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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09
Anna Dichen>On'> Adventure.

publican Committee of PENNSYLVANIA were
troubled to get competent speakers who
would dare address the miners in the Mol
ly Mcguire coal Districts Around Potts
will" it WIS absolutely dangerous for any
man 10 make Il speech in favor of the Re-
publican candidates. Some one sugnc- ed
Miss Dickcn>on'- maine. is She was bccnm
lng famous. She vas looked uron rs II
poor girl used to the harlships Of travel,
and they offered her the coal mine district
TO practice on. She needed money and
accepted. The brave and chvalrous zen
llrnen who cltimcl to represent the in
tcill@cnce and morality of PENNSYLVANIA
laughed among themselves, and called the.
bargain :, good Joke. no man could be
hiie,i to enter the dangerous region ana
III Ike "A telling speech. The poor Girl
packed her scanty wardrobe and >ttitcd
for The seat of war. On the clr> She had
IN lnlmalion that She was going to p,li
her life, if not lose it, Strange to say.
Just before the train rcrched the town
VIII rr She was going to speak, Il mr.nb +
OF III" committee rcpentcd, and Telegraph
cd her tp return. lie urged that the risk
WAS too great She reflected Il moment
and said to herself that the canse WAS r>t
Some one must make the sacrifice Ii
She rrtnrncd the defeat would be hers.
lie might ~ we'll l:,y down her lite for
her principles first Il, last She crunpcl
the despatch into her pocket and went on
Those who have not been in the back min
lug towns of tie anthracite roll rroiuu~
can have little idea of the dangers that
nt'~t that locality in tilnr, of political
excitement. llun.Ircl> of men are thrown
III the pts every N':u', or a>~ts>iutcI in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09
OH: THREE HUNDRED.

Ri An OFFICER OF THE L. :. ARMY.
FOR a league, yea CT more
Than league onward,
Rode near hal the column
Rode quickly. but solemn
Into the jaws OF death
Rode our tmcc hundred
Formed the lines bodily arIavct,
What though some one hlunderel,
Each trooper blow for blow as-avcl,
Not man was diSmayed
In all three hundred.
>avd2es t. right OF them.
Demons to left OF theml
fIcnd~ on all sides of them
Nolleved, and ,tormeI with brute veil
Terrible as the shrieks of hell,
But nor fear nor dismav
Hroke the ranks all that dav
Which hal stood as they la
Right IN the grippe OF death
DauntlcSs three hundred.
Formed in >kirm~h llne-spaIc
Or formed in hollow square
Death and savage, they dare
From all >uccor sun lorcd
Each horse and hero fell,
Each there had fouget so well
Right in the Jaws of DEATH
Right in the mouth of hell
All that OF them numbered
All OF three hundred.
And now the wonder and the glur1
or the wild charge once made
Hv En-land'5 six hundred
Must fainter grow. before the stnIN
OF the stand and the fail
OF that human wall
Made hy our three hundred
How il crumhlcd and fell
Before the tiru,l~ OF he'll
Into the iiws Of death
shattered and >un1rreI
All of thrcc hundtel.
Honor the bol -tani they N lde-
Honor the courage displayed
I;v leader and by men.
1lllthc lat brave WIS counted
On the new roll of the drlI.
The last OF three hundicd
\oblc three hundrr!.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09
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hI'>~"d martyr. hiri'> l.. and IL true
Eng Ishman believed that he feared God
and i"n"l"d III" KIM. unless h" seml-or-
ca,IonalIv cursed the memory of Oliver
Cromwell. In l''", the man who had
vent 'red /" doubt Archh'sh"p -f"r ( '--
tHi'ir 81 the :'-' "f oar planet. Would
have been r"niIh'1 /" >"rlal outlawlv IN
tins world ana dnnnaflon IN tn" next, and.
had Darwin. lNndtll and Huxley lived
ana ttn-ht ti'h' th'N would hay" been
no @'''''i''il 'l''"''i t"p'C'"' ana every
gentleman l'"h >h"li lt" gentlemen
wore N'tlr own i';''r' an" nearly i gentle
m'n Wore WIS II" -',''l'h''h wore pan
C'i"oh-' an" every gentleman wore nittth-
IS ana SIX ol"ckln-~: som" gentlemen
carried canes ana ri gentlemen earned
>"oih>' II" -'hjItIi''ih Ih'"l-'" IN paper
collars ana tuilS' anu every gentleman
-p"rttd lace lrlils Ant rufiir>. In loo.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09
lmprOvidcnce of Great Men.

Great wisdom is conspicuous in every coun-
Try. Ihis f"oli>hness is made manifest in
common affairs of private life, even when
the world is ringing with public applause
for the exhibition of profound wisdom in
public affairs
The provcrhial unthrifiince, and folly
IN expenditure characteristic of our Daniel
Webster is well known He was always
receiving large sums as income, and vet
always nvolvcd in debt. He could take
care OF th" affairs Of the nation, but not of
his own.
Lord Bacon WIS another instance Of sim
liar mpIovidcnce. Bacon himself did not
follow his own ;ldyicc but was ruined hv
his improvl,lence. He was in straits and
difficulties when youth, and in still great
or straits and difficulties when Il man
Ills life was splendid, bat his excessive ex-
pendlture involved him in debts which
created Il perpetual craving for money.
Bacon took bllhe>, and was ,hrleupon be-
set 10y his enemies, convicted, degraded
and ruined.
Pitt managed the national finances dur
ln% period of uneNampled difficulty. Vet
was himself always plunged in debt.
Lord CurringtOn. cA-bankcr. once or twice.
at Mr.. PITTS req est. examined his house
butchers meat charged in the bills at one
hundred weight a week The charge for
servants wages, board wages. living aud
household hiIl> exceeded i2,3o0 wear At
Pilt- death the nation voted t4O. 900 to
satisfy the demands of his creditors; Vet
his income had never been less than IL. 900
Year, and 1t one time, with the warden
hip OF the CinJlc Ports. il was nearly
! a ", lev I
that = the character Of Pit would have
stood higher if. with the ,I>intrlc>tcdncs-
Of PeIiclc> and De W lit, he had united
their dignitirl truyaity."
Bat Pit 10y NO means stood alone. Lord
Melville was ;- uuthrifty in the mrnarc-
mcnt of hi own affairs a> he WAS of The
money # the public. Fox WAS IN cncr-
nous over. his financial maxim being
that a man need never want money if he
WIS able To pay enough for it. Fox called
the outer room ut Alnack's " here he hor-
roWcd IN occasions from jew lender, Il;
"N Nlhltant premiums, his Jrrn>llrm
Chtmhrr. Passion tur play WAS hi great
vice. and At a very carly age it involved
HIM IN debt to :tn enormous amount 1t
i stated by Gibson that ON one occasion
FoN ~3t PLAYING IT halud for twenty hours
IN succession. losing tIl l,uoD. But deep
play WIS the vice Of high life in those days
and cheating wl~ not unknown. >rlNvu.
alludIng to EoN, losses 1t play, c.tlIrd INN
Charles the m:utVr.
sheridan Wa the hero Of debit IL. lived
on it. Though he received large sums Of
money in one WAY oI. aroihcr no one knew
what h' c.un'. Of i, for he paid nobody. Ii
seemed 10 melt away in his hands like
snow in SUMMER H. spent his ii ! Wifc>
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09

\ physician says that sweet oil i> mot
only IN antedoe to the bite Of 'attl, :
snake, but will cure poison Of any kind
both on man and beast. The patient must
take :, spoonful Of it internally and bathe
takes eight times rs much a for a man.
One of the most extreme cases Df snake
bites occurred eleven Years ago It had
been Of thirty days standing. and lie pa
tient had been given up hv his phv>icianz
| gave him spoonful of the oil which ef-
fec,ed cure. 1t will cure bloat in cattle
sting of bees, spiders and other insect,
and persons who have been poisoned hy =
low running vine. called ivy
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09

y GOOD RErtTATIoN.-A goot reputa-
ion in business affairs is Of the first i'm
portancc to any farmer and especially to
Il young farmer. y reputation for being
a grower Of tirst-cla-s fruit is worth IL
much. yea, more, than the crop itself. if
such Il comparison is permissible. A
farmer noted for growing fine fruit and
for putting up nothing but fine fruit for the
market is always in market at highest
rates. Indeed, the market seeks him and
pays him q bounty for his care and hon
esly. A good reputation is a good thing.
\ farmer who grows fine wool aud clean
ses it in the most thorough manner and
offers nothing but fine wool i, known
among all manufacturers through their
agents, and his products are worth pre-
MUM. His reputation makes him y mar
ket at his door. TsfroN 7ri>Nze.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09

'd'a to passenger travel. How would il
-"rln /" be boxed up, put in tube. and
-'nt from Chicago to New York in an
Haur II may come to that.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09

>EE ot lie EYES When Will those
working by lamp-light have the sense to
understand The use of shades to protect
til" eyes We seq persons ,it,ino hoIdinm
their sewing on other work before and near
10 i lamp. while the light is blazin~ fell
INTO ilrir eyes. Ii i, plain that the object
ilflt they work upon can not be seen With
- @l"at dl>tnctnc>o while the field of
their rc(inl l. already occupied bv 4 blaze
Hui Trey work on for hours. and though
Tn" next morning their visual oroan> tell
OF the abuse by rcdnr>~ and Inflammation,
the workers are too dali to learn the lessen
OF experience offered them Circular pa
per Shades can be obtained for :, few cents.
;lnd those not only protect the eyes from
tie excess of light but serve as a reflector
behind The blaze, increa> ing the illumina-
ton ouchllt. Br,idcS the above mention
cd. there i that of the vary lin" quantity of
LIGHT thrown into the eve bv its hcin~ sud
denly and alternately directed toward The
blaze, or obliquclv away from it, hy which
the pupil has not time to adapt itself to
tn" increase of glare; whereas with the
use Of the shade lhe illumination would be
uniform. iii" number of persons in tie
community having spots, LIGHT or dark. in
their field OF vision, and arising from in
jury to the rctint bv the illu~arc> which
we are mentioning, i greater than is com
III My imagined. Il must be borne in
mlmd that these spots are Il serious ~ttp
toward amturo>i~ and 1lstta->crcna. such IL
plunged in darkness the latter wears of the
gIrAt VI IIton. and many o hers more emf
noLt for their Talent than their caution
Look well t" the pres rNation e yorr vis-
ION
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

NAVAL sTcRKS-Resin. = hbl; yirgin.
s 100; pale. s, No. Ia 70; No. 2. I So pitch, I
Dbl. S 50; tar. y Dbl, Z 30; half bbl, I so
Manila rope, BIB. lSSlShe; Sirsl, lo9le&ci
tarre3 rope, 15c tar marlin, Soc; spun yarn
sci cakan. = bale, navy. 5. AmsricAn naFy'
OATS-oats. mixed. race per bushel.
ONKONS-fer hbl. e. 9.
KEGS. 2Wto2S; half bsl. sS
PoTAToEs-27sasS % per barrel. Sweet
potatoes, 50 3 to25 s..
PAIN1S-Linsec1 eli. o. eelled. lSc
t~urpontine, 44e; japan dryer. S9Sl IS; putty,
bulk. 40; bladders, &c. vanish. coach. 8 %;
copal, No. III IS; 6re-nroof paint, dry, 4nc;
Venetian red. dry, Cooksen's. SNcs velov
eohro. dry. French, Sc; Nhito lead. lo9llc;
red lead. lie: cottage cOlors. 9kCl0Sc.
PEAS-Sl A92 20 bushel
RICE Ordinary 70 choice, a,S07lSo.
SUGAR. LQUiSlANA-ln hhds, lair Shc;
new, fully AIR, Scs prime. 9hcs choice, 10
to l03ci yellow clarified, l0H 10 lie; white,
IlS TO l2c; hsrreled. 70 hirher.
SUGAR REFINkD Refined A.2kSl23{o;
crushed and powdered lSAei graaulated lS&c;
cut LOST. l4c per pound.
SHRUPS-Csnmen 70 fancy Aco to $50 Per
SALON.
SALT-coarse and eommen fne 81 6S9l IS;
dairy Ia bhls; as teS Qs; Liverpool coarse.
sacks. 5000; Liverpool hne' sacks, % to
SOAP-Rosin and German S to &c per ID.
STARCH5NQ5o per 10.
TINNEES' SrOCR-Hn plate. &c, loxl4.
p box. Il; &c, txA, Is; &c. l2xl2, Il 90; IC.
roofrg, Is; X. l0xli, Is; TX, a. 20; le; TX,
Iyxi2. II rs; sheet iron, boiled. Nos. 2b anc
q, 59Skc; DO, charcoal csc; DO, galvan-
iEed. lS9l4c; Russia iron, aci imitation do,
lie; sheet Eino, lie; iron wire, 94lSa; soldier.
Q9-c; le.d, l0ci copper pits, Soci metallic.
Sc; block tin. $50.
, TOREEYS-SW to Z o. per dozen.
VINEGAR-0oOd 70 choice, 1895. and
common. l4c Per gallon.
WHlSkl-Proef. per gallon. Is in aRe and
quality, 81 2@T %.
W00L-F Fine fleece washed. 50 to $50 per
pound; medium fleece washed. s. to SEE;
coarse fleece washsd, 80 to Sc; choice tub
washed. Alto 4Sc; fair tub washed. s. to SIC
d.ney and poorly washed. 50 10 Sc; fne IN
washed, u TO &c; medium unwashed, 3 to
Sc; coarse unwashed. q to &c; common aEd
hurry, y to DC.
W00D AND WILLOW wARE-Two and
three hoped, painted buckets, s. IS; buck.
cts. q doEeR, brSss-bouns, cedar. 2 and 8
hoops, S6Ss; tubs, painted. nests Of 3. 3 IS;
No. l.. 50; No. 2. 5 60; Ne 3. 7 S.; churns,
pine, is 70 = inches. Z 5oS9 Sc, cedar,
iron-bound, Is sITo; cedar. brass-bound, I6g
2o;wsl buckets, 4 5a955 50; washboards. weed,
3 90; zihc, 2 Is; ax-kandleg. ! @&l $50;
nfsgurss. Aests OF s. l&1 IS.
WaEAT-No. 2. 75o to 81 o. 3 bushel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
Opnstantinople.


The Builder.l
Constantinople is, about thirteen
miles round, and Is enclosed by
walls on the western, or land side.
The Harbor," or Golden Horn. on
the north divides it from the Gal.
alta, and the Bosphorus divides it
from the Scutari. These are prop
erly but suburbs, but make up to-
gether the city of'Constantinople.
1t would be quite impossible to
imagine a site better fitted for the
building of an imperial city on.
Nothing would seem to be wanting;
and 1t is no wonder that the eve Of
the world is every now and then
fixed on it. The population Of this
imperial city is about half a mil
lion, and is made upof a somewhat
motley group-of Greeks, Armeni-
ans, Jews, Arabs, Europeans, and
Turks; the Turk making up, as it
would seem, about one-half of the
population. 1t must be needless to
say that the city stands on
the site Of Byzantium, founded
656 B. G. But long before Byzan-
tium, even, there must needs have
been a colony of some sort in such
a spot of earth as this, and the first
building on it of human habitations
may have been of the "stene age. .
and by rude men who have left no.
record. The Moslem divides his
day and night into twenty-four
hours, it is true, but his day begins
with the sunset. An hour after
sunset it is one o'clock. 1t is at sun
set, therefore, that the "call to
prayer" is made from the galleries
OF the mosque minarets, and not at
any one stated or set hour, and is
thus made not a little significant.
The absence of churches and clocks,
therefore, must make the CITY
strange ii nothing else did so.
Then there is-what, indeed, was
to be expected-the norrowness and
tortuous character Of the streets
and ways, where anything in the
way of plan and arrangement never
could have crossed the minds of
those who built the houses or dwell
ings which line them. They can
only be compared to the irregular
way across an uneven field, with
cottages built close to the edge Of it
as the traffic got year by year to be
thicker and thicker. Each street
of the city is a perfect zigzag, and
a straight line is not to be found.
Indeed, there is an absence Of
planning" in any sense. From
east to west the city is about three
miles and a half, while from north
to south it is about three miles.
The Golden Horn divides this main
Part of the city from Galata on the
north, while the Bosphorous divides
it from Scutari. AS to the streets
of Constantinople, they viii just
bear the name-they are rather
long and crooked lanes, with low
timber built houses; and, con-
trasted with like streets here, with
straight and uniformly-built lines
Of brick-built small houses, would
look but poorly. Much is sacri-
feed, doubtless, to the picturesque
in the streets or wayso + CONSTANT
nople. An Oriental "bazar" is
but little else than a covered-in
street, with goods exposed on either
side of IT,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
Attachment Notice.



NTHEREAS, d. u, FURGESON AMI
w MaryT I. Furgesou, by their decd Of Trust
dated the 3lst day of December, in the year Of
our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-three
and recorded in the Registers office of Shelly
county Tennessee. in book No. l0i. al maze
95, conveyed to the undersigned trustee t6e
following described real estate, lying and he
ing situate in Shelby county, Tenneseee. in
Fort Pickering, coma enciug at q point ian
feet on Fifth street, south Of tho southwest
corner Of Fifth and Gaines Streets; thence
west parallel with Gaines street 49i feet IN
Fourth street thence north with tho east side
OF Fourth street 40 feet to Gaines street..
thence east with the south side Of Gaines
street 400 feet to Fifth street; thence south
with the west side Of Fifth street 40 feet to
the polntof beginning, which conveyance was
made to secure tho payment Of certain prom-
lssory notes in said deed described. And.
whereas, severa1 Of said notes have become
que ana remain unpaid, now therefore public
notice IS hereby gwen that l the undersigned
trustee, at the, request Of the legal holder of
said notes, and Ia pursuance of the provisions
IN said iced Of trust, Will, On 4hassaay,
the 2Att = Of MeceuB0ar, 1876, nj tha
corner Of Madison and Main streets, in Mem
ppls, Shelby county, Tennessee. between TIE
hours Of 10 O'Clock am. and 4 o'clock D. m. Of
that day, pr0ceet to sell the property above
Described ct public vendue, for cash, to the
hlgheit bidder, to satisfy said notes and inte-
rest, together with the costs and expenses Of
this trust. The title 10 this property is be-
lieVed to be good, but | make no w~arrantios.
A. M. BkITT0N, Trustee.
Charles Kortrecht and j. w. Scales, Solicit
ors. 69-98
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
FrldaY, December 20. 1S7G.

in legal hours, in front Of the Court. hopse.
Memphis, Tenn, proceed to sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following described prop-
erty, tO-wit: Situate, lying and being in the
county Of Shelby and State Of Tennessee T:
One tract beginning at a stake I03S Clio feet
east Of a stake IN the west boundary limo of
grant No. 1915, in the name Of h. Levy; run
ming thence east $40 $40 feet to a stake on the
northeast corner of Joy and Logwood's Joint
tract the same being the northwest corner of
q tract OF land sold by LoTi Joy, Leon Trous-
dale and j.. II. Unthank TO w. II. Barrett.
and said corner being on the south side OF
breokintidge a~vepue); thence south $40 8-l2
feet 70 a stake on tho south line Of said JOY
and LogWOOd tract; thence west $40 $40 feet
TO a staA G; thence north 916 feet s inches to
the beginning, being estimated TO be eleven
and sixty our bundredtns I'll CD acres. For
more particn ar description soc Book 50. psgs
40I.
The other tracts or parcels Of land are
known as lots 9, 6 and Z of George DixOn's
subdivision Of his land on Walnut street in
the city Of Memphis, in said county of Shelby;
beginning on the west lire Of Walnut street,
A5 feet 9inohes south Of the intersection Of
Walnut and Dixon streets. being the north
cast corner OF lot No 5; thence south with
Walnut street $50 feetso a stake; thence west
80 feet TO he east side Of an alley 26 feet
wide; thence north with said alley $50 feet 70
DiXOn's south line; thence east l51 feet to the
beginning. See Book 1903, page 3S6.
Levied on as tho property of defendant,
Mira. J,S. Wright to satisfy said judgment,
interest and costs.
Memphis. 23d day Of November, 1876,
@. j.. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
~ W. W COLEMAN, d, S.
II clay King, Attorney for plaintiff.
WNHAWHal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
II FORT.
Phil Allin, Carl SchuIz.
Condition Of tne Rivers.


The river here is still declining
rapidly, and now stands 5 feet
above low water mark. At Cairo
the fall was 4 inches, with 4 feet s
inches on the gauge at St. Louis
navigation remains suspended, with
the ice IN the harbor breaking up
at Pittsbprg it is still frozen over ;
at Cincinnati the decline was IL
inches, with 9 feet G inches on the
gauge; at Louisville it rose l inch,
with 5 feet 8 inches 10 the canal ;
at Evansville it is falling, with 5
feet 3 inches on the gauge, and the
ice disappearing. The Arkansas is
falling, with 2 feet on the gauge at
Little Rock, and 80 inches from
Pine Bluff to the mouth. The
White is receding, with 3 feet in
the channel from Augusta out.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Still m~oderating with indications
Of rain.
The channel between here and
Cairo is rather crooked and lumpy
and gives much trouble to steamers
bound down.
The Bismarck for st. Louis
passed YickSburg yesterday.
Navigation in the Ohio river was
resumed yesterday. Steamer bound
up and down departed from Louis
vile and Cincinnati.
The ice in the lower Ohio is
disappearing rapidly.
The fog and smoke for the past
three days has delayed all the
steamers bound up and down.
The Greyhound came in yester-
day afternoon with part Of her tow
of the lower Ohio river coal and
returned to 0sceola for the remain
der. The coal is the property Of
Messrs. Brown & Jones.
The tug Frank Jones win be put
in frst-class order and be sent to
the mouth of White river for duty.
The Coal Hill sunk a barge
loaded with FIRE brick and other
stuff yesterday noon in Presidents
Island bend. 1t lies in the channel
just below Lakes landing, and is a
dangerous obstruction to steam.
boats.
The John Howard left last night
for New Orleans with 1900 bales of
cotton.
The Hard Cash returned to
White river with an excellent trip
Of freight and people.
The Susie Silver passed up last
evening for st. Louis with 500 tons
Of miscellaneous freight. She put
off here 30 hhds. Of sugar, IS bbls.
of oranges and 200 packages of
sundries.
The Illinois for Yicksburg and
Geo. W. Cheek for Friar's Point
had good trips of freight and PEG.
pie out last night.
The Maumelle, Captain James
Reese, is due to-day from Arkansas
river WIN Dig list OF cotton and
sundries.
The sudden breakup Of the ice
at St. Louis yesterday sunk and
smashed up several steamers. A
full account Of the disaster will be
found amongst our kilograms.
The ice at Cincinnati cut down
and sunk several coal boats.
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MEMPHIS. TRSS.. December IS. 1876.
The banks continue to report business
quite dull. Exchange is in plentiful sup.
ply, with a moderate demand, as fol
lows: New York commercial bills, 1c
discount buying sud selling at par
Eastern eight, e. discount aud selling
at par; New Orleans, buying at 9c
discount aud selling at &c premium.
Curb stone or street brokers are eau
tons, and charge from 2 to 81 per cent.
per mouth. New York gold rates are
1915; here brokers are paJiag l073 to
los. Stocks, bonds and local securities
continue dull and inactive, with little
doing in either.