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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-12-03
Amount of the SwaG.

WASHING TON, Dec. 2.-Some news
papers say that by the Star-route frauds
the nationa treasury was robbed Of
81, 500, 600. This is large sum, but it
is very far below the real total. Several
months ago the Attorney General esti-
mated the amount stolen at 81, 900, 900
net. The additional pay granted to the
ring contractors was more than 81. 900,
900 per annum in the last term Of four
years. The Star-route frauds, in one
form or another, have been going on for
ten or twelve years. Il would be diff.
Geuls to estimate accurately the total
amount stolen by straw BIDS, expedi-
ton and other methods, but it has been
a very large sum. The estimate of
81, OD0, 900 may cover the amount stolen
in the last con tract term of four years,
aud this is the probable period to " hich
the Attorney-General referred. The
friends of the Star.routers threaten to
do all sorts OF tiungs in Congress.
Brady's counsel are said to have stated
that their efforts would be directed
solely to getting a mitigation of the
sentence which is expected. Dorsey
has furnished the press with a three
column defense Of himself. He asserts
that President Garfield denounced his
after making an examina.
ton of the whole matter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-12-03
MORNING APPEAL
Published every morning Mondays ex.
cepted) by
s. P. DAVIS.

A Daily Newspaper, devoted to Politics,
General News and Local Affairs.
OFFICE On Second street, opposite the
southern rfont of the State Capitol.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-12-03
Republican Conference.

WAsHISGToN, Dec. 2. There have been
frequent conference, Of prominent Re-
publican leaders here during the past
two weeks, the result of which has baen
an agreement to present to the Repub.
iican caucus that will be held next week
a programme upon which it il hoped all
Repu hlcans can unite. Such Republi-
can leaders as Senators Edmunds, Sher.
man and Allison, Representatives Kas.
sou, Kelly and Keifsr, and Secretary
Folger and Ex-Governor Fenton of New
York, have taken part in the confer
ences, and definite line of policy has
been marked out in relation to taxation
and legislation Gu civil service reform,
to which the support IF the admin:s.ra-
sion oas been not rn!y promised but
was offered most c,rdiaily. TIE idea is
that at the caucu. the recommendations
of the President aud the Secretary of
the Treasury on tax reduction, as made
in the message and report, shall be incor.
porated in therevenue bill pending in the
Senate. It's hoped IN this manner tounite
the Republicans in Congress and direct
the attention of the party everywhere
to these measures. so that in new Issues
the faction quarrel. and local disturb
ances in the PARTY will be dropped.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
LYDIA e. PINKHAMsS
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
For all Female COMPLAINTS

This preparation, its name signifies eonsiat. ~
vegetable Properties that harmless to the most del
caee invalid Upon one trial the merits this Com.
pound VIII be recognized relief Is Immediate ana
when it's use is continued, ninety cases n; bpy
dred, effected thousands win tes
thy On account OF its proven merits 1t is to-day re.
commended end prescribed by the bost physicians I'm
the country.
It win cure entirer~ tho worst fosin of faIltns
OF the uterus, Leucorrhoea, irregulaR and painful
Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles Inflammation and
ucersston, f1oodins, all Dlsplacernents and the con-
scquent spinal weakness, and is especially adapted 20
the Change OF Life. 1t viii dissolve and exuel tunors
from the uterusin early stage Developments The
tendency to cancerous humors there checked very
speedily by It's use.
In fact 1t hag proved to be the great
est and best remedy that has ever been discover
ed 1t pereates every portion Of Tire system and gives
new hfeand yiGor. 1t Galess atn,eucy de-
stroys all craving for stin,lt and relieves weakness
Z Of the stomach
1t cures Bloatfng, Headaches Nervous Proetration
General Debility, Seeplessness, Depression and Id
gestion That feeling of bearing down. causing pain
weight and backache, lis always permanently cured hy
It's use. twill at all times undera circurstan
ces, act in harmony with the law that governs the
For Kidney Complaints of either sex this compound
Is unsurpassed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Is prepared at S and e35 Western Avenue Lynn hass
Price s1oO. Six bottles for $500. Sent by mail In the
form OF pills also in the form ozenpes on receipa
OF price, s1oo, per box, for either. Mrs PTNKHAM
freely answers all letters OF inquiry. Send for pam
phlet. Address as above Mention, THIS paper
No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAR
LIVER PILLS. They cure Constipation Bdliousuess
and Torpidity of the Liver. 70 cents per box
NoRRISoNs PLUMBER q coz.
Gener Agents, CHICAGO, ILI.
~ SOLD oy McCahe Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21

There is a great demand for the report
of Guiteau's trial. 1t was taken by the
official reporters at a cost of several
thousand dollars. A resolution is pend
ing in the house printing committee to
have printed five thousand copies for
distribution. The reporters, however,
want. in addition to their pay for the
work, to have monopoly of the publ
cation, and are using their influence to
keep the resolution from passing. Per-
sons wanting the verbatim report of the
trial should write to their members of
congress urging action on the resolution.
Under it each congressman viii have
twenty-five copies to distribute; other
wise it win cost about SIS.
Frank Armstrong, who committed
suicide, recently, in San Francisco, was
prosecuted to his death. He once served
brief term in the Oregon penitentiary
for stealing an overcoat while drunk.
Being afterward restored to honest en-
ployment in Portland, every ex-convict
who knew him blackmailed him in sums
ranging from so cents to SO, and kept
him in constant fear of losing his place.
He could stand the persistent calls for
money no longer, and recently got on a
spree and then resigned, going to San
forgive and forget now?n in all proba-
bility is Intended for those who black
mailed him.
A paper at Alameda, CAL, says: A re-
cent brief visit to a portien of the south
ern territory of the State convinces us.
very much against our will, that the
lands of that section not irrigated will be
almost useless for crop-raising the pres
ent season. The borrowers of Los
Angeles county, having wellmatured
system of irrigation, will suffer no in
convenience or loss from the drought,
but the lands not irrigated will fail to
raise the supply of cereals and proven
der for animals usually produced in this
county. A weeks rain, even now,
would materially change the grain and
hay prospect of this section, but we fear
it is too late to hope for such streak of
good luck. A like condition of drought
exists, also, in Kern, Tulare, and Fresno
counties, as well as in the entire lengthy
expanse of the San Joaquin valley.
Where irrigation is not the land is as
dry as volume of patent-office reports
or powder-flask minus the powder.
The German wife of the Grand Duke
Vladimir has a will of her own, and is
not disposed to submit to the peculiar
regulations of the Russian government.
She discovered not long ago that let
ter which she had written to her family,
and in which it is said that she COM
planned of the dullness and insecurity of
life at the Russian court, had been OPEN
ed by her own personal aid-de-camp be-
fore delivery to the post. The angry
grand duchess complained to the en-
peror, but, to her astonishment, met
with no sympathy from him. Still more
enraged, she delivered her emphatic de-
cision that if the offender was not inn
mediately dismissed she would make q
public scandal and quit the country.
The aid-de-camp was dismissed, but
only to receive much more lucrative
anYoiDtnapt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Swiss Farming.

The smallest farms in the world are
found in Switzerland. In the canton of
Geneva the average size is only five and
q half acres. As matter of course, the
employment of labor-saving machinery
is out of the question. 1t is stated that
there is not reaper or mower in the en-
tire canton. The grain is cut with the
old-fashioned sickle, threshed with q
fail, and winnowed by pouring it
through the air. People turn the soil
with a spade, and cultivate the crops
with hoe. The amount of the milk
produced is very large, audit furnishes
considerable proportion of the food of
the people. Those who are too poor to
keep cows keep goats, which are able to
climb the steep hills and mountains
without difficulty. A large variety of
cheese is made from different kinds of
milk, while the cows and goats are graz
ing on the mountains. All the Swiss
dairy products are of very superior
quality, and bring a high price in the
market. Strange as it may appear,
Swiss dairy cheese is sold in every large
city in this country. and the milk can
ned among the. Alps completes with that
put up in our condensing factories.
Swiss dairyman make considerable by
separating the sugar of milk from the
whey. Frauds In the manufacture of
butter and cheese are unknown in Swift
zerland. Cor. Sacramento Bee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
How the Gay Young Man Took in the
llVerYn1nn.

u
They are telling this story about town
for fact: One day recently young
man while apparently heavy with tangle-
foot, presented himself to q certain liv-
eryman and asked for a team to take 8
ride. ''Never let teams to intoxicated
parties" was the stiff reply. This blunt
rebuff almost sobered the young man.
1t also provoked him to anger, and he
went off into profane whirlwind in the
Bombastes Furioso style, ending with
shaking a plethoric wad of greenbacks
in the face of the astonished stable-keep-
er, and offering to buy the best single
team in the barns. Hitch up quick,
and I'll pay you now" he said. 'tAll
right was the reply, and a $500 team
was prepared, the money paid over, and
as the man drove away the generous
hveryman, who was elated over a good
bargain, said to the purchaser, ''if you
bring the team back all right you can
have the money again" This ended
the first act in the play. Three days
after this, however, there came a climax.
For then it happened that the man re-
turned with the team and demanded
that the stable-keeper look it over care
fully and see if it was all right He did
SO and pronounced everything in perfect
order. ''Well, give me my money and
take your team back then,n said the
man. The stableman, who never goes
back on his word, counted out the $500
promptly and returned it, and the man
started to go. Hold on shouted the
other, s'you owe me $I2 for the use of
the team" II never pay other people
for using my own team, = was the reply
of the gay young man as he sauntered
away and never returned Wdterbury
american.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Shadows on the Curtain.
By EUGENE j. HArr.

lam bachelor, merry and gay,
With nothing to trouble me here,
rn have seen 81 window, just over the way,
Inc changes of many year. s.5z#
Hnen the curtain is down, at the close Of the
There are shadows that often appear,
Snaa tell you the story7 All, welIi you win
It is only tale OF the commonest kind.
was romantic and young-you may smileI
A very Beau Drummer in manner and STYLE
MY features were rudy, my teeth we're like
Twas handsome and fond of the beautiful girls,
oved ana lived fa ahroggs Il
What comfort it was in those dull days Of
Az silently sat in my desolate room,
And gazed at that window, Just over the way,
! "here pair OF young lovers, devoted and
Had built them NEST and were hidden from
view;
For the curtain was down and nobody could
But their ..tattle-tale" shadows presented to me,
11cn pictures of rapture. of joy and delight,
Many months passed away, many changes and
IOonld see. Ger the way. In my neighbor's af-
Their kisses grew scanty, their curtain UNI
An And seldom together the lovers were seen
1nea came DER that curtain new forms of de-
Like imps in bottle. that appeared in my
Some chidings, low spoken. were brought to
That was reluctant and sorry to hear,
Wniie ioud cries OF children, In rage and. af-
Were waited away on the winds of the night
Inere were shadows of cares that were novel
TO me,
T That made me rejoice that my spirit was free,
1naE my life was untrammeled by letters and
That my peace was unbroken by family jars.
The window is down, but my neighbors are
The lover is living without any hair.
For mis- round chunky head, both behind and
before,
Is as smooth and as bare as the knob of doorl
HIS r1nglets have vanished and gone to decay
For myers, once tender have torn them away;
Inc daughters are married, the sons all are
grown,
The lovers are left in their dwelling alone;
Loud cries or contention are brought to my
ear,
Discordant. unpleasant, and frightful to hear;
Inc Wlfe seems triumphant; Ihear her COM
mand,
The husband submits as she clenches her
And the sounds that I hear and the sights that
see
Bring comfort, delight, and conference.-the me;
For the woman loved is still living to-day,
Inc wife OF my neighbor just over the way.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21

rrazier's Root -Bltters-i
If you are weak, or languid, use
Frazer's Bitters.
If your flesh is fiabby and your CONS
plexion sallow, use Frazer's Bitters.
If you live in malariGl district, use
Frazer's Bitter's
:. If worn down with the care of chill
dren, use Frazer's Bitters.
If you have got the blues, use Fraz-
er's Bittefs.H
If you kept late hours and lived con-
trary to the laws of health, use Fraz.
er's Root Bitters.
If you need toning up. take Frazer's
Root Bitters.
IF you have abused instead of used
natures gifts, use Frazer's Bitters.
If you feel old before your time, use
Frazer's Bitters.
Iflife has become burden and you
have gloomy forbodings. use Frazer's
Bitters.
If your hands tremble and yo1r eyes
have grown dim, Frazer's Root Bit
tiers will make you feel young again.
Sold by all druggists everywhere at
the low price 500 per bottle. f. s..
Henry Co., Sole Proprietos, Cleveland
Ohio.
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Atlanta,a Pretty Shoemaker.

Atlanta can boast of genuine Curl
osity-a live female shoemaker-young,
pretty, and industrious. Having occas-
ion to send my little nephew with pair
of boots to be smended, he surprised me
on his return by remarking that ..she''
said SO and so about the boots. then
learned for the first time that we had in
our neighborhood young girl Under 20
wears of age, the daughter of shoema-
ker, who daily works at the trade her
self, not only mending, but making in
good style, both boots and shoes For
several years she has thus been employ
ed, and has won the respect and pat
ronage of large circle of appreciatiye
families. S0Uaaaaab Nea0s.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
SOM ETHINC
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means of Sc
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is a
delicate and harmless arti-
Gle, which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, Richness.
ROughness, Eruptions, Vul-
gar Flushings, etc. etc. So
delicate and natural are it's
effects that it's use is not
suspected by anybody.
No lady has the right to
present a disffgured face in
society when the Magnolia
Balm is sold by all druggists
for 20 cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC II. Y.

rs THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK
Its mara line runs from Chicago 70 Council
BIuffs. passing through joliet. Ottawa La sale
Genesco, Moline. Rock Island. Davenport, West
Des Moines 1.-THE capital of Iowa.. Stuart. Atiar-
SIC. ana Avoca with branches troid bureau
Junction 20 Peoria; Wilton Junction 70 Mnsea>
tine Washington, Fairfield. Eld2n, Belknap.
ron, Leavenworth. Atchison. and Kansas Sis5S
Washington TO Eigourney, Oskaloosa- ana KNOX
vile; keokuk 20 Earmingtons IonapaTte, Ben
Vile osSaloosa, Pelsa- Monroe, and Des Moines;
Newton 20 Monroe: Dea MONIES to InciaTaoiss and
6interset. Atlantic 60 Lewis and Audubout ana
Rcilroad which owns and operates through
line from Chicago into the state Of Kansas.
Through Express Passenger Trains. with Pull
man Palace Cars attached, are run each -ey daily
COUNCIL BLUFFS. LEAyENWORGH and ATcHI-
EoN. Through cars Grealsor run between MtlEau.
hoe anf Kansas City. yaa abe ~AtiWsukee anS
The Great Rock IslandD f. magniGcenfly
euuipped. It's road bed IS simply perfect. and KS
track IL laid with steel rails =. $500
Of ea5oyinF yoar meals. while passing over the
6eau1Af ii przsrias of Illinois and Iowa. IN one o.
cur magnificent Dining Cara that accompany 81
Thr0unA Express Trans lou ges ~ Sn ~. y
meal good as 10 served IN any nraf-caAss hotel
ADnrecsatinx the fact that majority or thc
.yeoIsie prefer separate apartments Tor n1nafsnf
PURPOSES land the immsnss passenger business
bounce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars for siceping purposes, and Palacs
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are 2
cOUNCzEs BLUEF4s KANSAS CITY,
aa Tsckes Hsen1s IN tho Uaffed sTafss
For fnf0rnGmtH@n NOS 0btnkmesbA0 NJ M
70. Il CABLE.
EicR Frae1dnUe and @eQ9 N&naE44
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Baron de Schaeffer, the newly-appoint.

Baron de Schaeffer. the newly-appoint-
ed Austrian minister to Washington, ar
rived in New York from Europe recent
ly. He is middle-aged man, of dark
complexion and medium height. After q
long conversation with reporter upon
International and business topics he.
said, srnilinglv: "A friend remarked to
me as sailed: There are great many
pretty and rich girls in America and I
shall expect to hear before long that you
have secured one. Well, there is no
knowing what may happen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Climax! Climax !

RACES VAEIflslA SiIVt.
"A Family Blessing for rs cents.
ss 1t heals without scar. No
family should be without it.
We WARRANT it to CURE
Sores. Ulcers, Scr0fula Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt Rheun,s ore
Breasts Or Nipples, ErysipeIas,
Swollen Glands, Infiamed Eyes,
Scaids, Burns, Cuts, Bruises,
Fistula, Piles, Boils, Chiiblains,
Frosted Feet, Corns, and al Gu
taneOus diseases OH ma: GF beast.
1t has been used cFer twenty-
Eve years, without oi:e failure.
lie has no parallel E.aying per-
fectIy eradicated DIS. ase, saRd
healed after all OTHER remedies
had failed. It is u compound of
Arnica with many ether Extracts
and Balsams, and putupin larger
boxes for the same price than any
other Ointment.
~ Sold by Druggists everywhere
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
EDUCATIONAL.
MRS. HEARD'S
FAMILY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

LECLAIRE. IOWA
Terms for Board English Branches, Music and
Drawing, per School year, $500. Good references.
Address
jan-23d3m Mrs. s. E. HEARD.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Mofat's Life Pills


are purely vegetable; they act
ON the Stomach and Liver, ard
regulate the entire systcI:i ard
put-aIl the functions or TIC body
i'm l-ealthy condition, . I'D
WARRANTED d certain cure fer
all HILARIOUS Il iseases, ll'Cz.I.d
Liver, Impure Blood, j aandsee,
Bilious Complaints, dyspepsia
Indigestion, CestiveEoss, Nery
GUS and Sick Headache, Colds,
Scuryy, General Weakness, and
Fever & Ague.
MOffat's Phoenix Bitters
correct the Secretions CT the
Stomach, and are a Sure Cure
for Sleepiessness, Nervousness,
Dyspepsia, Female Complaints,
Weakness, Debility, ETC
Thousands of Certificate arc
i'm our possessions giving perfect
CURES effected by these irlyaEu-
able medicines, ard we are cer-
tain that they will do just what
we have said. 1t is simply ask
ed that the afflicted viii TRY
THEM ONCE, their use will con-
vince the most skeptical.
Pages Climax Salye 25 cents a box.
sMoffat,s Life Pills % cents q box.
Moffat's PhGnix Bitters S1.00 a bottle.
az Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. p. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
IS Liberty Street New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
Moffatss Life Pills,
ard
Phoenix Bitrers.

The Most Successful Medicines
I'm the World.
Established In 1885, by one OF
our Most Fminent Ply sicians,
and now used throughout Nol.tIl
and South America, with more
pleasing results than Any other
Mod ieiua
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-21
RAILROADS.
Rock Island q Peoria
RAhW Az.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THK
EAST a IN d SO u T II

Trainsleave Rock Island.
s.sna m Way Freight.
S.S0 Fast Express.
I'm "a m Mail and Express.
s:S0 Through Freight and Accommodation
Trains arrive at Rock Island
AN m Through Freight and Accommodation
1s:45 m Mall and Express.
$40 Is Fast Express.
S:30 Way Freight.
Tho FAST ExPRBss lesying Rock Island at s 80
N arrives at Peoria 1890 p m, at Springfield rs
. N, at Decatur 400 N. Jacksonville z 100 p m.
kIton Z 20 N, st Louis BIB m, and Terre Haute
1.S5 m, TIE SAME DAY. Making this the best
md ~ oUIoKEsf route to ali points southeast
1T me 80 D. m. train makes close connection ut
eslys with G q @ for points west ;arrlving ct
Ssiesburg at 425 m; at Burlington 6 40 p N at
Teokuk 1875 m: and ct Quincy 1905 m.
Arriving at Peoria at 6 80 m. making close con-
rections with q w and Z g Wfor Indianap-
dis, connecting there VITA all fast trains for east
aI TaE-FAST TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS, and
,stes as low as by any other route.
R R. CABLE, Gent Supt,
|" j. v. MAH0NEY,
Gent Ticket Ag't
.The $50 N Accommodation leaves every day
except Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
THIRD WARD.

All the following real estate situated In the coun-
Is OF Wood and state of Wis. o-wt: being a
part Of frac. lot sec. Is. I'd. - of E IN the
city of Grand Rapids and lying on the highway
known as High Street on the SouthweSteFlr eN-
tention thereof adjoining on the SW the land
heretofore conveyed by deed dated I'd day of
May. 1871, TO j. d. Witter and bounded on the
noItheasterly side by the land SO conveyed to j.
D. Wltter and on the easterIy side by said ex-
tention OF High st. = distance of 200 TT on said
ST. on s9utwesierly side by line drawn at
right angles 10 said eXJentiOn of said High ST
and extending northweSterly to the highw ~
known IS the extension of Front street. I n the
n0rJhweSterly side by said execution of Front
st, said tract having frontage on the extention
Of both Front and High streets 200 ft each
All the following described real estate situate
lying and being in the city of Grand r 4pids
Wood Co, Wis, to-wIt: a part of fractional lot
;. sec. lS tp % n of II 6 l., comm encing at a
southeaSterly corner OF a tract of land convened
by Geo. Neeves anu wife TO ". b. NeeveS by deed
dated Sept. 10. 1915. recorded book M of deeds
page 400; run thence from said starting point
s0uhtwesr erly along the line of the eXtention of
High st. ls4 It to The northeasterIy corner of the
tract of land conveyed by Geo. NeeveS TO Mary
Neeves by deed dated January the LIST, 1875 re-
corded in book M" of deeds. page 40I run
thence northweSterly along the north line of
said tract above mentioned tract 264 ft TO the
southeasterly line OF the st. known as Front ST.
on the e1tenIion thereof. thence .northeasterly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04
SECOND WARD.

Of those parts of the 5 W ar Of e ar see: Il.
Up. .. of Il u. in Wood 90, Wis. which has
not been heretofore sold and conveyed by the
said +. !. Kline orher grantors to other parties,
containing about acres.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-05-04

Look heah, Squire, dah's a niggar
in Galveston whats been sassin me;
supposin' just maui the life outer
him.? The lawyer replied: You
would DE apt to get your neck
stretched" Z" Now, boss, you is iokin.
shat do you white folks care for one
niggar noah or less now the census is
done took 90