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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Let us cherish sympathy.

Let us cherish sympathy.
To do so no more is the truest repent
ance.
There is a vast deal of vital air in low
ing words.
No man is happy who does not think
himself so.
We stand in our own sunshine often
er than others do.
Some people only understand enough
truth to reject it.
Cotentment does not demand condi-
tions, it makes them.
What we ought not to do we should
never think of doing.
Time is almost the only thing of which
it is a virtue to be covetOuS.
He that would be well spoken of him
self must not speak i'll of others.
The usual form of complaint is, to ex
cite contempt rather than pity.
If men are so wicked with religion,
what would they be without it?
Patience is the support of weakness;
impatience is the ruin OF strength.
Anger causes us often to condemn in
one what we approve of in another.
To forgive fault in another is more
sublime than to be faultless ones self.
Life like the water of the sea, is not
quite sweet until it rises toward heaven.
Actions, looks, words, steps, form the
alphabet by which you may spell charac
ter.
There are men who are really wise
To be wise in ones own conceit is other
wise.
Find earth where grows no weed, and
you may find heart wherein no error
grows.
Few have been taught to any purpose
who have not been greatly their own
teachers.
Happiness grows at our own fresides,
and is not to be picked up in the stran
gers garden.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

JOHN K. MILLER, recently appointed
watchman in the Interior Department,
commanded the Thirteenth Tennessee
Cavalry, which overlook John Morgan,
the famous Confederate raider, and par
ticipated in the engagement in which
Morgan was killed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
BeIntn11t Chronicle.
THURSDAY, APRIL IS, 1889.

GREAT prairie and forest fires are in
large measure due to carelessness, first
in the starting of fires in dry and windy
weather. and, in the second place, in fail
ure to attempt to suppress them before
they have advanced beyond human con-
troll Many prairie fires are started by
farmers and herdsmen carelessly. Some
are laid to hunters and other campers,
and sparks from locomotives start not a
few
As in cities and villages and every
where, eternal carefulness and vigilance
are the price of safety from destructive
fires. Nearly every conhagration starts
from a match or glowing coal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

MASKED burglars broke into the resi-
dence of wealthy man named Patter-
son, near Centerville, Pa, and because
he would not tell them where he kept his
money they deliberately thrust his feet
into hot stove, burning them so badly
that amputation may be necessary.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

SOMEBODY has perpetrated an extermi-
mating war upon the finny tribes of Leath-
erwood Creek, near Quaker City, o, by
turning out the contents of an under
ground cavern of sulphur water. The
whole creek on Sunday was so impreg-
mated with sulphur as to render it yellow
with the mixture, and bushels of dead
fish could be seen floating down stream.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
Constipation

Demands prompt treatment. The re-
suits of neglect may be serious. Avoid
all harsh and drastic purgatives, the
tendency of which is to weaken the
bowels, The best remedy is Ayers
Pills. Being purely vegetable, their
action is prompt and their effect always
beneficial. They are an admirable
Liver and After-dinner pill, and every
where endorsed by the profession.
"Ayer's Pills are highly and univer-
sally spoken of by the people about
here. l make daily use of them in my
practice. - DR.. 1, E, Fowler, Bridge
port, Conn.
81 can recommend Ayers Pills above
all others, having long proved their
value as a cathartic for myself and
family" ]. T. Hess, Leithsville, Pa.
"For several years Ayers Pills have
been used in my family, We find them
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE spring elections in Ohio were at
tended with few local dissensions that
somewhat disturbed usual results, but in
teIIigent Democrats have not been able to
observe anything in them to give them
special encouragement with respect to
the State elections in the fall. Local
elections have their small issues, which
do not appear when the interests of the
State are involved. In the spring the
shedding cattle and unsteady voters do
their scratching.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE reports of the devastations of val
liable farming lands in Dakota by prairie
fires have not been exaggerated, as per-
sonal investigations disclose. The strick-
en- settlers are greatly in need of seed
wheat and lumber. Steps are being ia
ken at Minneapolis and st. Paul to help
them
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
Is HE ONLY A MYTHY

" fSIIIIIBIUII OSI.
For be it from our desire to turn ICON
oclast and go to tearing down the idols
and ideals the centuries have builded
up. But, just the same, after reading
the reports of how the multitudes are
leaving good homes and gathering at
Oklahoma, we wonder if there really is
such an officer as the foolkiller.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

ONE of the earliest recoIections of the
late Lewis Hayden, the well known col
ored man of Boston, was an amusing eN-
perience he had when he saw Lafayette.
He was perched on a fence, heartily en-
gagged in the prevailing enthusiasm He
attracted the attention Of the illustrious
Frenchman. who looked directly at him
and lifted his hat. This so frightened
the little fellow that he fell backward off
the fence
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

For the first time in its history base
ball is made a cause for divorce. Mrs.
Belle Jacobs, of Toledo, has sued for a
divorce, on the ground that her husband
is confirmed baseball crank.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

SOME idea of the enormity of the Ok
lahoma movement can be obtained by the
preparations of the railroads. At least
fifteen special trains will be started from
Western points for the coveted territory
on the Doth and Dist of this month. 1t is
only natural to expect that serious trouble
will be the outcome, when the boomers
and the squatters meet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

At Pittsburgh connections made in Union
Depot with through trains on the PennSyVania
Railroad for Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York, on which are run Pullman Buffet
Sleeping and ParlOr Cars
At Chicago and st. Louis connections are made
IN Union Depot with prominent railroads for all
points In the West, Northwest and Southwest
For further information call on or address near
est ticket agent. E A FORD
JAS MCCREA, Gen. Pass. Agent,
General Manager. Pittsburgh Pa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE venerable John g. Whittier has
lifted up his voice against the enforced
of prisoners, which can only re-
suit in filling the prisons with maniacs,
he says. The suppression of labor in
prisons is too small a gain to the free
laborers to justify the transformation of
prisons into mad houses, he thinks.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING.

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at PatterSons
drug store as their giving away to their
customers of so many free trial bottles of
DR.. kings New Discovery for COnSump-
ton. Their trade is simply enormous in
this very valuable article. from the fact
that 1t always cures and never disap-
points. Coughs, colds. asthma. brOn-
chltlS, Group, and all throat and lung dis
eases quickly cured You can test it be-
fore buying by getting trial bottle free
large size 81. Every bottle warranted. 3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE Rhode Island Legislature has at
last elected a Senator Hon. Nathan
F. Dixon, of Westerly. Senator Dixon's
father and grandfather were men of abil-
ity and distinction, the former having
been for several terms a member of Con-
gress, and the latter having been Sen
ator Mr.. Dixon himself has had expe-
rience in legislation, both in his State
and in Congress.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

JOHN G. THOMPSON, the missing pos
tai clerk of Columbus, o., is at Windsor,
Canada. The penalty for his alleged
crime is from one to ten years in the pen
itentiary
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

A CIRCULAR saw in a mill in Indiana
cut Charles Wadsworth In two so quick
the other day that he spoke several words
before he realized what had occurred
Then he ceased his remarks, of course.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

OK complaint of Ex-Governor John 5.
Crosby, of Montana, Russell Harrison
was arrested at New York on Thursday,
and placed under bond of 5000, on a
charge of criminal libel The publica-
tion complained of was made in the Non
tanG Lire Stock Journal, of which pub
fishing company Harrison was President,
in 1887. Mr.. Harrison disclaimed any
personal knowledge of the matter, and
refused to give Crosby letter of apology
and retraction, and hence the suit.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

MONTANA appears to have gone Dem
ocratic at the April election, and the in
dications are will be represented by two
Democrats in the United States Senate.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE manufacturers of Wheeling will
insist on large reduction in the Anal
gamated scale, and this will be particu-
larly the case with small nails. The men
are willing to concede cut in sizes be-
ing turned out by the tack factory pick
ling process, but nothing more.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE Pension Office last Thursday al
lowed claim of $4,000 for arrears of
pensions to Philip Flood, who lost his
sight in the late war. This is one of the
largest pensions ever granted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

a GOOD character is, in all cases, The
fruit of personal exertion. 1t is notin-
herited from parents, it is not Greeted
by external advantages, it is no neceSa-
ry appendage of birth, wealth, talentI OF
station; but it is the result of ones own
endeavorS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

UONNECTIONS-At Barton with al paSsenger
trains on C., L. & W. Ry; at Bridgeport with C. &
z: Ry for Steubenyille, Pittsburgh, and interme-
diate points; at Bellaire with B. & o, and B., T. s
c. R'ys. s-Direet with Street Cars to and from
Wheeling. Only direct route between St Clairs-
vile and Wheeling
A. c. DARRAH, +. NJ. TOWNSEND
President Superintendent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE Iowa liquor law is being enforced
vigorously. One learned judge has de-
cided that cider comes under the head of
intoxicants, and that its sale is illegal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

KATE FIELD, the well known lecturer,
is speaking in Massachusetts, against CO.
ercive legislation on the use of intoxi-
eating liquors
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE sixth annual dinner of the Ohio
Commandery of the Loyal Legion took
place at Cincinnati last Wednesday. A
number of addresses were made by prom
inent men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

EVERY man deems that ne has pre-
cisely the trials and temptations which
are the hardest of all for him to bear;
but they are so, because they are the
very ones he needs,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
BUCKLEN'S ARNIcA sALvE.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt RheUm, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
COrns and all Skin EruptiOns, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded Price, % cents per
box. For sale by Patterson & Sons. 1y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

DR.. MCCOsH, the venerable ex-Presi-
dent of Princeton College, has been quite
i'll, but there is comfort in the assurance
of his physicians that he is already on his
WaV to recovery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

Mr.. GARLAND, ex-Atterney General,
has hung out his shingle and will spend
the rest of his days in Washington prac-
ticing law.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE Illinois House of Representatives
has voted down proposition to submit a
prohibitory amendment to the people of
that State.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

ALL my experience of the world teach
es me that in ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred the safe side and the just side
of question is the generous side and
the merciful side.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

INDICATIONS are that compromise
will be effected between the miners and
the operators, and that the threatened
strike will be averted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THERN is enough in the world to con-
plain about and find fault with, if mn
have the disposition. We often trael
on hard and uneven roads; but will
cheerful spirit we may walk theron
with comfort, and come to the END of
our journey in peace.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

HIRAM WILLIAMSON, one of the men
who rode into the Valley of Death" at
Balaklava in 1851, has just been made
chief porter at the Boston postoffice He
is 20 years of age.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE village and township Treasurer at
New Lisbon, o., is short in his accounts
over $4,000, over $4,000 of which is vii
lage funds.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

Four Russian officers have made wa
ger that they can ride on horseback from
st. Petersburg to Paris in As days. They
will start In May.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

MANY confess that they are ppud;
some will even confess that the are
vain; some will sigh frankly ova' their
passionate tempers; and Others again
will admit that they are of careless dis
positions. But who tells, who cOnfesses
how mean they are, or how sly, or how
enviouS?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

DAYTON, o., is getting ready for the
State Encampment G. A. R., which meets
there on the 25th inst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

WHATEVER difference may appear in
the fortunes of mankind, there is, never
theless, a certain compensation of good
and evil which makes them equal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

\ MANS character is the reality of
himself; his reputation, the opinion 9TH
ers have formed about him. Character
resides in him, reputation in other po-
pie; that is the substance, this is he
shadow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
OUR Easter NAV be perpetuaL Y

OUR Easter may be perpetual. We
may be dead unto sin, but alive unto
God through Jesus Christ our Lord
We may be risen with Christ our Lord.
We may be risen with Christ and seek
those things which are above. Our con-,
versation may be in heaven. We may
have the abiding presence of the risen
Christ, and "knOw Him and the power
of His resurrection"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

A BALD eagle was shot the other day,
near Urbana, o., measuring seven feet
from tip to tip of wings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
\ PITY ALL CAN'T GO.

Atlanta Journal
1t is said that $500 applications for
Consular positions have been filed at
Washington. We regret that all the ap-
plicants cannot be sent out of the coun-
try.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

The way to have good neighbors is to
be good neighbor yourself. But neigh
borliness does not cover the borrowing
or lending of the small, every day tools
which every farmer should have
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

PETER KELLY, an Irish peddler, was
murdered for his money in Logan Coun-
ty, w. Va, last Thursday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

AN eagerpess and zeal for dispute on
every subject, and with every one, shows
great self-sufficiency, that never failing
sign of great self-ignorance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

IT is reported that yellow fever is pre-
vailing to an alarming extent at Rio de
JaneirO.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE premium on gold in the Argen-
tine Republic has reached Ga per cent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE effusions of genius are entitled
to admiration rather than applause, as
they are chiefly the effect of natural en-.
dowment, and sometimes appear to be
almost involuntary.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

A WHITE oak tree, recently felled near
Baraboo, Wis, measured nearly seven
teen feet in girth and more than one hun
dred feet In height.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

ST. PETERS Catholic Church, at Mans
field, O., was destroyed by fire last week.
Loss S25,0O0.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

If we did but know how little some
enjoy of the great things they possess,
there would not be much envy in the
world.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

A CAVE has been discovered in High
land County, O., which has been used by
robbers as hiding place.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

NATURAL gas has been found near
Herndon, Iowa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
CLEVELANO, LORAlN 4 WHEELING R. r.
Time Card Of Passenger Trains.
In effect February g. 1882 and until further notice
Standard Times minutes slower than
Columbus, Ohio, time.
CONNECTIONS


Cleveland-with Fast trains for East and West;
Loraln-with the "Nickel-PTate;" Elyria-with the
l. > 4 NJ R'y; GraftOn-with the CC&I R-y;
Sterling-with the Yp& o R'y; Warwick-wiih
the q { Ry: MaSillOn-with W & L R'y and
7 IT W & G. R'y; JustuS-with the sc R'y: Canal
Dover-with & NJ Ry; Uhrichsyille-Wfth the
an-Handle; BridgepOrt-with c & Ry; Bel
laire-with & q R'y.
OSCAR TOWNSEND, WM H. CROFT
General Manager Genl Pass Agent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

Mrs. D. F. BELL was last Thursday
fatally burned by the explosion of a lamp
at Findlay, o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

TWELVE girls from Texas female
college called on President Harrison last
Thursday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE residence of Gen. James Long
street, at Gainesville, Georgia, was de-
stroyed by fire last week. Loss $4,000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

THE general cry is against ingratitule;
but surely the complaint is misplace, it
should be against vanity. None butdi-
rect villains are capable of willfulin-
gratitude; but almost everybody isea-
pable of thinking he has done nre
than another deserves, while the oher
thinks he hath received less than hele-
serves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

SAM SMALL is speaking in Pennsylva-
mia for fifty dollars night and prohibi-
tion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

FOREST fires are raging in the vicinity
of the South Mountain battlefield.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
CAUSE FOR REJOICING.

Waterbury Republican.
Edwin Booth, DR.. McCOsh and all the
great and celebrated invalids are i'm
proving. We feel great deal better
ourselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

WE should not be too hasty in bestCw-
ing either our praise or c5nsure on man
kind, since we shall often find such a
mixture of good and evil in the same
character that it may require a very ac-
curate judgment and very elabonte
inquiry to determine on which side he
balance turns.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

DOZENS of mad dogs have made their
appearance in Tyler County, W. Va.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18

IT is said that when the daughter of
John D. Rockefeller married, her father
gave her a million dollars in cash.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-18
THE FARMER AND OIL.

| Pittsburgh StOckman.
Many longing eye is cast by farm
ers in Oilless regions upon the supposed
bonanza enjoyed by the landowners in
localities overrun by oil scouts and
prospectors. The development of new
fields in gas and petroleum produc-
ton in the last few years has increased
interest in this direction, and any indi-
cation that the scout is about to size up
a new field puts the inhabitants of that
| field in high fever of eager anticipa-
ton. Well, a good deal of money has
| been left in the hands of farmers here
and there through oil and gas develop
ments; but it is not as fruitful source
of agricultural wealth as many imagine.
In the first place, the cream of the
profits in every field is skinned by peo-
pie in no way identified with farming,
and at best the farmers interested get
only a moderate and usually Il very
slender proportion of it. Besides, a
good deal of land is leased in the early
DAYS of local oil "booms'' at little more
than nominal rates, and if success is at
tanned it belongs to aliens. Then very
many leases are allowed to lapse with
out test wells being made, it is an eX-
ceptional case where a farmer makes
such a test on his own responsibility;
and where he does he is at least as often
a loser as a gamer by the venture, if he
is not indeed more often out Of pocket
Nv = In 70 +hnrn
two sides to the question as to whether
farming community is in the aggre-
gate and permanently the gamer by oil
developments within its borders.
THE OKLAHOMA BOOMERS.
Pittsburgh Commercial-Gazette.
The insane rush to Oklahoma, in an
ticipation of seizing lands which are
destined to make the pOssessors rich in
a few years, will result in disappoint-
ment and suffering to the great maiori-
ty of those who join in it. The lands in
that region are not only limited in area
but they are not all alike G, o !. There are
bad spots throughout the region, just as
in all other sections of the country, and
even those who succeed in securing
claims may eventually discover that
they would have Jared much better had
they made more deliberate selection
elsewhere.
1t is ten years since the first attempt
was made to occupy these lands, and
the original boomers will undoubtedly
have most decided advantage over the
newcomers. There are innumerable
disputes awaiting settlement, and those
who expect an even scramble will be
sadly disappointed. Under the procla-
nation of the President the territory
will be open for entry April %, but the
number seeking lands will be so largely
in excess of the acres to be occupied
that hundreds of families must turn
their faces in some other direction. 1t |
cannot be otherwise than that loss and
suffering will be sustained by thousands
in the mad rush for ideal homes.