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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
To Make Farm Life Attractive,

i. By less hard work. Farmers
often undertake more than they can
do well, and consequently work too
early and too late.
2. By more system. The farmers
should have a time to begin and stop
labor. They should put more mind
and machinery into their work
They should theorize as we'll as
practice, and let both go together.
Farming is healthy, moral and re-
spectacle; and, in the long run, may
be made profitable. The farmer
SHOULD keep good stock, and out Of
debt.
3. By taking care of health.
Farmers have a healthy variety of
exercises, but too often neglect clean.
illness, eat irregularly and hurriedly,
sleep in ill-ventilated apartments,
and expose themselves needlessly to
cold.
4. BY adjoining the home. Books,
papers, pictures, music, and reading
should ell be brought to bear upon
the indoor family entertainments
and neatness, aud comfort, order,
strawberry, flowers and fruit, should
harm0nize all without. There would
be fewer assertions of old homcsteads
if pains were taken to mako them
agreeable. Ease, order, health and
beauty, are compatible with farm
life, and were ordained to 60 with it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

FANNY FERNS Awe OF A HUSBAND.
"A lady having remarked that are
is the most delicious foeling wife
can hold towards her husband, Fanny
Fern thus comments:
"Awo Of a man, whose whiskers
you have trimmed, whose hair YOU
have cut, whose cravat you have
tied, whose shirt you have put in
the wash, whose boots and shoes
you have kicked into the closet
whose dressing gown you have worn
while combing your hair, who has
been down in the kitchen with you
at eleven o'clock at night to hunt for
a chicken bone, who has hooked
your own dresses, nnlaced your boots
and tied your bonnet; who has stood
before your looking glass, with
thumb and finger on proboscis,
scratching his chin; whom you have
seen asleep with his mouth widc
open; ridiculous n
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Tea Growing In California.

Several thousand tea plants were
received in San Francisco last year
from japan, and after lying in store
for some time wore set out in q
plantation on Mr.. Brannan's estate
at Calistoga. The plants had been
go long out Of their native earth, and
were in such condition when received
at Calistoga, says the Bulletin, that
it was doubted whether any of them
would. live. About ten or fifteen pcr
ONT. however, put forth leaves, and
will probably grow in time into re-
spectacle tea shrubs, though not at
present in o very thrifty condition.
At the Same time quantity Of JAP
anese tea seed was received and
planted out in the Same locality.
The seeds all germinated, and tho
young plants appear SO thrifty that
no doubt is now entertained Of the
success Of the experiment, and Mr..
Perkins, who has tho matter in
charge, having recently received
from Eugene NJ. Van Reed, of Kan
agawa, q fresh supply of several
hundred pounds Of seod, is now en-
gagged in planting them. Mr.. Bran.
nan has renewed his lease and made
arrangements for starting tea
ON an extensive scale,
California tea may, in tow years,
become staple article in tho mar
kets of the United States.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

II is we'll known that in different
parts of tho world, there are people
who cat earth; among them are
some of the natives Of Java, who
cat u red kind of earth as a luxury.
This earth which is soft and smooth
to tho touch, has been analysed by a
German chemist, who finds it very
rich in iron, with q small quantity
of potassa and soda. Some tribes eat
earth to stay tho pangs Of hunger
by filing their stomaohs, and because
at oil times they can got nothing
better; but tho people Of Java cat
their earth baked in thin cakes, as
an agreeable variety in their general
diet. The cakes, when slightly
moistened, are rich and unctious,
and the enjoyment in eating is sup
posed to consist in tho sensation pro.
ducod by q fatty substance. 1t is o
curious fact in the history Of human
habits. af:V
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

New Hampshire, always q close
State, apparently elected democrat
10 Governor, and one member Of
Congress yesterday. We have heard
nothing about the canvass or candi
dates heretofore, and suppose our
people let the election 60 by default.
The result will be beneficial to our
party and tend to harmonic per-
sonal difficulties in the approaching
Presidential campaign.
8The democratic Simeon which
swept over the country in the mid
die of Lincoln's Administration, open.
ed the eyes of the people, and con-
tributed greatly to republican tri-
umph at the polls and in tho field in
1864. Better triaing loss here and
there in 1871 than q disaster in 1872.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

The MARsHALsHIP.-From privat Q
aud reliable sources we learn, from
Washington, that Potter Melendy
had no opposition for the Marshal
ship, and that the entire Iowa dele
cation Joined in recommending him
for the appointment.
This proves two things pretty
conclusively in our opinion to-wit -
that the charges made against
Melendy by Republican and Demo.
cratic papers alike, are not we'll
taken, or else, if so, the responsibility
of his appointment rests primarily
with the Iowa delegation, and cannot
justly lie at the door of the admins
trat,on. The former superstition is
undoubtedly correct.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Agricultural Meeting,
OTTUMwA, March II, 1871

II
The Beard of Directors of the
Wapello Co lnty Agricultural Society
met at the Court House in Ottumwa,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, pursuant to adj
tournament, and there not being a
quorum present, adjourned to meet
at / o'clock p. NJ.
And at said time the Board mot
with President 8. X. Dreamer in tho
chair. Officers preset l.. II. Newell,
Treasurer; Benjamin Randell, J.
Lowenberg, g. +. Myers, VIM. Col
beck; John Yeager, J. r. Myers, and
VIM. Pedrick, Directors.
Director Il. +. Newell offered the
resignation of DIR. J.. g. johnson. as
Secretary, sowing to his contempla-
ted removal from the county," which
was on motion accepted, and J. o.
Briscoe unanimously elected to Gil
the vacancy.
Tho minutes of the last meeting
were thcn read and approved.
Tee Special Committee on seIec-
ton of Fair Ground, then made their
report submitting three propositions,
as follows:
One from the Driving Park Asso-
citation, offering their grounds for
the coming Annual Fair for the sum
ofTwo Hundred Dollars for four
days; also that the undivided one.
half interest of said grounds could
probably be purchased for the pur-
pose of holding County Fairs at the
sum Of two thousand dollars.
Also, a proposition from the citi-
zens OF Agency City and vicinity
Offering to donate the necessary
grounds and two thousand dollars in
money, provided the Fair would be
permanently located at that place.
Also, the further offer from Judge
M. J. Williams TO lease to said So
ciety, free of charge, all tho neces-
sary grounds for Fair purposes with
the privilege of removing all the i'm
provements at any time tho Society
might desire, reservlng tho right to
use said grounds for his own pur-
poses whom such use would not in
terfere with tho convonlng of the
Society.
The report of tho Committee was
accepted and Committee discharged.
On motion OF benjamin Randeil,
the first propositisn us made by tho
Driving Park Association, was taken
up for consideration and after con
siderable discussion tho vote was Ia
ken upoi the acceptance of the propo-
sltion and lost-yeas, 3; nays, S.
And by agreement all further ac-
ton upon the permanent location OF |
II Fair Ground wig postponed, in |
order that tho plan to raise Joint
stock company rs proposed ct the
last meeting by Mr.. Briscoo and ap
proved BY the Board, might be sub
mtted to The people and IN effort
made TO perfect the same.
And The matter of renting The pnrl,
Ground for temporary purposes was
deferred until the next meeting OF
Ihe Board by The adoption of the
ollowif & resolution rs offered by
!. r. Myers:
WHEREAS the Driving Park Asso.
nation OF Ottumwa Iowa, propose
'ery literally TO give tho use OF choir
grounds, for tho purpose Of holding
'ur next annual Fair, for the sum OIL
wo hundred dollars and
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

The Census Board of Iowa, has
ordered the Secretary of State, to
distribute one copy of Professor
Whites Geological Report to each
newspaper in Iowa. This is hand
some and we'll deserved compliment
to the press, and is duly appreciated.
We have received a copy from Sec
rotary Wright.
The Report is bound in two large
volumes, imperial octave, profusely
illustrated, and is for sale by the
publishers, Mills & Co., at $1,000.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Chicago Provision.

Chicago, March Ii.
PORk--Mess pork firmcr; sales at
21.00 cash, and 21.00i seller April
and 2l.00S seller May.
LARD-At 12s.
enthusiastically sales short ribs
at 81 seller May.
WUISKY-Asksd SIS,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Strawberry in Hills-Try It
Once.

l mean try oultivating your straw
berries 10 stools. For onoc, determine
that you will adhere strictly to the
plan of outing off every runner and
keeping down all foreign growth;
and ] mean by foreign growth overy-
thing except your plants. Let me
advise you to select the far named
Wilson's Albany. Select good
piece of ground, about sixty feet
square, and put IL in excellent filth.
Then take q garden limo that will
reach across it, and as early 10 March
as You can, or first of April, get good,
strong, we'll rooted plants; and put
them out by the line two feet apart
each wsy-spreading out the roots
tan shape-and cover up to, but not
over the Drown. Work this plant
every ten days during tho growing
season. and about the middle of Do
cember following, scatter some kind
of seedless straw all over the plat
plants and all--about two inches
thick, as . winter protection, and let
vAAho OUA Nv AOuWA0 OV0E tu0 V0U uutll
about the last OF March following; at
which time, pass over it with pitch
fork and move the straw from the
crowns Of the plants only, leaving it
oil around and under them % spring
and summer mulch, which will keep
the plants moist; and then your work
10 done until bearing season is over.
Cultivated in this way your berries
will be much larger and the yield
enormous. If the season be a good
one, you will gather from pint to q
quart 10 the stool. After they are
done bearing spade up the bed straw
and all-and keep it clean ofrunners
and filth, a. you did the season be-
fore; and the following December ap-
ply fresh mulohing, and 80 on from
year to year, and your bed will last
in fine condition for many years
Try it once, and you will never adopt
any other plan. Pull off all blossoms
the first year Woodmdn Stanford
XIV. in Prairie Farmer;
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

For LIEUTENANT GovKRNoR.-So
far Senators Murray of Madison and
Bulls of Winnesheik, Sam Clark OF
the Gate City, Gen. j. B. Leake and
Col. Saunders OF Davenport, are the
only candidates yet named for the
Lieutenant Governorship. Ninety
i've more counties are to hear from.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Governor Merrill, Conger of Water.
loo, Fellows, Peck of Keokuk, Arnold
and McCrackon OF Marshaltown.
Gen. Clark ofDes Moines, Col. Cork.
hill, Melendy, Val Mendel, Parsons of
TT. Dodge, and many other disting-
uished Iowans either have been, or
now are at that Mecca of disinter-
ested patriots to.wit: Washington
n ~
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Explanation Of the Phenomenon
OF the Indian Summer,

This short, brilliant season, which,
in this climate precedes the setting
in OF the winter, is capable of simple
philosophical explanation. It is
often warm, almost always hazy, with
q reddish solar beam, and very
varying oloudiness. It nearly
always follows a few weeks of wealth
or prophetic of wild winter. and il
always Immediately ushors it in with
cold storms Of hail, rain, or snow,
and then the weather is generally
settled until spring. Its causes are
these; About the last of August ice
begins to form along the coasts Of
the Polar Ocean, and 20 proceeds
by gradual steady oongelation to the
south. Now, the reverse of the
process is thAw; when ice becomes
water, it,must imbibe or absorb heat,
or it cannot thaw; the heat thus
absorbed is taken from the air, chill
ing that and retarding tho SPRING
go, on the contrary, when water
freezes or becomes ice, it gives out
the heat that kept it fluid, and the
air receives it giving it unnatural
warmth, and affecting the clouds,
etc., formed in it. This process OF
giving out calorio, or heat, proceeds
from the Pole southwark, until il
passes over Canada, and is lost in
the Atlantic Ocean.
The hazy OF poouliar condition nj
the atmosphere is increased by the
ceaseless formation and dissipation
Of small vesioles Of vapor meeting
the vision in every direction. The
crust Of the earth shares in the de-
scent of the temperature, while the
freer air is subject to natural fluotu-
atoms, which restore it's balance and
carry away its warmth. Tho ruby
or strong red rays Of the sun reach
US greatly reiracted, and tho land.
scape stands mantled in the strange,
hazy, beautiful effulgence. The do.
clining sun, unable to sustain the
Indian summer, departs every mo.
mont more and more south, and secs
the vigorous winter steadily approach
bearing down all before it. Then
tho inhabitant hears the unmistake.
able roar of that blast which changes
the green livery of summer for q
mantle of snow. The only reason
why the Indian summer is moi
known in Britain is the SEQ. Russia
and Siberia have their Indian summer
as we'll as Canada, and as well
defined too. The causes are the
same, and 90 are the explanations.
The time is coming when the Indian
summer will not reach the latitude
of Montreal. The clearing of the
forests, and the continual drainage oil
the land will utterly change our
climate. By the labors of the Amer
lean as we'll as of our Canadian
pioneers, that day will be hastened
and the last of this generation will
hardly have disappeared when theil
children shall gather, in the county
of Prescott, the roses Of a brigh,
March and Of tender April. Thor
the glories of the Indian summer
will have forever ceased.-Domin 10,
Monthly.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
"The Man Who Drinks"

The man who drinks is never, in
the end "the man who laughs" He
is generally the man who weeps, or
for whom others must shed bitter
tears. He is alasi q member of no
particular class of society. Youmeet
him everywhere, from the lowest to
the highest places of this world, and
always find him not only his own
worst enemy, but the unconscious
enemy of all who trust in him.
Ifamong q band Of Woodworking
mechanics, you find ono who, on
wages others deem sufficient for de-
cent clothes, tidy rooms and oom-
Portable dinners, is always out at el-
bows, always at loggerheads with
bis landlord, and always complain
ing of hard times, ten to one he ID
the man who drinks.
If on the Judges bench you meet
q man who deals unjustly, who
judges unrighteously, who lie faceti-
GUS in the presence of misery and
makes crime q jest, and the sentence
of some poor wretch an excuse for
stupid puns and vulgar witticisms,
there also you may know tho man
who drinks-in his own snug little
room perhaps, not openly, but all the
same, q drunkard.
1t you see woman worn and pale
and wretched for some unknown
cause, fear in her eye and anxiety in
her voice, youth gone too early, and
her daily duties mere sad burdens,
ten to one her husband is the man
who drinks; for who ever knew
that man to keep his vow, and love
and cherish and protect his wife7 \
The beggar children in the cutters,
ignorant and vile and wretched be-
yond description, are his offspring.
The jail opens to let him in. The
gallows sometimes ends his life.
The man ,oho drinks is not always
an idiot, as one might believe. The
greatest statesmen have ceased to be
great the best writers OF tho world
dropped their pens when they were
most useful and most brilliant
splendid fellows, whom men admired
and women loved-have fallen in
their heydey, because of rum. In
one word, half the world is q failure,
it's hopes all wrecked, its lovc an
offering on a ruined shrine, its schemes
dead failures, its crimes legion, its
prisons and it's charnel-houses full,
because of the man Uho drinks.-I
Ne,c York Ledger.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Governor Merrill has offered re-
ward OF $500 for tho arrest of John
+. Duncan who murdered Edward
Kennedy near Hopkinton couple of
months since. The relatives of the
murdered man have also ollcreJ 5000
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Insurance Renewals.

Commissioner Pleasonton, on Feb.
Ii, made the following decision in
reply to inquiry of Col. Billiard, of
32d District of New York:
Sir In your letter of the 9Th
instand, you enclose a fire policy of
the Merchants Insurance Company
Of New York, with q renewal receipt
attached, and submit the question
whether the latter should be
stamped.
Any writing, whether called a
receipt" or otherwise, which con-
tains contract renewing. o policy
that has expired from any cause, or
is about to expire by limitation,
should be stamped the same. as
original policy.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

The Des Moines Register is show.
ing who are tho wealthy citizens OF
that place by printing the assessment
list. The list reveals but one million.
aire-Hon. B. +. Allen, whose assess
ment is $2,044,00O. J. G. Savery's
assessment is $3.50, 900, W. w. Moore's
$4,000, Gen. J. NJ. Tuttle's s115,-
600, Hon. F. W. Palmer's Sos, 900. P.
M. Cassaday's 100000, Judge G. c.
Coles $4,000, Gov. Merrill's $92, 900.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

The Boston Post tells of man in
Troy "who left q boarding house
just because Q rat bit off his ear"
When people get to be that partic-
ular about trifes, they ought to quit
boarding and go to keeping house.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Charles Sumner, in his usual inso-
lent manner, yesterday, demanded
Of Senator Cameron, the new Chair
man of the Commute on Foreign
Affairs, that he should see at once
that the French Spoliation Bill
be pressed through Congress,
whereat old Simon retorted
that it was not just exactly the
fair thing to demand that he
should have done instantly what
Sumner had vainly been trying to do
for ten years and the average Amer
loan intellect will conclude that ST.
mon had Charles.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Chicago q, Market.
Chicago, March IL .

IU,Aff sI4II8f Chicago, Mar0h l4.
FLOUR-Steady and unchanged;
low grades scarcely saleablea
WHRAT-Stcady and moderate
demand at I24a(0124ijoas land l24a
last half, aud 1851 @l253 sollor April.
CORN-Firm and fairly active at
5ss cash, and 53t seller April, and
5St@58a seller May.
OATS-Quict and frm; sales ut
49A cash, and 81 seller May. a,.
RYE-Quiet; No 2. at 80.
BARLEY-Steady and more &C.
two; No 2 atty and 79a(9S5, &c
cording to location. Az
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

ABOUT THE STATE FAIR.-The
Cedar Rapids Times, in speaking of
the State Fair Grounds, states: "Thoy
are to cover fifty five acres and will
be the best ever had, complete and
well arranged in every detail. The
people of Cedar Rapids hrve organ
lied a company and arc going to
work in earnest to comply with the
terms of the contract. The hall for
vegetables and pantry stores is in the
shape OF a Greek Cross, 14O feet long,
with wings 40 feet square, containing
$50 feet of table room. Floral
and Fruit Hall of similar shape
and same size. Fine Art Hall il tho
Same style but larger, being 16Ox40
feet, with wings 4ox6O feet and a
platform in the center "a fees in
diamater. Tho Poultry stand is 600
feet long. The Secretary's office is
to be 32x2O, with wings 1920.
Mechanical and Power Hall will be
$50 feet, with wings "a feet each.
Tho Judges Stand will be octogon
in shape, two stories high. The
track is to be o half mile in length
and forty feet wide. There will .lso
be Ladies' Saloon 33x2O feet, With
lawns and veranda running around
on the sides. There will be 80
closed horse stalls 8x12; IS open
5x12; 209 cattle stalls Sx12; LIS
hog pens SKI; 100 sheep pens 6x6 !;
The cost Of putting the grounds ii
shape will not be less than 500, OOC.
The people of Iowa will have tia
pleasure this year Of attending tn.
best Fair ever held in the State"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Gen. Reynolds, elected United
States Senator from Texas, has been
ordered back to command his military
district. The Senate has taken no
action on his claim.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Now all tho lunatics are at work
devis!ng means by which railroad
trains can cross bridges without kill
ing lot Of people, The latest moth
cd mentioned is for tho passengers
to get off and walk,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Iowa DIGEsT.-We see it announ-
ced that Hon. John f. Lacey, of
Oskaloosa, has compiled volume
third of the Iowa Digest being a
supplement to Dillon's and Ham,
mond's Digests. 1t will contain all
decisions made since the issuing of
Hammond's Digest, including those
found in the Iowa Twenty-Seventh
Reports.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

George W. Leland, editor of the
Brooklyn Journal, died on the 9th
INST. lie was Il talented and prom
lslng young man.
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III South Third Street, Ptiiddelphia; Cor
'lcl Of Nassau and Val Streets. N. r.:
is2 l1h Street, Washington, ID. c., on
Natfonat Banks. aud W Brokers gcner.
atty Throughout tie country.
AIar, 10, -dlt.-w3t.
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TnANEs.-The Secretary Of War
has our thanks for bound copies OF
his able aud exhaustive report for
1870.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

A brutal case of seduction has oc.
ourrrcd at Plainsville, Bremen county,
and the offspring left on the prairie
whore 1t froze to death. r
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

"rbero are three things" said q
wit, (which ] have always loved
without understanding them: paint
ing, music, and women"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Chicago Live Stock.

VNICRXUy NKurUH Ifs
HOGS-Receipts 4, 900; dull at 600
@6.25 for common; 6.5O@6.75 for
bacon grade, 6.oO@7.30 for ohoioe.
Tho pens were all clcar ct close OF
the market. 49, IN 4
CATTLE-Reoeipts 1900. dull
and 25@30cts. per hundred lower.
Salos common to choice att $50
6.40. gtajs9N ~
SHEEP-Activo and in fair de.
mand at 3.6O(04.6O for common.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Put squarely correct figures, the
five miIliards of indemnity cxactod
from France, is equal to s950,0o0,-
,JvU
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

An Evansville, Indiana, girl Of Is,
owns fifty thousand dollars in real
estate, yet works out rs domestic
for the pure love Of it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Last Wednesday night Il $4,000
fire occurred at Sioux City, destroy
ing the International Hotel.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

The Washington papers want their
District called simply Columbia"
instead OF the "District of Colum.
bia,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

Sioux City has elected a Republi-
can Mayor and six ofthe eight Coun.
cjlmen.