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avail. Tn tho Clcyonla Bt1o al Is quiet ~
present,
7!tn nnAnn or HEALTH. J.
TITO rcgll'ae 1ntr!itg OF tin l'tard OF l1osltl,
vAs held .yertcrday afternoon III lhe roon,H of
Tho NRc'. There wofa hrr4ehs Aiaror Io'sin,
nra. lfnlln. Miller, and Schooner, aai MrsHsa
More ard MeDrrn'ot' =! the arIolntc.a lonr o.,
p"rfnrtanee nf uli night rrnvcnscr work douo
Il, tho rtr aurinl; tile Noxt fiscal renr 11tllang
4 c., ~: j. y. lt"wu. *:l6t}; g. ]. NnNal,on.
s3.5o; l'eser Downey. *a.Gu; i. +. Wright y Co..
sara; ]. Wnrsn"r. -. s.; .1ameH tieary. ::Ao;
t1eusgn iAmiur. af375 J. H. Stu1i. sA T. iiioi,sn,
44ln; ". H. Case. sl.l5; sit! Lean Il tn,
sl.2o; ]. l1oincr; si.25: y. Il. keter. 81 rc,r
cubic yar.l. Nearly ane-I,alf of tho Rinvo bids
Will llnYo to ba thrown pat, owing to sniHrnb-
Rtt,lctlon Of the spoa'tireons under whici thoy
wcre made. a sprcihl rlce:ug WIS ti1cn ca ilrl
Tor Ft'tAy evening TOR tile 1''1rfoto Ut consider
Tho small-tos 9-ccnl Committee returned to
tito lpRrd the following report, which was nc-
ccptoi and piaccd Of flo:
fl,e aln,stl Committee tn whom referred the
rattrr Of Hnal!pu, At the Cnanty li:iiltn VI 3Nrr
soll, will inttrtn. tor FIR With the County 'artt
1t, refrnntc 10 I'll" han gg le1se to report Int We
tas Csss,sn.,tee m tunc Guarsss WIN hare tbs mat
ter II charge. Tim Inits. wrrc ans'1's to d. nil
u! thssf p3wer 70 prevent i's dsass tfe ,rrs"dns
tho waKon communicating! with ti's tis, 1' directed
tho Warden I" n!m 7" "n'. "r eriiilt NY lersnn "
ti1s have a.ao hrcn taken III kerr'B Tho c"nsaisccnt
patients .ri4s4io fs ths wei "'Gt " IRE .Ati'lo
ffa tard pf GeUmtsifrrs Will .lt' MI III tAeIr uH6r
tu Prevent tho tllsrnso from st reading.
The rcrott If thc Sanitary Superintendent for
tho mouth pf 5anuary shn"A tAera wcro 5i9
tleatAe, liz ,nur4 ti1un daring tho preceding
l,1g month al last year. BY discusses; t!ousump-
ton. XJ conynIAatls, S5: brain congestion. II;
pneumonia, t.; EGa'cs lever, II. There were
unscr / year of age. III; hetweoa aud yoaiA'
, 1875-02-10

Tho Special Committee Oh Legislation ap-
,oiuted by tt,u Common Council failed to mest
ses'ef"A, io1 'a'A - .iaos""'
The Finance Committee Will 1neot Thursday
Afternoon NJ $50 o'clock. The gsseet-c!canug
omro.ri.ton will aea,n como nm beto,. ,1,is
tu'ntn'ttee'
Tho Board Of Public Works yesterday Issued
tt,o ,tr., v,r5,o. IN tho f,u,r,at1 1r,n wort,. ~,
account ot ll,s new p,.luplug-engiuos now III pro-
cohu OF construction.
The will mud Utmost incredible r1,mor that11oo
, 1875-02-10
CASE or CATAiEpSY.

Spfrfat Dtspatclt to The Ch'eH9o 3ri5Unt.
Sioux Cry, H., Feb. "a Mrs. Goodwin i.
Yan'ton, after brief illness, to ult appesr.us
died Inst TAuraday. shs WAS prepared T..
burial put in a coffin, but ller limbs mud nuEsia
remained in relaxed culHiitiou. md frieuls y.s
terlay took her from Tic coffin and placed Let!t
n bed. Iaat hight slight Eerspiration MI
noticed, hnt 1'a other Hlgn OF i4fa was yieth,
nntl gho still rslnatl,a it, ctmAtose state. ESt7
effort to bring her out 6f tic trance las 80 "
proved ffuitlcHa.
, 1875-02-10
1nan moved that Can't. 4. II. BogardIs. tha
champion wing .s',ot VI Anertcs, 10 elected ali


mAn moved that tant' a. H. tosata'n VI"
champion Ting-sIaot nf Ansersea' oe elected hil
homo, RtY member Of the Elub.
A. Gcorrc II. snctmo,, u,,nosna tin motion on
~ .r,,,I. ,hnt T t,,o E.,,cott C{,,b clia}a nut
rnm,ctc viii, tho i,srio md tiun Cl,itB without
r,,,o,n4, n Tint Dyar,l,ls, the, thoy had better
isE,iye l,o iii ,t wisIl to assume tho nnt,ear-
anre ~ fcar OF tho other Clubs by clecln.
a., arne}t IL assist tl,am
Mn, shn1 1,c1uer favored tho motion: l,o
,1,m,,ht that # f,apt. tgpeattfls wcro cfrcfed Il
u,nn,i,cr Of thc Club that knowledge woI,.t, trp-
oxrett aa NJ, honorary member, Ullcr gcate-
mrn iuuri in tho dsc,ssiou, wllici, was ,,s,!o
animated, nnl finally for hor,nony Mr., Whitman
withdraw hia mot on.
, 1875-02-10

!,ncridl Lsspaf~h Ia The Ch,car Tribune.
s1oux C1Ty, H., Feb. "a petition il be!s,
widely circulated IN this section praylns IT,,
grcss to take immediate action on some ono Of Ia
bills now before that hGsy looking to tho epesss
opening Of the DlaeR Hills count,y to white ts.
tlemeut. It III beng signed abont III rapdlr u
nnnrle eau write their na:ncs. There will Iuu.
1csR be large emigration 10 that country FRONTS
border thiA spring.
, 1875-02-10

John o''Sesll. bfothcr-ln-aw of Sheriff Agnov,
aud AZ old fireman.. I1s bceA appointed deputy.
Yilia iil}s tho list.
It ls hoy, an aleveu-pounder, ut the house ct
Emil Maunhurit, city editor Of tha Staats-Zet-
,u,g, The little stranger put In Al sppeA1Aucs
, 1875-02-10

Tho All-Gons Sensation
HI dyspsies Ia nothing to tho aisnus feeling Of tho
individual who haa not sound tooth iu hiA head. TO
rro7en sur. contingency brush In tie Fragrant so-
du4z,nt eypry morning.
, 1875-02-10
pianps-Pianos,

At Reeds Tenhn VI Mualc, No. " Van Buren, stsoet
go4d Aeeonpaut pauos, with octayea, rosewood
caxes, and carved ls9a. b bought from 1900 to
$1aD,-War1Anted hSo Jea1n.
, 1875-02-10

Tna consumption of th7t naucsa-absseA stticla-A
paper eoa7-has been largely Increased BY to iu,ro-
ducsiou Of t4at really good collDr sha Warwick. Tho
uoss fasdons In personal appearance need not heel
t&ta to wear It.
, 1875-02-10
E5A nEIAEES.

ARMSTRONG CUEtIlHti-On Tuestl.y morn;~s.
lel. = at ti,n rt,tdenre Il the bride" mn ?r. N' Z.
.'as;, ayc1e, hy Hisl,ug cha1.s iA"a1. t,,,ry Z p
hiIs: e. ". EnshiNp.- ----,
, 1875-02-10

NEf1 VHITQEEV H7FVHp10rVTHtV0'
Bos1os, Feb. 0.-The Pilot states that the
Popo has raised the Docoses OF boston, Phila.
dtlohia, and Santa 20 to tho dignity OF Archdio-
ccscs, and thes respective bishops to that of
Archbispups.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15

FRANCE is so situated, geograph
ically, rs to be subject to disastrous
floods. Our readers have not failed
to read the distressing details we
have published of the last flood. The
loss of life and destruction of prop.
erty has been very great. Toulouse
has been specially unfortunate. In
1915 and in 1885, and in 1855, and
now in 1875 great foundations have
damaged the city. Exactly tacenty
gears between each flood. A cor
respondent Of the London Standard,
writing from Toulouse, says:
ain the town ofToulouse alone, it is said,
90Opersons have persisted, and 90, 600 are left
destitute. Nearly 5000 houses have fallen,
and the destruction of property is roughly
estimated at from e12, 900, 900 toG13, 600, 900
sterling, The whole valley of the Garon-
ne is saidto resemble vast lake, covered
with fragments of the ruins of the town, as
well as with wreck brought down from
higher districts, and dotted with corpses,
some of them wearing the costume of
places twenty leagues away. Although it
Is upon this particular district that the
calamity has fallen with the greatest force,
yet the neighbOring departments have also
been terrible sufferers
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15
THE WEALTH OF THE COUN-
TRY.

A writer of great ability and re-
search has prepared for the New York
Post an article on the wealth of the
Unit9d States. 1t contains some figures
ofgeneral interest. The amount of ma
tional debt in 1870 was $2,4O6, OOO,-
600. The amount of public debt not
national was $864,OOO,OOO. This TO-
talizes the public debt of the coun-
try at S3,271,OOO,OO0, against assets
in estimated wealth excluding prop
erty of the Federal Government of
100000. 1t is as if a man
owning $4,000 owed about $4,000.
True economy would dictate to him
to allow for his debt and live only as
though possessed of $4,000, less s.
600. BY ignoring his debt in the
budget, and paying it, or rather sus-
tanning it by promises to pay, he real
~ lives beyond his means and on
false theory.
The average wealth in most of the
States South of Virginia and Tennes-
see is less than three dollars per head.
In Tennessee and Virginia the average
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15

In the city of Baltimore large sums
oro annually voted Catholic instltu-
tions from the public funds. The re-
suit of this policy has been the OF
ganizatiOn throughout Maryland Oh q q
secret organization, the onJecC u
which is thus set forth by the " ASH
ington Star: or
1.-THE new organization has no party Ot
national lines, and is rather Local IN l''
character, having for one of Its main pn-
poses opposition to the policy OF gran'.ns
State or municipal aid to secsarian lns'l'u,
lions. Itembraces men of all politics an'
nationalities in its membership but Is un
derstood to be anti-Catholic. It's clalme'
that the Order has already memoerSnl!
of some fifteen thousand voters IN balt t
more, and that it viii be power IN III
coming election in Maryland.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15

The editor of the Christian Ad0O-
cate, the organ of the Southern Metho-
dist Church in this country, does not
believe Mr.. Beecher guilty. 1t is lar
more liberal and charitable in its opn-
ions on this subject than our friends
of the Age. We commend to them
the following from the Christian Advo-
cate. published OF Nashville:
Perhaps if it we're left to the vote OF the
entire community the result would be about
the same. AS man is considered innocent
.rE-E| s84la - 81 b. 2r ~
sion to say that we have seen nothing tc
inculpate Mr.. Beecher. The testimony o
liars and perjurers-like those brought for
ward by the prosecution-is utterly worth
less. Wear no champion of Mr.. Beecher
as our readers very well know; but what
over reasons we may have to dislike him
we can not allow our judgment to be swerv
ed in a case of this sort.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15

The political contest in ONO WIN
formally open the last of this montn'
1t promises to be the most exciting
canvass fought in that State since the
memorable Brough and Vallandlng-
ham canvass of 1868. We clip the
following report of the situation al
nresent from the Cincinnati Gdzette
The prospects of q sweeping KepuOlican
victory this fall are growing brighter every
dav. They are brighter now than theI
were at the first of the month, and Wer'
brighter then than on the first OF june
This remark is not made in the way
campaign boasting, but as the oenOera'
conclusion formed from large NUMBER
letters, conversations with men in ditferer
parts of the State, and careful examln'
ton of the country weekly papers. Ii
Republicans are everywhere hopeful Ii
Democrats are respondent.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15
LENOIR'S, TENN.

Irquiries addressed to the Company Office will
receive prompt attention.
Orders addressed to the Company, care of ="
III. DELAMATER Il CO., Ship and Engine
Builders. Foot of West Thirteenth Street. New
York." will be promptly filed.
Circular Price Lists furnished BY
the Secretary. viil3d&wtf
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15

,.4u,oon three and seven hundred
T. +ho Eastern States the average
INNS the highest. The greatest aver
ace accumulation of individual wealth.
: IN New York State. Each Ne"
worker on an average, possesses 81
l491 worth Of real and personal esVaUe'
Massachusetts rates next, with al
average wealth of $1,463 to each III
bob;tant Connecticut has an average
of s1,4s1. These three States thero
4 fore, appear to be upon almost pre-
0 ciselv the same plane OF average
individual wealth; and they are also
IS in the same portion of the land on
u the same parallels of latitude anu
e. iuxtaposition.
n The State with the next largest aV-
a oraoe is Rhode Island, $1,S66 to each
of nerson. Still, the precedence is con-
sh- fnod 70 The Eastern States. But no
1onoer. for California assumes Che
or next position in order, affordlng an
its accumulation of s1,O95 to each Can
r- fornian. California may properly u
IS rs considered as State that has na'
and wealth thrust upon it.
I'M The weather. States spend NOR
med money in public improvements, In %
ship neyolent institutions ana III "
altl- effort to promote the comlol
'H' and convenience of the peopl
Having more money than the oou'
will thew pay more taxes. In this come
nth. ton the following figures concernlf
ting the relative taxation in the varlo'
, the States is of particular interest:
ling The States which have the hlgneS'
, the csnita tax are among the most prosper
:, Of in the land. Massachusetts, Is hrst' WI
.oto1 taxation in 1870 of nearly twenty
'e''e u,i11;ons or seventeen dollars and ten &c
'llc"ii 70 each individual. Nevadals seconu'
every nor capita tax of thirteen dollars
80 ninety-seven cents. Calnorhl", I'LL =
"oi0 dollars and ninety cents aplece' y
. INV necticut. eleven dollars and twenty-ei
,aS u cents and New York, eleven dollars
o'i "'. six cents. But one other State ezceeus
ipel " dollars in this respect, New Hampsl
no.0n' whose taxation is ten dollars and tive
An, ma two cents for each individual. The d
: ~ lowest in individual taxation are AlaO'
e two dollars ninety-nine cents; Ienhe
two dollars sixty-eight cents FlOrlu"'
Ad,,o. dollars sixty-four cents; Georgia. TWO
,1ot1,o lars twenty-One cents; North Carolina
0 '-- dollars nineteen cents, and Texas, one
Is lo' lar and thirty-seven cents, which laS'
is lar toned amount is the lowest average
s opin- any State in the land. The SIX 0ta'es
friends mentioned in connection with the "'
tbom amounts of taxation have only ABOUT
o.. third more Inhabitants than those just
merated, yet the former pay taxes liio
tionaD to an amount of more than 81
{ 0i INC one millions, and the latter only aOou'
be about .:,,;o,. The meagreness of
in noceDt w. - .homSal,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15

Cornell University has carried
"A the two great prizes at the Saratoga
Darotta On Tuesday the Freshman
orew won the race, and yesterday III
t .to ora,t University contest, she also
.ooly the lead,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15
DIR. TUFTS HAIR DYE

Is easily applied. imparts q beautiful black or
brown, and acts like magic. The best in the
world. Sold by all druggists. Price. 81 pc
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-07-15
In sneed, King & Co.'s Add
ton to Knoxville,

q desirable portion of the city, "h'o''
is rapidly improving. ;,t 70 the
b,,siness and manufacturing cen
tors and in all respects deslraoie f iTi
ZINES te,n, The lots are described as iol-
lows:
100 IN Park and iIliam Strs. 147xl4O
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26

New York is crowded with rich unmar-
ried men, afraid of the expense OF sup
porting these giIded butterflies. There
is bachelor at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
whose income is $4,000 a year, and still
he says he cdn't afford to get m0rried.
He's proud Fellow, and says, as a sim
gle man, he can have the best horses,
best rooms, ana best box at the opera.
"If should get married." he said, 81
would have to stint myself OF oYerIraw
my income"
"How is thatW asked friend.
"Well, now, come into the parlor and
I'll show you. You see, ladies are eX-
travagant nowadays. They dress 80
much more in Europe. l mean, they
don't wear rich diamonds like the women
of Florence and Milan, but they wear
such rich dresses. laces, shawls, and
turs. Now, Pm proud, and would not
want my wife to be outdressed, SO i
have to keep out Of the marriage busi.
ness.
"Do you see that lady thereW he
said. pointing to fashionable caller.
eyes"
"Well, she has ON $400 panniered,
wattaued, polonaised. brown, gros-grain
dress, and wear $50 coat. She wears
ST., 200 camePs hair shawl, and $500
set Of sable, while / wear $40 oyercoat.
she wears a $40 bonnet, While wear an
SS hat. She wears $500 worth of point
applique and point augile, while ! wear
| a S6 shirt. Her shoes cost SD and mine
cost $12. Her ordinary morning jewelry,
which is changed every year, not count
ing diamonds, cost $40, mine cost 500.
sWell, how does it foot up?'
"Why the clothes she has on cost
80, 225, and mine cost $2CG, and that is
only one OF her dozen outfits, while
only haye-say three. The TACT Isl" said
he, growing earnest, 81 couldn't begin
| live in a browil-stone front with that wo-
man and keep up appearances to match
carriages, church, dinners, opera, and
seaside for $4,000. I'd have to become
a second-rate man, and live in an eigh-
Second avenue, and that I'll be hanged
if dol' and he slung his fist down into
| nice silk hat in the excess OF his ear.
nestness.--Irish World.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-SENATTt-The
bill regulating the counting of votes for
President was adopted and the Civil
Rights bill made u special order tor
Saturday.
HoUsE-When the question whether
the House shall now consider the caucus
Force Bill came to be voted on, the Dem
ocrats refralned from voting, and as the
Republicans could not keep in the hall a
full majority from their own ranks, the
vote would show quorum not present,
and then there would be a call Of the
House with all the tedious proceedings
connected. When these were all over,
and further proceedings under the call
dispensed with, the House would come
back to the real question of the consider
alton of the bill, and again the Democrats
would refrain from voting, and again in
the absence of quorum, another call
of the House would be entered on, and
so on to the point ofbeginning. With all
this, and Notwithstanding the disgust OF
leaders at being thus thwarted in spite Of
the new rule prohibiting dilatory motions
there was no exhibition of il!-temper on
either side. The bill was finally taken
up but pending discussion the House ad.
journed.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
By TELEGR4PH.
Wdshj,,Ot0n Notes.

! WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The Smith
sonlan Institute has information that
Professor Forester, of Berlin, announces
the discovery Of q planet of the twelfth
magnitude, in nine hours So right aseen-
sion, 10 degrees 48 minutes declination
north, with motion north one degree
daily.
Charles A. Woodward has been ap-
pointed Internal Revenue Store-keeper
for the Fourth District of Indiana, ard
Charles w. McRoy for the Fourth Ten
nessee.
=. The President has received as official
dispatch from Caleb Gushing, at Mad
rid, stating that the Virgihius indemnity
papers have been formally transferred,
and that the entire question is settled
on the basis of payment by Spain OF
$500 to the family OF each victim.
Hon. Il. Redwood Hoar is reported as
favoriDg that clause OF the Force bill
suspending the writ of habeas corpus.
The Kellogg Legislature is said to be
preparing to resist the Wheeler Compro.
mise,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26

A gentlemen who recently visited
Count Won Moltke's house in Berlin de-
scribes it as a large brick building which
resembles barrack or a school. On the
corner of a small open bookcase in the
library lay the remains of the Counts
breakfast, which never varies-a glass Of
claret and some biscuits, side by side
with cigar-boXes, for he is a. great
smoker, and even takes snuff. The bed
room, which leads from this apartment,
is as simple as the rest. Behind screen
stands little iron bedstead, like that of
a sohool-boy. From one of its corners
was hanging furred cap of eccentric
form; beside it, on the floor, small va
iise, ready packed, and q large map
case; on the table portrait of Madame
Won Moltke, VINO died in 1868, at Christ
mas. There was another portrait, rep
resenting her at twenty years old or SO.
Madame Won Moltke's father was rich
Englishman, who married the marshaps
sister as his second wife. The young
English girl fell in love with her step
mothers brother before meeting him, i'm
pressed by his letters home. NJ. Won
Moltke was then at Constantinople.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
A cruel matrimonial hoax was perpt

A cruel matrimonial hoax was perpe-
trated in Digbeth, England, the other
day, the victim being lady who had just
attained her sixty-ninth year, a widow in
comfortable circumstances. The heart
less swain, who from his age might have
been the grandson of his would-be
spouse, Lived as a lodger in her house for
three weeks, and was supposed by his
landlady to have become enamored of
her. The couple became engaged. The
bridesmaids were engaged without delay,
and, regardless of expense, garments
were purchased, the lady herself having
thrown Off her long-worn weeds for costly
silks. The parson was in waiting, and
all necessary preliminaries were ar
ranged, but at the last moment the bride
groom requested OF his bride the loan of
95 to make q small purchase in order to
complete a portion of his toilet that had
been accidentally neglected. The money
was, of course, at once forthcoming, and
was handed over to the young man with
out delay, who lett the house ostensibiy
for the purpose OF making the necessary
investment. Horrible to relate, however,
the lover proved truant, and did not re-
turn; and later on, when it became evil
dent that deception had been pr actised
the hearebrokenlady wasrseen weeping
in the arms Of her bridesmaids.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.

PARIS, February. 26.-It is reported
that General DeCissey, Vice-President
of Council and Minister OF War; Duke
DeCazes, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Caillaux, Minister Of Public Works.
Goivart, Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce, and Admiral DeMontaignac,
Minister of Marine and Colonies, will
remain in the French Cabinet in the po-
sitions they now occupy, and that the
Duke D'Audiffret-Pasquier will become
Minister of the Interior; Leon Say, Min
lister of Finance; Matthew Bodet, Minis
ter of Justice, and WALTON, Minister of
Public Instruction.
In the Assembly to-day the bill for the
organization of public powers finally
passed by vote OF 496 yeas to 262 nays.
President Mcmahon has sent a dis
patch to NJ. Buffet, President OF the AS
sembly, calling on him to form new
Ministry. M. Buffet is now in the Vos.
ges, and if he accepts the task, the or
ganiZation of the new Government will
be delayed a few days until he is able to
return to Paris.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
Grenadines,

Checks, blacks, plaids, stripes, dam.
ask patterns, and matelasse figures are
all brought out in the new black gfena.
dimes for next summers dresses. The
checks and blocks are in square canvas
meshes, alternating with solid reps OF
the same shape, OF else they have lace
like blocks beside brocaded square.
The matelasse and damask patterns will
probably be popular, as they are new.
The brtladed figures are SO fine that they
might be mistaken for needle-work.
These figured grenadines are far more
largely imported than plain canvas
grenadines, but the latter will not be
abandoned by conservative ladies VINO
do not seek the latest novelties.