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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
HOME PLEASURES.

Few men justly appreciate the adSan-
tages which surround them in their
everyday life. Because our means Of
pleasure are common, ordinary, or what
will better express it, because they are
not extraordinary, We are prone to deem
them of small account. It is only the
few, the very few, who perceive that in
the cultivation Of the more simple means
of enjoyment, they realize the most per-
feet happiness. 1t is on the same prin-
ciple that some one has remarked that
common sense is o most uncommon
quality.
The pursuit of happiness in some fam
cied form is each ones highest good F;
but we are too apt to FIX fast our eyes
on some far-off object, toward which all
the efforts of life are bent, and in our
headlong haste to reach that desired
goal, neglect all the opportunities lying
within our reach for the realization of
that which we so heedlessly and often
yainly pursue. 1t is as if the miner in
his earnest resolve to amass a fortune
by finding a single diamond of fabulous
size, should spurn from his path the
many glittering gems he might easily
secure.
We are led to these remarks by the
observation of q friend that a few men
avail themselves of the pleasures and
chances of happiness which are matters
of every day home life. Of no class of
people is this so true as of the young
men Of our cities. The search for
pleasure is the one object in life Of
many if not all young men. Right
ly understood, properly directed, such
may not be improper, nay, it may be
commendable. But it is in an improper
idea of what constitutes happiness that
the error consist. Around the Preside
cluster more genuine sources OF happi-
ness than can be found elsewhere. Hap
piness there sought will always be found
and always u~nalloyed, always free from
the cares, troubles and difficulties
which are certain attendance upon the
more brief and exciting pleasures OF
the outer world. The man who at his
Preside, among his kindred seeks that
relaxation so essential to all, sttains by
so doing not only the perfection Of that
which he seeks, but is by that the bet
ter fitted for all the duties of life, be-
comes a better man, q truer Christian,
a more faithful friend, and a more re-
liable citizen. Home is the true pleas
ure circle, the nursery of all that fits
and adapts the man for every day of &C
tive life.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
NEVADA AND HER SENATOR.

On the It'll Of January, the Legisla-
ture of the State of Nevada will meet in
annual session. The principal business
on hand, if we may judge from the local
press, is the election of q U. s. Senator
to succeed ]. W. Nye. Nye aspires to
the succession, and has remained on
this coast for the purpose Of looking
after his interests. He is the most
prominent candidate for the position,
has the warm support Of all the leading
Union journals, several of which declare
that his election is sure. G. E. belong,
J. B. Winters and B. c. Whitman, are
the opposing candidates. Those in OPP
position to Nye think that there will be
no election for several days after the
meeting of the joint convention on or
about the 9Th instant, or rather thai
there will be many ballots in the Union
caucus before q candidate can be select
cd; but at the same time they admit,
when closely questioned, that it is very
doubtful whether Nye al be beaten.
In fact, Nye's friends are confident OF
success, while those against him are
scattered, and have no confidence in
anything turning up that will lead them
to ultimate triumph. At best they eI-
pect to have to take up a new man, but
he has not yet been developed.
The feeble party charge, as is usual
in such cases, that the strong one is
flush of funds, and intimates in decided
terms that California, so wonderfully
rich in both men and means, is to fur
nish the bullion. 1t is claimed that
Nye is looked upon with favor by the
P. N. s. S. Company, the G. P. R. r.
Company, the G. s. N. Company, the B.
of O., and perhaps other leading enter
prises outside of the Silver State, all Of
which may be true or not; and yet at
the same time that these accusations
are made it is admitted that the con-
testing candidates have nc luminosity to
any Of these institutions, but on the
contrary if elected would befriend them
in any proper and legitimate tanner.
Other things being equal there is no
doubt as to Nye's superior ability, and
of his earnestness in the great cause OF
the Union no one has ever intimated a
doubt. Unless something unforeseen oc-
ours it appears on the surface pretty
certain that Nye will be the next Sena-
tor from Nevada.-Sae. Bee.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
FATE OF SERGEANT CAsrEEL's PARTY

FATE OF OhSTEEL y rAkTf.
Some of our readers will remember
that in March, 1864, J. A. Waymire, of.
this city, then a lieutenant in the Ore
gon Cavalry, was sent out from Fort
Dalles with a detachment of his regi-
ment to protect the citizens Of the John
Day river country from the Indian a
auders. While pursuing q body Of In
dians east Of Harvey Lake, Sergeant
Casteel, with privates %lngraham, and
Himbert, and a citizen named Jaquith,
were sent to %reconnoiter a supposed In
dian camp, with instructions to rejoin
the main body of the detachment at the
head Of a valley toward which they
were marching. About noon of that
day (April 27th) the main command was
overpowered by Indians and forced to
retreat to the entrenched camp which
they had left in the morning, and where
the baggage had been left in charge Of
a guard. At night Sergeant Casteel's
party failed to appear, and the follow
ing day was spent in an unsuccessful
search for them. On the 10th the vol
unteers began the March back to Canon
City, in total ignorance of the fate of
their missing comrades. No information
of what befel them was ever OBJ
tanned until last summer, when n
scouting party of the regular troops
captured some of the Indians who were
of the band which defeated the troops
in 1864. These Indians report that
Sergeant Casteel's party was attacked
about the same time as the assault up
on the main body. All but Sergeant
Casteel (who is recognized by the de-
scription given of him were Immediate
ly killed. The Sergeant being well
mounted, succeeded in gaining the open
ground, and took a direct course for the
Warm Spring Reservation. A large
party Of Indians pursued him. On the
fourth day he was overtaken and killed
his horse having given out and all
his ammunition having been expended.
During the pursuit Casteel killed seven
Indians. He travelled over two hundred
miles, and vas within one days march
Of the Reservation. The Indians think
that if he had had another cartridge he
would have made his escape, so nearly
were his pursuers exhausted.-Ore-
gonidn.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
THE OBSERVANCE OF NEW YrAR's DAY.


New Years day in San Francisco may
be considered the greatest holiday Of
the year, and the observance of it on
Tuesday last was more general than
usual. All the public offices, the whole
sale houses and the great majority Of
retail establishments in the city, were
closed during the day, and hundreds Of
citizens awaited themselves Of the priv
ilege of "calling." Every available We
hicle was in requisition, and the hack
men did a profitable business driving
the ucallers" about town. There was
service in all the churches, and, an un-
usual number Of presentations to pub
lie men were made. Everybody seemed
disposed to enjoy themselves, and the
clerk Of the weather provided a most
agreeable day to enable them to do SO.
And to sum up the events Of New Years
day, 1867, the Colorado, the first Of the
new Japan and China mail steamers,
took her departure IN her first voyage,
amid the shouts Of thousands Of people.
Timer,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

ARTIFICIAL EYEsIsHT-SINGULAR IF
TRUE.-The Revue Hancaise says that q
French physician, DR.. Blanchet, having
arrived at the conclusion that we do not
see with the eyes but with the brain
through the eyes, experimental with q
view to find some means Of conveying
the rays of light through diseased eyes
to the retina. After eighteen years Of
study he has at length perfected a dis
covery which must be of the greatest
importance. By the aid of little glass
cylinder, to which he gives the name of
port lumiere, he puts the optic nevre
again in communication with the exte-
rior world, and enables the blind to see.
1t is difficult, however, to believe that
vision so obtained car be equally dis
tinct with that of the natural eye.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

Tul MAaxoLIL, CARSON CrrY.-The
LEGISLATORS assembled In Carson and
strangers visiting the Capitol, q class Of
people at all times liable to be take i'll,
are notified that the Magnolia is the
ouly place where pure liquors, adapted
to medical purposes, can be obtained.
References, Drs. Goodman, Church,
Lynch md Horbes.-Edstern Slope.
SoiishAa joke, at the expense Of the
doetors. By tho way, as we have not
been down to Carson City for 9 year,
and have not partaken Of any OF its
Magnolia, medicine" the landlord
would do ven to send q small cargo up
this 1syLdirsctsdt 70 the Nsws.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

DUNE EvIDEScE.-In the Police Court
this forenoon, there was a case which,
one way, presented q novel and inter-
esting feature. G.. O'Forrell, a deaf
and dumb boy, had charged q female
with throwing n salt-sellar at him.
When the case came up for trial to-day
an interpreter was needed, and n was
found in George Giles, who, while
dumb, learned and had at his fingers
ends the art'of-trahsmitting language Of
dumb people. Since acquiring this art
colloquial, Giles has recovered his
speech. The taking of the evidence
and its transmission to the Court were
rapidly done, and watched with no
common degree of interest by all pres
ent.-Sde. Bee. g.t
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

How Is THIs?-We will leave the fol-
lowing question to any sound scholar:
What is the difference between the
names Bismark and Mark Twain.-CGr-
con Appeal.
Let this highly important question be
solved by the members Of the Third
House this very evening. Upon its cor
rect solution depends the future Of this
Stats-outside Of the Comstock.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

THIRD HoUsE.-Governor Hal. Clay
ton has issued his proclamation extra
ordinary, converting the Third House Of
the Legislature at Carson City Theater,
this (Monday) evening, at 8 O'Clock.
The proclamation is published in full in
the Empire City Globe, and occupies
four pages and a supplement-and is
worth reading. Any person having a
copy of the Globe will be interested in
its perusal-as the document possesses
as much interest as Andy Johnson's last
message. The Third House will elect
its officers this evening, as follows:
President, Gov. Hal. Clayton; President
pro tem., Sam. Brown ESQ.,; Secretary,
DR.. Schimmerhorn; Sergeat-at-Arms,
Capt. Jim; Assistant, Mark Twain;
Page, Jack Wild; D~oor-keeper, Peter
Jackaway. The proceedings Of this an
cient and illustrious legislative body,
cannot be too highly appreciated by the
free and enlightened American citizen
as there is more wit and good sense dis
played in some of its deliberations than
is sometimes met with in d~eliberative
bodies of higher standing in Idaho.
One of its standing rules provides that
any candidate for public position may
tell a lie once, if he can make a point;
but to tell more lies will subject him to
being pitched out of the Hall of Legis-
lation, or its nominating caucus. Ut
would be we'll for the Union State Con-
vention to adopt this. rule.) The Third
House will open tonight. The News
corps of reporters will please attend.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

WHrrr RArs.-We saw yesterday, says
tse M.rysville Appeal of the LIST, a pair
of white rats-white as snow, with pink
eyes-at the G street bowling saloon.
They appeal to be the same species as
the common wharf-rat, with the e1cep-
tons Of color, eyes and tail-the caudal
extrsmities being somewhat heightened
ont. White rats are not uncommon In
the vicinity Of the Butte mountains.
The pair we saw were caught on Mr..
Churchill's ranch.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
wUp NOT DYE IN WINTUR.

vud knot dye in wintur,
When whiikie punchiz flow,
When pooty gals are skating
Ore fields Of Ice and snow,
When sassidge meat is phrying,
& hickory nuts is thick =
Oh! who could think Of dying,
Or even getting sick?
I wud knot dye in spring.time,
And miss the turnip-greens,
And the pooty song Of the little frawgs
And the skilark's early screams.
When birds begin THERE wooing,
& taters gin. to sprout,
When the turkeys go a gobbling,
wud not then peg out.
I wud knot dye in summer,
& leave the garden sass,
The roasted lamb and buttermilk,
The kool place in the grass.
I wud knot dye in summer,
When everything's so hot,
And leave the whiskie jewlips;
Owe know! I'd ruther knot.
wud knot dye in aurtumn,
With peaches fit for eating,
When way korn is getting ripe.
& candidates are freezing.
Phor these and other reasons
I'd knot dye in the phall;
& since I've thought It over,
wud knot dye at all.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

ExlxcIpArIox.-The "American citi-
xens Of African descent" residing in
San Francisco celebrated the first ami
versary Of the issuance Of the emanci-
patton proclamation. The ceremonies
consisted ola procession through the
principal streets, reading Of the procla-
nation, grafton, poem, ball, etc. They
also celebrated the event in Marysville,
Sonora, Grass Valley and Stockton.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.


s6SpecinI Medical Notce-Dr. Charles
II. TOZER would mast respectfully Inform the sick
and afiicted that his MEDICAL INSTITUTE is a.
tbs same place, CORNER OF REARNY AND
JACKSON STREETS, San Francisco. where he has
been established for many years, Tor the cure OF
SPECIAL COMPLAINTS. Having relinquishcd
nv old mode OF advertising, which has become 80
common with all the Quack Doctors OF Ban Francis
co, filling the newspapers with false references, for
tue purpose ofimposing upon strangers, ! think Il
is only necessary to inform those In need offs PLY
SICIhE or LONG EXPERIENCE n SUCCESS
Full PRACTICE, that I can DO consulted ut all bu.
sIness hours at my Medical Institute, corner OF
Kearny and Jackson streets, San Francisco.
Ladies' suffering from the Whites, Piles, Weakness
OF the Back. Palm In The Side. Headache, Palpltation
OF the Heart, Derangement OF their Monthly Sick
ne3, and allother Diseases that the Female System
Is subject TO. VIII and prompt relief by applying to
NV FEMALE MONTHLY PILLS were never
known 10 fall In giving reliefin those cases for which
they are recommended. To be obtained only at my
once.
PRICK FIVE DoLLARs-with fulldirections on each
box. Sent by mail or express.
Address II. T0ZER, n. D., San = a~ncisco, Cal,
or Lock Box 1854.
Consultation free. All communication strictly
confidential. CHAS. II. TOZER, n. D.
Late Consulting Physician Of Loci Hospital, London.
nok9m
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

A NOVEL PRoJEcr.-We learn oy late
California papers that q Chinese news
psper is shortly TO be established in
San Francisco. The Chinese type and
type-sstters from China have been secur-
Cd. It's hardly possible FOR some who
live in the Eastern States, where Q Chi
naman Is a. much . rarity rs an Indian,
TO realize that the number Of Celestials
in California is SO great as to warrant
the publication Of q newspaper in their
native language; yet such appears to be
the fact.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
CARSON DISPATCH.
ruse1lL purXrcH TO TIE GOLD HILL DAILY xrws.l

Tho
Of Officers.
CARSON CRY, Jan. 7-3 p. N.
Ed. NeDs: The State Senate organized
for business by the election of Hon.
Charles A. Sumner as President pro ten.
Secretary of.the Senate, B. G. Brown;
Martin Gage was elected Sergeant-at-
Arms.
In the Assembly, Hon. R. D. Ferguson
was elected Speaker; Andrew Whitford
Chief Clerk, and D. Woodhurst, Ser.
peant-at-Arms.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

GEN. HssNasES is now making q liv-
ing by distilling whisky in Richmond.
If there ever was 9 soldier of fortune
born to bad luck, Heningsen is the man.
He has been on the losing sidein no less
than four wars-the Oariist war in
Spain, the Hungarian war, the Nicara-
guam war, and the late war in this
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

SrRrrr RAILRoADs.-The street rail-
roads of San Francisco collected for
fares during the month Of November
last the sum of $685. 3o. This was a
falling Of from the previous month Of
1883, owing, perhaps, to the inclement
weather, for in such times women and
children remain mainly indoors.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

INDIA RUBBER TYpE.-A mandatory
for making printers type Of vulcanized
India rubber has been started at Dals-
ton, England. This new kind of type
is said to be quickly made and to be
fully in quality and durability to the
common type, the cost price being only
one-third Of the latter. 1t offers the
advantage of less weight as compared
with metal type, and it can be re-mould-
ed when worn. 1t presents particular
advantages for stereotyping. The in
vention is American, and is said to be
making rapid progress In England.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

HoRRID.-"Madame," said a very po-
lite traveller to q testy old landlady, stif
I see proper to help myself to this milk,
is there any improperly in itf" 81
don't know what you mean; but if you
mean to insinuate that there is anything
nasty in that milk, I'll give you to un-
derstand that you've struck the wrong
horse There amt first hair in it, for
as soon as Martha Ann told me that the
cat was drowned in the milk, / went
right straight and strained it over
again" That man tainted.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

A New HHAp.-The San Francisco
Tme, began the ley year with a new
head letter, precisely after the style Of
the London Tines. It has e1punged the
word "dsily," and reads simply "Ths
Hnes," with a becoming vignette be-
tween the words.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

TEE coal fields of America v two
hundred and twenty-five thousand
square miles, an area equal to twenty
eight such States as Massachusetts,.
One cubic mile will furnish seven mil
lions Of IONS annually for a thousand
wears. At this rate our coal will last
sixty thousand years.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

How KENTUCKY GOT ITS NANE.-When
Boone first came to that country, 1t was
the common hunting ground for all the
tribes of the adjacent country. The
rich valleys were covered with a CHAP
aral of canes, bearing a small berry on
which the turkeys came in countless
numbers to feast. Thus, the whites
called it the land Of Cane Of Turkey:
The Indians, trying to pronounce the
same words, got it Kane tuckee, irom
this il was abbreviated into kentuck,
and finally the name by which it is now
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

GENERAL SEDawIcK. "A Western
newspaper, which does not appear to
have a profound appreciation for hero
worship, says:
The General Sedgwick who is report
cd to have crossed the Rio Grande, is q
Young man of about thirty, a native Of
Louisville, KY, and up to the breaking
ont of the war was a clerk in q one
horse dry goods store in that city. The
Louisville Courier writes him down as
MYerY small potatoes"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

A FASHIONABLE friend on taking leave
Of q young ensign who was living in a
small apartment, said; "Well, Charles,
and how much longer do you intend to
remain in this NUTSHELL" To which
he wittily replied, "until I become q
kernel" "'' ''''
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

Books Of devotion and those of love
are alike bought. The only difference
is, that there are more who read books
of love, than buy them; and there are
more who buy books Of devotion than
read them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
rEIHoRApH1c.

The Overland telegraph is working
again; it started up on Saturday night,
but the dispatches, s % far IS we have
been able to obtain any, do not possess
any very great interest. The wires
have been principally engaged in trans
hitting private dispatches.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

EDWIN BoorH has been engaged to ap-
pear At the Metropolitan Theatre, San
Francisco. He will probably appear
Immediately after Heller, who succeeds
the Martinettis.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
OAKLAND SEMINARY
FOE YOUNG LADIES.

THE NEXT TERN OF THIS NsTITU.
1 ton win commence on MONDAY, Jan. z, 1857.
Competent and experienced Teachers All each
department Of study. This School affords ali
the advantages Of q THOROUGH ENGLISH
COURSE, the ANCIENT and MODERN Lam.
GUAGES, CALI5THEE1CS, GYMNASTICS,
MUSIC, and all the Ornamental Branches.
For Catalogues, containing full information,
please address g ngs
MRS. @. N. BLAKE, Principal,
Oakland, California.
RrIIRIscrs Rev. Samuel n Wiley, OAK.
lad, Hon. Sherman Day, Oakland; Rsy. A. y.
White, Carson City. de2l.om.9p
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

Connecticut editor, having
got into a controversy with a cotempo-
rary, congratulated himself that his
head was safe from a "~donkey's heels"
His contemporary astutely inferred that
be was unable to make both ends meet.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

NEW INSURANCE. CoxPASY.-A Compa-
ny, to insure live stock, is projected in
San Francisco. Such associations ex-
is. elsewhere, one being in Philadelphia
and another in Cincinnati.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

ANIw voLuxr.-The Narysville Daily
Appeal commences its fifteenth volume,
and We are glad to observe, begins the
new year and new volume with indica-
tons Of increased prosperity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

IT seems unkind in the Confederstes
to make so many charges against Sen;
Butler. When he commanded teoerSi
army, he didn't make any upon tnem'-
Prentice.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07
STOCK TRANSACTIONS.
(RrroRrrp DAILY y h. 3. yLAeo, sASkrH.l
SAN F~aAScIsco, Jan. IL P.x.

$40 you see that fellow lounging
there, doing nothing2" said Owens to
Jenkins the o,her day. CHOW does he
liver by his wits2'' ooh, NO; he's q
csnniball" IA c~annibal2' eyes a can
nibal-he lives on other people,"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

/. SOME mischievous wags, n night
pulled down a turner's sign, and put it
over a lawyers door; in the morning it
read: San sorts of turning and twisting
done here"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

SNS Purifying the Blood, Strengthen.
Ing the Nerves, Restoring the Lost Appetizer
d., FREsE's HAMBURG TEA.
It Is the best preservatlve against almost anysick-
ness, II used timely. Composed Of herbs only, IL
can be given safely to infants. Full directions In
English. French. Spanish and German. withsvery
package. TRY TT For sale at all the whole
sale and retail drug stores and groceries.
EMIL FRESE. Wholesale Druggist,
Sole Agent, 40 Clay Street, San Francisco.
IiyS1.lyl
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-07

SCHOOL CRILpRsS.-There are in CAL
i~fornis, according to the Teacher, 1885,
900 children under the age Of fifteen.