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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
FEDDERSEN g. co.
IMP0RrADoREs, EXPORTADOREs
Y BANQUEROS.

Deposito de mercancias secas.
Agentes de:
Sangerhauser actien Maschinenfabrik Eisen.
hiesserei.
Sangerhausen Alemania
lFabrica de maquinaria de elaboration de azdcar.
Royal Insurance Co., Liverpool.
Northern Assurance Co., London.
North British d Mercantile Insurance Co., Lon.
don.
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., London.
Marine Insurance Co., Linn. London.
Lloyd Andaluz, C$diz.
AGglo:contineutal 1ate Ohlendorf's) Gunoa
Works. London.
Empresa de los Vapores Correos de las Antillss
de Sres. aobrinos de Herrera.-Habana. Msj 4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
6ACETA De HOY.
(Enpareis, de kAdrid).

Por el Gobierno General Be
lispone que en- HumaeAo, cabe-
cera de! ao Dis,rito, se llevc d
eAbo, hAs,A eI Is de sesiembre
pr6xino, Ia eomprobaeion, tAnso
primitive como perio iica. CORES.
poadiente al actual sno natural
lie las resas y medidss 81 siste.
ma nesrico decims euyo
dia qusdAra etrrsd q dleha
sbsct,A el pttiodo eoDpto'
aAcidn, y e. los ae.nAs pas
bios dsl Dissr1go eli 81 De Os,u
ore, dslseadose ttevr presvsss
para tedAs As opsfAeloaea cat
con ssls otjsta dsbsa 1suhrsrss
ns reg&s atetadAs poF e. Co.
bierno General ca 10 Gaeefa NJ
nero 7 de II Dc Easro De- &c
rFisnse sa9.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
al respective Inspector. Los del
distrito Sur, al Gobierno General,
directamente.

al respective Inspector. Los del
distrito Sur, al Gobierno General,
directamente.
Circular de la lntendencia de
Ha :ienda q los Administrators
de las Aduauas de la provincis
sobre Ia contribuci6n territorial.
Sc concede los Avuntamientos
y deudores morosos el plazo de 3
meses, para que durante ellos sa
tisfagan por compensation los ie'
bitos pendientes.
En- la pr6xima semana SO psga
ran por la Real Hacienda las 81
guientes facturas de turno:
Dia'27. Facturas NUNS. 2l9)
Dia %. Facturas NUNS. 22o 7 Sorteo H.
Dia 29. FacturAs NUNS. 221
Dia 30. Facturas nj ns 1G1 a102l crnon %
Dia 81. Facturas NUNS 103 104 oUpO
Dia l. Stbre-Atrasos: Facturas importantes
1000 pesos
Subastas.
Aviso del Institute Provincial
de "a Ensefianza soble las matrf.
culas para ell curse academico de
1888 80.
Estados expresivos del resulta'
do de los examenes ordinarios Ill
timamente verifics dos en- aquel
establecimiento. L. extractare
mos.
Providencias judicialee.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
AL PUBLICO.

El Pintor Retratista y Profe.
sor de Pintura, D. Francisco Vi
larrasa, "a conocido en- esta Ca
pital, tiene ell honor de snanciar
que he puesto su estudio en- Ia
Gale de San Francisco nGm. 90,
frente al Ttatro. Al mismo item.
po participa, que ST Sc le prssenta
un nhmero sufciente de disc ipu-
los, abrira una Academia de Be.
llas-Artes para ell es:udio de Di.
bujo y de Ia Pintura.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

p. D.-A Ultima hora ha empe-
Eado 6 circular la noticia de que el
gobierno quiere premiar los buenos
Bervicios Sr. Acosta, ascendiendolo
& otra Acadia de mas categoria
que Ia de Patillas. Qaiera Dios
no tenga fundamento la noticia de
Ia ausencia de tan probo Alcalds y
digno caballero.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
LA PALMA De ORC.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

Segtn anunci6 con fecha 10 de
Agosto & los lectores del BoLETIN
MERCANTIL, la Iglesia estaria Iista
muy en- breve. Y ahora me com
plazco en- dar Ia nueva de que hoy
esta... casi 10 mismo que estaba ha-
ce doce dias. Pero no hay por esto
que desesperarse; algGu dfa estara,
siempre que mi pariente apure IN
POGO & Bestterb.t, y este 10 haga q
los operariOs.
La pOlitica en- este pueblo es
inactiva !; no d& sefales de existen-
cia. Y no vayan a creerse que sea
debido & Ia falta de buenos patrio-
tas = consequences correligioDarios,
pues los hay de muy buena "calia".
Esto obedece & que en- Patillas
entendemos que Ia buena polftica
es aquella en- que los partidarlos
contendientes luchsn con todo el
ardor, f6 entusiasmo necesario
por eli triunfo de sus ideales, sin
necesidad de descender al terreno
de las personalidades, y asf ha-
cemos Ia polftica en- este pueblo,
por regla general. Esta general
regla tiene sus excepciones y bien
pudiera citarlas hoy, pero me reser-
70 el derecho dc hacerlo cuando
nuevos acontecimientOs me Obli-
guen q clio.
Y haciGndose demasiado exten-
% la presente, se despide
TnaunrcinI
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
GUyA LOCAL.
SOBRINOS De EZ0UIAGA.
FORTALEZA z.

FORTALEZA z.
CASA de giros y comisi6n. Agen-
tes de los cOrreos de Espana y
Oompania Atlas de los Estados-
Unidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

Como casi siempre sucede que q
los vecinos de este pueblo no nos
rusta queoarnos atrAs en- NADIA, el
dia 13 del corriente los panaderos
ss negaron a trabsjar, 81 no Sc les
pagaba q raz6n de doce reales dia'
rios, en- lugar de los cuatro que We
Man panando. Y 81 este hicieron,
fu6 porque los do Guayama, AFRO
yo Y otros pueblos habfan hecho
10 mismo, Y estaban comprometi-
dos ror un docum ento que frmaron
d ciertHs cosas. Yo iguoro que CO.
sas seran estas; pero sospecho que
una de elias sea la de que el
nanadero. que, arrepentido & obi
rado DOR la faita de medios de sub
1istencia, fuera & trabsiar por me-
nos de doce reales diarios, Sc le
ouemarfan las manos 6 los pies. Y
Il este sospecho es porQue tengo
motivos para sospechar, por hab6r-
aele uuemado en- Ia madrugada de
hoy, mientras dormfa, las piernas
al iinico panadero de este pueblo,
que ell dia IA fu6 4 trabajar por
euatro reales. Eo este brutal aeon
tecimiento entiende el Juzgado, y
y6 el 90 encargara de averiguar los
hechos y castigar 4 los culpables.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

NambraAo hoaarse r4h Asa ~
ylsqas. II Ksiasl nslssse Aes
Fsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
ri e.tado de Ia salud pGblica es

ri estado de Ia salu1 pdblica es
satisfacterio /; q pesar de este, sa-
bi6ndose que las viruelas estan en-
Guayama causand0 algunas victi-
mas, se toman algunas medidas
tendencies q librarnos del terrible
hutsped. Lastims es que Ia vacu-
IA, & igual que ha sucedido en- otros
pueblos, no haya surtido nj en- uno
solo de los ciento y pico que en- es
to pueblo 90 han vacunado sus va.
Nosos efectos. 7 bueno seris que
Ia Excma. Diputaci6n tOmsra par
to en- el asunto, y tratara do inVes-
tigar Ia Causa de clio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26
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q favor de la viuda 8 hijos
del infortunado D. Pedro
Reus.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

Ayuntamientos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

Providencias judicialee.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

ratillas, Agosto 20 de 1888.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

0tra vez los CigarrillOS de l" La
Oorona."-OorOna, y de orc flno,
mereceN sus fabricantes. Esos Oh
garrillos son el colmo de Ia deli
cia Y de la mar.
Agentes, Sres. Sues. de O. G.
Saenz y Ca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

CigarrillOS ala Corona. Son
incorporates; SUI aroma exqui-
sito; su elaboration sin rival,
| Que fumador de gusto no los sa.
borea Y admira I
Agentes, Sres. Sues. de 0. g.
Saenz y Ca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-08-26

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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

think orntory is something that cannot
be taught. Undoubtedly man can learn to
be IA fair talkcr. He can, by practice, learn
10 present his ideas sconsccutively, clearly and
in what you may call FORM" but there is as
much difference between this and an oration
as there is between skeleton and living
human being clad in sensitive, throbbing
flesh. There are millions of skeleton makers,
iAil.ions of people who can express what may
be called "thc bones" Of DISCOURSE but not
one in n million who can clothe these bones.
You can no more teach man to be an or
ator than you can teach him to be an artist,
or a poet, of the first class. When you teach
him there is the same difference between the
man who is taught ard the man who is what
he is by virtue of a natural aptitude that
there is between pump and a spring-be-
tween canal and q river-between April
rain and water works. 1t is question OF
capacity and feeling-not of education.
There are some things that you can tell an
orator not to do For instance, he should
never drink water while talking, because the
interest is broken and for the moment he
loses control of his audience He should
never look at his watch for the same reason.
He should never talk about himself. He
should never deal in personalities Heshould
never tell long stories, and if he tells any
story he should never say that it is a true
story and that he knew the parties This
makes it question of veracity instead of a
question of art. He should never clog his
discourse with details He should never
dwell upon particulars-he should touch uni
verSals, because the great truths are for all
time New York Mail and Express
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

The last twenty years have seen more ad
vance in the science of electricity than all
the G,o00 historic years preceding. More is
discovered in one day now than III "A thou
sand years of the middle ages, so that, liter
ally, ga day is n thousand years" We put it
to all sorts of Uses. We make it carry our
messages, dri"e our engine, ring our door
bell and scare the burglar. We take it as
medicine, light our gas see by it, hear from
it, talk with it, and now we are beginning to
teach it to write. The question naturally
arises in contemplating this subject: "What
is itf" can imagine the last man on the
last day asking this same question: What
is it" At one time, not long ago, it was sup
posed to bc a fluid; by some two fluids, a
positive and a negative. But in this day
there are few who do rot believe it to be
simply mode Of motion; not matter, but a
condition of matter; and not "a mechanical,
but molecular motion By mechanical
u:otion is meant n motion Of the mass, and
by molecular motion Is meant n motion of
the ultimate particles Of which the mass is
made up.-Scentiiic American.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01
What to Do with snsp,c,ops.

There arc many suspicious that need crush
ny in the bud. We fancy our friend is cool
. us, we imagine sonlo one las slightcd us;
we suspect our ncighbor of having spoken i'll
'f us. Most likely we are mistaken, and, in
my case, we could never profitably search
nto the matter. Our trust in our friend, or
'ur own self respect, should lead us to put
lway such thoughts, to abandon such sr,s
'Icions. Some one has, perhaps, dropped a
poisonous word of scandal into our cars
Let us Danish it from our thoughts with
norn. Circumstances may tend to cast sus
picion on ono whom VIC honor; let us con
tinuc to trust him in our heart Of hearts
We may fear that somo ono has committed n
fault which, however, does not concern us in
The least, and in which we are not calcl upon
20 interfere, let us cXpcl the idea as an un
welcome intruder In one Of these two ways
very suspicion may be rightly dealt with
VI as warning it has n mission to perform
it will do its work, if it is an unworthy or
III idle conjecture, it will be dismissed. In
rlther case it will pass away, as all suspicious
are meant to do AS transient guests of tie
mind they may he useful in establishing the
Innocence which should be brought to light.
II in proving the guilt which should be
puiscd away l3ut us permanent inmates of
the mind their influence is most pernicious. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

Or tho Neapolitan coast and in other pn1t ;
of tho Mediterranean, whcro these elastic
articles are found, diving is tho approved
method of getting spongcs. In tho clear,
whlto water OF tho Bahamas however
'rancs nro used. Cranes aro long poles.
varying in length from twenty to thirty
eight feet, with curved prongs ut ono end,
and are employed to detach tho sponge from
the rock to which it clings and TO convey it
to the boat in which arc tho fishermen. So
clear is tho water that, with tho aid of II
water glass, II pail or box, with glass bot
tom, fishermen can easily distinguish spongcs
from other forms of marino plant life at the
lrpth of fifty or sixty or more feet. When
first taken from their businesses spongcs an
pear and feel like pieces of raw, soft liver,
being slippery, elastic, ugly and rcpulsvc In
color they range from dirty purple to dull
chocolate.
Having been brought to tho deck of the
ishel'ncn's schooner tho spongcs arc washed,
'ubbcd and dried. They nre then strung Oh
strands, dozen TO a strand, and arc washed
lown with buckets of sea water three times
, day until the schooner reaches ono of its
.rawls. Crawls arc large, half submerged
'tockades of saplinss, generally sapolillns
md unfamiliar sub-tropical growtlls, bound
ogethcr with manila and palmetto fiber
The catch is deposited in these, and kept un.
lcr water until the vessel makes it; final
'ound and draws its deposits preparatory to
aking them to Nassau. Cor New York
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

continued career 't' ''0''''
ot murder and robbery after the war closed,
and met either violent death or landed in
one or another Of various state prisons.
The respectable survivors of the band are
unanimous ON one point they were neither
Robbers nor murlcrcrs in the beginning, not
indeed, till Gen. Iialleck issued from Wash
ington an order proclaiining Quantril and
his men outlaws in March, lsG2. They rails"
their hands toward heaven and swear by all
that is sacred that this is true.
After Halcck's proclamation Quantrll OBJ
taned a copy of it and read it to his men.
"Now, boys, you hear" he said. Those of
y"n who wish can quit and 90 home. Those
who stay will know what to expect"
Some of the band did thereupon leave, it is
said Quantrill further took copy of tn"
proclamation and wrote upon it these words:
''Fnr every man of mine vou kill will kill
ten of vours.' Then he sent the paper to
Gen. Thomas Ewing, commander of the mill
tary district of Kansas.
From that time it was war of cxternina
ton. Quantrill. however, did occasionally
spare a life. and sometimes restored prop
erty wien women begged for it, Though
not especially chivalro'ls, he did not harm
women. Indeed, he was far more merciful
than many of the fierce bordererS that
gathered around him. and this was sometimes
the cause Of q,larres.
Gen. Ewing was i'll provided with troops
to NEE, thr roaming guerrilla companies. He
did the best he could, scattering squads Of
soldier, among localities where they could
keep watch. Especially they were ordered
to have an eye on Quantril's band De-
tachments We're stationed along the Missouri
border. between that and Kansas for over
fifty miles south of Kansas City.
The provost marshal of Kansas City, Mo,
WIS p '''p. tira m?l ...' n,sn ~
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

The system of singing now taught in The
public schools is productive Of wonderful ro
suits The children arc not taught from
song books, as was the old style, but they are
first made to sing and understand the notes
Just as in other studies tho text book has
been superseded by tie oral lesson, so, too, in
;his case 1t is too, in fact, an object lesson
III vocal music. In the movable do system
which we use the child is made to appreciate
the full value of every note, and they learn
To read music ut sight in a remarkably short
time. In one year, under the present method,
a child advances as much as it would under
the old method in three years. Them too,
the lessons soften and modulatc the voice and
render it more flexible for clocutionary pur
poses. The orators Of the coming ccneratio!
viii have swectcr music in their tones than
lie orators OF the present time - Nic!.c!ls
'.avold III Globe D,.mocrat
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

influence. the boy got the worst of it aud be-
came embttered thereafter
He taught in Kansas even so late as 1860,
and wrote letters home to his mother in
Canal Dover, breathing the most atfectionate
and gentle spirit.
have seen some of his letters They are
rather dreamy and poetic i'll tone In one of
them he speaks of the snow covered land
scape around his Schoolhousc He tells his
mother how Kansas is "locke,l in winters
cold embrace"
The only picture obtanable of him is said
to be an eXecrnble one. There was one pho
tograph of him i'll existence Some one who
thought it did not look terrible enough OBJ
tainel it and thickened the lower lip and
heightened the hair and endeavored to make
it the ideal bandit. III thus changing it he
destroyed the Likeness.
After his trouble about the homestead,
Quantril seems to have lost heart. and
drifted into wandering ways. He made a
trip to Pixies Peak and other places, never
remaining long i'll one spot.
But the most remarkable fact in his strange
1ifa iS hiS
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01


him from his purpose, or whether he had al.
ready made up his mind to bctray hi, com
rateS does not appear. But here it was that
tn" turn in Qnantrilfs career came
Instead of returning to his concealed com
radeS and carrying out the raid as planned
Quantril revealed the whole plot to Walker
and his son and conducted them to the spot
where his companions lay in ambush
Armed TO the teeth Morgan Walker and his
son, Andrew j., crept upon the raiders. The
Walkers opened fire. One Of the raiders was
killed. The other twp escaped for the time,
one oeiiIs desperately wounded.
The unhurt one would not desert his com
ra". hut managed to drag him over fences
and fields through the darkness to a place of
temporary concealment. They were tracked
bN til" trail of blood that followed them for
Il ltlrt of the way. Then the trail was lost
Next day Il party secured that region hunt
ing for the robbers. They Law quiet how
ever, and undiscovered, till hunger, II fierccr
pursner than man, found them out. The
unwounded man saw u negro in the fields
near by, and ;tSkcl for food and water In
stead of bringing them the black man guided
the pllsu"i's to the spot. Odd they kill
them. The two men were buried thnrr"
said the narrator Of the tale III d; quiet voice.
Afterwards Quantrill organized his band
and Morgan Walkers son joined him BY
December, 1850, Quantrill was at the head of
powerful guerrilla band, on the side of the
south. When the war broke out his name
WAS already IL terror to free state Kansas.
II" had been chased out of the town pf law
renee 10y the sheriff. He dodge,i the officer
byrnnnins into blacksmith shop, then out
through its back door, ami escaped. They
say he was i'll the regular Confederate. army
a few months. But what nrlde linn turn
suddenly from the side of the Union TO that
Of tine C"mfc'l"rary: That is question 40
man can answer. or ever, sulInsc "A solution
10. Som. nave b..vel he ila,ia bitter quar-
rei with obi john Brown, which drove him
tothc southern side But nobody knows
His most intimate friends never knew what
lie WIS going to do next. IIenevcr told his
p,aus. His men would receive orders to
have their llo,.sos saddcd ut such a:l hour
That was all ''Whcil we went on the Law
renee raid ;vc did not know where We were
go:ag," th" survivors of his band soleinnly
'.ec4;lt TO TIL. '.ay.
His bard were not armed with guns. but
pistols for short range They were ali un-
erring marksmen. They would ride at full
gall"p into Il crowd Of men. discharge their
lev"lvers right and left. then wheel their
horses and lie off and away like the wind
leaving those in whose midst they had al
l";.f"d dead, dying and alfrishted
Each man of them carried four To six re-
volver>, >ix-sliooters, i'll hi, belt, and some
times two more in his saddle. They could
aim and fire at a gallop, thus sending twenty
four to thirty-six shots home in the space of
a breath
In its prime, Quantrill's gang numbered
not less than 300 men. They We're nearly all
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-09-01

"Ihr Union men did the same on their
side, and no quarter was given or asked
'Thls will show you what it was like: |
was in Kansas attending to some business
there. To our Office came one day an old
man. who entrusted me with some transuc.
tionS involving many thousand dollars
''l1e told me not one word about himself.
hut by close questioning found he was /,
Mssouran who had fled To Kansas. He was
Very wealthy, aud had had n magnificent
plantation which he was forced to leave.
"By questioning further | found he had n
son-in-aw, II Union man, who was still III
Missouri.
"'Why does lie not come away too.'
"Well, lie can't get away; he's got some
thing to do
"'Did he tryT
"'Yes, he tried
"'And what happened'
"'Wcll, he and his son tried to bring some
fine stock off with them. His ncighbors
We're StccssionStS'
Z" Did they try to hinder him!
"'Well, yes; they followed him, and they
killed his son and took the stock away from
him.
"'What did he do thenH
My Son-lnlaw, hes got ancyc nS keen rs
niggcr, as we say in Missouri When his
son was killed he dodged to one side and
watched to who did it. While the men
took his horses he counted them and rccog-
nized every one There were twenty five.
Each time the old man dropped into
silence, and each time the Kansas man wa,
Obliged To draw him out with questions
81 had to pump it all ont of him, said tn"
Kansas man "'I asked him if his son- in law
came on through to Kansas after his neigh
bors disappeared.
"'Wel', no. lie couldn't come then, You
know. He had something to do fllst'
"'Whatr
"'llc had TO yet even with them border
ruIians'
Z" But howe
"'1ie had to kill them, you know
"'.ill of thcmF
"'Wcll. yes. He just hid himself and
hung around there and watched when he
could pick them off
"'lias lie Shot them yctH
"'Not all Of them
"'lI"w many!
"'I have not heard from him in six
months Then lie had picked off nineteen,
and there were SIX left yet
" DO you mean to say that story is truce
asked the Kansas man,
lit is as true US that am here this min