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, 1880-04-09

!!E JtF!aultllul!u ~ NY sllHH!TY tbnllh!lltl.
lie cniih'itlctl tt'at 'tha aiiIentl1cnt !iad mt
lnrnning nf tiic r''lo. ln;tsnncll US 1t was not
accompanied Dy Il fof1lial report.
Nl.. RI'AnKs
argued that tho prhlWSttItpii had been re-
pUrtctl fron tic Committee nn Military AZ
fairs III conformity with tla rules.
Mr. Garfield inquire whether the PROPOSE
tion had ever been rpI nrtet 10 the lEnust, Dr
nllttec Ut ttle Whole: :, =
nlcnltty, auti II tiIcrs vas nI,y u,ju, In il he
wus willing IL let II s1Antt. iln insisted That
tho cnn,1lilttHo On M1'Ynty AftaIts Ind orig.
,i! .,I la,a luliSac"' oses A'o s''oJec1 1nattef o1
NY nl'!..'.M,EiHtt. :tla,:i tt.,,-.3 ,,,,,u.,
,,,a. -; r'.. ii;,1f iHi W.; w. IT, hgMi.t.!t
n,"l ttits,, ii H",r. to uk .ne so'n!!se !t.e
M the ia. ~ nn,,"v 1i I" H. ''x agS,v ~ Ill "''
: Mr. Sw.rks rspiirj flint ~ f!u'st ap Certainly II
,au: Inc RaGssMM ,s ~ e,!ins''t ,n M iS'asgi h 10
iiHom.sy VIZ ior 1e @ Mso ~ u liz army. hd Inc we
,,i ~ ttu aLy W. p tia m!at!er pHte!y
"N.h Hitt,. sn,',.ctE ~. WY LOl,!lntttt:
,,.N A. calk'is arg"e.3 taat the amendment
"'' o,r ,.t5A,u,,,,
~. ~. - 1,%nhm 1',''.,.. =,
eStsting law w1tnou.f rtfelle!ling the TX.
lGnttlturGs, bilt cain3 from q c0tlnlttee
which tiat hot hAVo 1utlstl1ctIon over the SUBJ
Jeet n!ntter , ~.
At. tiarlleia clgsed Up ulsclls8ion on the
holht OF oft!el. lio Ssua, u 1T ortler 1T a'':
" atnetltlhleit cni!t! oliiy bD 80 BY virtue Of
INC p!Oslsa 10 M.lte u, Which admitted
:tilleiiiiilGmts repofteu from committees l1ay:
lng jurisdiction ever we subject IlattGr Df
stlci! amendments. ~ cot'lnittee Ind 'turls.
taGt1oli over my snD]ect whatever unless TINT
subject was referred 70 It IN o1ia Ut two
, 1880-04-09
THE. VANDERBILT CASE.

New YolsK; April A-rile Supreme Court
ge1leral tcsln las affirmed the ordur OF jus-
tlca Donol,Qe refusing TO grant thu appiica.
tion OF Cornelius j. Vanderbilt to lIage Il
person appointed in place OF William II.
Vanderbilt as tha trustee Of fund Of about
34o1, 600. which was created by William II.
Vanderbilt soon aftor the withdrawal of tho
contest ,of Commodore V#mletblt'a will.
Tlle Judge Adus: +" 1t seems almost [nGrrtl-
ble that counsel could be found capable Ut
advising such nl application, having neither
deserves uothiug but seyeru subuke.h
, 1880-04-09
TIE FORTUNE TlAY AFFAIJA
Special Dtspdteh to Thk C]iteaeo Tttbun&,


Special Dspdteh to 7ns Cnteaeo Trtbunt,
WASHINGTON, d. C., April 8.-Tho State
Department las been perststently pressing
the Government of Great Britain for all
answer TO Its letter concerning tho Fortune
bay affair, iii which American fishermen ase
10 much Interested. It will be remembered
that Secretary Evarts' letter setting forth the
American view OF the rights OF our fisher
lnen under the Treaty Of Washington was
written some time ago. It's receipt was ac-
knowletlgcd md q promise. given that
1t should reach consideration. Time
passed, anti nothing was done. One
reason given for delay Is the serious
Illness of Lord Salisbury. The Department,
however, las recently been advised by cable
that the British Government has prepared
and forwarded rcply to our Government,
AID this reply Is now on tho way to this
country. OF the character Of tho reply tho
State Department, II advised, has nothing 10
my. Tho preparation and sending Of this
reply was probably one OF the Inst important
acts OF Lord salIsbnry's administration Of
tho Foreign Office. No special Instructions
OIL this subject have been sent to Minister
Lowell, through whom future negotiations,
II there are to be any, will be conducted.
TENTS fOf KNIGHTS TEstrIAlss.
ioEnt resolution rrnntIne tho ,so NJ f,ovor7,.
,urut truts nud anoa for tf,e tr1on,,a' ea,..
'ne"t n, Sen'o Alu mugs l"1 Lilo tf!ehh1al con-
c'ave OF Knights Templars, Which Is to be
held at Chicago In August next, Senators
Edn,uuiB, uoar. and Inea|ls took rim cronnti
that II the United States once consented to
'""" ptoDet.5 u 't.'s utstt !p'4oL! lip ohecouiG
my "'tele t41e cHu Noulu De. IIley thought
1t would be better to refuse 30 re-
ypectable and generally esteemed n body
than to watt until son., ossocfot,on 1cas
ranntahto ost,oa - e,,a,,or Sa,,o. Sa,ato ,.ss
!cpaeap1c askea Similar 1aVor' senator
1oE"a III 6eu u!e patssa6o VI tuo lesolHtlol1p
mtlea "ns uasl'eo oJ u Yeas aRainss ~ nays.
Ihat opposition to tho institution OF FREQ
masonry did not prompt the opposition to
the resolution was evident. 1udeed NM of
The Sanators ,ho ennLo oo,nstf H. Is = T.in,,t
,r.s...s,. nv otoNs - n"'s"'
e'.t.s', ..'u a,utnc' 4D."'>1Ate" " "ason"
.,Ila'oA .';lla ".a1 1."'''ptoti 1lell cu'iea up
1oht reso'atloh granting Tie Use OF tents,
cannon, and muskets for n Union soldiers
, 1880-04-09
building TO be no. s,tAan fit, feet distant
from tho other sI1re.

The Commltta - Conference on the Cen.
sus bill reaches Iegfccment today. Il Is
arranged that's IS House agrce to the Sennta
amendment rs Sag out the requirement for
tl1e t!. coilectloIS ,tatis!Ics concerning natur4
and also t6>-.. Scnnto amendment whicii
provides certain methods (sl,cll as tho post
Ing Of returns, etc.) that the accuracy OF tho
work Of the. enl,n,erators may be tested.
The Senat? ngrces to rccede from Its amend
ilent requiring copies Of the returns for each
State to he filed with tho respective Secro-
{Rrfc9 of 8tafa.
, 1880-04-09
THE RECORD.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, D. e., April 8.-The uouso
Joint resolution, reported fayorably by Mr..
Logan from tic Committee on Military Az
fairs, to lend flags to tho Knights Te,npar
Eleannpmcnt at Chicago In August next,
was opposed by Edmunds, Hoar, and Ingalls,,
Ill the ground tiiat tho Government property
should not be lent to private organizations.
Tho resolution passed-yeas, 81; nays, %.
Alr. Hampton thoreupon called up the
II1uso joint resolution to lend artillery,
tents, etc., to tho Soldiers Reunion ut Gem
tral City, Neb. Ptlssed.
Tho President pro ten. laid before the Sem
nte 4 communication from the Secretary OF
the Treasury ln response to the Senate reso-
luton, stating tllat ITO reduction of thu cler-
!cat forcc Gun atlvniatagcously be made IN tho
Department, except, perhaps, some old and
tnllrIH employees, might bo replaced BY
y;to,luger, ;t P, men, The Secretary thinks their
~ !,ade for their old lngo IN recognition OF
their lons service to tho Government, Re"
,The House bit to provide tor q public
Itt;se'.uo offices, md Courts, at Charlestown,
bills were introduced and rofetrcd rs fol-
By Mr. retidock-A bill for the relief OF
Military Reservation, Nebraska; also to au-
ttlurlze tlo Secretary Of War to turn over to
s s ssSf oxas snst aqy ess4Saop sss:an pfU}ta Ua Of
l}y Ar. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. an appropriation
fnrthO erection Of n lighthouse and f0g slRnal
! ut ur near tla eHtranen Of Llttla Traverse
9nreor. Michigan, and tho purchase OF a site
s1r. Cameron {Wfs) ANNOUNCED TINT rs
SOM ~ tho Ge1leya Award bill is disposed OF
hu will call up the bill reported hy him from
thu C9tl!',lttee TN Claims for tile relief OF
, 1880-04-09

s s for s lie W1e of ifs lie %ter
Secretary Ramsey, In bis LITTER, ct,curs
with tho view Of tsen. Sherman. atid recon-.
nerds MI appropriation Of 100000, 10 bo
made Immediately available.
, 1880-04-09
HOUSE.

A lnr4o humber Of hills were reported ad-
yorHely from the Committee on War Clalms,
atil ln[tl upon thu tAble.
Mr.. Rentshil reported q resolution calling
ativo 10 I'LL lce-llarbor at Chester. pa. Adopt
, 1880-04-09
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
The Spectre Of Troops at the
Polls Frighting the De-
mocracy.
One Of the Extra-Session Issues
Brought Forward
Again.
Tho Republicans Still Contcsting
The Question Of Political
Riders,
And Insisting on the Right Of
Full and Free Dis
cussion.
A Day Spent i'll Wrang1i1ig
Over Points OF
Order.
Carlislc's Bill Favoring Distil1ers
Is Adopted by the Com
n1ittee.
Il Heated Caucus OF Democrats
-. Over the Kellogg-Spoflord
Contested Case.
Many Of the Members Favor Let.
ting the Matter Rest for
the Present.
Ignatfus Donnclly, Dlntherskltc, Now
uowls to Have His Investigation
Inycsligated,.
His Political Honesty, So Called, Having
Been 1mpugued in the Springer
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-05

DR. RPINNEY 8 CO..
o2idkviy No. II Kesrpy st.. San Franeisee'
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How to Boil and Stew.

TO do either properly the food must
be immersed at the beginning in actu-
ally boiling water, and the water must
be allowed to reach the boiling point
again Immediately, and to boil for five
minutes. The action of the boiling water
upon the surface of either meat or veget-
ables is to harden it slightly, but enough
to prevent the escape of either juice or
mineral salts. After the pot containing
the food has begun to boil the second
time, it should be removed to the side of
the fire and allowed to simmer until it is
done. This simmering or stewing ex-
tracts all the nutritious qualities of
either meat or vegetables. The pot
should be kept closely covered unless for
amoment when it is necessary to remove
the scum The steam will condense
upon the inside of the cover, and fall
back into the pot in drops of moisture,
if the boiling lis slow. Do not think
that rapid boiling cooks faster than the
gentle process recommend. After the
pot once boils you cannot make its con-
tents cook any faster. if you have fire
enough under it to run a steam engine.
Remember if you boil meat hard and
fast it will be tough and tasteless, and
most of its goodness will go up the Chin
ney or out of the window with the steam.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
Glass Distinctions.

Caste distinctions are carried sometimes
to an absurd extent in England
orally by those Of newborn gentility.
It has been told of an English lady,
whose married name is of most "base
and mechanical origin, that, having
had one interview with a governess whom
she thought of engaging, and having
been much pleased with her, she on the
second interview informed her that she
was sorry she could not engage her, as
she had discovered that she had lived in
family the head of which was Sin
trade. The goyerness was no loser,
however, as she shortly afterward served
in dukes family. Domestic servants
are great sticklersfor rank and precedence
In one instance the titled lady of house
saw a very nice-looking young woman
who offered herself for service, and being
much pleased with her appearance, ex-
pressed wish to the housekeeper that
she should be engaged. But after a
quasi competitive examination of the
candidate, the housekeeper reported and
said, "That girl is nice girl, but she
would not suit me at all, my lady. She
has only lived at rich merchants houses
in town, and at their little trrmpery
villas; and she knows nothing of the
ways Of great house." The lady was
obliged to yield the point, as all such
matters are left to the housekeeper.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
Church Towers.

The towers of Cologne Cathedral are
now the highest in the world, the height
they have attained being feet higher
than the tower of ST. Nicholas Church
in Hamburg, which has hitherto been
the highest edifce Ultimately they
will be 81 feet 10 inches higher. The
Cologne Gazette gives the following as
the heights of the chief high buildings
in the world: Towers of Cologne Ca
thedral, 524 feet II inches from the
pavement of the cloisters, or 515 feet 1
inch from the floor of the church; tower
of st. Nicholas, at Hamburg, 473 feet 1
inch; cupola Of st. Peters, Rome, 469
feet 2 inches; cathedral spire at Stras-
burg, 465 feet II inches; Pyramid of
Cheops, 449 feet 5 inches; tower of St.
Stephens, Vienna, 443 feet 10 inches;
tower of st. Martins, Landshut, 434 feet
s inches; cathedral spire at Freiburg,
410 feet 1 inch; cathedral of Antwerp,
404 feet 10 inches; cathedral of Florence,
800 feet5 inches; st. Paul's, London,
365 feet l inch; ridge tiles of Cologne
Cathedral, $50 feet 3 inches; cathedral
tower at Magdeburg, 800 feet l / inches;
tower of the new Votive Church at
Vienna, 314 feet II inches; tower of the
Rath- haus at Berlin, 288 feet s inches;
towers of Notre Dame, at Paris, 232,
feet IL inches.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09

A menagerie elephant eats about one
hundred pounds of the best timothy hay
every twenty-four hours Giraffes, camels.
zebras and deer are also hay-eating ami
mails, but are not SO particular in reference
to its quality as the elephant Sea-lions
have to be fed on fish, usually fresh and
salt mackerel, each animal taking twelve
to fifteen each meal twice day, and con-
Stunning altogether one hundred pounds
of fish daily. Next in point Of delicate
eaters come the polar bears, whoseregular
diet is bread soaked in milk, with fish now
and then for change. The black bears
are also given bread one hundred pounds
being used daily. Vegetables of almost
every sort are fed literally to the different
animals cabbage, potatoes, carrots,
onions and turnips. The elephants are
great cabbage eaters, in addition to their
standard diet, hay. The giraffes, singular
ly enough, are great onion eaters, while
the deer and goats, and animals of the
COW species, eat carrots and tllrnips and
potatoes Bran and oats and corn are
also literally distributed mostly once or
twice week - among the hay eating
animals. But the lorang -outang is the
most dainty feeder Of all, living on bread
and honey, beef and potatoes diet
alarmingly like thatIof humanity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
The Human Figure.

The proportions Of the human figure
are six times the length Of the feet.
Whether the form is slender or plump,
the rule holds good, any deviation from
it is a departure from the highest
beauty in proportion. 49,
The Greeks make all their statues &C
cording to this rule. The face, from the
highest point of the forehead, where the
hair begins, to the chin, is one-tenth of
the whole stature. The hand, from the
wrist to the middle finger, is the same.
From the top Of the chest to the highest
point Of the forehead, is a seventh. If
the face, from the roots Of the chin, be
divided into three equal parts. the first
division determines. the place where the
eyebrows meet, and the second the nos
trils. The height, from the feet to the
top Of the head, is the distance from the
extremity Of the fingers when the arms
are extended.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
Jonathan Edwards.

It is impossible that people of ordin-
airy sensibilities should have listened to
his torturing discourses without becom-
ing at last sick of hearing of infinite
horrors and endless agonies. It came
very hard to kind-hearted persons to be-
lieve that the least sin exposed Great
ure God had made to such exorbitant
penalties. Edwards whole system had
too much Of the character of the savage
people by whom the wilderness had SO
recently been tenanted. There was re-
venge - /" revenging justice was
what he. called Unsuitable, ex-
hausting it's ingenuity in continuing the
most exquisite torrents; there was the
hereditary hatred glazing on the babe in
its cradle; there were the suffering
wretch and the pleased and shouting
lookers-on. Every natural grace of dis
position all that had once charmed in
the sweet ingenuousness of youth, in the
laughing gayety Of childhood, in the
winning helplessness of infancy every
virtue that Plato had dreamed of, every
character that Plutarch had drawn-all
were branded with the hot iron, which
left the blackened inscription upon
them, signifying that they were accused
OF God-the damning word nature.
There is no sufficient reason for at
lacking the motives of man so sanity
in life, SO holy in aspirations, so meek,
SO laborious, SO thoroughly In earnest in
the work to which his life was given.
But, after long smothering in the sui
phurous atmosphere of his thought, one
cannot help asking, Was this or any
thing like this--is this or anything like
this-the accepted belief of any consid
cradle part of Professionalism If so,
we must say with Bacon: +" 1t were bet
ter to have no opinion of God at all than
such an opinion as is unworthy of Him. =
A 8 natural man is better than an I'M
natural theologian. It is a less violence
to our nature to defy protoplasm than
it is to diabolize the Deity DR. O. w.
Holmes. an International Re0ieV.,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
"Mr. HenrY!v

AS anillustration of how the simple are
used by politicians, the following anec-
dote is interesting
At a political meeting, the speakers
and audience were very much disturbed
by a man who constantly called for Mr..
Henry. Whenever a new speaker came
on the stand, this man bawled out
Mr.. Henry Henry Henry! I call
for Mr.. Henry p
After several interruptions of this kind
at each speech, a young man assembled
the platform, and was soon airing his
eloquence in magnificent style, when the
same man as before was heard bawling
out at the. top of his voice:
"Mr. Henry! Henry Henry! I
call for Mr.. Henry to make a speech p
The Chairman arose and remarked
that it would oblige the audience if the
gentleman would refrain from further
calling for Mr.. Henry, as that gentle
man was now speaking
Is that Mr.. Henry ?" said the dis
tllrber of the meeting. ''That can't be
Mr.. Henry! Why, that's the little fell
low that told me to holler!'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
: John Quincy Adams.

The personal habits Of John Quincy
Adams, when Minister, were remarkably
simple, we infer from this entry in his
diary / rise usually between 5 and
6; I begin the day with reading FIVE
charters in the Bible; I have this day
finished, in course, the Old Testament.
I then write until, 9 o'clock, when I
breakfast alone in my chamber. I write
again after breakfast, and walk All hour.
We dine at 4 and sit at table until 6.
In the evening attend the theater, re-
doatte or concert. Between 10 and II l
return to my chamber and betake my
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
French Palaces.

The Direction dies Batiments Civils
ct DIES Palaix Nationaux has lately had
the chief palaces and chateaux formerly
occupied by the crown valued, and the
estimate has been made public. The
Palais de Versailles, with It's park and
dependencies, comes first, being valued
at 112, 900, 900 francs. The Luxem-
bourg, with it's immensely valuable art
collections, is set down at 100000
francs. The beautiful Chateau of Fon-
tainbleau is valued at 80, 900, 900 francs.
The Palais Gle Trianon, the special favor
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09
RATS.
Mrs. Benedict's Remarkable and
Valuable Discovery.

Valuable Discovery.
from the New York Evening POST
It has always been easy for house
wives, who are troubled with rats, to
poison them, but the problem has been
to induce them to die upon the field Of
honor, SO to speak, to wit, the kitchen
floor. They have usually preferred to
retire to their inaccessible retreats In
the walls as soon as they have felt the
symptoms of arsenic poisoning, and the
| low state OF sanitary science prevailing
III their communities is such that pois-
oned rats are never properly buried or
lnclnerated by their associates. The
problem has been how to kill the rats
without bringing unpleasant odors into
the house.
Mrs. Benedict has solved the difficulty
and is entitled to the honor we give to
an inventor and benefactor. She was
engaged, it appears, in the domestic
manufacture of plaster casts of various
kinds. Complaints having been made
Of the fragility Of these wares, Mrs.
Benedict began a course of experiments
with the hope of giving greater dura-
bility to her casts. One of her devices
was to mix wheaton flour with her
pulverized plaster of Paris, so that the
gluten of the flour might make the
paste less brittle. One evening she had
visitors, who rang her door-bell just as
she was sitting the mixed plaster and
flour for the third time, by way of mix
ing them intimately, as the chemists
say. She had already set a dish of
water at hand, intending to make cast
at once, and when the door-bell rang she
hastily removed her apron and went to
welcome her guests, leaving her materi-
ais upon the kitchen table. The guests
stayed until late bedtime, and when
they babe her adieu Mrs. Benedict went
to bed without returning to the kitchen.
What happened in the night was this
A rat, shifting the odor of -four, made
up the legs of the table to the top,
where he was speedily joined by etherfor-
agers-his brethren. The dish of -four
and plaster was easily reached, and the
rats ate freely and hastily of it, as it is
their custom to do. It was rather dry
supper, and, water being at hand,
each rat turned from the savory
dish Of flour and plaster to Stake his
thirst with water. Everybody who has
had to do with plaster of Paris will guess
at once what happened. The water
drunk first wetted the plaster in the rats
stomachs, and then, in technical phrase,
"set it; that is to say, the plaster thus
made into a paste instantly grew hard
in each rats stomach, making cast of
all its convolutions. The event proved
that, with such cast in existence, it is
impossible for rat to retreat even across
the kitchen.
The next morning thirteen of them
lay dead in a circle around the water
dish. Mrs. Benedict, like wise wom-
an, kept her secret and made profit of
it. She undertook, for a consideration,
to clear the premises of her neighbors
of the pests, and succeeded, It was not
long before the town was as free of this
sort Of vermin as if the pied piper Of
Hamelin had travelled that way. Then
Mrs. Benedict advertised for agents to
work up the business throughout the
country, selling each the secret for a
fair price.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09

AN extraordinary case of gravel is re-
ported from West Jefferson, Ohio. A
widow lady named Mrs. Thompson died,
and the attending physicians were I'M
able to agree as to the cause of death.
Some attributed it to consumption and
Others to cancer or liberation of the
stomach. The disagreeing doctors held
a post-mortem examination, and foIlnd
in the bladder 337 grains Of gravel, the
smallest of which were as large as peas
The case is little remarkable on &C.
count of the great number Of stones anc
the peculiar character of the symptoms
which could so battle the physicians II
diagnosing the case.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09

CANADIANS are not little annoyed at
the large emigration from the Dominion
to the United States. 1t is stated that
1000 Canadians have left Ontario dur
ing the last eight months, and that
nearly all of them have located per-
manently this side the line. This class,
too, it is said, is made up Of the best of
farmers and mechanics, who are dis
satisfied with the Government and the
slow progress and the steady increase Of
the public debt in Canada.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09

The British people move slowly in all
matters involving encroachment upon
long established customs. They could
not accept Mr.. Stevenson's resolution,
as introduced in the House, looking to
the closing Of public-houses on Sunday
in England but adopted an amendment
impressing the opinion that provision
should be made for the sale, during linn
tied hours, of malt liquors, for consump-
tion at home The Englishman could nc
more dispense with his pint of beer than
the German with his lager.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-09

self Immediately to the nights repose.
| have this month frequented to6much
the theater and other public amuse-
ments, INDUCED in too much conviviali-
ty, and taken too little exercise. The
consequence is, I become too corpulent,
and industry is irksome to me. May 1
be cautious not to fall into any habit of
Incidence or dissipation.