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1t seems to be pretty we'll understood that the
claims OF Mr.. Joshua Hill to q seat in the
senate have been decided adversely, at least so
far as the action Of the Judiciary Committee is
concerned; and its report will doubtless BE-
sustained by the Senate, though probably not
without considerable debate upon the subject
when it comes up. Remembering the declara.
tion of Henry Winter Davis, that Mr.. Hill was
one of the only three men of any standing or
influence in the South who had been unfiinch-
mgly for the Union all through the war, it may
be taken for granted that the objections gov
ernIng he action OF the committee had reference
to the Legislature which elected him rather
than to Mr. Hill himself. OF course, the case
Of his colleague Mr.. Miller, is similarly dis
posed Of but it has excited little public interest
The Richmond Enquirer announces that here
after Mr.. James @. Southall, formerly of the
Charlottesville Chronicle, will be associated with
Mr.. Coleman in its editorial conduct.
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CIGARs. TOBACCO, PIPES, &c.

OIuAhO, IUb dCOUi FIP8S, &C.
Why ID ii that DAY. No 379 n ST.. between 9Th
and 9Th SITS can sell CIGARS, Ac., cheaper thar
Others 10 this city And the reader NAV NOT
know, will tell him how it is. In the rst place
be is Tobacconist BY trade; second, be knovs
how 20 buy; third, he buys and Sails for cash
fourth, he pays low rent, and dom have to charge
his customers tor show And II this don e sati ,fy
you, call and try any Of the following brands and
satisfy ourself
Havana Psrtigas, from 10 to 30 cents,
Espsnoia. ~ to Is cents,
Figaro, 10 to Is cents,
Peabody, 10 cents,
Perfection, 10 cents.
La Maniobra. 10 cents,
=" Concha 10 cents.
And many other brands, all of which am selling
for less than they eau be bought In New York.
Who'll. sale depot for the sale OF the Little Molly
i've cent cigar. which is ack nowledged to be the
best nve cent cigar in the city. Liberal discount
made to persons buying by the box or quantity.
Sc DAY, No. 319 r street,
ia IS eo2m' Between 8th and 9Th.
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GREAT DISCOVERY.
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Persons thus afflicted can have speedy and Der
feet cure war; anted or money refunded.
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BALLS, PARTIES, DC.

DAALAJ, L a n Eso, 90.
REmKMBER The HERoEs or PLEAsURS
hIsTB Grand BALL or THE CIRCLE -
FkIENDsHIP AssUCIaTIoS
Will take place AZ Prof Sl.eldouis Acsasnv Ia
Pennsylysuia avenue, on -
"a l6a. MONDAY. Jan 18th. 500
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WAn.EIoAS COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
Inc Fifty second Annual Meeting of the Ameri-
can Colonization society will be heiu on TUESDAY
ENENlNG neat. the 18th inst at half past seven
O'Clock, In the First Baptist Church, l7th st near
e. Portions Of the Annual Report will be read
aud Addresses may be ex oected from Ex President
JOeAPH kOBEkTs. Of Liberia; Rev. BENJA-
MIN J. BAIGHT. ID ID /; and Rev. s IRENEgo
PRIME, u. ID. of New Yorb. JAlo ST
rMAJOR GENERAL kILPArRIOK
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~ClTY BEGIsTER's OFFICE,
S WASHINGTON, d. O., Jan. Is, 1859
TO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN
hereby give notice that from this date this of.
nee VIII not recognize the transfer Of any o cera
or EMPLOYEES pay or salary, the transfer or
assignment Of any assessments estimates OF
WORK done by parties under this CORPORATION
All persons holding transfers or assiRnms nts
which have been accepted by this ON CO, are re.
ouiftd 70 produce the same, 20 that they mvy be
recorded. "
jaH-l0t IA. BOSWELL, Regist,r
o. Mt oLivEr o1nErrRT'
All PERSONS no have purcha' ed LO rs or parts OF
Lots in Mt. Olivet Gene tery, aud who are IN
for the same, are hereby notified THAT #
their accounts be not tiled before the Ist day of
next March said lois and parts OF lois viii be for
feited the bOeies in them removed and the grou nd
sold TO other partiesI
BY order Of the Company.
CHAs WHITE. ID Pres.
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WAsHINGTON CIRCLE. No 3. BROTHER.
HOOD OF THE UNION, will pay visit to Inds-
pendense Circle. u Georsetown, at forrest Hall,
when the hall viii BE- open to the public. and
prominent members will address the meeting on
the objects and principles 81 the Order Members
oftfster Circles and the public OF ngtor and
georgetown are Invites TO be present.
by order OF the Committee
GtOHGE KllTHLIY, Chairman
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MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1869.

last winter. The defendant confessin
judgment like man, execution was ol
koarse stayed for nine months, and before
that time, the plaintiffs having all starved
to death, the matter was peacefully dis
posed of. Oh! he'd major Ruggleses's
nlggcrs done this! Rnt lnstid they at-
tempted to rest from him the produx OF
his soil by force!
know the Ablishinisis Nv the North
will assurt that the nlggurs wuz justify
able In wat they did, that Of the sile wuz
the majors the labor wuz the nlggurs, but
that wont doc. Law Is law, and know
nlggur has rite to appelc to enything els.
Ef the law doan't happen to perteckt EN-.
It's the falt NV the law not Nv the major.
Them niggurs will starve this winter, or
subsist by violatin the sacred injunkshun,
"thow shalt not steelw Oh, how much
bcttur wood It hcv bin, he'd thay contlnn-
yood NJ the Orlmltey intended unr the
proppertl Of klndc massturs. Stitch IL the
bittur frutes NV Abbyllsshunisum! Stitch
IL the bitter rezults NV Abbylisshun inter-
medlln with the sisstcam ontu which the
South wuz bilt. Wen niggers wuz wurth
$500 per nigg''r, thay were neither sho!
nor turned out to starve. Thay rcprezen.
It'd too mutch money. Butt now-I shall
kontlnu theze lnvestlgashuns.
PE1oLruH v. NAsBr, p. NJ,
.r (Wich 10 Postmaster.)
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4 Liseiv Iifnsfraffon.

Mr.. Miles O'Rcllly thus illustrated his
views on keeping guard over refractory
woman: ave are avowedly, unalterably,
and actively for woman's Rights, as ad.
vocated by Mrs. Stanton's paper. 7M REQ
oiuiion. But very often the appearance OF
the paper rcmiuds MS Of something said
by the Lord Chief Baron Of Ireland, In
some preliminary stage Of divorce suit
which We attended nearly twenty years
ago In the Four Courts Of Dublin. Coun-
sci for the defence set up aplca, that.
even II the facts were rs charged, the hus-
band had been culpably negligent, and
was entitled to no relief. "Why did he
not watch her more cioseiyr Why did he
not take better care that no temptation
should be thrown In her wayf On this
point" said the young counsel, ~ am
ready to 90 to the jury, II your lordship
plesses.r Counsel for the plaintiff nstu-
rally objected that no such plea could be
admitted; aud his objection was sustained
by the Chief Baron In brief, technical
opinion. which became untcchnicai to
ward It's close, as follows: sand. besides
all these legal points, may rcmark that
the suggestion Of the counsel for defence
Is ludIcrous-absolutely ludIcrous, cir.
Sir, man might ~ easily and sensibly
stand guard over bushsl Of live nsss In
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A Weddtn0 JaNNt.

Left Pittsfield Mt eight o'clock In the
Bennington stage, intending to go to VIII
liamstown. Inside passengers-a new
married couple taking jaunt.. The lady,
with clear, pale complexion, and rath-
er pcnslyc cast of countenance, slender,
and with genteel figure; the bridegroom
a shopkccpcr In New York, probably, a
young man with stout black beard,
black eyebrows, which formed one line
across his forehead. They were very low
ing; and while the stage stopped watch
cd them. quite entranced In each other,
both leaning sideways against the back Of
the coach, and peruslng their mutual COM
illness, and APPARENTLY making compliment
tary observations upon It to one another.
The bride appeared the most absorbed
and devoted, referring her whole being to
him. The gentleman seemed In n most
paradisiacal mood, smiling ineffably upon
his br ide. and when she spoke, respond
Ing to her with benign expression Of
matrimonial sweetness, and, rs Il were,
compassion for the weaker vessel" min
gled with great love and pleasant humor.
1t was very droll. The driver pecpcd In
to the coach once, and said that he had
his arm around her waist. lie took little
freedoms with her, tapping her with his
cane-love-pats; and she seemed to see
nothing amiss. They kept eating ginger
bread all along the road, and dlned heart.
lily Notwithstanding g.-HactAorns Nots
Qoal
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.App,s... Z. Reitetoss Me.ti~ss.

The st. Louis Bspia speaks In tho af.
firmative: awhile there are certain valid
objections to such n practice, there lsyet
n good reason In the hearers responding
to such words of the speaker n accord
with their own convictions. Nothing Is
more inspiritIng to the speaker than this
thrilling echo. The political speaker has
this great advantage over others, that
when his words impress his auditory he
knows Il. For our own part we like the
Methodist ..Amen." Not that man should
shout '.Amen, Amen," when Il mcans
nothing. but when the speaker express
es Just your own mind-when he has ex-
pressed the very feeling which was In
your own heart then thcre Is no harm-
there Is propriety In tho hearty "A-a-
mcns" which says to him and TO all, that
those are your own sentiments precisely.
In the ancient churches Of Byzantium and
Alexandria the enthusiastic oricntals used
to shout "orthodxy," TO the sentiments OF
their favoritc preachers. The impulse TO
respond Is natural and proper one, and
while clappIng and stamping may bc too
suggestive Of the political meeting, yet
some form Of response will give life to any
ns.esutlv ~
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A curious thing about New England Is
the variety Of eccentric characters 10 be
found there. In almost every town there
Is farmer or mechanic who has addicted
himself to some kind OF knowledge very
remote from his occupation. Here you
will find q shoemaker, In little shop
(Which he locks when he goes to dinner
or to the post-ofilce, much to the incon-
venicnce OF customcrs) who has attained
celebrity as botanlst. In another VII
lagc there may be wheelwright who
would sell his best coat for rare shell;
and, not far OIL, 4 farmer who Is pretty
good geologist, and Is forever pccking
away at his innocent rocks. Again you
find q machnist who Ia enamored Of
''large paper" copies Of standard works,
and rejoIces In the possession OF raritics
In literature which he cannot read.
know an excellent stecl.plate engravcr,
who, besides being universal critic, Is
particularly convinced that the entire rail-
road system of the world Is wrong,-ties,
driving wheels, axles, oll-boxcs, every
thIng-and employs his leisure In invent
Ing better devices. Then there are pco-
pie who have odd schemes Of fbencvolencc.
such as that Of the Massachusetts, farmer
who went TO Palestine to teach the oricn-
tai the true system Of Agriculture, and
was two years In finding out that they
wouldn't learn Il. There are morose men
and families who neither visit nor are Wis
tied; and there Is, occasionally, q down
right miser, ofthe ancient type, such as
we read ofin old magazines and anccdots
books. There are men, too, Of an c1-
treme eccsntriclty Of opinion. / think
there are In Boston about dozen n com.
plete, imnovablc, n not malignant, To-
ries, rs can be found this side Of Constan-
tInople-men who plume themselves upon
hating everything that makes the glory
Of ftheIr age and country. And, speaking
of Boston-solid, sensible Boston-what
other city ever accomplished feat 80 &c.
centric A. the production Of those twin In
congrulties, George Francis Train and
the Count Johannesf-Jsnn Parton "a IT
Iasiie MostAly. , ....
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NUMBER 6.
Trteks sfs Jsslller.

The far-famed Robert Heller cannot be
satisfied with his legitimate triumph be-
fore an audience, but occasionally does .
neat thing for his own amusement, very
much to the surprise Of those who happen
to be present.
Recently, while passing an iincrant
vender Of cheap provisions, Mr.. Heller
suddenly paused and inquired,
How do you sell eggs, auntier
Dem eggs was the response, 'dey am
picayune splece-fresh, too, tho last ono
Nv EN-; billed EN- myself, and know dcy's
fust rate.'
We'll, I'll try EN- said the magician,
laying down q bit Of fractional currency.
Have you pepper and salt 49,.
Yes cir, dere dcy is,' said tho sable
saleswoman, watching her customer with
intense interest. p. ......t
Leisurcly drawing out pcnknifc, Mr..
Heller proceeded very quietly TO cut tho
egg exactly In half, whom suddenly .
bright new twenty-five cert plce was dis
covered lying embedded In the yolk, up.
parently A bright as when lt came from
the mint. Very coolly tho great magician
transferred the coin to his pocket, and TAX
Ing M another egg, inquired:
And how much do you ask me for this
eggr
De Lord bress my soul! Dat eggs De
fact am. boss, dis egg am worth dime,
shuah.n
.All right, wa. the response; here's
the dime. Now pive me the egg
scparatInu Il with nm exact prcclslou
that the colored lady watched eagerly, q
+. .ou.rtsr-e.o,c was most carefully nick.
"A o,, AZ ,ha an, aud n,.ccd In tho vcs.
nocket OF The operator as before.
The ol,l woman was thundcr-struek. as
VOL, .he MIGHT hay. becn and her Gus.
,omer had to asr the priee OF the third
soo ,wo or three times beforo he obtained
ro,,,v ..-,4r ....... 70.
.D,r.. M u.c ta,,,n, ma,,r., said the
how,Ii.r.a old darLev. II can't let Won
h,h d,, eov nohow for less dan n ouar-
,.- Id.o,.r. % 4. Lord .,,r,
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only pray you, be merciful to my In
n0cent famlly.'

only pray you, be merciful to my In.
noccnt family
u forgive you,' returned the other, cx-
tending his hand. Il forgive you. You
have been fearfully punished already, and
rs God has seen flt to preserve us and
bring us together. let us hope, for our
present ana future salvation, to endeavor
so to live as to deserve the blessings we
receive. Twill restore to you enough to
place you and your family above want,
and for the rest, know we shall soon
have to render an account In another
world
Philip Sidney kept his word, and with
a start in the world, and an easy con.
science, the yet enterprislng Stephen Ed
wards accumulated another respectable
fortune, much OF which he spent In char
ity.
Philip Sidney died In 1917, and Ste
plen Edwards In 1851.
" Is not truth indeed stranger than flc-
tlohY
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,:*a~e, BIDDEFORD, ME-, FRIDAY
Blu, we will leave them, and follow Mr..

But we will leave them, and follow Mr.
Clifton.
Foolish Eva, you will never have such
another chance
While thus musing, his attention was
attracted to large crowd of persons on
the opposite side, In front OF Mr.. Wayne's
house. He crossed over, pushed through
the crowd and stepped to the door, inquir.
cd for Mr.. Wayne. Before the servant
could answer him, two inquisltive police
men stepped up and collared him, ex.
claiming, He Is the very man we are
after; can you tell us anything Of hi:
whereabOutsr
4 cannot, sir-upOn my word, can
notp exclaimed the terrified man.
There was n man murdered In Mr.
Wayne's room last night, and then rob
bed Of large sum OF money; and Mr.
Wayne and brother gambler are the sup
posed murderers!''
Not waiting to hear more, he hurried
homeward. asking for Eva as soon as the
door was opened.
she has company In the parlor, sir,
replied the servant; "A young gentleman,
sirv
Il trust It Is not Mr., Wayne! But II II
Is, he must leave my house In peace, or
be kicked out y
Opening the door he walked In, and
going right upto Edgar, exclaimed, Good
morning, my boy, good morning l am
very glad 10 see yOu-extremely Do not
feel slighted. Eva, my darling '-stooping
and kissing her brow.
Eva looked at her father. then at Edgar,
wondering what could have produced
such change.
Father, you look worried and excited n
che said, anxiously.
Mr.. Clifton's head was bowed. Eva
rushed to him, and throwing her arms
around his neck. implorcd him to tell her
what was the matter.
MY darling child-my Eva-forgivem
I have wronged you-dceply wrongetl
you ! would sell your life to gambler
and scoundrel But, thank God, you are
saved ~
He then related his story, and after he
was through it, he said, Edgar, know
you love my precious child, and she has
already told me she loves you Come
here, Eva. daughter!' Placing her hand
In that of Edgar, he said. Take her, Ed
gar You are worthy of her land that
you may both be happy Is my earnest
prayerr T
Six months later there was brilliant
wedding ut the residence Of George Cliff
ton, esq, and the happy bride was Eva,
and the groom was the unsophlsticated
lawyer, Edgar st. Clair.
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A little incident Illustrating the humor-
Gus side Of politics comes TO ms from West
Virginia: Colonel Watson wcll-known
politician Of that State, enjoyed great per-
sonal popularity on account Of his affsble
manners, and whenever he was . candi-
date TOR office ran ahead Of tho ticket. He
generally spoke 10 every body he met,
protesting to know them. On one occa-
sion, during the last Presidential cam
paign, he met . oountryman, whom Inc
shook by the hand, and commenced
why, how do you do, thlr' am very
clad TO see you; a hne day, thir; I sec
Won attn r,de your hnc old gray, thlr.'
NO. Cir; this horse Is one I borrowed
this morning. ar
.oh. shl well. thir, how arc the old
gentleman and ladyr
NY parents have been dead about three
years, air.
But, how ID your wife, thir. and the
childrenr
Il am an unmarried man, SIR
Sure enough. Do you still live on tho
old farmr
NO, sir; I have Just arrived nom Ohio,
where was born.'
.wefi, thir, gucth don't know you,
amber all. Good-mornlng, thir.'
u ."
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2netrpv.
MY Greed.

As other men have creeds, 80 have mine;
keep the holy faith In God, In man,
And In the angels ministrant between;
hold to one true church OF all true souls,
whose church seal Is neither bread nor wine,
Nor laying ON Of hands, nor holy oil,
hut only the sBointing ofGod's grace.
hate all kings, and caste, and rank OF birth;
For all the sons Of men are sons Of God;
Nor ,imps bssyAr but is nobly born;
Nor wears q slave yoke. nor car q crown,
That makes him less or more than just man
love my country and her righteous cause;
So dare not keep silent ofher sin;
And amer Freedom may her bells ring reaeci
I love one woman with holy nre,
Whom revere as priestess Of my house;
I stand with wondering awe before my babes,
TIN they rebuke me to . nobier life.
keep fsithfui friendship with friend,
whom loyalty I serve before myself;
I lock my lips too close TO speak lie;
4 wssh my hands too white % touch bribc;
I owe no man q debt cannot pay,
save only OF the love men ought TO owe
withaii, each day, before the blessed Heaven
4 open wide the chambers ofmy soul,
And pray the Holy Ghost TO enter In.
Thus reads the fair confession ofmy faith;
40 crossed with contradictions OF my life,
That now may God forgive the written iiei
Yet .tIii by help of Him who helpeth men,
7 faee two worlds, and fear not life or death.
o Father, cad me by thy hand, Ameni
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Oct Sfe.p Euos0h.

A young man In business must acknowl
edge cne mathematical fact.
He knows by experience about how
many hours of sleep he needs, to be as
fresh one day'a on the previous day. He
must acknowledge the fact that he cannot
sit up late nights and rise early mornings
and get this amount Of sleep. There Is a
right mathematical obstacle to the accom-.
plishment of such q feat. II Inc needs
seven hours slcep-as many young men
door eight hours as more young men do
-hc cannot get them between o'clock q.
m. and z O'Clock q. m. II he insists on
late hours, he must neglect elthor his
sleep ut night or his business In the morn.
ing. F
Nearly every young man has sufficient
mathematical acuteness ut seven O'Clock
a. m. to appreciate the imposslbllity Of
taking one from seven and leaving eight
The question Is whether or not he appre-
clatcs this imposslbility In the evening
when he Is called upon to decide between
"jolly good time" and his bed.
One mistake Is that lost sleep can
be "made yn.p In the first place what
ever young man may intend to doishe
very seldom actually tries to "make up''
for lost sleep. II he needs eight hours
sleep and gets but five, nc usually makes
up the last three hours by sleeping about
one hour longer than usual the next night.
Or perhaps he depends on Sunday for bal.
ancing the whole week, and three hours
extra sleep to make up for ten hours lost,
In the second place, one hour of regular
sleep Is worth ter purposes of recupera'
ton, Mt least two hours to "makc up
slumber.
There Is practically No such thing as
making up lost sleep. If young man
determines to dispense with three hours
of his regular sleep he must make up bis
mind to lose those three hours. Every
hour lost Is q draft upon his physical and
mental capital-hls bodily ylgor-his In
tellcct. Now we would by no means say
that a man should never draw upon hi'
capital, but 1t Is certainly very bad policy
to do so frequently. Far better live upon
the daily income Of freshness and vigoI
which abundant and regular sleep In
sures.
We do not propose tn preach sermon
on "hcalthy, wealthy and wise." We sln'-
ply protest against the idea that lost sleep
can be ..made up" and would remind our
readers that however plauslbly they may
argue with themselves at eleven O'Clock
d. m, figures will not lie for their accom-
modation In the morning.
The time at which temptation to keel
late hours usually meets a young man u
the early part Of the evening, when he Il
still fresh and does not realize the necess.
ity Of sleep. At eight o'clock the theatres
are opened. This Is about the hour, too
that friends propose to ''makc night ol
It." or to shave good timc.' No need o
sleep Is felt and nothing but memory sug'
gcsts any dissgreeable results Of n little
fun." The question to be answered BY
the Judgment at such time Is not &C
much question Of personal comfort, n
of health and vigor.
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The Spreading RHssor.

Says Gossip One TO Gossip Two:
"whilc shopping In the town,
Old Mrs. Pry to me remarked
Smith bought his goods Of Brown"
Says Gossip Two TO Gossip Three.
Who cast her cyelids down:
"Pve heard II said to-day, my friend,
Smith got his goods from Brown"
Says Gossip Three TO Gossip -Four,
With something ofa frown;
ave heard strange news-what do you think
Smith took his goods from Brownr
Says Gossip Four TO Gossip Five,
Who blazed Il round the town:
"I'vc heard to-day, such shocking news
Smith stole his goods from Brownp
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SunshIns IL ~ necessary to the health OF
animals rs plants, and We should contrive
II possible, 70 have our slecp'ng rooms up
on tho east and south sides Of tho house.
We want more sunlight Of tho material
kipd, a wei ~ the splritual In our houses.
.raded carpetsi'' you sxclaim. Then out
with them, or iet them fsds. sstser 2
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We'll. well. Mr.. Wayne promised to
call this morning. / cannot imagine what
detains him. said Mr.. Clifton. The APP
pointed hour has passed. But perhaps
something has happened. win walk
down To the lodgings and see.'
Just after Mr.. Clifton's departure Edgar
arrived. ''fs Miss Cilfton inr- inquired
he.
she Is, sir. Walk In n
He waited patiently for her appear