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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
From the Kansas Farmer.
Notes From our Agents Saddle-bags.


The city Of Wichita is situated near
the junction of the Little Arkansas
with the Arkansas river. 1t is very
lively wide-awake business town and
contains about 5000 Inhabitants. The
business transacted here is equal to
any city OF twice its size in the State.
The wheat crop of Sedgwick county
is hardly half crop, and will not pro-
badly average over thirteen bushels to
the acre. Corn will be about two
thirds of crop, and will not probably
average over thirty bushels per acre.
Oats were very poor and light. | have
seen no good stock in the country. AS
this is Herd law county," the stock
is poor, nearly all being lariated. |
have seen hogs lariated out with q
twenty foot rope tied to one leg. Good
fat two and three year old steers are
very scarce. The land is generally bet
ter than in the northern part of the
State, it is here that the finest quality
of wheat is grown. The majority of
the wheat that rates rs No. 2,is grown
OH the upland The finest upland
have ever seen lies between Augusta
and Wichita, in a body ten miles
square.
Although this part of the the coun-
ty has not been settled but five years,
yet l saw many fine improvements,
such as orchards and well trimmed
hedges etc. Five miles east of Wichi-
ia is the fine farm of Elmon Pierpont,
Esq. Here | saw over 1000 choice
peach trees of bearing age; also avery
fine lot of plums about 800 in number.
The growth of these plums were enor-
nous. | measured one limb which had
made growth this year of five feet
and three inches. Here | also found
apricot trees in splendid condition
Large fine ounce bushes, large quaint
ties of blackberry, raspberry aud
strawberry plants of the most APPROX
ed kinds, and the best kept and best
trimmed hedges that have seen in
travelling 500 miles. The secret of the
eminent success on this place is clean
cultivation and plenty of it.
W. W. C.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

Senator Sharon, in applying for a
reduction in the valuation of his Pal
ace Hotel, in San Francisco, which
was put at So, 100000, said that it was
not paying, nor soon likely to. 1t cost,
he said, S5,000,000, but labor and ma
terial were then high, and it could not
be sold for half that sum.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

When the delegates from Wichita to
the late Democratic State Convention
returned home, they endeavored to get
up a meeting there to ratify their Ma.
tional and State tickets. A brass band
was procured to attract crowd. A
wag suggested TO the leader Of the
band that "Dixie" would be a good
tune TO start with. The suggestion
was adopted, and the band struck up
''Dixie," and bowed it through with
vigor and spirit. This so demoralized
the crowd that further attempts to
hold the meeting were abandoned. The
music was too pertinent.-Co Common
tcealth
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N. e. Hudson Stands.

The following letter explains itself
MAPLEToN, KAs., Aug. 25, 1876.
y. r. Sargent, Chairman State Cen
trdl Committee
DEAR SIR The letter of James
Wilson, of Olathe, and other informa-
ton being referred to me for reply,
viii state that the Independent Reform
Convention which met at Topeka July
9th, 1876, selected me as their nominee
for Governor, and stand By that nom
ination and the letter of acceptance
written by me OIL receiving official no.
tice Of said nomination.
Very respectfully,
NJ. f. HUDSON.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

District court, 18Th Judicial district sedgwick
county, Kansas.
E. p. Kirby,
VS..
Catherine Pulen, ". D. sanders, Charles
II. DnnsbracS, Betsey j. Tucker and VIM.
NJ. Polk.
BY virtue Of an order Of sale issued out Of the
District curt of the Thirteenth Judicial District
sitting in and for Sedgwick county. Kansas.
wherein Il. Il. Kirby Is piaintim and Catherine
fullen, W ID. Sanders, Charles H. DEnsbrack,
Betsey J. Tucker and VIM. NJ. Polk are defend
ants viii, on Saturday, the eth day of De-
tober, between the hours of two and fOut
o clock p. m, at the court house door, being at
the front OF the building known as Eagle Hook
in the city # Wichita, Kansas, offer for sale al
public auction, to the highest bidder for cash in
hand all the right tItle and interest Of the dend-
ants Catherine Pnllen, W. ID. sanders, Charles
IL. Dunsbraek, Betsey J Tucker and VIM NJ
Polk in and to the following described real prop
erty, to wit:
The southeast quarter Of section number thirty
four CD, in township number twentv-seven,
south OF range number one east, and appraised at
Sis 20 per acre.
said property is levied upon as the property Of
defendants Catherine PUlieH, W. - Sanders.
Charles III. Dunsbrack, Betsey J. Tucker, and
VIM. NJ. Polk, and viii be sold to satisfy said
order OF sale.
sheriG's Office, Wichita, sedgwick county,
Kansas, August %, 4. ID. 1s76
II. W. DUNSING,
sheriff sedgwieiS County kansas
ii. {. Sluss. Plaintiffs Attorney. 22-5t
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

A Colora do ranchman, while hunt
ing horses on the range north of his
place, found several of his own in a
band of wild horses numbering about
twenty. His own had become as wild
as the rest, and, being unable to sepa-
rate his from the others, he was obliged
to go home without them.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
How i. Came About.

Tweed's escape is at last satisfacto
rily accounted for. Public men in
New York do not hesitate to say thai
Gov. Tilden was compelled to let hin
slip because the Boss knew too much
and threatened to tell unless he was
permitted to go. This has the merit
of plausibility at least. Tweed and
Tilden were partners in Tammany, and
tho Boss was not at all unreasonable
in holding it inconsistent with the
eternal fitness of things that he should
be in the penitcntiary, while his old
partner, equally guilty with himself,
should be Governor of the State, and
a candidate for the Presidency.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

The Austrian government has lately
passed law compelling all dealers in
beer to mark OH their glasses line be-
low which the froth must not subside.
The glasses are guaged by government
officials. What a paradise for the beer
nrinknr'
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

Mark Twain has expressed his views
to an interviewer of the New York
Herald, as follows: "The Democratic
papers explain why Tiiden didn't do a
great many things. They keep on APP
ologizing and apalogizing all the time.
| think that the woman or the candi-
date that has to be apologized for is a
suspicious person. SO do you. Now
let me advise you, as an old friend, to
vote for Hayes-a man you don't have
to apologize for" Mark Twain seems
to have his share of good, sound sense.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

On Friday last President Grant Wis.
tied the Kansas State Building, on the
Exhibition grounds at Fairmouni
Park. The Philadelphia Ledger says
Son the way from the Government
building to Agricultural Hall, the
President visited the Kansas and Colo.
RADIO building, where his attention was
specially attracted to some recent ar
rivals of samples of fruit"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

The New York Herald on Gen Nc
Clellan's letter: 'When the Democrat
ic candidate of 1854 gives a certificate
of character to the Democratic candi-
date of 1876 he exposes himself to a
revival of malignant criticism without
any benefit to the Democratic cam
rnsS y
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

In Parton's "Manual on Railroad
Rings" published in 1866, he says that
S. j. Tilden was engaged in the rail
road wrecking business in 1860. He
established the first railroad ring in the
United States in 1868. He engaged in
the Michigan mining and bogus cur
rency business the same year. Abram
5. Hewett says that there was hardly
an embarrassed railroad in the United
States for which Mr.. Tilden was not
attorney. Mr.. Tilden is worth from
s., 00o, 900 to $4,000, 900.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
Don't Like to DO Beaten.

The Democracy in Convention as
sembled last week nominated IL. Sey-
moar. Esq, for Governor. That old
gentleman had been beaten too often
for that place, and in view of Tilden's
contradicting afIidavits, declines to be
made tool Of Good bye New York,
when Tammauy gives in.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

The Duluth Minnesotian-H Herald of
fers $50 to any Democrat who will give
a fair explanation OF the financial pas
sages in Tilden's and Hendricks let
tiers, and tempting as the offer is to
the average Democrat, no fellow has
yet succeeded in earning the money.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

The Eureka Ceasoriai, a Democratic
paper published at the home of Mr..
I. l.. Davis, Democratic candidate for
Congress in this District, refuses to
hoist his name. and, what is more dis
tressing, calls him corrupt.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

y convocation of Cardinals is now
sitting in Rome for the purpose, as
announced, of simplifying the mode of
providing for the Papal succession in
the event of the death Of the present
Pontiii. Antonelli, who has been
prominently mentioned in this latter
connection, is lying hopelessly i'll in the
HOLY CITY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

The cost of pursuing the Missouri
Pacific train robbers amounts to a to-
tai of $3.50, paid by the Adams and
United States express companies. Spe-
cial trains were furnished the detcc-
tives by railroads without charge.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
Notice..
ltOlltCs
II = AVN nIrI-yEy7

Z. ;. LAND OFFICE, 7
Wichita, Kansas, August ., 1876.
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Andrew Smith against Henry Henry Jones for
abandoning his ID. ; Entry No SID, dated June
=, Iola, upon the southeast quarter of section 49,
township Is, south, range >, west, in Sedgwick
county, Kansas, with ew to the cancellation
of said entry the said parties hereby sum
rnoned to appear at tins Office on the 9th day of
September, 1876, at 9 O'Clock Il. m, to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment.
22-4w II. L. TAYLOR, Register.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

Gov. Hayes was under fire during
one campaign of the civil war for one
hundred days, and during that time he
aided III winning several battles, and
was twice wounded; yet he refused to
be retired to the rear, and never asked
for a furlough.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Bridge Builders

"O-0O " II ~ . = = q .
Sealed proposals for building bridge acros.
the Little Arkansas river ut Weldner's ford at OF
near section line between sections No. and l.
township 2G range l. east, according to plans ant
specification file in the Office Of the Comfy
Clerk of Sedgwick County, Kansas, VIII be re
ceived at the Office of said County Clerk up to the
hour of Il o'clock m, of Monday, the I'd day o
October, 1876 The right is reserved TO reject al
bids.
by order of the Board of County Commission
ers of Sedgwick County, Kansas.
j NJ. STEELE, Chairman.
Attest: John Tucker, County Clerk. 25-3t
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
The Reform Cateehism.

Q-My son, what is reformer?
"A man who shouts reform.
Q-When does man shout reform
A-Sometimes when he sees he can
do good thing for himself; some
times just because others do.
Q-Who is the greatest reformcr?
A-Mr Tilden.
Q-What has Tildcn done?
A-Busted canal ring
GLOW much did he bust it?
A-Three suits commenced; two par
ties tried; one convicted and one dis
missed
GLOW many suits are pending?
A-One whole suit.
Q-How much money has been re-
covered?
A-Not a cent.
Q-What else has Tilden done?
A-Rcduced taxes.
GLOW did he do it?
A-The Republican Legislature OF
New York did it for him.
Q-What else has Tilden done
A-Once upon time he issued ST.
555,094 in shin-plasters, properly de-
nounced by learned judge as ''spu
urious, worthless, bastard currency"
He cheated the laborer with it and
lodged the payment of duty on it.
He also crawled out of paying the
specific tax on his mining property in
the Upper Peninsula for three years,
when stern justice took him by the
back hair and made him fork over.
Q-Do you think Tilden is great
and good man?
A-Not as great and good as the
Almighty, but he amt near as old.
Q-My son, do you think he is a re-
former?
Any father, I'll be blasted if do
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

Confederate money wanted, is the
heading of an advertisement in an Ala
bama paper. That chap, of course, is
Tilden man, as he was rebel. He
is getting ready to act with the solid
South.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
Bridra Notice.

Notice is hereby given that petition will be
precented to the county commissioners of Sedg
wick county, Kansas, at their regular meeting in
October, ls7G, asking for an appropriation of five
hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the purpose Of aiding in building
n bridge across the Little Arkansas River, on the
the half section line between the northwest and
southwest quartz of section IS, township p,
range !, west, or near it, and your petitioners
will ever pray.
2l-3t. GEO. CARROT HERS
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

Every Republican voter in the county is rc-
que;itcd to attend the primaries and see that none
but good men are returned as delegates
Iy order Of the Genital Committee.
WN. BALDWIN, Chairman.
u. 4. MITCHELL, Secy pro ten.
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Ladies' & Misses F ancy Hosiery
Sherif,s Sale.


District Court, 18Th judicial district Scdgwies
county, Kansas.
NJ. 4. Thayer 6 Co.,
II. W. Black, Sarah y. Black and
Sarah Il. Black.
BY virtue Of an order of sale issued out of the
districtcourt of the 18Th judicial district sitting
in and for edgwck county, Kansas, wherein NJ.
4. Thayer and Il. 5. kiuglnan, partners as NJ
A. Thayer & Co.. are plaintiffs ard H. W Black
Sarah \. Black and Sarah l.. Black, defendants,
will on
Saturday, the IN dag Of October, A D. Is76,
between the hours Of , and 4 o'clock p. m. at
the courthouse door, being at the front of the
building known rs Eagle Block, on Douglas Az
enuc, III the city Of Wichita, Kansas offer for
sale at public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash in hand all the right, title and interest of
The defendants III. " Black, Sarah 4 Black and
Sarah L. Black, in and to the following described
real property to wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner Of lot No.
four % in Waterman addition to the town Of
Wichita, and running thence north two hundred
and eigbty-siN ESQ teet thence west to the west
line OF Waco street, in said town Of Wichita,
thence South 10 the north line of Douglas Avenue
in said town, thence east to place o. beginning.
Also that ira ct of land bounded As follows, to
wit: Commencing at a point on the west line Of
Waco street in Waterman : addition IN the town
of Wichita, fifty feet north OF the north line of
First street, in said WaterInan's addition AMI
running thence west to the Arkansas river thence
in souiheasterly direction with the mc1nders o
said river to the north line of Douglas Avenue in
said Waterman addition to said town OF Wich-
Ia, thence east to. point south Of and in range
with the west line of Waco street in said town OF
Wichita, thence north 10 place Of beginning.
Appraisement Of said property being waived.
Property is levied upon a. the property of de-
PENDANTS, IL W Black, Sarah A. Black and sa-
rah l.. Black. and will be sold to satisfy said or
der of sale
Sherin's sfiice, Wichita, sedgwick county,
Kansas. August 10th, \. ID islG-
fl. W DUNNING.
Sheriff Sedgwick county, Kansas
II. c. sluss, plaintiff 5 Attorney. 22-5t
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Notice to Voters.

The place for voting in Wichita Township is
hereby changed from stones table to the Office
OF Thomas, Wheeler & Co, near the Water Mill
on Chisholm Creek
\. T. LONSBURY, Township Trustee
s. W. FITZGERALD, Justice of the Peace.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

Notice is hereby given thai have this day sp-
pointed Melissa Fucker Deputy County >uperIn-
tendent OF Public Instruction. Of ~edgwlck coum-
~, Kansas, and have empowered her TO perform
Ill official acts which by law ana empowered
to perform. The Office days from tins time for
and hours from q. N. 10 ) O'Clock D. m
!. l.. ZI3lMERMIN.
l0-3m. County Supt
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Improvements on the southeast quarter sl25.
Bids for the above described land may be made
between the hours of 10 o. leck and p. m,
said day of sale.
L. y. WOODCOCK,
OF County Treasurer.
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Notice

OFGisE or COUNTY TREASURER,
sedgwick County, Kansas August 20, 1876.
To al rhom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the sale Of section
Is, town -, range ,, east. advertised for septem-
Der 18th, ls7G, has been postponed ior one week i,
and will not sell until Saturday, September 10Th
1876 l.. y WOODCOCk,
22-2t County Treasurer.
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Notice Of Attachment.

STATE OF KANSAS, L.
Sedgwick County.
Frank Weir,
NO.llf
W. T.. Guernsey. }
In Justices court, before ID. A. Mitchell. n
Justice of the Peace in and for Wichita civ
Township, IN the county and state aforesaid.
Plaintiffs Claim Sl20.
On the sth day of July, ls76, said Justice issued
an order of attachment in the above action for the
sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, which
said cause will be heard ON the 10th day of Sep
tember, 1576, at Q o clock a. m.
Wichita, August 30, 1876.
j. NJ. BAIDERSTON,
22-3t Attorney for Frank Weir
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

John L. Alexander, of Morgan coun-
ty, Illinois, who died the other day,
owned 1900 head of cattle.
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WICHITA
MARBLE WORKS

All kinds Of Monuments. Tombstones, Mantle,
Table Tops, etc. DAWSON & ADAMS,
shop on Douglas Avenue, near the bridge,
Wichita, Kansas. 2e-u
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Treasurer's Notice of Sale of School Lands

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER,
SedSwick County, Kansas, August -, 1876.
Notice Is hereby given that / viii Saturday,
the 23d day OF September, \ ID ls1G, at my Office
offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder in le
gal subdivisions, the following described school
band situated in SedgwIck county. State of Kan
sas, to-wIt:
All of section &c. town y. range west,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

cpopsr y .NTf5ovY
o1r-....,,,,-,,.,i, C,,,,n,v
NJ SATTEG.
OF Noosbo Comfy.
OF saline County.
~ Aeel.O'
f9f AifoFAey "f'ttfo''
"ii-l-Ai'p p-ANi''
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

COUNTY sCPxErNrESDENr ASD NortEI TrELIC.
WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY to writing
Wv Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, taking AZ
kn0Wlcd ymeHts, etc Pays special attention 70
in south Room. Occidental! Hotel Block, - ichiia,
kansas. IL5-tu
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07

1t should never be forgotten-it is
not forgotten by -paycrs-that the
entire national debt is the direct result
of the Democratic rebellion.
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Presidential Electors fer Kansas.

Al Largo.
" ALTER L. slM0Ns, OF Neosho County.
On. II. VERNON, OF lincoln County
Dislafi Electors:
/. THOMAS HUGHES, Marshall County
II. ". 4. JOHNSON, Anderson County.
III. n. W. z. MUSE, Harvey County
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The Kansas City Surgical and Medical
Institute and Women's HosnitaI


F. COOLEY, NJ d.. Surgeon in charge Of Surgical
Department. j. ". fosTzE. ~. ID. sur
geon in charge OF Aicdica! De-
partment.
Treat success fully all kinds OF deiormitics such
rs Curvature Of the spine, Club Feet, Hip Joint
Disease. WY Neck, sun Joints CrOoketi Limbs
All our apparatus is made under our own super
vision and applied by us. Plastic operations IS
the restoration Of the lip and nose Eum1r If al
kinds removed. Cdncerous Growths OF every de-
scription. including that Of the breast, treated
successfully. Also eat1Trh. diseases OF the eye.
cataract removed and the blind speedily restored
to sight. Piles ard istula radically cured. All
diseases Of the urinary organs, including stone in
the bladder and structure, success sfiiliy Urea ted
special apartments provided Tor ladies Tho sHT-
gicai diseases Of women specially. A large.
thirtytWO cell battery ready fes Use in All eases
requiring electricity. We hive in connection
with the institute "a Grst-elass hotel where we
board our own patients. street ears run direct
from the depot % the Institute
Drs. Cooley or Foster VIII visit any portion 81
the country n consultation, or to UeriurI.. any
surgical operation Address
DIS. COOLEY * FOSTER,
Cor. 18th St. AMI Grand Ave Kansas City .Ai0-
n. E.-Send stamp for eur Journal. loft
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ZEAL EsTATa AGENT.
-slE-7cI4I 7-cc-. :
wi.z.zA. zAgsA-.

Especial attention given 10 practice IN the local
Land Onicc ard Interior Department. Alsp Co
collection Of claims, eonveyanciHs aHd payment
OF taxes for nGu-resis,euis. l5-tf
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WICHITA. THURSDAY. SEPT. :, 1876.
REPUBLICANS TICKET.
For President,
RUTHERFORD IL. HAYES,
OF Ohio.
For Vice President,
WILLIAM a. WHEELER,
Of New York.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-09-07
MONEY TO LOAN
AT Low RATES, AT
r. H. ROYS' LAW OFFICE.
Proposed Amendments
Senate Joint ResoIutiou No /

T. tie Constitution Of Tie State Of Eaasas Sub
mitted By the Legislature 1t its last session fer
tho ratification or rejection Of the doctors If
the State at tie Re.1 gcaerel sgecti0n.
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Sherif,s Sale

oneflu StuGWick county, Kansas
III. c. sluss, plaintiff 5 Attorney. -
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District Court, 18Th judicial district, sedgwi
county, Kansas.
NJ 4. Thayer & Co.,
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District court, 18Th Judicial district sedgwick
county, Kansas.
L. p Kirby,