmv.
so,fos }c;nr Ike rat in q well. As |
s,yan, ronni Nv the side tryinc to fad a
nI,co r. Lola on by
=. ,.-.,.. u.,.,;..,,.r,f,
swan SO" "',':.' - '","S "'I .,-,.s
,'''' ",'"',''f ,''I ''I'o AZ ,at ta,,aL
''', IT, "a .T,, o''' a.,:I.,',,,t n,,,,,
l", 1li. ,,'"5 I t,,nn;-r.i, +r,o ,:aI4
'',,''' ''.'. r',,a " ;-',,s L..m. rrr 7
W." " ray =, , '.'.,, 49, A. I 1.,l - ,..,', &,
'L N,.'" ;'", ,;, S' ,a vi th,,.L ..,..,,;n;
e.. ,,,' Wv, ,,, a., L,,.I l,l, ..rtb vat
I',',I' ,3 , ','g tb ,,5 rrihI, l.,'h ortIo sl.f
,.'J, "p, Wv, Wv, w., ,r,aa ,.n.. ,bn, hsr,rc
,", ','.' '',, .h,.,,l G.lL,.tor, ~, me- f,o,
,r -. '.,,., r,.,,l .,,,roi t,o .;io
1., I'll, n..1 "n' ''n,' ,,n anI c.,,Il r1mrr
h ,r,,, .,i ,1..n .f.r &C., r.,g ,,,,r.
... -. '1 w., .,.. t,n, 5,.r,, .,.,,rl, an,
r.,,'I H., h,,,n,, Nm. tho u,,.. w,s {,
'' Wv ,;,r ~ ~. .o'" ',,.,,,,,i.,, a,i ,,.af.r
~ .,,1 ,,boro :, 49,. ,,,,r r., ~,
,..In, ...l n,., ,,n.;,,a - Vast &,
..;t, 1r,.a,J ,,.o..;,.,-,ba.;}o orI
" h,.n',,..,.'-, Il, - c-,n, ,,n .-,,;., cr,,
' 49, mm,a,lc ,nl lila ,bc dosn,;r;n p wrote,
I ,rn. ''
Il H. r.. ,, ,roos N, ho.yc r,rfin,or NJ,
! ,a'',. ,r,,, I,., n,.nr,I yb;la ba,.o,
" a., II -
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-02-21

.sso. '.5a s,5 t,-s
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
Very respectfully yours,
Host Postofiee. Berks Co. Pa.

Host Postofice, Berks Co., Pa.
To which the facetioUs P. NJ. gave the
following answer:
Mr.. Dear Sri accident
ally came across your request at late
date. We have no business concerns in
our neighborhood, we live in the coun-
try; are all farmers, or independent
souires; we all have lots Of money, and
don think business, just now, a healthy
avocation. We are all good church mem
bers, but not particle Of puritan faith !;
say our prayers before going to bed, /. E.,
if we are not out too late playing ''pOker, "
which is only occasional, always for pas
time, and never for the purpose of ac-
eumulating money.
Our political faith is in opposition
alike to Yankee or Southern secession.
We believe in God and hate the devil
in any shape or form. We think the
Bible and the Constitution, as our fore
fathers made them, about the best two
books in existence. We revere the wis
dom and purity of our good and great
men of ali parties and all sections, and
hate and despise the charlatans, North
or South, East or West, who seek to de-
stroy our Government for self aggran-
dizement. We love Ourself more than
we do the negroes. Yet the love we
have for them is sincere. If they pass
our way we give them food, shelter and
raiment, provided they don't steal, lie,
want to vote, or marry our daughters
We all think Artemus Ward greater
Snowman than Barnum, and his "Wax
fggers" the greatest IiUing curiosity in
the world. We think George Francis
Train the greatest train we ever saw
without engine, tender or cow-catcher.
We believe Thad. Stevens and Morrissey
to be fair representatives Of the next
COngress-one being a reformed gam
bier, the other practical miscegenator.
We don't believe in your city lotteries,
Gift enterprises, Soldier Home charities,
picture gallery distributions, &c. They
are generally intended for the benefit Of
the s'getter up" who is always sure to
| build a brOwn-stOne palace after the
thing is over 1t is true we ourselves
indulge sometimes in poker, sevenup,
euchre, &c. but those are square games,
We fear the Lord, and do not wish a
brown stone palace built on sand. We
do not steal nor rob. We think ''ooal
oiT' a good illuminator, but despise it
as fertilizer for soil, brain or pocket.
We have large horses, with. big tails and
long names, and think they can go just
about as fast as any of your "clipped'
city nags. We think we have about the
best whisky in the country, i. e., we can
drink it with a clear conscience, for we
knol0 the tax has been paid on it. Our
principle is to support the Government
with deeds not with "gas."
Finally, we have a rich farming cOun.
try, lots of stone, little gold in the
soil, but plenty in our pockets; raise
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

Most of the guests, the strangers in
particular, derived great deal of pleas
ure from tour of the extensive grounds,
through the floral beauties of the con-
servatOry, the cavernous grottOes, over
the lawns and down by the lake, where
the black swans were curious to look up
on. On the front terrace a band gave
out charming music. On the balcony,
in the rear Of the house, was spread a
fine collation.; and over the marble tiles
of the central hall, joyous couples pass
ed an hour pleasantly in dancing, while
crowds in the drawing-rooms looked on.
At about o'clock the assemblage
commenced to thin itself; but the night
was far advanced before the last of the
guests had taken their departure, bear
ing with them recollection not easily
lost, of a day of great pleasure.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial May 9th.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
PLAYING POOL.

ALMOST every body knows how to
play pool. To those who don't know we
will state that the game is played on a
billiard table, with twenty or thirty balls,
each ball numbered. A dozen or more
can play the game. A certain number
is fixed upon, and the player who shall
first pocket enough balls, whose combin-
ed numbers will amount to it, wins the
pile which is made up by the players
stalking a certain amount before the game
commences. Previous to the commence
ment each player draws a marble from
the box and puts it out of sight in his
pocket. These marbles are all number
ed to correspond with the number on the
table. The player, after receiving the
marble, bears the number in his mind,
and his game is to pocket balls enough,
the number of which, added to that on
the marble in his pocket, will make the
number which wins the pile.
TIE other night an old citizen of one
of our Western cities, who was occasion
ally given to "ehance," " came home rath-
er late. His wife was asleep. When
she awoke in the morning she found on
the floor a marble, upon which was the
number "17."
" What's this ?" she said to her lord,
cycling the marble suspiciOusly. at
dropped out of your pantalOOns pocket.
What is it 2"
Her husband opened his eyes, look
ed, blushed, was confused and stammer-
ed,-
"Why-why-its a marble, amt it ?"
eyes" said she, but what are you
doing with a marble in your pocket at
your time of life ?''
"In my poeket2 Well-ah the
fact is I've had that marble in my Pock-
ct for the last thirty years ever since 1
used to play for keeps with Bill"
"Indeed? ?" ineredulously asked his
wife" but what are these figures on
here for? What does II mean? ?"
Mean? II mean? said he, hesitating-
Ily. go, II ?-why, that was the num-
Der of marbles Bill owed me when we
quit playing he marked it on there so
l wouldn't forget it."
The old fellow had a narrow escape,
and he hasn't played puls since.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

WITCH HAzEL.-The Agricultural
Club of New York has had under dis
oussion the question whether witch hazel
is a means Of discovering water. A let
ter was produced from Mr.. Spencer, of
Owen county, Indiana, in which the
writer testified as follows:
I discovered a spring on my farm
some little distance from a creek, and
found its underground course to the
creek. Having sent for a man who had
a reputation for finding water, 1 blind
folded him and led him back and forth
over the course of the spring with a
hazel rod in his hand which had load
ed with beesWax. He discovered moth
ing. Then, under pretext of examining
the rod, I gave him one that was not
loaded, and every time I led him across
the water course he said here is water.
I then took off the blindfOld and he
traced the whole water course as 1 had
determined it before. I took the rod
in my own hands without any effect
Then he walked beside me, keeping his
thumbs on the rod, and at every cross
ing of the stream 1 felt the working.
VIM. K. Griffin wrote from Allen CO.,
Illinois, on the same subject, claiming
that the working of the rod is produced
by the operators fingers. SOlon Rob
inson denominated it ridiculous hum
bug, and promised to bring rod to the
next meeting and show the same effects
as are produced over a water course.
There are many firm believers in the
mysterious properties Of green rods at
the South. One of the best men we
know assures US that he has tried the
experiment hundreds Of times and has
never been deceived byit. But he says
that the virtue is not in the rod only,
but in the man also There are certain
men who have the faculty which cor
responds to the power Of the water rod.
We don't accept the doctrine but simply
report what we hear
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
PAYING FOR HIS PROVENDER BY
PRAYING.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says we
have no intention of making fun of seri-
GUS matters in telling the following good
story-we merely relate fact
There is a rule at Oberlin College that
no student shall board at any house
where prayers are not regularly made
each day. A certain man fitted up a
clearinghouse and filled it with board
ers, but forgot until the eleventh hour,
the prayer proviso. Not being a pray
ing man himself, he looked around for
one who was At length he found one
"a meek young man from Trumbull
County, who agreed to pay for his board
in praying. For a while all went on
smoothly, but the boarding master fur
nished his table so poorly that the board
ers began to grumble and to leave, and
the other morning the prayer boarder act
ually ststruck." Something like the fol
lowing dialogue occurred at the table:
Landlord-Will you pray, Mr. Mild ?
Mild-No, sir, I will not.
Landlord-Why not, Mr.. Mild?
Mild-It don't pay, sir. l can't pray
on such victuals as these, And unless
you bind yourself in writing to set bet
ter table than you have for the last three
weeks, nary another prayer do you get
out of me.
And that's the way the matter stood
at the latest advice.
THE Union must and shall be preser-
we'd, all the time.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
WHOLE NUMBER 267.
.sYOU'VE GONE OVER TT.''

ONE Sunday morning an old gentle
man was going to church. He was a
happy, cheerful Christian. who had a
very great respect for the Sabbath. He
was, however, somewhat singular in the
manner of giving reproof. As he was
going along he met a man drivinga a heav-
ily loaded cart through the town.
When the old gentleman came opposite
the cart, he suddenly stopped, and lift
ing up both his hands, as if in alarm, he
exclaimed, as he gazed under the cart:
There, there, you are going Ovsr 1t
y0u hare gone right OUer 1t.
The driver was frightened, and instant
ly cried out, "Whoa, whoa, " and brought
his horse to a stand.
He then looked under the wheels, ex-
pecting to see the mangled remains of
some innocent child, at least some poor
dog or pig, that has been crushed to
death.
But, after gazing all about, and seeing
nothing under the wheels, be looked at
the gentleman who had so strangely ar
rested the attention, and anziOusly asked,
" what have I gone over, sir ?''
cover the fourth commandment, my
friend, was the reply; Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
SfIfft guftry.
From the Portsmouth Times.
TO FASHION.HATERS.
BIZ POLLY FOX,

d 4e-=--- IVA
How blessed, in Eden, was the lot
Or our first common mother,
Who only had one man to please,
Nor cared for any other.
And Adam. too, that model spouse,
So gentle an FOrbearing,
Cared not a ig al what new style
His wife mig-t choose for wearing.
But times have changed, and men do now,
With wit that's most surprising,
Spend half their precious time, our ways
And fashions Criticistng.
Why, now man who loves maid,
Holds it good cause to jilt her,
II she but has the nerve to wear,
A gently surging litter.
And some who were great ladies' men,
Grow even misanthrOpic,
Because fOrsOOth our bOunets may
Be somewhat microscopic.
Should but our tresses be done up,
In chtqnOlS grand and swelling,
The wretCbes mean insinuate,
A chigHOn is dwelling.
They growI like bears if taper waists,
We just a little mash in,
Though 'tis the mould of beauty's form,
And in the height Of fashion.
Or if our bosOms gently heave,
When loves tale they're relating,
They hint that arts responsible,
For al the Palpitating.
Should we with Dickens softly sigh,
Or sob with Keats or Byron,
They say our springs Of grief and woe,
Are springs Of steel and iron.
OH cease your warfare cruel SWANS,
And mOllify your passion,
A maid of spirit scOrns to live,
If she is out Of fashion.
II we can boast a little foot,
Well let our filters show it,
II chi1lORS are inhabited,
YOUl heads need never know 1t.
II we with steel-clad armament,
Keep you, our hearts, from stealing,
No man should certainly object,
At least no man that's feeling.
'Tis true our pretty slender waists,
Are very, very trying,
And make our breathing hard, but then,
'Tis ours, not yours, the signing.
Let waists be small OF hoops be large,
Or hats or heads be funny, .r .-r
Wen dress Just as we please and make
You grumblers pay the money.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

lots of cereals CnO pumpkins, we are op-
posed to them, they are Of Puritan Ori-
GIN, have fine COWS and make good but
ter. Our hams are real, and We use no
hOrse-hesh in making sausages. Our
cocks can crow as loud as anybody's,
our turkeys weigh about twenty-five
pounds. each about Christmas time, our
babies are all cheerful and healthy, our
women are all pretty, and when We die
we all expect to 60 to Heaven.
I myself am in the mercantile bust
ness, not for gain, merely for the accom-
mediation of the neighbOrhoOd. Albert
Yost is a wooden manufacturer, which he
carries on under the same benevolent
principles. There are no other business
men who use our P. 0. address. Trust
ing my information will prove satisfae-
tory, although at a late date,
1 remain yours with much respect,
II S-R
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

ADUEL AND It's CONsEQUENCEs-An
amusing duel took place recently about
five miles from Havana. 1t originated
in a remark made by a man to his friend
on seeing a lady come out Of church
The lady was unknown to the person
making the remark, but happened to be
the others wife. A slap in the face was
the consequence, and a challenge came
soon after. This was accepted, and the
seconds selected place. The wife got
wind of the affair, and Immediately took
steps to prevent the dreadful catastrophe.
Her first thought was 10 notify the police,
but that might have given her husband
the reputation of a coward, and she took
a better method by going to the house Of
the other party, where she met his wife;
and a plan was soon concooted between
the feminines. On the morning appoint
Ell for the duel, both husbands got up
early; wives ditto, Husbands took car
riages, and their wives-One armed with
five children and the other with three
took other vehicles in waiting. When
the two duelists arrived at the spot they
were somewhat astonished on seeing the
two other carriages drive up with their
passengers, who coolly informed the men
that they had also come to fight, so as to
make a complete family quarrel, each at
the same time producing an empty purse
and package Of baby linen as their arms
and munitions of war. The little ones
had popguns and fire crackers, and soon
some INDUCED in a cry. It is useless to
add that the blood thirsty Benedicks
made peace on the spot, and returned to
Havana, in company with their seconds,
to celebrate the affair over a champagne
dinner.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

AN IMPORTANT DIsTINCTION.-The
( experienced are aware that there is no
severer trial of temper than milking a
refractory COW. Sueha COW, by refusing
to stand still, and by kicking over the
milk two or three times, had yezed me
so beyond all endurance, that, procuring
a good cudgel, and having got the COW
well cornered, I proceeded to administer
a most Wrathful hOgging My father at
that moment made his unexpected ap-
pearance, and suspended the operation
of castigation by saying, Harmon, my
son, don't strike that COW again never
strike a COW; it never does any good
never" About a week after that my
father was doing the milking himself,
and the COW proved very troublesome,
as I inferred from loud sounds in the di-
rection of the barn-yard. Going to the
spot, I arrived Just in time to see the
COW in a very close corner Of the fence,
and the boot of my paternal relative ad-
ministering kicks of the heaviest kind,
thick and fast. "Father, said I cry
quietly, 'I thought you told me never
to strike a COW" eyes, that is true, y
was thereby, while the punishment con-
tinued with unabated vigor, "thatis true
but did say anything about kicking
them? Guess I didn' t say anything about
kicking. Striking does no good, but
kicking seems to cure 'em right up"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
M aEnEw9PAPER9i

1.SubscrfbersWhOd 10 not giveeEpres ssnotice
tothecontrlry, arecOnsidereda swishlngtocCn-
Observation-Disclosures to thepapeT. -,
2. II subscribers order the dtseontinuahce t "
theirperfodicals, the publisher may contlnuetO
2 Tfsubscribers negIector refuse to taketheir
periodicalsf from the OficetO Whichthey were a.
iected they areheId responsible TIL they nave
,effiedtbe biIl and ordered them discontinued
4 IfsubscrfbersremOvet to other places BIth- BIth
Outinforming the publisher, ana tne IL ~ w
ssntfo thefofner Erection, they are held re-
THe Courts have decided that refusing to
toIJa neriodicaIsfrOm the Office, ,OrremoYinganto
leaving them uncalled for, is primo Jdett eVl-
dence eoftntentiOnal fraud
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
ALL SORTS OF DAMsELs:
A quarrelsome young damsel-Ann-

tagOnism.
A proud one-Sue-purb
A common, sensible girl-Matt-crlism.
A Eighty young lady-Fan-cy.
A handsome young lady-Ella-gant.
A dainty young creature-Deli-oate.
A delightful young lady-E-Liz-ian.
A transporting young lady-Carry.
A girl great on bonnets "-Hatty.
A girl who twines around one-Cord-
ella.
A lady who is burnt Out-Lu-Cinder.
A daughter in Isreal-Jew-lia.
A very slender young lady-Ann-
atOmy.
A girl in a pickle-Corn-elia.
A dealer in shelbarks-Nut-meg.
A girl fond of Apples-COre-alie.
A girl who has a tOngue-Be-lie.
A lady married-Anne-mated.
A lady and gentleman in On'-Henry-
Eta.
A regular Observation-Disclosures.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
FACETTOUs LEFFERs-A BERKs COUN.
TY POSTMASTER AND HIS OPINIONS.

The following letter was received a
short time since by the Postmaster at
Host P. O., Berks county, Pa, from a
Commercial Agency in this city:
Dear Sir will you be so kind as to
give me the names Of all the business
concerns in your place, with the kind Of
business they carry on, on the back OF
this
If you will do me this favor, will
most cheerfuIly serve you here, when
ever you may find it convenient to call
upon me-
Nnrrr -rasracLf11lIr rnnrs
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
.URBANA UNION
5.w.AoUE FRoF,R-

OFF1CE:-Champaign National Bank Building
Cseeond and third dOOrs, Westside North Main
street near the Square.
TERMs:-S2 90 per annUm, Invariably In ad'
vance. 81, ,25 forSiX Months.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

THERE was a knot of sea captains in a
store in Honolulu, the keeper of which
had just bought barrel Ofblaek pepper.
Old Captais -, of Salem came in, and
seeking the pepper, took up handful of
1t. "What do you buy such stuff as that
for p said he to the storekeeper; sit is
half peas"
"Peas replied the storekeeper; "there
isn't pea in it.
Taking up handful as he spoke, he
appealed to the company. They all look
ed at it, and plunged their hands into
the barrel and bita kernel or so, and then
gave it as their universal opinion that
there Wasn'ta a pea in it.
Il tell you there is, said the old Cap
tain, again scOOping up a handful, "and
I'll bet a dollar on it."
The old Boston argument all over the
world They took him up.
well, said he, "spell that, pointing
to the word ''P-e-p-p-e-r," painted on the
barrel "If that isn't half p's then I'm
no judge, that's ALL"
The bet was paid.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22
CENTER SHOTS FROM THE MARION
DEMOCRAT.

BINGHAM is a murderer-at least, But
Ter so intimates. Butler is a thief and a
coward-so Bingham says. And Butler
and Bingham head the two wings of the
Republican party in Congress.
There should be bOnfres and illumin-
ations-there should be peal of bells and
roar of artillery-in honor Of COnnecti-
cut, redeemed, regenerated, disenthralled.
Anna Dickinson is lecturing. Her
subject is Something to Do, and her
desire, we presume is for some one to
do it.
The Bond-Holders toll not, neither do
they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one Of these. The
working man pays taxes twice, that these
dainty idlers may not pay taxes one.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-22

A FEW days ago; says the New York
World, "We described some of the vii
lainous pictures with which Harper'8
Weekly has been insulting the PROSTATE
and suffering South, and doing its ut
most to prolong our present disuniOn
and kindle anew the fires of sectional
strife. We are unwilling to believe that
many Radicals can be found, however
intense their partisanship, who do not
blush for their associate, Geo. W. Cur
tbs, the editor of that unscrupulous
sheet; but if there be those who are
pleased with these shameless caricatures
(libels would be after term) it is worth
while to remind them Ofthe Belfast (Me.)
Republican,:
Harper's Weekly of March 2, 1861,
two days before the first Inauguration of
Lincoln, has an engraving representing
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher administer
ing the sacrament to a congregation
among whom are Lincoln, Horace Greeley
and others. George Washington, kneel-
ing before the altar, is repelled by the
priest, who snatches the wine-cup from
him, saying, "Stand aside you old sin
nerI We are holier than thou" Old
John Brown threatens the suppliant
with his pike, and points to a tablet in
seribed, "The Higher Law. No COM
munion with shareholders.
Another picture is entitled ''Our Pres
idential Merrymen. Itrepresents Lin
coin on his way to Washington, carous-
ing with a party of jokers, glasses in
hand. Lincoln is telling a little story,
while through the window a passing
hearse isseen, bearing a coffin inscribed,
"UniOn and Constitution.
VaDalitv ike this Il stiDorIase