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TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

A COUNTY TEACHERS INSTITUTE will
n be hell at the School House in AndalusA,
during the goth of June, aud Let and ID Of July;
snd it is earnestly requested that ali the teas hers
Of this county maze special effort to attend,
and take part in the exercis,s
The organization Of q permanent Irsti'ute
depends materially uTon the success Of This
one, and appeal to teachers 70 take ho't u
this matterin earnest, and try tolndUce, If pos
sible, u deeper interest in the common schools
Of this county Teachers can 10 longer plead
the excuse Of loss Of time tor L0n-stttudsu,s,
AS the Law now prov dcs for eoDtinuBuee Of wages
during time so spent, subject to certain liui:a-
tions; and echoOl Directors are requested 10
make such sttendsL &c a requiremeit
An effort will be made to provide aecer1rnoss-
tiODs for those Hhe come from distance.
II. N, STU RECON,
nSysdSeS' cOsniy eupi, Of sshesi,,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
p,,,beIor's Hair Dye.

Tb,, .nl,odii Hair Dye il the best 10 the
~ ,ba 'nIy true and perfect Dye; harmless
'.yyiaIic fovautaneous; 10 disappointment; no
''',,"gIous tnt- remcdie. the III effects Of bad
ige,, invig Iates and leaves the Hair soft and
beautiful black " brown. Sold by all Druggists
and Pormmors, and properly applied Al the wig
FACTORY, 3 Bond St., n \.
apf21dly,
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22tO u Miles the Shortest Route

All trains run directly throuR 20 New York,
Va 800 MILES, without change Of coaches.
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HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

WE uudersi gnei have formed a GO partner.
ship, under the frm Of smyalon Z Schlsm.
.,e' io' carry ~ on the business # House. sign.
1. steamboat Painting; Draining ke,omjp.
'-' Paper Hanging. HlaEny, sc.
FRANCIS EMEALnN.
JOHN SCuLEMMER
'-@ '''AIa Aug. 20, 1888, DIFF
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STERLING SILVER-WARE
AND
AND FINE El.ECTRO-PLATED WARE

THE Gorbam Manufacturing Co., Of provI-
l. donce, r. l., having the largest manufac-
'ory OF solid silver ware in the world, with the
most improved machinery, and employing the
most skilled labor, are enabled to offer an uue.
quailed variety Of new and beautiful designs in
dinner services, tea serYces, and every article
specially adapted for holiday and bridal gifts.
They offer also their well known and unriyal-
led silver electro plated ware, in whichthey have
introduced new patterns Of rare elegance. TIC
sod SILVER IL guaranteed to be Of sterling purity
by I. 5. Mint assay The electro plate is guar
anteed to be superior to the finest Sheffield ware,
Orders received from the trade only, but these
goodSm' be obtained from responsible dealers
everywhere.
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FROM cLEyELAND-rrom Erio Railway D .

Ftom and after February 18th, 1899, Trains
viii leave n connection with al Western lines 10
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Thursday, July J.
Thursday, August 26.
Thursday, October Al.
Thursday, December 1e.
0llicn-.INh s0nlh Ciark II, Chicago.

y. Send FOR THE INVALTD'S FRIEND
AND HEALTH INSIRI CTOH, which teaches
tue ,,ek how they can be restored to health, and
the wetlhow they car preserve their health, and
pToloug their lives
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FLATTERlNG TESTIMONIALS


The A,na Insurance Company, Of Hartford
enc Of the most successful Bire Tusurand Compa.
uie' Of this or any other country"
"C.nuecticut companies follow the rules and
practices Of the KtnH almost as carefully as if
they were embodied in statute law"
Again, pointing to errors Of practice in New
York COMPANIES, the A,Ha's successful manage
ment and solid rules are called 10 their attention
thus:
" 1t still remains more a matter Of woudertban
Imitation a the insurance world"
" By what subtle alchemy has this corporation
boon enabled to turn its fun paid capital into the
philosophers sJono2'
"Ibe extraordinary events which have distnR-
uiShsd it' unparalleled financial history"
Tho average losses per dion IN the United States,
at this period Of the your are about $3.50, 600.
The Telegraph daily sounds startling
notes Of warning to all prudent
persons.
DO Not Neglect the Security Of
Reliable Insurance.
P0LiCLES ISSUED without DEL4r
j. VI. BUFORD, Agent
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1rvan's Life ZnvigoratOr.
LIFE, HEALTH AyD sTREyGTu

OR REJI VENATING ELIXIR,
For slI arrangements OF tLe Urinary Organs. i
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
INDIANA.

Thrice within our recollection has leglsla-
tive minority undertaken to obstruct action
by resigning to break up quorum; and hith-
erto the attempt has been signally Iebuked by
the People. We presume it will be in Indiana.
In Ohio Democratic Legislature, about
1913. made scandalously partisan, unfair ap
portionment Of the State for her Representa-
tives in Congress, so as to give the Wings Dut
a third of the Members when they had ma
iority of the voters. The Wing legislators
resigned, and thus postponed the subject to the
next Legislature. They had very good ex-
cuse for the step; but the People decided that
no excuse would answer, and chose new
Democratic Legislature thereupOn.
In 1856, the Legislature OF our State saw ht
to pass a bill intended to expedite the en-
largement of the Erie Canal. The Democratic
minority of the Senate. after exhaustlng all
the expedients known as "flbustering," re-
signed in body, leaving the Senate without
quorum. A special election was thereupon had,
and the boilers signally rebuked by defeat.
We are not likely to have another such caper
cut at Albany very soon.
The Democrats Of Indiana fall back upon
constituencies that hate "niggers" and "nigger
"equalityp yet even tnGy cannot choose to
have their State disorganzcd, her credit IN
jured, her public charities unhinged. for the
sake of fighting once more lost battle. The
Republicans are majority; they have recently
proved it in Il desperate struggle; let them do
as they think lit but hold them to stern
responsibility before the People Such is the
theory of our Government: the alternative is
Mexican prORunciamentO or South Carolina
Secession. We perceive no difference in prin-
ciple between the Secession headed by JEFF.
Davis in G1 and that backed by Hendricks,
Holman, Kerr & Co. in 1869.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
@mustmtrts. 1T.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-Ihis Evening at 8'--itSian
opsrI: lie Prophets" Miss Kellogg. ,,.,
BOoTH's IHEATER Twenty-thTdst, between F5y1 ItS
and siIthGvsL-This Evening at g." Romeo and JaheI ~
BoOth -, .r,,.
BROADWAY TnEATER-Ths Evening at u Inc
shsaoWs Of a Crhne" Miss Kate Reiguoda , 1,.
BRoUGHAMs THEATER, Twenty-I0nItnn- Ij psIf.e,
Evening at Much Ado about Merchant oi 'eu'''' 49,
ton" Mr. John Brougbsm. ,-,. -:
NEw-YoRK CIRCUS Fourteenth-st-l II. EVehdms WaYis
,,1I-DipiaT Of Athlete sL The Brothers klArs' anu e
Roland Shckney. etc. =, Il O
New YORK THEATER' ms ENoni"s ~
HnkoH Mr. HsnU Moesugeh I'm, Y,..4,,
Nm, o,s q G,RpFN-This Evening at Sine forlS
~ strIing OIL Family JarA" Lydia Ihompsons Duis
Troupe. Tho
OryNP1C THEATER. This Evening az su o.I iic Lao
s.eood oume Of "Humpty Dumpty" hr g. l. foA MIC
slH Francisco MINSTRELs No. $50 broau""S
Tb, Rvening The Siege oithe Blondes" -
THEATER CoMoUE No 5l4 Broadway u S,Is5 EHSn-
ny yat8-" Don Cesar de Bazsu" and Pluto MI '" H.
THE TAMMAYY-Tammany Hail. Fourteen'h-S''-
This Evening at 7i.-Naiete' .
WnIAcK's TEATER. - This, Evening at g.
" uncb Ado about Nothing" MI Lester Wallsck' -
WIvERIEY THEATER, No. 40 BToadWay.1@ ~, i MS MS
Rrspipe AZ a." Lrcretia BoFgiA NJ d." lhs he ho'
TrouDe. ,, 1t, -.
WooDs MUSEUM Broadway and IhlTtetnt-sss
b, Afternoon I1ou" This Evening at g. - lckeIolLA's
MAJ" Mir and Mrs W. J. Florence.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

have taken the field in its defense. Mr.. William
Cornell Jewett announces to us by telegraph
that he has returned from Europe to Baltimore
to step into the breach left by inc en-
forced retirement of Andrew johnson, INC
great Constitutional Defender of Liberty
Tbitber also has gone Mr.. johnson
himself, and the two champions, we
doubt not, are now in profound consnlta-
tion. in the most secluded recesses of the Mon
umental City, over the plan of their campaign
Yesterday, they confined their public demon
strations to a review of the faithful; their prl-
vate conferences, no doubt, leaving them with
ont time for OratOry. But the stump must
soon ring with the thrilling utteIances OF these
constitutional Defenders of Liberty. Mr. Jew
EFT announces that he is to deliver lnaugu-
"ration addresses" in the leading cities Oh 'iie
limited States. Mr.. Johnson can hardly JON III
this labor for the cause, having four years ago
exhausted his resources in the way of lnaugu-
ration addresses. But he still has the Consul
tuition and the Flag with Thirty-Six stars
his own herOsm and his own sufferings' the
Congress hanging on the verge of the Govern
ment, the traitor Sumner who ought 10 DC
hanged and the dead duck Forney VINO
does MT deserve notice Let him not fail once
again to illustrate all these with his own
matchless oratory let Mr.. Jewett not fail TO
lead the way in each town and hamlet through
which they pass with his Inauguration au-
"dress :" and let the patriotic pilgrimage OF
these noble friends and allies in the cause OF
Constitutional Liberty be honOrcd with the at
tentiye consideration it so richly deserves.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
AR0Hr P0LLTLCLANS.


That politicians are bad lot seems to be a
current opinion. That it has good grounds we
do not question but the term is used so loosely
that it can hardly contribute to accuracy of
statement or justice of thought. Hamilton and
jefferson were politicians; so were Calender and
Freneau. Henry Clay and John c. Calhoun
were politicians; so werc and are, Capt
Rynders and George Francis Train. The man
who deyotes his time and means to enlghten-
ing his less fortunate fcllOw-citzens and quail
ifying them to exercise wisely, benefcently
the Right of Suffrage, is politician; so is the
persistent self seeker who spends his time ana
efforts in dark and dirty intngues to lift
himself aud cronies into places which they
never deserved and for which they are
wretchedly qualified The public must learn in
time to make proper and necessary distinctions
Whether it is practicable to conduct the af-
fairs of free people without politicians, we
do not decide. There are those called politi-
clans whom the State could well do without !;
others whom it could i'll spare. We shall
always be glad to see able, upright men called
into the public service who had not previously
been considered politicians and yet we judge
that it would be difficult to uphold an Admin
istration which gave its confidence 10 these
only Let us have Offices filled from the ranks
of our best citizens, including those who have
rs well as those who have not, been known as
,,,Itticiouq
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
TILE C1RLNKT COMPLETE.

The President yesterday completed his Caui-
NOT Inv tbe nomination of HAMILTON FISH for
Secretary of State vice Elihu B. Washburne,
resigned to accept the French Mission; GEORGE
s. boutwell,, Secretary of the Treasury, vice
Alexander r. Stewart, declined; and Gen. JOHN
A. RAwIINs, Secretary of War, vice Gen.
John NJ Schofeld, resigned to resume his posi-
tion in the Army. The full Cabinet stands as
follows:
HAMPTON FISH. New-York, Secretary Of STATE;
GFORGF s. boutwell,, Mass, Secretary ~ me
TouS S"S a. B,wIINs. Illinois, Secretary Of Var;
ADoIPH +. BORIE Penn, SecretdIV9t the Nary;
J,Cop ID. Cox, Ohio, Secretary Of the Interior;
+. RoCKwOOD HoAR, Mass Attorney General;
JoUN A. j. CEEswELL, Maryland, POSTMASTER
General. 80.
This is n strong and safe Cabinet, and will
prove harmonious and efficient. We do not
pronounce it ADLER than the original cast yet
if will not suffer by comparison even with
that. There is not n man in it who sought his
position, nor one who has not accepted cheer
! fully, in full resolve to do his work heartily.
Possibly, Mr.. Hoar may hereafter withdraw
because there is another member from Mnssa-
chusetts yet, in the absence of better reason
for doing so, we trust there will be no haste
in the premises. Every one is now thorough
Republican, though Gen. Rawlins was formerly
a Douglas Democrat. Mr. Boutwell,, origin
ally Democrat, was chosen Governor Of
Massachusetts, by n coalition of the Democratic
and Free Soil parties, and has been q Repub-
lican ever since the party was organized. The
Administration Is now perfected and ready to
rn 10 trnll-
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
TIE ROGERS MURDER.
A RIDICULOUS CANARD.

Chief Detective Young recently spent four
hours in examining at White Plains fail, bigamist
named Cunningham who claimed to know all about the
Rogers murder After taking IL pages Of testimony
Young became dsgusted and enraged at the fellows
ridiculous falsehoods that he abused him sonndly as
miserable ar and took his departure, fully satisfied
that Cunningham was gross imposOr Somehow thspris
oner has since succeeded seducine sope repoEerm INTO
Writing out the story at length for some NewYork
ing paper Cunningham asserted that his brother
was the murdercrs accompce; that James Logan, No O.
was the murderer; that Louise Aymer LOgans
mistress; and that tho motive for the crime revenge
Mr. Rogerss evidence having convicted Logan
Of burglary al Paterson IN 1879, But
Cunningham has no brother, and James Logan
u 1855 was scarcely u years old Beside, Mr. Rogers
never was in Paterson, and James Logan was tried
there I'm that year. Louise Aymer is Cunnngham's
second wife, and intends to send him to the State
Prison. and probably he hoped by mixing her name with
Logan to get her arrested and ont OF the way where
she could not testify against him. His whole career
shows him to be n meBdaciOus lunatic
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

The State of Georgia is blessed with Gov
ernment'-such rs it is--whOsc performances
have an aspect of perpetual verdure. Not long
ago it used negro members TO elect United
States Senators and then kicked the ne
groes out at Atlanta before the Sena-
tors had been admitted at Washington
Now it makes haste to ratify the Fifteenth
Constitutional Amendment, extending negro
suffrage over the United States, by the votes
of the very members who expelled
the negroes from their own body for the rea-
son Gas Gen. Grant was yesterday informed
by communicative Georgia delegation y
that, having been forced to accept negro
Suffrage themselves, they meant to cram
1t also down the throats of the blessed Yam
KEGS Doubtless they look upon this ms also
brilliant stroke of strategy in tho prose
cution of their campaign for recognition.
Whether theiI Senators get in or not, however,
on the strength of it, they have the novel sat
isiaction of having voted once in the right
direction. There is hope, even for Georgia
Meanwhile South Carolina and Maine united
yesterday IN mtfying the Amendment.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

If legislators had to suffer like other folks
who attempt to pass bad bills, our prisons
would soon be oyercrowded; but about the
worst bill we ever heard of is that propounded
to our Assembly by MIR. Ray forbidding rail
roads to collect more fare from passengers who
take seats in cars without tickets than from
those who pay for privileges before taking them.
Every one who thus takes seat is legally and
morally a trespasser as well us yiolator of
well known and righteous regulation; and he
should consider himself let off cheap if only
required to paw five cents extra. A law author
izng each company TO charge every trespasSer
twenty-five cents extra would be reasonable
and just.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
SANDVICH ISLANDS.

THE CooLIE TRADE-FORCED IMPORTATION or
POLYNEsIANS.
SAN FRANCIsCo March 11.-Advices from the
Sandwich Islands Feb. have been received Homo
lulu papers, in discussing the Cooie trade say 1t
authorized by an OF the Legislature Of June last The
BOARD of Immigration had atched vessel 20 the Poly
ucsan Islands for a cargo OF natives. 1he missionary
authorities prohibited from sending letters and
papers by the vessel which created great deal OF i'll
feeling The movement failed tn meet the appreciation OF
the United States Minister and 10 was expected that tho
Government OF the United States would interfere and
prevent the forced importation OF natives OF the neigh
boring Islands Tho commercial news is unimportant
The u :. steamer Osspec at Honolulu. The whale
ship Elizabeth Swift from New Bedford had arrived ut
HilO
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

The Cubans, it seems, have recently received
considerable reenfOrcements from an expedi-
tion coming from the United States Nassau,
or Inagua. They had for some time been ex-
peeting a supply not only of men, but of can
non, arms and ammunition, and the expedition
which has just landed is supposed to have
fully realized their expectations. The situation
must of late have become more critical for the
Spaniards, for the Government has forbidden
the publication of any except the official ac-
counts of the progress of the insurrectiOn
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

Interior Department has given such s'' ss'1nciea
reasons for dstrust. He will find scores g.
men there appointed by Pierce and Buchanan.
not because they were fit for their places, but
because they had done good Democratic service in
fugltiye-slave- hunting and border-ruffian times.
He will find Others who have come down to us
from the former generation of Jackson. Ger.
tainly, if these men are doing their whole duty
they need not be singled out merely because Of
their long service, as the first to be removed.
But the Postmaster General will also find
that they have managed the postal
business for their private advantage
that wheels within wheels and rings within
rings exist in this complex Department ma
chinery for stealing; and that the men who
argue the most earnestly and conclusiyely that
new officers could not possibly buy the mail.
bags, or contract for the stamps, or super
wise the mail routes, or give out the dead.
head tickets for travelling free over
all the railroads and steamboats, of the eoun-
try as Especial Agents." are the very men
whom he should most speedily send adrift
He needs not, perhaps, to make hasty work.
but certainly to make thorough work and We
believe he is the man to do it.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
THE Times most mistakenly says:

THE TRIBUNE volunteers information, which
turns out 20 very indefinite aud unsatisfactory, regard
ing Mr.. Greccys desires for an appointment Ia some
office"
No, Sir! THE TRIBUNE has neither volun-
tecrcd nor given any information on that point.
If you asked for it, THE TRIBUNE pointedly
declined to respond. You said that you would
not act in the premises without such intorma-
ton; and this resolve THE TRIBUNE heartily
approved, and hoped that you might induce
The Sun to unite i'm. The Sun demurs, insisting
on its right to commend any one rs fit for
Office Very well we long ago discaimed any
right or wish to influence the conduct of The
Sun. STILL as this is n free country we are
probably at liberty to say that we like Tie
IimesS reserve better than The Suns advocacy.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

The coolie trade in the Sandwich lSlanus
has for some time taken development which
leaves but little difference between it and the
slave trade. 1t is especially the natives Of the
small Polynesian Islands who are imported,
often entirely against their will, and compelled
TO work. Recently vessel was dispatched by
the Board of Immigration to the Polynesian
Islands for new cargo of natives, and as 1t was
expected that the missionaries would warn the
natives against this scheme, the missionary
authorities were prohibited from sending any
letters or papers by the steamer. 1t was ex-
nocted that the United States would interfere.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

We beg all who care for Legislative purity or
public decency to read very carefully the re-
port of Messrs. Hale, Thayer and Nichols TO
our State Senate, on the reputed corruption
of our last Legislature, especially by the an
tagonist railroad managers. Though nothing Is
therein revealed that could possibly be Gov
cred, that Report tells story that only Ihe
willfully deaf and blind can fail to compre-
bend. The Half Million Dollars taken from
the Erie Treasury and spent in some unac-
countable manner, is a hard fact; and the fool
who believes that the Lobby pocketed more OF
it than the Legislature can never have spent
week in Albany. Again we say, Read Read!
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

The erasure by the Senate, yesterday, OF the
second section from Schenck's Public Credit
bill does not appear to be of any great conse-
sequence. 1t merely legalized gold con-
tracts, and the Supreme Court of the
United States has already declared gold
contracts legal - which ought to DC
enough. MIR. Thurman's demonstration against
the Five-Twenties was an affair of another
sort We record with pride the fact that 1t
could only muster twelve votes in the Senate
and with regret that among those twelve should
be seen such names rs Boreman, Morton, Osborn,
Pratt, Ross, and Sprague This vote settles
Gf that were needed the certainty OF the
prompt re passage of the bill. We have now
a President who will find time to sign it.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12

Our new President has done many acts for
which his country will ever hold him in CRATE
ful remembrance; but he never did wiser or
nobler act than his nomination yesterday Of
Gen. JAMES LoNGsTREET for Surveyor of the
Port of New Orleans Gen. Longstreet was
Rebel-a fighting Rebel-the best division COM
mander in their service after Stoncwall Jack
son yet, from the hour of the downfall of the
Confederacy, he has been one of the most
earnest, consistent, efficient Unionists in the
South, and has been scorncd, tabooed, scoilcd
at therefor by all that is malignant and i'm
placable in the South. His nomination for Il
high trust by Gen. Grant is one of the best
measures of practical Reconstruction yet de-
vised, and reflects honor on all concerned. We
hope for its prompt confirmation.
New-York tribune., 1869-03-12
LATEST GENERAL NEws-BY TELEGRAPH


Clifton Harris, the Auburn murderer, viii
be executed to-day at Augusta Me.
Mr.. VIM. Ropes, well-known merchant
OF boston died on Wednesday night aged - years
Ensign Whitaker, the officer shot, at
Quebec, a few days by boy named Chaohef' Tor
seducing his sister, died on Wednesday night
"A meeting of the parties interested is
called Al NewOreans. tonight 70 take ne Necessary
steps TO commence the sale OF cotton FOR gold.
The heavy rain storm Of Wednesday
caused the ice IN the Hudson 10 break as r noih as
Low Point The steamer Olyphant reached NewDuIgn
yesterday morning
-. McCracken and John 0'Neill of STRAIT
ford. Canada were poisoned yesterday hy aairS coug
mixture procured from druggist, There j. 10 hppc VI
ONoilfs recovery ana very slight hope oi McCtacKeh
The steamboat Cuba No. sunk IN the
Red River between Jefferson aud shreNcp"r on the n
inst with bales Of cotton on board lht beat IS l.
tai loss. portion OF the cargo was saved y" h'es
were lost.
During the terrific snow storm Of We'd
nesday IN Canada. wOoden house, at ro"l ~. % ~",
blown 10 pieces and the people whlh 19i b,es
fnmily uf three were buried m hc SNOW luo ''"N'
have not yet been recovered.
John w. Coleman, who WAS alIesleu ~
Boston, charged with cmbcztinS lard' gh r , a. ibs
man Buresu In Louisiana, has been tuIh,V w.. Hs
Military Authorities and conveyed 10 tort ""''N' ~
will be taken TO Louisiana for 'ral
IA st. George, Utah, dispatch S;'(S: "a a
large body 0f Navajo Indians arc on th S"U'4 s' .
Colorado River They are said o. be aidcd @ 'n NY
rrnegadcs TEey are well supplied with arms hs sI sI
muntOu, and have whipped SrNyr"i sl4d', "'''' '''
Colorado ana now threaten southern Ut"..
"A house i'm Whites Court, near Broad anu
Shppensts, Philadelphia ten yesterday m.lN',s slS l'
and Margaret wcrc all bi.lcl. GOiiieb Il dl Nrs "t
out OF the ruins alive aud removed u . EoSiAai Ia
walls fell on adjoining stable kil.ing morse @ 80
damaging another house Oh the opposite s'r =" '~'
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