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The New York herald., 1874-10-04

The Fall Meeting at Jerome Park.
The races at Jerome Park have had the ad-
vantage of charming weather and OF large and
fashionable attendance No more popular
course than this is known to the American
turf, and it has in the time of its meetings
and the character of its management special
advantages. The races run yesterday were
fn.l OF interest and Lr .liancy. There were
five horses who started in the first race, three
quarters Of q mile, and tho favorite,
Harry Bassett, was defeated, Countess
winning finely in I'm. 1Gas. In the
two mile race Acrobat won by four
lengths, in 3m. and 37.s. Here is another
evidence Of how the aspiring blood OF Lexing-
ton VIII not sink in the ground In nine
years Of the Jerome Stakes the children Of
Lexington have been five times victorious.
The third race yesterday was for the Nursery
Stakes, aud six two-year-clds started for the
one mile dash, Olitipa winning easily and dis
playing magnificent qualities The Manhat-
tan handicap was won by Mate, and the fifth
race by Mary Buckley. The first day
of the fall meeting at Jerome Park was
thus in every respect q complete success.
All of the five events were conspicuous ior q
splendid display Of speed, and the American
Jockey Club must DE congratulated upon such
a brilliant Inauguration OF the season.
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best members of the irish team were
matched against four of the Ameri-
cans who are inferior rlhemen to
either Lieutenant Fulton or Colonel Bodine.
1t was to be expected that the Americans
would be defeated. But the Sharpe rifles, We
think, were not. The score shows that our
men, not their guns, were at fault
This great meeting of the riemen Will long
be remembered, and its brilliancy increases
the interest IN the beautiful and useful sport.
The country is thoroughly pleased that the
challenge OF the Irish team for second inter-
national match at Dublin has been accepted,
and, whoever wins next June, the noble
amusement cannot lose the sudden and sur
prising reputation it has gained.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

The GRAND jury OF Kings county con-
graduates the citizens Of Brooklyn upon lav-
ing such nm institution as the Penitentiary
which we take to be an unintentional piece of
sarcasm. They are told 'it is model Of
neatness, system and order, which must be
quite consoling to number Of gentlemen
who have personal reasons for taking an in
terest in its management But tho Grand
Jury also says of the Jail:-"The apartments
for witnesses nre wrctched and the
treatment Of witnesses confined is q
burning shame" This is peculiar
contrast the criminal is lodged in place
which is model of ncatness, and the inno-
cert witness is consigned to loathsome cell.
In Brooklyn it is clearly more comfortable to
be murderer than to detect one 1t Is no
wonder that innocence is at discount In our
SISTER CITY.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

The VERDICT Of the Coroner's jury upon
the Granite Mil fire is presented to the public
to-tay, and will be found sweeping censure
Of tn style Of mill architecture in the United
States. But il the matter is % end with the
censrre of the jury where shall the protection
of tho operatives begin? Tho verdict accuses
no one; itsimply criticises system. Surely,
we need 40 ghost come from the grave to
tell us this
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

fulness of our news from remote places,
and by such enterprises as our expedition
into Africa in search Of Livingstone,
by our reports from Cuba, Spain,
Sweden, Russia and Asia, and recently
by our repor.s from Iceland, wherein DR..
Hayes has shown himself to be as strongly
imbued with the instincts of journalism as
with love of scientific discovery. We have
ever striven TO advance Journalism to its true
and proper dignity, knowing that it would
become the great power in the world. There
should be nothing narrow or petty in its
range. There should be genuine rivalry in
promoting useful public aims but ii should
be the purpose of the press to foresee what is
demanded by the pubic intelligence and to
promote it. And, viewing the present state OF
Arctic exploration, we believe the press
has distinct duty TO fulfil in pushing
the Polar problem TO n solution. Irrespec-
tive Of any value attaching to such an enter
prise, all the world wants to know more of
the mysterious regions about the North Pole.
Curious as man has been about the North at
al times since the Greek poets first sang OF
Hyperborea, that curiosity has taken the form
OF fixed determination, and il has now be
come question of rivalry among the nations.
1t is, however, peaceful rivalry, that is pro-
ductive OF good, and we hold it to be the duty
of the press always to encourage every move
ment tending to such an end, and therefore
we say let Us 10y all means have q popular ex-
petition to the North Pole, with DR..
Hayes, the man Of all Others best
qualified, to lead it; and not only
do we advocate it in the public interest,
but in the interest Of true journalism. Tho
press OF the country might indeed almost
make it their own and reap the reward. Among
them it would be like the contest between tie
American and Irish teams at Cree6moor,
where all would win honor; or, as we have
recently seen, like DR.. Hayes, Bayard Taylor
and Murat Haistead the representatives of
three leading journals, writing together in the
cabin Of the same ship which they have mutu-
ally chartered, without jealousy, but in manly
rivalry as to who should best describe an event
in which the country took a deep interest, and
Tor information concerning which the journal
was their only reliance. We repeat to our
brothers of the press, and to the country at
large, let us have the expedition, and in proof
of our sincerity the HERALD viii pledge itself
to pay one-tourth of the entire cost OF an
enterprise so commendable, and which is
sure to reflect credit upon American Journal
Ism and American pluck.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

A HANDSOME RECOGNITION. Austrian
Emperor has decorated all the returning mem
bers Of his late Arctic expedition-offcers, sail
ors and all. This is good step toward the
success Of the new expedition which he is or
ganizins TO send out in the spring, and a
good example for our own government
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

CAPTAIN GENERAL CosCHA demands of the
Cuban planters their assessment of five per
cent upon their capital in support Of the war,
and will not permit new valuation of prop
erty. This onerous tax must ultimately be for
the advantage of the revolution
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

The B1G HoRN ExpEDruov Of the United
States troops, under Captain Mills has re-
turned from an extensive scout in Northern
Wyoming to the Union Pecinc Railway. with
the report that the numerous bands of hostile
Indians lately on the warpath in he country
traversed have returned to their re- ryations
Thus the peace policy Of the army il again
proved to be the only policy OF peace with our
red brethren of the West
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

MEXICO, o few years ago, could only study
the movements Of the red planet Mars. Now
her government has both the time and the
inclination to send commission to observe
the transit Of Venus.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

DIR. OLEAnl Of Msnhattan College, con-
tributes to our columns to-day bis opinions
upon the materialistic theory Of Professor
Tyndall. lie thinks this new or old phil
osophy ''madless Of method" but
couches his criticism il that courtesy which
is, unfortunately, net always remembered.
In these discussions hc g.uleman should
always precede the theoolian.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

The blacks by expressing and plunderins the
whites. And thus the mind Of politics and
morals, practical life and speculative theology,
win be traversed to-day by the pastors and
preachers of this city and vicinity
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

From or reports his morning TIE probabilities
are hat he eeathr today rH be cool and
party cloudy or clear.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

ATHLETIC SPORTS. The New jersey Ath-
letic Association held its fall meeting yester-
day et Ridgewood, and the contests and the
winners are fully reported elsewhere.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

AGAIN we hear from London rumors of in
ereasing disafiection among the CarlIsts in
Spain.
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Boorn's TREAT

GAKh lhEhlhL,
between lwenty .hrst and twenty second
.trcets -uILDLD AGE, NJ 1. NJ Mr.. John ]. Ray
auI
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All business or news letters and telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed NEW YoRK
HERALD.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

Broadway. corner 81 Ihirticlh strcet-A FLASH OF
LIGHTNING 1T 2 r. NJ. closes at 80 7. NJ, Mr. Letting
wen. RICHARD H. at r. Nj, closes ~ l0 80 7. ii.
ar. r. L.. Davenport.
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IYCEUM THEATRE

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
10. G2t BroaawayNsRlGTY, ~ I. ~. closes al io;a5
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ErBLtrs GAeDFS

THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC
IL TROyATORE, at Y. NJ SIgnora Fotentirl. Miss
cary, s.gnorl Carp anu del Puente.
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BOOTI'~ IHEATRF,
corner ~ TwentY-thirt street and sixth Avenue =
COhNI SOOGAIl, At T. ". closes al ~ 80 T. NJ Mr..
ana Mrs. Barney Williams
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THEATRE COMIQUE.
No 5l4 Broadway.N AZ T. NJ; closes al ~ ~
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

IYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteenth street and sixth aNenuc.-LA FILE DE
MADAME ANGof ate r NJ. closes at l0:20 7. NJ. Nile.
aimee, Mile MIneuy.
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QU INTUPLE SH E f I

New York, Sunday, October 4, 1874.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04
FTpTU AVLNTfF TUEl

EIBLO'S GAEDEE.
Sroadway between frincc and Houston streets.-rHE
DELI gle, At S 7. u. closes ~ i T.. u. The hiraly
Family.
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AHUSEMENTs TEN 4 4 o W.
Moon,s MEsEuM.

AnUsEMENTs Tom ROW.
WOODS MUSEUM.
Broadway, corner 1hirtelh street-A FLASH OF
men Ven RICHARD iii at p H. closes at 1880 F. IL
dr r. L. Davenport
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
So csi Broadway-yARlArY, st r NJ; closes at lo;iS
rycEuM THEATRE.
Fourteenth street and sixth avenue. Ia FILE De
s1nAME ANGof, ais NJ. closes at io:so 7. NJ Nile.
-.mee Mile. MIneny.
so d. 1HFA5fE Toai1?E Il s. closes 10 30
PARK rHGAlRE.
srssdwa GE a ' &r john i Kay
mond
BooTn's THEATRE,
2 street aa and Sh @ Nr
and Mrs. Barney Williams.
TIE ACADEMY or MUSIC.
cary, ssnori Carpl ana del puente
EIBLO's GAGDEN
nELpGE, At rs ~ + H. clos Closes q; i + 81 IGe Kiraiy
Family.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
THE SCT00B COR SCANDAL. Al +. VI. closes ~ II
Pm. Mi.s Fanny Davenport, Mss sara Jewett LOUIS
James Charles FISHER.
ROBINSON HALL.
sixteenth street between bfoadMaJ aad llltl avenue
VARIETY, at : L. NJ.
BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE.
wsst rMenty;thirl street near s.xtn avenue NEGRO
MINsrRELsY, at 7. N. Daa Bryant
METROPOLITAN THEATRE
No 5s5 BrnadTr y.Parisan Cancan Dancers AZ r. N.
MRS CONwAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.
THE LIAR ~ . T. 81. closes at Il T. NJ Nj Lester
Wallack.
SAN FRANCISCO MIHsTRELs
Broadway, OF Twenty y-hiuth street-SLGRO
MINSTkEI4si, ate T. ".
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
Third avenue between Sixty-thlrd and sixty fourth
strects.-INDUSlEIAL EXHIBITION.
BAILEY's CIRCUS.
loot OF Houston street East River. at T. ~ and r NJ
TIvOLI THEATRE.
rlrhth street between Second and Third ayenges.--
KING DABRO.
THE GREAT NEW YORK CIRCUS
Eighth avenue ana Fory-ninth street.
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE.
no. .0l BowerJ VARIETY ats 4. y.
COLOSSEUM.
Broadway, corner o. hirtS filth strcet-PARIS BY
NIGH, At 80 + N.
QUIN TUP E SH E E [
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FIFTH ATLNUE THEATRE.
THE SCTOBH tOR SCANDAL al T. NJ closes ~ II
T. NJ. Mi.s Fanny Davenport, Mss sara Jewett Louis
James Charles FISHER
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ROBINSON HALL
sixteenth street between Broadway aad Flith avenue
VARIETY, at L. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

COLOSSEUM.
Broadway, corner o. lhrtl -llth strcet-PARIS BY
NIGH +, at 80 I. N.
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LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK
HERAID-EO. As FLEET STREET.
Subscriptions and Advertisements win be
received and forwarded on the same terms
as in New York.
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

BRYAST'S OPERA HOUSE.
West TDenty-thri street near sixth avtnue.-NEGhO
MINSTkEISY. al T. NJ Uan BrYanL
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE.
80. .0l Bower5 VARIETY, at T.. ".
The New York herald., 1874-10-04

PARK TIL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08

meuts, let him examine the good
things it has done, and he will be-
come satisfied that no party could
have done in the past, or can do iD
the future, better than the Republi-
can party. Errors have doubtless
been committed; but they are few
comparatively, when we consider
the magnitude of the work that has
been accomplished; and the good
will largely overbalance the evil.
But we must close this already too
long article. From a feeling of safe
ty; from general apathy, and from a
failure to go to the polls, the Repub-
lican party in Wisconsin was defe at
ed at the last election; and this day
witnesses the incoming of new set
of rulers. They claim to be Re-
form party, but those who have been
acquainted with the public men of
the State, for many years, can hardly
fail to see that the leaders of the old
Bourbon democracy, are lowering
around the capitol, directing the af.
fairs of the new Administration
Though defeated in the last cam
paign, the Republican party in Wis
Gonsin is still strong. 1t has only to
arouse itself and do its full duty, to
regain its power in the State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08

sey- Mr.. Gage, the defauting
Treasurer of Chicago, is not and
never was, Republican, nor Radi~
cal. be was candidate and elect
ed on Dolly Warden reform ticket,
to which be was contributed as a
fair pattern of an honest Demot rat.
This we have from man "who was
thar" 1t would add TO the poignan-
cy of Cages anguish to hear that the
St Louis Democrats were denying
his Democracy. His Democracy Is
about the only asset he has left
st Louis Democrat.
1t does not make much difference
to the public whether the default
ing City Treasurer of Chicago is a
Democr or Republican; but he is q
Democrat, and there is no objection
TO making the fact known. He b.
longs to that peculiar class of Demo
Gratis particularly effected by indie
pendent Liberall. The sponsor OF
Mr.. Gage is the Chicago Tribune. 1t
nominated him to the city treasurer
three times, but since he was defeat.
ed, and his defalcation has been ex-
posed, that journal denies that it
knew, at the time, that be was a de
faulter to the extent of $3.50 900, du>
ring his first term, and denies that
be loaned the Tribune $50, 900 of the
city money during his second term.
-Inter- Ocean
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
MEMBERS HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIv1

Cry ORGANlzATIoN.-The citizens
of McGregor, Iowa, met on Christmas
evening for the purpose.of forming a
permanent organization to look after
the general interests of the northwest
and especially to petition congress on
the ship canal question; TO prevent
the Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
from securing any more land granted
to lows by congress in 1868. until
they have complied with the grant;
and to prevent John Lawler from OBJ
structing the channel of the Mississip
pi river with pontoon bridge. The
meeting was large and enthusiastic.
A permanent organization was form
ed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
DR.. Wight on Railway Legislation

DR.. 0. w. Wight, in the Western
Journal of Agriculture, gives bis
views of the legislative action con-
corning railways which should be
taken by the Legislature of Wiscon.
sin: He thinks separate act, brief
clear and definite should be enacted
to embody one each of the following
points.
Every railroad chartered by Wis
consin should be required to elect
its President and majority of it's Dr.
rectors from citizens of this State.
Railway companies should be for.
hidden to show discrimination among
shippers, either as TO time or dates.
Railways should be prohi bited
from charging more for less than q
greater distsnce.-This is not q pro
rata law, which would be unjust.
Passenger fare should be restricted
to three cents O mile on all railroads
in the State that have been built ov-
or five years.
A maximum tariff of freights on all
railroads in the State should be pro-
vided. This is difficult to properly
do, and it would be we'll to provide a
special COM mission of three men to
gather facts.
Lastly it should be made penal
offense for any officer of railroad
or other chartered transportation
company to contract, as such officer,
directly or Indirectly with himself or
with any corporation in which he
has q pecuniary interest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
Bridges and Highway.

Whether railway bridges are to
be declared public highways will de-
pend upon the fate Of Senator Ali
sons bill introduced in Congress
Just before the recess. This bill is
Ito regulate and facilitate commerce
across navigabIe rivers forming the
boundry OF states-providiug that
all railway bridges across such riv-
srs shall be declared pablo high
ways, and shall be opened TO the use
of every railway having Q terminus
1t or near such bridges and the sp-
prosohss thereto of 9 reasonable
compensation" under limitations and
con litions which the bill in detail
describes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08

ENGINEERS STRIKE The en-
gineers on most of the Eastern and
Western Railways recently struck,
on account of general reduction OF
wages-we believe to the amount OF
10 per cent. When the strike com.
menced hundreds of trains were left
at depots all along the different
roads. The damage TO the Compan-
les will be immense, at the very
best. 1t is given out that a strong
effort will be made to effect COM
promise and secure the services OF
the engineers at the earliest possible
moment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
Rises to Explain.

As we published last week the ar
ticle from the Prairie du Chen
Union to which the following refers,
we cheerfully give the reply of Rev
Stoddard a place in this issue:
To HE Editor Of the Union:
was very glad to receive . copy
of your paper of December -. In
it | find GA Lay Sermon on Popular
Amusements," when the writer in
speaking of my remarks on dancing
lately made in your place, accuses
re of saying that all who attend
dancing parties were Influences by
the worst kind of passions" Let
me in answer say, that if my Ian
guage left such an impression on the
mind, fully and cheerfuily retrac'
what | said. | do not believe thai
all who dance are impure or unchaste
but do believe that dancing is q
hindrance to living. active piety. 4
christian who will dance, soon ceases
TO pray, and a christian who doe
not pray, is not like Christ.
Boscobel, Wis. VIM. SToDDARD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
If She Had Been Born There.

If Mrs. Victoria Woodhul had
been born in Hawaii before the mis-
sionaries came there, she would
most probably have been happy.
Free-love had reigned supreme in
those voluptuous islands from time
immemorial, before the keen eyes OF
European sailor first deserted the
eternal SUBMITS of Kilua wreathed
in volcanic smoke, before Cook e
men sat under the feathery palmns
to watch the performance of the
hula,hula. The fatal gift of beauty
delicious climate which rendered
clothing superhuous, and where the
prodigious fertility of soil amply
provided for the wants of an indo-
lent life, naturally combined to pro-
duce and foster dissoluteness OF
morals. Marriage was wholly un.
known; refusal by person of one
sex to comply with the solicitations
of an Individual of the other was re-
ga, ded as the meanest of actions
and no term to express the idea o
chastity existed in the Hawaiian vo
cabulary. Even this condition wa
by no means the darkest phase 0
immortality in the social lif'
of the islanders. - The adven
of the missionaries in 1929 only
effected an apparent change, we ar
told, in this state of affairs. They
intermeddled somewhat unwisely
with the government of the island
and attempted to crush out this i'm
morality by legal punishment; ant
the results of their unphilcsophica
course were scarcely felicitlous. Re
ligious conviction alone can effect
beneficial change in characters c
which vice is o constituent element
the islanders ape the virtue OF tn
missionary to perfection, but unde
the mask Of this unholy mimicr,
continued their aprodisiac indulgen
cies, and the secret orgies of the hula
hula were nightly kept up in the for
ests. If the proprietors OF Ctdtttn'
Weekly should at any future tim
despair of converting the grea
American people, they would do wei
to retire for the remainder Of thei
lives to Hawaii.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
observation-disclosures

In Probate Grant County Court, In the matter Of
the Estate of John Barnett deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of George W. Key
of the County, OF Grant, representing among
other things tht John Barnett. late Of the ooun-
~ of Grant the four day of eIt.mber. d. 1879,
st Patch Grove in the county OF Grant died intesat
and County and the said petitioner IL cred tr Of
said deceased and praying that administration o! safe
estate be 10 h,n graEted II 10 ordered that said
petition be heard before the Judge OF this
Court on Monday the I'd day of February D. 1873,
at / o clock 2. NJ. at Lancaster In said county.
And IL is further ordered that notice thereof be
given the heirs of said deceased and 10 ali persons
interested, by publishing copy of this order for
three successive weeks prior TO saiddsy of hesiDg
in the Grant County Herald, weekly newspaper,
printed and published at Lancaster in said County.
BY the Court.
VIM. McG0NI6 AL, Coulty Judge.
Dated St Lancaster, the Sltt day CT December, D.
1878. 4Sws
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08
Legislation in the interest Of the
Changers.

Those members of the House of
Representatives who have best claims
to represent the farmers movement
give the following as the main points
of legislation which will be urged on
Congress in the interest of the grang.
ers:
]. The opening of the mouth of
the Mississippi to large vessels in
such a manner IS to insure their en-
trance and egresss at all stages of
water without difficulty. As to the
means the grangers are indifferent
and whether the end is attained by
dredging or by means of new can
al they will be satisfied, their onl y
desire being to insure water trans
portation for their grain to the
ocean. Ifs large sum is needed to
open the river permanently, they
will favor Withdrawing the appropri-
atoms usually made for a large
number of upriver points, and consol
idating the whole sum and using il
for this work.
2. Legislation to prevent the rail
ways west of the Mississippi River
from discriminating in their rates oil
fire. ght against points on the river
and in favor Of all railway points be-
yond, thus making it impossible fol
farmers to avail themselves of cheap
W ater transportation.
8. Legislation TO prevent s;milal
discrimination by roads running cas-
and west aeainst mouth odd 1vusi
roads, thus preventing farmers, wher
the Mississippi River is frozen, from
sending their grain south ward on rail
ways till open river is reached.
4. Legislation for fixing rates TO
the transportation of live stock OF
railways from west to east. This i
the only article they will ask to hav'
rates fixed upon, and the reason 70
asking this is that it is the only i'm
portant article OF their product tha
must come by rail to the East.
The only legislation involving mon
sy to be asked for is the opening Q
the mouth of the Mississippi by with
drawing expenditures from less i'm :
portsnt works.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-08

PICKING UP.-There is cheerful
news from the Secretary of the Treas
ury. He is quoted as saying that the
revenues from importation and other
wise are picking up gradually, and
that there is a prospect of their soon
reaching as high a point as that from
which they declined on the breaking
out of the panic.