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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
Natural History.

Here's q specimen of what the Free
Press calls +" Natural History in Small
Chunks for Small People" :" p }ifss-
"What is this ?" 8godtiw b1Ba51
This is an elephant. He is the lar
gest animal on legs. He is not as long
as the whale, but he can eat twice as
much hay" "llatie setaRgf.ss} feggffli isg.
How much does an elephant wrigh ?'
GAS much as eight or ten loads of
hay, and he is all meat. When you
come to unload him, you don't find any
cord-wood hidden away"
"What large ears he hasp p'ilt'tiS:7}s @
| Yes; this is the only animal now
living having feet as big. as, the average
st. Louis foot and ears larger than those
seen on the streets of Milwaukee, As
long, as the elephant Lives those two
cities. will have. to brag in whispers
and be careful how they put up money
on wagers. "lsi"9 gGI IS G9g,gH agifiii
I ""tAre elephants fond of music p, Al,
They are very fond of some kinds.
They like To hear d horse fiddle or a
brass band, but they don'tigo much on
the sad strains of guitar or the melting
notes of hand organ.
care they an obedient animal?''
"About some things. When bale
of hay or bushel of oats is placed be-
fore them, and they are commanded to
eat, they obey with the greatest cheer
fulness.'' ,.,....,,s .,.,..f ls.
Is an elephant bigger than Roscoe
Conklingp 1h2itt ~ 5'ii io s'1s''f
9" An elephant has a larger body than
Mr.. Conkling." "a,
"What is their principal food?" '-
1"An elephant loves grass, hay, beans
corn, peanuts, gingerbread, small boys
mud, trees, camels and other vege
| tables" : = 2 54i-sslAe = S3@3'' =" w
3" What is the price of an elephantg p
Dan Rice used to buy 'em for about
six thousand dollars apiece in the
spring and sell 'em for twenty-five
dollars in the fall. By dividing the
first sum by the last and substractins
Dan Rice from the result you will gei
a fair average aL. }is5~a iiEfc
els an elephant very brave?"
"No, not very. If you catch ont
/ nosing around the yard don't be afraic
to tackle him. 5sa bfs -
aWhy are elephants SO large anc
bnlEyp' =
" In order to take the conceit' QUITO
grasshoppers. Until the elephant begal
to march in circus professions this insec
imagined he. was the biggest thing Of
fodder in 'theiworh
What is3the need of an elephant
ears being SO largeW
"No one knows. Any one can see a
a glance that it would improve his look
if he had more tail and less ears. /" =
Is there any danger of hurting al
elephant by hitting him with a. shinn.
club b?" = =, . 4 ~ > ~ tl'-s
"Not much, but no good boy VIII
wants to grow up will ever think 0
rushing in and clubbing poor elephant
That's all, bub, and next week wei
make a bowling among other animals.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
WALTER BRADLEY's SECRET.
youths Companion.
y H. ~ IT3I 3, n
BY SARAH P. BRIGHAM.

When Asa Bradley was sentenced to
the States. prison forIife. far the double
crime of forgery and mansIaughter.
MANY people said that a wicked man
was now where he could do no more
harm: but It was a dreadful misfortune
to his wife and son5 Tl -ffffff
Six months afterwards Mrs Brad
lev died. and the friends of the family
asked. "What will become of moor Wal
terq, .Tsra1a' J Sssa
Rut this little hurst off svnonatbv was
all q moor Waltern ever oct from them !.
and when the how was sent to the aims,
house. II was agreed that the nlace was
good enough for the SON Of = convict
For FIVE years the almshouse, was Wal
ter's only home. Then the overseers of
the Door informed him that he must be
abound outn and earn.h;sTazEn liv;ng.
Youno as he was5fl,eS was soarcsIv
thirteen9 Walter had a stout heart
and If needed onIv this sndden send-off
IN ronse : latent sense of ;ndenandence
For tba f;rst time he REALIZED his nos;.
t;on. SIesTIySS and fo,i5,d his nsfivaS,r;SIss,
He declared wifi spifit that he two,,ld
no Longer he feholden TO manner l,elns-or
would 1essderl rlpaSpeT service and sWiif,
this res0lutioii be went his wav to fir3t
the hattie of life alone
He little knew the dificplt;as ba
wonla have to meet and conaner After
,nrIv;ng in voin Of -saverai ,,iaeos. IN IN
9aTn 5s went 10 PocFis5d t5y;y;ar
foetorv [ - v;IIs@a md s,,e,,f +5-aa u. ~;
% f1n;tIsss .oa -e6 for yorS " y ~ - -
11saess Wao 'eaaH 81 d;aao,,saood H. L. EN-.
IeaEy anu Ils.uun ,oatsS 4sSu, o ne nnaliy
L;s.....l lasy l:s.ni0l "n0 Hen'9o sumo noip ~
iis q ny iI,1y II
II Molh i1i ,you .neaP, anu haru,
soo' saiu ifile fF spes ''pilh = pti ntenlng p n
eye. aTho+ sonnds wali whoro - -,
H.. y, ''S ~ = s Z tfttS : = =
ite eeI So Co. p.o.,-Y
sens ealuo iAHn l:a.,s osonJ D,oo4.
Nome iiS..o nealei wah' 70
tAKe gppu took lt,ss Y s3St l3t tscesszszs a
oa.; a,ssn = oA'iies'g W \ III III III
sPessS1on PesW " .ANU
,,r, Iou iooA mlnns' a' any raVe.
"n4S > youI I'm na,iie 5IsH.-o - 10y
Maioer brauley, SIT.
Id, nope you am Y ay Sonneckea saRs 3
MN! MIsn asa ~ sfiaeley' swpo Ailled Anomas
Ausn an II. 80, y f.1.o..1 a.. -
with aSerted If face soN' "'s'i s'in 'HHe pSy'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
EVERYDAY sPleEBIEsost

- -
EyERY-DAY 'SPIGEBIESo9k
at requires tWose W max = seccesdul
paragraph-the one feoi to write the
item, and the other TO laugh at IT.
1her''den ~ -hecoraey. eco ~. l,,..;s
SOME people maintain that high hat
doesn't become all men, but 1T seems to
us that a stoyepipe fought to SCOT
everybody foakers 6aseffe.
The poorest paragrapher In. the Hot
imagines he is the greatest, Edenburg
Herald. Confession is good for the SOUL
Now don't get red in the face aboutit.
Sentinel. s..sa sin IL, Z
ELI PERKINS giyes. an account Of the
conversation between male and a
female idiot. Eli does not men tiion the
name OF tine woman ne Yast4aslak peI w
Courier Journal,
The iSibaae's delicate nostfiis detects
fragrance about growing corn that u
thinks must be regarded distinctlrely
American odor, but how about bunionsT Z
Rochester Democrat. - E ), e '',s'3>s
OsTRIcHEs have lately increased in
value from $500 to 81, 600 per pair. The
man. who purchased one million pair
last summer sunni M Il 1oJW low raking rldead loads
of profit.-D Detroit Eree PER. =. q.
Appu4pu.p1p .;fnstance e humanity
il reported from South New Jersey 4
E;ad.baarted Aid 3 soentlfman.s shnole p
nosc : ,,;to,s leo.bv accident and KENT ;t
under a microscope whole day irving
to setit.-Andre'os basar. s2A ~ .ss
I'VE rathsr ss;S Syssrss0h zssn e Pssu
aWs'ye, Ss;,s, got TIA coiofsd S servant, % sir,
itsfliB BY Joyel its justine icheeseea ,I
p snat y sbs that t. Psag b .sSsd about,
There's hardly any house has ''''s
- An ssrsssf fore and 4. !" 2 lng ll,s glsi
~. >,s.o, : ..,'.s aonfs's 4. od;sss. IT,,
Ah New olieans sesgu"e 9. f.o9 Seaerss lew
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
8Autun,n.f


The first faint sweet breath Of autumn
is stirring the tree tops. The foliage is
taking on a rusty tinge. The fields are
browning fast. The full corn is ripen-
ing in the ear Summer flowers have
had their day, and the golden rod and
astor, heralds ofsthe fan, scluster thickly
by the roadsides. The skies are lower
and grayer.q What song of birds or
chirp of criekets there be has a melan-
choly sound. The wind that rustles
through the leaves is singing the swan
song of the season. Before long the
foliage will, put on the dolphin hues of
death. Then but little while and the
leaves will seek their graves in theever-
welcoming earth, always yearning to
shelter its children in its bosom. There
must be something peculiarly worthy in
this summer to entitle it to its rest so
soon. It,seems but days ago, and few
at that, when we felt the eager, queru-
lous air of spring shared with all things
about us the impatient expectation of
the season. Now the fall feeling, half
yearning, half regret, possesses us. We
even fancy we smell the faint odor of
| ucdO duIuulu lCdNco--lo IL Olll lduCy VI
that fine Imagination which is prophecy
The stay of the summer seems briefer
than ever before. Has it been so?j Or
does each year hasten its flight, warning
us, none too gently, of the fast-nearing
day when we, toe, shall seek the bosom
of the kindly earth, worn out with our
toll or, our play, and thankful for rest
| WISCONSIN is a remarkably healthy
state there are no kinds of epidemics
there, and for time whenia fellow got
tired of life he had to meye away to die
But the boys of Carrollville have begun
to remedy that matter. Some Of them
lately, made a midnight parade, wrap.
ped in sheets, and starting from the vii
1age graveyard Their idea was to scare
whoever saw them! They succeeded
Three women went into sconyulsions Al
i the sight, one sick ms was thrown into
relapse and died, and a girl broke hel
arm by a fall in climbing hastily ovel
!! a fence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

THEnewIstyle. kilt dresses are inst
too sweet for anything to the girls who
can, wear No., sandals, but, those less
fortunate nymphs who punish the earth
with No. rs vote them Fshorribie,n 2 G
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
The Fool. of Farrara.l

: ;Gonnella was the court Jester or .buf-
foon to. the Marquis of Ferrara, and d
! very amusing person in his vocation he
was. He happened, however, on one oc-
casion, to have imisbehaved himself, and
to have incurred the displeasure of the
MARC who, in a great rage, ordered
him to quit the palace, and never again.
tofset foot ON, any land Of his adding,
that if he disobeyed this Injunction, he
should be put to DEATH. Gonnelia,
without making a &ordIof reply, or stay,
ing to pack up lbs effects, Withdrew, as
if in haste to obey the marquis's orders.
He repaired Straight to Bologna Here
he procured a wheelbarrow which he
filled, with earth; and having hired a
country fellow for the purpose, he placed
himself upon it, and was thus carried
back to the palace of the Marquis. of
Ferrara, and wheeled into the great hall,
where the marquis was sitting. When
he iisaw Gohnella, against whom his
anger had not abated, herose, and asked
him how he dared again enter his pres
ence. Then turning to his servants, he
bade them thrust the bufpon, forth,
Gonnella, .kneeling on the earth in the
barrow, with a look of contrition, and
most melancholy tone, besought the
marquis only, to heaH him for a moment,
and then if he should be. found to have
disobeyed Els excelleney, he was content
to- be spitted like a lark. The marquis
signed to his servants, to suspend the
| execution of his sentence, and Gonnela
| went on:l ~ "Fr'. ,i4H guE ,g.lj zi4E
fiesYou know, most ,illustrious signor,
! that you commanded Inc never again to
set foot on any land Of yours, and asmy
first desire lwhateverryour lordship may
have done me the injustice to thinkl, i:
i to be obedient to your bidding, l went
as fast as my legs would carry ME tc
Bologna, where l got the earth / now
stand upon, and which is therefore none
| of yours" -
The marquis could notresist the whim
sicality Of the manner in which hi
Jester made his excuse: and having once
+, been betrayed into a laugh, the 'affai
was ended =" Thou art false knave,
he said, but / know. not that it is worti
a mans while to measure. his wit agains
thy crazy pranks. Stay where thou vii
in God S name" al 9flf lpr;4.=sG ...s,,
] Gonnella then leaped gayly down from
his wheelbarrOw, paid what he hat
Il promised to the fellow who had brough
him, and found himself more than eve
in the marquis's favor-of which he re
ceived, the same evening, "a substantial
mark, in the shape of new robe. s-?f
~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

(; THE Chamber of Commerce of Foo
chow, having called the attention. of
the foreign Consuls to the contemplated
mixture Of dried land prepared willow
leaves with, tea leaves, the Governor of
Foochow has. issued a proclamation
threatening delinquents with severe
punishment. Those at the head of the
scheme, he says, numerous, and any
person who proves the guilt Of one of
them will receive 100 piastres. "Let
all" he adds, tfemble and obey.n q
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
Jakie. ON watermelon Pickle.

Old lady Jones borrowed Mrs.
Brownies recipe for making watermelon
pickle the other day, and being hard of
hearing, and as she couldn't see to read
well, she got her grandson, jake, to read
it for her. jake took the paper like a
dutiful child, and, holding it upside
down, commenced: s sa sass sgF
Take a green Watermelon
ssWhy, jake, amt you mistaken 4
thought the melon must be ripe."staioa
!" O, wat's,the matter wild you; iewever
see watermelon that wasn't greenP
20" Cut the melon into four halves
> e But there amt onlytwo halves to
anything; ! don't believe you are read
ing that right, jake"
81. Well, don't halve to. But anyhow
that's what thelreseet says. Then soak
the watermelon in pint cup y
go, dear me! how in the world can
you put watermelon in a pint cup?
80 Well, II amt here to tell youithe
whereas and the .howfores. I'm. just
reading the facts, and you can put in the
philosophy to suit your taste. After
soaking the melon, put it in a skillet
ana fry it for four days" ,.sstd,+s f,.e
~ T wonder if Mrs. Brown sent me
such a receipt as that" said the old lady,
but jake kept on sa,T ,ffi! glt.f
"Then put the watermelon in quart
bowl and pour over it gallon of vine
gartaking care not to spillthe vinegar
"Pd just like to know how you. can
pour gallon into a quart without spill.
ing any of it but jake continued
"Then sift' peck of red peppers
through milk strainer over the melon;
and to one cup of butter add the white
and the yolks and the shells of three
eggs, and throw in the old hen that laid
'em, and four sticks of cinnamon drops
and bottle of DIR. Mary. Walker
Vinegar Bitters, and two teaspoonfull
of sassafras, and ten grains of quinine
and run it through a coffee mill, anG
let it stand till it ferments, and then put
it in tin can, and then tie it to a dog
tail-this will stir it up to the righ
consistency-and then you can turn j
off into crooks and have it ready for use
Serve it up cold and then spread it OF
mince pie, and it makes capital dessert,
and jake slid out of the door, and lef
the old lady looking like wrinkle on |
monument.
al gollyw said jake, "bet yer swee
life she won't ask me to read any NOR
resets p'
HENRY FAXoN, of Buffalo, is sai'
never to have recovered from a frigh
that Blon lin gave him, his nervou
system receiving a lasting shock
Blondin was aboutto start on one of hi
walks on a rope across the chasm belo,
Niagara Falls. Faxon stood laughin
and jesting on the edge of the precipic
overlooking the river one hundred an
forty feet below, Blondin, motionin
to the bystanders for silence, seize
Faxon under both arnpits from behind
and held him for. second or two owe
the verge, Faxon's countenance whe
Blondin laid hold Of him was irradiate
with mirth.I When Blondin drew hii
back and dropped him on the greenswar
he sank in heap, horror-stricken.
the next instant, Blondin, grasping b
heavy balancing-pole, danced out on h
rope beyond the precipice, and, turnin
to enjoy the effect of his maneuve
salntedhis collapsed friendwith a comic
gesture,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

DTlN was one of the earliest metals
known. ,5 - t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03

3 Here's q specimen of what the Free
Press calls " Natural History in Small
Chunks for Small People" :" p itss-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-04-12

SHooTIHG AT1FAY.-A Shooting scrapo
took place GA Sunday might, about II 0 clock,
in front If Pres. Wand saloon, in which
Johnny Driacoll was shot twice by Il pistol In
the hands Of Johnny King, Mining Recorder
Of ,JackrabLit District, After the shooting
Drscoll was conveyed to a drug store and the
doctor sent for, who examined the wounds,
and found one in the shoulder and the other
in the neck. The ball was extracted from the
wound in the shoulder The ball that took
effect in the neck has not been extracted, 1t
being deemed advisable to leave it remain
there for the present Driscoll has good
chance to recover from his wounds, he being
a healthy and strongly built man, capable Of
enduring considerable. In regard to the
shooting and the cause, We have heard so
many conflicting stories, all of which seem to
be correct until another is told, that we re
frain from publishing any of them, preferrln8
to wait until the examination takes place,
when the evidence sworn to will relate the
truth Of the matter Phoebe Record.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-04-12
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH
San Franciscn,
February I2th-II \. ~, Ie7S.)

To OLCOVIcH BROTHERS:
bought this day Bankrupt
Stock of THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, thirty cents on the
dollar. Goods will be up there
in thirty days. Sell all Goods
Below Cost to make room for
This Tremendous Stock, and
give the good people OF Carson
the benefit of this Purchase.
HERMAN OlC0VICH.
ABOVE EXPLAINS ITSELF.
LADIES. We shall Sell Goods {n Accord
ance with above Order.
PRICE NO OBJECT
Take advantages of this Rare Chance,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-30

Philadelphia Times.
There is surprising amount Of ignor-
ance among those who should be we'll in
formed in regard to the character Of the
trade dollar, and some OF the newspapers
complain because the Treasury Depart
ment will not redeem this coin ut par. 1t
ought to be known that the trade dollar is
notmoney and never intended tobb. 1t
was not designed rs a circulating medium,
but only rs convenient form in which to
export bullion, and it was not issued by
the government, Us other coins arc, but
simply stamped for the owners of the bull
lion, precisely as silver bars arc stamped,
each piece being marked with its exact
weight and finencss. The report Of the
Director OF the Mint, which led TO the
authorization Of the trade dollar, after re-
citing the requirements OF trade with China
and Japan, recommends "a new coin or
disk, which shall be slightly more valuable
than the Mexican dollar, TO be made only
on the request Of the owner Of the bullion
and to be paid for by him, " and adds:
II is not proposed to make the new coin
or disk a legal tender in payment Of debt,
but simply stamped ingot, with its weight
and iineness indicated. Its manufacture
can therefore in no wise give rise to any
complication with our monetary system,
and neither in theory principle ditierin
any respect from the manufacture OF I'M
parted or refined bars now authorized by
law, except in being of uniform weight
and tineness. ai
Upon this recommendation the trade
dollar was authorized in the coinage act OF
1873. By what was plainly . piece of
carelessncss or inadvertence,. it was in
Guided in the list Of subsidiary coins
named In the same act Us legal tender in
sums not exceeding five dollars, hut the
error was corrected by subsequent legis-
lation, and so few of the trade dollars had
circulated in the United States prior TO
1915 that they can hardly be said TO have
entered at any time-into the authorized
currency. As silver deprecated In value,
the expectation OF these stamped disks be.
came improbable, and the owners of bull
lion took advantage Ofthe temporary and
fictitious demand fora silver dollar, which
they had succeeded In creating,
and OF the resemblance OF these coins to
real dollars, to put a large number Of them
into circulation, exchanging them at the
rltc OF one hundred cents, though they
were worth little more than ninety. Of
course it was not possible to carry this on
very far. It was soon found that trade
dollars were not dollars at all, but only
pieces OF silver which were worth 10 more
than the market value Of the bullion, and
people refused to receive them, except as
Change in small amounts. AS conse.
quenec great many people have stocks OF
silver left on their hands, and they raise q
howl because the government will not buy
II from them for more than 1t is worth.
The government has no more to do with
this than It has with the stocks Ofwheator
oil or wool, that have equally deprecated
in price. The trade dollars are simply
merchandise, and the only thing to do
with Il stock OF them is to sell It for what
il will bring or hold Il for rise.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-30

Gerninn unincatlon of LnnSuage-AIEi Hint
that American school ,Ien Night Pront
By-FroIn "A Letter by Professor q. L.
Loose 10 the Cintinnati Christian stnn-
dard. 81 Isl &
BasLEsmrzER1ASp, July 9Ith.
Editors Standard.
Last week came here from the Alsace,
tnow again, as Of old, three hundred years
ago, an integral part OF the German EN-
pire. Throughout the whole Of Alsace,
with exceptions here and there, the Ger
man language vet prevails in spite OF the
efforts made during the latter years oil the
reign OF Napoleon the Less to extinguish
the German tongue and manners by max
ing the common schools exclusively
French II was 80 when was IN the
Alsaee in 1873. learned during my
present visit that so strong WIS the oppo-
Sition Of the Gerinan-speaking Alsatians
to this policy OF Napoleon, that Il had to be
abandoned in part, and before the Franco
| Gernan war broke out, the German was
again taught and spoken in the schools,
lalonp side OF tile French, which Is very
generally spoken also by the people, and,
since the annexation, greatly cherished by
them. Napoleon's policy has now been
completely reversed, and the German gov
eminent has made the German language
exclusive In the schools. The people are
yery much opposed to this measure, and
believe 1t to be bad policy; holding
rightly, that is is always well for
| Germany to have good part OF
its population on the borders capable
OF speaking French, rs u medium OF in
tercOurse, and, il necessity demands, as in
the last war, It would be OF very good use
TO Germany in military way. II is awell
known fact that in the last war the knowl-
edge OF the German officers and soldiers
OF French, and the almost entire ignorance
of German on the part Of the French
army, gave the former q very great nd.
vantage over the latter. The universal
policy Of Prussia, however, has been to
unity the people by making the German
the exclusive language Of the schools in
all its provinces. This has been done,
therefore, not only in ,the provinces an:
nexed from France, where Il was at all
possible, but at an earlier date, also in
other regions where other languages than
the German were the native tongues: rs
in Prussian Poland, and among the Wenls;
and the PFussian policy, OF course, is in
all respects the prevailing one In the pres
ent German empire. II Is notable fact
also, that this uniiiCatian by oneness OF
language IL favorite idea, universally ap-
proved, at home; it is, therefore, not a
little strange and surprising, and certainly
most flagrantly inconsistent, that the Ger
mans in our own land should so earnestly
maintain precisely tho opposite idea, and
so fercely battle for It, namely, that the
German D foreign imported tongue, should
be taught HI the common schools, even in
the primary classes, at the public cost.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-30

Tur change of Governor General IN
Canada is attracting attention to the ex'
ncnsc Of keeping up the establishment. II
appears that Lord Duferiu's vice-rrgal cx'
lenses have averaged one hundred and
,wrn,y thousand dollars n year since he
came 10 Canada in 1872. OF this, fifty thou
sand dollars has been his own salary;
,wrn,y.,lree thousand dollars the salaries
ofhis staff and their contingencies, the lat
Ter including everything from prayer
Look 10 brandy and Soda; tIiirty-six thou
sand dollars the expenses of Rideau Hall,
,be yice.rcgal residence they expected TO
spenl half million in building over for
,he new arrivals, and forty-two thousand
dollars for three excursions taken by His
Excellcncy. Canada is very extensively
governed throughout for only 100000 oil
woplc, every tenth man of whom is said
TO feed at the public crib. The Provincial
and Dominion officials cost eight million
dollars yearly, of whichsixty-fve thousand
five hundred dollars goes to the Governor
Generals licutenants; two hundred and
ten thousand dollars to the ministers OF
the crown, and four hundred and eighty
eight thousand seven hundred dollars in
allowances 10 the different Legislative
bodies, all of whom have attaches andcon-
tinrencics that go to swell the considerable
Total.