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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
From Ruby Valley.
paid at one.

Our Wells correspondent sends us
the following information relative to the
con dition of things in Ruby Valley:
tom Short came in from Ruby VAL
ley last evening with one hundred beef
cattle. He says the report, going the
rounds of the press, TINT there ID 81
much snow in Ruby and that cattle are
dying is false. There is slight loss
among old COWS, Hs there is every year,
but nothing to excite any fears of serious
results. Short intends to postpone his
coroner's inquest and funeral until the
winter il over"
We are pleased to learn of the favor
able condition Of stock in that vicinity,
and also to learn that Tom is still in
the land and among the living, notwith
standing the recent fattering obituaries
VIII ioh have been published by various
papers throughout the State. II Tom
has read all the things said of him, good
and bad, he can form some idea of
what will BIO said when he "shuffies off
this mortal coil"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24

driver between Osceola and Aurum,
picked mp q Chinaman who WAS badly
frozen and brought him to Sampson's.
His ears, mouth and one of his feet
were severely bitten by the frost. He is
still there unable to walk.
Tho $4,000 of the Court House
Bonds remaining unsold Jan. 1st have
been taken by residents of Taylor.
Hon. w. Il. Lyons took half the
amount aud another citizen the balance /.
The bonds are now MI held in this
county except 81 1000 held by Hon. A.
j. Spencer Of Toano. But Spence il
one of us too. All bills against the
Courthouse Building Fund will now be
paid at once.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
white Pine Items.
From the News Jan. 21.)

Cattlemen in from White River tell us
that stock Is suffering for want Of feed
since the late storm. @a. !.r... d.
The Eureka mails continue to come
In 80 hours behind time. The ddv-
ers rep It the roads iu very bad eondi.
ton.
II is said by parties In from Ham.
ilton that Lockwood & Davis are los
ing many Of their sheep since the late
storm. .'n. .r "a..
Boss" Weber, who came in from
Cherry Greek Thursday evening, says
the late cold snap was the sevsrest
ever known in Cherry and ESan canyon.
~ the former place tho mercury
touched 80 deg. below zero, and at the
latter so deg. 4J..
On the night o! the 18th the stage
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
NALMAGCNDI.

The Nellie Boyd Dramatic Go. ut
Freeman Hall next Monday night. Sec
ad, TO morrow,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
Provide against Accident.

Everyone iS liable to accidents. Had
David Law held I" policy in some rclin
BILE Accident Insurance Company no
would have received SO u week during
his confinement, and In case OF death
his heirs would receive $2,OnO. NJ. II.
Miller is Agent for the Pacific Mutual,
one Of the most reliable Companies in
the United states. call on him and
secure yourself against accidents.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
A Gentle Hint.

All persons knowing themselves in.
debted to the INDEPENDENT will confer
a favor on the publisher by remitting
promptly. We ore aware that "wInd"
is an important factor in conducting a
newspaper. but it will satisfy neither
our; appetite, our printers nor our credit
orr. A little financial "greas - just Mt
this juncture will serve to make the
wheels run smoothly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
Fer SRle.

I have for sale numbrc OF ( esh
mich ,ws which Will be sold either
iugly or otherwise. 1 have aIso q
lumber of young Holstein bnlls which
will be sold ut reasonable 61u as. Any
'ne desiring to purchase such stock as
is described above " II do well, 10 col, Oh
or address
w. T. GRAMS.
Elko.
Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24

PAPe1 JuSt poke your niger IN water,
pull 1t out and look for tho hole. Then
you will know how sadly you are missed;
and the paper will still DO published,
and what is more-you1l borrow it and
read it on the sly. .....
Settlers along the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad in Nebraska have been
compelled to capture and confiscate
passing coal trains to keep themselves
from freezing. Farmers have been
obliged to burn corn, hay, outhouses,
etc. to enable them to Withstand the
severe cold.
The Postmaster at McKim, Richie
county, West Virginia, whose Office is
now discontinued, was notified by the
Government that a deficiency of one
cent was found in his final settlement.
And, furthur, he waH told that he would
have to remit the one cent or suit would
be brought against his bondsmen.
According to the Bellevue Herald the
Wood River country has experienced
great Inconvenience from the snow
blockade. trains delayed, mails belated
and general hang up of Railroad bus.
mess. The rotary steam snow pillow
finally opened up the way for the ar
rival of train which put all in a good
humor.
Index-Union:-They have o twelve
year-old girl kleptomaniac in Sacrament
to who steels everything she can get
her hands upon. She doesn't steal for
the profit there ia in it, but just because
she can't help it. She gives away
money or valuables she may hive
stolen to the FIRST person that asks her
for them.
Some one who has been investigating
mnkes the startling discovery TINT there
were lynched during the year 1887 in
these United States no fewer than 1923
persons. OF the various States and
Territories Texas leads the list, with Is
lynchings, and Mississippi. is entitled to
second pl zee, with IA to her credit. All
the victims were. males, 80 of them be-
ing negroes. ..,-..i:i,
The present warm weather Ia a God
send to the poor, half-stnrved cattle, as
they will not only get warmed up but
the snow will soon disappear OH the
south sides of the hills aud give them u
chance to obtain food sufficient to
maintain their existence. II the mill
weather continues the losses of stock
will be much less thnn was anticipated.
Lyon County Time A rumor ia
current TINT Major JOHN Dennis will re
ceive the position Of Meter and R..6ner
in the Carson Mint. made vacant by the
transfer. of DR.. Tuttls. A better ap.
pointneft could not be made. Itepub.
Leans could not expect to have q Re-
publican appointed, and should there
fore be glad that good Democrat is to
receive. the appointment. Mr.. Dennis
is such a Democrat.
Honesty hHs too often to. be it's own
reward. A railroad conductor In New
York found pocketbook containing
800. " He wired the owner to meet him
or the back trip and get his treasure.
When it was handed % him the over
joyed citizen carefully selected two
bit piece aud offered IL. Tie conductor
returned it. 5syihg;ss Sorry I haven't
any cha = for it," and shouted, "All
aboardr'' - ~ ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
Holiday Goods.

Brown & Hoskjrs are in receipt OF
some of the finest H oliuay Goods, in the
way of Reed and Rattan Rockers etc.,
ever brought to Elko. Call and inspect
the stock before the choicest are Sc
lected. 1928.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
olive and Let Live.0

Those who desire topurcbase the best
quality of Groceries and Provisions are
referred to the above reliable house
where fair dealing and cou".eous treat
ment il the :ule. Glassware, Tiuware.
Stoneware, Nails etc. always in stock.
IT H. CEASE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24

Since the recent fire ut Pml;sale
which destroyed my hotel geiber wi b
its conteuts, have opened the PAIL
SADIE HOTEL md am now pepa, I'd
to accommodate the travelling public
with good accom- modHtious. both AZ to
board and lodging. A liberal share Of
the public patronage is respectfully
solicited.
1-9 E NJ. BAUM.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24
JNst Received

Over two hundred new samples for
custom made Fall and Winter Clothing.
II you want fine suit Of clothes made
to order, latest in style, perfect in fit,
best in quality and oheNpess In price,
come aud look At my samples. You
cant help bSing suited.
v n. REINHART.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24

Having resumed the management of
this popular Hotel, I desire to inform
my old customers and the public gener-
ally that good accommodations at rea-
sonable prices will be maintained.
TIE BAR
Will be stocked with fine Wines,
Liquors and Cigars. Liquors by the
glass, bottle or gallon. Give the Hum
boidt call.
9.12 10. LANG,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-24

Grt your bill heads, letter hends,
tatements. business cnrds. etc. printed
at the INDEPE>DHNr Office.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13
~ THE IUKA REPORTER,
PURLisHED EVERY ThulRsDAy by
J yfJ.aCHAMBERS, Editor and, Prop't
JOflce over y. M. d. Miller's Store.
E1teIed Is Second Class matter 1T the
n luka Post Office, May llth, 1898.

The American farmer Is tho onl
cne in the world who would vote t
mortgage bis own farm and tax him
self that he might do it,
Poor Aississipp'l If she had dare'
to 20 Democratic by any largo ma
jority, the Harrison Administration
would probably have pitched be-
hodaeiously Into the father Of waters
The Republicans are crying our
for 8 free hullot and fair count
9'hey dare not enforoe measure ol
his KIND aud thsy' know II. Thi,
would BE- srre to give the Democrats
= victory. u r
The Chicago Tribune. regretting
that the negroes OF the South will
not make the rivers run red by
dghting ter their rights ~ compell-
ia 10 tall ba'ck' bn some other plan
OF dealing With the, Southern ques
ton. : -
TIE citizens of Monroe, held a
MEETING iu' that city and adopted o
charter; and organized a company
looking TO The construction of the
Duaohlta Valley railroad. The cap
Hal stock was fixed a, g500,000 and
$4,000 was subscribed stoWards the
enterprise.
The Republican executive COM
mittoe of Mississippi, at 'i:s recent
meeting 10 jackson, took steps look
ing to tho establishment Of y Repub
lican PAPER at the State capital. The
effort was not d very strong one, 1t
is true, az only thousand dollars
was subscribed for the PURPOSE.
Il has always been our impression
hat q President was elected for the
wbole of the States, North, South,
Faat and Wess. If this should be
the case and the South part of the
Union, We are 90 much entitled TO a
free government 40 any other soc
ton Of the United States, and have q
right to demand free and unbiased
legislation.
There are indications in many
Southern cities At this time of . dis
position to capture the wintor travel
hon the Northern States which. it
ls thought win be diverted from itH
iavorite course towards Florida by
the recent disastrous epidemic OF
yellow fever in Jacksonville and
othcr points in the Land Of Flowers.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13
Hut Up ar Shut Up,

Ipka has got 70 do something b.
sides merchandising this fact DEM
snstrat tes itself mors forcibly every.
year. There must be lnaugur4ted
como KIND af system to employ the
idle labor that is adding each year
to its ranks. Small factories car be es
tablished that would add very mEch
to the material prosperity of our
town and give employment to those
pho wish TO gain an honest living.
.i-soannlng factory is q more inn
portant adjunct to truck farming
than can be seon at 6rst glance. In
any tpwn whore this buslness is con-
Quoted to any sxtcnt, it becomes
paying, institution in two-fold
sense. Say there are two merchants
who will contribute $500 each, This
"a 900 will furnish all the machinery
or plant necessary 10 q large bust.
meas. A. the canning is conducted
dqrine tho summer, any cheap strucr
ture will do for a building, One
hundred hands, women and girls,
can be probably employed in such
! concern,
Suppore that four of our leadiug
Z. b,slness men establish a stock con.
cern of $500 each and ereo: can
ming factory to can the surplu'
vegetables Of next seasons growth
We will say that 100 hands are
employed at an average OF fifty
cents each, thcrc would be S300 paic
out every Saturday night which th'
busiuess men of the place would re-
.ceive the bcne6t Of, besides that re
scsivod By tho factory from the sail
81 It's products. There is enough
Idle capital il and around Inka 4
erect ono or two small lndustria
eatab!ishments Of some kind, and an
less this is done, the day is not ~
in the future when our people vii
!. ieel q crash that will long be remem
bored By our business men. NJ
town can proeper-no people Cal
livo on idleness --thcro must b
aometbing for : foundation outAid'
of she mercantile trade to build upon
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13
a 4 POW EREuL REVOLUTION
And Immense Slaughter.
IN the Price r Of Dry Goods, Clothing
Boots. Shoes Hats, Notio,s Etc,
To Come off1During The Next
TaiR'TY DAYS.
SEKELEs AND RUBEL,
: CbRIN1H, MISS.

SEKELEs AND RUBEL.
CbRNTH MISS
ae the entire stock COST and 4. less than Man
uiacdrers Cost Production. FOR CASH ONLY. W. de ~
Fall and Winter Goods cheaper ,h. before This n
bug Price will tell Prices plain figures on 81 ol
no misrepresentation any The attention of the public is in
10 me prices quoted below Inducements positively
Gays ana no longer Don't taking advantage this unusually
RARE OPPORTUNITY
5000 pieces fancy dark and medium dortk pin, -
former price &C. s9" = =
10000 pieces best Prints Of latest standard makes 51s former
1000 pieces indigo blue Prints oolors s. &c. ormor price
iooo pieces solid colorod Prints &c. former price &C.
s?s's osis s
piece: ssev 'fsSp p siss % & v
oVpi ps p'iss lo ''s styles Dress 'ghn handsome former
piece: piece: ss price,
1000 opps psGs1 @ es'ahe good soft finish Domestic
5000 pieces Standard beaohed yard wide Domestic %
s000 piece. fruits Of Loom beaohed Domestic &c. former price loo
s ssT pes nro 6e1hsd M t0nsde end Fruit Loom Domestic. &C.
S sS sss.. 7 Il ssss ss; ss S !
ssfa .y 'iiE e. sss' sss @ s,os
pss fss s: M ss .ls. @ price
pss se m ,,
pieces strictly all ag jeans soe former po pr6s g M
i sss@sy issSs1S tSs Is &c.
zoe,
500 500 pieces % o11@ "oe F.s rss .s a sT%s,
SEQ al wool filing @ s VS ormsr losnee prs price a Ss
ISses sois ssi.iS iee ssn. 1 5.
Io 0 & Cotton @ Hoes and Socks former price oc
ss 'stis Price &C. s@., 5s . 10
1893 1893 ss0 s. .s,s bed s0sss sss sssss s 'p
Fl: :i: ::': AZ s'
spoos S9o yard spool thread &C. pros &c.
100000 dozen poo 200 yard Thread ooors ld doa
ioo oo ad;G: ds1 ssaad snd hy ss Price 8,
500 pair ladies b9ttoned shoes 81; formerly $3.50
1SSS lSS pa. pa. ;as.. %sa. Kip sess..
a' pess Sos S I ss @
pair pair mems ns =. Tp9 js s1," Sa!.s pants M ,~sr
1000 1000 M vs.sS msH, sssss osos .n g. Goats @
oooo boys and chidrens bats lOc, former price 35c
AN ENDLESS VARIETY OF MEMS BOYS AND cH1InRrNs
CLOTHING
Also the latest avles of LADIES' WRAPS snoh :.
sMoa HR .sd aagLah dfss r. y sa
Cost OF Manufacturer Production much lower than % % the
VII foregoing only part The sess M @ PROVE ALL
offer Our been made for snT T @
better barglns than can be found place. and viii m % 9ns
aS s9si' os, e.. ssd with
Importation Having been business over Quarter of ' SEASONS
win M ooS s' re-
sey SsG sss5 SFY o
ring this goods - s. ssa @ 6SsH EASE WI oNy b CHARGED
be taken back nor exchanged and no samples will 30 gwen
exception will be made 10 any Instance go, " ''"s no
CALL EARLY AND BE CONVINCEn
Whether you purchase
SEKELES 3 RUBLE.
/ Cor:nth, Ass, Nov. Is. 1885,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13


c. n HOLLOWAY, President
J. u PARKER, Secretsrs.
=. ~. WISE, euperip sendeht.
Office 30. IL, Public Landing
N,incinnafi Odio.
The following FizstC Class p1ssengsr stsam.
er, comprise the 400 line ior th6
Season 1883.
BUCKEYE STATE.
II. !. yINtos,1 Master.
DESOTA.
IN. DEEM, Mater
GRANITE STATE.
DON HARR M,ster.
OHIO.
JOHN s. JONES, nasfer
One Of the above elegant packsts win leayt
Cincinnati for Memphis each "Wednesday
and Saturday, and leave Memphis for Cfn. 4
o1nnati. each Tuesday and Friday:
Through Tickets to all points IL the East,
zorth, South, and Southwest. 'Chesp q.
curslon rates TO Cincinnatt Centennial. JulJ
9Th to October 27tn. 1883.
For freight. passeneer or other informst
CHASs r. EUssRLL, Agent,
..,-... Mdmphts, Tenn.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13
Wood or Iron.

have associated with me nv old
friend, Tom Mackey, and our motto is
to insure and be sure. For further ex-
planation come and see US.
". j. DUGGER.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13
r B..REYNOLDs,

Attorney at Law.
TJKA, MISSISSIPPI
turn mail. o. 2
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-12-13
Blacksmith and
Wood Shop.

| am nowlotated at my old STAND in
Iuka, on East Port and Vine street,
where / anl prepared TO do all kind Of
work in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29

ready for use In twenty-four hours altel
receiving one coat Of plaster, without stud
ding or laGh, and it readily sustains great
pressure,
The Great Salt Lake has been computed
to contain, if it were all evaporated, 193,'
900, 600, 900 cubic feet of salt, or 1880
O00, OOO, goo pounds. Spread this out 8
foot in depth aud q quarter Of q mile wide
and il will make . band entirely around
the earth at its greatest circumterence
Load it in railway cars and it will take
SIS, 100000 of them to carry 1t.
Out OF the total estimated product of p
ITO, Sl3 gross tons of coke and anthracite
pig iron for the second half Of 1857, not
less than 90O, 1868 gross tons were produced
at the furnaces of the large rail mills, VIZ,
the Edgar Thomson, Cambria, Troy, Beth
lehem, L~aekswanns, Pennsylvania, Cleve-
land, Joliet, South Chicago, Union, West
ern and Colorado.
The discovery of o vein Of gold some IF
teen miles north of Washington, Dc, Is
attracting the attention OF capitalists.
Among the first to invest was Senator
Sawyer, Of Wisconsin, o shrewd and sue
cessful business man, who will begin early
Developments. No one Of the United
States Geological Survey has yet been con.
Yerted to a belief in the existence OF gold
there.
Watch making in France reaches enor-
NOUS figures. According to d. Saunie
the yearly production of watchesin France
Is IS follows by eenters Of manufacture:
Besaneon, $4,000, 600; Paris, $4,000, 600;
some small csnters of production, such as
Irois Fontaines, 1850, 600; Morez and
nelghbOrhOOd, 10000 600; Saint Nicholas
d'Allermont, 1,5OS, 600; Beaueourt-No
rSelinoOurt, 100000; Cluse, u
SOo,OoO; total, IS, 500, 600. EtJiB'33.A
The English Government has recently
mounted a canon for one of the colonies
Inat Is worked upon 9 new and novel plan
~ Is Gicden from view in a pit; Is loaded
ana then sighted by an arrangement Of
mirrors, and when ready to IRE, Is rsised
m'o nring position by the action Of COM
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29

pressed air working in q cylinder, thus re-
manning exposed to the enemy's fire Tor a
few seconds only. The recoil Of the gun
itself compresses the air, making 1t WORK
automatically. 1t is raised into positlon
in from Is to 20 seconds.
Professor Jacques expresses the opinion
that lie impracticsbility of stretching a
telephone wire across the Atlantic consists
in its immense cost. He says: Ito con-
verse between Boston and Worcester a wire
the size of q needle would sufhce. foI
conversation between London and New
York it would be necessary TO have a wire
as thick as a mans arm. and as such allne
would have to be a cable, the insulation
and covering would make the wire as great
in diameter az q hogshead."
Rathborn, Sard& Co, of Albany, n. T.,
one of the largest stove manufacturing
firms in the country, after suffering re-
peated losses and annoyanees through
strikes and lockouts, have made the fol-
lowing arrangements with their men, and
have entered into mutual contracts to
make them binding. There shall be no
reduction or advance in the wages paid
last fall, which were acceptable to all the
employees; there shall be nc lockouts or
strikes; no discrimination shall be made
against any man because he is q member oil
any organization, and all minor grievances
shall be referred to a shop committee.
Ten Der cent. of the wages OF the men
Shall be retained until the end OF the year
to insare the fulillment OF this agreement.
If the employees enter into a strike In thai
time the amount retained shall be forfeited
by them, and if the firm make a lockout
they are TO pay to each moulder an amount
equal to that portion of his wages held
back"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29

sists on a small piece of beef, a cup Of
coffee and two cups Of water.
Henry b mes and George West met in
q glove fight for $50 a side, in a hall at
Providence, r. l. The agreement was
that the battle was to be limited to fifteen
rounds, but in the eleventh West commit
ted a foul, and the fight was awarded to
his opponent. The former was much the
worst punished.
He says that when journeying across
Arabian desert he often went without
water for t~hirty-six hours, and he threat
ems to do with only n hours sleep a day.
His schedule is already made out, and if
be keeps up to it he will cover GA miles
in six days.
The late writing and editorial staff Of
the Police Gazette, who left Fox because of
the Smith Kilrain fake, have started a new
paper called the Illustrated Sporting Ners
The first number is u first-class specimen Of
a sporting paper.
Billy Kelly is in prime condition for his
ten-round fight with Joe Ridge at Brad
dock next Friday night. The latter is also
reported to be in proper trim.
LONDON, January 2S.-Sullivan offers
to defeat Smith in six rounds with small
gloves or forfeit GOO, Smith to lose moth
ing if defeated.
Sam English offers to bet $500 or 81, 200
that Johnny Woods can beat levitt. Now
there ought to be a race between local
champions.
The Marine, La Blanche, says that he
will not box Jim Fell at Hoboken under
any conditions.
Dempsey repeated his opinion that Sui
Ivan is the cleverest big man ever seen in
q ring.
Billy Myers, who defeated Harry Gil
more, has concluded 10 retire for the win.
ter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
DIED.

HEALY-On Thursday. January II, 1874. at his
residence near Bogg's L II, AT 5:25 O'Clock p. H.,
Ions HEAIY, in his 18th year.
Funeral will take place on Sunday, January 20.
1888, at9 O'Clock a. m, from his late residence
near the mouth Of Bogg's Run. Intement at Mt.
Calvary cemetery. Friends Of the family are in.
vited to attend.
LARNHART-On Saturday, January q, 1885,
at II o'clock a. IN, SAMUEL L~AKSHART, SR.,
aged 81 years and 3 months.
KOEHRSEN-Sunday, January p, 1855. at ] p,
m, CHARLES ORvILLg KOEHRsES, youngest son
OF Augustus f.. aud Mary 4, Koehrsen, aged
months and % days.
SCHILLISG-0R sundsy, January %, 1858, at
; O'Clock p. IN. ELMA LEAH, infant daughter OF
John l. and Leah r. Echilling, CT Bellaire.
BROWNE On Monday, January o, 1883, q,
$50 O'Clock a m, Lucy NJ. BARR, wife 81 Samuel
J.. Browne, aged 81 years, s months and lG days.
LAMB In Baltimore, Nd, January n, 1855,
HASHAH LAMB, wife OF W. n. Boiling, and
daughter of the late Il. c.. Bonham, OF Wheeling.
GREER-on Monday afternoon, al i:15 o'clock,
CATHERINE, relic Of the late Joseph Greer, aged
y years,
COsTELJO-Oa Thursday, January %, 1885, al
2ij O'Clock a. IN Mrs. NARY COSTELLO, aged
60 years.