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POLITICAL NOTICES,
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To tlrc Democracy of Calcasieu, Cameron. La.
fayette and st. Landry:
I hereby pledge myself to publicly demon,
Stfate, to IL positive certainty, in advance of the
November election, that the action of the Cal
casieu Parish Democratic Convention. held at
Lake Charles, June 18th, 1874. is not politically
nor morally binding upon the Democracy Of
Cairasieu parish, much less upon the Democracy
of st. Landry, Lafayette and Cameron.
GEO. Ii. WELLS.
Lake Charles, June DC, 1874. =.
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kNAsIEHNGTON UNIVERSITY.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
BALTIMORE. MD.
The next Annual Session will broiu Octnbcr ,
1874, and end February 2Jth. 1875. The Hospitai
and General and Special DiSpcnsaries ftlrniSh
ample materla! for Clinical Instruction. For
Catalogue. with information as to Plan of IN
Strnction. Fees, cost of living, etc, address
J. T.. LINDSAY. VI. d., Dean.
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Small, ragged, baFafooted boy to GAL
lns c0iOIed gent with 4 yalise-aSay
boss, shall [ carry yonr satcileI for YOU n
Colored gent tosnlall bov-No. 90 way
dare; Use gettin' 4 quarter for carryin'
dis down myself
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IST OF
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
prnicl, aF 90 .

Parish of 81. Landry. !
Be it remembered that on this third lav OF
september, A. D., eighteen hundred and seven
%ty-four, we, Adolphe Ga1rigues. Parish Judge.
in and for the parish of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana, !. l.. Hayes, Deputy Sheriff, in and
for said parish, designated by order of his Hon
or. John J. Morgan, District Judge in and for
said parish, in the absence Of Z. 0. Hayes, Shrr-
1T. and William A. Robertson, Clerk of the Dis
trlct Court, in and for the same parish, together
with Joel Fl. Sandoz and Albert Lastrapes, duly
qualified electors of said parish, proceeded. 1T
the Court House of said parish, in the town of
O~pclousaS, after having selected from the list of
registered voters the names of every qualified
clectOr on the same without distinction of race
or color who possess the legal qualifications and
are not exempt by law from Jury duty, to draw
from the box of the ballots and names of those
thus chosen, under the laws Of September 1868
and 30th April, 1873, siXty-fiVe names, by order
of the District Judge of the 8th Judicial District
Court OF Louisiana, in and for the parish of st.
Landry. to serve as grand and petit jurors at
the regular term OF said Court. to be holden in
and for the said parish of st. Landry, at the
Court House, i'll the town of Opelousas. com
mencing on the fourth Monday of October next.
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Women dress to please the men, Y
do they Why, if the whole male
genus were extinct, ii wouldn't make II
flltfe was i living chance Of spiting
some other woman.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
nNCE MORE TO THE FRONT:

- - 49, NH
-.OprI orS4s Son+ -, o.
sept A9tl' Ao'4'
AT the earnest and sincere solicitation of INV
T have c GTrIT I've With tTo ny. o aeso more; ~ : ...
take charge of his business, from ana after This
date, at my IGNORED old stand. -
NV motto sI,aII he as in the mast
- -
ONE Ffaee for One and ALL
Goods mlist and Shalt ho so,,+ o,ao, :. avn, ;, 40
that we viii striiotII 10 ~, 49, y W ~ 4 y uht 10 10
C4SiH NJ it, = SSInd,r,iit1atslI 4 : r. = ing ptinciple OF
fun iustice can he tiyen - ,n ID pa 7 Gnann aaV ~
Iafi9ns astahIishe51 aafv-an, 49,, 60 a55 III :" ~
Gnr in rStaHt,Si is - 9g I'm "a 81 bIu = ana Seller.
and we are convinced that you viii a ~ : : 49, i"as
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fill Kansas an extra session of the Leg
islature has been called to relieve the
peoplesuffering from the g~rasshoppers.
Tho condition must be desperate to re.
duire such d remedy. The reputation of
Che Kansas Legislature for depraVity is
not ranked by that of any either State
except Lonisfana.-New Orleans Times.
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nOsEY,s RlrTERs HANE REE

DOSEY,S RBTTERs HAVE BEEN
II in Use for many years. Our Physicians
always in preference TO any of the thousand and
one bmd-,chishey compounds now flooding the
r4Fs.
They materially aidin curing Chills and Fever.
enlarged Spleen and all kindred diseases.
One bottle (5o cents only viii satisfy You Of
this. (Sept 2G~tf.
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We find the following in the Natchi-
tOches NindicatOr, q white league paper.
Air. Puckette for many years published
the Democratic paper at that place. If
the South had been composed Of such
me as he, she would long since have
been over the sea of troubles that fol-
lowed the war:
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6kPAGW !-MORPHINE HABIT SPEEDILY
~ cured by Dr. Rcck'S only known and Sure
remedy. No charge for Treatment until cured.
Can on on address DIR. j. e. BECK,
Cincinnati, q.
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1t is to Wine-drinking, says ain exam
liner of mrSty records, that we owe the
origin of :the kiss. After MiceInius
caught his' life sucking his finest wines
through tie bung-hole of a barrel with
q straw, the custom became general in
Rome for the husbands to kiss the lips
of their wives, that they might discover
the quality OF their good ladies' stolen
libations land Cato the elder recon-
mends thiI plan to the serious attention
of all careful heads of families.
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advertisement
A CARD.

foE SUIH0 GlLIS DhSbs l. nave HIhlubttluCu
political opinions not in accord with the
prevailing sentiment of those who have
hitherto been my political friends. What
those opinions are, all who have Onvers
cd with me know. They were honestly
my convictions; and | believe that flu
ture events will prove that my Judgment
was correct, and that the surest way to
practical reform at the present juncture
is for all really Liberal mentO give their
support Otall persons, white or cOlOred,
outside or inside the Republican party,
who would join with them in a crusade
against corruption. In other words, that
the true feature of this campaign should
have been Reform, and not political os-
tracism. My convictions are strong, and
cannot be changed. Ileave it for thefu-
ture to prove the wisdom of my course.
My object in writing this card is to
announce publicly what | have declared
privately--that | shall throw no obstacle
in the way of the success of the White
Mans party. have no desire to enter
actively into the present campaign
against the sentiment of my people. If
they win, Ishall certainly not complain !;
1T they lose, the fault shall in no part be
mine. s.
My position as a McEnery Senator, to
which my friends attach Importance,
demands this explanation from me. ]
stand upon the platform of 1879, on
which, was elected, and shall atall times
be ready to do Justice to all men with
out regard to color or race. ..
This is not q withdrawal from the Re-
publican party, to which 1 have never
belonged. It is simply q public state
meat OF the position | shall occupy in
the present campaign. Respectfully,
~aH a4&.a. CHAs. j: G.. PUcKETTE.
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a. = 10 $40 PER DAY AT HOME. TERMS
psV Free. Address
GEO. STINSON IL CO..
SEPT Ill Portland, Nc.
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TheS Blue and the Gray.

The following is taken from the Asso-
ciated Preass Dispatches of the 18th inst.
Our Vicksburg friends have made a
move i'll tEe right direction. More is to
be accom- slishedby Cancellation and bar
mony, tflas1 by threats, intimidation and
~violence:s ... .
V~ICKsBSRG, Sept. 11.-Several days
ago a callsfor a meeting by the former
soldiers OF the Union and Confederate
armies was published. The call stated
the purpose of the meeting was to foster
and encourage kindly relations between
the soldiess of the late war, and to form
q band of mutual friendship and good
feeling. s Il
Several preliminary meetings were
held, which were largely attended by the
representatives of both armies. Those
of the UnKon army, residents of this city,
being nearly equal in numbers to the
Confederate. At the meeting last night
the body formed itself into an ~associa-
ton to be known as the Order of the Blue
and Gray. ;The speeches were Indicative
OF. the UTMOST good feeling and relief at
this Observation-Disclosures ofthe break
IN the darE cloud Of prejudice which has
been opprSssing all alike.
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A DVANCE> MADE ON CROPS
BY O..
F. MANUEL PHILLIPS.
u~rEtoUsAs. 80.
~.,, = ..
so -*rsF ,:.EFE
IN order 10 facilitate those which have been
Ccharrcd from getting advances. through the
stIingcncy Of the times. 7 beg leave to inform
that class of our paristoncrs that ! am ready to
come to their relief with
GROCERIES, ~..a. ,4.
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
".:@ '''' Mrs AND, cars n @tT -
-. ~'r|u ~ ..s. ,.i. lis.
BAGGING AND TIES,
e.: HARDWARE, &c, .&c. &c,
At reduced Changers Rates, on a fair showing.
and a pledge of crops for said advances. And
TO OUR CASH BUYERS.
] respectfully call their attention to the follow
ing low rates, commencing
Monday, September 18th, 1879,
FINE WHITE COTTON, 100. per yde
FINE BROWN COTTON, 1oc per yd.
C.AMBRICs, 1oc per yd.
STOCKINGS, Zoe per pair.
MoZAMBIQUEst l5epcr yd. e ..2
DENNIS, 15c to 25c per yd.
HICKORY. l5c to 2jc per yd. .
TICKING, I5c to 25c per yd. f II
STRIPES, I5c to 25c per yd,
III fact. everything must be sold before re-
our 80 - .sas= .s- {
T. ALL i OK, :
Which will he here about the 18th September. 7
We invite all 10 call on lis. !
sept 11-5t +. PHILLIPS.
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A. MOTHER CHANGE! =
FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT
IN AID OF HE. ...
.ls PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
POSTPONED 70 5t.. .r
Sci No v r. WI R e R SO, 1874.
Drawing Certain at that Date
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ANDHDATES
For State

For state
Mr.. EDITOR Please announce that. at the
solicitation of many Democrats and ConsePva-
tIEeS OF the parish Of st. Landry, DR.. W. II.
of the parish of Calcasieu, has con
Senfed 70 become a candidate for the State Sen
ate, at the election of November next.
In c0nccdlng to our sister parish the right of
presenting a candidate for the said office. we
clleerfully recommend DIR. Kirkman to the ia
Xorable consideration. OF the Democrats and
conservatives of ST. Landry. .
MANY VOTERS OF ST. LANDRY.
I respectfully announce myself a candidate
for the office of State Senator of the Tenth SEN
atorIal District, comprising the parishes of st.
Landry Lafayette, Cameron and Calcasieu.
-. - GEORGE H. WELLS.
Dr. WIN. a, ROBERTSON is. candidate for
the State Senate at the next election. from this
District, composed of the parishes of LAFAYETTE,
Cameron, Caleasieu and st. Landry.
Fol Sheriff.. .-- "a.
JAMES. 0. CHACHERE is IL candidate for
Sheriff at the next election. 49,
EGBERT o. HAYES is Il candidate for Sheriff
at the next election. 't 80
am a candidate for the Office. of Sheriff. OF the
parish OF st. Landry, at the election in NoveIn-
oef next a. G. DUSON.
EAa-S IER4 L# E4
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TRESPASSEH R

NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.-I
~ hereby notify all persons not to enter the
enclosures of the Pratt plantation i'll Bellevue,
without the permission OF the manager, Mr..
Arthur Deicar. or myself, under pain Of pOSccu-
ton fOr@tFcspassing. sol" LOEB.
aur pS-jt
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VIEW ADVERTESEmENTS

StT. STANEsLAUs
COLLEGE.
Say st. Louis Miss.
Chartered by the statesLegislatare with power to
Confer Degrees.
Session Opens September 18Th.
The aim of his Institution is to im,,arto thar
0l%h Mora! and Commercial training. inclulinm
EFflch ana Ell%IiSh. Special attention paid TO
B""k-kccpin%. CommcrCiaI Correspondrncr
Mathcmatirs and Pcnmanship. TnparaleIrd
advantages of Set-breezc, bathing and railroad
communication Eoard and tuition for ten
months. $50. Address "
BROTHER GABRIEL. President.
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GTat"tHl Thousands proclaim VIM
EGNE RITTERS the most wonderful H.
vIgortIt tiHt ever sustained the Sjukiua
ST-tEhl
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NOT ICE
NOTICE

Teachers OF Public Schools in the parish of 81.
Landry, are hereby notified that all contracts
expire on the oath July, 1874, and thatthe schools
will not reopen until contracts are entered into
between the teachers and the President of thu
School Board. W. q. BELL.
President School Board. Parish of 81. Landry.
iuly 31-3t
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Dyspepsia or IndigeSt
ScrOfiIIa. OF KINGS Evil. Mhilc

SWellings, Ulcers, E%rysipeIas. SwrIIrd Neck.
Goltrc, Scrotulous determinations. ludoicut
determinations, Morcurial Affections. Old
Sores, EruptiOns OF the Skin. Sore Eyes, etc.
In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
cases, WALKERS VINEGAR BITTER& have.
shown their great curative powers in the
most obstinate and intractablc ctSr2.
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.OSEY'S RHTTER& ARE ENDE-
u niably the pnrest in the market, and the
cheapest. len 10 0nr, for the good they do.
Try one so cent bottle and he convinced.
sept 2G-tf.
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80 .5rs .,t.EFE
IN order 10 facilitate those which have been
dc9a1rcd from getting advances, through the
stringcncy of the times. 7 beg leave to inform
that class of our Pensioners that ! am ready to
come to their relief with
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,

Agent and Manager.
Public Library Building, Louisville. XIV
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IA-NNI
All Of which are bought for Cash, at extremely
low nSlres' and will be sold at avery small profit.
We will buy for fttsh. ut the HiE1best market
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tify the body AGAINST disease

by purifying all its fluids with VINEGAr
BIrTENs, No epidemic can take hold
of a system Thus torc-armcd.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30

fourteen. In each instance where one
is used, the most perfect satisfaction
is given. We do not care to advertise
an article gratis, but our conviction
that these machines are the most
available water raisers, and will in
time come into general use, impels us
to call the attention of the HERALD's
readers to them. They are simple in
construction, and consist of only a
boiler and the requisite amount of
pipe. There is no engine, and a boy
can run the machine without risk or
danger. Mr.. Weld, who has been
operating one of the lifters for some
months, says the cost for fuel, when
lifting twelve thousand gallons of
water per hour, does not exceed fifty
cents per day. The inventor of these
lifters, Mr.. WILCOX, resides in San
Francisco, and will visit thir city in u
few weeks, when he will take pleasure
in giving information relative to the
LITTER Mr.. w. T. CLAPP, the local
agent for the county, may be reached
through the Postoffice of this city.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30
Platinum.

Platinum received its name in
Peru, and is so called because it resem-
hles silver. Platinum in Persian Ian
guage means "little silver" 1t is al
ways known from other metals by its
superior weight, it being the heaviest
body in nature. 1t can be applied to
many important uses, from the fact
that it unites the indistructibility of
gold, with the hardness of iron. 1t
resists the action of fire to great de-
gree, also the most concentrated acids.
Copper can be coated with it, with as
much ease as the common operation
of timing. Its high value prevents it's
common use, it is not so valuable as
gold but worth five times as much as
silver. The alloy of platinum and
steel takes fine polish, and will not
tarnish ,!and therefore well adapted for
mirrors. 1t is well adapted to the
manufacture of rings and chains, be-
cause it has the property of being
welded like iron and possess great du-
rability. 1t is found in considerable
quantities in Siberia.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30
Wines.

Genuine port wine is astringent and
little rough, because of the husks
with which it is colored. The husk is,
however, capable of communicating
very little color; when the red is deep
it is artificial. A deep red color is
never desirable. Branded port wines
are always of an inferior quality.
Shipess are sometimes forced to mix
them with brandy to prevent them
from spelling on the voyage, but this
always destroys the excellent flavor
they possess. Solomon says, look
not upon the wine when it moveth
Itself in the cup" ellis head was
level" Fermenting wine has always
been sickening dose. We doubt if
any wine is sufficiently matured to be
n healthy beverage under four years
old. Our citizens have materially
damaged the reputation of California
wines by pushing them into market
too early.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30
A Leaf from the Diary of an Old School
Teacher.

l am an old man now, and the recol-
lections of the school-room, which as
a careful cultivator of the little flow
ers that grew and smelt so sweet un-
der my pedagogical care, was my de-
light, will now and then with memo
ry's aid, flash through the glass of
time and make my old heart thump
with gladness at the good that in the
past I've done. One of these graft
flying "reminiscences is this:
The old school clock had struck the
matin hour of nine. The children
were gathering to their daily tasks of
books. Five minutes after the roll
was being called, q little ragged
boy, whose face and hands were all
but clean, who had not been at school
for many days, responded "present"
to his name. When the troll callingn
was done, | summoned the little boy
to my desk, as was the custom of the
school, and asked him why from
school he had been away so many
days. The little fellow was a senti-
mental one, and with feeling said:
"My mamma was sick, my brother
was sick, and was very busy" Then
another little boy came to me and
said: Mister, that boys mamma
told me to tell you TO punish him,
cause he was playing hockey" This
was the truth, and the little ragged
boy was now trembling in his little
scaly feet; so took him kindly by
the hand, laid him gently across my
knees, and warmed his little panta-
looms till the tears trickled down his
dirty little cheeks.
This is some of the good I've done,
and more anon perhaps may come to
my recollection.
J YE ANCIENT PEDAGOGUE.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30
A Way to Procure Water.

Every day the water question grows
in magnitude and importance, and
every day affords evidence that we are
gradually approaching solution of
the problem. Our people are learning
that with water the Los Angeles val
ley is the most productive spot in the
world, and that without water we cam
not couut on regular crops. Day by
day our people are acquiring informa-
tion to the effect that the water is here
now, near at hand and easily reached,
and the only point to study is how to
raise and utilize the indispensable ar
ticle. Within the city limits, sys-
tematic saving and using of the water
owned by the corporation is neither
understood nor practiced. More water
is lost by sipeage and evaporation
than is consumed in irrigation.
bitches are expensive and destructive
By-and-bye we shall lay down pipes
and built vast reservoirs, by which
much loss will be prevented, personal
difficulties avoided. and water secured
for the irrigation of a broader area
than is now accommodated. In the
country, the farmers are finding and
saving water. Artesian wells are the
favorite, but they are not found in
every locality. In many places where
the water is near the surface, wind and
horse power suffice to raise the requisite
amount; in some instances the steam
engine is brought into use, but so fal
as we have been able to learn, the
Wilcox Litter has proven the most eff.
fcient and at the same time the cheap.
est to operate that has yet beer
introduced in this valley. Some
three months ago, the HERALI
published an editorial explaining the
power and availability Of the WILCOX
machine. There were then but one OF
two of these lifters in Los Angeles
county. There are now twelve OF
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30
A PLEASING Verdict.

We are rather pleased with the ver-
dict of the Church Committee in the
case of BEECHER. 1t is an ingenious
document, and encourages the belief
that the human intellect is growing
more acutely cunning, more incom-
prehensibly subtle, and more unfath-
omably analytical, as the sciences are
unfolded and intelligence expands.
There was time when committee
Of simple minded, Bible reading
churchmen would have found the
masses of evidence, conflicting and af-
flicting, which the case of HENRY and
ELIZABETH poured around and over
the wise men of Plymouth Church, a
little puzzling to the understanding
and something harassing to the con-
science, but that period closed with
the witch burnings and learned SER
mons of COTTON MATHER, and we are
now fairly launched in an era when
men and women, judges and jurors,
sect and secular, all persuade them
selves to believe that which they wish
despite and in defiance of proof to the
contrary. If we so elect, the worst
case, the darkest suspicion, the strong
est evidence, the most damaging ap-
pearances, are subjected to the intel
lectual scalpel, and behold, the aspect
changes; the ugly features are dex-
trously cut away: seemingly fatal
wounds are suddenly healed, and sin
and crime are washed away in flood
of ink and eloquence. What Won
derful being is man, and how convinc-
ingly he reasons in the way he wishes
to go. If we progress intellectually as
rapidly as we are now moving for a
century longer, we shall be able to be-
lieve just what we desire to believe,
despite what others may choose to be-
lieve. Mark the convincing power of
self-argument: These good men Of
Plymouth Church not only persuade
themselves that Mr.. BEECHER is in
nocent of every charge urged against
him, but they instantly convince three
thousand people that what they have
argued themselves into believing is
the correct thing for everybody
to believe. There may be a
few million persons of low men
tai calibre who will demur and
wonder why so much was admitted, if
nothing transpired; but their opinion
amounts to nothing. The Churc hmen
have spoken, and with their verdict
before us, we feel constrained to say
that the man or woman who will not
shout over HENRY'S acquittal and re-
joice in the fact that ELIZABETH's
reputation is sustained, is one of those
unfortunate beings who has not
moved as rapidly up the intellectual
incline as those more refined and
christianized brethren and sisters who
worship In the Temple hewn from the
rock on which the Mayhower grated
her prov. For HENRY's sake, for
ELIzABETH's sake, for THEoDoRE's
sake, for the children's sake, for the
Christians sake, and for our own
sake, we rejoice in the acquittal of
Mr.. BEECHER. We have always
thought him wise man; we live in
the hope of persuading ourselves
that he is a man with a loving
heart and guileless mind. We have
always believed that mind would tri-
umph over matter, and we rejoice that
this small matter affecting HENRY
and ELIZABETH has entirely sue
cumbed to mind.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-30

The railroad party which was out
with their four-in-hand looking over
the country north of San Fernando,
returned to the city yesterday. The
San Fernando train brought in the
party, with their vehicle and horses,
all looking rather dusty and fatigued
with their hard jaunt.
Messrs. Krumbeck and Milchert
gave formal opening of their saloon,
bowling alley and billiard room, under
the U. s. Hotel last night. They
were besieged by many friends who
flocked in to wish them good cheer
and partake of the free lunch.