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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-30

Monday and Tuesday more copious rains
came Just In time. Another such will IN
sure a great Weld of corn.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-30
DR.. JH Combs Dentist, ". Side Plaza.


FRUIT JARS and JELLY GLASSES
Big lot At Cbas. Hutch ngs-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-30


Amount on hand, 3 AT %
GENERAL COUNTY FUND.
To balance on hand last report 80. S2,4oo 80
" amt received during quarter. o2o 90
BY amt transferred to jury fund.-. 300 90
BY amt paid out during quarter. 1898 IS
BY amt transferred to Court
House and Jail Fund. ....... GOO 90
/" az per ct. CONS. on amt reed. Is so
az per CT. pd out. 20 As
amt to balance. .............. S34 OF
$3,rI6 go S3,II6 90
Amount on hand, 5s4 oa
LUNATIc AND PAUPER FUND.
To balance on hand last report sara OF
amt received during quarter. II so
BY amt paid out during quarter. ST. IS
an per ct. CONS. amt reed. SO
an per ct. pd. out. I79
amt to balance. .............. ais "a
SzoI 81 $29I 81
Amount on hand, s2Is "a
REPAIR FUND.
To balance on hand last report. $478 Al
" amt received during quarter. II so
BY amt paid out during quarter. $3I2 as
az per ct. CONS. on amt reed. 1 90
" az per ct. " " pd. out. 7 30
" amt to balance .............. 233 90
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-30

$I,44o 90 sI,44c SO
Amount on hand, 3 AT 28
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-30

DR.. j. W. Combs, Dentist ". Side Plaza.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
The Oldest Bank Notes.

The oldest bank notes are the flying
money" or convenient money" first issued
in China 2G9' b. c. Originally these notes
were issued by the treasury, but experience
dictated q change TO the banks under govern
me2t instruction and contrc.. The early
Chinese 'greenbackS" were in all essentials
similar TO the modern bank notes, bearing
the name Of the bank, date of issue. the mum
Der of the note, the signature OF the official
using it, indications of It's value in figures, in
words, ana in the pictorial rep esentatiou in
coins or hesps Of coins equal in amount 70 Its
face value, and notice Of the pains and
penalties following counterfeitins Over and
above all was laconic eAhortstion 70 in
dust-y and thrift: Produce all YOU can
spend with economy" The notes were printed
N blue ink on paper from the fiber OF the
mulberry tree. One Issue, in 1896 B. c., is
carefully preserved in the Asmtic museum at
s. petsrsbur- Montreal Star
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
THIS. ou.>u.. Time rah1.

The private time table Of the queens jour
uey from Windsor 70 Ba!later conralsss
thirty elaborate orders which have been
formally approved by Sir Henry Ponsouby;
TIE Instructions for working the RIVAL tram
fiji three pages OF fcelscsp. ard are headed
10y the following notice: Fa&ss confident al
instructions must b sept slost strictly pri-
vate, ard must orly Co communicated 20
those persons il the service OF TIE ccnnsnv.
vino, II the discasrye o. their dI!rv. require
10 know and act up them; and tncss per
sons must not give information whatever
10 any enc respecting he hours or other ar
engagements SGT forth - thess ssrsctiors -
Young Ladies' Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

The Fort Scott. Wichita e Western rail-
way Missouri Pacific Route" is the only
Inc running solid trains through from
Wichita to Kansas City and st. Louis.
Leaving Wichita at 9l5 p. M. you arrive ut
Kansas City next morning at O'Clock
Pullman palace sleeping and free reclin-
ing chair cars through TO Kansas City and
ST. Louis without change. Remember il
you go via the Fort Scott Route you are
not dependent on main line connec-
lions at junction Point, but you go right
through on solid trains. This is the only
route whose main line runs through WITCH
tia. All trains are made up here and run
through solid to Kansas City and St. Louis.
1t is the shortest line to st. Louis
by 40 miles and two hours the quickest.
Two trains daily 10 St Louis anda II points
east Ticket office l31 North Main street.
Depot corner Second and Wichita streets.
T. +. BLECKLEY,
Passenger and Ticket agent, I37 \. Main
ST, Wichita. Kan.
Fl. {. TOWNSEND,
G. 2. s. I. A, St. Louis, Mo.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

4 handsome Autograph map Of this city.
containing the names of all the streets.
parks. colleges and public buildings.
hotels, etc. A complete map twelve by
fifteen inches on linen paper can be bad
al this Office at nominal sum. IS
Free Reclining Chair car service to Denver
and Return. via the SAINTS Re Route.
The Atch.son, Topeka s. Santa Fe are
now running daily free reclining chair
cars on their night tram To Denver. Pass
engers leaving Wichita at 40 p. m. will
arrive at Pueblo for breakfast the next
morning. Colorado Springs AT 1890 a M,
and Denver for dinner. IN addition 20
free reclining chair car service PallmAn
reservation may be had upon application
union ticket Office and union depot
". ID. MURDOCH
q i0i-u Pass. and ticke; agent.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
REAL, ESTATE.

The following transfers of real estate
Were filed for record in the office of the
register of deeds yesterday:
FURNISHED by the DEAN Abstract Coz
E Anderson to John H Baldwin 43 to
50 IA to 81 hiartiuson ave Law
rence's 9Th add .....................$2 $4,000
3 w Brice to John II Baldwin 81 60
II Seneca st Lawrence's 9Th add. 1900
w ] Stout to John Fl Baldwin 1913
Munneil ave Lawrence's eth add. 1000
l. ID Sweet to John III Baldwin 4-6
Boston ave Hatfield's sub.... 5000
NJ f Fauctt to \ T Niederlander 80
81 "a 90 Laura ave McCormick's
r A KEYS to n T Niederlander "A 76
rs 50 81 81 So IS Laura ave McCor-
mick's add. Observation-Disclosures. 5S5
w w Hays to w r Tucker 2224
blk II Orme & Phillips add. 266
l. b Terrell to Board of Education
200xl40 il lot blk G Ferrell'S 18th
add NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 200
+ 2 Galty to John H Baldwin PA
Wichita ST W Wichita .......... 5000
John III Baldwin to Rodolf Hatfield
- lots in the city of Wichita 800 10000
" w Hays to S " Shattuck II 4 ne
% 25-1e Observation-Disclosures. 54l
J II Ierrill to . Crawford 1-3
Fairview ave Hersey's add - 1000
Z Il Beeson to Chas Hoff NV Is % 81
observation-disclosures. 5000
Rodolf Hatfield to S Booker NV 4
Wv Hays to S w Cooper ne 4 %
-o-~W- .---.---... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %0UO
Ladies come and get pair of those fine
$500 shoes i am selling at 81. q. p. Locke,
ISL North Main. d21-4t
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
SfOckholuPrS' Npetiug-

There Will be meeting of the stock
holders of the Wichita National bank at
its banking office on Tuesday, January "A.
1890, at $50 O'clock p. m, for the election
of ten directors for the ensuing year and
for Ghe transaction of such other business
as may regularly come before the meeting.
LYMAN 4. WALTON, Cashier
Wichita Dec 10 SO p 26t
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
RECORD BOOK.

County Superintendent Pence's class
ifacatiou register is the most com
plete thing of the kind ever published.
John Mcdonald, editor OF the Western
School Journal, writes: 81 examined
Superintendent Fences Classification Reg
lister, ana was much pleased with it. a
number of superintendent pronounce It
superior TO any other now before the peo-
pie, and they are of the opinion that the
Register should be placed in our county
schools. There is no reason why Kansas
money should be going 10 distant cities
when we have better article in our own
state. Address L T. MURDOCH.
Manager LAGLE
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Come unto me, all of ye that are work.
ing for low wages (and getting your mon
ey), with your cash and | will sell you gro
ceries as were never sold in Wichita be-
fore. Just think of it. Sack good flour
81 cents. Lots of other goods as low.
Dorsey, the grocer. II St.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
Rooms With or without Board.

Gentlemen or ladies desiring boarding
place or furnished room. with or without
board, can be accommodated at No. 343
North Topeka. Clean rooms, good table
and handy to business and to the schools.
Ia I'm
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Having bought my partner out l now
wish to reduce my large stock of boots
and shoes and will sell you shoes cheaper
than ever before. Wichita Shoe Parlor,
151 North Main. G. 2. Locke d2l-4t
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Ladies, why bake when you can get that
excellent home made bread at Spurgin's,
corner Douglas and Topeka? Your hus-
band will think its your own baking.
4
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

We have full line of land Office blanks
Of ali descriptions. Orders will be nllec.
and sent by return express, See list Of
blanks on another page,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Dealers in California fruits. imported
cigars. tobacco: also run lunch counter in
connection. Just received new dates, figs
aud pears. oil. o.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

j. ". Cones is the finest operator ever
behind my camera Rogers, the photo.
q II. ST
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Beginning Monday we will sell cobs for
one week at 81 per load delivered. Tele-
phone Zephyr mills l6a. DIG Il
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

All orders fot holiday portraits must be
in by December ~ Rogers, tie photo.
d I1-f-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
Huc0'S Literary Day.


Victor Hugo worked in the morning from
7 to Ii o'clock, after which his literary day
was finished, sag s Paris letter W The Phila-
delphia Bulletin. One day Roche:ort entered
bis study. he was one of the rare persons
who enjoyed the privilege OF disturbing MIN
In his hours of conposition.
The lnaster was writing standing, as was
his habit, breaking his quill pen es he wrote
his lines, very far apart on separate sheets OF
paper, about fifteen lines on large sheet.
All around him, on the Hoor, on the furni
ture, the pages were drying 'rl4is is my
mornings work" he said to h!y visitor
each one of these pages brings me 100
francs; count them. There are dozont
Well, hn,e earned 100 francs this morn
ing"
Who Would Be Ruler?
The longer live the more reason do find
to be thankful that am neither king nor
kaiser The emperor of Germany having
paid visit to the emperor Of Russia, the
latter had to return it. At 10 o'clock a. N.
he arrived at Berlin His first business was
TO shake hands with q lot Of generals and
courtiers who were introduced To him and to
kiss the emperor William. Then he drove
through lanes of troops TO the Russian enl-
bassy But before entering he had to stand
at the door for an hour to gaze on regiments
marching past After hasty luncheon he
paid calls on the Empress Augusta and the
Empress Victoria. At he dined at gala
dinner, and had to make speech and listen
to one After the dinner there was gala
reception" with more introductions; and no
sooner was this over thnn be was hurried off
to gala representation" ut the opera house.
The next morning he bad the pleasure OF
reading in his newspapers that no one at
Berlin wanted him or thought much OF him
London Truth
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
Dissolution Notice.

December 10.
The firm Of Locke & Lopez have this day
dissolved by mutual consent, Mir Loper re
firing and Mr.. Locke continuing the bust
;iess, assuming all Indebtedness aud coll
iecung all accounts. q Z. LOCKE,
2l-3* B. +. Lopez.
Have you seen those lovely slippers III at
the Wichita Shoe parlor, corner Main and
First street. t2l-4t
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
LAND OFFICE BLANKS

Every style picture for holiday pre-
ents. Rogers, the photo. & 1851
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
DorEey's Club List.

A few bargains / offer you:
Fancy patent -four per sack. .......S1 90
Good washing soap, bars.............. %
Prices baking powder. pounds. ..... 45
Imported Edam cheese. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 95
Quart bottle fancy Gerkines. .... 20
Quart bottle fancy mixed pickles 800. p
quart bottle fancy chow chow..-..... 20
Fancy catsup Der bottle. 90
Fancy special catsup per bottle. . 10
=
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Take ten Magnet Soap wrappers to your
grocer aud get nice steel magnet free
loot
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

500 mufflers worth 15c. our price 15c.
2l5 muffiers worth 125c. our price 33c.
1862 elk mufflers worth 15Oc, our price 73c.
10 silk muff1ers worth 300c, our price 1926
500 silk handkerchiefs worth 75c, our price
19c.
IT'S silk handkerchiefs worth 1000, our price
24c.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

Ladies come and get pair of those fine
$500 shoes am selling at 81. G. p Locke,
Isl North Main. d21-4t
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

$50 dozen raD:eI's heir shirts and drawers
worth 300c, our price only Csc.
100 dozen natural wool shirts and drawers
worth 350c, our price only 1z2c.
60 dozen natural wool shirts and drawers
worth l60c, our price only Zoe.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

The Eurasians, or Indian half Castles, Who
Are Tabooed by Their Anslo-Indian Eel
low Citizens - Marriage with One of
Them Means Social Annihilation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
AN EXCELLENT MAXIM.
Have Time for Every Thing, and d.
Every Thing In Liz Iime.

Every Thing In Its Time.
''To every thing there is season, and time
TO every purpose under the heaven
Never was saying truer than this;
never one of more universal applica-
ton; never one the disregard of which
would cause more dire confusion. "a
time for every thing and every thing in
its time" should be the companion
maxim to "a place for every thing and
every thing in its place." and if it
were made one of the rules for living
how much more could be accomplished
in a stated period than if duties were
performed and various pursuits pleas
urable or otherwise, followed without
regard to the fact that there is "a time
to every purpose under the heaven"
Such, however, is the perversity of
human nature, that we are perpetually
taken possession of by demon Of
longing to do a certain task or enjoy
certain pleasure in the time that we
arc positive, beyond a doubt, should be
devoted to some other purpose. Who
has not been the victim of this strong
utSlFc W uO u CClbdih
which he ought not to do, and to leave
undoEe that which he ought to dop" 1t
seems too, sometimes, that the more
insignificant the duty of the moment
the stronger the aversion to doing it
just then. the more powerful the temp
tation to put it off until some other
time. We have felt grieved beyond
measure at the thought of putting two
or three needed tacks in a carpet, and
have actually permitted ourselves to
defer doing it not only weeks but
months. We fancy eyebrows lifted in
horror at this frank confession; but to
those who lift them we would say, LET
him that is without sin cast the first
stone" Such ones, too, we would urge
TO give thanks three times daily that
they 'are not as other men are. -
fybristion al Wark
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
Schemes and Their Dupes.

The American public has had per-
haps quite as extended experience with
schemes, which have, after obtaining
liberal contributions from over-conf-
dent and sanguinely prospective stock
holders, proved to be nothing but a
trap or catch-penny arrangement, as
any other country, and still they seem
slow in learning the lesson which has
cost them or their fellow-men so much.
A notable instance of this is found in
the recently defunct Electric Sugar
Refining Company, which was to COM
pletely revolutionize the business, and
the stock in which so many ambitious
investors took shares. With such strik-
ing examples of the uncertainty of all
things earthly. including Keely motors,
Panama canals and electric sugar re-
fining companies, it would seem that
those who are anxious to increase their
wealth would use little more dis
cretion and judgment. F. L. Barnum's
statement that the American people
were not happy unless humbugged. or
words to that effect, seems to be literal
ly true. and as long as they are thus,
there are those who are willing to profit
by their cupidity. Budget.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
How the Arabs Make Tea.

The mistress of the tent, placing a
large kettle on the fire, wiped ii care
fully with horses tail, filed it with
water, and threw in some coarse tea
and little salt. When this was near
the point of boiling she tossed the tea
about with brass ladle until the liquor
became very brown, and then it was
poured off into another vessel. Cleans
ing the kettle as before, the woman set
it again on the fire in order to fry a
paste OF meal and fresh butter Upon
this the tea and some thick cream was
then poured, the ladle put in requisition
again, and after time the whole taken
oil the fire and set aside TO cool. Half
pint wooden mugs were handed around
and the tea ladled into them, this tea
forming meat and drink and satisfying
both hunger and thirst. However
made, tea Is "A blessed invention for the
weary traveller. Eastern Trayels
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
SLAVES IN TURKEY.


Poor Girls Enticed From Their Homes
And Sold at Constantinopic.
An extensive female slave trade is
still carried on in Constantinoplc in
spite of the consuls of the Christian
powers. Hardly a week passes without
the arrival of white-haired courier,
between 65 and 20 years old, accom-
panied by a convoy of young girls,
mostly from poor families in Galicia,
whom he has induced to come with
him to the Turkish capital under the
promise of "splendid" situation or
'.rich marriage" The Austrian con-
sular officials, as well as those of other
powers, have kept wakeful eye upon
this old scoundrel and stopped him
from landing his "wares" in Constan-
tinople itself. 1t is now discovered that
he takes them to spot where they are
out of reach of European law--Kawak,
the Turkish quarantine station on the
Bosphorus. Here they are unshipped
and sent ultimately to ConstantinOple
by the land route to Bujukdere. Here
not soul is troubled about their de-
DlOrdDlc ldJc,
from the horrors prepared for them is
only possible through energetic for
eign help. The proprietor" takes
them to certain bourse, called the
Casino, where his living wares are
dealt with exactly as if they were dead
matter or shares. The price for the
'.coarse wares" as they are brutally
described, varies from $3.50 to $500.
The price of the finerDw is higher,
reaching the level sometimes of 81, POO.
They are bought for customers in
Smyrna, Alexandria, Cairo, and other
places under Mohammedan rule. The
"brokers" attempt to conceal the ma
ture of their trade by deceptive ad-
vices; for instance, expect three
dozen silver spoons" (Which is tech
nical for the "fnor wares,"O or "We
send five vessels of meal Ga medium
quality), or "eight sacks of potatoes,
(the coarsest quality .)-Chicago Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
Divorces in England.

1t is customary to throw stones at
the United States for the numerous
divorces which take place among its
people, but statistics show that the
percentage of divorces in England is
growing with alarming rapidity. Since
the Divorce act was adopted by Parlia-
ment, thirty years ago, there have
been no fewer than 1902 suits brought
under it; and in 7,295-more than half
the court has put asunder those
whom the church has joined together.
The showing is worse still when the
three decades of divorce are compared
with each other. In the first, 1858 to
1867, there were 2,1S8 applications for
divorce. In the second, 1868 to 1877,
there were 1922, an increase of 80 per
cent. In the third, 1878 to 1887, there
were 4,761, an increase of about 70 per
cent. In the next decade the increase
will be, say the lawyers. fully 100 per
cent. Toronto Mail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
Kissing Under the Mlstletoe.

Respecting the question of kissing
under the mistletoe, a correspondent
writes to London Notes and Queries:
"One would suppose, from the part
played by the mistletoe in Scandinavian
ANTHOLOGY, that this custom was COM
mon to all northern peoples. Baldur
was slain by a mistletoe dart at the in
Stigation OF Loki, and in reparation for
the injury the plant was afterward ded-
icated TO his mother, Frigg, so long as
IL did not touch earth. Loki's empire.
On this account it Is hung from the
ceilings of houses. and the kiss given
under it signifies that 1t is no longer
an instrument of mischief. The fetes
held in commemoration OF the sacred
mistletoe survived in some parts of
France into the sixteenth century.
The plant was credited with many
talismanic properties, and its festival
attracted immense gatherings OF pao.
plo."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
ESOUIMAU ADDITION.
The Clumsy Numerals Used by Dwellers
in the Far North.

The Clumsy Numerals Used by Dwellers
in the Far North.
The ape which (or perhaps whom)
Mr.. Romanes has succeeded in teach
ing to count five seems to tread closely
on the heels of some of the races of
men. In a paper on the Esquimau OF
Point Barrow, Mr.. John Murdoch of
the National Museum, said, that, like
the rest of those peoples, they ordi-
narily do not use numbers greater than
five. but speak of six and all higher
numbers as 'many." Their real num-
bers are one, two, three, four, five, ten
(Which means the upper part of the
body, namely, the number of digits on
the upper cxtremitics), fifteen (per-
haps), and twenty (Which means 'a
man complete, /. e., all his digits used
up). These numbers are almost iden-
tical with those used in the other dia-
lects, while the intermediate numbers
are quite different, though expressed
in a similar manner; that is to say, $50
many on the next hand or foot"
With such clumsy numerals, arith-
metical processes are practically i'm
possible, though they practice sort OF
crude addition, arriving at the number
of large series of objects by group
ing them together in fives. In counting,
the ordinal numerals are used. This
is also the same as in the other dialects.
They originally had no standard of
dimensions for space, but of late years
have learned to use the fathom in
trading for cloth, etc.
Time is measured py the sun and
stars. For example. the star Arcturus is
the seal-netters' time-piece. When he
is in the east dawn is near, and it is
time to stop fishing. The year is di-
vided into four seasons--early winter,
winter. early summer and summer.
Nine lunar months are known by
name. The rest of the year there is
no moon, only the SUM-" They begin to
count the moons from the early autumn,
the time when the women go off into
the little tents to work on deer-skins.
The first moon - roughly speaking,
October-is "the time for working, i. e.,
sewing;" November, "the second time
for sewing;" December, 1.-THE time for
dancing" Uhis is the season of the great
semi-dramatic festivals); January,
''great cold," or "little sun" Cn this
moon the sun just re-appears at noon) |;
February, 1.-The time for starting" (on
the winter deer-hunD; March, ''the
time for starting home;" April, ''the
time for making ready the boats Qor
whaling); May, "the time for fowling;"
and June, "the time for bringing forth
young" (when the birds lay eggs).
They clearly distinguish "to-day,"
yesterday" and "to-morrow;" but
"day before yesterday" and "day after
tomorrow" are the same; and beyond
that, all is "some time ago. or "some
time hence" (the same word), till il
gets TO be "long ago" or "by and by. ~
Then there are no dates in their past
or future, except what has happened
or is to happen. Science.