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THE FIRE RECORD.
Planinx-siII Desaroyea:
Eolltng Mills Burned.

ANDERSON, IND, January 23.-Nathsn
Armstrong; planning mill burned yesterday.
Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
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Preshess I'm Virginia.

PETERSBURG, Janusry 23-Fresheis pre-
vail in the Appomaitox and Roanoke rivers
and are causing considerable aamsee 10
property.
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The New York correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Esexing Star has made an authorita.
tive announcement that Mr.. John Kelly lie
soou to retire permanently from political life
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FoR throat diseases and coughs, brown
Bronchial Troches, like all other really good
things, are frequently initiated. The.genuine
are sold only in boxes.
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HFoR five cents, Wells, Richardsos b
Co., Burlington, VT, viii send colored samples
oil all coiorsof Diamond Dyes with directions.
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TRANSIT OF VENUS A FAILURE.

SYDNEY, N. s. w., December 25.-O6serva-
tions OF the transit of Venus were failure,
owing 10 the weather. The British party in
Queensland were equally unsuccessfal.
THE WHEAT CROPS.
The wheat crops, now being reaped, are
unusually heavy aod OF good quality. There
is a great dearth of farm hands, aud high
wages are paid.
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On the 18th of December, in the Australian
Gold Mine, at Creswick, food broke in the
old workings, where forty. one miners were
working. Fourteen escaped, and after two
days strenuous efforts i've more were res
cued alive and twenty two found dead.
The ship Lady Joselyn leaves Wellington
next month with a cargo of meat for London
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proposals for Labor and Material.

Proposals for Labor and Material.
OYyIcx OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECT
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
wAsHrN6ToN, d. c., January Is, 1888.
CEAI.ED PROPOSALS will be received at this
= once until u m. on the 18th day of February,
1883 for all the Labor and Material required in
the erection of Marine Hospital on lots A, b and
C, bounded by Walker, Armstrong and Coffee
streets in MEMPHIS. TENN, in accordance with
drawings and specifications, copies Of which and
any additional inform alton may be had On appli-
cation at this ofice or the oaice Of the superin-
tendent. JAS. 9. HILL,
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1ko1&SS R1f~ - A.sSe- .SSsD
TEDER and BY yirtueot q Isss'
" september II 1&x& - deed executed
ahd W. A. EeCAD~ - sne es truxtes. by L. G.
and of Ys~- Ian and Jane r. n0Caugpan,
s -,.a in the once Of the register Of Shelby
--usy, Tennessee. In Record Book 70; l4s, pcee
625. and at the request of the benenclanes ne IN
debteone1 therein secured not being paio, wiii'
- trustee. on
satspaay. Yesrasry 10, 1sss-
between the houn OF 10 and o'eiocE, on ne
premises In the town Of Mitngton, sel Tor cash 70
the highest bidder the following described prop
erty, to-wit: n.
county Of shelby Tying and being In the survey OF
the property adjacent 10 the depot at AilLng,on'
on the Memphis, Pzducah and northern rHllfoea,
particularly designated as certain lots known on
aid plat or survey Lott Nos q. -. a sno - On
the east side OF said railroad each lot nonuns
thrty-fve feet Us feetl. and running back one nnn
dred and thfrty-fve fest z5 feet). to9etner wiz
ths milhouss and AL other tmproyemenfs thereon.
Equity Of redemption barred Title believes %
bs good-
CAN'T 4 Rsstseson Attomsl wed
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METEOROLOGICAL.
L0fs7 CAsliefDu.
GEN. Sir R,chard Engiaus.

LONDON, January 23.-Lord Castleton is
dead.
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SPAIN.


EQUALIZTNa THE BUDGET.
MADRID, January 23.-The C4binet de-
cided to reduce the expendi ures OF the gov
erpment in order 10 effect an equilibrium in
the present budget.
4 STRANGE DISEASE.
A letter from Manila states that disease,
not contagious, has broken out in the Phil
lippineIslanfs, but that all who are attacked
with it succumb in a few hours.
SPANISH FINANCES.
LONDON, January 23-The Times denies
the accuracy of he report of The financial
statement of CImacho, late Spanish Finance
Minister, OF leaving Office, that he left 10
the treasury S0.000,00) pesslas, of which
50,000,000 was required 10 pay the January
coupons and 2200o,000 for quarterly pay.
ment on account of sinking fund, and that
there was 100000 in bonds at four pei
cent interest in the hands of the govern
ment What he actually said as that the
cash in the central provincial treasures anc
Bank OF Spain and in the hands OF financial
commissions ia Paris and London wai
e3 6S2,000 There was also in the banks ol
Spain a reserve 10 the account of coupons
due January Of e2,0O5, 900. and a reserv,
for short bonds Of eSS0,000. The treasury
had also in hand s52. 900 of four per cent
bonds
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Charles Deiauo.

LONDON, January 2S.-Anua Eliza Bray
the distinguished authorssr, is dead.
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DR., Edvard III. Ku,xh

SPRISGFIELD, MASS, January 23.-E1-
Member OF Congress Charles Delano is dead.
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LONDON, January 23.-Gen. Sir Richard
England Ia dead.
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Gei,inE Ready for the Guy Bonahsider-

Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, January 23.-The following
are copies of the bills introduced by Sep.--
tor d. 7. Porter relative to the establish
ment OF local Improvement and governing
districts throughout the Stale.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12

NSutthh NfssNos
TEyrIMONIALs.
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE, Chicago, West Divis-
ion Railway, Chicago, December 8, 1Ss2.-D.
Elwep, President Sioux Falls Water Power Com
pany. Dear Sir--I have received from your COM
pany since October I, 1882, about 100 car loads
Of granite paving blocks and have laid them bc-
tween the rails OF our street railway tracks In tho
heart Of the city. l have been using paving ma
terial In this city for IN ny years, and l take plea.
sure in saying that in my opinion the granite
paving blocks furnished by your company are
the most regular In shape and perfe t In form,
and 10 far az | have been able to Judge, are pos
sessed OF as durable feature as any material that
has ever been offered or laid In ,he city,
Yours, JAS. X. LAKE
(Copy.l
ST. LOUIS, March %, 1888.
TO WHuM IT MAY CONCERN
This Is to certify that l have examined . piece
Of granite taken from the Sioux Falls Granite
Quarries, and, 10 my opinion, II Is the best stone
for street paving l have seen In America.
(Signedj HENRY FLAD,
Pres. Board Public improvements.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
WRECKS IN WASHINGTON.
Some OF the People Who Are Ruined
by the Capitol's Society,

The streets Of Washington, says
Ramsdell, In The Philadelphia Press,
are lined with old, battered wrecks
that the waves and winds Of politics
have cast ashore from time to time.
A young man with ability and am.
billion, but with no money, is lured to
Washington Ey the tickle light of
social and political prominence. / do
not care whether he comes to the
house, whether he comes to the Gem
ate, whether he is the head Of a
bureau, an officer of congress, or even
q department clerk. The life Is gay
aud easy, and most inviting and SO.
Guctive, Money comes easy. He
forgets to look on it for what II Ia
worth, and Is gradually drawn into
the thoughtless, selfish life and
habits by which he is sur.
rounded. He does not study,
he does not improve, but year
By year he becomes less fitted for self.
support. He loses his energy, If ever
he had it; he loses his ambition. But
there comes a food and he Is swept
from his moorlngs. The party has
changed, or his political Influence
has changed, and he finds himself with
the same Idle habits, but without a
salary. He cannot or will not go back
to his old home and begin anew, but
stays here, and year BY year hopes tc
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
THE BAD AND WORTHLESS

Are peye initiated or cOuntertetted.
This Ia especially true of a family
medicine, and 1t is positive proof That
the remedy imitated is OF the highest
value. As soon as 1t had been tested
and proved by the whole world that
Hop Bitters was the purest, best and
most valuable family medicine on
tsarth many mutations sprung up n
begon to steal the notices In which
| the presu and people OF the country
had expressed the merits OF H. b.,
and in every way trying TO induce sur
| fering iuvalids TO use their stotf In
| stead, EXPECTING to make money on
| the credit and good name OF H.. H..
| MANY others started nostrums pat up
ia SIMILAR style TO Ii. b., with vari-
ousIy devised IN IN which the
word "Hop" os "Hops" were used In
agay TO induce people to believe they
we're the same 90 Hop Bitters. All
such pretended remedies or cures, NO
matter what their style or name is
and especially those with the word
"Hop'or Hops In their name or in
any way connected with them or theil
name, are limitations or counterfeit
Beware of them. Touch none o
them. Using nothing but genuine HoI
BltteYs with a bunch or cluster o
green Hops ou the white label. Trus
nothing else. Druggists and dealer
are warred against dealing In imita'
tons or cornterfeits'
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
Goulo's Wonderful Yacht.

Philadelphia Record.
Among the conveniences with which
Mr.. Gould's yacht will be fitted will
bs a large and improved ice machine,
capable of making a thousand pounds
of ics daily. The machine was origin
ally constructed for the United States
msu.of.war Tallapoosa. The yacht
will alse be provided with a patent
distilling machine, which will daily
convert 500 gallons of salt water into
fresh, One hundred and fifty Edison
electric lights, such as are In use In
The Rscord building, will illuminate
the vessel. Thirty llghrs will be re-
quired In the engine room alone. The
crew, which will numbsr fifty men,
will include an electrician.
CArpenteas and upholsterers are
now busi!y engaged In transforming
the spscious between decks into pala-
tial quarters. The finest of woods
are being used In fitting up the rooms.
The sleeping rooms will be supplied
with buttonwood, sycamore, Califor-
MIA laurel, white maple, Spanish ce-
dar, and cherry; bathroom, white ma.
pie; dining saloon, oak; and social
hall, black walnut. The bulwarks
will be capped with solid mahogany,
The engines, which are 1,4O0 horse
power, were recently tried and found
to work like a charm. One hundred
revolutions a minute were made, anc
when tho trial was over not a drop o
water was found on Its journals. Mr.
Nelson D. johnson, Jr., of this city
has been selected chief engineer. The
yacht is expected to make twenty
knots an hour.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12

get back into office. How no liz
The meantime heaven only kL
There arc honorable excoptiont
they only serve to establish tho .
some Of the richest aud most r..
nent citizsps began life In Washln
rs department clerks. l will noti
ton nance. l. Is 3 { OF, how,
we'll known here, thst q msjorDi
those who are forced out Of ic
life aud settle In Washington tuit
IS ''ne'er DO weels,"
know o graduate OF Hsrvapl-
lege, who was himself the prent
Of a college, d senator In coss
and subsequently in a positof
almos. uneqaelei power, who,t.
tied" In Washington. Drinnd
cards brought him to ruin, he
was, IL l am not wrong, once all
and many times In tho ststion Sc.
He wssa superior scholar, an eI'nt
speaker and IN able thinker. vas
not unusual for him to acthls
former friends aud ask for a cter
to buy him something 20 eat. ore
he is now / do not know.
l know Of as sad n case the
lower house-s man Of counting
mind and presence, end racelyted
as an orator. He was at onao a
member of the constitutional gen-
ton of Kentucky, afterward lem
Der of the state legislat o.
California, and was cleo to
codify the laws Of that states M
e%lector on the Fremont ticket SOC
was receiver of public moneys one
of the territories, and sub,ently
surveyor general, and then sen two
terms In tho house. He wsugh'
by all the scientific, religious ut
erary societies here, and stooohigt
az any man In either branch con
grers. We'll, what of it9 oak
We'll, this of It. For seveyear
past that man kept one of thwes
dives and brothels In the oitwher,
young men and weak men w,lurO'
by rum, cards and women. , diet
the other day In this ~miseralhovel
and was followed to his 90 by
depraved creature of tho tow whor
he called his wife.
1 can point out to you enator
here who scarcely buy their bkfestt
who are 30 seedy and dilapidd tina
they will cross tho street rar tina
meet an old friend. THERE c,
cabinet officers who used to,psttG
''us common people" with II frol
their carriage wheels az Il role
grsndly on, who are now I recos
nizsd by their former a%saocis, The,
are ex'generals In the arm who'
names have honorable meuti in hi
tory, whose deeds viii nevoe for
gotten, and on whose shorsrs Il
double star of a major generiet wi
pride, now 30 poor and heass tn
they are often hungry, whit q CO
to buy food.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
Tpos +. HALL Postmaster .
The Supreme Court in Group.

IL
"R, msdelp wrtter In his Washing
ton letter to the Philadelphia Press:
l saw, yesterday, In q public office a
picture of the members OF that august
body, the supreme court of the Unit
ed States. 1t Ia the first that has
been taken since B!atchford Matthews
and Gray have been members. 1t 10 a
very striking group, and is particular
" remarkable for the positions of the
different Judges. Judge Harlan is an
immense man. He is considerably
over ak feet tall, and Is built like a
typical Kentuckian - broad shoul.
dered, long limbed and massive. His
weight must be considerably over $50
pounds. He, Gray, Woods and one
other stand at the rear OF The other
Judges Ia the picture, who are sitting,
and the difference In height materially
mars the harmony. Barlan's great
size would command attention In any
crowd. Will you believe, therefore,
that no looks small beside of Grayf 1t
Is a fact. Gray must surely be six
feet six Inches tall. He Is a very
handsome man and an vain an Lucifer
or Conkling. He Is q bachelor and
imugines every lady is In love with
him. He Is a very able man, but q
very domlneerlng one. ! have often
thought that q truly great man could
not be small enough to be vain and
GARY" but I may bo wrong. The
Idea that has always kept me from
thinking Conkling wea a great man
But let that pass. When the picturel
of the judges were taken, l under
stand, the photographs called Gtay'i
attention to the fact that II he stood
his great hight would mar tho symme'
try of the picture, but 1t made M
difference, and his picture In his rob-
of office, with his hand across hi
breast, looks like u Roman senator
though l never saw one.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
A NEW THAMES TUNNEL.
To be Built for the Underground Elec-
trio hallway In London.

The Thames tunnel, which used to
be one OF the marvels of London, is
as nothing compared with the iron
subway along which passengers will
be sped By lightning under tho bed
of the Thames. Yet the famous work
of BRUNEI cost G468, 900, whereas
the contract for the electrical tunnel
has been let for G83,000 The Thames
tunnel, begun in 1926, was hnot
finished till 1843, but the new tunnel,
instead of taxing eighteen years to
construct will be completed In eighteen
mouths. OF course, the Chlring
Cross tunnel sill not be so
large as the fret tunnel, which con-
sists of two parallel arches of ma.
n IA feet broad, 16 feet high, and
1900 feet long, but 1t will be much
wider than the gloomy and unpleasant
subway at the tower, which, although
400 yards long, Is only 8 feet In diam,
eter. The precise dimensions of the
new tunnel are not given In the pros
pectus, although 1t Is stated thstplans
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12

and Specifications have heen issued on
which the tender Of the contractors
has been baeed. 1t rid be- two.thlfit
Of \ milo In length. There will be E
double line Of railways, along which
tie constant stream of electrically
drawn cars Will paos at tho rate OF
il milea all hour, Each carriage will
run separately ike 81 omnibus, and
DO driven BY electrical currents gen
Grated by steam driven dynsmos, aud
conveyed by means Of n central rail TO
= dynamo Ia ths center OF the car
rage.
The tunnel will be composed of iron
csiasons lined with white bricks, end
lighted, 1t is to be hoped, with ipcan
descent lamps. The steel rails will be-
lad upon continuous longitudinal
sleeperu Of timber, Embedded In the
concrete floor, 30 that there will be no
ballast or other moist substance to
produce any smell or feeling of damp.
ness. The carriages will be construct.
ed entirely OF steel aud wood, without
any cloth or leather liaiug, similar
to those manufactured for the
tramways by Msssrs. Stephenson,
of New York. The wheels will
DO under the center of the carriage,
with a wheel base of five feet. The
floor Of the carriages will only be nine
inches above the rails, the floors of
the terminal platform being on the
same level 81 the floor of the carriages.
The center OF the carriage being occu.
pied by the dynamo.maohine, each
end will be devoted to passengers, one
department being for first and the
other for second class passengers,
which will be distinguished by differ.
emit colored lamps.
The advantages Of electricity as q
moter In tunnels are too Obvious to
need explanation. At one stroke all
the tulphurious fumes and the sitting
steam, which render the underground
railway 60 horrible are avoided.
Tnere is no shriekiug, no puff 40 and
grooming, no dirt, no damp, every.
thing is clean and dry. Whether it
will be equally profitable i, another
matter. phe cost of working the new
tunnel railway is provided for by con.
tract with Messrs. Siemens at very
moderate terms. All the rolling.
stock and plant is to be laid down for
el2, 600, and the railway Is to be
worked by the same from for 60, 0OO
per aunum and one.fifth of the yearly
aroes receipts from traffic in excess OF
ego, 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
RAILROADS.

The Uhicago ,, st. Panl Minneapolis and 0mAha
trains leave every Saturday afternoon.
THIS Chicago, Milwaukee and 81. Pau trains
cave every Saturday afternoon .
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
Moneyed Men and Newspers.

htohVySo AtOh ia
The Philadelphia Tfmes'ys that
there has been quite a MILL wasted
by men possessing more mey than
wisdom to build up a riv TO The
Public Ledger In that eli II has
generally been the vain tempt of
money to command the pow Of jour.
nalism, and the result ha,een uni.
form failure. Journal eft journal
has risen and fallen, and le Ledger
Is more prosperous and i~nsntisl to.
day than ever before In thong, lorg
history, and the efforts omoney to
supplant It have perlshedlk Ike tracks
In the sand. In lik manner,
several millions have bn wasted
by men of money to s%u,lant The
New York Herald. Offsred wealth
has time and agai, resolved
to have It's own organ, itoSn news
paper, Its W social arles to ad'
vance the shoddylte, al Its own
money reports to bull or ear stocks
ss the inherent OF tho gnbler dc
msnded; but the money! the mar
of money vanlshes and inhe fullnesI
of time his newspaper Wishes also
And what is true of ThNow Yorl
Herald and The Philsdehia Ledge
Ia equally true In nearly ,ery city o
the union. Money 10 evC repeating
the blunder of sssumindhat 1t Cal
control public opinion al the chan
nels of trade By the pr'titution Q
public journals to public deception
and 1t doubtless will corinue to di'
play it's singular wesknesby continr
Ing to buy OF start newspapers to lar
guish or ole unlamented.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
E. B. CHAPMAN & 60.
WHOLESALE
l2i3 Farnam ST.. Omaha. Neh.
Railway Time Table.
U. 2. X. II. A LINE.

LEkvR. ApRIvt
Daily Express. 1915 p m Daily Express s:26 p m
Denver Exp. 7:t0 y IN Denver Exp...T:Sb q IN
Emigrant go. 500 p M Emigrant. ...b.2 am
OMAHA AND LINCOLN LINE-U. p. Dk. OF,
LrAyE. ARRIVE.
Lincoln Ex.. .lla5 q m Lincoln Ex. . los p m
Mixed ............ s:l5 q m Mixed .......-4.45 m
DUMMY TRAINs-BRIDGE DIVISION.
Dummy trains leave Omaha as folk Wa 500 q
IN; 900 q IN; 1000 q M; 100 q m, 100 p m; 200
m; 800 y m; 400 y M; 500 y m; 600 y m
Dummy trains leave Council Bluffs as follows:
s:2b q M; e;2b q M; lo:25 n IN; ll;26 q IN; 1:25 p
IN: 2.25 y M; 3 20 p M; 4:25 p m; b;25 p IN; o:2b p
IN. ID.
sundays-1he DUMMY trains leave Omaha ut
900, 1900 . M; 300, 400, 500 and 600 p M.
Leaves Council Bluffs at 9:25 and ll.25 = m,
2:2b, 1926, b:25 and 6.2b y IN.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
SYMPTOMS OF A 1
TORPID LIVER

Loss Of Appetite, Bowels oostive,
Pain in the Head, with 9 dull sen.
sation in the back part, Pain under
eating, witha Discrimination to ex-
ertion Of body or mind, Irritabiity
Of temper, Low spirits, with q feel
ing Of having neglected some duty,
WEAKNESS, Dizziness, Fluttering at
the heart, Dots beforeth eyes, Yell
low Skin, Headache generally over
the right eye, R~estlessness, with fit
full dreams, highly oolored Urine
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
MAVERICK NATIONAL BANK.
Cor. Water and Congress Streets.
HBG EI-

CAPITAL, e4OO,OOO
SURPLUa, SNOO,OOO
Translates a general Banking business. Re-
ceives the accounts of Banks, Bankers and
others. Draws Foreign Exchange and
makes Gable Transfers in Europe aud Tel
egraphic Transfers Of Money throughout
the United States, Buys and sells Gov
eminent and other Investment Securities,
and executes any business for it's Core
spondents in the line Of Banking.
ASA p. POTTEI President.
j. j.. EDDY. Cashier.
j.. W. WORK. Asst Cashier.
m&th.me
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12

The statement that an open rupture
would occur between the Grand Trunk and
New York Central appears to be without
foundation.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
the JS.SLer.

A rye face is not always due to whisky.
It takes the last straw to buy the cameps
hair shawl.
After popping the question, next in Or
der is to question the pop.
Does your son play the flute? Not we'll;
but he is under tootle-age.
Clock-worked stockings are not necessa-
rily secondhand stockings?
So you were loaded last night? Yes,
your honor; now, please discharge me.
Nothing SO weak as a clock. It can't
tell the time without taking both hands to
help it.
Bank tellers are so called because they
are expected to tell when the cashier steals
the money.
Heiresses may not always be beav tiful,
but they are invariably possessed of
charming figures.
The reason why birds in their little nests
agree is because they are all without differ
er CO in a pinion.
No matter how rich the man, heis GER
tain to find himself some day under
Strengthened circumstances-when he is
laid out.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
POT-HUNTERs ON THE CHESAPEAKE.

POT-HUNTEIeS ON THE CHESAPEAKE.
Those who are not familiar with sport
on Chesapeake bay can hardly appre-
ciate what damage these hot-hunters
often do. A band of poachers which
was raided had a rendezvous on Spes-
utia island, which is about six miles
below Havre de Grace. There were
about twenty big guns in the gang, and
it is estimated that they killed 500
ducks every night. These guns weigh
$50 pounds apiece, and are trained over
the bows of small skiffs. They are
made on the same pattern as ordinary
fowling- pieces, but the bore is some
thing tremendous, and they carry from
pound and half to two pounds OF
No. shot. The man who navigates
one of these sl1iffs lies on his belly and
propels it with two short paddles. He
has a string attached to the trigger, and
when the gun is fred the recoil sends
boat, man and gun back through the
water fully twenty feet.-PhilddelpAia
Record.