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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-04

NOTICE.-ALLAN e. DOMAIN and
IN JOHN DOMAIN are from this date admitted
to an interest in our business, which will be con-
Quoted In future under the firm OF ". 8. DOMAIN,
SONS & co. w. s. D0NNAN. & SO Ms
RIcnMoND, VA. March 1, 1878. NH 2-3t
COMPREHENSIVE NOTICE.. e.
~ JOHNSON has this day admitted G. L. STREET
to an interest in his business, which will herenfsr
he conducted under the flrm-name of J.R. JOHN
SON & CO., who will continue the manufacture OF
- w. j. X. JOHNSON, :
G. L. STREET
RICHMOND. VA. March /. 1873. NH 1.3tR
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COMMERCIAL.

CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE
s 55eg RIcHhosD. March Q. 1878.
OFFERINGS REPORTED To SECRETARY.
WHEAT.-Whtte. 1876 bushels. Red, 3e2 bushels
CoBN.-Whtte. $40 bushels. ses5 r q
OATS-69S bushels. gEF3e 7s4-, ~ ts3F5S3
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RICHMOND. February 81, 1873.
WE HAVE SOLD TO MESSRS. ME-
w LER & PIERCE our interest In the stock. 6x-
lures, and business OF POLK MILLER GO. The
business will be conducted by Messrs. MILLER G
PIERCE under the same frm-name Of POLK
MILLER & co. All persons indebted VIII make
payment TO them, and al having claims wi present
Them to Messrs. POLK MILLER & GO. for pay
ineni. Et. PURCELL, LADD q C0s z
AS will DE seen by The above, we have purchased
the interest Of Messrs. Purcell. Laid Co. In the
business of FOLK MILLER CO., and Will continue
1t al the same place, corner of Ninth and Main
streets, under the same frm-namc Of POLK MIL
LER& co.
IL ES-1m al iLLEk & PlEhCE. 81
nISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNER-
IL SHIP.-The firm of A. II. MOTT i co. Is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, A. II. MOTT hay
ing purchased the interest OF j. II. GRESHAM. A.
H. Mort assumes all the liabilities OF the late nrm,
and Is alone authorized 70 collect and sign the
name Ct the firm in liquidation. An parties In
debted to the concern are requested to come for
ward and tie, and those having claims against the
firm win present them to A. h. MOTT for settle
ment. ANDREW u. NCEFs
FEBRUARY 8, 1878. j. Fl. GRESHAM.
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THE GoYERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT.


Ii the bill for the government Of the Dis
trict of Columbia passes, it will be after a
good many important changes have been
made IN it. There is great objection to the
provision for electing a Council by the
people,. Then the section which establishes
a Board--to consist Of one appointed by the
House, a second by the Senate, and the
third ian engineer) by the Presidents re-
garded as very Objectionable, because this
engineer, as far as the Improvement Of
streets, avenues, &C., goes, has the power
OF veto. and can control his associates.
THE TARIFF B1LLToB Acco SHOCKS, &C.
The Ways and Means Committee nader no
changein the tariff or foreign tobacco and
cigars except a regulation which will make
the duty on low-priced cigars little higher
and the duty on high-priced cigars little
lower.
The committee disposed Of the wood
schedule with the following result: Sawed
boards, planks, deals, and other lumber Of
hemiock, White-wood, cottonwood syca-
more, and spruce, SOC. per. .0o9 feet,
board measure. Ali other varieties Of sawed
timber ST perl 900 feet board measure. But
when lumber Of any sort Is pianed or finished,
! dItion 10 tile rates herein provided there
shall be levied md paid for each side g
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washington.

THE GEOGRAPHICALLY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OF THE WESTERN TERRIToRiEs-NR. JOHN
SON BARBOUR HAS A. TALK ON THE SILVER
BILL THB DISTRICT GOVERNMENT - THE
TARIFF BILL-TAx ON ToBACC0-THE SUIT
. FOR THE ARLINGTON EsTATE-PERsoNAL, &c.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
American Machinery.

The London Times prints two
columns of description OF the me-
chanical display of the United
Sta es at the Paris Exposition. In
the editorial article commenting.
thereon, the Times says: "The
pre>eminence of tie mechanical
genius of the United States may
be admitted and is illustrated not
for the first tine In tie exhibition
II Paris. TIE Times, without
pretendlngl to. exhaust the whole
secret OF tie phenomena of the
inventive genius across the Allan
tic, finds reason therefor III the
greater efficiency of labor there,
and the increased cost aud diff,
Guilty of hiring it. The condition
of a union is an. economic society
drives It's inhabitants toward iiI~
ventlon, and there, as elsewhere,
necessity may be said to be the
mother Of it,
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Horrible Predicament.

A Boston paper tells of a fasti-
dious and bashtul old gentleman
at Boston arrayed himself in Q
black suit Of clothing which had
been hanging in closet for sew
eral weeks, on recent Sunday,
and started out for a walk Just as
the streets were crowded with
church>goers. Before be had
gene tar his suspenders sudden>
ly parted, and, as he excitedly
clutcEed at his pants, and they
broke away like burned paper
and fell into fragments to the
ground. With shrek he fed
to homewa'd, but, before he
reached the friendly shelter OF
his house, he was almost naked,
his coat aud vest having dropped
piecemeal to the sidewalk, and as
be passed through the gate his
shirt caught upon Eail and he
was stripped to the skin.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
No 40
SHORT COURTsHIP

The Omaha Republican Of 4 res
cent date says: Bernard VoIIx IS
a well>to~do farmer, living III Adj
dlscn county, Iowa He IS nas
tive Of Germany and is twenty
five years OF age. He visited o.
maha on Tuesday single mn,
with no Intention OF committing
inatrimony, and before night he
was married to young lady
whom he had never before seen.
It happ ned in this wise: lie inas
blbed quite freely of liquor, and
III this happy condition he made
up his mind to hnnt up u wife. In
walking along Tenth street he
saw avyoung girl washing In q
room between Farnarn street and
No. 2 Engin Ioase, aud walking
up to her as she was, he asked
her # she was married, and, ifnot,
would she marry him She saw
that he nent business, and calling
III the other women of the house,
they made an immediate invests
CATION into bis ability to support
wife. He showed them he had
considerable cash with him aud
AooI farm 10 Iowa. She gave her
consent, and proceeding to the
Office of Hon. w. @. Bartilolo~
new, County Jpdgo, license was
Obtained, and Berllard Volk and
Annie Fisher were mede man
and wife. The bride is nineteen
years OF age, aud was born III
Sioux City, Iowa.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
Kill the Weeds in August.

There is no better month to kill
Canada thistle, as we'll as weeds
generally, and the destruction OF
bushes, than August. It is also
peculiarly time when farmers are
not SO 1luch hurried, and wheE
the weeds have fully developed
themselves. The farmer can see
ia a glance, indeed has Seen al
the season, the necessity of cons
meneing the work OF destruction.
The best thing to be done with
weeds Of all kinds dxtirpated from.
the land Is to use them in the
compost heap, or tv gather them
IN large heaps to remain there un-
til, dry, and then burnu p, root
andbranch. The practice OF some
farmers who look only to their
ownselfish purposes, who live tor
themselves and rarely have a
neighbor with whom they are on
friendly terms, is to pull up and
throw into the public highway the
weeds from their fields. There
they are left to l1pen their seed,
and the fret wind that comes they
are carried away, sometimes for
miles, either into the land Of some
other farmer or into a stream, te
be landed along the banks for a
great distance. We have more
than once eeen people calling
themselves farmers and christians
engaged in tnls mean business.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
A Wonilerla Spring.

Silver Springs, Florida, Is one
OF tho greatest curloslties of The
South. It bubbles up IN BASIN
nearly 100 feet deep aud about an
acse in extent, sending from it a
deed stream 50 to 100 feet wide,
aud extending six to eight miles
to the Oclwna river. Ia the spring
itself sixty boats may lie at anchor
qnite fleet The spring thus
forms a natural inward port, to
which two steamers run regularly
from the st. John j, making close
connection with the ocean steam
ers at Pilatka. The clearness of
the water is truly wonderful. Ii
seems even more transparent than
air. You see the bottom 80 feet
below the bottom of your boat,
the exact form of the smallest
pebble, the outline ard color of
the leaf that has sunk, and all the
prismstic colors OF the rainbow
are reflected. Large fish swiming
it, every scale visible and every
movement distinctly seen. Il you
go oser the assures IN the ROCK
from which the water rushes tors
ward like an inverted cs,tarac.
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He Would Tell.

She had invited him to stop to
supper and he WIS trying to APP
pear at ease ana unconcerned,
while she was on her prettiest be-
havior.
Have You used the sugar, john:
inquired tie mother, iii wins
nlng manner.
John don't want any sugar, sald
the young h. slr abruptly.
Why not? inquired the father,
curiously, while Jollii, in his SUR
prise, swallowed bit Of toasted
crust, and nearly cut his throat
open.
Cos he don't, I heard him tell
Mary las night
You keep still. interrupted
Mary, in Il hurried manuer, while
the Young man caught his breath
in dlsnay.
l heard him say, persisted the
herr, with feaatul e;igerness, that
she was SO sweet be shouldn'
never use no sugar any more-an
then he kissed her, an | said I'd
tell, an
The heir war lifted out OF the
room by the ear, and the supper
wat finished IN moody silence.
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NOTICE.
Placer Mining.
U. s. LAND OFFICE,

u. s. LAND OFFICE,
RosEBURG, Or.
NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN D. A. Levens, whose postoffice adj
dress is Canyonville. Douglas county,
State Of Oregon, has made application for
patent for place. claim, No. 81, in the
Green Mountai Mining District. situated
in Douglas c anty, Oregon, on unsurveyed
lands described as follows Beginning at
tho junction of Brandy Gulch with Hogan
creek as the initial point; thence N. 2 de-
grees, 80 minutes, $50 chains, to yew
pest feet long aud inches in diameter,
marked on four sides, IA. s., also &C" !"
and "37" set for N. E. corner claim as post
No, /. thence s, $50 chains to post No 2;
thence s. 90 degrees w 1880 chains to
post No. 8; thence s. 1900 chains to post
No. 4; thence S. 16 degrees E 10 90 chains
to post No. s.; thence 5 30 degrees Z q 90
chains to post 6; thence w. 3.64 chains to
post No. Il thence N. 30 degrees w 800
chains to post 8; thence 16 degrees w
1000 chains to post O.; thence n. 1900
chains to post No. 10; thence N 20 degrees
Il 1880 chains to post No. IL; thence N.
$50 chains to post No. ~: thence E 3.74
chains to post No. /; being the above de-
eciribed yew pos,2d initia, point o. =
ginning anu CONTAINING JWcuty ACEcS az
cording to plat IF survey filed in the Reg>
ister's Office by Surveyor General of the
State of Oregon
The foregoing described claim of D. A,
Levens is OF record; the said applicant, D.
A Levens, having acquired the said claim
by purchase from John Stephens, who pur-
chased the same from Joseph Ramsey, the
original locator:-all of which is a matter
of record in the recorders office of Douglas
county. Oregon; and now known as I'D. A.
Leven's Placer Mining Claim" joined on
the east, south and west by unsurveyed
Government land, and on the north by
ground claimed by L. D. Montgomery
All adverse claims must be iled in the
United States Land Office at Roseburg
Oregon, on or before the expiration of this
notice. It is hereby ordered that the above
notice be published for sixty days in the
DOUGLAS INDEPENDENT, weekly news
paper published at Roseburg, Oregon
Given under my hand this 9th of Aus
gust, 1878, w. F. BENJAMIN,
Register.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
AN IRISH LEGEND.

The Irish have acurious legend
respecting what they call Blaiad
7aa oqe; in o,her words .The bios
SONS Of youth. = The legend Is
this: tan Irishman at one pc
Rod went to Denmark, where he
yves hospitality received, much to
his astonishment. : He was taken
into immediate. favor by those
among whom he visited. lie was
told that in a certain part OF the
country OF Limerick, from which
it appears he came, there was a
cock Of gold. hidden under a thorn
bush in j. garden which was so
clearly.pointed out to him that
there could be no mistakiug 1he
locality. lie was further told
that among the gold was a res
inarkable circular rlece oil coin
with which he should retura to
Denmark, but that he might be-
come the possessor Of all the gold
in the crock with the exception of
that particular circular piece. The
Irishman was obedient TO the lets
ter.9 lie returned to Denmark
with the circular piece, and kept
for himself all but that. The
Danes were rejolced. A very aged
Dane having been rubbed with
the wolderfal circular piece OF
gold, at .nce became young again
fresh ard vigoro IS as in the days
OF his bovhood. So with other
Danes, You have brough. back
SAID they, the Blaiad na oge, the
blossom OF youth, and Ireland
shall be poor evermore.
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her glove without a word, ane
extended to me a little hans
which I carefully examined. 1
was white and smooth as marble.
with thin, arching nails, and ia,
penng fingers. In the center o.
her hand was spot about the
size of "a fve>dollar piece, which
burned like living fire. The tips
of the fingers were humid and
cold. Across the back of be,
hand, extended red stripe.
Upon this I placed my fingers
and briefly inquired, natural OF
accidental.
Neither; 1t is not connected
with this case.
Further examination slowed
ner explanation to be correct.
then began rigid catechlsm, de-
termined that If she would not
show her face I would spare nc
questions. The unknown showed
herself to be lady of education
and refinement. After thus quee.
oning her proceeded to the calls
met and took out vial of gol-
den liquid.
Madame, says I, your suspi~
cions are correct. You have
swallowed in minute doses, a
large quantity of a deadly eas>
tern drug, hardly known to ply
slcians in this country. My toxi>
Geological studies have made me
acquainted both with the drug
and its only antidote. That anti
dote IS contained in this phlal,
but it is iii itself a terrible pois IN
and is to be used against the
other. Here are fifty drops. You
will take according to the dlrec.
ton written on the via. Then.
If you are aliye, come to me. In
that event you will have no lon
ger motive for concealme Mt, and
and shonld be wiling to sacriice
your incognlto in the interest @
science.
You are somewhat brutal IL
your suggestions, rem arked the
patient arising and putting or
her gloves.
Madame, you mista ke; I am
professionally, said [, ringing the
bell. As the servant came [ told
HIM to get the Iadys carriage.
Madame, | wish you good even
ing.
Good evening, sir, ard the lad,
passed out, leaving in an envel-
ope on the table note of a hun
dred pounds.
Well, the elixir I presented tx
her is cheap, even at this price.
With sigh of reliefy | turned
I to the table and commenced writ.
lug In my work, and in about at
hour | retired for the night.
To be Concluded!
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
THE GUARD OF DEATH.
A Thrilling Incident in Naroleon's
Retreat from Moscow.

The horrors of war have been
detailed IN almost infinite varie-
ty, affordlng themes OF inexhals.
tlhle abundance for the Gloralist,
the poet, the historian aud the ro-
mancer. Abundant IN such de-
tails Ct suffering must have been
the disastrous campaign OF Na~
poleon in Russia, or rather, the
most disastrous portion OF the
caDpaign, the retreat from Mos
COW.
The ordinary disasters or re-
treat through an enemy's country
were, in this instance, feartully
aggravated by the intense severi-
ty OF the cold, and that, Of the
multitndes who perished, there
were thousands who sank beneath
its rgors, for hundreds who sank
ebeneath the lances of the Cos
sacks. Yet the assaults of these
rowing warriors of the deserts
were feartully destructive. Hov>
ering in small bands around the
divisions OF the retreating French
and never failing to strike when
ever small party of toe enemy
separated from the main body on
ITS march-and such separations
were daily becoming moro fre-
quent, through the relaxing Of
discipline and the increased want
of provislons-there was no pos,
sibility of either resisting or es>
Gaping their attacks. We'll nouns
ted on their feet and hardy
coursers, such was the rapidity of
their movements that they seem>
ed to spring mp from the Garth,
always appearing when least ex
pected, and, repulsed, securing
away with d celebrity that defel
pursuit, even If the worn ane har.
rassed Frenchmen had been able
to attempt it. From them, il,>
deed, there was but one resoruce
To keep as closely together as
possible when attacked by the
Cossacss. to form i'll solid squares
and meet the shock; aud above
| all, TO pursue their march with
the least possible interlnission, for
those who halted died.
Thus were the remains Of / a.
great army :oiling back across
the frightiul waste u that inllos>
ipitable region, but daily leaving
thousands Of their number stif-
fenlng on It's SHOWS; the troops OF
Cossachs sweeping around them,
and bringing up the rear, ready
to pick up every straegler Whom,
fatigue or the hope OF greater
safety III isolated progress hal
separated from his fellows.
The main body lad passed OH;
land there was solitudein the as,
and naeed steppe which they hal
traversed. The cold was ds-ca1-
ful, and driving storm of storm
of snow was whitening the ground
to which the intense frost had
given the rigldity OF marble.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

Green Tomato Soy-Slice two
gallons of green tomatoes and
twelve or fourteen good sled on-
loas; two quarts vinegar one
pound sugar; two table>spoonfuIs
salt; two OF ground mustard; two
of black pepper, ground; one ta-
hlespoontul all pice and one of
cloves. Mix all aud still until
tender, string often Jest they
should sh au!G scorch. Put up in
small glass jars. Tins is very
nice for most every kind OF meat
and fish.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

livery now aud then some chap
writes to newspaper for receipt
to prevent hair from corning ont
II men would go home from the
lodge bef,re midnight. with their
legs sober. their hair woulG hot
come onl SO rapi .ly. We always
go home early. and we have more
hair now than the day we were
born.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

THE poet who delights in ex>
travagant flights Of palhos will
have to step up lively before be
overtakes sadder subject fcr
dyspeptlc rhyming than a man
struggling home from market with
both arms fall of house plants.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
Picked Peaches-Bub Il

Picked Peaches-Bub the
down all off with a course fowl;
steam IN steamer until they can
be pricked with straw. Have
ready jar aud some whole
cloves, stuck three o. four in
each peach and drop in the Jar
70 every quart OF cider vine6a !,
put one pint of white sugar, ono.
ounce of stick cinnamon; boil ALI
together halt an hour, then pour
on the hot peaches. IF the yines
gar Is good these will keep alI
winter.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

SAID an orator at the Woman 3
Rights Congress at PARIS: 1--WE
were born naked, and yet society
makes US cover ourselves with
clothes, 10 earn which we have to
work aud labor. Sucn anomalies
as these will rapidly disappear
when our rights are conceded.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

A recent visitor to Westmin-
s.er Abbey notlced two bouquets
of handsome flowers upon Dick
ems grave, aud beside them a
more affecting tribute to the dead
noselist--a little bunch of DAISIES
aud wild hyacinshs, slightly faded
as if 1t had been brought from a
distant country lane i'll hot, un>
gloved Eand.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

The Prince of Wales was lately
on a visit to Bristol. After bis
departure the following adyer-
tisemepi appeared in a local
newspaper: "The comb used by
his Aighnes, the Prince OF Wales,
is for sale.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07
BETWEEa BITES.
Made of awl workshops.


1877.
A popular steak -holdcr-grid-
iron.
Gold fish were introduced into
England 1851.
A tooth pick isn't the worst
toilet these days.
A passee beauty has to make
up for lost time.
How to get a head Steal into
cabbage patch.
Truth is not drowned in water
nor burned in fire.
The man who is honest from
policy needs watching.
The new tints IN note paper
are shell-rose and primrose.
The sea holds the oil aud wick
tor our inal conAagration.
America takes the prize for pa
per at the paris exhibition.
In Noahs ark it took two of
kind to beat a pair.
Keep clear Of the man who does
not value his own reputation.
A young lawyer of Pittsburg
has invented a water velocipede.
Every boy has to let something
Oft sudden near cat once III his
lite.
. lie who smiles ct anoth er S
mistake iorgets his own lgno~
rance.
! he Graphic has en ladies' in
their shirred sleeve. Owing to
the heat.
Beacon<field lis III; to much
Turkey. Gorlsohakotf is Ill; too
little Turkey.
Why is an idea like pig? BE
cause You must catch 1t before
you. can pen 1T.
When a p;ckpocket pulls at
your pockets tell him you have
no time TO walt.
In this fast age, he whose feet
are beautiful Oh the mountlngs IS
the horse jockey.
Dennis Kearney Is in favor Of
a community Of brains. He gal,s
,,y division, If nobody else does.
tits an ill>wind at bloes no.
body. good. The yellow fever has
driven the lightning rod peddlers
out of Memphis.
The same baclSache that makes
a b,y howl when he's diggis.g
potatoes wreathes his face with
smiles when he sips off to a
picnic.
Alexander II. Stephens was
never marr,ed. He has always
had all he wanted to keep from
being blown away by an ordlna>
ry breeze.
It is dcbatalle whether yellow
fever Was sent to scourge Bob
Ingersnll or the Potter lnvestlga~
ton com lllttee. Thus fai the
innocent alone have suffered.
Zach heart knows it own sor.
row best thought pious father
as he sat Gown on an egg which
be had forgotten t. remove from
his coat pocket before galng to
church.
Five years ago a woman III
Ste, le county, Minnesota, was
struck dead By lightning. Moths
Ing daunted, she married again,
and recently her second husband
was killed III tie sau.e manner.
EdsoE's new electric coffee
mill not only grinds the coffee
quicker, bat it indicates where
the servant girl has hidden a
pouad and halt of sugar to take
home with her.
The London Lancet says blow
on The ear often rnptured the
drum. and warns parents against
boxing chi,dlen's ears. You can
get more music out OF a child By
applying the slipper couple q
feet below the s.drum.
An old Irish soldier VINO prlded
himself upon his braaery, said he
had fought 10 the battle Of Bull
Run. When asked if lie hal re-
treated aud made good his escape
as OILERS had done on that ia-
nous occasion, he replied, sBe
iabbers, those that didn't ruiz are
there yet.
II was not believed that the
Paris exhibition would be finan.
clal success, yet the government
commissioners feel that they are
out of financial difficulty. The
cost OF buildings ard maintenance
is estimated at about SO, ,0OO, 600
and revenue OF nearly 81 900
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

Even the Russian language has
not the power to desctibe the
feeling OF the MAJ with a mos
quito bite between his shoulder,
blades.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-07

Ben Bntler Invited Dennis
Kearney to come to Massachu-
setts and work TOR him. And
then after Dennis had been there
and worked for him as only Den>
bis can work, the ungratful Ben
invited him to leave and swears
he never wanted him.