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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26
That Gutta.Percha Steak.

A genius with his castor knowingly
cooked on one side of his bullet head, q
leer in his eye, and devil-may-care
contour generally, came into cheap
eating house down town the other day
and bawled out:
" Sa-a-y, look a-here."
"What'l you have, sir % quoth a
white-aproned chap, rushing at the GUS
toner.
" What ye got?"
I" Most everything, sir-ham, eggs,
Goldfish, chicken, goose, turkey, roast
beef, and"
"Well, look a-here, old Teller"
"Sir?"
s.Look a-here, you got any pork
steak and fried taters?"
!" Yer, sir"
+" Fried oysters and lobster salad2"
6 Yes, sir"
"Roast goose and apple sass 2"
eyes. sir"
"Well, look a-here; how bout the
steaks, eh p
''Good beefsteaks, SIR
"Good ?"
''First-rate."
ssWeu, look a-here, old Teller, you
jiss go bring that steak I had here last
week-rale gutta percha; broke two
teeth on it first bite; but I've got my
melars all steel-set and sharpened now,
and I'm just going to walk into that old
steak like sawmill. Fetch it on now.
why don't yer, sa-a-y?"
How it came out we didn't stop to
see. But that steak was one of 'em-
SO was the customer. -NeaO Orleans
Pic0Ya11ae.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26
Horse Car Etiquette.

In a crowded horse car on the Sixth
avenue, the other day, says the New
York Sun, gentleman who was seated
resigned his place in favor of pale,
slender woman, who carried large
child in her arms, and was being jostled
this way and that with the motion of
the car. To the gentleman's surprise,
burly individual took the seat before
the lady could reach it.
81 meant this lady to hare my seat, I"
said the gentleman, angrily.
"Vel," replied the other, settling
comfortable back in his seat, "dat lady
ish my wife!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

willing than the Government to give a
salary adequate in proportion to talent
and services. But the sky begins to
grow gray, and in the fading twilight a
form fits past, called by the editor of
the Capital History on Horseback,
that of ex Minister Bancroft.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26
From Belgravia.
PLOUGHED BY MOMENTS,

It lay in one of the fairest spots in all
the Midland counties, and yet such a
ghostly, desolate, haunted place could
not even have conceived before saw it.
I had seen ruined mansions before, and
I had walked in rank, neglected and
forgotten parks; but it seemed to me
that the isolation and the desolation
here were different. I told the vicar so
as he took me round the empty house,
pointing out che remnants of past
beauty, which were even yet distin-
guishable through the blight of slow
decay.
"But you must not compare this" he
said, "with ruins pur ct simple. The
simple fact is only tnis-the estate is in
Chancerv. In the west wing there is a
door, which with little management
and strength, can open. Would you
like to see within-as far as you can, I
mean, for it only gives access to three
rooms ?"
The door opened into small ante
room, so small that couch and chair
and table, with a couple of shelves filed
with faded books, seemed quite to fill it.
The vicar opened another door opposite
to that by which we had entered, and
followed him into large and lofty
bedchamber, whose satin hangings
might have been brilliant crimson
once, but now were faded to a yellow
brown. And they hung in tatters where
they were worn by the hands which had
once been used to draw or lift them,
and from end to end were eaten into
holes by myriads of moths. About the
room were valuable and handsome orna-
ments and books; and the wallis were
covered with paintings. so beautiful,
and SO little hurt by tine, that they
seemed to mock the worn and faded
furniture.
''Can there be finer paintings even
in the picture gallery than these2" I
asked the vicar, as he unlocked another
door opposite to that by which he had
entered.
eNo, those are picked from the gal
lerv, the choicest that were there And
in this room are the choicest portraits.
Come"
He had opened the door, and as he
spoke he pushed aside heavy padded
curtain, under which passed into a
room exactly the size and shape of the
bedroom, but furnished as sitting
room, library, music room, all in one
furnished not only handsomely and
luxuriously, as I could see through all
the Disagreement and decay of time,
but furnished curiously, as if hum
dred different tastes had been at work,
or one taste, it might be, varying rest
lessly from year to year.
s'These," said the vicar, looking
round upon the closely-covered walls.
'sare all the best of the family por-
traits, or suppose I should say the
most recent enes; the squires and
danes of more than one hundred years
ago-I mean of more than one hundred
years before these rooms were occupied
stare into vacancy :-om the walls of
the long mouldy gallery below. Notice
this one, will youa it is the last squire, y
"Did he die youngs"
NO"
"Will You tell me how it wasp
urged, as 1 rested on faded couch De-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26
Crack Whips Of the Continent.

Journal.
ALI these continental drivers have
faculty of cracking their whips with
force and meaning have seen nowhere
else. A man will often drive his cab at
full speed through narrow street, IL
to ia feet wide, without sidewalks, and
often full of people; but he cracks his
whip backward and forward, with ex-
plosions loud enough to be heard half
square. This rapidly parts the crowd
before him, who always understands
what it means. I have many times,
while riding in this way, sat expecting
to see somebody in the crowd knocked
down or run over; but have never yet
seen even the least collision. The law
in Florence makes the man knocked
down the guilty party, because he did
not get out of the way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

WATERFOWL, WIS.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 1876.
BY LORD HoUaHToN.

I lie in heavy trance,
With world of dream without me,
Shapes of shadow dance,
In wavering bands about me;
But at times some mystic things
Appear IN this phantom lair,
That almost seem to me visitings
OF Truth known elsewhere:
The world Is wide.--these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are ALI.
A prayer in an hour of pain,
Began in an undertone,
Then lowered, as it would fam
Be heard by the heart alone;
A throb, when the soul is entered
By light that is lit above,
Where the God of Nature as conferred
The Beauty Of Love.
The world is wide,-these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are ALI.
A look that is telling tale
Which looks alone dare tell
When cheek is nc longer psle,
That has caught the glance IS it fell,
a tOuCn, WHICH seems 10 UNLOCK
Treasures unknown as yet,
And the bitter-sweet first shock,
One can never forget;
The world is wide, these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are ALI.
4 sense of an earnest Will
To help the lewly-living,-
And terrible heart thrill,
If you have no power Of giving
An arm Of aid to the weak,
A friendly hand to the friendless,
Kind words 80 short to speak,
But whose echo is endless
The world is wide, these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are AL.
The moment we think we have learnt
The love of the aI-wise One,
By which we could stand unburnt
On the ridge of the seething sun.
The moment we grasp at the clue
Long-lost and strangely riven,
Which guides our soul to The True,
And the Poet to Heaven.
The world is wide,-these things are small,
II they be nothing, what Is there at all
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

acute and almost unbearable suffering
Of those twenty years.
At last there came time when tn 9
meals were scarcely touched; then there
were no orders put below the curtained
door at all, until one day written paper
lay there bearing a summons for the
clergyman.
An old man the vicar was then-as
old as I am now-and it was he who
told me this story just as I tell it to you.
He came and prayed as he had been
hidden to do, kneeling in the outer
room. He knew the door was opened
leading into the bed-chamber where the
squire sat, but he had been hidden not
to pass beyond the closed curtain, and
he never dreamed Of trying to do so.
He raised his voice and prayed in ter
rible earnestness, but no answering
voice reached him through the heavy
drapery. He might have thought that
the squire was dead, but that there
came written word of thanks at last.
Next day the vicar came again, but
the doors were. fast then, for he had
not been summoned. and there was no
sign from within that his plea for I'D
mission was even heard.
That night the frightened servants
sent for him again. They could Lear
no sound within their masters rooms,
and for two days now, they said, he
had not admitted them with food.
"You shall fetch the doctor, he said,
''and we will enter somehow-he and
and save him if we can. You must
all remember his orders and your
OATH"
They broke the lock of the first door
with great difficulty, and the doctor and
the clergymen stepped softly in. This
door, the one that leads into the cham
Der, was ajar behind it's curtain, and
when they entered they saw at glance
the solution of this CHASTITY mystery.
The squire lay dressed upon the bed,
"his loaded pistol still grasped in the
stifened fingers of his thin right hand,
and his left stretched towards the cur
tain of the bed, as if he had been going
to draw it round him when the end had
come"
He had not used the pistol, though
Heaven knows if there could ever be
enough temptation to excuse self-mur-
der if it we're here No, in this soil
tude and pain and ghastliness of suffer
ing he had waited his release.
The doctor gently covered the face
which had been SO proudly beautiful,
that the CHASTITY sight might hurt no
other eyes, and it never did. The faith
full old servants remembered and obeyed
their masters orders even now. For
nearly twenty years they had lived with
him and never looked upon his features
and through this one day that they had
access to his room they kept their oath
most sacredly, and let the soft white
covering on the face which, in it's decay,
they never could have recognized.
That is the story. I did not wish to
tell it to you in these rooms, did I? No
wonder it has made you white and nerv-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

PARsoN BRowNLow advises East Ten
nessee to raise tobacco instead OF
cotton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

these meals the young squire had no
attendance), light the lamps or fires,
or what not. When the inner bell
of all rang, the chamber was at
liberty, and the servant who when about
his tasks FASTENED over them, knowing
that his master sat the while locked. in
that little ante-room beyond. For he
never went from that door down into
the park (though he had it made on
purpose), until the whole household
and the whole village, too, had been in
bed for hours. Only in the deep night
darkness did he venture forth, and no
one had ever CHANGED to see him then.
And SO in this awful soltude-never
looking on the face of man or woman,
never hearing the voice of fellow
creature, never himself seen or heard
the master of this beautiful home lived
for nearly twenty years. Think of it.!
Picture such solitude and such suffer
ing for one week, then draw it to q
year, and then to twenty But to fully
comprehend it's weight to him, you
must remember the life he had led, the
ultra-refned and naughty nature Of
the man, and his intense sensitive
ness both to physical pain and to any
thing in the slightest degree loathsome.
Remembering these, and the burden Of
the secret to be kept while the curious
world which missed its idol, olamored
to be told the reason Of his living death
to them, you may imagine little Of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-26

That is the story. I did not wish to
tell it to you in these rooms, did I? No
wonder it has made you white and nerv-
GUS. Let us come away.
, 1876-03-25

oifool uron tho country. Necont ovonss-st.
whisky suits, the DoIknap dlsgrace--h1vo "a.
unued pubtlo fntorost ia tl,a Quostton. /. Ia
aoon moro aud moro clearly 10 10 OF trnnscondopt
Importance. Thaso Ia no othor practical md
practicable way 10 roach tho evi!s which ovsry
In vain that: conventions resolvo that oijc1.'
integrity and lldolity aro Indispensable, II tbn
individual dolGRatos constantly oountenanco :
systcm which fosters fraud and inoompotenoy.
II is aDaurl to inaint that the only reform needed
iR tho appointment Of 1T motl. That l,hs bocn
soma practical mothod Of securing such appoint.
tnonta. The Republican pArty did nos cot,tens
itseif with aeclasiug that elavory ought not 10
extcnd to tho Ter.itorios. It took practical
moaAuros to provont its extension. Tho l,cpub,
llcAn party Jnny contain moat OF tho Htnco,o
friends OF roform ot the method Of civil 10.
poinsmonts. but II they cannot aoenra action,
tic marty la not tho party al roiorm.-Ndrper';i'
Weekly.
since tho Bolknnp scandal brought so much d!s.
credit upon tho Government thoro laa bcor
worry naturally strong effort in many inluensiI
quarters to make tho question Of civil rcform tht
ono oYesshatlowfng Issue Of tho canvaas, and II
l'rlnB Mr. Dristow forward d. tho representative
caudllAtD for tho Presidency. Il is certainly M
purpose OF ourn to dtscrodit tho motvoh OF Ia
dispnrago the nurnbor and dinl1uonoe OF those who
LAvo enlisted in this movoruont. ME. Drletow ID
atrong man and In the hhost timo that ho hal
held important oItice no Aas performed his duty
with courageous ability, which tho country roc.
ognizos with respect aud gratitude. Whatoro,
may bo the courao Of parties ana party politics
in tho futuro, Mr. Drsstow i,ns fairly naraoda
place among tho fow to whom tho doatinics OF
tho country may DO snfely intrusted: md this
place ho will hold, wo trunk for many yesra to
cOmp.-D0gt0n AlUeftiscr,
, 1876-03-25
syon!ng will appoint dolceates to Convention
10 bo hold Wednesday for tho shuo purpose.

fHE INDEPENDENTLY.
Ths Central Club OF Independent Qroon-
haclters held rneoting last q evening It Union
Hall corna. OF Monroe and ClArK stroeta lltoei,
rcraonn loing rrcseut, tAo three reporters not
Nj. q. 8. Cameron, thn Chairman Of tho Club.
called tho moettng to ordot, nnd esAt3d that 10
toNretted the eua attendance, but 1t vAa all
owing 10 the bad wcaihor. Hoped It would bo
beltor next tluo.
bir. Sharp, lilo Chairman Of the Committee Of
ttyo appointed At q previous n,eotiuE 10 mako 4r-
raugemonta for convention to nominate eity
officers, said tho Committee was not vet rnady
10 report. It was waiting to 1ua ont what tho
Common Conncll would do In regard TO an oloc-
tion for Mayor Furthor tin,o was granted.
Or. I.attrop took 8roat pleasure In insroutic@
inn doctor from, Joliet, who wns sound 90 tho
groenback question. Ills nan1o was Hnnloy +.
Lockwood. DR.. Lockwood. regardless Of tho
numbers present md tho storm outside. Hado
a long and iaborcd argument, showing BY ftguroa
that . grecnlacls was aa good az gold, II 20 not
botler. Or. Lathrop had brought along DIR,
! IIoyd, of Horny County, who SAID ie was 4 real
farmer, and wot,ld answer tho argument OF Mr.
Rice Of Oglo County, who troated thom to
reaHmption speech tho othcr oFeninR.
| Mr.. Lloyd enid he was farmer 'ko
| Mr. 1ace but WAS OF \ different opinion. and SO
| were many other farmers. Ho was IN favor Of
groenbaollA bocatlao they reprcsonscd laoof' tAo
ealno as gold. All that was needed 70 got matters
right ysna TO unko a law that Grcenhackt must
bo taken at par. II that WA dooo then u
doos rot matter how mnny grocnbacks were
a,lont, They wontd initiate pr1cca.
| MIR. Ja,uos TAYLOR waa tAc loxt speakert and
| made q long argument ln favor OF his hobby.
| horen. Al tho conclusion Of lin remarks but
fnw noreons ron,nincd In tho ball, aud the moet-
| Ing therefore adtournod.
, 1876-03-25
CHURCH TRIAL,

r.s, s..us'.. "" s"" :" .,. rss., s"'n'
pv.1y a"stcnsiw" NJ sos" WY Naotn.
oues' n.iIIs.rs .-N"tnnn nPpFoaeh.
hnR srooAlyhitis tx"venieu hy q
6peeta! Dapatch to 3hs Chtoaoo Tribune.
QA1ExA, ILL.,, March 2i.-Tho trial Of the Roy,
]. Il, Yptos. a prominent mombor Of tho noet
n,var HI r con,oronro an,1 fornorlv n..,or -,
tho % Oakland NJ. r. Church ohicaro e,osc1 y, ~
thta city Tonight havlng beon In prog.
ross ainco Tueslay morning lant Tia
chnrco xaa that of immoral oond1ct in tn
sts..Sa,a,ont -, II, ,r.,o A1,,a,;, M W..
, 1876-03-25
THE PRESIDENCY,

Qnl8foW AND TILE DEMoCkAThk
Tho story has been etaxted by these who aro
afraid Of Secretary Dristov's strength With tho
people that tho Democrats would probably tako
him TIP and nominate him. and that tho Louis
villo Courier -J01unat-the Democratic organ OF
Kcntnchy-wonld Bappors him. oto. Refernng
to theHo roports, ~ we'll "a to tho 1nulo story,
tho Courio,- Journa! thus disposcs OF tho shaSgo:
Thu ,nulo cana which Louisville correspondent Of
the New York iixah hstugs forward aaainss Tho
Secretary Of thu 1resaury, pEescatod tho GYse7-
ieclincd by t,a because 1t laeked Authorization, Wo
saegssd at the time t.sa y should be tnsdo e sob
,oct os Lt:msugattu It T. not Our hsbs to ass.ine
cssc Inye4tigasnQ Committee equally snocasitls
with tho CHirAr-jous..at to thoso who brought tho
tho .sr tsbanai. Il tSo end Of ti1oo nos,tis they
Rrgpar-not 1u ConRresz-but Ia Ito columns OF etl0
New Yosk parst sfscihed II lh our opinion, nnd tn
who iss Personal xaowogs Of tho translation. Thai
AsTiiig said this ,Hceh In tha wsyot fatrnesa NO
may s!d, mildly and IN deprecasna spant net In
tentod to wound tho feenRa rutie Tho temper OF
any nj MANY llb%ioss shAt the story coupling ua to
DFtatoW FfAIttlcut1al Fn1yonloflt, independent
otherwise, coniatuh sets ol xaAi Inaccuracies mix
i1,H In III tnLcrahly rlgo Atd lfouts lie, Ths
Republican party. and W. caught up BY our enc1nies.
tho two e1tEone8 working 1t b. oua Anothex's help
Tho seenotary Of the Treaaury II = man Of ntatsy.
courage and honor, with whom. enjoying tho friend
iest nstghboriy roations. ontss+aln Tow political
opinions III common. W. hsyo conceded his vslusbla
public Berycs uut, II gtyeA Tho sa}eetion Of
Democratic nominee fos President, and Y Ill OBJ
strctions ont Of tho way. ho would not be orr
hsat choob much Wo teApect and esteem him; and
ws lopa ha will mol b. The lsspuhlIean nominee, bo-
rgsrl him ~ altogether tho strongest man
In that parry. -. .
The Democratic, party lhould this ycAr run 4
straight ticket, md we ahAll eonenl for thAt, Is
Ahou,d pick two OF IT, a.Aeat Ali1 purr* mon, put
shcm on sound platform, snl try to clect shon,.
The +csooke<ncAA y Of "a wsa four years ah0ad Of
thus II. caunot 10 satcl5 repeated or thought Of
now. All The country can hopo for u \ change Of
parties outright, Or elBo better Republican Adsnlns
uhtlou than this ono.
That lie present Becretary Of tha Treasury would
oeraluiy giTs u.s. 1&ut, whi!s ss elevation might
tiuoe and subject tho thieves II wuuld continue tho
lisfu1 n rty sart and arrogant p.rt,san domination
untsr which the public Berytca hAa cred long,
Mir. nr.stor 10 not only Republican, bur Aepubl-
eau on p!,ne,i!e .nd - extreme l;spuiaieaa IT, !.
but he Is governed by better emrof aud furnishsd
iii Pocs - tluy ass, and dangerous, because
better informed. ThoFa are doscu ressoas why ve
should regard hts secession to tho Ifeslaeuey with
r4fticufAr 4lx{Ayor,
, 1876-03-25
marty no desire, 10 stand for Governor. That IL
I'll, and that Ii alt any reasonable mnn can ask
Tho rent tho pooplo will attond to.-aro aetond-
ing to At tha moment. ltEruDLIoAx.

ABOUT \ FAHnONt
10 the E!.tor of TIA chteaoo 1rfbuns:
CnAxrA1oN, ILL.,, March 21.-Afy attention hsa
bcc.1 called to statements Of ono Of yonr cosro-
spoutlents from RAntonl this county, charging
list Gov. Doveridgo had pardonod David Divol-
bea ont Of tho Btate rtihon upon tho petition
Of eolluol.cbl1,1ron aud women. That corrc-
spondont evidently lsas grios to aaaaago, either
againHt tho 0ovoruor or Divolbliss, aud Ia
doubtless member Of tho household that prose-
cuted nivelblias, because do not botiove any
posnon outside Of that family could bo found IN
lsautoul who would make statement 80 grossly
false TO my ooEtaln knowledge, no petition
oyos 1oft community that moro perfectly
represented tho moral and upright sontimcnt
OF tho community shnn tho petition laid before
His Exce,louoy In behalf OF Dtvolblsu repro
te1,tod tho moral and upright eonttmone Of
ltantoul and vicinity. Tho petition waa agncl
by every leading clttzon Of lsantoul, and think
was signed by TIC Justico Of tho poace b0for0
whom Diyclbltss wna first prosecuted. and
think by all tho town officers. Your correspond
don't has misrepresontod the fActu In tho case
md for tho proof Of this assertion reference Ia
had to the petition and papors now on flo in the
Governor q ofllco at Springfield. feol coftatn
that your reputation for farnosa will socuro tho
publication Of this ststnmont, which rospoct-
fully rsquoBt Respectfully
THOMAS ]. Ha11Tu.
, 1876-03-25

10 bo found within tho ooiumne Of any
NJ thu leading pross of tho day.
No ynboockieui no Dnlknaplsn. no
1loecsortsr,. no Bowenisn,. no Doverldgetam.
no lisl, tarlnlam. no rag-laty!sm, no Con-
foderateism. no moro dotation by Con.
greaa aB to who nhall Of vlo st,en't 10 appofnsed
70 Federal oiliccs Aud go say vo all. Go right
ahead old Tn1nuNE, "Punuh, brother: punch"
" Lam it to 'om." clay on hlacdufr," aud bo
Id to him who don't like It, Lot us invo
moro like that Of yestortiav. lesdod WANTED.
for rresiaout-" Il had tho ring Of tue trno
mosal Wo muat hnro man for o,sr candidate
concerning whom the finding Of tho great Jury
of tho pooplc, upon tho cliargo Of untloanness.
is honnothtnK moro than tho old Hcoteh verdict.
Our campaign sgainst corruption anil noboldotn
must be- III onol, particular bold. positive, en-
phAtie, aggrcRsiye--not any Morton, not any
Conkllng tlis year; both groat men. both good
mon, pfnbnhly bus the pooplo don't enre TO
tito ID" eitllot of thena Just now. and TINT
IN inst the reauon, and reason c'iott7h. Why
notthor should Id nominated at Cineinnatt.
l,ris,ow first, aud, II wo cau't hnyo him, shon
Dlniuo may do. AUSTIN
, 1876-03-25

A Detroit widow owns and occupies cottage
undor tue shadow Of a church.stseple which y \,
wiud bions. AT midnight. fow nlghts sgo;
when the wind b.ow Aefcoly, she Eot up apd
dssssed, called tho child1en up aud dressed
them, aud then folded her arms with tue 70,
Dlrkt "Now, then, II that steeplo fala and
kills us people will know that vo veso 70
spectacle family anyhow. George, you brush
up your hair littlo moro, aud Sarah, you taks
your foet OF the stova-hea1th and pin your COL
laf moso TO tho loft"
, 1876-03-25
TUE CHICAGO TRIBUNE,

10 IN Edtt3T 0Y TN CHtsdoH 1TWHW'
ADRIAN, Mich. March a." Right = trlvot,
sir!" And that IL what we say About the poal-
4lon Of THE TRIBUNE upon ali the great nation
h questions row before tho people. Everybody
tan. and generally docs, Join In tho cry Of Get
20 beh!ua me-, Basan," but how few Of tho ptess
Of tho country practically psaa u all around in
tho details OF their teaching. Consistency IL
rase,-it ie 1eWol, too,-nnd yet. ~ we read and
undesstAnd Tux T1lauaz, 1t haa Il, II IL 10
, 1876-03-25

10 khe K,ittor qt Tie Chicago 1f,tuns:
M1NosK, ILL.,, March 23.-The old party mama
gers aro getting uneasy aud nervous at tho
loneas enthusiasm created whom WaBhburne'a
name is montiouod for noxt Governor. 1t
soems TINT uhoy thought TO givo Deroilago n
solid "boost" from this county, but tho pooplo
don't fall in ~ quietly as thoy ilaed 10 do. Wo
don't want Governor who spends his time,
nndot pny Of tho State, to keep himaelf IN Office.
Let's hnro change. ". Il.