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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
Liverpool Cotton Market.

LIVERPOOL. March 8. II: rs am. Cotton
is rather steadier; sales for the day estimated
at 10000 bales. Middling uplands I'd Orleans.
I'd. D..
1:15 p.m.-Cotton is heavy; sales. 10000
bales. of which spectators took 5000. Prices
remain UNCHANGED
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Ii you want your CRATES set, call at
295 Second street, and get Lemons i'm
provement; they will give twice the heat,
with a great saving of fuel. 1881
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100 packages Mackereli
Is boxes Goldfish;
IS Halibut;
10 " Bloaters;
Is kegs Pigs feet;
200 bushels Seed Sweet Petatoesi
10 barrels small sack Salt;
Is boxes Cheese;
For sale low 10 close consignment
JOBE & CONAWAY,
@ 1863 Main street.
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Browne Arrows, sl5 Second St. AT

H. HACK, proprietor of the bakery
at l26 Beal street, near fernando street,
has supplied himself with wagon, in
which he will deliver fresh bread each
evening to any part of the city. His
customers will please bear this in mind.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0FFIcE,
MKNPHIs. TENN. March 5, 1871.

Notwithstanding the continued dopres-
sion of the cotton market business in
the general market is fairly active, and
prices of most articles tending down
ward, Bagging is dull at % to 24e;
iron ties, 5 to &c; beans dull at 81 70 to
2 Is; butter firm at % to SOC for choice;
corn meal quiet at So 40 to 8 60; corn, 20
to re; hay, S22 to "a oats quiet at 81
to zoe; bran, S24 per toh; -four 6rmer-
super, Sc % to so; extra, Sc 70; double
extra, 81 to IS; treble extra, 81 so to
s.; fancy, S. so to 9 so; provisions dull
mess pork, $22 IS to % so; bacon clear
sides, l2t to l2ic; shoulders, 10 to tote;
sugar cured hams, l6l to LIE; dry sailed
clear sides, IL to llic; clear rib sides, l0i
to lie; shoulders, 81 to SIC; hams, l2l to
BE; lard, in tierces, l2l to lSc; kegs, IA
to l4lc; caddies, l5i to l6ic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

OUR lady friends should bear in mind
that the Wheeler a Wilson Sewing Ma
chine is the best in use, and that the
Office is in Irving Block, where they can
call and examine into its merits. Mr..
Washburne or his assistants win take
pleasure in showingit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
BOARDING..

noARD-ROOMs TO RENT, WITH BOARD
Is for families and gentlemen. Day boaIdors
also accommodated. Apply at l4O Madison
street. ---------- ..
DOARD-WITH OR WITHOUT ROOMS,
ID in any part Of the city. for all classes, and
at reduced prices. Inquire at the once Of inc
corner OF Second and Madison streets, from
am. to Jpn. n-lo9-l
BOARDING. -WHITEM0RE HOUSE, 100
II and III Adams street. Terms moderate.
list y. II. WlIITEM0RE. Prop'r:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
FOR LEASE.

I1oR LEAsE-FIvE ACRES FINE GAR
citv fronting Central avenue. Good induce
msnt will be given 10 a good gardener; Terms
nasg Anply to /. uAPPEK,
e1yJoa $50 Main ST.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
SAMPLE ROOM.
Fashionable and New system.

In.the Knickerbocl1er Building, next
door to the First National Bank, on
Madison street, an elegant and most
novel establishment has been opened by
J. J. HEINRICH 4 BRO.
The Sample Room is elegantly fitted up,
and is stocked with the choicest brands
of WHISTLES, brandies, liquors and wines,
both foreign and domestic. No. l6 Mad
ison street will be popular place Of re-
sort for those desiring quiet and con
venient place to sample the different
brands of liquors. The system used by
the proprietors in dispensing the liquids
is unique and worthy of popular atten-
ton. Heinrich & Bro. have large
stock Of pure liquors, and will supply
hotels, families, parties, etc, at the
shortest notice, and goods will be deliv-
cred free of charge within the city
Go to the Sample Room and witness
something startling and new.
INQUEsT. Coroner Mofatt held an
inquest at the county Jail last evening
on the body of Mr.. c. f. Osborne, of
Humboldt, Tenn, who had died sud
denly of inflammation of the bowels
The deceased was brought down from
Humboldt by the Deputy .. S. Marshal
a few days since, charged with some
technical offense against the revenue
laws. Before his friends could arrange
the necessary bonds he died as above
stated The Coroner's jury returned a
verdict in accordance with the above
facts.
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LOST

r oST-A BLUE ENAMELED LOcKEr
| 4 (eold chain), set with pearls. The finder
VA be rewarded by leaving i at No; = Howard
Nv l5-7l CONFER x RICHAkDSON..
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FOUND.

HOUND-A COW AND call, 1, CANE Y 4 4 no y. I ny
is7I owner can get them by paying charges
anu JoIIS GORM0N. Brinkley avenue;
March 9Th, 1871. %.
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New York money Market.

NEW YoRK. March s. 2:25 p.m.-Govern-
ments are dull, with slight decline. Sterling
exchange is active at 1O9sS. Gold is carrying
at per cent. Money is easy at per cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

Excepting a reduction n the rates Of
exchange, we have no new features to
mention in connection with local fnan-
cial matters to-day. At the banks the
supply of available funds is more than
ample for the wants Of customers and
in the open market, with light demand.
Rates are nominally unchanged Bank
rates are 9 to u per cent, Exchange is
in active demand, aud the supply is
limited. 1t is stated that nearly three
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

fourths Of the entire amount now on
hand is held by one or two of our lead
ing banks, who, until recently, have ac-
commodated their neighbors with suffi-
cient to supply customers. AS stated
above, the rates were reduced to-day by
all the banks to 3c discount buying on
Eastern bills and &c premium in check
ing. New Orleans rates are &c discount
buying and bc premium selling. Local
stocks, scrips, ETC., are quiet, and with
the exception Of shading off in the
buying rates Of city Indebtedness, there
is no change. Gold is purchased at ITO
to llOf, and is sold by dealers at llli.
D" COTTON. l ew Yd
The market closed quiet yesterday,
with sales of 1900 bales. Today there
is scarcely any demand, and sellers find
it difficult to realize on anything except
the better grades without making rainous
concessions, Sales up 10 noon we're
ll2O bales at l3i to l3lc for middling.
with a small lot reported at he. Low
middling in small lots ranged from l2a
to BE, with sales reported as low as lie,
strict low middling at l3b to 13ic, strict
good middling at liz to l2sc, good ordi-
nary at IL to life, clean and stains at
lie The market was still further de-
pressed to-day by unfavorable foreign re-
ports.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

The Chairman appointed the follow
ing named gentlemen to present the
resolutions to the different courts; Su-
preme Court, Judge T. W. Brown; Fed
eral Court, Col. T. S. Ayres; First Cir
cult Court, Col. George CAN'T; Second
Circuit Court, Judge II. s. Lee; First
Chaneery Court, Judge H. G. Smith;
Second Chancery Court, Gov. Isham G.
Harris; Criminal Court, Gen. John F.
Sale; Bartlett Circuit Court Judge R.
R. Heath; County Court. Judge j. M.
Carmaek; Probate Court, Col. Moses
White. The meeting adjourned sine die.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

II you want good old MegfbBen
whisky, 20 90 2z6 second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

NOR RENT-THE PARTEE PLACE. NEAB
street cars Good house, with all necessary
outbuiIdings. six acres of land, orchard, small
fruit. etc. Apply to b. @. Brown, 256 Second
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

PUMPS at 3l5 Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

NOR RENT AND FOR SALE HOUSES
and lots; also, plantation on the Mis-
sissippi river for sale or exchange t,l ca ..
1871 VIM. II. HARDIN, 26119 Second 80.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

For CIncInnaII.
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Company.
SAM j. HALE, .....................Captai Walker,
MILL LEAVE AS ABOVE g-=. -
w WEDNESDAY. sth instant, szts2
" : = LARRY HARMSTAD & co, Ag'ts,
Z Mosby Block, 304 Front st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
New YORK cotton market.

IL a.m.-The cotton market is quiet and
quotations unchanged. Spot sales. 400 fu-
lures. 5000. Ha
l2m.-Cotton is steady, with a fair demand
low middling, 1870; middling, 1870.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

NOR RENT-THE BUILDING ON TIE
corner of fernando and Elliott streets;
store room below, with four or five rooms
above, suitable for dwelling. Good stand
''' p" ~ 20 WIN. R. HARRIS,
I1s+ 2791S Main street.
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FOR SALE.

NOR sALE-TOWNSHIP PLATS, LOOSE
L sheets and nicely bound in book. on hand
and for sale at this office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

NEW ORLEANS. March 8. 1880 a.m.-Cot-
ton is in fair demand at lower rates; mid
dlings. 1879 to l414c; sales. 300 bales.
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"-of funeral flowers,
That garlanded in bygone hours
A Templar's knightly tomb.

A colored prisoner named John vii
liams, in the county Jail under sentence
Of one year in the penitentiary on the
charge Of stealing a silver watch, has
written an eight page letter to the Gov
ernor asking for pardon. The document
is addressed to His LOrdship the Gov
ernor General" He says he is sea
faring man, and was born in Kingston,
Jamaica, West Indies. The letter is a
wonderful specimen of photography and
3 strange tumble Of words. He opens
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

T. s. BARBOUR wants everybody to
set out plants, and raise their own ber-
ries and grapes. He has the best vari-
cites for sale. l44-l2-l4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08

T1oR RRNT-sT0REH0UsE. NO. 2sS MAIN
street, second door above jefferson, east
side. Apply TO Il. McDayitt, No; II Madison
street; or S. II. Dunseomb. Desoto BANK.
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FOR RENT.

NOR RENT-oNE COTTAGE HOUSE WITH
three acres of ground suitable for gar
den, on Walnut street. Apply at
7-9@ 1929 THIRD STREET.
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JANIS Aits.----s---.-,-.-.-t-- lnAAAAIs
Leaves Memphis MONDAYS sht FRIDATe,
AZ 5 p.m.. tommencing or Ia 10 Instant and
co1bauing through The season. mot
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Frinr's Point and Bends.

W. G. PATTES0N. Agent,
No. s Madison ST.. Stanton Block. Lll5-t
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-11

"A strange story, Of q living head
on a dead body, 10 related in. the
case Of one James T. Anderson. of
Iowa. One Afternoon, whom on q
Visit to an uncle at Glenw wood.
Iowa, he was exercising on q pole
placed from one tree to another in
the back yard. He had on a na;r.
OF CATERS tipped with patent leatb.
er. lie swung down from the pole
by bis feet; the leather slipped.
ana he fell. He struck his neck
Just where i joins the shoulders.
He was bewildered, but perfectly
conscious. His body felt as though
smashed to q jelly. He expert.
enced a horrible tingling; and
when the doctor came he told him
not TO touch him, . his body was
oroken to pieces. His neck was
broken, inflammation set in. and
all thought his eud was come To
the surprise of all, in a few days
ne began to mend. lie was short.
~ afler removed to his STEP fathers
house, where he still resides. Time
hung heavil y OH his hands, and he
resolved to learn TO write with his
mouth. He accomplished this.
and, as he says in letter to J. X
Nntting, he soon wrote a tolerably
good mouth. He is now trying
to paint, and hopes by this means
10 earn something for his support
lie has been, and still is tenderly
cared for by his sister, herself y
cripple, and speaks in the highest
terms of lis siep-father, who,
though a poor man, has shown
him every kindness. His worst
enemies are the flies which buzz
abont his face. IIe holds a leafy
twig in his mouth, however, and
manages to twirl it about i'm a
wonderful way and drive off his
Sorrnentors. This case is without
a parallel, except that of John Car.
ter OF England, who was injured
III a similar way, and who became
a famous painier-James, at the
time of the accident that left him
will. a dead body and a living
head, was fine handsome Young
man. lie weighed two hundred
pounds, and there was not super.
huous once of flesh on his body.
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RelatiYe Rank Of Cities

The cities of New York, Phila
de'phia and Brooklyn, maintain
the same relative rank as to popu
lation that they did in 1s6O.-
There has been considerable shift
ing of places, however, among
those that now constitute the re.
mainder of the twenty foremos,
cities OF tho Union:
During the last decade St. Lou
is has ascended the scale from the
eighth to the fourth.
Chicago, in q similar pro por
tion, changes from the ninth to
the fifth.
Baltimore, which in 1860 was
the fourth, retrogrades to the
sixth.
Boston pursues the same direc
tion, from the fifth to the seventh.
Cincinnati retires a step, from
the seventh to the eighth.
New Orleans falls back from
the sixth to the ninth.
San Francisco, taking noble
forward leap, vaults from the fif
teenth to the tenth.
Buffalo lags behind, from the
tenth to the eleventh.
Washington makes a stride
from the fourteenth to the twelfth.
Newark. New Jersev's THRIVING
metropolis, drops, nevertheless,
from the eleventh to the thir-
teenth.
Louisville, twelfth in rank in
1850, is now assigned to the four.
teenth.
Cleveland, -four steps forward,
mounts from the nineteenth to the
fifteenth.
Pittsburgh alone retains the
same relative rank now as then,
the sixtcenth.
Jersey City rises from the TWEEN.
tieth to the importance of seven-
teenth.
Detroit recedes from the seven
teenth to the eighteenth.
Milwaukee from the eighteenth,
to the nineteenth.
Albany, which was, ten years
ago, the thirteenth, now takes the
old place of Jersey City as the
twentieth.
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VOLUME XYIII.-N0, %.


B, Every one out of townIn So
tue papers say. So men tell one
anotner, talking of the dullness
tnat infects business and social life
alike. But through the streets of
the great city still rushes the roar
ing tide, and 10 eye can see bnt ;t
E NILS its banks as high as ever.
otiii the vast host, in unthined
ranks, spreads through every ave.
nne and by.way; still the m;pbtv
hum OF laber fills the air: there "a
no house no rest. The snmmer
vacation comes to but a very mai,
part OF the world, after air. To
spite. o ~
Yes To morrow ia Sundev
AS Its sun rises these streets will
pc busled. Through the long
hours Of the summer day, oniet
will brood where for six days labor
has snrged without pause. And
IN every homo there is rest. The
poorest laborer is free. The tools
lie untouched. The tired limbs re.
pose, the wearied brain may lie.
failow. For this day husband and
wife, parents and children, are to.
gefher. The affections, the gentle
thoughts, the aspirations toward a
higher life, that are almost crowd
ed out by the stress of daily toll,
come forth to brighten the heart
Onconsciously there flow in
strength and courage through
which the burden shall be taken
mp with good heart. And the 81.
lence OF the great city, the music
OF the great bells through the
calm, fifty voice, the quiet of the
heart, the joy and peace, in which
we thank God for the Sabbath
that brings to all something of
his rest.-Beecher.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-11
Srlrrtgh purtry.
The Drunkard's Child.
DY ARs. NJ II ozIAs.

DY Nns. NJ Ii ozIAs.
Draw nearer. mother, let your banI
Re.t gently on my aching brow;
l's cool, soft touch will ease my pain,
feel that am lying now.
Mother do not fear to die,
kno W my Saviour calls me home;
And yet, Ills hard TO say farewell
To leave you in this world alon,,,
Who'll comfort you When am gnnei
Who'll kiss away the falling ,earP
Who'll share your lonely midnight watch !
Wh"'ll weep with you, and hope, and
fear1
Onee there were happy. bli.sful days,
When friends and fortune on us smi!el,
With JOY we hsile.i his coming step.
And was not drunkard's child.
Tell father that loved him still,
shall not see his ace again,
For e'er he seeks his humble home,
shall be free from care and pain.
That father came but all too late,
Another guest had been before,
Death claimed his lovely, once loved
Twas midnight hour. and all was Ger!
Down by that cold and beauteous tnrm
lie knet and prayed. aad Col did hark
Unto prayer, and led him forth
Into the light" Out of the Dark"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-11

ways moving ana changing their
MONIES, never satisfed with doing
well, but always wishing to do bet.
ter. There was O stronr tide of
emigration from Greenville TO All.
ALBANIA, Mississippi, aud the upper
part OF Georgia when those conn.
tries were first settled. No dor bt
that the population of our County
would have been double what IL is
but tor the emigration to the West
IL Is a singular fact, that very few of
the citizens Of Greenville are now
living OH lands which belonged 70
their fore-fathers. In other words.
lt ls q very rare occurrence to find
the descendants Of ono of the frat
settlers of Greenville, in possession
OF lands which belonged to their
ancestors seventy or eighty years
ago. This is very much 10 be regret.
ted, tor l think it destroys in some
measure love Of country. If the
homestead has descended through
seyeral generations in the same
family, it is natural to suppose
that it will be dearer to the nos.
sessor, than one wiicl, he has inst
purchased. He will love it more.
and more readily fight for it.
Dronghts are more frequent and
reshets much greater in Green.
vile, than they were in the carly
sef!:eme mt of the District. This is
no doubt owing, in a grea. meas
ure, to tho clearing and cultiva.
tion OF the lands. The water
passes off more rapidly, and the
soil has became harder and more
packed. Deep ploughing and sub.
soiling would prevent, in a great
degree, the disastrous effects of a
drought. There was, however, a
terrible drought in Greenville in
l7S6 or 1877, and have heard
my father say that he and his
neighbors did not taste bread for
three months. They lived-on game
entirely, which was then most
abnndant. The forests abounded
with deer and wild turkeys.-
There was very little of the land
II cultivation, and hence, a
drought in neighborhood was
sorely felt. There were no roads
except Indian trails, and very lit.
lie communication with other por.
tions of the State.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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A Beautiful Extract.

Generation after generation -
says a fine writer, shave felt as we
feel now and their lives were as
active ms our own. They PASSED
away like vapor while Nature
wore the same aspect of beauty as
when her Creator commanded her
to be. The heavens shall be as
bright over our graves as they ara
now around our paths.
1he world will have the same
attractions for our offspring vet
unborn that she once had for our.
selves, and that she now has for
our children. Yet a littl. while
and all will have happened: The
throbbine heart will be stilled and
we shall be at rest. Our funeral
VIII wend its way, and the prayers
will be said, and our friends will
all return, and we shall be left be.
hind in silence and darkness for
the worm. And it may be for a.
short time We shall be spoken Of
but the thingssof life will creep in
and our names will soon be forgot.
ten. Days will continue to move
or and laughter and song will be
heard in the room in which he
bled; and the eye that mourned
Tor us will be dried and glistened
with joy; and even our children
will cease to think of us, and will
not remember to lisp our names.
Then shall we have become, in the
touching language of the psalmist,
forgotten and goes out of mind"
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Annie Laurie.

Nearly everybody has sung, or
heard sung, the beautiful ballad of
" Annie Laurie" Annie Laurie
was no myth. Nearly two hun.
dred years ago Sir II bert Laurie,
of MaxweltOn, in Dumfreisshire,
Scotland, quantity wrote in his
family register these words:
At the pleasure of the AL
mighty God, my daughter, Annie
Laurie, was born on the 18th day
OF December, 1852, about 6
o'clock in the morning, and was
baptized by Mr.. Geo. Hunter, of
Glencairne." Annie's mother was
named Jean Riddle, to whom Sir
Robert was married "upon the
9th day of July, 1914, in the Iron
Birk OF Edinb., by Mr.. Annane,"
as was also recorded by her father
himself. Posterity owes to Mr.
William Douglas, of England, in
kirkcudbrightshire, (whO wooed
but did not win the capricious An
nie,) the song of 4" Bonnie Annie
Laurie" wherein he celebrated the
beauty and transcendent perfec.
ton OF the maid of Maxwelton.-
Poetic justice would have req uired
that Annie should have rewarded
~!:a bor hand the poet lover, who
was determined to mako her name
immortal; but as it transpired,
she preferred another and ricL er
suitOr, a Mr.. Alexander Ferguson,
Of Craigdarroch, and him she mar
ried. The William Douglas here
mentioned is supposed to be the
original of the song Willie was a
Wanton Wag," and it Is related of
him that, after having been refused
by Annie Laurie, he married a
Miss Elizabeth Clerk, OF Glenboig,
in Galloway, by whom hc had a
family OF four sons and two daugh-
ters. Thus is it that while the
song Of" Annie Laurie" lives from
ago to age, the names of all con.
cerned with the original of it sur.
yive in the recital OF the romantic
incidents connected with it's com.
position.
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Railway Travel.

Do not travel at night if You
can avoid it.
Take yonr breakfast always be"
fore starting on a journey.
OBTAIN a seat near the isle and
near the centre of the car, and
near The centre Of the train.
Never stand an instant on apy
car platform.
Purchase nothing whatever to
eat on a rail-train unless it is a
simple sandwich to be eaten at
noon.
Keep your ticket under your
hatband, or the inner lining.
Avoid conversation while the
cars are in motion, because the
overstrain of the voice to make
one heard above the noise of the
wheels has been such that in many
cases there has been such a tension
Of the vocal chords as to impair
the voice for many months.
All reading IN rail-cars while in.
motion is injurious but the iniu-
ry will be greatly mitigated by
reading only a quarter of an hour
at q time, and for the next five
minutes let the eyes be directed
to very distant objects. Those al
terations from things near to those
remote is very great relief and
rest.
Make no new acquaintance on
a railway tran, especially of those
who are disp sed to push their at
tentions OH you.