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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-18
DEATHS.
In Wardsboro, Apr. Ia, Mrs.
Mary Barrett, aged sc VS., mos.
PHOTOGRAPHER'S
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Announce until further notice, that they viii
reduce the price of firstclass Cabinet size Photo
craps from $500 per dozen, to $500 per
dozen-duplicate orders, $500 per dozen. In
clubs of 10 members, $500 per dozsn. This
drop in price will not effect the quality OF our
Pictures. They will be kept at the same high
grade that has made our work the standard OF
excellence for over 80 years in ihis VICINITY
We believe by this means we can make II an
object for more people to come to us from ds-
tance. extend our business, and thus give all a
better bargain. We make all sizes and kinds of
Pictures worth making, at as low rates as --@''-
good work can be done. We have the
help. best facilities. largest experience
will give you the best value for your mo
auy one in the business in Brattleboro.
RESPECTFULLY,
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For 1889!
This is the size of it!
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for one full year, the Londonderry
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ing Metropolitan Newspapers, week.
ly edition:
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BosToN ADVERTISER,
N. Y. PRESS,
N. Y. TRIBUNE,
or the New York MAIL and EXPRESS.
Remember this applies only to
Vermont subscribers. Parties out.
side the state must add 25 cents TO
above amount.
wRemember this applies to ALL.
1t makes no difference whether you
are a new or old subscriber to either
the SITTER Or any one of the above
Journals.
" Remember this is CASH In AD'
VANCE, and that yon must send your
money to this office.
The Mirror and Farmer
of Manchester, N. H., and the SITTER,
within the State, l.6O.
). The Troy Weekly Times
and the SITTER, in or out the State, SL75
The Cottage Hearth.
We can again supply this handsome
monthly to our subscribers, every where,
for 80 cents. Send to F. P. Shumway, Jr
II Bromfeld st. Boston, for Specimen
or call at this office.
BeParties desiring more than one OF
the above papers can have them by adding
45, go or 75 cents as the case may be.
ANYBODY CAN TAKE A DAILY!
We will furnish, in connection with
the SITTER, the Boston Evening
Record (daily(for $1.9O, or the
New York Daily Press for $500.
These prices do not, of course, include
the SITTER but is open to all its patlo
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-18

The most pleasing monthly visitors
that comes to our table is Our
Dumb Animals, published by the
Massachusetts Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. AS
its name indicates it speaks for those
who cannot talk. 1t is handsomely
illustrated and ought to be in the
hands of every boy and girl in the
land that they might be brought to
appreciate its motto taken from
Cowper:
: would not enter on my list of friends,
Though graced with polished manners and fine
sense,
Yet wanting sensibility, the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon worm"
so cents a year. Address its edi-
tor, Geo. 7. Angel, 10 Milk ST.,
Boston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-18

n1lnnHn nycc Color enythin0 any color.
UJAAVHU VS6o Nesr fdai Aissdys Nirei
LHOsASEU FVOH The PhyHcidas Japortx.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-18
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1LONDONDERRYJSIFIER.l L
HENRY NJ. SHANKs, PUBIisEKH.
Terms, 4l.95 Year, or 8l.OO II
, paid Strictly in advance.
A1Entered at the Post.office at So. London
dSsyy as second.class matter.
THURSDAY EVE. APR. 1S, 1889.
Sitter John. Editor.

THURSDAY EVE. APR, IS, 1889,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-18

HENRY NJ. SHANKs, PUsEisERH.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
A Unique Proclamation.

The following is copy OF the last
Thanksgiving proclamation issued by
Governor Semple, Of Washington Terri
tory: BY authority OF the established
custom of this country, l hereby desig-
nate the last Thursday of November as
Thanksgiving Day for the year 1883. |
recommend that on that day the people
of Washington Territory do assemble in
their places of worship, in their school
house and society halls in their loggers'
camps and miners cabins, on their ships
and by the firesides of rich and poor. in
the city and country, and there give
thanks to Almighty God for his infinite
goodness to us and to all men. If any
homeless ones be seen standing by the
way-side on that day, / trust that those
who are more fortunate will care for
them, that they may see the silver lin
ing to the clonds and feel the sunshine
Of kindness for a moment, and SO not
despair OF human nature. Such bread
will return in blessed form to those who
cast it upon the waters.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
Can Cyclones be Conquered:

The damage done in South Washing
ton by the miniature cyclone suggests
the question whether such home of
American science as this city cannot
produce an invention for breaking the
force Of these storms. 1t is true that
we may suffer but trifing inconvenience
rs compared with many communities in
the West and Southwest, but if we
could escape even what we do get the
deliverance would be appreciated. The
difficulty in applying any prevention
consists primarily in the suddenness
with which the storm comes upon city,
and the uncertainty, even when one is
expected, OF the point at which it will
make it's first stroke, and the course
which it will take afterward. But it
seems 10 be pretty well demonstrated
that such disturbance does not begin
inside of thickly- settled community.
That being the case city might avert
i great deal of damage by encircling
itself with preventive apparatus, espe-
c5ally if it were discovered that concus
sion, applied promptly on the approach
of tile storm from without, would break
the spiral line in which it moves and re-
duce its character to that of simple
blow. - Washington Star.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
Gave Him the Worn Coin.

Senator Zebulon B. Vance was once
employed by the disinherited relatives
of wealthy planter named johnson,
recently deceased, to contest the will.
The trial continued for several weeks,
and, Mr.. Vance being man of infinite
humor, was chosen to make the closing
speech for his side, there being many
speeches running through ten or twelve
days. The deceased had left his great
landed estates and personal property to
three men, none of whom had any claim
upon him. 1t was shown in evidence
that one OF the chief reasons assigned by
the dead man for thus bestowing his
property was that the three men were
prudent and knew how to take care of
their money, while his nephews and
nieces, who now contested the will, were
extravaganza and he was unwilling that
his accumulations should be squander-
ed. Senator Vance, when he reached
this point, upon which the counsel for
the heirs named in the will, dwelt at
considerable length, poured infinite
volume of ridicule upon it, alleging that
the woods we're full of that kind OF peo-
pie.
81 once knew man, good, pl0us
old deacon, that would have been sure
of providing out one of these pets of Mr..
johnson. He lived near to deep-run-
ming stream, to which it was his wont to
go fishing. One day he fell overheard,
q treacherous log splitting him into the
river. A laborer in the field saw the
old gentleman's sad plight, and with q
courage beyond his station rushed to his
rescue, plunging boldly into the swift
current, where the deacon, being unable
to swim, would have been drowned. The
laborer was small man, while the dea-
con had the proportions of London
alderman, so that when he finally drag
ged the old chap out of the water he was
fairly exhausted AS soon as the deacon
had recovered his breath he was profuse
in his thanks, and then ran his hand
into his pocket, from which he pulled
out brand new quarter which he offered
to his rescuer, but, changing his mind.
withdrew it, running his hand again in
his pocket and drawing out an old,
smooth and worn coin of the same de-
nomination, but upon which there was
slight discount This he gave, with a
deep sigh of relief, to his savior as the
price OF his life. -Chicago Times.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
LHUMOR OF THE DAY.

vkly young lady--Miss-i
A German ferment-Sauerkraut
Long winded-Blacksmiths' bellows.
A taking fellow-The photographer.
A towering rage-The theatrical high
hat.
A waterfall knows how to do the cat.
aract.
Coming through the Rye-Brewers'
wealth.
The ockbroker does most of his
work on shares.
The strongest tied in the affairs Of
men is marriage.
The lay of the land is what darkness
broods over.-1sme.
PardOxical: A man always feels put
out when he is taken in.
People think it funny that the gas
collector is never suffocated.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

Ayers Almanac. which has been an annual
and welcome visitor since 1862, comes to us this
year as handsomely bound volume containing
copies not only of various editions in English,
but also in nine foreign languages, with speci-
men pages of pamphlets In eleven other tongues,
thus making the book the most compre-
hensive polyglot we have ever seen. While the
primary design Of the almanac is to advertise
DIR. Ayers Standard Medicines Sarsaparilla,
Cherry Pectoral, Pills, Hair vigor, and Ague
Cure-it commends itself to every reader by
reason of the fullness and accuracy Of its astro-
nomical and other valuable information as well
as by its funny items which show that Jokes
can be spicy without being vulgar. All the
druggists are supplied with Ayers Almanacs
in their familiar form, and are happy to give
them to customers. The issue this year will
probably not fall much short Of fourteen mill
ion copies.-1he Wiutf,g Hand
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
Mexico's Irrigation System.

There are but two seasons in Mexico,
the wet and the dry All winter long
there is not drop of rain, while in sum.
ing without a shower. The water
courses, that are but dry gulches in
winter, becoming roaring torrents in
summer. But the crops which grow in
winter as we'll, do not suffer; they are
watered by irrigating canals. This sys-
tenn OF irrigation was introduced hun
dreds OF years ago, and is most wonder
full evidence of an early civilization.
There are aqueducts of stone and dams
at the reservoirs, which bear the marks
of age unmistakable. Across the dry
bed of gulch, or in the course of some
stream running all the year, strong
dam is thrown, and acres and acres of
water, caught in the rainy season, are
stored for the dry. Taken in irrigatine
canals or bitches along the hillsides and
across the valleys in aqueducts, the wa
ter is conveyed to the fields. A gate
across the ditch is closed and the bank
opened; the water runs through the fur
rows and refreshes the thirsty crop.
When enough has been put in one field.
the opening in the canal is closed. The
gate is once more opened, that the next
field may have its share. This system
of irrigation is one of the wonders of the
country or of the world.
The waters of stream, crossed on O
bridge hundred feet high, may be a
hundred feet above the cars q few miles
ahead, and the water seeping through
the soil, darkening the hill-sides down
to the track again. With unskilled Ia.
Dor and with uneducated engineers, a
lapse OF nature has been supplied and a
fertility of soif established, that could
not have otherwise been attained. -
Prairie Farmer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

The Okanogan Washington Territory
Ouflook is considerably hurt over the
statement made by traveller that the
only persons worth going to see in that
vicinity are Wild Goose Bill, Okanogan
smith and Texas George. Other citi-
zens OF Okanogan mentioned by the
outlook are Shookum the Trapper, Sun
rise Jack, Yellowstone Jim, Buckskin
Charlie, Dogskin Bill, Okanogan Bill,
Badly Brown, Tuff Nut George, Badly
Huff, Wild Bill, Wenatchee Bill, and
numerous others.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

Debility, Wasting Diseases of Children,
Chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can be cured
by the use of ScoTT's EMULSION of Pure Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. Prominent
physicians use it and testify to its great
SCOTS Emulsion for an obstinate Cough with
Hemorrahage, Loss of Appetite, Emaciation,
Sleeplessness, &c. All of these have now
left, and believe your Emulsion has saved a
case of well developed Consumption. u. 7.
FINDLEY, NJ D., Lone Star, Texas.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
coDven,,.n.I /" pronop ;. n.,o,.,,,,,

Whereas, The Monon Route q. N. A 81 G,
Ry Coz desires to make 1t known to the world
at large that 1t forms the double connecting
link Of Pullman tourist travel between the
winter cities of Florida and the summer re-
sorts Of the Northwest; and
Whereas, Its rapid transit" system Is I'M
surpassed, its elegant Pullman Buffet Sleeper
and Chair car service between Chicago and
Loufsvtlle, Indianapolis and Cincinnati un-
equalled; and
Whevsas, It's rates are a. lowas the lowest;
then be IL
Resolved, That In tho event Of starting on q
trip It is good policy to consult with K. D. Nc
Cormick, Gent Pass. Agent MonoA Route, 1856
Dearborn St. Chicago, for full particulars. On
any event send for q Tourist Guide. enclcse u.
DOatA0Al
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
yourFrienS Committsd Suicide.

You never suspected it, none Of his friends
dreamed of it, he did not know 1t himself, put
you remainder his sallow complexion2 DO you
recollect how he used to complain OF head
aches and constipation? I'm getting qulte
bilious" he said to you one day, but guess
it'll pass off, l haven't done anything for II,
because don't believe in dosing" Soon al
ter that you heard of his death. 1t was very
If he had taken DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets he would be alive and well to-day.
Don't follow his example. The pellets are
easy to take mild in their action, and always
auro
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

The great tragedian, Forrest, had a secret
which everybody ought to learn and profit by.
Said he: II owe all my success to the fact that
everything / have undertaken have done
thoroughly. never neglected trifes." That s
the point-don't neglect tribes, Don't neglect
that hacking cough, those night-sweats, that
feeble and capricious appetite, and the other
symptoms, trif1ing in themselves, but awful
in their significance. They herald the APP
proach of consumption. You are in danger,
but you can be saved. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will restore you to health
and vigor, as it has thousands of others. For
all scrofu GUS diseases, and consumption is one
Of them, it is a sovereign remedy.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

We accidently overheard the following dia-
logue on the street yesterday:
Jones. Smith, why don't you stop that dis
gushing hawking and splitting?
Smith. How can /? You know am martyr
to catarrh.
j. DO as did. l had the disease in its worst
form but am well now.
S. What did you do for it?
j. used DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. II
cured me and it will cure you.
S. I've heard of it, and by Jove I'll try it.
j. Do so. You'll find it at all the drug stores
In town.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death: Any sufferer from this dread
envelope to Prof j. A. Lawrence, IS Warren
St. N. Y, will receive the recipe free of charge
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
4 R.d,c., Cure for Epil.p,,. Fits.

II the Editor-Please inform your readers
named disease which warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its viz.
tues that will send free sample bottle and
me his o. and Express address. Resp'y,
H. G. ROOT, NJ. c., 1888 Pearl St.. New York.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
Consumption. scrofula, General

"Ameng Southern fish stories is one a 200
black bass-that sings in a Baptist choir.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
An InvssiunbIe Travelling Companion,

No person should travel without box of
Hamburg Figs in his his satchel for they will
be found Invaluable when change of food and
water has brought on an attack of constipa-
ton, indigestion, or torpidity OF the liver. rs
cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., n. Y.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17
GrnMAN tribes regard stag beetles as

GERMAN tribes regard stag beetles as
dinbolic, and all beetles are detested in
Ireland, more especially a bronze va
riety known as ''gooldie. 1t is also
believed that to see a beetle will bring
ON q rainstorm the next day. There
are said to be no spiders in Ireland, nor
will spiders spin their web on an Irish
oak or cedar roof. spider is said to
have saved Mohamet from his pursuers
by spinning its web across o cave where
he sought refuge. The same is said Of
David in the cave of Adullam.
SpANiAnps in the sixteenth century, believed
that spiders ind Gated gold when they we've
found in abundance.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

ALTHOUGH a sacred insect among the Egyp-
tinns. the b,etle receives but little notice in
folklore. II is unlucky in England to kill
ono.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

England uses aobout 100, 600 post cards
every year, and the United States about $3.50, :
0OO 000
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

''The great bridge over the Mississippi at
Memphis, Tenn, will have cantilever span
,f rna foot
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

RAIN is, in some parts Of our own country.
expected to follow unusually loud chipping Of
uickots
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

If afflicted with sore eyes, use Or. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell at
25c per bottle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

The best cough medicine is Pisos Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere, Csc.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-17

.xs.zssxsszssz>.Essz EssEssEssk,k
The man who has invested frons three
70 i've dollars in Rubber Coat, aud
ct his first half hours experience IN
storm finds 10 his sorrpw that it u
hardly better protection thak mos
quito netting. nat only fs<ls chagrined
ct being 80 badly taken IN, but also
feels IL he does not look exactly like
Ask for the "FISH BRAND . sIickxx
does not have the FISH brand, send for dos
1s'zss{ssz = }<.y<'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-22
rslAence Agaln.t mIm.clf

Among the many things thc saw mil
man has 20 contend with in this part of
Georgia is the lack of perfect titles 90 Oh,
lands on which be purchases timber
Numerous troublcsresult thorlium and
rs rule. we are waited ON every day lbs
some native who claims that wo are cut
ting timber from land THAT has been IN
his possession for years. although W,
have leases ON it from other parties. A
few days since our general manager Wa.
called ON by ono of these persons. who
told him that he must stop cutting on d
certain lot that we had just begun.
"Ilave YOU tho titles to it, was On,
first question put 10 him.
81 have, was the reply. and be forth
with pulled from his pocket dirty, aged
looking roll.
The general manager took it and care
fully read thcm through. thon, turning
TO the would Doe owner said.
81 can't notice such documents O..
those
"Why." asked the astoni,hcl man.
"Bocauso.' replied the general man
aver, holding the paper mp between him
and the light. "this decd was written
just twenty-five years before the mill
was built that madc this paper"
The claimant took his papers and went
sadly away without another word. AT.
lanta Constitution.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-22

The story is told of q retail dealer who
obtained mro bargain n ladies' hon-
stitched linen handhorchicfs which he de.
signed tosellatafairp rontattwcny-iyc
cents each Dissemination of tine goods
he determined NOT to give such Waldo for
SO small sum- Taking ono-half This
lot, he marked each handkerchief bon the
corner with q lead pencil. twenty-five
cents. and the other half Of the lot. pre-.
cisely the same style and quality. Boz
marked in tho same way thirty cents.
and displayed the goods on tho counter
side by side
Imagine his surprise when Dee found
that his lady customers. ON their own
judgment. and after seeming careful
and critical comparison of the goods. in
two purchasers out Of three. selected the
bargains nj thirty cents. leaving him
with the larger part of those marked
twenty-five cents ON hi5 counter As 30
was impossible 20 alter the marks ON the
goods from twenty-five to thirty with
out soiing them, ho was actually CONF
PEELED 10 purchase another invoice of the
same lot to oblige the dear creatures who
preferred 20 pay thirty cents for the ar
ticlo rather than twenty-five conts.-
Cloak and Suit Review.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-22

The following were the arrivals yes
terday at the different hotels
AMERICAN HoTEL.-J. II. Irving
Virginia j. Long. Baltimore; i. r.
Turner. Buckingham I. W. Dixon
Richmond. Va; T.. c. Holt, North
Carolina William finch. Baltimore
Md: NJ. A. Smith, North Carolina j.
w. Tally. Buena Vista Henry ). Sohl
Baltimore. Md: Mrs. Long and child,
Miss Long. New Mexico I. p. Eloun
Louisa county; A. b. Crasby, Blacks
burg. S. c.: John II. Cox and wife
Chesterfield county; w. a. Fitzgerald
Louisville, Ky.
FORD S. W. g. Gay. Boston: II. a
Subna. Virginia: II. G.. Hudson, SCOTS
burg. Va: j. knight, Washington; j
ID. Robinson. Toledo. Ohio; }. II. Mar
tin, Caroline county, Va; John Mea'
dsner. Oxford. n. c.; John &. Willis
Fredericksburg. Va: Miss 5. J. Willis
Indianiown. Va: j. l.. Hart. Farm
vile. Va: Albert A. Wilson, BiltI
more: George f. Alsop. Ashland; How
ard Spear. New York city; p. Aylett
King William county; j. i. Hobart
New York: w. j.. Turner, Virginia
w. X. Smithwick. John G. Jones
Moth Carolina: S. w. EasOn, X. NJ. G..
T.. A. Cowan, Boston.
MURPHY s.-Jacob Fellheimer. Chas
Blendheim. Baltimore. MIDI. l.. Rush
Waterbury, Conn; j. b. Alley. CHI
cago. ILL.,: William r.. Musselman, stat
ford county, Va; G. +. Heiser. Boston
Mass. Commander Felix McCurley
United States navy; Henry Rosendale
Baltimore. Md: III. Partu, Roanoke
Va: w. T. Voolfolk. Virginia: +. h
Russell and wife, Philadelphia, Pa.
Samuel G.. FeDton, Baltimore, Md.
John j. Jones, Petersburg. Va.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-22
MANCHESTER.
Items OF Interest from Across the River

Iangston Coles. who was very badly
injured while at work at the Standard
Spike Company Thursday afternoon
was getting along as well as could De
expected yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon during the
storm. tree in the yard of Mrs. Cox,
ON Eighteenth street, was struck by
lightning and somewhat shattered. No
damage was done to the house or any
body in It.
CITY Treasurer Bronaugh il now
ready to receive city and school taxes
for 1889. Those who pay in full be-
fore the 1st of July will be entitled to
five per cent. bate on the city tax.
Those paying half by that date and the
other half by November list, will be
entitled to a rebate of five per cent. on
one half and two and q half on the
other.
Officer Jones yesterday afternoon ar
rested cOlored boy, about nine years
of age. for striking another boy with a
rock. He was recognized for his APP
pearance before the Mayors Court this
morning.
A colored preacher has been visiting
Simon Walker. the negro who Is to be
hung at Chesterfield Courthouse
August 3Oth. Walker does not seem to
take much interest in religious matters.
An adjourned meeting Of the CITY
Council will be held next Friday night.
1t Is expected that at this meeting the
matter of increasing the appropriation
TO rebuild the Free bridge Will come up
for consideration.
Judge b. A. Hancock has called a
special term of the Circuit Court OF
chesterfield to be held on Monday
June 9th. to consider the mdnddmus
case against the board Of supervisors.