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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
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Tie development Of the fact, from
the French arms dehatoin the Senate,
that Grants administration kept an ar
senM for the manufacture and supply
of arms and munitions to the French
in the Late German war; aroused
the ire ofthe German newspapers. We
COPY the following as specimens:
From the New Yorker Journal
Bat this explanation is what Ameri'
cans cal. "too thin In his zeal to,de!
rcnd the Administration Wilson has
oyershot the mark. How innocent
these Administration people are. Even
their organ. the Times, would assert
that nobody knew that the weapons
were intended for France! a
Yet all the world knew it, aud the
oentlomen at Washington did not
surely live so far from the limits of
civilization as not to have heard any
thing in regard 10 the actions Of men.
No, no such stupid %falsehoods are ut
tcrlv worthless. 1t cannot be denied
that during the Erauco-Prussian wan
the United States were IN arsenal toi
France; nay. more, it cannot be denied
that our G. Jvelnment not only furnish
ed arms to France, but was that cDun'
try's patron, just AS England was the
nbcttor of the South during the late
civil war. While German Republican
newspapers throughout the Union wcr'
ashamed OF the conduct OF papers
which were so called Democratic ant
cndeavorcd to hold the Democracy
unswcrablc therefor, the Administra
, ton was furnishing It's arms Tor tn
, destruction ofour friends and relation
on the other side Of the ocean, IT PEG
pie had Lot come to be at varicnce will
> the old patty it certainly would no
> have been necessary FOR the poisonous
ppfdious New York Times to sugges'
r this ''sop to Cerherus' orto have ad
= duced Senator Sumner as authority 10
y, action most distastcful to us Germans
i UtFP Is no DtCcSelIH W. hiW WV
stands at the tail Of his party to afior
= aid to the opposite parry, The Rt
publican party is answerable Tor II
!, overt acts: is mswcrab!e for the ac
, ministraIion elected by it, and 1t 70
" lows that it disavowed, like the las
y Democratic State Convention, the head
y Of our party in the State vi New 4orE
and branded them 1t is not here TIL
question whether or not n Democrat
administration would. under the sam
circumstances, have acted as did Pres
dent Grants administration. Presidei
: Grant did act in this way did so q
violence to the law of nations and OF
own neutrality that many thonsan'
=, more Of the sons Of the land OF OF
g birth were forced TO die on the blood
:, fields Of France than otherwise mlSl
=, have died, and Grant and his party ii
: answerablc for this. ,.".
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
The Tablet.

We have received several numbers
OF 4 weekly paper bearing the name
given, and published at Memphis,
Tenn. 1t i. neatly printed. and the
cditress, Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Merri.
wethcr. is Il fluent and spirited writer.
Listen at the independent and rather
unique style in which she announces
her terms: t.
$500 a year TO men; Sl.s0 to unmar-
ried working women; 10 cents to women
Sho have lazy or drunken husbands to
support"
Wouldn't it be a pretty strong init
nation if q fellows wife should send
rs cents as her subscription to The
Tablet? Yet, We should not wonder
il The Tablet could procure a club IN
Winchester upon such terms, especial.
~ as to the lazy part. The editress, in
q printed note TO Our Friends"
says: wa aIi
aft YOU like The Tablet. aDd Wish to see
il live and grow. Help as; send IN your
subscription. and get otherstodo likewise.
If YOU don't like 1t, put it in the fire and
y buse lib TO your hearts content.
Pluck to the last.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
The European Family.

EulOpe seems to be almost as agi-
tatcu to. day as it WAS in 1873, and GER
talnly q reaction in the direction OF
"strong government" has commenced,
Rcgali,y is again in the ascendant, and,
to start with, it is claiming the applause
OF forty millions of Germans. The
plateau has again been reaped with
swords. That Northern Power which
has risen 50 rapidly during the past
TWO centuries, melting out terror on
its way to Denmark, Austria, and more
recently France, takes comfort at the
situation, and, perhaps, is now plan
ming for future campaigns. 1t is true
there is peace, but there Is also--Prus
sin. Austria is bent, and France bro
ken, yet there remains q power which
asks for no armislice. nor a it be re-
duccd by disarmament. The unity OF
the Germans to day is the feat of no
destiny" OF the HohenzoIlerns, but
was prefaced Ivy the cllastisements OF
Napoleon the First, and ripened in The
opportunity afforded by the late EN-.
peror. This unity was OF gradual
growth, but w question whether such
Il family will ever constitute a healthy
nationality. The cXaltation OF Prussia
alarmed Vienna, and ever Italy con
siders that she ought to be "readv,"
and consequently Der Minister of War
has made unusual preparations. Three
millions of armed men are watching
the peace of Europe; and the with
drawal of labor from honest industry.
heavy taxes, less home comforts in
households, and immortality in the
towns are II few of the results. 90 >
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

A Wyoming woman judge was Oh
liyed 10 vacate her seat on the bench
Il few days ago, and the cause briefly
stated was twins. Recovering her
health. sle desired to attend court. but
her husband s,eadfastly refused to take
care of the twins. At last accounts
the Judge and her husband were dis,
cussing the matter in the most frantic
manner, and the courL 10 question was
under adjournment, waiting the result.
A grave question is this-see to it, we
women "righters."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

A negro employed in the Dixie Oil
Works at Nashville was tried a few
days ago for stealing chickens. BY a
Judge aud jury of his fellow workmen,
who sentenced him to twenty-five LASH
es. When tie lasbcs had been about
all we'll laid on, the judge forgot his
count, and began over again. much to
he discontinue ofthe thief.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

An e~Xcavator for the use of dentists
has been invented. It. is a machine for
drilling those dreadful holes in the
teeth which are usually prepared with
so much toll for the operator aud 50
much torment for the operated upon.
1t is capable Of about two thousand
revolutions q minute, and consequent
ly viii bore into a persons molars.an
clear out a cavity in q very short space
OF time. Whether the sensation pro.
.duced is calculated to contribute to
ones happiness or not we are not in.
formed, but it is q great point to get
rid of the everlasting gouging and
scrapiDg Of the dentists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
NOn-R Resident Notice.

John Swazey & Co., VS. r. G. Grantet, ais.
Upon motion, and it appearing to the
Satisfaction of the Clerk Il Master. from
the Bill which is sworn to, that +. g. Grant
I. G.. Grant. E. b. II. Grant. Ida G.. Grant.
and Alice G.. Grant, defendants in the
above cause, are non-residents OF the State
OF Tennessee, so that the ordinary process
of law cannot be served upon them. :
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made for tour successive weeks in the
Home Journal. a newspaper published in
Winchester. Tenn, requiring said nom
resident defendants to appear on or before
the 4th Monday in March next. before the
Chancery Court to be held at Winchester,
Franklin Co.. Tenn. to plead, answer or
demnr to cOmplainant's bill,o or the same
will be taken for confessed and set for
hearing ex partc as to them. Witness my
hand, at Office, this February 20th. 1872.
=" .f t0''-ta- II. H.1FINCH, ..
fe22-4t AZ Clerk u Master.
Turney & Newman, Solicitors for COM
%nlainants. .J fN..a s-JA s&u3 30 ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
TT7
Trustees Sale.

- M M4
BY virtue Of deed of trust executed To-
me Nv A. N.Rutledge. on the 18th day of
November. 1870. Registered 1T Winchester,
'iniBook No.4 page 1888, l will, as Trustee,
on E
V Monday, Maych 25tlb ls72,
offer Tor sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash. in cold, ut the Courthouse door IN
Winchester, Tenn. Il tract or land contain
inc about 200 acres. situated in ciyii-dis-
trict No. A.. Franklin county adjoining the
lands of John Staples, Shipman Reid, VIM;
.~I,ipAorlb and others. and upon which said
Rutledge now lives.
The proceeds to be applied to the pay
mcnt of debts due Mrs. Susan a. smith
secured in said trust deed.
Full particulars given on day of sale.
rIl SANFORD W, SMITH,
fehs-tds Trustee.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
TO COLONISTS
If You ARE GOING EST.


Buy your Tickets over the "old reliable"
Missouri Pacific Railroad, the popular
route from So. Louis to 'Sedalia, Fort
Scott. Lawrence, Kansas City, Atcllison,
st. Joseph, Omaha, Denver. and all points
in Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska IN Colora-
do. to which people are moving. This
Line has an uneXcellcd equipment In fine
day coaches, Pullman's palace sleeporS,
Millcr's satety platform and the patent
steam brdks. and its reputation for prompt
time and sure connections Is provcrbial
For valuable information and assistance,
and to make special arrangements at
lowest rates offered by any line. call upon
or address j. F. Thompson, Agent MIS-.
souri, Pacific r. R.. Chattanooga. Tenn,
or Atlanta. Ga; or Il. A. Ford General
Passenger Agent, st Louis. Mo. No
trouble to anS,oer questions! [mar7-ly
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

In Rhode Island, any coIored man
no matter whether he Owns q dollars
worth of property or not, is entitled to
vote. An adopted citizen cannot vote
unless he is the owner of u freehold.
An attempt was recently male to
change the Constitution by vote OF
the people, but il was voted down by
about the usual Radical majority in
that State. The movement in question
did not assume to change the political
rights of the colorcd man, hut to en-
hance those Of the adopted citizen, and
it was defeated by Radical votes. This
is one Of the many facts that salute The
intelligence Of Mr.. Carl Schurz while
he is beginning to consider what bus
mess a German or any other foreigner
has with a political connection with
Radical Puri,ans -MohiI Register
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

GENIAL MAR2IAGE.-The New York
Express tells Of a youth OF l4 and II
maiden of Is who elopeG one evening
recently, during the absence of the
girls parents. The strangcsL part OF
the thing is, that they actually found
a minister willing to marry them, 1t
is all very well to pass laws restricting
parties from marrying without consent
until they have reached a certain age,
but just a. long as ministers n be
found to marry any persons having
the requisite fee, all legislation is use
less.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

The Stokes family are in trouble
Stokes, of New York, is on trial for
murder, and, as ifthat were not enough
Stokes Of Tennessee, Hon. William b
II radical member Of Congress during
the war, lies in Washington convicted
of perjury and cnbezzlement, and wait
ing sentence to the pcnitentiary. A
motion in arrest Of judgment is pend.
ing. with little prospect OF success.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

Governor Hoffman, of New York, is
the champion vctocr. In three years
he has voted three hundred and ninety
one bills, and every veto, with one cx-
ccption, has been sustained by the
Legislature. That exception was late.
~ where a law had been passed in
creasing the salary Of the Recorder OF
Utica from 81 $50 to 50, 800.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

Governor Brown has issued his
proclamation for a special session OF
the Legislature, to assemble in the c!l@
of Nashville on the l2ll OF March, for
the purpose Of redistr'cting the State
and such other business as he may
LrIng before il.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

Since the above article was put in
type We have received II letter from the
publishers Of the Union and American,
enclosing two dollars, and requesting
that the Herald be SEM to them. The
two dollars went back by the next mail.
and the Herald will not 90 at all.
Every independent publisher in the
State. who is similarly approached,
will follow our example.
Right, Mr.. Herald. The Home
Journal was on your side in the matter
before yon expressed Yourself.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

When the German indemnity is paid,
France will have the largest national
debt Of amy country in the world
amounting III round numbers 20 S4,'
800, 600 goo, or more than double the
present amount Of the public debt OF
the United States.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

The Mobile and ONO Railroad, on
the 10Th, discharged its indebtedness
10 the State Of Tennessee by paying
into the treasury 81, 200. 900 in bonds
and coupons.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
DIED.

In Dallas, Texas. at the residence Of Mr.
Jno. i. Downs. on the 7tb of FEBRUARY.
1872, Mrs. Emma K. Tlckell. of Winches-
ter, Tenn, formerly a resident of Wood
vile. Mississippi, and widow OF the late
Robert Tickell. .
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

We cIuh the Home journal with sew
cral splendid agricultural papers, which
We keep ON hand tor the Inspection "I
al who wish to avail themselves Of u
liberal offer. We so club with all the
best magazines. You will save money
hy this arrangement.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

a Western paper about to expire
came out for the last time in full
mourning. full of cuts Of collins, grave
stones. urns, etc., with this notice :
Died in DandAe, of sheer starvation,
on Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Daudec Week.
~.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

The way Radical papers are sustain
cd at Washington may be learned from
the fact that SlOG, 900 are asked OF
Congress to pay for territorial adver'
Using,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

1t is asserted that Edward 5. Stokes
resided n Detroit five or six years ago
and Ic.t there to escape arrest on Il
warrant charging him with an attempt
90 shoot one Of his relatives.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

"Tom Scott" the Pennsylvania rail
road king, having become President o
the Southern Pacific Railway Company
it may he safely conjcctured that tho
late snow blOckadcs on the Union Pa
cific have satisfied him that there is 4
mint Of money in the Southern line.
and that he " means business"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

"Ihc Daily Chattanooga Herald y
is the tue of a paper just started al
Chattanooga, Tenn, by DR.. Samuel
Bard. We are pleased to exchange
papers, but wouldn't exchange princi-
pies for ON right arm, The Herald
supports our prcscnt.taklng President
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
This Route is IS Miles Shorter to Mem
D. phis than via Decatur. .....
More than 100 Miles Shorter to St
Louis than via Nashville.
Time to St. Louis 194 Hours, AZ Hours
Quicker than by any other Route.

The 3:45A NJ. Train to Memphis arrives
there same day, twelve hours in advance
of rival lines. Connects at Humboldt for
Mobile. New Orleans, Galveston and inter-
mediate points. and connects ut Union Citv
for st Louis and all points West and
Northwest. The 500 NJ. and 8 100 2. NJ.
Trains connect at Chattanooga for Rome,
Atlanta and all principle Southern Cities.
Passengers for Washington City, Balti-
more. Philadelphia, New York and Boston,
as well as all points in East Tennessee and
Virginia. make direct connections through
by both Chattanooga trains out of Nash
Vile. ..
This is the Short Route East,
And the only direct route to the South
and southeast.
Passengers for McMinnville and Man
chester, Winchester and Alabama, or the
Jasper Branch Railroads, will take the
8 100 A. NJ. train. . o
SLEEPING CARS accompany the 2:30
P. NJ. Train to Memphis and 500 p. NJ.
Train to Chattanooga. f... .r
For Through Tickets and further intor-
nation apply at City Transient Office, Max
well House. ard at Chattanooga Depot,
Church Street. H.
JNO. w. THOMAS,
". L. DANLEY, Genl Sup't.
GEN. P. and T. Agent. [nov9-t tt.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

. WINCHESTER. TENN, ieih '
Win practice in the Courts Of Franklin
and adjoining counties. and in the Federll
and Supreme Courts at Nashville. Prompt
attention given to the collection Of debts,
and all business entrusted to their care.
lana
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-22


great and serves the ends exactly oppo-
sitoi those aimed at--no good ever has
come from abuse. Too many ef our
papers have INDUCED intabuse siude she
war aud q great pszs q eur aisforssrss
ars due to that class Of persons whe have
lost both logic and e6mmoa ssnse.
James L. Orr with all his faults has
never been accused ofaDy dishonesty
his judicial district 10 the papst peace
able, law-abiaing section Of our State,
and he has done much during his ca
reer as Judge go elevate himself ip shhe
estimation OF the good people Of Abbc.
vile county.
S4 "But;I II Judge Orrawas as grand a
william as ever lived, If he was destitute
Of conscience, mind or heart, If he had
lost all decency, such language would
be out Of place. However much he may
differ with pusI Iii pOliticailidsas > ames
Z: Orr is au honest man, an honorable
Counsellor, and an upright Judge"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-22

a four-year old boy went to church
Que Sunday, end when he got home his
grandmother asked him what the minis.
ter said aDSns ksew, !, said he. He
didu' speak S ms, Aged s.,ssy olass
people Nigh. answer the same way. W
A New York Journal, in speaking Of
the magic strains Of hand organ, says,
"Whsn he played Old Dog Tray, we
noticed eleven pups sitting. in front, on
their haunches, brushing away the tears
from their eyes with their fore paws"
Jenkins, an old whiskey bloat, had a
son the other day. The nurse put his
frst.1orn iu bis arms, and Jenkins, u re.
garding !. lovingly, while tear triokled
down his grog be blossomed nose, said,
"Twenty years hence he will keep me in
whiskey." =, I'LL,
A gentleman in New York., who has
recently returned from Arabia, created
quite 4 a sensation ua BY riding up.tbeavenue
on pn a full bloodedo Arab horse, while. an
Arab servant, dressed in the full cos
tyne, of hispoun.ry, rude behind on a
second richly caparisoped horse,
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Sheriff. If Sales.

BY virtue of sundry Executions to me di-
rected will soil to- the highest bidders, at
OrVngeBurg Courp House, on the first MON
DAY in, July next, for cash, the follow
ing propeNy, viz:
At riskof former pysssfaoon. ali that plan
tation or tract Of land OF Shneee River. in
Oruugebrng County, containing 1850 acres,
:noTe or'lessi bonRded by lands of E.Y Shu-
ler, James Fielder aud j. Q Parler levied
on as the property of VIM. lizard Buil at the
suit of Paul Trojin s. Theo Dehcn, Rx'1s OF
Sarah Dehon, dao'd.
Also
One tract of land containing about 200
acres, in ST. Matthews Parish, in lots of
about 90 acres, (plats of which may be seen
nt' nry office. HsYiedi on as the property of
Geo. Y lricR. at the suit of w. W. Watt.
orangoburg G. H., 5. c., S. &C.
june = 1872. J'
june 8. I'd
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State News.

). 4 L
Senator, T. J. Robertson arrived in
Columbia on Monday, ;, -
Chief Justice Moses arrived in Colum.
bia on Saturday last. .1
+ The Aiken Journal says o. P. CHAM
plain has the 'fiaest looking costo in the
vicinity Of Aiken.
The olariesophio Society Of the South
Carolina University, gives their final
celebration on the eveniSg Of the 26th,
Instant. I
The hardest rain OF the season visited
Columbia Saturday afternoon, drenchi,. 3
everything out of doors, aud doing much
for the crops.
Peaches are late making their appear
anee in the Aiken market. This time
last year a great many boxes had been
shipped North by growers in the vicinity
of Aiken.
Governor Scott has appointed S. D.
Russell Trial Justice for St. Stephen 3
Parish, Chsyleston County, vice A. j.
Harvey, deceased.
The hands employed oD the Port
loyal Rail Road, between Augusta and
the Saxannah River struck for higher
uages and marched into Augusta on
Monday last,
Passengers arrived at Go1u.aBio on
Sunday FROM Augusta, via the Colsmbia
and Augusta Rail Road, report the
washing out of a, culvert, near the two
mile post, which fortunately was disovv-
cred in tiuie to prevent disus:er.
r. e. McManus, Conductor of the
Aiken accommodation train, has left
Aiken for New York, on three weeks
leave Of absence. The popular Captain
Moore has charge of the Accommoda-
tien train during the absence of Mr..
NJ sMasus.
The hcasy rain on Saturday night in
Columbia found an unimpedeG descent
into ehe Han. of the House of Rssse
sentaaiHes, through gh.the roof. and flooded
the Han, the Governors, and the At.
torney- Geasnal's Offices, compelling
change Of base. The Governor has re,
moved to the Stasc Aadieor's Office.
~
On Saturday evening last, the epes
tion of granting an iniSmstioa. zcstraip-
ing the treasurer from reselling lands
Wkers revenue bond scrip had been ten
dered was argued in Beaufort. Mr.. G..
f. Celeock appeared for the treasurer,
and Mr.. w. j. Whippcr for Messrs
Wright and Holmes, the plaintiffs.
Judge G. b. Farmer has reserved his
decision.
A mammoth bear, whose paws meas
urcd eight by ten inches, passed through
the plantation of Mr. Samuel l.. Ms.
Creeayy, as White Ponds, on. Saturday
morning lasr.
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vALEDICToRY.

ii E.-1iu - M
aa Owing to circumstances Of private
nature. the undersigned withdraws, with
the present Issue, from the editorship of
this paper.
His relations with brother editors,
with his readers, with the publishers and
with the Office employees, have been
pleasant without an exception.
Politically, he has eudeavorcd to be
RrEa yet ssarteens. Locally, he has be-
lieyed 1t better to, lose. Joke, than a
friend. Universally, he has deemed that
the columns of public journal are tae
last place in the world for anything un
worthy the heart or the pen of gentle.
man. .o
He will ever losk> Back with uniaigncd
satisfaction upon his brief editoriai ca
reer in Orangeburg.
Vale et ualetel
AUGUSTUS b. KNowLToN.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-22

BATcHELoRs ATTENTIoN.-Thc at.
tention of bachelors is called to the
following vail
There arr some sad lights in this world;
a city saoked and dhurnsd,-a battle field
after great slaughter-a London in the
midst of a plague ship'burned Mt sea
"a family pining in starvation--a jug
of molaSsas wreck cd on the pavement.
All bad but true. But to us-the saddest
sights is ON. old bachelor wearing toward
the end of his journey of life, his great
duties, uDdone. Miserable creature.
just look at him; his shirt buttons Off
his stockings out at the toes-not son
or a daughter nor arelative to- drop
tear, close his eyes in> death, or to
leave. hiS~mosey to-nobodS in fact, to
care fos him-shunued. by sinners and
sHints.,
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-22

Hon. JAMES L.. OER.--The Able.
vile lfaliam, quotes the following: at
is foul, bird that deGles,it own nest"
says the old adags. This JameoeL Orr
recently did, in the most shameless and
disgusting style at Philadelphia, aud
therefore, by his own act, he presents
himself before the community in.t tho
character and quality of turkey buz-
card. In the previous philadelphia
Couyeption he figured conspicuouly, as
skunk, but ii seems, this time, that he
was mot satisfied with his own odorifer-
Gus fragrance, but was ambitious to i'm
part his aromatic favor to his fellow
citizens"
The Medium adds
"The. above we clip from one of our
State papsrs as affording an example of
the low abuse. which too frequently
characterizes the journalism of tn 5 day.
Such language is pcMbcr witty, wise or