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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16
SAVING A TRAIN.

The Troy Times says landslide &C.
CURED in curve on the Troy and Green
bush Railroad. A locomotive was CON-
ing up to be attached to the first local
train down. when it was caught by the
landslide, forced from the track, and
partly turned so that its headlight was
pointed west. The slide occurred just
at the moment the New York and Bos-
ton express was leaving the Troy depot.
The engineer of No. 80 knew that the
down train could not pass the obstruc-
tions. He told his fireman, Al. Bascom,
to take red lantern. go up the track
and intercept the train. Bascom started
on his mission in the darkness he stum-
bled and fell on the track the light
was extinguished.
The time was too short to allow him
to return and procure another lantern
it was impossible in the strong wind to
light a match. Covered with mud, but
losing scarcely half a minute, he pushed
on the headlight Of the approaching
train came in sight he knew his voice
of warning. be it ever so loud. could not
be heard above the roar Of the train.
He had but few seconds in which to
determine upon his course. What did he
do ? Something very few would have
thought of doing. Taking aim as best he
could he raised his lantern and hurled
it at the approaching locomotive, and
then awaited the result. He could not
see where his missile landed the inter-
vening seconds seemed ten minutes BY
what we must regard as mysterious
and benefcent interposition of PrOvi-
dence, it entered the cab window. break
the woodwork and coming within an
inch of striking the fireman inside, fair
ly in the face if it had hit him he
would have been seriously injured.
When the shattering and shattered lam
tern fell at the engineers feet, he knew
that something had gone wrong and
whistled down brakes : the train
slackened speed, and at length came to
a full stop within hundred feet of the
wrecked locomotive, saved from destruc-
tion by the presence of mind of the man
who had thrown the lantern.
At the point where the way was OBJ
structed the track is built on an en-
bankment close by the river, and had a
collision occurred between the disabled
locomotive and the moving train, the
latter would have been thrown from the
track into the river, and the horrors and
loss of life, the woundings and maimings
of New Hamburger would have been re-
peated. All honor to Al. Bascom.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16
The Honest Han Uh0 PaBs.

There Is one among the many.
Can you tell me where he stays9
He's an odd. old fashioned party.
Called the honest man who paws:
Yes-the honest man who pays
Every dollar he may owe,
Keeping up the good old ways
That so many scarcely know.
If he gives his word of promise
'Tis bond as good as gold;
If he hold post of honor.
Not a trust Is ever sold
By the honest man who pays
Every debt he may incur.
Yielding each just award.
And no grudging or demur-
And I'm told this rare old party
Lives-within his income won
By the fairest. squarest dealing
We see beneath the sun.
And the honest man who pays
Always holds it good and right.
For the rich TO help the needy
When the times are tough ant
tight.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16

filled with colored men. The General
stepped down from the platform of the
smoking car with the inevitable cigar in
his mouth. In an instant the windows
Of the opposite train were alive with
woolly heads. The sealskin cap was rec
ognized. ..How you is. Ginerl - doz-
en- voices shouted. ..How am tings in
Wash town. Ginerl 80 Am dey gwine
to riz de taxes p How bout dat ah
back pay. Ginerl % These and other
questions were poured from the train
until the cars steamed away. The Gen
eral answered none of them. He merely
bowed his acknowledgements and said
How do you do?' to those best known.
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
I began to get more than interested
in the negro with the sealskin cap. He
was evidently something more than the
doorkeeper of faro bank. As the train
ran to the Columbia junction l saw a ne
gro policeman in neat uniform loung-
ing on the-platform. l pointed out the
sealskin cap. Can you tell NE that
gentleman's name ~ l asked.
Dat yeah one wid de segar - an
swered the policeman. Dat yeah's Gin
erl Elliott. membah kongFiss fwum r.
lumbia.'
What is he General of ?'' l asked.
..Ginerl of de melish. You done see
um in he tricks an yune- diform onct-
Dom oom -
1t was the member of Congress from
John c. Calhoun's old district. 1t was
the man who would have been elected
United States Senator from South Caro-.
lima but for John Patterson's wholesale
bribery. Elliott calls himself negro
and says that be glories in the name
That he is a shrewd and capable negro
admits of no question. As to his hon.
esty. that is another thing. Instead o.
exposing the robbers who have system
atically plundered the people of Soutl
Carolina. be has gone in with them anC
fattened upon the stolen oysters He /
/ as well yersed in schemes Of plunder a
old Tom Fields. and is as wary politi
j clan as young Tom Alvord. His states
manship is patterned after the states
manship Of Benjamin F. Butler, and no
that of Charles Sumner. As General
he IS probably superior to Butler
If a black John Quincy Adams stoot
upon the floor of the House Of Represen
tatives. he might to-day win a areputatiol
more lustrous and lasting than that Q
any white member on either side Of th
Mason or Dixon line. Elliott did vel
in his speech in reply to Alexander H
Stephens. but the people. while praisin
him. should not lose sight of his rotte
record in South Carolina. He came fror
Massachusetts,, but he is not a job
Quincy Adams BY long chalk. ZIsKA
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PAREPA ROSA.

No one who ever heard Parepa Rosa,
the great songstress can fail to regret
that she has left us. Possessed of a
voice the like of which has not been
heard in this country, excepting perhaps
Jenny Lind's, and endowed by nature
with health and great recuperative pow
ers, Parepa became national songstress,
whose heavenly notes were heard from
the eastern and western shores, and from
the north to the far south. Everywhere
was she beloved, not only for her per-
fection as an artist. but as noble, true
hearted woman. She was above the
small jealousies that mar smaller minds,
and the word fail was not in her voea-
bulary She was a conscientious stu
dent The least soprano of the chorus
grew impatient of rehearsing and drill
ing but not Parepa. Cheerful, obliging,
generous and ever willing to try again
for the sake of improving some lame part
of programme. she was favorite of
all musicians.
At the Beethoven festival in New
York, which took place in 1872, when
Parepa appeared among the Handel and
Hayden Society, of Boston. chorus of
FIVE or six hundred, arranged on the
platform around her. they arose to their
feet and greeted her with cheers, waving
of handkercbiefs and garlands. The
| glourious woman received this ovation
with tears, and sang with an inspiration
caught from the sympathy of her friends.
| Those who saw her then or in similar
scenes will never forget this queen Of
song.
Sacred to her memory are her noble
efforts to elevate English opera to an
honorable and successful estimation.
America pays tribute of gratitude
in general and earnest regret that We
shall hear her voice no more.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16
A RACY EXAMINATION.

The following racy examination OF
candidates for admission to the bar Is
taken from the Western L0,c ./ouT7'dL
The examination commenced with
"Do you smoke %
Il do, sir
..Have you cigar 2
"Yes sir" Cextends a short six.)
Now sir what is the first dnty Of
lawyer %
ITO collect fees. "
Right. What is the second?'
TO increase the number Of clients.
when does the position towards eli
ents change q
"when making out the bill of cost,
Explain"
1--WE then occupy the antagOnistic po-
sition. become the plaintiff and he
the defendant.
"a suit decided, how do you stand
with the lawyer on the other side
Cheek by jowl."
Enough sir. You promise to become
an ornament to my profession and wish
YOU success. Now are you aware OF the
duty you owe me ?"
Perfectly"
describe it.
eTo invite you to drink.
"But suppose ] decline 2
Candidate scratches his head.
There is no instance Of the kind on
record in the books ] cannot answer
the question.
.'You are right. And the confidence
with which you make the assertion shows
conclusiveIy that you read the law at
tentively. Let's take drink and will
sign your certificate at once.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16

Do right aud fear nobody.
The Sianese Twins we're Baptists-
close communion. We suppose-LoarsR
Courier
Who invented corn and beans -
asks the Warren Ga-ette- Old Suck
O-Tasb. probably.
In Turkey they sell girls for wives.
In this country the husbands are the
ones sold.
i Milwaukee paper recently announe-
ed that the lilac bushes are budding "
You lilac Satan responded a matter
of-fact reader.
A Detroit female Of Just twenty FIVE
was married 10 her fifth husband lately.
All the gentlemen are alive. and the first
four are doing well.
A Western paper Is dead. In It's last
gasp it family whispered. Two hundred
subscribers. and only thirty-One Of them
paid up
What comes after 7 ?" asked teach
er Of q small pupil who was learning the
/ alphabet He received the bew1ldering
reply: You do-to see Liza"
1t Is kind o'eheerful in these days
when the thermometer Is dancing below
zero. TO read that the base ball clubs Of
Texas are having match games.
An exchange SAYS that Chicago mur.
derer. who was % have been hanged the
other day. was reprieved for one weeE
to allow him 70 get religion What
moekery.
T They are said 70 Be manufacturing
steam jaekassez in St Louis. And thaf
Is about the last place On earth whert
an artificial supply Of that animal would
seem 70 Be needed
i Boston man was cursing an edit0
the other day when be fell dead. Otbe
similar instances have been lately report
ed Men should be careful in speakin;
Of anything sacred
The Danbury Tssrs states that .NeT
Haven editor spent last Sunday IL SIaE
s0s. and attended church. When II
contribution box came around he was i
doze. but. on being nudged, hastil
exclaimed, Il have pass
4 young man sent his girl box @
grapes one afternoon lately. and the mex
day a fellow net him on the street am
said: Those grapes we're jolly goo
last night: send sowe up every Wedne:
day eyening-that's nv night 70
: know"
i Nevada nan went 70 the store II
other day and bought new dres. pat
! tern for his sweetheart and pair Of r.
flannel drawers for himself. The fr:
idea he had that lie had got the packag
mixed vas when he found himself rol
ing down stairs under the inspiration
= EsTrning-pan and an old hoop skir
He has taken 4 firm resolution never. {
5 long as he lives. 10 present his girl vii
Z a pair Of red flannel drawers again
Court plaster Is TOO costly to permit hi
TO do It
The following conversation resent
took place between two Freedmen,
tarber and his customer, IN one IF Il
r parishes Of the Dominion After ge
ting his customer vel lzthered the bz
Der eD9uired. were you live s
Bedford" replied customer
Any barber there =
No"
.-Good place for barter"
= Il dun kn0-' Struggling his sh0s
derz-
@Whzts'e poPulashin p
Customer ronsiDg and opening /
eyes: ~Eh. very distinctly.
What's e p0pelashiu." with enphasi
Customer sitting baek-.-0 yes
~ Barter resumed his work amid q ..
~ longed silenee
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16

A TERRIBLE FAMILY SEcRET-The
police authorities of New Orleans have
recently unraveled sickening mystery
relating to respectable woman, who
many years since disappeared from the
outside world The woman was a light
quadroon. Some twenty-nine years ago,
when she was handsome girl of sixteen
she had symptoms of insanity, and was
not allowed to go out of her room. At
| that time her relations, who were well off
were able to keep her at home In prop
er manner. The girl gradually grew
worse, and finally insane. Whilst in
this condition she was generally quiet,
but would occasionally burst iuto fury
of passion. Under these circumstances
! her family, not desiring to make their
family skeleton public, kept her pris-
ouer at home. For number Of years
she was imprisoned in this manner
; 1 HS iOItuHcS VI lhS iai1ilg SiC" Hoi9cs
/ but wherever they went they carried
the poor maniac with them. She finally
became very repulsive to them, and
they lost all love, and regarded her as a
bugbear forever on their hands. Sew
enteen years ago the woman was'convey-
ed to her present cell. from which she
has never stepped out, and in which she
had seldom moved. The family only
remembered to throw her enough food
to keep her alive, and they sometimes
forgot her for days, during which the
woman was only kept alive from being
accustomed to this starvation. The
clothes she had originally worn rotted
off her. she lay summer and winter upon
the cold floor, utterly naked. The fam
ily became accustomed to her in this
state, and made no attempt to send her
to the asylum and thus the lived, rot
ting and dying, when the authorities
discovered the terrible secret. For years
she had never worn an article of cloth.
ing, never felt even the warmth Of FIRE
never seen the light Of day The au,
thorities have ordered her to be taken
to an asylum. although there is but lit
tie hope Of saving the poor woman, ow-
ing 10 her critical condition.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-02-16

Mrs. 0pie herself would have laughed
if she had seen Aunt Mary's expression
when she was informed that her hearing
was defective.
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An exchange says: six weeks hence
aud the hustle u spring will be heard
in the land" And this comes on Us 30
sudden. jpst a. We lad thought bustles
we're about gone cut " fashion.
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SWEET PICKLES.

"A little Ec1SElse 11T and t5e1,
i reIshai b tie Eise@ mel
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L W. POWELL

4 TT0ENEY. CUCNsELLoR AND sOLICTToR
~ Also Bounty and Penzioa Agent I-zsburEh. n
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DROPEIETOR IRAsBCRGH ROUSE Irzss,yr-t
L " 4 -r1i Livery il e1uuaer5ou w7tb .
Hg-=- StzEe l=zv=s f1r Barton Lz1dlng DeZ1: tz5sz
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I'm SANE OLD CHAP A. EYEE- slEays ou
1 HE-1 - his Post & Trz.ls ab=Fe Eve-y -lzn
-F-- Cd L-- sl- Lr1as II LIS Ias zueh a. HzruEzss-
= l EaEz- Livery --zll= zzzl lIr0-sres TEezzs=zs
q. -- E---= All CgreT SeyILss With o.her Ez.stlsz
1-- -1ra --z-= f1r trsv=lsrS hu-sss a his tam
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l.. III. THOMPSON,

4 TIORNET. COUNSELLOR AND SOLICITOR
"a A--- IusuI2G5- Az=uE- Irzsburgh- VI s-sz
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L z FOsIER

Z = kUSLEk
D-QFEIETUR UNION House STAGE LEAVES
L II E4z-s =liaT MoDizys- WedDesdzys, and Frt-
-l-.- Zl1 ~ BzTca1 tEfee day
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IRASBURGH-


r. :. ORNE-
hEALE2 N FCRNITURE COEFINS ANT
IL CASEET>. Irz=bursh. VI z-2s
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d L IAlAELI-
I EALEE N DET GOODS. CLOTHING. HATS
u Cas- zud General Mercazni5se. The celebrated
=. Ism Water u hand and f1T szi-
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nEALEE ~ DRUGS Ess95eiuzs- Dys stas.- -
~ -1a-e-s- Bank E-s3ks. Cz1dies- C5zrs- Tofzees-
- >l-- F1ucy Arlis5s. and Al The Popular Patent
Es---=-- I-a=h---h V ssE
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GLOVER.

c. L FRENCH n D
u HTS-CLAN AND SURGEON.
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fTANCFACTCREE and dealer II Furniture q Al:
~ Kinds and 1ese-ip.-i0ns. CARPETS Room Pzger
----s and fixtures. also Gems s1a Casks1s Fic-urs
---- e..rtaz Bs-is e. Glover VI
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y Y. SCOTT

nE4LER N HARNESSES. RIDING BRIDLES-
l. C---ars and E1rss Clothing. Blankets Ee- Al
.--s y --l--ln--1.ubl=r and L5z-hsr Covered.
---=5- II1n=1- JzEz1Esd and Goid Plste- Regzlr1uE
--.- ~ ATTENDED To-
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7. y WEBSTER.
= IFE. FIRE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
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A Negro's sealskin Cap.
HOW IT TRAVELLED THROUGH VIRGINIA
AND THE CARoLINAS.

Morning Scene On the Potomac Boat-The
Barrel of Oysters al QuanTieo-The supper
at Weldou-Noondsy Scene in the Ladies'
Cara South Carolina Judge Recognizes 4
GeneraI-C -CnrayellInE the Mystery.
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= - : = L--s-s
-ESEJS DESTIsT- AZ Li.sIs-s Hs.seg e Exz0z
- f-sz- even Ees~esser Rsy11r IzDSlEF Vt
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The following racy examination OF
candidates for admission to the bar is
taken from the Westerm Lo,o Journal.
The examination commenced with
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JOHN AEkLEY-
- TsCHINIST AND CUSTOM BLACKSMITH
VI SpeciL attention given 10 Horse ShOeiBg
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DEALER N DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND
J General Merchandise
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AIISCELLANEOUS-

MS ? SAETLE
- EECENTLT OPENED FAECT GOODS
IL --1-= q Bz-Ea1 Lz1dzu- IL Auszia L gasEyn 3
@ z-=r= zE= vi CO El-lz-eTy and Dress FI-z5zz II
--- and l11s- ags-sEai s-sl=s- ~ f1Etbsr nasa1e
-5 BzE-a1 Lz115nE Seta = Ls75.
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hEALER N BOOTS sHOES- AND FINDINGS
- ~ Jk= best kind and quality o1sr5d cheSp fo-
--1 sore opposite rhe IruE store
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DE1FEIETGE OF The ORLEANS COUNTY
/ Nlr.-e WORKS Foreign ana American Marble,
'--.--- les. Movements. ae.
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l. + WOOD. JR- & Co.
T-NCFAC1C REES OF WOOD. MFIAL GLASS
vi C4--4ss and P1Qzr SiEzz Banner. soeua
l----=1-z Pa-u-luE &c. Prupristo-s q woods star
E-s-l=ss Lz-=c-a-izS.
L Z Won. u : = FoEsAUE
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-11

1t is said the Milan Exchange, of Glib
son county, defends the murder of the
defenceless prisoners at Trenton. No
man is true Democrat, or a friend of
the party, who defends lawlessness. The
negroes may have committed crimes, but
they were IN prison, and the law was in
the hands of the white people. These
crimes must be punished-this lawless
spirit must be quenched. 1t will be
difficult and dangerous undertaking,
to discover, arrest and punish eighty-six
unknown men, but much depends on it,
and it must be done. If the people of
Gibson county viii not arrest these men,
the Governor should get men from
neighboring county. The summary pun
ishment of these murderers will restore
peace to the South. There is a lawless
class in every State, North and South,
and there can never be total quiet be-
tween that element of society and the ne
gro race. 1t would be SO in the North,
and it would be SO anywhere. Every
good white citizen is interested in having
the negro friendly and peaceable, and
they viii always be found striving for
peace,
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h. v Redfeld, a travelling CORES
pendent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
is usually fair and candid writer, but his
his recent letters upon lawlessness in Ten
nessee are open to criticism. He is right
in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and criminals, but his
bathos over the murder of the negro girl
Julia Hayden and the fifteen negroes in
Gibson county, is worthy of a ranting
fanatic. True they were murders, and
the murderers ought to be hung; but when
he demands that the Government OF the
United States be made despotism, and
every vestige of republican government
be destroyed, in order to avenge the muir
der of few men, he makes himself so
ridiculous that we would not call atten-
ton to him, if his screeching were not
printed IN an influential journal. Red
field cries aloud for federal interference
and martial law, and is furnishing capital
for Radical victories.
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Capt. Joseph H. RUSSELL one of the
ablest and most efficient Attorney Gen.
erals in the State, haYing a spare week
from his official duties, went down TO Glib
son county few days since, to aid if
possible the Governor, who was also
present, in 'devising means for the arrest
of the murderers of the six negroes. 1t
turns out that only six negroes were shot,
land one of them IS still alive,) as only
that number of bodies can be found. 1t
is a little singular that these six negroes
were the very same who informed the
white people of the instruction. The
hands of these six were, tightly tied, and
If the other ten prisoners we're similarly
tied. they could not have escaped, I'M
less they were turned loose. There are
no evidences on the trees that there were
any shots fired except those fred at the
six who we're shot. Two hundred wit
nesses, white and black, have been exam
jned. without developing anything. Wheth-
er the murderers of the five negroes were
of their race and clan, or white Demo
Gratis. does not matter-let them be
caught, and swung when caught and
tried.
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Julia Hayden, who was cruelty murder
ed in Trousdale county, few weeks ago
was bright, intelligent girl, from near
Spring Hill, in Maury county. She had
negro blood in her views, but not more
than one-fourth and was slave before
the war. She was teaching a negro
school. At 2 clock on the morning OF
the 2lst of August, two white men went
to the house where she was boarding
knocked at the door and demanded the
negro school teacher" This so frightened
Julia, that she got into the bed with the
woman of the house, for protection.
The desperadoes falling to make an en-.
trance shot through crack in the house,
the ball entering the heart of Julia, kill
ing her instantly. Her parents, who live
near Spring Hill, brought her remains to
Spring Hill for interment. Two white
men, Pat Lyons and Bowen Sanders,
have been arrested for the murder OF Julia
Hayden. They had their preliminary
triallast Tuesday, some of the ablest
lawyers in the State appearing on the
side of the prosecution. The prisoners
were committed to Jail to await further
trial. If guilty, they will be punished.
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President Grant being absent from
Washington, his cabinet at Washington
held meeting, to which they invited
Senator Chandler, notorious enemy of
the South. This meeting was held to
take into consideration the recent muir
ders on the South They decided to send
United States troops to the various dis
turbed localities, and the Attorney Gen
eral has ordered the U. S. Marshals
to call on the same when needed. This
is two-edged sword, and will cut two
ways for Radicalism. In Mississippi,
Louisiana and South Carolina, the white
people are getting some of the negroes to
vote with them, and troops stationed all
over those States will counterfeit that in
huence. And the mere fact that troops
are required in the South has a tendency
to make the North suspect the Southern
white people, and continue their aIegi-
anceto the Radical plunderers and repub-
hean destroyers.
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enforced.