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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-11
VOL. /.
Ridiculous Story of Mrs. Byrde.

The funniest story ever heard,
The funniest thing that ever occurred,
Is the story of Mrs. Mehitable Byrde,
Who wartea to be Mason.
Her husband, Tom Byrde, is Mason trnc,
AS good Mason as any of you;
He is Tyler of Lodge Cerulean Blue,
And tyles and delivers the summons due,
ANA she wanted to be n Mason too;
This ridiculous Mis-. Byrde.
She followed him round, this inquisitlve wifi,
And nagged bin and teased him half out {
his life;
SO, to terminate this unhallowed strife
He consented at last to admit her.
And first, to disguise her from bonnet an
shoon,
The ridiculous lady agreed to put on
His breech-ah forgive me; meant pantc
looms
And miraculously did they fit her.
The Lodge was at work on the Masters de
gree,
The light was ablaze in the letter G.;
High scared the pillars j. and b.
The officers sat like Solomon, wise,
The birthstone burned midst horrid cries
The goat roamed wildly through the room,
The candidate begged em to let him go home
As proud as an alderman at feast
When in came Mrs. Byrde.
Oh horrible sounds Oh horrible sight
Can it be that Masons take delight
In spending thus the hours of night
All could their wives and daughters know
The unutterable things they say and do,
Their feminine hearts would burst with woe
But this is not all my story.
For those Masons joined in q hideous ring.
The candidate howling like everything,
And thus in tones of death they sing
The candidates name was Morey-
"Blood to drink, and bones to crack,
Skulls to smash, and lives to take,
Hearts TO crush, and souls to burn
Give old Morey another turn,
And make him all grim and CORY"
Trembling with horror stood Mrs. Byrde,
Unable to speak a single word;
She staggered and fell, in the nearest chair
On the left of the Junior Warden there,
And scarcely noticed so loud the groans,
The chair was made of human bones
OF human bones on grinning skulls
That ghastly throne of horror rolls
Those skulls, the skulls that Morgan bore,
Those bones, the bones that Morgan wore,
His scalp across the top was flung,
LID tCOJu uTluS were
Never, in all romance, was known
Such uses made Of human bones.
The birthstone cleaned in lurid fame
Just like place we will not name
Good angels, that inquiring came,
From blssful courts looked on with shame
And fearful melancholy.
Again they dance, but twice as bad,
They jump and sing like demons mad,
The tune is Hunkey-D -Dorey--
Blood to drink" &C., &c.
Then came pause-a pair of paws
Reached through the floor, upslding doors,
And grabbed the unhappy candidate.
How can l, without tears, relate
The lost and ruined Morey's fate ?
She saw him sink in fiery hole,
she heard him scream "my soul my soul y
While roars of tiendish laughter roll
Aud drown the yells of Morey
Blood to drink" &C., &c.
The ridiculous woman could stand no more
She tainted, and fell on the floor
Midst all the diabolcal roar.
What then, you ask me, did befall
Mehitable Byrde? Why, nothing at all!
She dreamed that she'd been in the Mason
hall. Masonic Jetoel.
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laws of South Carolina.
ACTS. AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Published by Authority.]

AN ACT to Incorporate the Lancas-
ter and Camden Railroad company,
OF South Carolina.
SEC, l Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met
and sitt;ng in General Assembly, anu
by the authority Of the same,
That. for the purpose Of establish
ing q railroad company from Camden
to Lancaster, O charter, with the
lights aud prigile ses incidental to
the same, and is hereby, granted to-
and vested in, II. J. Hjckson, R. w
Consart Joseph Ciark J, FIG. Mittng,
B. J. W,therspoon, D G. Wolfe. W.
N. Shannon, J, B. Kershaw: ". g.
Leitner. Names Baum, Samuel BOY.
kin, T. T. NcDow S. II. Brewer, L J.
Patterson and John Kershaw, nnd
their associates ;sand when q company
shall be formed, il compliance with
the conditions herein prescribed, il
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RyW A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
NORA-BELLE.

GThese sweet lines were written some
years ago by J. c. Harris, the popular
paragraphist of the Savannah News.-
EDS. AT. Cons. :
OF all the little fairies
That ever love caressed,
know our little darling
Is the brightest and the best.
Oh the neatest and the sweetest!
No.tongue can ever tell
How much of love we lavish L..
On little Nora-Belle.
She cannot reach the roses
That grow about her way,
But in her face are flowers
More beautiful than they;
And the sunlight falling round her,
CLOVIS with a magic spell,
shedding a golden glory
On little Nora-Belle.
She is winsome, she Is winning
She ia blithe and she is gay,
And she asks the wisest questions
In the most old fashioned way;
And the lilies in the valley,
And the daisies in the dell,
Are not 80 pure and tender
As little Nora-Belle.
For, years ago, our Saviour
Blessed children with touch,
And still His words are ringing:
"My kingdom is of such w
Flushed with His holy meaning,
They stand outside of sin;
And with his hand to guide them,
They may not enter in.
o rare sunshine and shadow!
That chase each other So
That fall, and fit, and flicker,
And restless come and go!
o winds from DER the ocean!
o breezes from the dell!
Bring naught but health and pleasure
To little Belle!
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chants Building, Trust and loan
Association, Of Aiken, South Caro-
lima.
Section l. Be it enacted by tie
Senate aud House of Representatives
of tho State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
That w. Ii. Jones, II. J. Maxwell,
J. A. Bowley, p. 4. Rivers, e. P. Sto-
ney, James Major. Joseph Quash, NJ.
J. Hirsch, c. b. Hayne John g. Ford,
Il. Ferguson, james Johnson, J. B.
Bascomb, J. S. Mobley aud i. NJ.
Sumptor, together with such persons
who are now, or may hereafter be,
associated with them, be, and they
are hereby, declared q body polite
and corporate, (for the purpose OF
making loans nf money, by certificate
or otherwise, secured by mortgage on
real estate and personal property Of
any and all descriptions, or BY con.
veyance of the same to their members
and stockholders or other persons, }
by the name and style Of the "Mer.
chants Bull ling, Trust and Loan As.
socia,ion Of Aiken, South Carolina u
The capital stock of said Association
shall consist Of twenty-five hundred
shares, to be paid in by successive
monthly instulments Of one dollar OH
each share, so long as the corporation
shall continue; and the said shares to
be held, transferred. assigned and
pledged, and the holders thereof tc
bc subject to such regulations, fol
defaults in their payments, as may be
prescribed by the bylaws created fol
the government Of the corporation.
SIC, Q. That tho said corporation
shaH havo power and authority te
a4ke any such rules and bylaws fol
its goyarnmeut as are not rcpugnan
10 The Constitution and laws Of Tho
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AN ACT to Incorporate the Charles.
ton Loan and Exchange Company.
SECTION l. Be il enacted by the
Senate snd House of Representatives
of tho State cf South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly
and by the authority of the samo,
That the parsons and bodies corpo'
rate who shall become stockholders
in the manner hereinafter described
and their successors, shall be q body
polite and corporate, under tho name,
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GThese sweet lines were written some
wears ago by J. C. Harris, the popular
paragraphist of the Savannah News.-
EDS. AT. Cons.
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AN ACT to Incorporate the Union
Baptist Church, of Laurens Coun-
ty, South Carolina.
SEC. /. Bo it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of tho
State Of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in Gencral Assembly, and by
the authority Of the, same,
That from and Immediately after
the passage Of this Act, all persons
who now are. or who here after shalt
or may become. members Of the said
society, shall be, and they are hereby
incorporated, and are declared to DO
u body corporate. by the name and
stylo of the Union Baptist Church,
and. by the said name, shall have sue.
cession of officers and members, and
have a common seal.
Sec. 2. That tho said corporation
shall have power to purchase, receive
and possess and real or personal esr
tate, not exceeding in value the sum
of twenty thousand dollars, or to tell
the same; and, by itS corporate namo
to sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded in ano court Of this State;
and to make such rules and bylaws
mot repugnant to law) as may be
thought necessary and expedient.
SEC. 8 This Act shall be deemed \
public Act. and continue in force un-
til repealed.
Approved March 13, 1872.
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New Books.

Albert Lurel. !. A Novel. BY the late Lord
BRouGHAM. New York: HARrER 4
BROTHERS. t.,-i si.i.ssAf'sb- 'rfTE I ,
This novel was written by the Lord
BEouGuAM in 1914, but for private reasons
was not published. It is dedicated to SAM
uEL ROGERS. s-,. ..... a....-" E...' ~. q
For sale by j. T. ELLYsoS.
Fables and Legends Of Many Countries
Rendered in Thyme. BY JoHN GODFREY
SAKE. Boston: JAMES II. OsGooD IL co.
This is beautifully printed volume, and
will become very. popular. SAVES pithy.
concise, and playful genius is exactly suited
to the narration of choice fables.
For sale by j. 7. EELYsoN.
Three Books Of Song. BY HENRY 'WADs-
WORTH LoNGFELLow. Boston {: OsGooD t.
Co. - z +,
This new book Of poems Ivy LoSGFELLow
is issued ill superb style by the publishers.
Such paper. such type, are enough to make
even indifferent poetry toerable. There arc
some songs in this book that will bring LONG.
FELLOW nearer TO the affections of the world.
Orig Grange.i Edited by. HERMAN KtNsT,
Pathological Professor. Boston: OsBeop
81, & Co.
OsGooD & Co. in these works are doing
themselves very great credit. They are nd.
mirahly printed and bound. This last book
of poems is very peculiar production, and
will probably attract considerable attention.
For sale by j. Il. ELLrsoN.
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D MORE NEW AND ELEGANT
GOODS FOR JUNE AND JULY.
70 HoME-sTAYERs AND SPRINGS orps
T..R. PRICE 4 co

fT..R. PRICE 4 co.
are again 10 market, aud are oyrnirg nv e.prcss
and steamers. large additions Of NEW AND ELE.
tiASFGoODS In each department
Long limo Of NEW PRINTS great show IN al
the new s6gsres--for4 ladies and cIlil,rcn--in
mourning and haIf-mcnrpipg styles:
DIR ESS G0OISin BL LACK aud CoLuREDSII.Ks.
JAPANESE SILKS and PoPLINs;
black and coiorcd-yarcty;
sATIN-sTRIPED HERNASIs. aud GREyA.
= D1NES-ciecked;. 90
DOLLY WARDEN CASfDRicS and PRINTS.
FRENCH and ENGLISH ORGANIZES, both fr.
ured and plain
LAWNS and JACC0NETs, from the loves, to the
4 highest grades. '5s''ra+ ..z
FANCY GOODS In SILK SCARFS. LACE and
- LINEN COLLARS, CORSETs. GLOVES NJ
h J all kinds, PARAsOLS of every make, UU
SIERY, &c.
LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S UNDERSIliRTS,
/. CHlLDREN'S UNDERSTANDS SOCKS.
FANS, &c. &C..
CLOTHS, CASSIAfERES. and VESTINGS for gen.
uemenaudboys; 0RlLLINGS. plain and fancy ;
DUCKS, &c.
IRISH LINENS AND OTHER LINEN GOODS.
Inspiie Of the recent heavy advance In such goods
as well as I'm woollen Goods. the stock now on hand
win be sold out at old prices.
jes '1 T.R. PRICE & co.
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The Norfolk Journal! continues on the
right tack. Commenting OH the visionary
scheme of Governor RANDOLPH for concel.
tlatliS the votes Of the opposition, even
though there be two candidates, the Journal
slys: f .'s.
"Governor Randolph is Il statesman of en-
Iarged and liberal views. He iSa patriot,
and he understands the necessities of the
situation. His plan fora joint electoral ticket
will be an admirable arrangement If there
shall he TWO formidable candidates in the
ii ,l against Grant. But we believe there
will be. as there ought to be, but one. And
we arc IN favor Of Injecting the enemy race To
fuc and foot to FOOT" LeLtls all who are 0p-
posed TO Grant concentrate upon one com.
mon candidate to defeat him. II Mr.. Gree
lev shall be endorsed by the Baltimore Con-
vention, let every Democrat and every Con.
seryatiye in the country vote for him. Ii Il
third candidate shall be brought forward, LET
all the opponents of Radicalism Uote tor him.
We must haven flank movement if we
would carry our coors into the White
House.
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sneciaI friend. They held o6fait sorts Of ins'
,,Itccr1t,1ts and snxomiseas 10 them. Ibes:
made the most incredible and ridlctious
niedccs to them. What has been charged y
no myth; 1t Is proved everywhere tnat lne
negroes were told &c lhey would vote for tne.s
they should have each forty acres OF laIsd anu
4 mule apiece, and frequently the poor devils
went to the poiIs,yyith balters in their nlHus
to lead home the mule they expected 10 re.
ceiye. They stationed men ut distances lsonl
the polls to arrest every mar, who aarea ~
vote AGAINST them, threatening and often
cornmiitfng violence upon those who re-
fused.f Theg did everything to make thein
Lafe the race with whom they had formerly,
lived on terms OF friendship. Their leagues
we're omuipotent, and their orders Wete
rarely {lisobeyed. Further than that, many
of those emissaries carried painted stakes mn-
dor their arms and sold them Mt ono doiiaf
an;ccr or four, to stake of a plat, tolgholah.
HACKS telling them if they would step OH 80
| many, stems and stick stick into TIC ssroolu;
and then step off so many more stls anu
click another Of these painted stakes Inoo. Ivy
ground. and then step of so many mort s,e
and slick another, and so on, they Wouid NC
entitled to forty acres Of their 1orme, me-.
| ter's farm, as these painted stakes pau ue: =.
purchased at the Treasury Department. ~,
Washington to enable them thus 10 PeIie.s
their title. These poor negroes paia iopi
dollars for these stakes .f.,,o
Hinder this Radical carpct.lmS RUE the
| debt of the Sotitl, increased from iooH, 10
Is7t over two hundred and fifty million dol
la,.s Where has this money gone? The
southern people have been plundered ana
rohbcd ms PEOPLE were never plundered and
robbed before, and the profits have all gone
IN the Administration and its emissarics. - !.
Since, in the face OF all this, President
G rant and his supporters dare to ask the cX-
tension of the kuklux law. II Congress Is
not utterly corrupt and wholly lost to pa
triotisn, and given over to partisanlsm, the
request will be refused with scorn and III
dirnati0n.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

The INK OF defeat isf Tie e!s fal cs5lcge and
I'm tho, scareeM Iess: 3innortnii1 naffH Of se-
curing the return of majority OF Demo
Gratis, Conservatives, and Liberal Repnbns
ems To tho, next House Of Representatives.
81 That6 Ode regard FOR The hest interests
Of the country, which every true patriot
viii esteem as Being infinitely above ali con-
s;derations OF Marty, should deter the Cos'-
yer,,ion mt Baltimore from naming any can
didates other than those nominated S AZ GtHT
cinnatf. 49,. -, !, $50. +:
8. That the Convention soon to assemble
In Richmond. which will he composed OF
gentlemen formerly identified with the b@o
rarties that for many years commended with
each other for supremacy In this State, should
give expression TO what we believe to be the
prevailing sentiment among Conservatives 10
Virginia. by recommending this pohcy 70
the Baltimore Convention.
q. That the Delegates elected at this meet
inp to represent us in the Convention at
Richmond are hereby instructed to use their
best endeavors to secure such an expression
from the Convention to which they are ac-
credited. - t,l}e :'Easss'-s
The following gentlemen were chosen
delegates to the Richmond Convention: (,
First Ward-Delegate, B. Fl. Nowlin al
ternate, C.. W. Statham. :. - -. ,,s,ccl..
2 Second W1rd--Delegate, Peter D. Otey
alternate, William p. Perciyal. 'ss't :,
!. Third Wdrd.--Delegate, Thomas s. DO
cock; alternate, John s. LanShorne. t;'Fs
On motion it was determined that the Coz.
vention to nominated candidate for Congress
be held on the first Thursday in August.
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The Voice of Lvnchburr

We call attention to the proceedings of the
Conservatives of Lynchburg. They repre-,
sent what we believe to be the general senti-
ment Of the people of Virginia. The Hon.
TnoaAs S. BoCock presided, and we sup.
pose we may say with the general concur
renee that he is ga good enough Democrat.
What he swallows can hardly be Democratic
poison. .
Lynchburg is with Virgins. The whole
State is for adopting the most promising and
hopeful means of reforming the Govern
meat, lifting up the pressure from the South,
putting an end to the war, and restoring
peace to the nation. We shall see this when
the Conservative Convention assemblies In
this city. tt'1
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IsIED,

On the 3lst of May. 1872, LUCY F.CH1LDRESS
in the 10Th yeIr OF her age, daughter OF Parthcnis
and William II. ChIldress. --,rE %. lse-.E ~
She was beloved by NIL who knew her. To Tho
bcreaved father and mother would say, Grieve moi
that Lucy now fills early grave but rather pra,
that you. too, ay say. as she said on her dying be
81 am willing 10 die, for l am going home TO
Heaven" And thus she fell asleep, TO awake In a
brighter home than ours.
FureweIl, dear l!UcY, long farewell:
81, God strengthen me, Ipray.s& / so -tt.
To bear the grief and dure the pain a...s ,!;r
Till am called away.
Sad are the hours and lone the house
r Since thy sweet smiles arc gone, n.- @' ''..'
But oh !! q brighter home than Ours, eTTI3 81
iii Heaven, Is now thine own. @ a.. atm.
We miss thee In the bed, .......-
81 We miss thee In the chair, " -, " Pr
We miss thee ut the table, '#
We mics thee everywhere. .f. 80
. Ohio, Norfolk, and New York papers please
copy.
On The sth OF juno lS7e. In t1unrcO. nj the resi-
drncc of her hrothcr-In-liw tM. w. Iiazew""dl
Mrs. MARTHA JANE PARRISH, wife OF John +.
Parrish aged twenty -tlree years.
Alexandria, Washington, and Baltimore papers
pl .asc copy. ,-. ,.-s,.. .,., lisa IT. IS 81 -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

r A VIRGINIA HORSE ON THE JEROME PARE
TRAcK.-On Thursday last Major DoswELL's
Mayday took the purse Of $500 in the mile
and-three-guarter race. 1t was called the
claiming rlce--i. e., the owner of the second
horse in the race had the right to claim the
winning horse at price previously fixed
upon. Mayday was put in at $1,000. and
WILLIAM r. BABCock, the owner Of Doctor,
second in the race, took her ut the price
named. She, is a splendid animal, and we
think the present owner feels more JOY at
getting her. than 1Iajor boswell does in
parting from her. Six horses were entered;
three started Time 3:24.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

The New York World BOASTS that after that
paper has completed its duty In exposing
GREELEY's record, democrats not sickened
then" cannot have their stomachs turned By
GRANT papers Very true. a man who is
proof against the nauseating World can stand
anything. He would hardly be troubled jas
was the old commodore, who, having tried
I'LL animals as food, confessed that he did not
banker after buzzard." He would confess
to have met something worse.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

"What will the Baltimore Convention
do" We can only hazard conjecture.
That body may endorse the Cincinnati nomi-
nees, which we think bad policy, for Demo-
cratic baptism will not strengthenit at the
North. II may adopt the Liberal Platform,
and, after recommending vigorous cam
paign against Grant, adjourn or it may he
guilty of the criminal blundcr of third
nomination.--Norfoik Journal. p.
The Journals view Of the policy Of the
Convention is strictly wise. 1t will be no
help to the Cincinnati. ticket to give it a
formal Democratic endorsement. Freedom
to act as men please is just, and Democratic
endorsement might drive moro people at the
North from the Cincinnati ticket than unre-
strained liberty Of voting according to every
mans idea of duty would lose it in the South.
1--WE are entering upon period OF political
change. A change that is essential to re-
establishing political equality of States and
men, and social and national harmony amongst
the pcolAc. In the process the people must
he free. il is tho only way in which the na-
ton can cut loose from the complications OF
the war. so it will be well for the Balti-
more Convention to approve the platform OF
the Cincinnati Convention, and urge all OF
posed to tile vindctive war Administration
to work against it and cast their votes against
it in manner that will tell. That done the
body may dispense and so home. The local
clubs of the Democratic Republicans and the
Liberal Republicans will do the work beau
tifully and successfully. 90 rs 'f~tts-
In our opinion this course isinot merely
polite. 1t is proper and just. It's the policy
justified alike by fairness, wisdom, and pa
triotsm. an y.tr.s... -.ses, T.. ...,-..-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

In the defeat of the kuklux bill in the
House of Representatives on Friday the fol-
lowing Republicans voted against the bill
" BLAIR (sIichigan), BuRcuARp, DosNAS,
F" FARkswoarH, GARPIglD, HAY, McCRAnr.
"McGHEw, Monsnls, STRONG Connecticut,
WALDEN, and Others
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

NORTH CARoLlNA.-The District Conserva-
tive Convention for the Fourth district of
North Carolina met on the It'll instant and
nominated SLOW Fl. ROGERS for Congress.
JOHN U. klRkLAsD, Of Orange, and the Hon.
ID. NJ. BARRINGER were chosen delegates 10
the Baltimore Democratic Convention. e
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10

The Democratic County Convention of San
Francisco endorse the Greeley ticket, SUBJ
ject to the decision of the Baltimore Conyen-
ton. The Solano County (Cal,) Democratic
Convention endorses Greeley without re-
serve. ...ss..r .s.. !. ~. Y.
The Equal Rights party in New York met
in Cooper Institute Thursday night, and
after an uproariolIs session ratified the noml-
nation of Woodruff and Douglass for tile
presidency and yice-presidcncy. ."@-stl
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Liberal ideas IRE evidently advancing In
japan. - atadeiphia Press.
To Colonel FoRsEy this discovery must be
r treshing. He sees nowhere around him
any such agreeable things.
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Mr., james F. johnson, Of Bedford, an
nollnces himself, in the Liberty Ners, as an
independent Conservative candidate Tor Con-
gress. He submits his claims to the poters
of the district-not to q OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
burg Republican ,es1 49, .-....3 ~. ="
A rather bad example, set 10y a very
worthy gentleman. All the worse for that.
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Randolph, whittier several Scotch emil
grants arrived by recent steamer at Norfolk
are destined, is in Charlotte county, on the
Little Roanoke, and was formerly plant'-
ton of the late JoHN RANDOLPH of Roanoke.