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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07

Once q young man with very little
money opened . email store In q
New England city. So few people
came to Guy his goods that be grew
discouraged, and said to himself,
as he shut up his store one Friday
night, III I don't have more custom.
ers tomorrow I'll give It up and "a
away" Just then q little girl came
along, looked up at him, and said:
Are yon the man that keeps this
st1re?''
"Yes," he answered, this is my
store; but 1t Is shut and locked up
now"
"Well," said the little girl, "won' I
you please open it again and sell me
y spool Of number seventy c',tton::'
All the st"ts are shut up, and my
mamma wants it to finish my dress
tonight, % that ! can 20 and seeMy
auntte to lllOrrOv."
The young nlerckan: could not ne
sist the ci,ild's pleading voice; ~ he
unlocked the store, went in, lit Lis
lamp, found for her the spool Of
thread, and took his six cents. She
went happy On her way home; aud
the next day her mother came In
with two other lu,lics, thanked him
for his kindness, and bought some
goods, rs did the other ladies also,
who had heard the story.
Perhaps they told It to others, for
more customers came in, and from
that day his store was successful. AZ.
terward lie became very rich, and
used to say, II owe 1t all to that
spool q: cOttOn.'
But it Was the kindness. more than
the cotton. which Won him friends
ansl success; for who wouldn't ratlI.
er buy OF q kind, pleasant person
than one who seems seiiisl, an:l care.
Iess Of O(kerx:.:
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07
Concerning Women.

Mr.. Garfield aud her family have
moved from Mentor to Clevcl, nd fol
the winter.
The British p0s.0liice is suLstitut.
ing women clerks for men in doing
the work Of postal savings banks, the
deposits Of whichare nows2lO, ,tkO, ,0Nl
The London Spectator says that in
other government departments WON.
en- are taking the place Of men US fast
~ the men drop out. They are selec-
ted by competitive examination ,ansl
thus far have proved both competent
aud faithful.
Mrs. Brown, mother oi the late
"Artenl,ls Wartl" resides in taste.
full cottage in Waterford, Me. She
ts . fine lOOking old lady, about sew.
enty years Of age, and posseases
charming Conversational powers. She
enjoys the calls Of her numerous Wis
itors AMI exhibits with pride q regis
ter cOntaing the autographs Of hun.
dre<ls Of PERSONS from all the States
and from many foreign lands who
have for at least few moments each,
Oeeu ucT guests.
The largest individual .hcep owner
in Texas Is woman, known all over
the State as the '.NVidOw Callahan. "
Her sheep, over ,O0O In number,
wander over the ranges Of Cvaltle
and BandeTa Counties, IN the soutll-
western part Of the State. Their
grad. Is . crOss between the hardy
Mcx!;an sheep and the Vermont
n,esiIO. They are divided into llOsks
Of :.MO head each, with u ''bosserO"
and two "pastoras" In charge Of each
flock. Atthe spring and fall shear
ingx. long trains Of wagons transport
the widows" wool 10 the market
at san Antonio.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07
FAVORED BY FORTUNE
How q Thunderstorm Saved a
Quarter for tho Gallant:
Etneibsrt Cecil.
). '.AEGti,rr llis!, nl,,.s."


Out under the &tar.ytIllnlttl !,eav-
ems Daphne Met 'ar;h: ard BERTHE
Cecil were sitting this 'aautifu; stun
,mer night -sit;iu" side l,y sid" !s-
meath the SPREADING branches of IN
oak TIA: had Lrnvc.l ,kc >!urm:S nf
rn!ur:cs. while the -!.ivcr.,l !. neil
il,gs Uf moonlight .!ancing ~ :.uilv
among Tie vc,slur.clal branches
that waved lun"uidlv above their
heads gave to the. s,.e,." Il tp:,rl: Gi
wrir.l i@auty and silcn, >p!e"d"r.
did you s!"":k, durlin.:::" asked
'crtic. Ecnd;m. over the yir! and
gain. a: tar with Ervjt glan,..;
which to':! mlor. clsiuentIv than
words tho great love Iic lt,r. her. Bat
lack Of the tender look, LarI; Of tht
love-l.slcn tones, there was a haunt
ing fear. gl'ustly horror. which all
tie scnsuou. lamyuOr of til" place
could not di*pcl. l'p from IT,. mead
nw beyond the brss,ks came the noisy
cl,irping Of the "rirkr;-. and the
wind, which had risen as they sat
there. began 20 blow in strange. .s,l,-
hing cuslrncss through the evCrgrccns
and arches III TIE village church.
yard. Tine sheen of tletcy cloud.
That had tI.s.kesi the zenith. l. n.liny
added sl.n'lor to the tor,uoi-e
i,l,Nn of the horizon. had suddenly
iaslesi away. and in its place an inky
mass. from whose black bt,scnl the
;"rkcsl lightning l..artd like hiss.
ing serpent from the dark>'Ine jun
gle Of un Indian forest. Already the
rain drops were l'!asl,ing among the
dust covered leave. Of the trees.
Ibid y"u speak. sweetheart ask
c,l Bertie again.
~ was thinking" replied Daphne
in y low, thrilling tome that showed
the intensity "f I,er yearni,,g. ""f
having another disl, of cream: hut il
is too late now." and rising from the
table she le'i the way I" the street
ear.
llertic followed her IN a daxe,l wav,
hut under the scn,l'rc look of his
pure young face there was a peaceful,
almost holy. joy. "Heaven has head
ed her off," he said softly. "b.it !
shall Ray dearly when the oysters
come. fDr it does not rain in WINTER"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07
Reason and Instinct.

Seth Green, in one Of lis articles
says: J have made some o! my most
Interesting studies Of nature In the
morning. Then Il the time to see
the insects at their le.t-tO ses, the
n,usiwasps stinging the spiders with
cut killing them, and packing then,
away where they are Kept aliye for
weeks to I've us.sl when needed. I
have seen a small green wcrnl hang
ing down q web. An ant, stationed
on the limb above, pulls up the well
and, just as the worm comes within
reacl, Ufits tiny claws, down drops
Mr.. Worm. The ant pulls up again
and agaia the worm let's out auHlher
reefand g,,es down. This s,rt OF
thing continues until finally the ant
:sapl'les the worm and both goodwin
together IN Il grand scramble, in
which tic wOrlsi manages to shake
off the ant. This leaves the worm ctt'
the ground. His web u 20 strong
that the other end j. still fastened t.
the limb above. What does Mr.. Ant
lo: Give 1t up: No, sir. I have
seen him ~ up the trunk Of that
tree, crawl out to the same limb, and
50 t. work again pulling ur tie .al,,e
web. Then, after another battle, /
have known tl,c ant to get TIE better
Of the fight and lug the worm or to
his hole. three rods away.
Why talk about reasoning powers!
The perseverance aud instinct Of
these little creatures are wonderful.
People 60 out 10 fish. They splash
around. stand up IN the boat, drop
their II e. three feet away. and won.
der because they cont catch trout.
They forget that trout can see. Fish
learn the tackle and fish are, ds q
rule, local in their habi,ation. There
are not ~ many gyFstes among fish
as among men. Any Elan who will
take the pains tn study fish, or will
remenl. er . title Of what he reads
about them, eau catch them. They
are smart, but our brains will beat
them. l remember once Of fishing
for salmon trout for long time and
taking nothing. Finally l concluded
to get down and look intO the water,
and 70 throwing my cOat over my
head, ] got the required shade and
peered down. The salmon would
sail up and look ut tie nlinnOw.
Then with quick dart, he would
close his teeth round one half the
m;nnox and open them again like a
flash. He did not attempt to eat the
n,innow, and half the severed body
would drop to the bottom. When it
had fallen to the he'd ( the lake the
salmon would gO down leisurely and
eat It. The next time when l drop
ped my book and felt the quick bite
Of the trout l let out enough line TO
send the hook to the bottom, and the
result was when the salmon went
down for his ,nea! he was fooled and
| had blnl.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07

quite u sensation was created ut a
circus ut Marquette. Mirl,., last week.
In the act where the clrr,ls rider,
disguised ~ u drunken tramp. falls
into the ring and wants to ride u
horse. the rin:.-D,a>ter threw the
drunkar,l cut. and witt, much seem.
ing indignation. asked why there
were no policeman around to keep
order. 4 policeman, who was stand
ing by. and who knew the man l,c-
longed tn the circus, felt in,lig namt ut
having the police abused, SD he tsn'ls
the alleged drunken man. aud, not.
withstandin9 the circus men people
tried to explain the circu:listan,.e. he
was hurried to the lookup. and the
act was left out. After the show the
proprietor got the performer out
and abused the policeman soundiv
for hcing 80 "fiicinus. s.-.N'~ I"rE
PsAsf, .iMgssxf ".
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07

The famine In Iceland h causlns
great suffering.
One hotel and ono cafe were SHARED
10 thu burning Of Alexandra.
The number Of paupess In London
on the last day Of the iirst week In
August was S, ,79l.
The surname Of Muller, aecordins
20 the last census Of the German Elul.
Psre: b borne hy no fewer than CD.
967 Germans.
The Portuguese Government haa
1t9oed . cOntTact for q cable from
Lisbon to the American coast, touch.
Ing at the AsoFe Islands.
Cetewayo informed Temperance
deputattOn which waited upoh him
in London, that he had prohibited
the importation Of spirits into Zulu
land.
Lord Dillon has received no rent
from bis estate In Ireland for three
years, and hes therefore caused the
posting Of one thousand ejectment
decrees at the Court House st Swine.
ford.
A commissery Of police levied on
the goods and chattels Of ex-Khetlive
1smatl Pasha the other day In Paris.
a coach-builder claimed . balance Of
N,90 due on . number Of vehicles he
had furnished the Khedive while &C.
cuPying bis vice-resal throne.
Hns,nu, l>Xls.. 4. rS~-a..I a>.s.-
shown adesire to make psalmistry the
next sensational folly, London Truth
calls attention to IN umrepealed act
Of Parliament which imposes on al
who 30 about practlcing the art the
penalty Of belng scourged, having
the ears cropped and being placed In
the plllory.
The Metropolitan Board Of Works
In London controls IN area OF IL
square miles, covered BY q popula-
ton Of nearly 1900, ono. The royal
parks cover 1.742 acres, aud other
open spaces ,876 acres. The largest
0f the ''lunRs Of London" b formed
bv Hyde Park and Kensingt0n Gar
dens, which together cover 6l6 acres,
or . little more than one square mile.
A gentleman died recently at War.
saw In great agony after = low days.
illness, and when his body WA ex-
amined Il Was found to b covered
with brown strip1-the effects Of
Precipitation up0n . striped flannel
shirt which he had been wearing.
The dye On the shirt proved - be .
potent vegetable poison. two grains
Of which administered to q dog
caused his death within an hour.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07
Miss Emma Thursby's NlRhtin.
gale.

y very pretty story is told vi ::
nightingale owned by Miss Thurs.
Ivy, aud whicl, accom- panic. her ul,-
Oh her travels, as follows: She had
given u concert nj Sprague before an
arislOcratic audience, in which, Cs.cl,
person We'd with his ncixbsMr IN .!O-
ing her honor. l'lautlits and pres.
enls were >iiOwered OIL her, and pc,.-
pie wondered how II was thai the
noted niclOniani,sc and es,nn"is-.ur.
Prince Wittgem>twiu. should have.
given no practical token Of the a.l,ni-
ration which lie expressed. Next day
the Prince called ri her hotel, :..sr,ni-
panied by Il servant carry ing n hird!-
cage. ''MatiamOi>cll..," hc said, IL
anl nj Il loss IL express titly my RAP
ture ut your singing. ! consider that
there is not "n earth one other voice
like yours. Let Inc l,e., yCl, tO accept
this pair Of nightingalCs ~ Il sOuve-
mir; ] own nothing more precious.
Pray teach them how I" ing" All
this might have passed ior IL neatly
turnei compliment II the nis!.tin-
gales hal been ordinary migh,in-
gales, Tut they were ..sxnl deal
more than ordinary l'irti>-tl,ry were
historical birsls. and tIw rr!-....rs
mark upon their breasts indicated
them I" be the li,cs.l descendant. ot
a couple Of warilers brought from,
Palestine i.y Il crus:,.iing ancestor "f
the Prince, who. taken prisoner IL:
Tie siege Of Jerusalem, i,..l been sol
.;s.etl always during his Ion. calajvi-
~ by their visits tO his dungeon win
dow. When tile knights rans.,n.
had heei. paid. hC asked that '.is
f''a.he,ed frit nds might liz. given him.
The :iUltlaN consented and fru,.l that
time there has always l'ecn one .U.,,,-
H. "nGl me- more, Of rr.l-..r.~s migh;in.
g.!,'s in the family IL Wi,tgcn>te,n,
from which they passed into the pos
session II Miss Thurs!.y: and. nx onc
Of the l'irl. had died without L-il>,
the race will i'c extinct. I'll. :n,rr.
visor is ;.> Lively a>a cricA.t, imt II
ali-s'ain< amy mate -: less exalted pa
rcnta2e; and thus ends the legend oi
the bohemian nigl',in:u;., from,
whose notes the rrinla i"nma las
learned her ''Cl.ans"n .;e U;s.au."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07

"Johnnied," is what they call Va.
tertng milk In Philadelphia.
The fun1 for General Warren'a
; 'amiIy has reached tll 400
Mike Murphy, . trainer known ia
turtmen all over the United States,
died the other day In the Louisville
Hospital Of dropey.
Jlorace n. Coleman, an Irish lad
Of seven years, arrived in New York
last week alone, en- route to l,ia faith
or In 1t. Louis.
a granite Ice pier weighing 1,jOO
tons and cost "a, 600 has quietly dis
appeared from sight In the Delaware
River, ut MarcusH ook, Pa.
The exeiten. .ent among the nexroes
on the school question 1t st. Louis
bas substded, the ncgrOes agreeing to
send their children TO the schools
provided by the Board.
Louis Ro<,s, . leading dry goods
merchant Of Houston, Texas, rot in
to . dispute recently with . feweler
named Ernest Fremont, Jr., when
the latter drew . revolver and killed
him.
Safe blowers recently obtained s..
90 In currency In the store Of Me-
Conne3l L Sons at Cumberland, Ind.
All tho guests In . hotel opposite
wese awakened by the explosion, but
the thieves were LETT to escape.
The forests Of the Adriondacks are
doomed to destruction, . company
having been formed for the purpose
Of constructing > line OF saw mills
through them and converting the
growing timber into merchantable
lumber.
Herbert Spencer is afflicted with
insomnia, aud his tripto this coun-
try has thus far not been beneficial,
his companion, . Mr.. Lot, having in
formed . Buffalo C0u, icr reporter
that he has grown worse since coming
here.
The Fast River bridge b the sul,-
ject 10 which New York journal de.
vOtee two pages Of space, alleging
that Boss Tweed conceived the plan
at the outbreak Ut the var, and that
IN estimated cost Of S7,OOO, 600 has
been swollen to more than tlrte
times that amount.
A canary belonging to . lady In
Dubuque, In being given its liberty
tn . r0Onl one day, flew 10 the man
tie, whereupon wasa mirror. Think
Ing he he had found q mate, he went
back to the cage and brought . seed
to offer to the stranger. Getting NO
sasisfactory reply, he poured forth
bis sweet notes, paustuy now snd
then to watch the effect. Finally hc
went hack to his perch, and, with his
head banging, remained silent the
rest Of the dav.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07

About six miles out Of Savannah
came across . farmer who accepted q
plug Of tobacco and Was ready to sit
DOWN on log and answer I'll quc1.
tiOns. When I asked him about
Shernan's approach, he burst into q
loud laugh and slapped his !eg, and
was 30 tickled I've did not calm down
for two minutes.
Excuse me, Stranger" he finally
said, ''but whenever think Of how
l foOled Gineral sherman 1t tickles
nse all over"
ibid you fool hiIn:''
"How:'
"Wall, you see that's my place up
thar on the rise. When the war
broke out I was the n,ost cantsnker-
osss rebel you ever saw, swOre I'd
fight and tout and 1t TIL We licked
the Yanks, II 1t took . hundred
years. I reckon Gineial Sherman
heard OF It,"
''Pr0bably he did,
"And after he took Atlantis, he
made up his mind to gDblle me. He
knew Id swOre tn die before I'd sur
render, and he come along down
from Atlanta with over 7O,ON men
to surround me. Mighty cute old
man. that Gineral Sherman"
"Yes."
"Well, they got here one night
about ten O'Clock. reckon that nigh
ON to 81, ON Of them surrounded my
house UP there and called for me to
come out and surrender and end the
war"
"And Of cou,se you did,
''And Of course ] dilln'G That's
wbar' the fun comes in. wasn't
home at all, but was down In vir-
ginny with Lee. They entered the
house ani sarcl,etl and sarrhed, and
went 70 the barn and called and cali
ed, aud when the old woman finally
told 'ea0 I wasn't home, they was
the mal(lest crowd yOu ever s0t eyes
on. They had l,oofed 1t all the why
ftOnl Atlanta to get their paws ON me
and had had their long march for
nothing. expect Sherman was
ready to bust with madness, and l
reckon he won't never quite forgive
me. 1t tickles the old woman wUss
than It tickIes me. and ysn'd berter
come up to the house and hear her
tell what them 7D,OW Yankee said
when they got here and found me
Free Prc~s.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-07

VIM. r, Hefiner. q German, was
yesterday tried before q jury in the
Criminal Court on the change Of lar
ceny ofa pair Of pauts, valued ut
$l.5s|, from Daniel Cummings. The
testimony against him was very
clear, hut when ssketl whether he
had anything 10 sav he proceeded to
deliver an addree or rather a remark.
able character. He was respectable
dressed and intelligent In appear
ance. Speaking in strong German
accents. TIE proceeded to deliver
deiense divided into f"rty heads.
each Of which Was clearly written
down and numbered Oh sheets Of pa-
per, which he held ~ notes while
speaking. The heads. or. ''scntem-
ces," AS he styled them, commence. Il
with a preface, and then went ON tn
argue the case from various aslerts
tO prove his innocence. somewhat 10y
the theory Of ! rol,aLilities. Some OF
his ''heads' were well discussed, such
~ ''the basis of law Is JUSTICE" In
which he displayed considerable ac-
qilalntance With American and Eug-
Iisl' trials. He argued that ii was
not credible that he should have TAX
cn fiie p,nts Oh account 1T hi. relig.
iOus disposition. saying. ~ am now
and always was = believer IN the
Trinity OF the betty" He stated thu:
be had been sln-trslck, and was sui
fering from its efti Its. He also al
tackled the evidence Of the witnesses
against him, and asked ii 1t was
probable. that unless insane u man of
more than ordinary intelligence
would commit the act charged
against. In conclu .i.,m, hc asserted
his Innocence, and hoped the jury
would be guided by tic views he had
expressed. The jury promptly IT.
turned u verdict o: guilty. but re-.
commended him tO the merry of the
Court. Judge riIkncy said he was
surprised that ~ intelligent man
should he guilty Of 50 petty theft.
The san,c man he'd, however, lx"E
l,e:0re the court a few month, a.O
for the larceny q; Il lot Of Bibles. and
had been sent tO jail. Tie Court
could not l'e lenient with hin, again,
~ the last sentence had 50 little ef-
feet. Judge Pinkney then sentenced
the prisoner 10 six month. in JILL
N'f'M".c SIN, &pteMhc' Mh.
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Lady Swimmers.

The old Greek story Of Leander
from Abydos to Sest0s to meet his
love, Hero, Is familiar. Byron, hav-
Ing read Of the extraordinary feat,
took 1t into his head that he might
imD,ortalize hi:nself, also, by doing
the same thin. although fora differ.
ent purpose than LeandeI's. Byron
lid It for sec"Nd fame, whicn he
acquired. successfully landing on the
farther side. Captain Webb, and
Mr.. Boy atom have done some ciIec-
tive work In that line in another d.
rection In our day, but then they
have i.een a!d,"l by artificial contriv-
ances. Neither would vaDture to
swim across the Straits Of Dover.
or across the Hcliespont, for that mat
ter, without some iUgenicusly CON-
structed support. Aud let 1t lie ask
ed: Would AI::> Hero, however in
fatuated wit' Mr.. Leander, have
vedtured to swim from SestOs tO A by.
dos to meet him: Hardly. The
very Thought Ot such . cold hath
wouldshave lern very apt to chill the
ardency of her affection. Ladies'
were not sup!x >cd to he particularly
versed In the art IT SWIMMING in
those antiYuatcd times. They had
their baths, IL Le sure, in classic struc-
ture and l'er!il,Ncd waters. but the
baths were not like the vigorous ones
Of our modern ladies' in the strung
salt waters ut Black Point Monterey,
Santa Cruz, or Alameda. Ladies In
these latter times can swim well, and
well 1t Is tina. they can.
In England there Is u ladies' SWIM
ming club ut Portsmouth. It il conn
posed exclusively of amateurs. Pro-
fessiOnals are excluded. Perha,s
there is hut one real lad ly-prOfexs!oo-
al In the art in the kinytlom-M;Ss
Beckwith. She j. hardly more than
q girl graduate, hut she has publicly
distinguished herself by extraOrslina.
ry accomplishments in the water.
She, with other pro ofessionals, IL any
there be, Is not admitted into lhe club
rcferresl to. Recently the club had \
for gold medal and the
championship. The length Of the
race was eighty yarsls. There were
fifteen entries, nine Of whom reached
the finishing post, tbrce Of them
within fifteen seconds Of the winner.
She made the time in one minute
and thirty-fivc seconds. She IL n
Of the head master Of the
Grammar school, which not only tes-
titles to the respectfully Of the club,
but goes to show that the art Of sw inn
ming acquired BY ladies may ',e link
ep with Intellectual ~ we'll as phys
lea! education. School calistlienics
for girls, is sc nlething comparatively
and prizes for competitive
swimming girls IL another advance
IN the trimming Of the ,csex.-.N1" E;wn-
r;<ss, EMiictiM.
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"AIamnla," said = delicate little
xirl, II have broken my china vase"
"Well, you are naughty. careless,
troublesome little thing, always in
some mischief; 20 up stairs and wait
TIL I send for yOu.' And this was q
mothers answer to . fearful littlecul-
.prit who had struggled with and con-
iuered the temptation to tell y false
hood to screen her fault. With
disappointed, dishenrtened look the
sweet child Obeyesl; and at that mo-
ment was crushed In her little heart
the sweet flower Of truth, perhaps
never again in after years to blossom
into life. q, what were the Loss Of .
thous:: nd vases In cOmlDari on! It's
true IAN angel might shrink from
the responsibilities Vt . mother 1t
needs On angels poweEs. The watch
must not l,e for an instant rclaxed;
the scales Of justice must always be
nicely balanced; the l,a.ty word that
the overtaxed spirit sends to the ltps
must die there before 1t IL uttered.
The timid and sensitive child must
have . word Of encouragement In sea
son: The forward and presumtng,
checked with gentle firmness; there
must be no deception. no trickery for
the keen eye Of childhood 10 detect.
and above oil, when the exhausted
brain sinks with ceaselees vixtls, per-
hare, and the thousand petty inter-
runtions and unlocked for rannOya0ces
Of every hour almost set vt defiance
any attempt ut system, Httll must
that mother wear an unruflied brow.
Iest the smiling cherub on her knee
catch the angry frown. Still must
she rule her own spirit, lest the boy
no en9russed with bis toys repeat the
next moment the impatient word bis
ear has caught. For all the dotie"
faithfully performed. . mother's re'
ward h Ia secret and silence. Even
he. ON whose earthly breast she leans.
b too unminslful OF the noiseIess
struxxle till too late, alas! he learns
to value the delicate hand that has
kent In unceasing now the thousand
sprtnxs Of his domestic happiness
TOlssi0 Saturday american.