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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-05-11
WOODSTOCK. VIRGINIA.
Thursday Morning., : May II, ISL.

The Importance Of the ensuing election
in regard to the Public Schools of the
State cahnot be overestimated. The re-
suit Of that election will determine whether
our School System is to be an efficient one,
or whether the School funds expended
upon tue Sy tenn shall in great measure
bc;without any good result.
Tt is to the interest of the Valley coun-
ties that the system should be supported
as far as possible by county taxation. for
tie reason that if it is supported entirely
by State Tax the Weather counties
would pay more than they would receive.
The amount which we will receive from
the State will be about $1,000. The
county will probably have from fifty to fifty
five Schools. Estimating the session at only
five months, we would be enabled to pay
teachers but about 1913 90 per month. -
By this estimate, it will be readily seen.
that if the county tax should be voted
down trustees would be compelled to obtain
the additional amount by private subscrip-
ton or to open about one half the nun
Der of schools needed In the county
When it is remembered that trustees re-
ceive nothing for their services, aud that
there are but three in Q township, it can
hardly be expected that they would exert
themselves as they have done during the
present year, to procure private subscrip-
tions in order to open schools. The
natural result would be, that some
communities would get the benefit of the
State appropriation, while others would
be deprived of it. The ou]y way to
avoid it, is for the county to tax itself 8
sufficient amount to defray the expenses
of the schools.
We have confined ourselves to the sub
iect Of tie county tax, not because we %
not endorse system OF Public Instruction,
but because that question lie not before us
at present. We have the System OF
Public Schools, and must pay for it
support, and it is manifestly to our
interest to make that system, as
beneficial as we possibly can. The
proposed tax of one mill is certain
" not an onerous tax, when we cons ider
the expense heretofore attending the sys-
tenn of private Schools. We feel satisfied
that our people VI i'll see the advantage of
giving to trustees a sufficient amount Of
funds to procure good teachers and to
give every community alike the benefit Of
the schools.
The District Tax, we are informed, will
not be over one half mill in any District
in the county. This Tax is for the pur-
pose Of furnishing School Houses, pay
ing contingent expenses &c: 1t should
be remembered that Schools cannot be
opened in any district where this tax is
voted down. As esult Of voting down
this tax, it may happen that district
would pay the State tax, and the county
tax, and yet be deprived of all benefit Of
the funds. We have been careful to pre-
sent this fact as distinctly as posi-
BILE, and hope that no district in
the county will deprive itse OF the bene-
6ls Of the tax which it will necessarily pay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-05-11
SHEN A NDOAH

LIFE IN PARIS. The people are flying
from Paris in greater numbers than ever.
1t is difficult to Say what is. now the pop
ulation of this desolate city; but piece
of statistics may throw some light upon
the question. Paris is now only consum-
ing fve-eights Of its usual allowance of
wheat and -four. An anecdote about a
funeral will illustrate in vivid manner
the state of life in. Paris, through which
we are now passing. On Wednesday last
hearse, drawn by two black horses,
drew upibefore the church which faces what
used to be the Hippodrome in Paris.
The coachman was all alone with the
ance of any kind. What could it mean?
The door Of the church was opened; the
priest and sexton came out, and after in
quiry, took the coffin into the church.
The explanation of the unwonted specta-
Gle is as follows In the Rue Duret
which abuts on the Avenus della Grand
Armee at the one end, and on the Avenue
de rImperatice at the other, there lived
an old maid, who was, apparently friend
less and who, although very i'll, was
abandoned by her relatives when the shells
from Fort Valerien began to pour upon
that part of the town, scattering death
and destruction around. Fear and neg
lect added to sickness, the poor old woman
died in her distress, and the men Of tie
Pompes Funebees came to bury her, as
they are bound. When all was ready and
the hour OF the funeral drew hear the
people of the neighborhood put their
heads out of their hiding places and told
the undertakers to beware as the shells
had been dropping around all the morning
The undertakers. however, who have
said, determind way to going to work,
went on with their business as if they
did not know what death meant. Sud
denly shell burst close to the house, and
the undertakers we're in moment scared
out of thesr callousness. Quick, quick.
said the Comm issary. Look sharp
Without more ado the corpse was pressed
into the coffin, the coffin was trotted down
stairs and rammed into the box, in a cold
perspiration The friends and acquain-
tances of the deceased old lady hover
nervously about the hearse, preparing to
follow, when bang comes another shell
All take to their heels. and the coachman
lashirg his horses, whisks away at a gallon
arriving at the church alone.
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Valley Railroad.
Office Of the TqHey r. r. Co.,

Office Of the HqNey r. r. Co.,
Staunton. Va, May 1, 1871.
To tie People Of the Valley Of Virginia :
Tie subscri ption in the county OF
Augusta of Two hundred thousand dol
lars. having failed, the only hope of secur-
ing the construction Of the Valley Rail
road ie, in obtaining priuate subscriptions
in the aggregate to the amount Of $780,
000--to make up 81 200, 900, to put the
road under contract from Harrisonburg
to Salem. Is i. possible that after Five
years hard work to raise $4,000, 900,
that this great enterprise is to fail for
$500, 900 The, counties and towns on
the line of the Road, &c have subscribed
81 100000 the city Of Baltimore. 81
100000, and the B. & O. Railroad Co.,
st, 600. 900. Now few shares of Stock
by each friend of this great improvement
will secure the object.
An earnest appeal is made to you to
cooperate in our efforts to this end. l
hope each friend Of the work will get his
neighbors to subscribe, and return me the
subscription list By the 18th of May, 1871
Kesp6y,
NJ G. HARTMAN.
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4 commander III the Royal mail service

4 commander III the Royal mail service
found his steamer thirty miles out of her
course. He was soraly troubled, and
could not account for tie local attrac ton
shat had sent him SO far out Of the way.
instruments and calculations appeared
equally faultless. Sorely troubled from
having passed sleepless, watchful night,
the captain went on deck after breakfast
Seeing lady sitting Gas was her custom
and working near the pinnacle, it oc-
Cured to him that probably the scissors
were resting on the edge of it. Detect
ing nothing of the sort, and bent on closer
investigation, be discovered that her chair
had an iron frame. 1t also quite reason
ably flashed across him that the lady s
ample crinoline was extended by steel
hoops. So, mastering oil his faculties,
he exclaimed, with as much forgiveness
and as little reproach in his eye as posi-
bic. Madam, you have. BY your local
attraction, drawn smy ship some forty
miles from her COURSE
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BEAST BUTLER. Butler seems to be
utterly destitute Of all SENSE of right and
wrong. lie lies where he makes nothing
by it, and when he must know that he
will be caught in it. He pub lished a
few days ago letter id which he asser
ted that Mrs. (BrickJ Pomeroy had ap-
piled to him to secure his services as
council III divorce suit, and when Brick
heard Of it be agreed to give his wife
$40, 900. &c. Brick replies as follows !:
Mrs. Pomcrvy never applied to B. r.
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SALE OF LAND.
~ VALUABLE SITE FOR A FORGE &c.


Saml. NJ. Lantz Sc, VS.. saml. B. Myers,
Administrator Sc.
Pursuant TO decree rendered at its Lass
March Term (1S7l.) by the Circuit Court of
Shenandoah County. in the above mentioned
cause, and the petition to set aside the Sale
heretofore made, the undersigned Commits
will proceed ON
FRIDAY the 9th DAY of JUNE NEXT
in front Of the Court House Door in Wood
stock, to sell at PUBLIC SALE to the high
est bidder, the property known as
"UNION FORGE"
consisting of about 80 ACRES OF LAND, loea-
ted on Stony Greek, about one and half
miles West of Edinburg, on which is
DWELLING HOUSE,
and six houses for hands. BLACK
SMITH SHOP and tone Stab'ey
The Forge formerly located on this prop
erty was burned during the late war, and the
dam has been much injured by freshets, but
the
WATER-P0WER Is UNFAILING,
atfording at all seasons of the year sufi-
cent quantity for any kind Of machinery,
At the said town of Edinburg, on the line
Of the O. A. & Manassas R. Road is Depot,
convenient to this property.
TERMS OF SALE:
The purcha money 10 be paid in three
equal annual payments from the day of sale,
all bearing interest from said day, the pur-
chaser to execute bonds with good security
and lien to be retained instlfe deed as ad-
ditional security.
Apr. "a 1871. MARK BIRD,
MOSES WALTON,
Apr. 81 1T s.
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and Property.
New ORLEANS. May A tornado in
Baton Rouge and vicinity on Tuesday
caused great destruction of property.
Trees were uprooted, bricks and planks
whirled into the air, the north and south
Ills of the penitentiary, together with
the roof of the shoe factory and the cells
were blown away. The whole second
story of the storehouse of the United
States arsenal, W it'll three hundred feet of
the laboratory, a frame building, the
roof of one of the powder magazines. the
roof ola Catholic Church, and cemetery
fence were blown away. A large num-
Der Of frame houses were unroofed, be-
Lides other damages.
The sugar house and number of cab
ms on Joseph Benard's plantation were
blown away, and one colored man killed
and sevetal wounded. The sugar house,
gin house and cabins on James McColen's
planta ton were destroyed and several
colored persons were hurt. A portion Of
the sugar house and all the cabins on
W. S. Pixies plantation were demolished,
two colored men killed and several wound
ed A numte Of coal DO 81 and foa laden
with coal were sunk. Tue loss will reach
$500, 600. During the storm an at
tempt was made BY the convicts to escape,
Int only few got out and they were
speedily recaptused.
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A FIRE in Painesville, Ohio, Wednes-
day night. destroyed two warehouses,
cabinet shop, dwelling, two barns, the
railroad block of stores, blacksmith shop
and lumber yard. Much Of the nova
guods were sa.ed- Loss. $4,000 in
al alss'. $40. 900.
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Caroline Go. Land Association,
9th and King Streets,
WILMINGTON DEL.
IT, TgI - 6

i q. ID z - G!
no 70 want Sewing Machine
FDo you want the best 70" your work?
Do you want it with the privilege of
Changing it for any other If it don't suit?
Do you want it on your terms
Do yon want full guarantees and instruc-
ton
Do you want Machine that will do
Any kin OF work without any basting
Do you want needles or attachments for
your Machines
DO you want your Machines repaired,
cleaned or exchanged
Cali on or address
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apr. 24-t d s.
- -
A CCORDE0NS.

A ''0NDh'as,
iolins, Flutes, Banjos and variety of in
struments, together with violin strings constantly
on hand and for sale cheaper Than ever, at
Bargelts. The genuine Redger 4 Bros. Table
and Tea, Spoons, Soup Ladies' Butter. Knives,
Foi ks and Salt Spoons, greatly reduced in price
at BARGlLf Watch eWeliy and Book Store.
apr. Att.
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Bloomington (Ili.) Nursery.

18th Year. 500 Acres. 10 Greenhouses lar.
ggest Assortment-al sizes. Best Stock Low
Prices Would you know What. When, How to
Plant Fruit, Shade, Evergreen Trees. Root
Crafts Seedlings, Usage Plants, Apple Seed,
Early Rose Potatoes, Shrubs, Roses, Greenhouse
and arden Plants, &C., &c. Flower and Veg
etaole Seeds Finest, Best, Collection-Sorts
and quality. Send 10 cents for New, Ilustra
ted Descriptive Catalogue-9O pages. Send
stamp, each, for Catalogues of Seeds with plain
dlrections-G4 pages Bedding and Garden
Plants-32 pages, and Whole sale Price List-24
pages Address F. X. PHOENIX, Bloomington,
mar. 30-4w. Illinois
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May 5, 1871.
Gold Sill.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
A meeting will be held, at the Academy
ON Friday evening next, to make preliminary
arrangements for floral decoration of the
Confederate Graves.
MRS BETTE MARSHALL,
Pres. Mem. Association.
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Bsg@ If these Taxes are not paid as abeve.
required, personal notice will be served, by
mail or otherwise, and an additional chargo
incurred, according to law
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-05-11

THNHE celebrated English Female Bitters al
j. ways gives Satisfaction. For Sal by, Il
Jau 1T. d. sc HMITT
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SAo and "u po 9eSs pa" nfens
SEELY Il BROS. Il Co., Greenville, Mich.
apr. 27-4w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-05-11

NJMTEGAR how made in 10 hours, with
v L ~ out drugs. Particulars 10 cents. F.
Sage, Cromwell, Conn. apr. PIT
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Geo. G. Lobdell and others Defendants,
BY virtue of decree of the Circuit Court
of Said County pronounced on the day of
April 1871, in Said Suit and the Petition for
resale there with filed, We the undersigned
Com'r. appointed therein for that purpose.
Will proceed on
FRIDAY, THE 9th DAY of JUTE 1871,
IN front of the Courthouse Door in Woodstock! +,
in said County, to sell the Valuable property,
known as
"CAROLLNL FURACE,"
situated Il miles south east of Woodstock and
about miles east of Edinburg, both of which
places have depots upon the line of the 0.
a. g. M. railroad, which traverses the Shen-
andoah Valley to Harrisonburg, and connects
with the Baltimore s. Ono Rail road at Stras-
burg.
The land consists of various tracts, adjoin-
ing 81 conveniently located and
ABOUT 5000 ACRES
in quantity. About 800 acres of.the land has
been in cultivation The lands
YIELDS IRON ORE
of superior quality and in great abundance,
also limestone and wood in large quantities.
The iron made at this Furnace was used for
years by Messrs. Bush and Lobdell, Manu-
facturers of Car Wheels at Wilmington,
Delaware and was regarded as of excellent
quality.
The Tredgar Iron Works at Richmond
Virginia, also used the iron extensively dnr-
ing the war, and priced it very highly.
Part of the Furnace buildings were destroy
ed during tho war, and the Stack has since
been taken down, " it'll view to the building
of new one, but large and comfortable
DWELLING HOUSE
and eighteen other houses for workmen,
besides other buildings suitable for such pro-
perty, remain upon the premises and many
of these have undergone repairs recently.
Only 25 miles of the Valley Railroad from
Harrisonburg TO Stanton, is to be made, to
secure connection with the Chesapeake q Ohio
Railroad The Shenandoah Valley r. B.
now in process of construction through the
Page Valley, will run
WITHIN 6 MILES OF THIS PROPERTY
upon the south.
Joseph Marston, who resides upon the
property and managed it for many years
will take pleasure in showing il to purchasers
or answering inquiries in regard to its char
acter sc.
His address is Edinburg, Shenandoah Co.,
and ours is Woodstock and same county.
TERMS OF SALE:
As much cash as will pay the cost of suit and
sale and the balance in three equal annual
payments, all to bear interest from the day
of sale, the purchasers to give bonds for the
deferred payments with not less than two
good sscarites and lien to be retainedin,
the deed, which is to be executed and re.
turned by the Com'rs with their report as a
further security,
Any further terms made known on the day
of sale. Sale to commence at IL O'Clock
A. NJ MARK BIRD,
MOSES WALTON,
JOHN J. STONEBURNER.
apr. 24-t d s. Commr's of Sale.
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The Tornado in Louis na-LOSS of Life
and PcODectY.

VEO I fOSA UNHV'
HAMILTON FISH, Sect'y. OF State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-06

In contradiction of the false report OF
the disturbances in the u. S. Court at
Oxford published by Mongrel papers,
with which Col. Lamar's name has been
prominently associated, we have copied
elsewhere correct account from the
Holly Springs Reporter furnished on the
authority of the editors of that paper and
which viii not be contradicted by respon-
sible parties ON the spot. 1t will be seen
that the difficulty was precipitated by a
rufianly demonstration against Col.
Lamar and for protection against which
he had appealed to the court before as
Stunning the defensive in his own behalf.
The well-known reputation of that dis
tinguished gentleman who is emphatically
without fear and above reproach viii
shield him against the falsehoods of the
pack who are engaged in manufacturing
them for political effect.
In this connection, it is proper to state
that if the report that Judge Hill has
stricken the name of Col. Lamar from tho
roll of attorneys in the u. S. court be
true, while it will interfere with the
practice of the profession of which he is
an ornament and by which he earns his
livelihood, it will detract nothing from
his fame as lawyer and as high toned,
chivalric gentleman in the highest sense
of the term.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-06

In illustration of the system Of carpet
bag representation enforced by fraud and
violence on the people of the South, a
case in point mentioned by Judge Bus
teed, of the United States District Court.
in his testimony before the Outrage
Committee, may be cited. He states
that a man named Willard Warner
applied for exemption from jury service
in his court in Alabama in 1867 or 3 on
the ground that he was a citizen of Ohio.
That very year, the same Warner was
elected to represent Alabama in the q.
S. Senate. What a mockery of repre-
sentative government And yet the case
of Warner was not as strong as that of
Ames who was elected from the Army by
the base creatures of his own choice in
the Legislature, to represent Mississippi
in the Senate without ever having pre-
tended to be citizen, or casting vote, or
paying dollars worth of tax. Notwith-
standing by the installation of the vaga-
bond State government, he has been the
instrument by which millions of dollars
have been taken from the pockets of the
people, he has not yet contributed his
mite to the common treasury. He nat
urally reciprocates the hatred of the peo-
pie whom he has thus foully wronged
and has voted for every measure Of
prescription which has been proposed for
their punishment and loses no opportuni-
tv to SANDER them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-06
Naxnrc1h Academy, Hxy.

| We have before us the Annual Catalogue
of this popular Female Academy for the
year 1901. 1t Is hardly necessary for us
to state that Is conducted by the Sisters OF
Charity, Order of Nazareth, and Is situated
within three miles Of Bardstown, Kentucky,
on the BardstOwn Branch Of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad. 1t has been for
many years very popular in the South as an
educational institution, particularly In Mis-
sissippl, as will be seen by the following
tabular statement
Wholenumber Of students 25S. Kentucky
&C. Mississippi 81, Tennessee n, louisiana
"a, Alabama 10, Arkansas ., Georgia 6, Flo
rida 5, Texas 4, Indiana 3, Illinois 3, Nilsson
ri 2, Ohio 2.
LITERARY HoNORs AND AWARDS or Dis
JUNCTION were conferred as follows: Miss
Anna M. Upper, ValedlctorIan.
DIPLOMAS 20. To MIssissippIans: Miss
Amanda ID. Mitchell, Vicksburg; Nina
Knowles, Aberdeen; Mary V. Graham,
ChOctaw county; Selah A. Cannon, Nazoo
City; Sarah G. Rowe, Woodville; Mary r.
o'Reilly, Yazoo City; Sarah $. Robinson,
Carroll county; Anna M. Upper, Canton.
| AhOhNiNd fOk oDREhlOh LITERARY mEh-
1T, 2O-Mississipplans same as above.
ID LITERARY HoNoRs 3O-Mississipplans
Kate A. Beavin, Rodney; Sarah A. Davis,
Holmes county; Mary w. Malone, Column
bus; Margaret f. Smarr, Vieksburg; Mary
Mcmahon, Madison county; Ozella Cox,
Columbus; Mary i. Terrell. Aberdeen
Letitia Rossman, VicksbuTg; X. y. Hum
phreys, Port Gibson.
TESTIMONIALS OF EXEMPLARY COEDUCr
AND DILIGENCE 32--Mississippians- Mary
f. O'Reilly, Yazoo city, Selah A. Cannon,
Yazoo county: Sarah 5. Robinson, Carroll
county; Nina Knowles, Aberdeen; Anna NJ.
Upper, Canton; Mary v. Graham, Choctaw
county ;Letitia Rossman, Vicksburg ;Aman-
ia ID. Mitchell. Yicksburg; Lilly Loving,
Carrollton CECILIA Cox, Columbus Mary T..
Terrell, Aberdeen Kate A. Beavin, Rodney /;
Bette Brooks, Washington county, Emma
Mcmahon, Madison county.
CoNDUcT-FRsr MEDAL 24-Mississip-
plans, Mamie Wilson, Port Gibson; Sallie
Yerger. Jackson; Ethel l.. BArksdale, Jack
son; Alice Ryland, Lowndes county.
SECOND MEDAL 6-MIssIssIPPIANs-
ry Malone, Columbus; Margaret T.. Smarr,
vicksburg; Kate Greaves, Jackson; Fannie
Began, Charleston.
THIRD MEDAL 22-MIssIssIPPIANs-S
lie Jordan, Lowndes county; Falba John
son, Carroll county; Sallie Cooper, Canton
Ella Cox, Lowndes county; Ella O'Conner,
Aberdeen; Anna Gale, Madison county:
Ida Loving, Carrolton.
FOURTH MEDAL 37-MIssIssIPPIANs -Sa-
rah A. Davis, Holmes county; Mary McMa-
hon, Madison county Louisa Beavin, Rod
ney, Blanche Morehead, Holmes sounty;
Minnie Ker, Natchez; Mary V. Harris, Jack
son; Mary McMaster, YazoO City; Mary
Humphreys, Port Gibson; Anna Wilson,
Carroll county.
FIFTH MEDAL ELECTROMAGNETIC Kate
Humphreys, Port Gibson; Maud Shackle-
ford, Chlckasaw county; Jennie V Brahan,
Pamela county; Mary Poindexter, Carroll
county Fannie Cross, Holmes county Ruby
Yerger, Jackson.
MEDAL FOR ONE SEssIoN-MIssIssIPPIA
Maggie Thompson, Port Gibson; Jessie
Buckner, Eggs Point; Evelyn Gwyn, Her
nando; Georgia Taylor, Lee county Amer
lea Allen, Lee county; Belle Robbins, Lee
county; ANNA Beal, Durant.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-06

Eighteen months of service in the
Radical party has put dreadful blight
upon many hopeful prospect of young
ambition. Numbers who were enticed
into that party by promises of fat offices
and future distinction, have come to
grief. For time, they drew their sala-
ries coined out of the sweat and blood of
the taxpayers and intoxicated with
the pleasures which it brought, they were
forgetful of the infamy with which their
apostacy had also been recompensed.
They have awakened from their dreams
to find that their hopes, like Dead Sea
fruits, have turned to ashes-their career
brought suddenly to close; and that
they are marks for the finger of scorn.
Sons of a day Just bouyant on the food,
Next, numbered with the puppies in the
mud.
Their reputation unable to bear the
odium which has attached to their inglo-
rious career, and unable longer to be of
service to the Radical cause, they will be
turned out ON the commons to die.
To fill the aching void thus created, the
wretched old procurers of carpet-baggery
will seek cunningly for new victims for
whom they. will bid high and make fair
promises. Let all whom they approach
be reminded of the fate of the innocents
whom they have already devoted to des-
truction. Their melancholy end viii
find its illustration in the fable of the old
Robber, Cacus, told of in Grecian fables,
who dragged the oxen he had stolen back
wards by the tail into his cave. The
footprints pointed outwards, but on in
vestigation it was discovered that they
led downward and were, the indicia of
retrogression and irretrievable loss.