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Returning Abeentees Swell
81 ing the Death Reports.
WARNINGS FROM THE PHYSICIANS
No Practical Benefit Experienced
,' from the Frost.
MORTALITY AMONG TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.
Malignant Type OF the Disease
Manifesting Itself.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
1R,x NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 81, 1878.
Tho number Of now cases OF yellow fever reported
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AN APPEAL ron LIEUTENANT p.sNsn's pEsr1-

TCTE FAMILY.
HEADQUARTERS, GENERAL RECRUITING SERVICE,
UNITED STATES ARMY,
New York CITY, Got u, 1878.
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HxRALD:-- tE
Will you please call the attention OF the generous
public TO the tact that L,susenant h. h. Bsnnsr,
Eighteenth United states infantry. who died while In
command OF sLs Mississippi Rivor rel,ef boa. 0ham-
bcrs, ieaves . widow and Two small children entirely
dsstltutef Who so much 10 given for tho yellow
lever sufferers will the good people OF Nov YORK
rememb Der this iamilyf Send contributions TO this
Office. 81, Army Building, csrner Houston aud
Greene streets. Very respectfully.
W. H. DAUGHERTY,
First Lisutenans Twensy-second United STATES In
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has injured tho tenderest plants Interior quar-
antnos are being gradually raised. There ID no hope
OF the recovery Of nr. Qnl. t4ffftf


FROST FOLLOWED By WARMTH WEATHER IN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND NEW CASES.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct 81, ls7S.
Seven deaths from yellow lever have occurred
here since Saturday at four O'CLOCK p NJ and about
thlrty-nve cases Among ,he deaths are A. X
Perham, express messenger, and George sehneo. rho
others are coiorod. We had sharp frost Sunday,
following which Il became warmer, hut It Is cool and
porlends rain 10. night.
OUTBREAK.
new outbreak oil the lover has taken place In all
tho worst injected districts. The total fever deaths
Tor the week ending Saturday at four 7. H. was
thiry-0 Tho expenses OF the Relief Comm ittce
now about 81, 600 day ana likety 10 increase.
BURIALs AT vICKsBURa-A CAUTION TO AB-
By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
VicKsBuxo, Miss, Oct 21. 1878.
The following are tho burials reported to-day
J. D. Finncry, J. Samuel, d. Steel an ex-olicer o
the Union army from Ohio.
Mrs Dorsey, colored.
Absentees admoni nished not TO return yet as tho
frost has left no impress behind It
WARM WEATHER IN WATER VALLEY, MISS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE nERALD.l
es WATER VALLEY, Miss, OCT. 81, l67a
Four deaths and three cases have been re-
ported in the last twenty-four hours The weather
Is warm again n agoH .R
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ADsEETEEs RETURNING TO MEMPHIs-EIaHT
DEATHS FROM THE FEVER.

ADSENTEEs RETURNING TO MEMPHIs-EIdHT
DEATHS FROM THE FEVER.
memphis, Tenn, OCT. p, 1878.
Tho city has been throngcd with people to-day,
many being refugees who Eavs returned to their
homes, thnking that since frosts have fallen
all danger Is over rho greater number, how
ever, persons applying Tor reIicf which, after
the 25lh inst. will TO be extondsd TO able
bodied persons. The Board OF Health has not ofi.
cialy reported the city being safe for a5sentees
return. On the contrary, all are warned to remain
away
ifa .ai DKATHs REPORrxD. 44f# l
Eight deaths from yellow lever arc officially
ported for twenty-iour hours ending at o'clock
this evening. Ten additional interments were made
by undertakcrs OF parties who died beyond the city
limits
Eighteen physicians Of tho Howard medical corps
report twenty cascs In the city and sixteen
In the suburbs. h
II. w. Mitchell, Medical Director OF the Howard As.
sociaiOn, tonight partially disbaDded his corps by
retiring from duty nineteen OF the physctans lrom
abroad all locai physicians on duty in the city
The savannah, Ga, aclegation OF ph yscians depart
tomorrow Tor home, via New York An impYomptu
banquet at tho Peabody Hotel was rendered by DR..
Mitchell tonight 10 the members OF the mediCul
corps who depart tomorrow.
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AID FOR THE surFERERs.


A check TOR 500 SO, signed By ~ J. Davis has been
received at the HERALD olacs, tho amount being
proceeds o. entertainment given for the benefit Of
the South the BRISTOL Nos. 81 and 5S Wcst Eleventh
street, this city. Tho HERALD mas also received
$51 20, through T. q. Chick, the proceeds OF a con-
corI at Athens, n. Y.
Tho new order sous OF Benjamin have contributed
sal 33 to the sufferers. Tho amount was forwarded
TO the Hebrew reIisi fund at vicxsburg Miss.
The SUBSCRIPTIONS received at the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday amounted 70 $S7 5n Tne Uom-
mtec directed the Treasurer TO remit Inc following
amouns:-ro Aigsors, $500; to ST. Bernard parish,
s50o to A. BALDWIN, Treasurer Orleans Central kcliei
Committee, W and tho destitute IN New Orleans,
81, 900; to Jackson, Miss, $1,000; TO a. s. Heron,
Baton Rouge, ior relief vi Clinton and vicinity $3.50
Total, $5.2
Mr. >. G. George, OF Mobile, somo days ago sent 10
tho Cotton Exchange lvo lawn and doe. 10 be rallied
Tor eneht Of tho sufferers. the ra1s look place
yesterday, the winner beng Mr.. r. SeidcDberg. aud
the amount realized WAS $o1. ai
The Treasurer of the Brooklyn fund for The relief Of
she sufferers yesterday received 1856 a. OF this
SSi6 6S was realized by the lecture recent tiy de-
lverca BY General James ShicldA
The Cat nolic ch urchcs oil the Albany IN Y diocese
response 10 the request oil Bishop MeNern~y, have
contributed sS SS2 43 Tor yellow lever Sufferers.
Tho nus been forwarded TO various parties in
Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee.
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DEATH REpour FROM MEMPHIS.

DEATH HEPOET FROM MEMPH1S.
MEMPHIS, Tenn Oct. 21, 1873.
The weather is growing warmer From six O'Clock
last night until to-day fourteen orders for inter-
ments are reported by undcrtakers. Among those
VINO have died since last night are:-
Joseph Townsend, Mrs. Emma Crumples,
G. X. RedIord, Dantel Lake,
Henry Brown, Louis Yegga. fg
Fred. Henniger,
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad reopens
to-day Tor the transaction OF business.
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DEATHS AND NEW CASES IN MOBILE.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 21, 1878.
From noon on Saturday tili Sunday noon there were
tnree deaths and seven cases here, and from
noon until twelve o'clock to-day ono death
aud eleven cases, making total TO date OF thirty
seven deaths and 1913 casos. Forty cases un-
der treatment. f 4Ht N#8M
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TIMES RAISED.
sM IBx TRLEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
DxLrA, La, Oct 2l. 1878.
Dr. GIBBS reports nvc deaths wi.hin q radius OF Ave
mites OF this place and eight cases during tho
paet twenty-four ours with seventy undor treat
mcni. Among nogf0cs the type is mild while with
tns wnites u 10 more malignant Tho frost thus tar
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IL, 011ll, Ill o. l0010 1000, iii To-
tai, 90; kieo, ~; missed, L N1I eUeIat
fotts-1111O l1I11, 10101, 01,o1011,111
0lll1, IL !, lllOl, 1l0l1, l011 ]. Total,
80; killed, Az; missed. 10.
ttA SHOOTING cUP
After the match n swcepstakcs was shot, In which,
am ong others, Mcssrs. Carroll Livingston and Jonn
Hecksoher, oil New York, took part Then followed
a handicap sweepstakcs Tor cup presented by Gen.
erai GrubD. of New Jersey. There were eighteen en-
tries for tnis sven. MnEN MNM0
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07
THE Russian Mennonite settlement

THE Russian Mennonite settlement in
Nebraska has taught Americans one
trick worth knowing, at least. Usually
in the prairie states of the west there is
considerable suffering in extremely cold
weather from lack Of fuel. Farmers
have been known to burn their corn,
from necessity. People have frozen to
death in some of the terrible prairie
storms. But the Mennonites introduced
simple furnaces for burning straw. One
of thess furnaces only costs s. for the
iron-work, the rest being made of brick
or clay. BY proper use ton of straw
will go more than half as far as ton of
coal for fuel. The Mennonites twist
the straw into hard rolls, or press it into
small cakes, SO that it burns as wood,
and gives off as much heat. One Of
these furnaces supplied with fuel only
three times day will keep a Mennonite
house warm the whole twenty-four hours
besides doing the cooking. AS coal IS
costly, and wood still more so, and as
most western farmers have heretofore
wasted their straw, the Mennonite plan
OF preparing SD usiIg it for fuel is an
economy which will prove of greht value
70 the prairie states, and it is rapidly
extending among the Americans. OF
course, American invention will speedi-
ly supply handy machines for pressing
the straw iuto cakes, and improved
stoves for burning il.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

GAN exhibition of beautiful women"
said the manager of Gilmore's Garden
yesterdy, sis our next experiment in
the show business, opening Feb. IL.
1t will be conducted on the same plan
as the recent haLy shows, and will be
known as the .'Great International Con
gress of Beauty and Culture. 1000
ladies under forty years of age have
been advertised for, and it is also the
intention Of the manager to place on
exhibition iG0Q yoI;bhs Of both sexes,
over five of age. Five thousand dollars
in salaries and premiums are offered.
Special premiums viii be awarded to
the most ladylike woman. to the hand
soonest blonde and brunette, and to the
woman with the most expensive dress.
Prizes viii be given for the finest head
of hair, and the prettiest blue or black
eyes, and to the best vocalist, roller
skater, oanseaEe Gp2 pedestrian. Dur
ing the day yesterday, the m-Iaser
stated, many women made application
for places IN the exhibition.-N. Y
Tribune
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n-zH - az Milwankaa seems in a fair

THE city of Milwaukee seems in fair
way 70 discharge all her drnmmers or
commercial travellers and do business in
the old legitimate way of allowing Gus
toners to buy what they wish, and at
such low rates as is the difference be-
tween the cost Of the goods and the
amount after adding the expenses of the
travelling statesmen. No reports are
made public except by John Nazro, the
Wholesale hardware dealer, and he is
satisfied with the experiment he has
been trying since the beginning OF the
wear. We shall hear of fewer failures
when all drummers leave the field, for
it is their business to sell all they can,
and induce, whenever possible, country
dealers to buy more than they can sell
and hence more than they can pay for
Fond 9ss Lac l7720aaapedtth.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

A DEMAND FOR HALF OF ILLINOIS,
A telegram from Bloomington, Ind, to
the Cincinnati Enquirer says: "Mr.
Thomas Minsl all, Of Dubuque, Iowa, is
in Indiana looking up evidence In the
interest OF an extraordinary and immense
claim against the government, which he
Will lay before congress in few days.
Mr. Minshall has been in the vicinity
of Yincennes the last few days, and has
in his possession a deed to the greater
portion of Illinois, made to his great
great grandfather and nineteen Others
at Fort Gage in 1772, by ten Indian
chiefs. The deed is an ancient-looklng
document, and the signatures Of the
chiefs, some Of whom signed by a cross,
and others by the representation of fish,
bears heads, ETC., were witnessed by
Hugh Lord, commanding the Illinois
country at that time, and other officers
of the British army at Fort Gage. The
instrument is very elaborate, the metes
and bounds of the land conveyed partic
ularly described. The consideration
was about two tons of gun fints, cloth
for breech clouts, oxen, etc, each article
OF which is carefully set out, and was
acknowledged at Kaskaskia, before vi
eaur Lemerance, notary public, and re-
corded in q record which is supposed to
be in England at this time. The land
decided is in two pieces, one lying above
Cairo, and composing the southern part
OF Illinois, and the other IS In an irreg
ular shape. taking in the western part of
the state, from Springfield west, a place
opposite the mouth of the Missouri riv-
er, and point ON Lake Michigan, near
Chicago, being mentioned. Mr.. Min
shall has been looking up the family
ever since 1856, having knowledge that
such a purchase was made by his great
great grandfather, and now has family
tree, IS complete in all It's parts as the
tree Of consanguinity in Blackstone.
He came into possession of the deed by
a remarkable accident short time ago,
having found it deposited in bank as a
mere curiosity. He viii soon lay the
matter before congress, claiming indem-
nifty for the land, which the government
disposed of to settlers, and says there
can be no doubt of his securing it, as he
had the opinion of eminent lawyers,
congressman and senator's.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

DUa dispatches this morning concern.
ing the week Of the steamer Metropolis
indicate thai the government steamboat
inspection on the seaDoard is no better
than that on the lakes. The Metropolis
was old and JlnseaworthT, and notorious
~ so; her name had been changed to
hoodwink the public, and at the time of
her loss, with upward of hundred lives,
she was largely overloaded. That the
steamboat inspectors" were aware OF
these facts there can be no doubt, aad
yet they took no action. Now these
guilty officials themselves are TO make
the Investigation. VIII they convict
themselves Certainly not. The fact is
that the INSPECTORS should be iavestigat-
ell, and not the Metropolis at all. The
horror, following closely on that of the
Huron, indicates also that our life-say-
ing service, in its present Incomplete
state, is little better than q farce Re-
form the government inspection, CON-
plete the hfe-saving service, and pass
She pending bill. to prevent overlooking.
snd there will be something like safety
Tor our merchant marine.-Inter Ocean.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.

A subcommittee of the house COM
rnittee on ways and means has, for some
time, been engaged upon bill revising
the tariff on imports, and has now re-
ported to the full committee the results
of its laborS.
Tt is, of course, very lengthy, and the
changes proposed IN the existing law
are numerous. and radical in some re-
spects. An average reduction OF about
twenty per cent. from present rates IN
the whole list is made, although on
some articles such as cigars, wines, ana
| brandies, there is no reduction. Inc
number of dutiable articles Is reduced
| to about 900, ana all Others are 1ree.
| An important change, and one winch
will simplify the work OF collecting me
! duties, is the abolition CT compound
duties-that is all duties are either spe-
cifc or advalorem, the former beng
| designated in all cases where practicable.
Tt is estimated that the bill viii produce
about S155, 600, 900 per year, taking the
average amount of imports for the last
six years as basis, or about ST, GOO,OU0
more than was collected last year; and
that the cost of collecting will be reduc-
ed from 81, $50. 900 to So, 600, 900. These
are important considerations, and IL
they are well founded viii, or ought to
give the bill favor. A reduction OF
rates and cost of collecting with an IN
crease in revenue is real progress Ill the
important science of leyying taxes.
The duty on tea and coffee is not re-
vived as was suggested by some, prob
ably for the reason that they are articles
of almost universal use, and there is a
prejudice against duty upon them.
The fact that the duty is reduced on
many articles of general use Will De
I good news to consumers. There is nc
doubt but that they might be still
further reduced on such articles as
woolens, silks and sugars to the great
advaa age Of the people, and without
working any injury to home industries
in those branches. The principle Of
low duties on all articles of necessity
should be adopted as fast as the interests
of the government will permit.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

WISCONSIN has over 20, 900, 900 acres
of farming land that has never been
turned by the plow.
r. FL. BAKER, of Racine, and j. O..
Thorpe, of Madison, have been appoint
ed honorary commissioners to the Paris
exposition.
Az asylum for women and children at
Tien-Tsin. China, was recently burned,
and over two thousand persons persisted
in the FIRE.
Several banks at Washinton and New
York have resumed specie payment OF
gold and silver, in small amounts.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

The story told by Mr.. Schrack, of
Philadelphia, gives us an interesting IN
sight into the experiences of people I'M
mediatelv after death. Last Sunday
morning Grape hung upon the door OF
his dwelling, and the neighbors said:
ssPsor Mr.. Schrack is gone at last. y
Word was sent to the doctor that he
need attend his patient no longer; the
undertaken was visited; in the Old
Swedes Church the death of the iavorite
Sunday-school teacher was announced.
Four hours later the Grape was torn
down, the order for the undertaken was
countermanded, and the doctor was told
TO hurry to his patient. MIR. Schrack
had revived. 4 reporter OF the Phila-
delphia Times visited him the same day
and found him sitting up in bed, good
color in his cheeks, and anything like a
dead man. To the reporter Mr.. Schrack
told the tale of his experience after the
moment of losing consciousness. He
said that all at once he seemed to be-
falling from great height, and then
found himself in a valley, He walked
along until he came to a terribly dark,
black river, at sight OF which he shud-
dered and feared. He saw a great
cloud which expanded and became
bright, and disclosed a great temple
and throne. This vision did not last
very long, as he began slowly to recover
consciousness and realize that he was
still in the world of the living. Then
he was grieyed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

The wreck of the steamer Metropolis,
resulting in the loss of one hundred and
fifty lives, seems to have been in reality
a case of wholesale murder, committed
by the contractors who sent out $50
helpless people upon an over loaded and
unseaworthy vessel, to take their chances
with the battling waters. There ought
to be some law TO get at the murderers,
who deal out death by Wholesale. on de-
fective railroad bridges and vessels. as
well as for the thief and assassin.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

IT ISN'T we'll to accept the voice OF
the House of Representatives as the
voice OF the people, on every occasion.
The Chicago Tribune insists that be-
cause the Matthews bill was passed by
large majority in the House, the Presi-
dent should not interpose his veto
ssagainst the demand of the American
people" We believe a bacll-pay bill,
known commonly as a ''grab, - was pas
sed by the representatives of the people.
Was it therefore a demand of the
American people?"-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

The financial lunatics, encouraged. by
their capture Of the Democracy in sec
tions here and there, persist in tho plan
Of holding a national convention at To
ledo on Washinton's birthday. In this
State. says the Sentinel, meetings for
the election of delegates will be held in
each district on the 18th inst. .as follows:
Elkhorn, Madison, Boseobel, IIilwau-
kee, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Sparta
and Grand Rapids. Each congressional
district is entitled to one delegate.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07
Hearing that the sin.ar rp here "

Hearing that the viRtar Up here was
mild. the people of New Orleans are
preparing to DO without Northern ice.
The New York Post says:
There has just been shipped 10 New
Orleans huge ice machine, built BY
the United States Ice and Refrigerating
Company, whose capacity is fifty tons
daily. The gas-compressing pump and
frame is Is feet 6 inches high, feet 6
inchss vide at the base: the cylinders
have "a inches hoEe by Sc inches stroke,
and weigh IS, sos pounds The refrig-
Grant Is EQuetiad ammonieal gas vapor.
ized and again liquefied by mechanical
compression Iis cold produced ay
the vaporization Is IS degrees below
zero, Fahrenheit. The cost of mann
featuring the ice in New Orleans will
hot much exceed one dollar ton.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

THE trade dollar contains 420 grains
of silver; the Bland bill makes 412I
grains a dollar. Spectators have col
lected all the trade dollars possible and
will have them recoinsd Immediately on
the passage OF the Bland bill. It is
safe to say that not single trade dollar
will be in existence : month after the
bill passes.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

THE Chicago inter Ocean (silver lun-
atic) is on the s'bluff'' with the follow
ing special telegram:
A gentleman of considerable influence
with workingmen and trades unions has
been in Washington for several days,
warming members of Congress that I'M
less something is done to alleviate the
condition of the working classes and re-
vive business there will be ar uprising
next summer, to which the strikes last
summer were but as drop to shower.
He says that quiet but vigorous efforts
have been in progress ever since the
strikes TO organize the laboring men,
with view OF controlling national pol
tiles. This new organization has al
ready taken a strong foothold in New
York, lower New England, Pennsylvan-
la, Ohio, and the West, and includes
! railroad men, mechanics OF every class,
and laborers who work for wages, and
whose income is dependant upon busl-
ness activity. Lodges have been estab-
| IlSlIctt Ill CfOiy .
town in the North by travelling mission
aries and railroad employees, WHO move
from place to place. He says at the
last enumeration, in December, 15O, 900
names were enrolled, and that the or
ganization is so perfected that the entire
strength will operate at a given signal.
This gentleman claims to have come to
Washington in the interest of this Labor
League, as he calls it, and will remain
here during the winter, communicating
by means of printed circulars with DIT
ferent lodges of the league. He thinks
that the passage of the silver bill viii
encourage the working classes, but II
the President vetoes it the Republican
party will be held responsible, and vii
never again receive the vote of the work
, ingmen, but new labor reform party
, will be organized, that will control leg
islation by electing a majority OF the
House. Members of Congress lathel
scof at these propositions, but, whethe
this mysterious individual is an impostol
l or not, his appearance is certainly in hi
favor, and the fact is known that he Is
CARRYING on extensive correspondence
7 | with persons all over the country.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

A LADY resident of Bovertown, Penn,
the other night had desperate fight
with mad dog in her bedroom, and
finally having hurled 1920 set of false
teeth at him, was pleased to see him
disappear. She awakened to find that
it was al a horrid nightmare, but that
the roou Was wrecked and her teeth
shattered beyond redemption.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

THE preliminary peace terms have
been signed, and are at last made public.
They do not differ materially from what
the close reader of foreign news was
lead by the dispatches to expect. Rus
sia has struck for about all it was posi-
bic for her to claim with any probability
of sanction by the Conference of Eu-
ropean powers, and Will insist upon the
following conditions:
1. The erection of Bulgaria into a
prineipality.
?. A war Indemnity, or territory in
compensation.
3. Independence of Roumania, Servia,
and Montenegro, with increase of terri
tory for each.
1. Reforms in Bosnia and Herzego-
vina.
5. An Interior understanding between
the Sultan and Gar regarding the Oar
danelles.
6. Evacuation of the Danubian fort
ressess and Erzeroum.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-02-07

THE popular craving for the trade
dollar Is puzzle to the gold men, since
it is legal tender for nothing. The
st. Louis Republican fears that the
public don't know that there is no law
to compel anybody to take the trade
dollar if he doesn't want TO.