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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-04
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UNITED STATES 6's of ISL,

issued under the act Of Congress above mentioned
Applications may be made payable either IN cash
lin golo) or In fve-twenty bonds of any issue.
] THE BONDS NOW OFFERED ARE ALL
THAT REMAIN OF THE $500, 100000 FIVE
PER CENTS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS.
and IL Is hardly necessary to say that the com'na'
ton entrusted with the management Of this nes"-
,iation embraces connections In Europe "hd Ame-
RIGA which practically Insure The placing OF the en-
tire amount and the REDrMPTloS OF $780,
Ooo, 900 OF FIvE-TwENTY BONDS; AFTER
WHICH ONLY FOUR AND oSE-HALF AND
FOUR PER CENT. BONDS WILL REMAIN
FOR HOLDERS OF FivE-TwENTlEs DE-
CLrNING THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY To EA'
CHANGE FOR FIVE PER CENTS.
The Coupon Bonds are in denominations OF 80
500, $780, ,coo $5,ooo and $1,000 The Registered
Bonds are In like amounts, with the addition o. "e
nominations Of $4,000 and $4,000. Interest p"!a-
BILE quarterly, will commence from ist Fc5Tuir,'he
first interest payment being May /, 1873.
: The Bonds may, ut tho option Of tho holder. "
registered, and United States Treasury checks i''
Interest thereon, will be sent from Washington 10
the post-oice address Of the holder In any paE' u
America or Europe.
Applications win be receivedat the olcc Of either
Of the undersigned, and must be accompanied! Tie
required deposit.
Payments in gold viii be ma!s as follows:
& PER CEST...........OS APPLlCAlloH'
PER CENT. ON ALLOTMENT.
40 PER CENT. OS MAY l.
so PER CENT. ON JUNE !.
When preferred, the deposit, npon application
may be made In currency or any United Stsf'
bonds.
Interest at per cant gold per ann"m VIII !"
added from February TO the date Of the seYefn' pay
ments.
PAYMENTS In Fivc-Twentics will be made ny @'
changing bond for bond, interest being adjusted
February l. The preliminary deposit OF I'VE Per ee"'
In such cases win be returned receipt OF the FIVE
Twe,ties-shs elias. OF which must be specified ID Nv
application.
The booka viii be opened simultaneously 10 Ia
rope and America, on the attn INSTANT AN
REMAN OPEN UNTIL THE EVENING VI
THE TrH INSTANT, and she allo.ment' Will l"
| made as soon as possible thereafter.
Provisional receipts tscrip) viii be given f0f ''e
deposits. The bonds win be Furnished 81 Is ea'''
date Us practicable against corresponding Sn'''''
of hye.tweaty bonds or payment In fun.
Should the allotment Of bonds not elas' '''s s''.
scription the preliminary deposit Ia e''h case
be returned forthwith to the extent Of the excess
When desired we viii furnish the coin '~i'i'"'
commission, and make settlement In cuf'e''''''
will also receive ut curren. market price al! wv
| Of United States other than Fise-T~sntie''
/ JAY COOKE & CO,
i MORTON BLISS & CO.
4 pRExEL, MORGAN ~
; Applications Will also be reccire1by
Messrs. FISK / HATCH,
i CLARK, DODGE & CO.,
4 Messrs. yERaILYE & co,
Mcssss. HENRr eLEws& co..
FIRST NATIONAL, and
/ EouRTu NATIONAL BASSs'
from whom the fos,as wsy be psssures
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COMMITTEE REPORTS.

T Mr.. FITzPATRicK, from the Committee on
General Laws, reported bilS-To establish n
State bureau Of insurance; to authorize
counties, cities, towns, and townships to in
dor,e the bouds OF the Washington, Cincin.
natl and st. Louis Railroad Company; re-
port in reference TO apetition OF citizens OF
Fincastlc asking an amendment to the char
ter of that town declaring it incNpcdent to
lepislate on the subject.
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The Old. Dominion magazine, under its
new management, continues to improve. Its
tone Is high, the selections being made with
great care, both Of original articles and those
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Of United States
FIyE-TWENTY BONDS,
NEW YORK. February !, ,,is.
as provided In said acts.

The Secretary Of the Treasury having CONCLUDED
with Messrs. Jay Cooke Co., representing Mcssrs.
n. NJ. Rothschild e Sons, jay Cooke. McCulloch {
Co., and themselves; and Messrs. Morton Bliss &
Co. and Drcxe, Morgan i Co., Representing
Messrs. Barring Brothers 4 Co., -. Morgan &C '"''
Morton, Rose & Co., and themselves, contract for
the negotiation Of the remaining fvc per cent.
bonds Of the fu AIDED loan Of the United Stacs, tho
undersigned are prepared to receive applications I!
par and accrued Interest for any part OF
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An enthusiastic temperance orator, In Bal
timore, ON Sunday. introduced Mr.. CoIPAx
as .1he nations beloved Vice. President
That Is coed!
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The General Assembly of Virginia

MoSDAy, February 3, 1873.
SENATE.
Lieutenant.G Governor MARyE in the chair.
CHARTER FOR STANTON.
Senate bill to amend the 9th section of an
act to provide 4 charter for the city Of Staun.
ton, with the amendments proposed by the
House Of Delegates, was taken up, and on
motion Of Mr.. CoCHRANE the bill was indeii-
nitely postponed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-04

The Legislature Of Virginia adjourned yes
terday ut an early hour in honor to Che me-
mory of the late Commodore MAuRY.
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pREsrNrEp AND REFERRRD.

By MIR. CooHII1: To amend section 2.
chapter 1874, OF the Code OF 1869, In refer
ence to attorneys ut law. BY Mr.. hE :'s I. {:
To amend the law IS to release OF slireties
upon notes, bonds, &c. ~ Dir. WATSON;
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THE PROCEEDS OF THESE BONDS

are to be applied to the redemption and cancellation
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House bill to authorize the Washington
City, Alexandria, Lynchburg and North
Carolina Railroad Company to iSsue bonds
to provide for the payment Of the bonds and
debts of the Orange, Alexandria and Ma
Dassas Railroad Company and the Lynchburg
and DanvilIc Railroad Company, &C.; House
bill to authorize the same company to extend
its railway to point on the Potomac river,
&c. House bill to authorize the same com
pauy to acquire aud sch lands, were placed
on the calendar.
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RESOLUTION


Dir. KEYsER offered resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Agriculture and Min
ing to inquire into and report whether some
legislation is not necessary 10 encourage the
Development Of the mineral resources Of the
State. Referred to committee.
Mr.. EVANS moved that OH and after Thurs
day, February 9th, the House of Delegates
meet at IL A. NJ. until otherwise ordered.
Referred to a committee.
COST or PUBLIC INSTRUCTION..
Dir. IRVINE, under suspension Of the
rules, offered resolution asking iniorina-
tion from the Superintendent of Public In
struct;on in regard to the entire cost of
public instruction in the State during the
year ending August 81, 1872; the aggregate
amount Of State funds. of county funds, OF
district funds, and of funds receiycdtrom al!
other sources, and also the amount of I'M
paid balances for the year ending August 81 ,
1871.
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

From the Committee Oh Schools, DC, re.
porting adversely to Il resolution memorial
ling Congress TO set aside certain lands for
the education of the colorcd people residing
in the southern States. The committee op-
pose this application Oh behalf Of any class,
but would gladly accept donations for the
whole people.
COMMITTEE TO VISIT THE HAMPTON NORMAL
SCHOOL.
The SPEAKER appointed the following COM
mittee to visit this school in response to a
resolution already agreed to: blessrs. p. 4.
JONES, VAN AUKES, P.J. CARTER, MATTHEWS,
and j. q. BROWN.
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USE OF DELEGATES.

Eelu, OF C0e TTtsUyteI 1t1H CHu1C Gu = -----
REPORTED AND PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
Senate bill for the payment Of the funeral
expenses of William S. Hohr, late m officer
Of the Senate; Senate bill to repeal chapter
2JG of the acts of 1STO-'I1: House joint re-
solution memorializing Congress to donate
public lands for the public free schools;
House joint resolution, with substitute,
which was agreed to, memoriallzing Con-
gress TO abolish the internal tax on all liquors
made from fruits; House bill to incorporate
the Nlangorke Wharf Company, on1he Rap
nahannock river.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-01
The Dust Of a Rose.

I turn the key in this idle hour
OF an ivory box, and looking, 10!
Sac only the dust-the dust of flowers
The waters will ebb, the waters VIII now,
And dreams will come and dreams VIII CO.
Forever.
All. friend, if you and 1 should meet
Beneath the boughs OF the oenolnS iiiie'
And Won in the same low voice repeat
me tender words of the old love-rnyme,
It could not bring back the sane oio eiine-
fIO, never!
When you laid the rose against my prov,
was quite unused to the ways OF men,
With nv trusting heart am wiser now,
So [ smile, remembering my heart-throos
then;
The dust of a rose cannot blossom again
No, never!
The brow that you praised has colder grown,
And hearts will change suppose they
must;
A rose 10 be lasting must blossom IN stone
Ashes TO ashes and aust to dust;
Dead are the rose-the ioVe-and the trust,
Forever !
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TnGJAN ROCKING.HORSES.

Startling Discoveries Relative 10 tne
..Innatfs of ChiIdren's Hobbies HI
France.
To the vardal declaration which one
often hears in these days, and whlcn
asserts that there is no practical ut1nty
in the study of the ancient classics,
singular and complete refutatlon ma, has
recently been made in France. The
French police were struck this summer
with the extraordinary number OF
wooden rocking horses for children
which were being imported INTO
France. Now, in that country, howev-
er it may be iu this, the policeman is
suspicious animal, having provoking
habit of being always around, OF put.
ting this and that together, and OF
thrusting his peaked official nose into
other peoples business. Seeing, there
fore, this sudden invasion OF France by
vast herds of hobby horses, and won
dering at this extraordinary "demand
of French babies for wooden equita-
tion," he began to think what 1t could
all mean At this point, the police
mans well-known devotion to classical
study served him in good stead. lie
remembered reading in MS Homer, how
Troy was ruined by one wooden horse !;
and he resolved that France should not
suffer in similar way from some hun
dreds of them. He captured one of
the creatures, disemboweled 1t, and
discovered that its body was full OF
fine foreign clgars-an ingenious, but
short-lived device of the smugglers.
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tvpuct pni,tevcSS.

There are many instances of French
politeness current the story, for ex-
ample, of the old Duke de Doudeau-
vile, the last Of the old school which
faded away in Charles the Tenth 5
time with legitimate royalty, He was
slowly coming down stairs one after
noon from a visit, when he met a
youngster Of twenty bounding up,
three steps at TIM, to the drawing
room which he had just quilted. Both
stopped short. The Duke, by right of
age, stood against the wall; the boy,
four stairs below him, stood against
the banisters. Both bowed low, both
were bareheaded, neither would pass
the other. This deadlock continued
until the young man stepped up, say
ing, Il obey, my lord Duke; ODE
dlence is the first law of youth" This
story, however, is remarkably like one
of Lord Stair and Louis XIV. The
King signed to the ambassador to get
into the carriage before his Majesty
Lord Stair bowed and obeyed without
any fuss, whereupon Louis observed to
his courtiers that less polite man
would have made ceremony of de-
Ginning
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A Big Foot.

Bruce-we will call him-not long
since kept general store" in the
northern part OF the State. A tall
countryman stalked into his establish.
ment one day, with his feet encased IN
moccasins, and planting one of them
on barrel, asked Bruce if he could fit
him with a pair of boots.
Certainly" said the latter, and
after glancing at the foot proceeded to
pull down a box labeled assorted
bTogans, IL to 49," Selecting a pair OF
the former size, he handed it 10 the
colntryman with the polite request:
CRY that on"
The elevens were tried, but to no
purpose the combined pulling of a
dozen horses wouldn't get those boots
on his feet. Twelves were next tried
but with no better success. With an
air of assurance Bruce handed him tbn
thirteens, but they shared the fate of
the others. The countryman looked
blank-Bruce puzzled but he was
equal to the emergency. Quietly turn
ing the box over SO as to empty it's
contents on the floor. he smilinolv
handed the empty case to the astonish-
ed customer, with the.request:
Here, put on pair of thin socks
and try on the box ~
LEARNING passes for wisdom amono
those who want both.-.Sir w. 7emDIe
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L Wonderful. Sew i.e0so.Ist.
London Correspondence of the Cincinnati C,
rnercjal

London Correspondence of the Cincinnati Com.
mercial.
A young geologist has appeared of
such wonderful knowledge in certain
difficult regions of his science as to
have caused great establishment. This
young mans name is Mail, and he is a
nephew OF the famous non-confOrmist
member of Parliament He has for
some time been the curator of sort of
scientific museum in Leeds, and / be-
iieve he has not hitherto contributed
anything to the association. But it
would seem that he has explored, with
singular completeness, all the mani
festations upon this planet of a certain
animal known to paleontology as the
" LabyrynthodOn." 1t is this animal
which Gas CherOpodion) is supposed
to have lett its sign manual and pedal
In time of the great strata-a SUPPOSE
ton which Mr.. Mall has exploded.
He has searched out this extinct mon
ster, and searched into all its living
relatives and descendants, and by SO
doing solved so many knotty points
that old biologists like Sir Philip Eyer
ton and Sir j. Phillips are In ecstacies.
Mall had no notes. He spoke off all
the histories and dates and figures re-
lating to the 'Labyrynthodon" as if it
had been his prattle from early imam
cy. And when he sat down Phillips,
the President, arose and said: This
scientific statement places its author at
one step in the foremost ranks of geo.
logical investigators The biologists
instantly resolved to request Mr.. Mall
to allow their society to publish at its
own expense-and illustrate by suita-
bic engravings-a monograph which
they allege will revolutionize their sci
ence at an important point.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-01
Narrow Escape frGm q Dreadful Dis
aSfer.

The New York Evening Post tells a
story of anarrow escape from terrible
railroad disaster. an Albany pas
senger train and New York passenger
train reached Tivoli bridge almost
simultaneously Monday night. The
night was intensely dark, and a heavy
storm of wind and rain swept over the
country The signal light had been
extinguished by the wind, and each en-
gineer was ignorant of the presence of
the other. Both trains started over
the bridge, and when near the centre
came into collision, smashing the
headlights. of the locomotives and parts
of their machinery. A truck was
also thrown violently against the
girders of the bridge. None of the
passengers were hurt,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-01
4 CAT CUre.

The latest and most approved cure
cure for whooping-cough is kitten.
A little boy in Collinsville, CT, had the
disease badly. For his amusement he
was given little kitten, which he held
most of the time. The kitten "took
sick, grew thin and pale about the
gills, and began to whoop and cough
In most distressing manner; the boy
rapidly got well, and, after while, the
kitten, also. The remedy is pleasanter
than dose of squills or squalls.
pleasant for all except the kitten.
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Extraordinary Scenes at Wreck.

A correspondent, describing the
wreck of the steamer Agra, off Gaile.
bound from Calcutta to London, via
the Suez Canal, says that after the
vessel struck on the rocks the passen-
gers and crew had barely time to es-
cape into the boats, as the seas came
tumbling over the sides, sweeping
everything before them, carrying away
one poor invalid sailor and bursting
open the cages and dens of an extensive
menagerie on board going home for
the Geological Gardens. The escape
and striking out amid the waves of
crowd OF tigers, elephants, &C., and
their roars and screams adding to the
terror of the wretched passengers, pre-
sented a spectacle that will not soon
be forgotten. One elephant managed
to swim ashore, as did one of the tigers.
creating CONSERVATION among the in
habltants of the adjacent coast, who
are SAID to &c living In state of siege.
not daring to venture outside their
barricaded doors. The Agra, which
sunk III deep water, belonged to the
Red Cross line of steamers, PLYING be-
tween Calcutta and London, and was
to have taken a number OF passengers
home from Ceylon. Her wreck comes
on the heels of that of the Arracan.
lost the other day on one of the Maid
i've reefs.
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The Old Bridge.

The Old Bridge.
The following, by Miss Emily R. Page, who
ID IN Chelsea in 1868, is the companion piece
" The Old Canoe
Bowere1 at either arching entrance
By wilderness of leaves,
Clustering DER the slant old gables
And the brown and messy caves,
Is the dear old bridge which often,
Often in the olden time,
Echoed to our ringing FOOTBALLS
And our voices ringing chime.
Where, from out The narrow windows,
We have watched tie day go down,
Till tie air was full of twilight
Soft, and shadowy, and brown:
Till the river, gliding past us,
Gloom upon its bosom bore,
And the shadows, deep and deeper,
Crept along the winding shore
Till the pale young moon grew brighter.
And the silver footed night
Scattered stars along the pathway
OF the eve's departing flight.
Oh the dear old bridge has echoed
To the tread of many feet,
Whose sweet music long has slumbered-
Muffled in the winding sheetl
Many voices, too, have sounded
Clear, and soft, and full OF song,
Like the ripple of a bird-note
All the ringing roof along.
But the silent angel hushed them,
Many weary years agone;
Yet an echo 'mong its arches
Seemeth still TO lInger on.
And, as now, within its shadow,
| am sitting all alone
Flows the river down beneath me,
With sad and ceaseless moan,
As ii grieving for the lost ones
They who listened long ago,
Leaning from the narrow window,
TO the light waves lUillng flow.
And the elm trees swaylng softly,
Let their shadowy dmness fall
Far in on the frowning columns,
And along the darkened wall;
Like the shadows which have dritted
From the death-damps of the tomb,
Wrapping up my glad young spirit
In the mantle Of Their gloom.
And the golden-ingered sunbeams
Sitting through the broken roof,
Weave upon the dusty flooring
Here and there their siimmering woot
Seeming like the golden vista
Where my hopes reposed secure.
When the dew of lite's young morning
On my heart lay fresh and pure.
Now, though years have swept me onward
Down the hurried tide OF life,
Leaving childhood far behind me,
Like pleasant matin chime;
Yet from youths deserted gardens
. | am gathering up the flowers
Whose sweet fragrance tioateth to me,
Cheering all the languid hours.
For again the shining pageant
or the long-forgotteu past
Floats before me with no shadow
Ger its sunny surface cast.
| forget the many grave-mounds
Which lie dark and cold between
For the silver lining only
OF the frowning cloud is seen.
With the sunlight round about me,
Bright and glad as long ago,
Ard the river down beneath me,
With iisssoft continuous flow
With the Old familiar places
All about me everywhere
Come again the pleasant faces
That made earth 50 bright and fair
And, as then, each passing cloudlet
Seems to wear a golden edge,
As | muse within the shadows
Falling from the dear old bridge.
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"EAI PERKINS ," NOTES.
Happy Thoughts

L SAW man pulling his arms off try
ing to get on new pair of boots, SO
said
Happy HOught-They are too small,
and You will never be able to get them
on till you have worn them spell
| HEARD an officer IL the Seventh
Regiment scolding a private for coming
too late to drill, so 1 said:
Happy ThOught-Somebody must
always come last this fellow ought to
be praised for, if he had come earlier,
he would have shirked this scolding off
upon somebody else,
[ SAW an old maid at the Fifth
Avenue, with her face covered with
wrinkles, turning sadly away from the
mirror, as she said
Happy WOHght-Mirrors nowadays
are very faulty. They don't make such
nice mirrors as they used to when
was young!
l HEARD young lady from Brooklyn
praising the sun, so l said
Happy Thought-The sun may be
very good, but the moon is good deal
better, for she gives us light in the
night when we need it, while the sun
only shines in the day time, when it is
light enough without it.
SAW two men shoot an eagle, and as
he dropped on the ground, l said:
Happy IhougM-You might have
saved your powder, for the fall alone
would have killed him
AN old man in Philadelphia, brought
a blooming girl to church to be married
to her. The minister stepped behind
| the baptismal font, and said, as he
| sprlnlxled water over her head
Happy IhOught-I am glad YOU
brought the dear child to be baptized
A YOUNG man was disappointed in
love at Niagara Falls, SO he went out or
terrible precipice, took oft his clothes
cast one long look into the fearful,
whirlpool, and then
Happy Ihought-Went home an6
went to bed
Two Mississippi River darkies saw
for the first time, train ofcars. They
were in quandary to know wha
kind OF monster it was, so one said
Happy 1hOught-It is a dried NJ
steamboat getting back into the river
| n Ioohs bICh IudH WIFI mtSJdG(
plaster on him, said:
Hoppy Thoughtful | should eat
loaf of bread I'd be live sandwich
AS a man was burying his wife, h,
said to his friend in the grave yard
Alas you feel happier than L Yes
nelghbor, said the friend:
Happy IhOught-I ought to fee
happier, L have two wives buried there
A MAN % out west turned states
evidence, and swore he was membe
of gang of thieves. By-and-by they
| found the roll of actual members. anC
accused the man of swearing falsely
g was a member" said the man
| Ct
Happy Ihoolgh5--'I was honorable
memberl"
ELL" says Miss Mollie Bacon, O
Madison Avenue, observed, as she
spread her paniers over four seats il
the stage:
"Tm too delighted, dear Eli, to have
something, at last, IN the tip Of the
fashion,"
How so, Mollie ?" asked.
''Why, Jennie June says, High
| haelcd shoes are very much 2yOy7a this
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4 Marvel 0Htl0ua,

Mr. Finlayson, Town Clerk of Stir
ling, Scotland, IN the latter part of the
seventeenth century, was noted for the
marvellous III conversation. lie was on
a visit to the Earl of Monteith and
Alrth in his castle of Taha, in the loch
of Monteith, and was about taking
leave, when he was asked by the Earl
whether he had seen the sailing cherry
tree. .
"No!" said Finlayson. '"What sort
of a thing is it =
" 1t u.s." replied the Earl, "a tree
that has grown out at a goose's mouth
from a stone the bird had swallowed,
and which she bears about with her in
her voyages around the loch. 1t is
now III full fruit of the most exquisite
flavor. Now, Mr.. Finlayson," he adj
ded, "can you, with all your powers of
memory and fancy, match my story of
the cherry tree %
"Perhaps l can" said Finlayson,
clearing his throat, and adding !:
" When Oliver Cromwell was al Airth
one of his cannon sent ball to Stir
hing, and lodged it in the mouth of a
trumpet which one Of the troops in the
castle was in the act of sounding
Z" Was the trumpeter killed ~ said
the Earl.
No my lord" replied Finlayson.
He blew the ball back, and killed the
art1lleryman who had fired itn'