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COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

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On Tuesday last bull passed one branch Of
the Illinois Legislature to make education in
tue primary branches of knowledge compulsory
This matter, which Isl one Of very grave impor-
tance, has hardly been made the subject OF gen
eral discussion. The ,tct1on OF the Legislature,
although sudden and unexpected, is commend
able, and we think viii meet the approval Of
the people.
The Theory Of non-iterference, strictly cur
ried out, forbids the state to compel the e1uca-
top Of it's children. Such compulsion is an in-
f1ingement of individual liberty. It interferes
with some OF the closest domestic relations,
those between parent and child. By making the
neglect or refusal to send children to school
ia, and no makes the infringement Of all laws
more cor anon. Moreover, it bears with harsh-
ness, in &some cases, upon the poor. It deprivcs
them Of the earnings Of their offspring. and
forces item to pay, Whenever they can. bills for
elates and pencils, and stationery and books.
These are the main evils Of compulsory educa-
tion STATED fairly and as fully as space permits.
We propose to consider them, one by one.
!. The theory Of non-interference must yield
Whenever it comes into conflict with the doc
ttine OF the greatest good Of the creates: num-
ber. Logically carried out, it would forbid our
City Government to dig sewers, to build
BRIDGES to support hbrary, to maintain wafer
works. IT. dx fro limits. to form Ere depart
mans. logically carried cut, it would forbid our
, 1874-01-23

The Minnesota Legislature has taken action
looking to the assimilation Of the Chippewa
Indians with the people Of that State. and be-
coming citizens thereof. In the same Legisla-
tnre, on debate on the destitution among the
Vermi1ion Lake Indians, it was stated that the
food-supplies guaranteed by treaty to those In
dams had been delayed at Duluth several weeks
through the neglect OF the Indian Agent It MAS
further stated that OF the $500 worth Of sup
plies guaranteed by treaty, the Agent had re-
tanned 800 worth to-pay the cost of transporta-
ton On the rest
, 1874-01-23

There is q good deal OF talk about bringing
producers and consumers together. but there is
little hope OF uniting them On the tariff, what
ever may be the result in regard to the trans
ets OF iron and steel met yesterday in Boston,
and formed an association to obtain the reduc-
ton Of the duties on iron and steel. At the last
meeting Of tha American Iron and Steel Associa-
ton {producers) Congress Was asked to increase
these duties
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longer exerted than Ill the circumstances Of tho
case demand.
He does not, it is true, make it VIII measure,
but lie fiuds no authority for making Treasury
notes q 1egal-tender save in some pressing
emergency OF the nation, when soH-preaerTa-
tion oyerrides all other considerations. 1t is
true that since these decisions were announced
there have been additional changes in the
Court. Chief-Justice Chase and Justice Nelson
have deceased, and their places have been tiled
By others; nevertheless the argument OF al the
Judges who affirmed the constitutionality OF the
Legal-Tendor oct as to past contracts remains,
that such proceeding is warranted only in the
presence OF war, or some great national ezlgen-
cy, where all private rights yield to the necessi-
ty OF preserving the life and existence OF the na~
tion. It il therefore h matter as near certainty
as anything eau be assumed to be certainty IN
jurisprudence, that the Supreme cou1t would
deny the conetitutionality OF q new Lee
cal-Tendor act At time when the country Is IN
a condition Of profound peace, and when there
ls no difficulty in the Government raising sufti-
cient revenue by taxea or by 1oan.
The act limiting the issue OF legal-tender
notes to 940O, 1000. 900 has, Of cour6e, no other
binding force than the pledge Of the national
honor. It is to bo hoped that this consideration
has nat wholly lost its force with the American
people, The imperious necessities OF war, to
which so much has been conceded, no longer
exist; conditions have changed, and there can
be nothing at this time so conducive to national
credit and to the perpetuity OF national exist
ence as u firm adherence to the plighted faith OF
the Government. made at q time when it "as
anvi1oned with the perils Of civil war. But,
whether this consideration prevails or not, the
iulationista have high vail and deep ditch
to climb over in the Supreme Court. and they
cannot fail to take that obstacle into considers
tiDn-
, 1874-01-23

The scientific Spiritualist is among US again.
A1r. William Crool1es, the editor Of the English
Quarterly Journal Of Science, has been studying
Spirltuaiism for four years. In the Janu-
ary number OF his magazine he gives the re-
aults Of his innumcrab.e experiments. In his
Own rooms, in broad daylight, aud in tho prcs-
ecce Of sovc-al Witnesses, he hau seen Mr. Hume
aoat through the air. He has seen tables and
chairs move and rise when nobody could by any
possibility have touched them. He has seen I'll
accordeou tloat around the room and play tunes;
coral necklace stand on one end; fun fan the
company; pendulum inclosed in q glass case
ccmented to the wall begin to move. Ho has
scen phantom hands. faces, aad forms [the lat
ter Two phenomena but rarely; aud he has seen
in the daytime q luminous cloud hover over
bouquet, pluck sprig OF heliotropo, and give it
to Indy. These aud many moro strange things
ale mentioned in 1Ir. Crooles article. He is
scientific man Of rare atta;aments and Of the
highest character. It canuot ba doubted that he
thinks he saw everything lie described; ard it is
dieicult to see how ho eau have been duped.
, 1874-01-23

The interference OF the tow-boat monopolists
Of New Orleans with the work Of dredging the
mouth OF the Mississippi is likely to be sum-
marily stopped. When the channel is made
narigGble to New Orleans for ocean-golng ves-
sells their occupation will be gone. aud to pre-
vent the contamination OF this national good,
they have been sinking barges and other OBJ
structions in the river. bill has been ap-
proved by the Senate Commerce Committee
giving the Secretary Of War jurisdiction over
the mouth OF the Mississippi, and, il it il passed
by Congress, 10 wlu hays the uppar hand Of
tLeee public enemies.
, 1874-01-23

Secretary Richardson appeazs IS Tariff Re-
former, though not Of the radical sort~ In 3
letter to the Senate Commerce Committee, ho
suggests that the Tariff acts should be revised
and eoosolidated,-no q bad thing to d. as there
are more than dozen Of them in operation,
and fayors the substitution Of specific for dd
ruIoren duties wherever possible Moieties
end infor1nars, he says, should be abolished, but
when amngg1ing has been detected, one-tenth Of
tho goods should go to the seizing officer and
tie informer. Provision might be made for in
formers out Of special fund The abolition Of
the whole system Of compromising fines aud
fo-fe,to1ea is urged, Is well as theamendment OF.
the law undsr which the books and papers Of
business men are so un17ghteonEly seized.
, 1874-01-23
THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF CURRENCY NF1A,

TlON.
The infalonists, in and out of Congress. have
practically carried the circulation of leGa-tender
notes cup to the original limit Of $500 600 001 The
~ 900, 900 redeemed in 1867 has been reissued
By the Secretary Of the Treasury, or soon will
DO, and it is COW proposed, by species Of post
n1o1:tens Legislation, to legalze the transaction
But the increase Of the 1eSal-tender issue to
s400, 900 900 falls far ahort OF what is demanded
What the in1ationists want is an indefinite issue
Of greenbacks, more or less, according to cir
cumstances.
There are come legal objections to this
scheme which, perhaps, these gentlemen have
overlooked. These are: l. That the last act
OF Congress making an issue Of 1eeal-tendcr
notes pledged tile faith Of the Government that
the whole sum issued or to be issued should
never exceed S40O. GOO 900. 2. That the Supreme
Court Of the United States virtually declared
that the act creating such notes 1egal-tender in
payment of debts WAS only constitutional as an
act of necessity during the existence Of war. In
the first case. Hepburn us. Griszcod. Wallace,
633. the Supreme Court Of tho United Stetes de-
cided that the Legal-Tender act Was unconstitu-
tiona1 so far aB it made greenbacks lega1-tender
in payment Of debts contracted before the date
Of the Law. In that case, three dissenting
Judges held that The Legal-Tender act was war
measure warranted by the general power Of Con-
gress to provide for the national defense, OF the
expedency of which Congress IVES the exclusive
judge, but allowing that under ordinary circum-
stances such an act would not be constitutional.
Congress thereupon increased the number
OF Judges, and, one Of the majority
Of the Court resigning, two new Justices
we're appointed, with the expectation, il not
us. Grispod would be reversed Theopportunity
vas coon furnished, aud in Enoz u.s. Lee, q
Wallace. 457, q majority of the Court overruled
the previous decision, and held that the act
making g1eenbacks legal-tender applied to
contracts made prior to tho passage Of the law
as well as to those made afterwards Judges
Chase, Nelson, Clifford, and Field, who re-
NAMED on the Beech and participated IN the
former case, repeated their opinion as to the un-
const;tutionality Of the Lesal-Tender act es ap-
Piled to p11or contracts, and Judge Bradley. one
Of the new Justices. concurrins with the major
1ty in the case of Enor us. Lee. said:
It follows another corollary from the viewa
which have expressed that the power to make Treas
ury notes legA-t. nd +, whit incidental ono
to that Of issuing the notes themselves and to of
the forms Of borrowing money, is nevertheless power
not he resorted to except upon extraordinary md
prc6aug occasions such war other public exigen
etss a< great 11ay5y and importance md should b
, 1874-01-23

a1y. He has proved himself to be a little worse
than Capron The Japan Herald Says the gen.
tleman is capable OF drinking more liquor and
talking more nonsense in q given timo than
any man existing. Unfortunately. lie holds
q contract for a term OF three years. While tho
Japanese have to pa3 him they have nevertne-
less dispensed with his services, and employed
two English lawyers who are competent for the
work. It may be very handy arrangement for
the State Department to use japan as an
asylum for incapables, but the practice is one
which will do no credit to us as nation, and
may sooner or later involve us in a manner
which will work 1naterial harm to the country.
The Japanese are not fools, ia shown BY the
ease with which they discovered the real status
Of aesHrs. capron nnd Smith, and if the Govern
mont wishcs to lose what influence it already has
in japan, 4 few more Caprons and Smiths cent
over thero will undoubtedly accomplish that
result.
, 1874-01-23

Persuasion is the new agency which it is pro
posed in the Wisconsin State Grange to bring to
bear on extortionate railroads. 4 resolution has
been introduced in the Grange Convention at
GAINESVILLE, in which the railroads are requested
to reduce their rates for freight and passengers-
Gov. TAYLOR is also recommended to appoint
committees to approach the chief railroads with
the same tactics. The:resolutons have not been
ac.ed on
, 1874-01-23

Members Of the Iowa House ha;o wliled away
the tedium Of its seven-score ballotings BY d4or-
ping into poetry from time to time. Here are
typical resolutions:
Resolved, Of cards to take PACK,
Aud cud the lock by turning =" "jack;"
But tE1s could not the country save,
Since every "Rad must turn kn2ve.
Resolved, TINT Mr.. Dixon gnl Mr.. Gear
b. vel! supplied with L3 r necr,
And he who drinks the largest rAcro
Shall occupy the Speakers chair.
Since We can neither work nor play,
Let LIB nd jolrn without delay,
Both sine die and sine pay.
A resolution dscouraging the - excessive lev
ity" of such motions was laid on tho table.
, 1874-01-23

The yerni'ion Indians havo eaton up the stock
OF babies on hand, and ara beginning to boil
such Of their ancestors as are unfortunate
enough to still live. II the Government las
decided on the policy Of e1termination, it would
be far more beneficial to carry it into effect with
fire aad sword insteal OF cold and starvation.
Tie trouble comes from tho embazzlement By
somebody OF all the Vetuilion Indians approp:i-
alton for this year. They have received Moth
ing. But Indian Commissioner Smith is too
busy defending himself from charges Of u1alfcas-
anco in of1ico to tako any care OF his victirls'
interests.
, 1874-01-23

Some time ago John ". Cartwright, one OF the
Receivers OF a bankrupt insurance company OF
Boston, was sentenced to six months imprson-
1nent for using the money Of the Company for
his private purposes aud he appealed She case.
That Judgment has nov been ahrmed' the
Court expressing in strong terms its con-
Cemuatiou Of his conduct.
, 1874-01-23

The House Committee Of Ways and Means
unanimously reported bill to determine the
assumed uncertainty as to the maximum amount
Of lecal-tende1 notes to be issued by the Treas-
u1y Department. The bill declares the amount
to be 500, 900 ,0oo which sum shall never be e1-
ceeded- The effect Of the bill is to fegalize the
unauthorized Issue OF 94400o,0 900 Of legal-ten-
ders By SecretaEy Richardson
, 1874-01-23

The Wisconsin Grangers resolved yeaterday
that the ta4enon Of railroads should be increased
to s per cent and that the United States Gov
e1nment should provide currency enough to do
away with any danger Of panic. 4 currency as
good as gold would be enough.
, 1874-01-23

The landowners Of Louisiana are beginning
to sell their plantations in small lots to the ne
grocs. This ls good idea Peasant -prop1ie-
torsi1ip is an admirable soother Of Strife To
own land seems to imply being somewhat con-
servatlve. Hitherto, the negro's ownership has
been limited to the amount that Harold Of
England offered to cedo to his foe, Harold
H.rdrade of Norway,--'a trench six feet long
aud two broad, or. since you are large man,
uerhapa 0 trlfie broader."
, 1874-01-23

Senator Hampton introduced bill in the Leg
is}ature yesterday for repeal Of the act incor-
poratin the Roman Catholic Bishop Of Chicago
He said thst the letter was communicated to him
by Roman Catholic clergyman Of Chicago,
whose letter is given in our report, but without
the name
, 1874-01-23

Sir. Henry Waro Beecher says, in the last
several years past two OF three political parties
have lived principally upon each others blum
ders;" and also "Each party in turn has
thus triunphed through it's opponents con-
apicuous error, and neither has identified itself
with any new and vital political idea Neither
of thsm to-day represents aay distinct policy Of
principle"
, 1874-01-23
pbe GbmaDu UIibuae.
Frida- Morning, January %, 1874.

Congress is pointedly requested by the Wis
eonsin Senate to submit to the people an amend
1nent to the United States Constitution forbid
ding any Conrgess to increase it's own salaries
, 1874-01-23

North Carolina and Louisiana eeem to think
tha: there is great deal in name. Tbs first
refunds and tile second "repeals" incon-
.genient debts, but neither repudiates them
save in fact. Both are apparently ignorant that
repudiation by any other nano doth smell as
rauk
, 1874-01-23

Abby Smith must be encouraged to carry on
her fight against Glastonbury. The Rhode
Island Woman-Suf1rage Association has unani-
mously voted to give her-its moral support
SeN-sacri6ciuc siater1oo1.
, 1874-01-23

The Chicago produce markets were more ac-
tive +esterday, and most OF them were easier.
Ness pork was quiet, and 2oc per brl lower
c,osir,e drm ut $14l5 cash, and s14.25 seller
rahrns-v. Lard rss more activo. aud 100 2 100
, 1874-01-23

The Philosophical Society would do an excel
lent thing should it begin course OF Sunday
afternoon lectures for workinGmon. Such lee
lures have been eager1y listened to in London.
The Sunday Society there which gives them is
composed Of men Of every shade of religious
and political faith. It allows its lecturers alb
solute free speech Some OF the best men Of
England figure on its list. Of speakers. The
topics treated range from heaven to hell and in
clude almost everything between. A email ad-
mission fec is charged, 10 that the demo1aliza-
ton Of charity is avoided. The strictest sectanan
cannot but regard these lectures us lesser evils
than the saloous which they drain OF their Sun
dav afternoon habitGnts.
, 1874-01-23

GLOBE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. street. between Mad.
soD and Washington. Engagement Ut shAspleJ sheridan
I Mack'a Mtnsttes.
, 1874-01-23

HOoLEY'S THEATRE-Randonh street. between
Clark and LaSAlle. " False Shame"
, 1874-01-23

Charles Btedlaush, who has been interviewed
in New York, is opposed to Joseph Arc!a's views
OH Immigration. He thinks that stllled
English worlingman can find satisfactory e1n-
Chicago to Iobile. Nebraska and Kansas, ac-
cording to him. offer q inc field for new settlers.
He will advise his countrymea who emgrate to
the Vest to raise stock instead Of growing gain,
but bis frs. advice about emigration would be
that of Punch to young persons about to marry.
-''Don't!" Tnese views corrobornte what we
have already said on this topic. They are Of
especial value, since they come from q mcn
pa1t OF whose mission it has been to spy out tho
land and see what re ward it holds out to skilled
labor.
, 1874-01-23

MYERS OPERA-HOUSE Monroe street, between
Dearborn and STATE. Arlington Cotton, and Keuble'a
Iinstrcls. - slippery Day." MinstrelsJ And conf
s.:l!teB.
, 1874-01-23

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-Halsted street, between Mad
{snn and Monroe. E1gagelneut oi John E. OWeh8.
1Eva1bodJ's Friend :" and - Solon Sbingle."
, 1874-01-23
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.


MrV1CKER's THEATRE-Madison street. hetwecn
Dearborn and State. Engagement 0f the SIakobch
Orora- Troupe. a. Aida"
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they have drawn from the public funds. These
things the people demand, aud these, II. We read
Alright the Signs OF tue times, they will ha7e.-
Burlington Uark~Eye.
The members Of The House will have to go
before their constituents for recollection next
fall, and I'll are therefore interested in making
as economical q showing as possible Of the re-
suits Of the sessions wora.-La Crosse Repub-
Hcd:1.
The probability is. that the less financial leg
islatiou We have the better it will for all con-
ce1ned- Not but that our financial affairs need
regulating in certain particulars; but there ia
manifest danger that matters may be made
wolse, instead Of better, by the efforts Of Con-
gressional lfinanciers.-Quincy Whig.
Tho United States canuot tlansgress tho
laws Of nature without suffering the penalty. It
cannot trust to it's anticipated greatness its ul-
developed resources. OF to its rapid increase in
population to exempt it from obedience to the
general llwB Which govern all nations.-Hnrt-
ford Courant.
IL tho majority can only bridge over year
or two, riding upon tie tide Of false and artih-
claf prosperity, what matters the futuIe2 1t will
only Intensity the ultimate crash but mean
while fancy operators may como out with whole
hidcs.-I. Paul Pioneer.
into repeating the od!oua SAlazy-Grab law. Now
what do we hear? Those zane Congressman
who were so willing that people and press
should "howl' are now begging that the din be
lusLed. They tell us, - We have undone the
mean business now let the matter Drop give us
1es. wo promise not to repeat the mean act.7
Too 1ate, gentlemen; TOO late. The people
have fully made up their minds that every man
who soiled his hands, in any manner, with the
infamous salary grab, shall be punished with po~
ntical death; and the people won't 60 bacx on
tLat decision. They rant your punishment to
bo 30 severe tha: /. will have good effect upon
generations Of Congressman to come.-Fond du
Lac Commonwealth.
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For Sale

HOUSE No. 42 Pleasant Street, Inquire at the
IL House from to o'clock P. M.
Portland Oct. 18TH oc13dtf
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For Sale.

For Sale.
FEVHE house on State Street, occupied by the un-
Il dersigDed. This house is thoroughly built of
brick and stone and has all modern conveniences.
ALLEN HAINES.
Portland, Sep. 18th, 1872. sep19-ti
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DETWEEN Maher & Co., and Franklin Wharf a
ID pair of seal skin GLOVES. The finder will be
suitabl, rewarded by leaving the at this Office.
DEF d3t
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Wanted.

A SITUATION as Donble Entry BOOKKEEP-
"A Err, by young man of ten years experience
formerly at Woolen Mill and now employed in a
wholesale Grocery House in this city, which engage
ment VIII close in few days. Can give satisfactory
references from former and present employers.
Enquire of F. G. ROLLINS,
JaS"lw % Exchange Street.
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WANTS, LOST, FOUND.
l. o s Il /!
WANI'EDi

T1NliE Dana Manufacturing Company, manufactur-
= ers OF Gas and Kerosene Shades have established
a manufactory at 49a Exchange Street, and require
20 Girls to learn the business; good wages and per
maneht employment.
jaSd1w DANA MANJJF,G co
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
A LOT of vacant land, situated on the west side
IA of High, between Pleasant and Danforth Sts
This let has front of about 81 feet and is about 1874
feet Deep and plans have been drawn b, How, for
block Of nine genteel and convenient resi-
dences. and adapted for the same. Enquire of
EDWIN CHURCHILL,
No. 4 Portland Pier,
mar28 From II to O'Clock. p NJ
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$1,000 REWARDi
AGENTS WANTED +!

WE want good smart agents, either male or female,
w in every town in Maine, for the best selling ar
ucie in the market. Agents can make from SO per
day upwards. Call and see the inducements we of
fer AL, letters must contain so cents for sample.
STAPLES & CO., Room 10 Fluent Block, Port
land, Me. ia7*d2w
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ne spdsobl dine , njna ztratu ntkolika
IidskJch Nvota a znitil znatnou east ma
ictku As kolom 3 hodiny rann opusti
10 sest lodi m6stsky ptistay. Dy5 nich
,,Jany' a ). TiIbury" m9ly naklad stielne-
no prachu. Poslodntisi vezla ale yttsi
nou cukr iinG smSenG zbozi, jake oic-
chv. kayu. ntkolik sudd pctroIeie asi >
un sfclntho prachu, vsc yiednom a
tenz oddecnj. Prach byI yctsinou Y su
dech, ale t1sti bcdn6, kdcz byl ulo
zen Y lahvich kdyz ,,Tilbury' pfiicla k
mo-tu ,.Nortgate-Brdgc, vylottla ndhle
do poythi Uplnt zniteni lodice mos
tn stalo sc okamzikem Dea muzi a
hoch. ualczaiici Sc ma lodici zahynuli; il
nj tii )odnici tezcc porantni; lnimo to t6z
ce poskozcna iedna Z Sest pluilcich lodlc
talk. zc sc ponofiia. Pres sto donu V ollo
/ Ii vice mtnt utrptlo skody vybuch byI
talk straSny, re sc rama rozlehla na mile
v okoli Mnozi obyvatcld oticscninl
vyhozcni ldzlla; Regent Parku" yy
yriceny stromy kofcne. NGliolill lcto-
hradkG okoI tohoto paIku sc Gplne SRI
tilo. mnoho domy vypadaji jake by Pc
zoutalf obranG byly stcceuy: odleh-
lfch ulcich sesypala SC smahcm ysechna
ollna. Times We sye zprayt pravi; V
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olsna a okeuice zelezcm polite, JAKE
/ kdyz ie sloukne. Dvefe Il domli nara
III rozbto nh sta knsu. Zcd opatrena ze
leznym zabradI,m zbuenl deIec 60 To-
ket. Y zahradt zoolo9jckG sosaly sc skla
domcch pro Stony, opicc q ziraty. Vet
sina zyifat nalczena schoulena a tfesouc
sc. Pres % ptakd ule'elo. pontvadz SC
klecc rozraziiy. IIucd zahy rama dos
tayii Sc dGnici na misto nest6sti, kdcl
pc cely den byly zamGstnapi, aby ucinili
priiplay opdtn6 splaynym. Phi tom DO
hlizelo - policj4td. Ob} gatcl6 uanno
re opustili obydli, icz ostalo beze ysi o.
cbrany. Jestt ccy ds"ly den pracova
no na yyl,lizcfi prdpiayu. S.tst iestd
ze Sc yybuch stal uprostfcd parkn, kdyby
Sc byl udal dale mezi neiIidnattisim
6tyrt6mi, byla by b}vala bezpochyby
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