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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Money to Put Texas & Pacific in Order
Can Only Be Obtained BY an
Assessment on Stock,
The Stock Market Dull and Feature
less-The General List Shows
Fractional Decline.
Yesterdays Sales of Railway Bonds
Break in Missouri. Kansas s. TEXTS
whent ana Cotton Higher.
TEXAS RAILWAY DoxDs.

iGAAN NAllsMAA bbNHrH
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Dec. q The sales Of rail-
way bonds to-day were as follows: Dem
yer & Rio Grandc rs, Consolidated Trust
company certificates, 10000, at 81: Dem
yer Rio Grande Western rs, 10000, at
"a Missouri, Kansas & Texas general 5's,
10000, at 79!; GGO0 ditto at 10; 5000 ditto
at 7S3; 5000 ditto az 1885, 1000 ditto at
7s4 10000 ditto at IS; 5000 ditto at 40;
1000 ditto at Il; 1000 ditto at 7G4; 10000
ditto at 10; Missouri, Kansas & Texas
general G's, 1000 at 9l 5000 ditto at 905
1000 ditto at a0 $4,000 ditto at 90l 20,-
600 ditto at 905; 10000 ditto at 0O1
Missouri, Kansas & Texas consolidated
rs, 1000 at 10; Fort Worth & Denver
City rs, 10000 at So; Texas & Pacific in
come land grants, 10000 at 80; 1900
ditto at 800 Texas & Pacific rs, Rio
Gmnde division coupons, offered $1,000
ut A.; 10 900 at 49,; $4,000 ditto at As
$4,000 ditto at i.}; 10000 ditto at I2g;
10000 ditto at t23; 10000 ditto at %;
$4,000 ditto at i23; 10000 ditto at i2s;
$4,000 ditto at i24; 10000 ditto at ~;
1000 ditto at ~; 1000 ditto at ~; 5000
,-tt5 at ~; 1000 ditto at lGs 10000
ditto at ~; 700 ditto at i2s; Texas &
Pacific, Rios cX-dvidcnd, 1000 Mt 42@;
Kansas 6 Texas rs, 1000 at llls; Kansas
& Texas 5's, 1000 at IA; 5000 ditto at IA
10000 ditto S 10, at 7G5 10000 ditto at
II; 10000 ditto, S 20, at rs; 5000 ditto, S
20, at n; 5000 ditto ut II; 10000 ditto
at 7G; 10000 ditto at rs; 5000 ditto ut II;
10000 at l6s; Kansas s. Texas, general
mortgages, $4,000 at 90l; 5000 ditto ut
90i; 5000 ditto, S 20, at 004 1000 ditto
at III 1000 ditto at SD; 1000 ditto at 50;
10000 ditto ut %; Texas g. Pacific Rios
cX-dividcnd, 10000 at G2l; 10000 ditto, s
so, at "; Kansas Texas rs, 10000 at
llii; Kansas & Texas, general mortgage,
5000 at 81; 10000 Mt 9OI
Special to the Gazette.
MONEY FOR THE TEXAS & Pacific.
NEW YORK, Dec. q The money neCes-
sary TO put the Texas & Pacific in proper
condition to transact the business which
is offered can be obtained, it Is believed,
only by an assessment on the stock and
the giving Of an income bond for the
Texas & Pacific lrsts, Rio Grande d-
vision, or otherwise II per cent. fixed
bond at the rate OF one of the new issues
for say three of those now outstanding.
No definite plan, however, has been
agreed upon II is said that the bridges
and woodwork on the road are in very
a p,'o' V N.,' ulttnG 4een used Tor
III H. ~ ,jo; Ivu''' Wiz, Is .ne "vGtase
49, iiu ~, '''i''A Vi 'n"V secOioh OIL l'e
o' ~u '..y,'',.,.,...s., .,
vi, ~ a, ~ 80 !, anu ''osco III o'i'
nV'e INN ,, O"l uu'''
Coffee firm and unchanged.
> w., "', yn,.,. - sd"'H 81, ANp boNDs'
III, ,I" iVnn, Duc' -i'--"oNerhiuehI
'V ,rhor 4U ,,,., anu sIlons, ,,,,.,
'GIu was very goou business IN raul
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
P0TTSBORO.
Continual Accossions in the Way of Home
Seekcrs-Other Notes.

Continual hccossions in the Way of Home
seekcrs-other Notes.
Special TO the Gazette.
PoTTsRoRo, Ten, Dec 2l.-NopIe
brothers are negotiating for the build
lhg OF a iirst-class hotelat this place,
which viii be great benefit ~ ,bo
town, They win commence the erection
of It the LIST of January, and viii have if
ready for occupancy in thirty DAYS.
We are having new additions 10 our
town daily Five families have arrived
within the last thirty days, All from
tennessee and Mississippi, among them
inc heV. :, Le9tnerwood, a prominent d.
vine of the NJ. Il. church.
Arrangements are making for n Christ.
mas tree and grand Jubilee M tbe
Methodist church Christmas eve
JUSTICES court will open ON the 2gth
with full docket in criminal busjness
owing to the work of the late grand inrv
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
mo nydronhohin pnilenis.

PARIS, Dec. 2l,-The four children,
Justin Fitzgerald, Patsy Ryan, While
Lane and Patsy Reynolds, recently bitten
by mad-dog in Newark, N. j., and sent
to Paris to be placed under the care of NJ
PaSteur, reached this city to-day, and pro-
ceeded to NJ. Pasteur's house, where ar
rangements have been made for their treat
ment
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
THE FIRE RECORD
A Blaze at ,llnecla

A Blaze at slinecla.
Special to the Gazette.
MINEoLA, Ten, Dec. ILL
to-day a fire broke out 10 h,l
Pacific restaurant en- Front m
destroyed six frame buildings 4
is $4,000. j. W. Faux lost ssS
removal of his property. Tie b
loon sustained a loss Of $500 b
ance.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
Another Rrai,eman Iunod,


ALBUQUERQUE, n, NJ, Dec. 2l.-JacN
Burke, q member of the Brotherhood of
Brakemen, was run over aud instantly
killed at The Needles Sunday night. He
was brakeman on the Atlantic 4 Pacific.
He was a man well liked, being sober and
Industrious There seems TO be great
fatality among the brakemen ON this road,
no less than four having lost their lives in
the last two weeks,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
a Citizen Of rornh "a.


opeclal 10 the Gazette.
ToYAH, TExy Dec. 2l.-cd i
Il. Hill, one OF our most prosI,.
chants, died with pneumonia Y \
evening. lie had been sIck An.
days, His death is terrible Y
this county. He has many irisri.I
terent parts of the state, Who TigI
regret to hear of his dealt.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22

sioner Turns in for Christmas.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Dec. Civ. N. Coe, a
well-known young man, was thrown out
OF buggy and run over, sustaining spinal
injuries from which his recovery is doubt
full
Capt. G.. NJ. Swink, grass commissioner,
is in the city to spend the holidays. lie
will report at Austin, January 4, when
and where the commissioners, who have
been reappointed, viii receive new in
structions and repair to their fields Of
labor.
Robert Donnell, boy, arrived from
Denton to-day, and set up claim to mule
seized by the sheriff as stolen property, in
the hands of w. l.. Condle, who was
locked up.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
BAIRD.

Taken 20 Toynh--t Lady's Leo1uro-would
Rejoice the THIRSTY Cows.
Special to the Gazette.
BAIRD, TEX, Dec p Yesterday oven.
Ing W. c. Edwards started for Toyah,
TcN., with fifteen cars of cattle.
The lecture given 10y Miss Folsom at
the courthouse was very good-though
not very well attended.
Prospects for 4 rain are very good this
morning. A good rain would rejoice the
hearts OF our people aud would be thank
fully received By many thirsty old cows.
Everything is very dry here.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS,

One Man Kills His Friend, the Other Didn't
Know 1t Was Lunded.
Special to the Gazette.
JOSHUA, TEX, Dec. 2l.-Justice j. II.
Bowman was summoned to-day to hold
two inquests; the ilrst over the body of A
man, whose name is not learned, who was
accidentally shot yesterday with a Win
chester rifle in tn hands of Sam Rash, a
warm friend OF tn, unfortunate man. The
parties live ON Fall creek, some fifteen
mues west OF here, The other was man
by the name OF Do,y ,who accidentally shot
ana Killed himself to-day on Rock creek
west OF this place, with an old rusty mis-.
toll 1t is supposed that he did not know
it was loaded.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
FOREIGN.
A French Gun noat Foundere1

PARIS, Dec. 2l.--A dispatch from Tou-
lon says the French gun-boat Chamois,
bound for Tonquin, foundered in the Tou-
Ion roads. No further information is
given
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
DALLAS DOTS.

After "A Stolen Muie-A Grass Commits.
sioner Turns in for Christmas.
annrinl 10 lhn Gnznlln
, 1885-01-22
Ike HIs MorHgR usgo 10 MAKE.


james whitcouab RIoy.l
Al was born in Indiany, > says a stranger,
lnnE and slim.
As us fellers in the re~starunt was kind o
And tShsls Jake was slidin' him another
pun'kin pie
And a extra cup o coffee. with a twinkle in
his sye-
Al was born in Indiany-more'n forty years
And / hain't been back in twenty-and Pm
workin' bdck'ards slow;
But I've OF in every restaurant 'twixt here
and SANITY Fee,
And / want to stats this coffee tastes like
gittin' home 10 mel
aPour out another, daddy" says tho Teller,
A-speakin' 'crost asaucsrful, as uncle tuck
his cup
@Wnen / seed your sign out yonder, . he went
on, 10 Uncle Jake
"'Come In and git some coffee like your
mother used to mako
1 thought OF my old mother and the Possy
And me a little KID ngin. a-bansln' on her
As she SGT tho pot a-bslia,-broke the eggs
an poured EN- In
And the feller kind o halted. with a trimble
in his chin.
And Uncle Jake he fetched the feller's coffee
back, and stood
As solemn, fer q minute. ms a undertaken
would;
Then he sort o turned and tiptood ta'rds the
kitchen door, and next
Here comes his old wife odt with him, a-rub-
bin Of her specs
And sho PUSHES for the stranger, and she hol-
lers out Ats himl
Thank God wo've met himc commit Don't you
know your mother. Jimf'
And the Teller, as he grabbed her, says: "You
bet l hain't forgot
But, wipin' Of his eyes. says hos "Your cof-
fools mighty hotl1
, 1885-01-22


The top step of the fight leading up to the
city hall in New York Is a pulpit from which
many preachers expatiato on Sunday. There
is a small park in front Of the edifIce. and I'M
less the weather Is too inclement there arc
nearly always a good many wanderers near
at hand who win listen II somebody will sing
and preach. One recent Sunday an Episco-
palian, n Baptist, and a Methodist exortor
hold forth, one after the other, and the
loungor5 were about to separate, when a
brisk old mnn mounted tho steps and. with a
loud voice, exclaimed; II preach the gospel
OF bread. People who arc hungry can get
something TO eat here every Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons at 3 O'clock
Tint was a good while to wait II u man
was really hungry, but the speaker went on
10 explain tina while his particular mission
was a Christian one It held to the principle
that no man could be thoroughly good and at
the samo time desperately hungry. He
wanted everybody who was hungry to come
and DO fed, and he would talk Of salvation
a~fterward. This seemed TO suit the senti-
ments OF his auditors, for they applauded
him vigorously and agreed 10 come and soc
him. In discussing the matter afterward the
old man said his mission had distributed this
year hfty-nine barrels Of -four, $50 pounds OF
coffee, 900 loaves OF bread, twelve chests OF
Tea, $500 pounds Of meal, 5000 pounds OF
hominy, 425 pounds Of potatoes, $1,000
pounds OF beans, and %, 200 pounds Of fresh
fsh. He was very enthusiastic in his work,
and declared that he was making more con-
verts than all the high-priced clergyman In
the city put together.
, 1885-01-22


ACCORDING to an exchange a German
chemist who was surprised to find a few
silver coins in his pocket has subjected
them to microscopic examination. He
found on them minute bits Of textile
fabrics, globules Of animal matter, unicel-
lular alm and, worst Of all, bacteria in nc
tive motion and hacilli in great numbers.
Notwithstanding this terrible revelation,
thoughtless people who car get the silver
will still continue to carry the commodity
about their clothing with a reckless disre-
gard Of consequences. The Denver papers,
however, should not neglect the oppor-
tunity presented to set uD a howl against
this gross libel on metallic currency and
hurI at the inquisitive German chemist
some choice red haired explosives that
will cause him to seek his hole and drag
il in after him.
, 1885-01-22
AFTeR rHe AUCTION SALE.

Going Home with a Wagon Load OF All
Sorts of bargains.
lst. Louis Globe Democrat
Did you ever see a woman taking hor pur-
chases home from a special salei II you
have not, mako up your mind that o have
missed a sight which a months travel in
Europe or any where else can not replace for
genuine interest and whole-souled delight.
She may float gayly out OF the scene with a
c~oal-scuttle full OF miscellanies ON one arm
and a multiplicity Of packages on tho other.
II she does, kindly note the serene picture OF
self satisfaction with which the blood from
her bounding heart fills her face. Every
article In the collection represents n bargain,
and a bargain to a woman's soul, whether It
embodies a thing Of beauty or an object Of
su~perlatiye ugliness, Is a joy forever. Even
tho crooked poker in the outfit is an achieve
mont in the line Of small prices that ILLS her
brain with a wide glow Of glory than the
First Napoleon must have felt when the day
was won at Austeriitz.
But take take the woman who hns a wagon
load Of such achievements TO carry home.
She gathers her acquisitions Us swiftly as she
knows how and begins to worry the carman
who is unfortunate enough TO fall under her
eye, even before the sale Is over. When she
has glutted her appetite for truck, which
uauull hltui4 tuut ru1 a hOAo ~ buo Dof-
tom OF her pocket-book, she bosses that car
man as ruthlessly almost as a second mate
on the river bosses a gang Of roustabouts
He has TO handle everything gently, from
the odd stove-lid to the decrepit three-legged
stool, and no matter what the size of his
wagon, everything must go in ono load.
There Is a queer admixture Of dressing cases
and kettles, bedding and dishes. hardware
and mirrors in her Accommodations, and must
all DO neatly slowed to avoid brcakage and
economics space.
Woe betide the carman who breaks or
loses anything belonging to herl When the
wagon isfull she takes her place on the seat
beside the driver and rides away with a
smile on her face as wide as the street. Her
progress Oval home is ono of triumph,
and though no brass band precedes the pro-
cession playing "The Conquering Hero" the
music OF that composition beats in her
breast and is rnttled in her ears by the
wheels and paving stones and horses hoofs
rs she goes. Mira Toodles' joy was no more
supreme. Mrs Toodles could not have felt
INV Hanttfar
, 1885-01-22

N CIV 1ork Letter.l
Emotion is the last thing that ANYBODY
moving in the upper circles must show. It
would DO ~dreadfully vulgar to laugh out
right at anything, or to manifest deep feel
ing on any occasion. Naturalness means
weak character or very poor breeding-you
can take your choice. 1t won't do at all TO
appear very much in earnest on any subject
No matter what happens, it must be taken
as a matter Of course, and smiled at, IL posi-
BILE. On no occasion in the world must a
thing be taken seriously, IL a smile that is
half grin can possibly be worked in
You may talk stereotyped commonplace
about a book, a play, a friend, a belle, or
whatever happens 10 be the topic of the mo-
ment, but, II you don't want to be set down
a ~vulgarian, don't show more than a sub
dued interest. To do that would be to make
yourself disgraceful, and excite suspicion Of
a mighty poor bringing up. To get on
pleasantly In this kind of society, all the
natural impulses must he toned down n
kept down II your grandmother is dead
and a friend offers coincidence, you must not
under any circumstances say moro than
~Thanks- You are very kind You may
keep a handkerchief in your hand il you
want to, but don't on any account put 1t to
your eyes Only people who don't know how
TO restrain their emotions do that Get up
some kind of a smile Ia solemn one Is
most suitable for such occasions, of courseD
and say: Thanks; you are very kind and
your whole social duty in the case is per-
formal
, 1885-01-22

y ~ q A1AANN 1891
Few will read Miss fortescue's letters to
Lord Garmoyle and not think him a triple
plated idiot for giving up so sensible a girl.
He had beon sending her expensive presents,
aud sho writes;
"Now, dear old boy, we must face the fact
that you nave heavy expontes, and many OF
them; and, therefore. you cannot put your
Income round my neck and arms without
getting your affairs into a muddle somehow.
All tho pretty things you love to
give me l know are In some way a sort
OF public witness OF your affection
for me, but now you must give mo what 1
do ask you TO do as a witnoss-namely, COM
plianco TO my wish in this particular. You
soc Pm not simply a pretty, brainloss doll
whose spurious kind Of love save the mark
Of daring to use so holy sentiment to indicate
such a pitful feeling needs TO be kept
aAnnie by all sorts OF appeals to her vanity
as her strongest point, but n deeply loving
woman, who, besides thinking OF the pleas
ure OF the moment, wants TO sec tho future
clearly on the same lines. You know how
ambitious l was for myselk. Wen, now my
hopes are conterei on and in you. You
must, and shall, and will do finely"
, 1885-01-22

Or A million children ushered into life
nearly $780, 900 pass away by the end ofthe
first year. Twelve months latter $1,000
more will have followed. At the end Of
the third year the number living will be
diminished by %, 900 more Each year Of
the decade following win make its inroad
upon the ranks, but less serious in
amount, till the thirteenth year will call
for less than 1000. Those remaining
will fab out by twos and threes till the
end Of the forty fifth year, when it will be
found that in the intervening period
about 500, 900 have sueeumbed to the
hardships Of the way. At the end Of 60
years 800 gray-haired veterans would
still be keeping step with the dnties Of
the passing days. Eighty years would
&c $1,000 remaining, with strength i'm
paired and steps growing feeble. At the
end of e5 years but 22s would linger in
the darkening path. and these would be
rapidly thinned till in the one hundred and
eighth year the last survivor Of the million
would disappear and join the ranks of his
predecessors in the great host Of the ma
ioritv.
, 1885-01-22
sxo. +.

BEYOND the natural difficulties to be
overcome at the Nile ~cataracts and on the
desolate march across the desert it was
not anticipated that Gen. Wolseley would
experience any vast opposition in his
march to Khartoum to rescue Gen. Cor
don In this expectation, however, there
was disappointment, as the fierce and well
disciplined onslaught Of the Mahdi's
forces clearly indicates. If the reports of
the engagement are true, and all received
substantially agree, they very clearly
show that much Of the martial spirit still
remains dormant in the British lion. The
descriptions of the battle, as published in
another column, are quite graphic and
give a very comprehensive idea o the I'M
even contest which the British troops 80
fairly won.
, 1885-01-22

EVER since Mr.. J.. b. Morrow assumed
the management of the Buffalo Echo that
paper has made remarkable advances in
its character as a newspaper and the ex-
tent and value of its advertising patron
age. The establishment was recently re-
moved into more commodious quarters
and this week the paper appears enlarged
to the extent of column to the page.
THE LEADER is glad to observe these con-
tinued signs Of prosperity on the part OF
the Echo, and extends its congratulations
TO Mr.. Morrow, to whose energy and
perseverance these results are entirely
dine.
, 1885-01-22
Wrecks of Club Life.
Tseores Alfred rownsend.l

- AA4N WAnIAIsI
I think l sec about as many wrecks Of
club life in New York as there are wrecks Of
bar-room life. Many Of these clubs afford
unexampled opportunities for adventures,
who could not elsewhere hand around the
subscription list, start the game, and pre-
sumo upon the freshness OF their fellow
members. We borrow many things from
England far worse than anything indigenous
here. l was recently talking 10 a broken
down man in this city who inherited some
thousands Of pounds. and with a portion Of
of It bought a place IN a British regiment.
That was a few years age, before the buying
of commissions had been abolished. He was
recommended to buy a lieutenancy ina very
stylish regiment, in which one of the British
princes was the nominal colonel. He had TO
pay high for tie place, and then the acting
colonel presumed to make suggestions to him,
which were In the light Of orders. He told
him, for example, that there were three
horses he could sell him which he ought TO
have. OF course he bought the horses at
several times their value, and they proceeded
to eat their heads off. And then, whenever
a ball was given in honor OF Lady Shoepee
or Lady Shoohy, the colonel notified the Of
fcer that he was expected to take so many
tickets, and contribute 50 much.
He was then invited to gamble, and to re-
fuse would have been to feel Juvenile, and
perhaps lose the colonel's regard So he
gambled- This did not exhaust his money
fast enough, and he was next shown a great
point on the stock exchange. Next he made
a match with a woman of title, gave her
elaborate presents, and about the time he
was drawing near the end of his purse she
ran of and married a fellow officer, who
was coming into something, as the phrase
goes. 30 the young mar sold his commits
sion and started for one of the British col
onies, where he found the opportunities for
starving SO good that he appeared in New
York city, with another wife whom he had
married for revenge, and a broom, and he
was sweeping out a store on Broadway.
This is a good deal like some portions Of
New York club life, with the omission Of
the fact that the y Dung man never gets as
high as the broom.
, 1885-01-22
4 SIDEWALK ARTIST


by Electric Light
New yorx Cor. Chicago Journal
A midnight painter of figures on the side
walk Is something new 10 this city. he Is
one Of those natural artists, or else broken
down products of culture, who wander about
with a bunch of colored chalks and make
pictures on the ~iaggings, trusting TO a pass
ing Of the hat for remuneration Heretofore,
he has done his work in the daytime, on
downtown corners, where a crowd would
quickly gather; but be now waits until late
at night, goes 10 the part Of Broadway where
electricity has displaced gaslight and trusts
10 the rollicking men and women then and
there abroad for patronage.
His method Is singular. He takes for the
outlines OF bis drawings the sharp silhouettes
cast by the powerful electric lamps on tho
smooth, broad stones of the sidewalk, locat
ing 10 at a point OF smallest distortion. He
lectures, too, while at work; and he claims
to be an evangelist please stand right
where you are" he said to a tipsy young
fellow who had staggered with several com
panions out from a groggery, take notice OF
the shadow you're casting. Wait two min
utes and I'll show you what a fine picture
can be made OF IL. Don't stir"
The odd proposition strikes the fellow
favorably. He can not stand motionless, for
the alcohol sways him a little with its slop-
ping, but the artist uses a crayon with great
celebrity, and before the subject staggers suf-
iciently TO spoil the posture the outline Is
complete. A few additional touches and the
figure becomes devil-mny-care and decidedly
bacchanalian- The spectators laugh, and
drop coin plenteously into the draughtman's
hat. He is, as you will zee, an exhorter who
gets his pay before enforcing his religious
lesson.
Having pocketed the contributions. he
s~traightens up, throws out his chest, fills his
lungs for strong elocution, and says; "My
dear young man, coming events are known to
cast their shadows before. Yours isn't any ex-
ception- Let me show you. My pencils shall be-
come prophatic. Ten years hence your.clothes
will be shabby" and he made holes at the
elbows OF the figure; "you will wear a bat
tered hat and broken shoes, each Illustrated
with rapid strokes, Aand intemperance will
have Redeemed your nose and bloated cheeks, -
and the picture was now hat of an exag-
gerated sot. There's your likeness, sir, un-
less you sign the total abstinence pledge and
keep it."
There was no evidence that the sermon
did any good to the young drunkard, for he
was inclined to get angrily abusive, until his
boon companions ridiculed hin and led him
away; but / think that some Of the bystand-
ers were almost weirdly impressed, for tho
laughter was confined TO those who were
moro or less intoxicated, and the eyes Of sew
eral girls were wide open and hard by reason
of strenuous efforts to keep tears from nc
cumulatinR.