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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
BInine's Wftnesse.
Extract from Senator Blaine's letter
to the Investigating Committee

DIdIIle TpffpI
to the Investigating Committee
Among the witnesses / would mama
James 3: Campbell, w. NJ. Mackev. and q
Z. Weliinger, of South Carolina: GOV
Nichols, and his agent, Col Z 4charv. ex-
6hief Justice Ludeling, of Louisiana: Hon.
a.. Davis. OF Mississippi; j. Cole Da-
VS., OF Helena; ARK, and Taylor of the
Avalanche, Democratic paper publisbad
In Mem phis, Tenn. Bat L beg especially to
refer you tn large mass OF valuable infor,
nation In the office of the Attorn.v-C5en .
era. OF the United States already called for
oE tie Senate, and soon, 1 presume to he
lad before your Committee This il o44ioioI
IN ITS character, and i'll many cases has the
weight and valne of legal evidence nor r.
curing further examination of witnesses =
and confirm il.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

HE CLARION errS.
Pasj experience teaches MS thar the same
locality is never scourged by an epidemic
t"o years IN succession; such epidcmics as
yellow fever, in their very nature, occur AT
t"n@ intervals.-Greenville Times
With due Difference to our worthy
friend, The CLARION does not err. The
premises upon which we sustained the
recommendation of the Board of Health
IS correct, and we do not have to 90
beyond the limits of our own town of
jackson to prove it. The yellow fever
ragged fearfully in this place in 1858, and
again IN 1894. and repeated its visit in
io1o-three years in succession and with
terrible fatality. If the experience of
the past should be repeated, our State
government will either have to be tempo
rarlly removed, or it will be in state of
suspended animation for several months
the next year
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

The Robert &. Lee Monument Asso-
cation has issued a circular letter re-
questing that every county in the South
be canvassed on The 10Th of January,
the anniversary of his birth, for CON
tributions to enable the Society to COM
plete the monument; $4,000 has already
been raised.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

If any of our readers desire to be
served with double-distilled Radical ven
ON, we would commend them to the
Washington City Daily National Repub-
lican. 1t resembles the hell-broth of the
midnight hags in Macbeth:
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adders fork and blind worms sting
Lizards leg and owlets wing"
But with its partizan bitterness, it is
really an able and lively newspaper and
keeps its readers well posted in current
events.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

PRECISELY what Senator Lamar meant
when he said that in sgitating the sub
Ject Of representation according to popu-
lation the representatives of tie New
England States were calling forth de-
mon that might disturb their own repose,
will be found explained in the discussion
between himself and Senator Blaine in
the Senate on the 18th ult., pending the
discussion Of the investigating resolu-
tons introduced by the latter. 1t is
printed on our first page
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
- Applies with Equal Forca :.
Memphi-s
Appeal

If the yellow Fev+r should aqain
appearance in Mississippi, the fault ca,,nos
be attributed to the CLARION. Tor ti,at az
paper, ever foremost in iaborino "a =, o,,,t,.
the great Interests of the State, is earntstiv
the future. What the CLARIoN ssvs ~, "
to Memphis. @@i 'oroe
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

OUR Vicksburg contemporaries an
nounce the death of Capt. c. A. Man
love in the sixty-ffth year of his age,
one of the oldest, best known and most
respected citizens of that city.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
Political Prosecution.

returned apotS states grand jury yesterday
indio. There nave been abonf tbIr, nv ~
ha,a h lnents found thus far an ~ Nv
the ca 0een placed upon the secret recoTd ~
who the parti nsr e. are many rumors as to
salo, hewever. that two or n ll 'cIeu. lI IS
be or'ic,ans Of the city are among f6s II,
e5 as soon as the arresis , .ue nun m
ents will bs-made f,biin uIaue 'Ae
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

NEXT CANvAss.-We don't know how IL
IS elsewhere in the State, but in this eoun-
try the malcontents are at work for rio
purpose of organizing for the coming cam
paign. Lit may be that they are shifting off
more than they can chew" but it is Yerv
evident that they have some confidence in
their own powers OF MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Advertiser.
We look for fun all along the line in Co.
piah -Copiahan.
fes, and a little along the line in Simn-
son. too estvilie News.
Very well, forewarned, forearmed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
Loss OFHHFE.
GrOs" CareIes>neSS In Ran Hs,,..,
Running
Memphis AvaIanchn

Memphis Avalanchel
- seems maj freight train No q sor,f-
1911 Douhu' mad tHstrncl ions al Roiiyo~ 49,
na'1 Is al Grand Junction Tho ,,
b ,t1'i W II engine No. 81, uorthward boflrT
UHu instructions to 90 on To- Gr.,d Tt .''.'
"heh the freight train reached C - ~ ION
- "IItFs were there, and the .ut,f,I.,,,. II
a,,.L ~ rue trains came into yinyg az
H. - az point where "a cur,,o ,r
wy ~ a'h hIong an embankmput 60. '. -
uetp cut. Pat Doyle. erUi,,.,.,. - ~ mo
palH' reversed the lever and stoal y, t,Ay
P1I', me engineer ana fireman ~ u''
freight train, seeing that vi Ihe
COLLISION
was inevitable, jumped he enojpe aud
capped win terrific crash the encira-
came together. The engines of botb tr.i,5
VIZ wrecked, and the nay car Two deaJ
ooults were found in The ruins tba.of T1st
REX D'1 he aud that OF the porter Of tbs 80
t I'm VINO RAD rushed forward to applytbe
To'i ,,'u n"u Dteh pierced by the brakiuR
Ioi, lie was wrdged between the splinfeTe
OF me car and the tender. Doyle's bdd,, go
ma hed 10 Il jelly, AID scalded from beeJ
" ioof' but hI> hand was still on the la,o,
iti,,l ,,dl' OF Eoadmaster y. h. FuIsou was
9HSh'ly mashed. Only few of mo .,,,T
ga o. ne eight train were tbrowg trCI
Tue track. The tirlmau Of the nav from
escaped by Jumping the engine.
"a soon az the wreck could be clesrs,4
+o tle "3oles OF the dead we're brought
w ''''N tl'''is anu JHeHGe sent "a
alter Naliey, Miss. Engineer DovIe l,s,
1i Wiie ti ana three children living in McComb
Tlty' Miss. a Justice OF the Psaceaf Cir,-I
Junction i'm raneled iurv. bur as ~ az, 9-1u
iscertalned that the accident occurred /.
mort Instance beyond the limits of Ha,7ie-
nan, in Fla yetfe county. " ii''ue-
NO INQUEST WAS HELD.
y ~ ~ understood that General Mana0er T
=, Ciai he Will have the engineer ana g.
n l,,a L OF the freight train arrested. He ~
{rie 49, ~, i AssIStant General Manager 4, T.
he disgrace o""ecIea with
Coapt. VIM. Berl, the gentlenanlv
on the pay train, narrowly
soaped death)
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

The General Governments can prevent
the yellow fever plague from being in
troduced from foreign countries, but the
States. counties and municipalities must
protect themselves against the germs th at
are now alternating foE a new develop
ment next season.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

WOULD it not be genuine humanity
ana sound economy TO cremate the pes
thence breeding bedding, clothing &c,
which remain On the premises infected
by the late epidemic 1t is useless to
tax about quarantining, while nothing
Is done to destroy the seeds of the fever
which may burst forth into a new and
terrible life when the hot season comes
again.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

HE joint commission on the yellow
fever investigation has selected thirteen
experts, who will receive $40 day and
expenses. Its an i'll wind that blows no
body any good
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

y MEMPHIS paper says; ga stranger
dropping into Memphis to dav can see
no evidence of the fearful scou,ge that
for three months has been DESTROYING
our people. The streets are thronged as
ofyore with bright-eyed business men.
intent on the main chance, and also with
more than the usual mum Der of idlers
with nothing to do but to hold TO the
lamp posts But let the stranger visit
the silent city of the dead and behold the
new made graves. Let him visit the
homes that have been invaded and for
ever vacated by those who made them
blessed, and then say if there are no
traces left of the dreadful DESTROYER.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

The WASHINGTON PosT 10 one of the
brightest and ablest papers in the eoun-
try, and is the only really live Daily that
has been publiAhed at the capitol since
Father Ritchie Numbered in his Wash
ington Union. IF any Of our readers
want live Daily from Washington, let
them subscribe for the Post
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

a BILL has been introduced in Con
gress reducing the charge for postal
money orders to ) cents, instead of 10.
Pass it and give nle introducer a vote of
thanks.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

Mag. w. Z. WALrHALL is in New
York consulting the AppletOps in regard
to the publication of the work of the Hon.
Jefferson Davis which win soon be issued
from the press.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

The latest report is that Blaine has
followed the example of Conkling in
getting out of the Grant Presidential
movement.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

THE Masonic Grand Bodies of Missis
sippi meet at Okolona on the 18th and
18th of January.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

NV ORLEANS is being canvassed un-
der direction of Col. Hardee for the pnr-
pose of obtaining vital statistics of the
late epidemic
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

DESTROY the seeds of the disease in
your midst, and then keep it away by q
strict quarantine
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
Who WopId WIn

Siv = "O'"na 4 ger
State librarian. n ~ IN are running for
sSertal,ned by a talkiaf mstc6 Ou -, e gs-
t6b sg Isfye on one little oman Who Attended, Pe
'-O 'A'e editorial conf tion In this eitv 'lN
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
"PowerraI weak /"
Washington Post. |

" tUH 7 U>l.I
We agree with Ben Hill that nothing can
Kill the Democratic party land yet a lack
OF sagacity on the part of its representativ e
men can make il powerful weak" as they
frequently observe In Indiana.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

GOLD went down to par with curren
cy on the 18th inst. for the first time
since 1862.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

UNDER the electoral bill which has
passed the Senate, the Fete of Florida
would have been counted for FiIden aud
Hendricks, because it leaves the State
tribunal TO decide who are its Presiden-
tial electors. The vote of Florida
would have installed them in the offices
to which they were elected.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

No USE quarantining unless we destroy
the germs in our midst
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

SAYS Bayou Sara despatch in the
New Orleans Democrat.
The bloody shirt is again to be waved
over West Felieiana. A deputy marshal
has summoned many parties, white and col
ored, 70 appear before the United States Dis
trict Court next week
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

IN the House. Mr.. Chalmers, of Mis-
sissippi. moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill making it a penal offense
for any officer or agent of the United
to interfere with Congressional or Presi
dental elections by brides, threats, in
fuence etc., and also forbidding the so
Letting or receiving contributions for
election purposes from Government en-
ployes. The Republicans, with the ex-
cePtion of Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania,
voted against it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

hornMnns. Dec. q. ISIS.

COLUMBUS, Dec. ~, 1913.
EDITORS CLARrDN: II dome site enterprise
as to annual fairsand the encouragement OF
hne stock forms n argument In her favor,
oktibbeha county that far at least, deserved
over all her comIetitors the location of the
A SM. COLLEGE
at her county seal, Starkville. The foresight
and public spirit Ola few men, combating
with years OF Iron fortune to the State, and
the apathy of many friends, have given
okuobeLa a name at home and abroad that
IS Al last re,lounding TO her substantial
veal, aud for one outsider, offer cOngrst-
uIationS, most htartily. When no other
except the Stale f;tr at Jackson manifested
10 The world that Mississippi was NOT en-
'irelv dead 70 her true wants, Oktibbeha
mas come TO the frtnt yearly with her best
| 'atIn aud tiCeside PRODUCTS. while the butter
oi heF Jersey daiies tfirst introduced by
that rare citizen. w, b. MONTGOMERY. }
iatriy rivals the .'glt edge New England
III the Boston marlet.
LEGAL INCIDENT
don't know whF, but a good thing that
| happened IN a ueiahboring county 4 few
/ weeks ago, occurSto me right here, and
hflf In.
'''e' 90 y q ae' WI pear ttiIlhS even 10
SO >oiid a Journal AS The CLARION. 1t hap
/ Pened in the Circuit Court, aud must be
charged IL Capt. Frank 5. White, legislative
representative from Clay county. a leading
lawyer At The West Point bar, and a good
hereuIean negro ,rst.at,
OF bscon out a., sal. -.
OF an srtiol., -,
POP""' VII" '''0 i''u aiu
a.s,,.. ''''' "0 ''io"Sn' NC IA"
-. '"se or hot capt hlte' IN the
"a. O. u Tue "rSu@eht' desired nj, client
ana up sad face the jury" 1t was
IL, he did NOR | ,a,., a., IT.. ,i,.. -.
it might De d let the negro testi,y in his
own behalf.
Never mind. Mr.. Attorney the i,,rv nm
derstaEds this ease better than You do
open Your mouth, Green" commanded his
counsel.
The prisoner did so. and II Looked liLa.s
pair OF waffle irons nr.narin.r IN ra,.aivo ria.
b,ttar II ~, -.
pla,ed more ivory than ,hs i,~', -
dreamed of in enc man
..shut your mouth. now. Green y and
Green's top-head ana face re-appeared ~
,.for. 'u ~
''e~
Now gentlemen of the jury said
counsel fur defense. with an irresistibIe
smile" Ink vou =. ,t,,;..t.,,. -
iudoes OF -. - as
Si' '""'"e'er' knowing their I
passion for old bacon if Won |
think il either prahabLa or nossibl. tor
.,..,....;., - ''S'"'' iol
"'i NeS Win sam eating capacity to steal
'hiy "fee POUNDS OF meat and leave seven
IN the sack -
ne jury promptly returned a verdict of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

The certificate (says the New York
World) having been awarded to Mr..
Kitchen in the Second Congressional
District of North Carolina, and the cleo.
tior of Mr. Hull in the Second Florida
being made certain by the Brevard
county returns the political complexion
OF the next House of Representatives is
now accurately determined as follows:
Democrats .......... 40
Republicans 40
Nationals. .........- IN
California has still to elect four mem
bers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

The heroic phiIanthropist, Dr. Luke
p. Blackburn, is being supported with
enthusiasm for Governor of Kentucky.
If brows are bound with victorious
wresths for deeds of valor on the battle
field, why nay they not be crowned with
laurels for confronting q more dead w
foe around the bedside of the sick and
dying? Cheers for Blackb burn !
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

HE strangest part of the news written
by ouf Washington correspondent is that
Gen. Chalmers seat is to be contested
ii ow is this d? Where is the pretext for
it? We have not heard that either of
his competitors has contemplated such
thing. Griggs, his colored competitor
iii the river bottom, quietly subsidized on
his laurels as observation-disclosures of Immi
grafton after beholding how the colored
troops III that quarter fought nobly for
Cnalmers; and the old War Horse Cos
tello, was compensated for his defeat by
the knowledge shat be carried Adams
over the Democratic nominee, the only
county in which he VAS even recognized
"a a candidate. That either Gripgs or
Castell4 mediate as stupid thing as
contesting seat which not one in ten OF
che voters of the District thinks them
qualified to FILL surprises us; but posi-
bly, it Is part of the Radical game of
agitating along the whole line in1accor
dance with the Blaine key note.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
Port Gibson Revelle. I

Hon. %. M. Singleton, the old
bourbon -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
United STATES Guiding Needed
at Jackson

We would respectfully submit to our
immediate distinguished Representative,
Hon. G Z. Hooker, that the passage of
some such bill as the following through
Congress would supply much needed
want of the federal government in Mis-
sissippi. Doubtless he would receive
the cordial cooperation and support of
the other representatives and the Sena-
tors from this State:
a BILL, to provide for the erection at
1acksoa. Mississippi. of post-office, Uni
ted States courtroom, land-office, and
other offices.
Be- il enacted by the senate and House of
Representatives, OF The United States of
America ia Congress assembled, That the
sufs ot one hundred and fifty thousand
dolars er so much thereof as NAV be nee
essary. b.. and Tie same is hereby, appro-
priated Ter the purpose of purchasing a lot
81 ground IL the city of Jackson, Missis-
sippi, and erecting thereon a suitable build
ing fcr the use Of the United States courts.
iost-otiire, land-oiiice, and other United
States Offices At Jackson, Mississippi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

Two colored Radicals in North Caro-
lima undertook to enforce their politics
upon colored Democrat by beating him
almost to death, and have been SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary for six years.
If there is one obligation above others
which the white people of the South
hold themselves bound to discharge,
If 1t Is to protect colored demo
Gratis from the brutal pers ecution to
which they have been subjected BY the
Radicals of their own race under the
teaching of bad white men.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01
The Health Question lea South
Carolina,

The South Carolina Legislature ha.
passed the bill to re charter the South
Carolina Medical Association and estah.
llsh State Board of Health, and
has made a liberal appropriation for
Its expenses. Local Boards of Meath
will be subject to the supervisory and
advisory control Of the State Board
which is required also to inves tigate the
causes and means of preventing epidemic
ana endemic diseases. The State Board
can establish quarantine With the consent
of the Governor, and the Board is re-
quired to recommend such provisions of
law as are deemed necessary for the
thorough organization of a system Of
registration of vital statistics, 1t passed
without difficulty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-01

California has still to elect four mem
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-28
An Adventist Preacher Performs His
own Marriage Ceremony.

An abrupt marriage was celebrated il
worcester. Mass, on a recent Saturday
evening. In the morning papers the Rev
Mr.. Munson. of Missouri, advertised that
in the evening he would preach a sermon
In three parts in the Advent Chapel lie
went into the pulpit and preached SER
mon, the first two divisions being Re
pentame" and ''HoliDess and Sanc,ifica-
tion." He then opened the Bible at Mat
thew NV, and proceeded to read the par
able Of the ten virgins. At the sixth verse,
''And at midnight there was cry made,
Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out
to meet him. he stepped down from the
pulpit, and lady stepped forward from
one OF the front pews, and, taking the BIZ
BILE, continued to read from the seventh to
the tenth verses, inclusive. Mr.. Munson
then took the lady's right hand and said /:
And now before God and these witness
es do take this woman whom hold by
the right hand to be my lawfully welded
wife, TO love and cherish her as my own
body until Christ shall come to claim us
with all saints as His own bride, or until
death shall part u.s. The woman said:
And | now take this man to be my law
fully welded husband. to love. reverence
md obey him until the Lord Himself shall
descend from Heaven with shout and
with the voice of the arclnangel and with
he trump of God, or till death shall lis
'ever.s They then knelt and the man Of
ered prayer. After the prayer Mr. Mum
son returned to his desk, and closed his
liscourse by urging the importance of be-
ng ready for the co ming of the Lord.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-28

the prosperity OF c0utftry. they have /:
tendency to cause Disturbances among tht
! citizens. The party having the mos1
money generally gets away with law.
suit by IN unreasonable tenacity allowed
by our courts. keep your opponent in
court all your life if You cannot beat him
any other way'' seems to be their motto.
Having the impartial verdict of II jury to
contend with does not deter them so long
as there is a prospect of making anything
out Of the litigants or throwing the ex-
ptfse on the county.
II we are to have economy let us have it
in everything. Our legislators having
charge of the most precious interests of
our Territory, and the county commits
sioners that have to see to to the intert SITS
of our counties, work for Il small compen-
sation in comparison to their responsible
ties. This they are perfectly willing to do
If other expenses are kept in the same
But the fact that their COM
pensation is inadequate is another reason
why we should look after the thousands
OF dollars likely to be thrown away to
crafty shrewd corporations who are only
too ready to mon"polize the income of
our country and plead their cause at the
expense OF our COUNT We had better
watch tile rOgucs andl sharpers. too.
CHARLES ANCENEY.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-28

Only a little while, vain man. Only lit
tie while, and whetf you come home from
the office at even or noon, the wife of your
bosom will meet yOu at the door with an
anxiety in her eye and a fly brush or an
apron in her hand. She will hold the door
open just three inches for you to crowd
yourself through, and as you make hope
lees efforts to slide through that space,
above your head and under your feet and
around your legs that fly brush will whirl
and nestle like restless meteor, and when
you finally crowd in and two flies follow
you, the goddess Of your home will bang
the door and weep and say that she can
20 in and ont that door fifty times day
and never pass fly inside, while you can't
come home to the house without bringing
millions Of them in with yOn. 1t is hard,
poor man, we know; it isn't fair on you,
and it isn't just. but it's got to come, and
you might just as well make up your mind
10 stand It.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-28

Interest increases in the North as we'll as
the South. over the disposition OF her pro-
pc ty in Louisiana and Mississippi. by the
the late Mrs. Dorsey. Davis is in quiet
.'ossesion OF q, property, ana will bs able
to Gi~ :.on i; all the resources necessary
to ras;St the cliims Of those who claim to
be she rightfu' heirs. Yesterday report
er called at tie office of Gen. Dahlyren.
stept;,iaer of Mrs. Dorsey, in Brooklyn.
He mad no doubt that had she lived little
Ion ccr she would have regretted the dis
position of her property. But, he said, she
seems to have been dominated by Davis
influence and mind, and the general had no
doubt undue influence can be shown in the
trial of the case. His son Mortimer is de
to contest the will. and so is Col
Ellis, and the general had no doubt they
would ultimately succeed in breaking H.
will.-Ne,c York Herald.