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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-05
Arkansas and Texas Short Line
VIA
MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK R. R.
CONNECTION COMPLETED!

CONNEClION OOnHLEIEU
A LII RAIL ROUTE TO LITTLE ROCK.
n Fulton, Texarkana, Jefferson, Shreve-
port, Marshall, Dallas, Hearne. Palestine.
Houston, Waco. Galveston and all points in
Arkansas and Texas. Direct connection in
same depot at Little Rock with trains on Cairo
and Fulton railroad for all of above named
and intermediate points. Direct connection
in same depot at Argenta with trains on Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad for Lewisburg,
Russellvlle, Dardanelle, Van Buren,, Fort
Smith, etc.
Mail train leaves Memphis daily-...,..5:00 p. m
Freight and Accommodation train
leaves Memphis daily Sunday
eXcepted) ed).................... ..........6:O0 am
Sleeping cars on Mail Train. For Tickets
and information. inquire at PSI Main street,
27S Main street, or at Depot, foot of Washing
A. S. LTYERMORE. Gen'l sup't
X A. WILLIAMS. Pas ger Ag't.
126-155 j. PERRY, Gen'l Ticket Ag't.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
Altitude at Which Men Can Live,

There has been great deal Of dis.
cussion as to the altitude at which
human beings can exist, and Mr.. Glais-
her himself can tell us as much about
It as anybody. In July, 1879, he and
Mr.. ooxwell ascended in a balloon
to the enormous height Of $1,000 feet,
Previous to the start, Mr.. Glaisher's
pulse stood OF 10 beats a minute, Cox
wells at "a. At 1900 feet the pulse
Of the former was at 81, that Of the
latter at 100. At 10000 feet Glaisher's
hands and lips were quite blue, bat
not his face. At $1,000 feet he heard
his heart beatihg, and his breathing be-
came oppressed; at $4,000 feet he be-
came senseless Notwithstanding which
the aeronaut, in the interest Of science,
went up another s, 900 feet, till he could
no longer use his hands, and had to
pull the strings Of the valve with his
teeth.
Aeronauts who have to make no ex-
erEionshAve, OF course, a great advantage
over members Of the Alpine Club and
those who trust their legs even at
10, 900 feet, these climbers feel very IN.
comfortable, more so in the Alps, It
seems, than elsewhere. At the monas.
terry OF St. Bernard, Silt feet high, the
monks become asthmatic, and are COM
PEELED frequently 10 descend into the
valley OF the Rhone for-anything but
bi cath Of fresh air and at the end Of
ten years service are obliged to give up
their high living, and come down 70
their usual level. AT the same time in
South America there are towns, such as
Potosi, placed as high rs the top Of
Mont Blanc, the inhabitants Of which
feel no inconvenience. The highest in.
habited spot in the world is, However,
the Buddhist cloister Of Hanle, in
Thibet, where 81 priests live at IN aiti.
tude OF 10000 feet.
The brothers Schlaginsweit, when
they explored the glaciers OF the Ibi:
Gamin In the same country, enclmped
ut q, 900 feet, the highest altitude at
which q European ever passed the
night. Even at the top OF Mont Blanc,
Prof. Tyndall's guides found livery IN.
pleasant to do this, though the Prof.
himself did not confess 10 feeling so
bad as they. The highest mountain in
the world Is Mount Everest (Himalaya),
29,003 feet, and the condor has been
seen "winging the blue air" 500 feet
higher. The air, by.the.bye, is not
"blue, " or else, as De Saussure point
ed out, "the distant mountains which
are covered with snow would appear
blue also !" It's apparent color being
due to the reflection OF light What
light can do and does, is marvellous
and not the least is its power Of attrac.
ton TO humanity.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

Not long ago, while some repairs
were being made in the basement OF the
United States Assay Office, corner OF
Nissan and Wall streets, New York, =
vault near the cornerstone was broken
open, and some matters OF historic in.
terest were revealed. A stone slab was
found, with an inscription showing that
the ediGce was erected in 1923. Also a
large glass bottle filed with various
curious documents was discovered, a
quart bottle OF Jamaica rum, and q
peck OF hickory.nuts, which orumbled
TO dust on being poured out from the
measure in which they had so long re.
posed. In the bottle, among sundry
papers, was found Longworth's "Ameri-
can Almanac" for 1921, which contains
much interesting reading matter. A
few brief passages are devoted to
travellers and some brief extracts
will indicate the changes fifty years
have wrought:
"Mail coach for Boston, through in
thitty.eight hours, via New Haven and
Harttord-Starts from Nos. and 8
Courtlandts street every morning at half.
past o'clock. Fare 10 New Haven, s5.
ITO Washington-.United States
mai coach from No. / Courtlandt
street every day at IL o'clock; fare,
s24.
"To Philadelphia-.United States
mail stage from No. l Courtlandt street,
every day at u o'clock arrives at
Philadelphia next morning at 8 o'clock /;
fare, $685."
The crates of postage" on single
letters are thus stated in the same
almanac:
"on Single Letters-For any dis.
lance not exceeding 80 miles, cents (;
over 80 and not over 80 miles, 10 cents I;
over so aud not over 100 miles, l2t
cents; over 100 and not over 400 miles,
1871 cents; over 400, % cents"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
About Wooden ToOthpleks.

One acts 50 used to seeing wooden
toothpieks al festaurauts that he looks
upon them as things 81 6otfse. He
neyer thinks that their manufa6ttte
forms an important branch OF industry,
but, nevertheless, such Is the case.
These toethpicks are made principally
in the New England States and in New
Jersey. They are manufactured by the
same process as are match steth1, tlsl'
ally made in the same factories. The
material used in their manufacture is
white maple or poplar, as both OF those
woods are tasteless. They are put up
in boxes Of two thousand each. and sell
for flteen cents o boz. Restaurants
use from two 10 four thousand tooth
picks in q week. Because they ate 90
cheap and so beautifully supplied peo-
pie take them by the handful. Wooden
toothpicks have only been in use for
about ten or twelve years. When they
were hrstinvented, there we're only one or
two factories where they we're made
and they cost deal more than they do
now
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
Try It

A tonic and Alternative medicine, the
inyigorating and regulating properties
OF which actually lengthen life, and
add to the capacity for its enjoyment.
is within the reach Of every member OF
the community. No invalid who has
had recourse to DR.. Walkers Vinegar
Bitters will hesitate to concode to 1t
these invaluable qualities. II is q stop.
achic and q corrective Of unriyaled Ell.
cacy, yet being free from alcohol, 1t ia
not m excitant. Its anti.bilious oper.
alton Is more direct, speedy, and GER
tain than that Of any Of the dangerous
mineral salivants, and Us an aperient, 1t
gently removes my distractions that
may have accumulated in the lower in
testine, without producing either irri.
tation or pain. In fact, its wonderful
remedial effects are unaccompanied by
any drawback. or all medicines, It is
the most harmless and salubrious. As
au appetizer, II is far ahead Of any Of
the alcoholic nostrums that momentari.
~ stimulate the palate; while as q
means OF renovating weak and torpid
stomach, il stands alone among modern
remedies. Com.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
What lie Wanted.

Ast. Paul merchant stepped ont Of
his place OF business the other day into
the warehouse TO get customer piece
OF pork. When he lodged back into
the store with his meat: he discovered
the customer occupying an unusually
awkward relation TO his money.drawef,
aud yelled out, 81 soy, what are you
dong around there ." The cass Kind
Of dug ont from behind that counter,
and as he assumed the proper location
for customer to occupy In mother
mans stofe-on the south sido Of the
counter-he Btammered out, "0h, /
was just-ahem IL went around there
to-hhem Twas juSt-I thought
was Just looking around there to-
aheml ~ thought maybe little Charlie
Ross was in under the counter, likel"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

Ing of Tho Gland Lodge Of MAsons, Scottish
Rlto Of the oient, OF Palermo, Isa'y, MAsIh
ROrretti, now the Pope, was expelled from the
order.
Three years imprisonment Ia the penalty in
Canada for refusing to support wife,.
IL Nord, tho organ Of tho RusEiAn govern
ment, sGys the Montensgrin massaeres cannot
DO overlooked; Turkey must meto out speedy
justice to the perpetrators aud make repAra-
ton for their crimes, The great powers have
advised Ports to tsle this course, Angus
McTAviSli, an old resident Of DunWich, Ont,
met with horrible death. In Attempting to
head Oh steer, tho animal attacked him
turiously, carried him some distance on his
horns, and dashed him to the ground. lie
died shortly after, suffering great pAin......
John Roach has over two thousand men en-
ployed in Chester, Pa, Tho keels OF three
Iron Ships arc now Laid there. They arc all
designed for tho Pacific Mall Steamship Com
pany Tho ottumwA express on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad, consisting OF
nine full passenger ean, was wrecked at
whiteaOld, Iowa. The whole train was ditched.
Nineteen passengers were fatally injured and
several killed outright. 80. Information TO
ccIyCd from Southwestern Nobralha shows thai
thousands OF people are In a starving cOndI'
ton. Many for weeks have had nothing To
cat but baked squash and pumpkin and salt
and others live on baked flour and water one
meal 4 day, for weeks. Ten thousand people
will need aid sufficient to keep them from
starvation and cold during tho winter. Hun
drSds OF people arc naked and on the verge Of
starvation, and withOu. means to leave the
state.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
A MIser.

He may be called a miser. He lives
near Buffalo, and is rich. Lately he
was drawn on Jury in that city, and
this Is how he turned the event, usually
considered a misfortune, to actual profit.
The pay was q dollar and q half day
for four weeks, aggregating thirty.siI
dollars. He found lodgings at fifteen
cents q night with poor and dirty
family, the total bill being four dollars
and twenty cents. He bought q tin
pail for twenty cents more, and there
his expenditure ended. How did he
eAt9 Every morning lie went 10 free
soup house, established for the feeding
OF newsboys and bootblacks, and had
his tin pail filed. Clear profit for the
month, thifty.one dollars and sixty
cents. He Is q seli.made man.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
Pcck's Rules and Regulations.

Upon entering this office you arc
particularly requested not to use the
doormat, as We wish to accumulate soil
inside for potato crop.
Please leave the door wide open, or,
should you forget yourself and close It,
slam 1t like thunder. winter arrange.
ment.)
II tho proprietor Is engaged in con.
versation and 1t is your turn next,
please lean your chair against the wall
and whistle =" Mulligan Guards" II you
can't whistle, sing. NJ
Never neglect an opportunity to i'm.
prove Your mind. II we are temporarily
absent sit on the desk, pick your teeth
with the gold pen and read the letters.
More may be found IN the right hand
drawer.
Smoking is particularly agreeable. II
you arc out OF poor cigars we will lend
yon o pipe.
Il you see any spittoons pleare ex.
pectorate on the floor, as the former are
only for ornament.
Our Office hours for listening to so.
licitors OF church subscriptions are
from eleven TO one, for book agents
one to three, advertising men all day.
We attend TO our own business at
night.
We need about 100000 more Of
life insurance. II you are acquainted
with any agent please send him in he
hasn't been here since yesterday.
Don't hesitate 10 ask for a loan, the
larger the better but talk about some.
thing else half an hour beforehand
time isn't worth cent a year To us.
Persons having no especial business
with us will please call as often as their
health will permit, or send doctors GER
tiAcates in case OF absence.
Parties leaving date calendars will
oblige us by placing them for the pres
emit In the basket under the desk, or un.
I'll We can get room with more com.
modious walls.
Bnt collectors will hang statements
on the file and call on Saturday Of four
AN,
This store closes at three r. NJ. on
Saturdays.-SL Louis Republican.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
An Eccentric s.ar.

The most singular fact connected
with the proper motions OF the stars is
that one or two stars are flying through
space with such enormous rapidity that
the combined attraction Of all the stars
visible with the telescope could never
stop them. This seems 10 be especially
the case with small star, invisible 10
the naked eye, designated in astro-
nomical literature as "Groombridge,
$780," from the name OF the astronomer
who first recorded It's position. The
rate OF motion Of this star is about seven
seconds per year-the greatest known.
II was hence concluded that 1t must be
very near us, and number Of astrono.
mers have sought TO determine its par.
allax, but have found 1t to be only
about tenth Of a second. Its ap.
parent motion in ayear being seventy
times its parallax, It moves at least
seventy times the distance from the
earth to the sun in year, or lS, 1000.
900 Of miles every day, and more than
200 miles every second. From what We
know OF the distribution, masses, and
number OF the stars, II seems probable
that the attraction Of all the bodies in
the universe can never stop this head
long speed, nor bring this star into any
orbit, and that consequently It will pass
through our universe, and leave IL en-.
tirely in It's passage through infinite
space. II we had accurate observations
Of tho stars position 5000 or 1000
years ago, we could speak with more
certainty Of It's destiny. We may ex.
pect that our posterity OF o few thou.
sand years hence will, by the aid Of
the observations and tables we shall
transmit TO them, be able TO come to q
definite conclusion respecting the age
and the structure Of the universe.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

A LuSAno AT LARoR.-The relatives
Of an unfortunate lunatic, near Canea,
In the island Of Crete, instead OF send
ing him to madhouse, led him about
from shrine TO shrine in the hope Of oh.
tanning miraculous cure. Instead,
however, OF getting better, the patient
only became moro ungoyernAble, until
at last, In IL OF fury, he fell upon two
shepherds and stabbed them both TO
death. Some villagers, not unnaturally
wistakiug the assassin for q highway.
man, attacked him in turn, and quickly
dispatched him with their knives,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

Queries by u medical joker: II the
patient does not recover his health,
ought the physician 10 recover his ieesY
II the doctor orders bark, has not the
patient q right to growlS
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

Sent free, on receipt Of neck and
breast measure, height, weight and price, our
(sample) /" Model d Shirt" Fitted by pa
tented model. Stylish and substantial. Address
Model Shirt Co., 81 South 9Th St., Philadelphia,
Com.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

The Improvement made in the Elm
wood and Warwick Collars this season has
largely increased the sale. For those Wishing
y wide collar, the latter ia the nc plus alird
Don't fail to got II and Try it.-Con.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

The properties of DR.. WALKERS
viSEoARBlrTgRs are Apericut, Diaphoretic,
Carmlnative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diureuc'
sedative, Counter.lritant, sudorihc, Aters
I'VE anu R a. III. MeS1SALp & co..
Druggists and Gen AgtS.. San Francisco Calif1nih,
md cor. Of 'wAshington and Charlton %, ny
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09

Dr. d. Walkers IlillUTllu VIZ
egar Bltters arc q purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from tho ma.
live herbs found on tho lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains Of Califor-
mia, the medicinal properties OF which
arc extracted thorefrom without tho use
Of Alcohol. Tho question Is almost
daily asked, hwhnt Is tho cause Of the
UNPARALLELED success Of VINEGAR Btr-
Tgisin Our answer Is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and tho patientre-
covers his health. They arc the great
blood p1riherand a llfe- giving principle,
perfect Renoyator and lnyigorator
II the system. Never before In tho
hinory Of tho world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of yiSEoAR BlTTBRs In healing tho
lick Of every disease man Is heir to. They
arc gentle Purgaiivc as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation cl
the Liver and ylseeal Organs, In Bilioes
al
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28
AHtlisilYci AIImen,,.

There are many distressing simpto,ns NJ di.,s..
~ @ 'aIses OF when are gncsr,A II. A., bililv. pef
noIs ,Nis hlilnn, men;ai slplf, ana hea nclis To-
ilsease Ia 4me particular orssu nj In is, ~,
Jofi'y OF see, az least, tIey arise iroG ndaesfn,
.hi @ mo- conditions 81 the liver ard bowels cn
5'nueiee r ny ionl tolaaCh Hbou this /. tbs cas-
iaw d1ses Of lloslclter's stomach Bi Ter MI
We a"5 'lrct complete cure. tut should The ,vfn'
, oh's a.! ,nlllgaisd without be ng entirely r.
Al,tut ~ % b.c' cUarsr Of the remedy Ia / H.
I'm Il huyi hhul v,tiy trace UI di.cass hn. Va
ssn'u iyfio Ga IL a wonderful mimic IA int
tf's hiA staftldt a3ttacg ~ irdi MI M ofh,s,,
disease, in di-ras@ kidn,r III .ca.e. ana " 4. ~
agls lhcr ishtloi jllmenis, aud Il g dsct 10 bay,
oielnNly an oat ccd g szist, nrr ~ I'M, ,h
q tAees complainIf, haif dom DOM, o' otne
sefs Wy, N mosi f"'e' eXiiode mos theorie. %
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28
Is Y TIE l. T. G RAP III
IsPNOIAL TO WAUoDA LY EXAMINER

CLEvELAND, Oain, FeD. 27.-The To-
eomotive Engineors yesterday appointed
p. NJ, Astor, Of Albany, Grand Chief En-
neer Of the brotherhood.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21--More earnestnos,
was display ed yesterday among the TEN,
perance advocates Of this city than ha,
previously appeared.
Numerous lodges and church societies.
both Protestant aud Catholic. are recov.
ering new yigor.
twenty five thousand temperance tracts
were ordered yesterday by the Massachu-
sets Temperance Alliance.
Over one hundred liquor dealers in this
city have written letters expressing a
Willingness to discontinue business.
A Cincinnati dispatch says German
paper in Dayton, Ohis, has come cut
against the Temperance Crusade, and
earnestly advises men to organize into
regiments, and by an appeal to arms drive
back the temperance women. 1t claims
that mems rights are being infringed
upon, and lifts its opposing voice in holy
horror.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The Senate
mas passed resolution instructing the
Secretary of the Treasury to inform Con
gress what further legislation is neces
sary to prevent public officials, having
charge OF Internal Revenue Stamps, from
becoming defaulters, and if such officials
should not give boRd.
The details of the temperance raids
cover many pages; they are too absurd to
go further South than Washington bv
telegraph. The women have dirty water
thrown on them, aud they eat their lunch
while kneeling in cutters, rhe lady
raiders are about fifteen years old, not Of
age, by any means.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 27.-Noon-Cotto,
dun and unchanged; Uplands 75d .
Orleans SD.
NEW York, Feb. a7.-Cotton market
dull; Uplands 10!c.; Orleans 1Gtc.
Gold closed at 1921.
GALVESTON, Feb. 81 Cotton market
in fair domand; Good Ordilary Isle;
Middling 154c. Gold lll.@lI.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

The State Journal gloats over the
defeat OF the Constitutional Conven-
tion bill in the Senate the other day.
Whatever chickering's that may occur
inside of the Democratic party, she
will always present an unbroken front
to her Radical foes. We, the editor,
personally, are sorry that this oppor-
tunity has been gwen the Journal to
congratulate the Radicals upon de-
gree of misunderstanding, even as
trivial rs this is.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

BY News special from Sherman
under date OF the 25th, we learn that
. formidable expedition, under the
famous McKensie, has left Fort Clark
for the purpose OF beating up the
quarters OF the Indians who are said
to be concentrated in considerable
numbers on the. Pecos. The same
dispatch asserts that the expedition
will have TO cross the Rio Grands
several times to reach the point occu,
pied by the Indians. We are at a
loss to understand how this is SO, as
the Peces is some distance east OF
the Rio Grande, and nearer Fort
Clark than the former. However, we
are well pleased that McKensic has
been selected to command the expe.
ditlon, which is guarantee tha.
somebody will get hurt, and that the
thieving MexicaDs ahd Indians will
be punished, for once, as they de-
serve.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

II country editor may be per
mit,ed to shove in his oar alongside OF
that of a metropolitan brother, we
would modestly say, that, as far as
heard from, the people of Texas are
in favor spending little money for
something excelle mt in the way OF a
Constitution, and that they will
"Jloso" tolerably 'Hard'' il they don't
getit
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

The Dallas Herald OF the 25th has
an article headed startling revolu
tion." 1t recounts how five lawyer.
lived together for q week, in one
room, and neither of them drank a
single drop Of the ardent during the
time. Is this the first little ripple in
advance OF the great tidal wave OF
temperance that is fast sweeping
southwark, carrying on its bosom
hope for the future and csntrition for
the past intemperancc of the people ?
Let ,the intellect and worth of the
men of the South unite with her fair
women in this holy war, and We will
have one great victory to sing of ir
the future, at least.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

The President is of opinion that q
failure of the proposed Centennial
Celebration would be deplorable. Oh !
yes, OF course, to the spectators, who
are to coin fortunes out of the large
appropriations necessary to set the
thing on its legs.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

Schurz and Morton have been be-
having badly in Congress, calling
each other bad names, and the like
We are relieved by the further af'
houncement that there will be no
flood spilled.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28
Tic Kansa. State Grange sdop,ed

eAzsN resolutions requesting the Kansas
most ssn ananig gislature to pass prohlbtory liq-
Rsps0ns RmOnss q phSsg p,hSsg and declaring ta 10 pc so
fsetaai specific for Dyfpsg liquor shall be admitted
csanres sd Of WIN lss Also, dec rig that
fear. A. remedy nat good and the highes,
has no equal. il is the q an enlightened, virluous
Family aedisas u the .pus people are the legiti.
- mate results u - tirvIunrh and nra,..
tical education difrased among Ihe
masses,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

The Houston Mercury gives us
nearly column on Cuban matters, by
way of revivipg the interest that was
lost by the sinking of the Virginius.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

< The local fight at Houston over
their city elections seems to be gain.
ing in bitterness with each new day.
Ii there nothing that will settle this
bayou mud?
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

Here is Eng aud Chang again in the
dispatches, Notwithstanding the pi-
Gus CALCULATIONS of the papers, with
regard to the probable withdrawal OF
the Twins from public notice.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

They have had very heavy rains III
West Tennessee, so much 80 Us 10 de-
lay, for a time, the travel on some OF
the railroads.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-02-28

There is a prospect that Senator
Spencer, from Alatamc, will have TO
return to tze shades OF private lie, at
no distant day.