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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-21
THE BUSINESS IN CONGRESS.
Two Important Bills Out of the Way
Work at a Night Session.

Two Important Bills Out of the Way
Work at Night Session.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb II. - Senator
Stanford presented in the senate yesterday
resolutions of the California legislature rec
ommending treaty arrangements with Mex
leo and England that will prevent the passage
Of Chinese through Mexico and Canada to
the United States The sundry civil bin was
resumed end several amendments agreed to,
a long debate ensuing on one allowing roy
atty of % cents per 900 impressions to the
inventor Of the steam plats-printing presses
In the engraving and printing bureau. The
house made the royalty cent per 900. The
amendment was pending at adjournment.
The conference report on the territorial ad-
mission bill was agreed to, the correspond
snce in the Sackville case received from the
president and referred to the foreign affairs
committee and the senate at $50 p m. adj
journed.
The house voted to consider the direct tax
bill conference report, and agreed to the same
yeas 1888; nays, 50. Then the conference
report on the territory admission bill was
agreed to amid applause. In committee Of
the whole the postoffice appropriation was re-
sumed, but little progress made, and at 5 p
recess was taken to 1880 At the evening
session large number Of bills were passed,
principally authorizing bridges across rivers,
and for lighthouses, etc, One Of the latter
was for lighthouse and fog signal ON the
outer breakwuter at Chicago and another for
steam tender for the great lakes. The house
adjourned at l0p m.
Facts About Marriages and Divorce.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 2l.-Carroll D.
Wright, commissioner of labor, yesterday
sent to congress bis report on marriages and
divorces in the United States during the
twenty years from 1877 to 1885 The report
will be the most interesting and exhaustive
compilation Of the kind ever made In this
country or Europe. 1t gives digest Of the
laws relating to marriage and divorce in each
OF the states and territories; the
numbers of divorces in each state
the number Of children of divorced par
ents; the ratio Of divorces to marriages anC
populati IN in the states, and other interesting
statistics. BY the tables presented in the re
port 1t is shown that while the increase In
population from 1870 to 1880 was 2o.4 pei
cent the increase in divorces was 70 per cent
In the number Of divorces during these twenty
years Illinois takes the lead, with 81, 07a; Ohie
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
Last of Recent arrivals at the Diferen
Hotels, Woofan Wells, Tea.

Hotels, Woof0H Wells, Tee.
W. II. Stratton, J A Crawford
James j Cannon, o. 7. Mertens, Mrs.
V. L. Buckner, Mrs. W. H. Sutton, w.
e. Galloway, w. j. Jackson, w. E.
Brown, w @. Burning. A. n. Bell, G..
A. Wright and daughter, j. F. Swim
merton, E. Hulbrain, Dallas; Jno
Shook, Mrs. J C. Whitsau, Mrs. A /.
Fox, servant and children, w A. Fox /,
Geo. A. Hill, j. c. Whi+sall, Mrs. w &.
n. Keesee, Rev. w. T. Feasell, CorsI-
cana; w. R. Shaw, Mrs Jno G.. Winter
and son, J A. Goldstein, J W. Riggens
and family, J. b. Shields, j E Cox /,
Frank Grow, Waco; j. r. Mcintyre, H /.
W. Weiss, Mrs. NJ. G. Allen, Misses
Lucy and Sumner Brown, Master Hearn-
don Brown, j. b, McLendon, L..
H. Parish, n. N. Keith, c..
Mrs. A. s. Fox, Palestine; Miss Belle
Sheridan, Miss Fannie Kirk, Mrs. j NJ :.
Kenzie and son, j. w. Dixon, James S.
Waters, GafTeston; F. Alderman, Wor-
than; Mr.. NsAFant and children, Miss
Carrie FAINT, NJ B Hunt, Houston; Dr.
A. H. Ketchum Miss Maria Ketchum,
Miss Kate NoorwuOd Col. W. N. Moor
wood, j. H Mich9abrough, Col. R. NJ.
Lawson, Col. w Terrell, R. S. Neb-
lett, c. j . MoorIl IS. M Levy, Walter
T. Wilson, NasasotRiJ Nimou, A. H
Coffin, DepsssH; HI Bolton, Whar-
ton; 2. 7 ssffafris, HeaBne; Master Jno.
and Willi8f,rr, Miss laura Orr, Miss
Gorham Miss verna Gesham, Austin;
S. G. Wfiebn, Berry B. SAINT, H. G.
McIntyreaa and wife, CALDWELL; L.
Paenders s9Tyler; p. Lang, MIS- Bloome,
James NHsltoum and wife Mexia;
Mrs. Lula Scott, Temple; Frank Lass
and wife, MI. Mcknight, Beaumont; J.
L. Lovet, j. a. Griffin, Capt. R. H.
Wade, Gen. G. w. jackson, Frank
lin; George w Bivens, Sandy Point;
Mrs. Jack Carroll, Arcola; A. II. Levy,
Jewett; Miss Bette, San Antonio; s.
Thomas, Chiffon; G. n Owens, Lancas-
ter; H n. Henderson, Maysfield; Mrs.
L. J. Parker, Mrs. WitherspOon, Lula
Witherspoou, Maud Witherspoon, Oak
woods; Charles Daugherty, Comanche;
Mrs. B. B. Kimball, A. H. Cohen,
Texas; Charles Williamson, Kansas City;
w. S. Plunner, Leavenworth, Kan;
R. E. Wilson, John Laprelle, st. Louis.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
SIGNING THE BILL.
The Negotiations with the Indians Brought to
a Successful Close.

The Negotiations with the Indians Brought to
a Successful Close.
LOWER BRULE AGENCY, OAK, July 8.
In the council this morning Iron Ma
ton arose and stated that he was head
chief and would sign the bill and his
people would follow. Medicine Bull said
they were willing to follow Iron Nation,
but wanted more explanation.
Governor Foster then went carefully
over the bill again, and Gen. Crook told
the Indians as they were all willing they
had better sign that afternoon, that to-
morrow would be the Fourth of July
and the fact that. the Indians of the
Lower Brule had signed would be tele-
graphed all over the country, and that
their friends would be pleased
Several of the chiefs objected to San
tees participating in the benefit, but the
commissioners talked them out of this.
Iron Nation then said to Gen. Crook:
"'Three Stars, 1 am going to
sign, because you tell me this is a good
bill, but before l do so I want yoH to
promise to be good friends OF the Indians
here, and 1 wish you to tell Great Faith
er. - q j
Hand Thunder endeavored to
stem the tide which was setting so strong
Iy in favor OF the bill, but his eEerts
were unavailing. Iron Nation sigffea
first, and was followed in order of rink
by the other chiefs Conversion of Iron
Nation, Little Pheasant and Dead Hand
leaders of last years. opposition, was
triumph hardly equaled in the record of
Indian negotiations, and for which the
commissioners deserve great credit.
Yesterday afternoon Gen. Crook, at
the request of the chiefs, had a private
talk with them, and at this conference
the programme which has been success
fully carried out to-day was agreed upon.
Indians are signing as rapidly as possible,
and the result will be,a perfectly unani-
nous vote in favor of the bill.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
- E---- Il ---T--F-lTE
MaflK ofsthe best hysielaIis r. Texas
are SAssing ~ facte1aae' with isagked
uccess.
3 sEatldiha' Mosauato Mixture sonly rs
BeltOn.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
BELToN, TEX. July 3.-District court
convened here on Monday, Judge Black
burn of Burnet presiding. The usual
routine of empanneling the juries sound
ing the docket, etc. was completed the
first day. The noted case of Turner VS..
Lee. reversed by the supreme court, was
retired, anu the same verdict, slightly
increased, was rendered as at the former
trial.
The Bolton normal school Is now in its
third week. President Luther OF Baylor
college lectured to the school yesterday
Iaerning on ''The Moral Dignity of the
Teacher s Vocation - The whole num-
Der of persons composing the present
session is about ninety
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
bitten bv a Rattlesnake.


Special to the Gazette.
DENIsoN, TEX, July 4.-Last night a
German youth by the name of Scherfin &,
who is employed on the farm of J D 4.
Bradley, was snake bit while removing a
saddle in the corn bin. The rattlesnake
drove its fangs into the left arm of
Scherffin, who ran to the house with the
snake clinging to his arm. Mrs Braley
killed the snake with a mop handle.
Mrs. Braley, who was born and raised in
Eastern Texas, states that she has fire.
quently witnessed the application of
cocklebur poultice, which has never
failed 10 relieve the patient. A tea is
also made of the snake The cocklebur
poultice was applied to the arm of -Scherf-
fin, and he also drank pint of whisky.
When DR.. GaTdans visited Scherffin this
morning he was resting easy and the
swelling in the arm was greatly reduced
and the outlook for his speedy recovery
was hopeful.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

covering an immense area, suddenly
came into view aud made together swift
journey across the solar surface, ae-
complishing no less than thirty-six thou
sand miles in about FIVE minutes
Already the big spot of to-day has
begun to divide, and this process viii
most likely continue as in the large spots
usually; and astronomers everywhere
will watch it closely to see whether
any of these rare phenomena may not
again be visible. D. w. TODD.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
s. The grsatessaloo fsaedy On earth for
Sells ,cafShnel eslelds sores rAeuEra tism,
fhdlgestion9 fSrigEt1S diseass hnd es1sti-
cation is DrssEhurIia6nd S Lone Star Blood
Syrup. Try it
A SUICIDE.

A Young Married Woman Takes Her own
Life at Dallas.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, July FLORENCE
Halves, colored, young married woman
residing on Bogel street, between Bryan
and San Jacinto streets, suicided yester-
day afternoon by taking morphine. An
other woman had called on her and while
she was there Florence went to the
kitchen, saying she was going to get
something to eat. Her prolonged abb
sence led the visitor to make an investi-
CATION and going to the kitchen she found
the unfortunate woman in a speechless
condition and she died soon after. It is
said that for several days past she gave
saalt intImaUions in the direction of her
intentions, but they did not command
the serious consideration of her associ-
ates The cause, it is thought, came
from imperfect health.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
Try lar. tThW,nendss Lone Star Ca
'tarrh Gieses ItEM{n cItFe b eaR ost aggra {
lsRted cas- IN lessshan thirty dsgs. All
druggists
RACE TRACK ACCIDENT.

Seats Supporting Two Thousand People Give
Way.
Special to the Gazette.
OKLAHOMA, 1. T., July 4.-The eIe-
waited seats facing the race track at the
fair grounds, occupied by about two
thousand people, fell about 'clock
this evening, wounding and bruising a
large number. As far as can be learned
no one was killed. though it is probable
a few viii die from their injuries.
LATER-One dead and 100 injured.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

As noted in special kilograms to Brad
streets, now that half yearly stOck-tak-
ings are showing the actual results, there
has been rather more encouraging view
taken of the state of general trade, par
tieularly at Philadelphia, Baltimore +,
Boston, Kansas City and Chicago. Mer-
chants now are looking ahead to the au-
tumn g business with rather more conf
dence, particularly at the West where
crop reports continue quite favorable /,
and where there is reported the largest
demand for agricultural implements in
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska for three
years. Trade has been quiet in Louisi-
ana, owing to its being the end of the
month, and to the backward though i'm
proving cane and rice crops. There is
too much rain in Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
THE MARKETS.
Heavy Rains and High Water Have
Caused Stagnation in Business.
Country Produce Scarce and Some Articles
Make an Advance-NO Wheat Receipts
for Several Days.
Daily Review.
OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE,
FORT WORTH TEx ,IuIv 4 ISs


The almost unprecedented rains in all
parts of the state have done immense
damage to all kinds of crops, and the
high waters in the different streams have
: caused great loss to farmers in different
ways. The effect of the rain and high
water combined has been most disastrous
to business in all branches, the volume
of trade during to-day having been
smaller than has been known in this
market for years. 1t is impossible for
farmers to reach the city from any dis
lance and this has resulted in the supply
of country produce being cut down to
very small proportions, and the scarcity
of certain articles has caused an advance
in prices. Eggs have gone up &c and
poulty has advanced about 10 per cent.
The grain market is dead, there hav-
ing been no receipts for several days.
Feed stuffs are f1rmer than they have
been for some time on account of pre-
vailing conditions.
Other than in country produce there
has been no change in quotations, the
ruling figures at the close of to-day be-
ing as are given below.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
A BIG SPOT.

Professor D. W. Todd on the Interesting
Discovery-sun Spots in General.
opInions as to It's Influenee-wan Street
Fluctuations Attributed to this spec"
of $4,000 Niles in Diameter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

d Thl~sRona 4. Long STAR Gatarrh Cure
and L4nesSsar BLOOD SyfgEH aaa. now lie
sax@dinA reznedie& Tor eataarn feE all
0food diseases.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

dabitual Gagstfpatlon cured and the
bowels strengthened by the regular use
of Carter sssLfttle Liver Pills in small
doses. DON'T forget this.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

TT gas t6ve-they are the nieast,
kfeapest sl best thin in the mas Get,
|sta numher of ogxfEfends vii goue
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

Granbury's Spring Palace Record.
Special to the Gazette.
GRANBURY, TEX. July Five hun
bred Spring Palace excursion tickets
were sold from this station What town
of laaA population can say one-half as
much IS:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

4 6 TfareRs tA2k d x=e6tsag a MONUMENT
! tdSt aemorS a tie Aianao and the dis
+ covered of '9tskctef4, sAaae eatarrfS
cure.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

i swade has fewer sea fsrrh seG erers tfian
sany city STexaS ReASoh beeausskh hey
euse tCactafine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05

that If we could see the sun stripped of
its own atmosphere we should pronounce
its color blue.
WHO SAW THEM FIRST?
There is some dispute about the first
observer who ever saw sun spots, be-
cause it is now known that they are often
visible to the naked eve. Calico is
often said to have been the earliest, be-
cause he saw them with a telescope for
the first time IN 1910. Kepler assigned a
very recent date to original observation
of spots, founding his assertions on two
verses of Virgil. In the Chinese annafs
of Father MALTA we read that in the veaa
32I A. D. there were naked eve spota
seen on the sun. The Spaniards arriving
in Peru found the natives there had EsS
marked solar spots before they had been
well established in Europe. Historians
of Charlemagne relate that in 8O7 a large
black spot was visible for eight days.
The first printed memoir on sun spots
bears the date 1911, written by John
Fabricius. Galileo's first publication
was in 1912. Harriet was an English OBJ
server, and Scheiner discovered the spot
penumbra. He thought, however, at
first that the spots might be due to
planets near the sun, but Calico proved
this false.
Occasionally large spot divides s4ntp
two or more, and on rare occasions the
segments have been seen to fly apart
with velocity not less than one thou 5
sand miles an hour. Patches of intAase;
brightness sometimes break ont, remain,
visible for few minutes and travel VITA
a velocity oyer one hundred miles pei
second. This was once seen in ls59S}RF,
inc chs
crescent-shaped objects, very brilliant,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22
The Sun and the Wind.

A Dispute once arose Betwixt the
north Wind and The Sun, or at least,
Esop says SO, as to their Respective
Superiority, and they agreed to See
which could first induce a Traveller
to part with His cloak. The North
Wind began and blew through his
Whiskers, with very Cold Blast, in
deed, accompanied with Shower of
wet. Wet Rain. That's where the
Wind got Left The Traveller Ex-
claimed: "Darn this Journeying Oh
Foot, anyway. shall save time, at
tain a Green old Age, and leave a
Respected name to my children if I
travel on that Famous Line, the
Wisconsin Central" And he "came
In out of the wet and bought a
Ticket, and rode in the Luxurious
Coaches, and slept at night in the
Magnificent Sleepers furnished by
that line If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22
Arrival and Closing of Mails.
Ia - TsEEzEEs5s=.ss- 60 Ell EEzz.zz====
Chicago & North Western Railway.
KENOSHA STA TON.

Trains marked TINS run daily; all Others daily
except Sunday.
The Western trains arr i've at r1:oo a. m and
1890 P. NJ, and depart at 80 p. and 500 a. m
W, A. BEVILLE, Agent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22
An Absolute Cure

The Original Abitine Ointment is only
put up in large two-ounce boxes, and is an
absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds
chapped hands, and all skin eruptions.
Will positively cure all kinds of piles. Ask
for the Original Albitine Ointment. Sold
by Starkweather & Co., at Is cents per box
by mail 80 cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22

those who rule that territory will rule
the world. Climate and race are the
factors that decide the destiny of
nations
My friends, whenever you put pen
to paper feel the full significance, of
your act. Never write a syllable
that tends to make virtue, ridiculous
or religion contemplate. Dogmas
may perish, but the essential soul of
goodness in the hearts of creeds will
live on amid all the mutations OF
mankind, unless stamped out by the
feet of vice or folly. Never write a
word that tends to make mankind
sordid or degraded. In a little
while we will all be heaps Of dust;
but the race will live on, shining,
magnificent, Observation-Disclosures new
er-ending, the consolidated, the i'm
mortal man. AS the coral insect
makes continents, SO we are building
up the race out of our lives. Call
the people to the higher levels of
their natures; summon them forward
to all goodness; put before them the
highest standards of life and action.
Defend them in all their rights, and
resist oppression from whatever
quarter it may descend.
And SO, when a greater age writes
the history of the present, it will
point to a noble, an exalted, a heroic
people; and it will say, "This was
the work of the men who possessed
the avenues of public thought, in
this state of Wisconsin,, a generation
ago. They did their duty to their
age and to posterity. May their
memory remain green through all
the ages, in the hearts of the race
they benefited"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22

Mr.. R. Grinstead, Sonora, KY, says
My children have sometimes had boils and
other signs Of blood impurities, with loss oil
appetite, etc., at which times have found
Swift's Specific most successful remedy,
in no instance failing to effect speedy and
permanent cure.
''Swift's Specific is great blessing to hu-
manity," says Mr.. P E. Gordon, of 725
Broad street, Nashville, Tenn, 'for it cured
me of rheumatism of very bad type, with
which had been troubled for three or four
years. S. S. S. cured me after I had ex-
hausted everything else.
Mr.. Russell Myrick, of the firm of Myrick
& Henderson, Fort Smith, Ark, says he
wishes to add his testimony to the thousands
which have already been given as to Swift's
Specific. He says he derived the most sig
nal benefit from its use to cure painful boils
and sores resulting from impure blood.
When taken for few days, potash mix
lures impair the digestion, take away the
appetite, and dry up she gastric juices
which should assist in digesting and assm-
Hating the food. Swift's Specific has just
the opposite effect; it improves digestion,
brings appetite, and builds up the general
health.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Elec-
trio Bitters, and have never handled remedies
that sell as we'll, or that has given such uni
versal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we stand
ready to refund the purchase price, if salts
factory results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. F. Robinson, Druggist
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22

There was a terrible epidemic of dy-
sentery and bloody fux in Pope County,
Illinois, last summer. AS many as five
deaths occurred in one day. Messrs.
Walter Brothers, of Waltersburg, sold
over $50 bottles of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy during
this epidemic and say they never heard Of
it's failing in any case when the directions
were followed. 1t was the only medicine
used that did cure the worst cases. Many
persons were cured by it after the doctors
had given them up. Is and so cent bot
ties for sale by ]. B. Starkweather & Co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-22

This is Ella Wheeler Wilcox's
level headed definition of a success
full man: eff [ were asked to define
the meaning of successful man,
would say a man who has made
home happy for wife and children.
No matter what he has done to
achieve wealth or honor, if he has
done that he is a grand success. If
he has not done that. it is his own
fault, and though he be the highest
in the land, he is a most pitiable
failure. | wonder how many men in
the wild pursuit for gold which char
acterizes the age realize that there is
no fortune which can be left their
families SO precious as the memory
of happy home"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-07-27
Owing to the disastrous floods in the

Owing to the disastrous floods in the
Shenandoah and Potomac Valleys,
the Excursion Grounds of this Com.
pany at Byrne's Island, Harper's
Ferry. w. Va, were severely DAM
aged. For the information of the
public in general, have pleasure in
announcing that the accumulated de.
bris on the Island has now been clear.
ed away; the bridge crossing the Pc.
tomac from the Railroad Station has
been rebuilt; and the out-houses,
dancing pavillions. etc., repaired. In
addition to this, we have erected three
large canvass tents for the accommo-
dation of the excursionists.
Approaching the popularity of this
famous Excursion Resort, with its
historic "reminiscences and picturesque
scenery, the Company has gone to
considerable expense in placing the
grounds in its old attractiveness pre-
vious to the floods, in time to give the
excursionists pleasure trip to quaint
old Harper's Ferry and its surround
ings before the season is over.
The Park is now ready for excur-
sion parties, and dates, rates, special
train arrangements, and other partic-
ulars, can be had by applying to the
nearest B. &. o. Agent, or by address
ing B. F.. Bond, Division Passenger
Agent, Central Building, Baltimore,
Md. CHAs. 0 SCULL,
General Passenger Agent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-07-27

A telegram from Terra Alta where
the contest committee is in session
says that the Republicans are be.
ginning to take more hope from the
Cubernatorial Contest Committee,
and the belief is held that Golf may
yet get the seat to which he is entirl.
ed. The telegram says:
"The committee has finished read.
ing the dispositions in a number OF
counties within the last week but
action has not been taken on them.
Golf will certainly make gains in all
of them. After these cases are dis.
posed of there is but one hope for
Judge Fleming, and that is in Mer.
Ger and Mcdowell counties. Here
he counts on throwing out another
wholesale lot of votes but may be
disappointed.
"Three hundred Republican votes
are challenged. The same votes
were challenged by Democratic
contestant for the Legislature, but
his proof was so f1imsy that the
House Committee on Elections re.
fused even to consider the case.n