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Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25
PLAIN-SPeAKiN0 PEOPLE.
They HAVE Ne Business TO MiagIs In Gen
tesl Society.

tesl Society.
1t Is not the leact OF the signs of q
finer civilization that courtesy OF man
ner is an absolute requirement OF the
day, and the crude and the rude in
speech nay be held to be almost as
much without the pale of good society
as the criminal To tell unpleasant
truths in an unpleasant manner used 70
be held as one of the privileges of fam
ily and friendship; now it is not toler-
sted, and the true ethics that the near
er the social relation the more scrupu-
lously careful, IL any thing, should peo-
pie be, is the code OF polite life. The
truth is. too. that while Christian char
ity NAV be properly drawn on for the
criminal or the wrong-dOer in less de-
gree, there is no law. human or divine,
that need enforce it for the boor. The
penalty for rudeness is social ostracism,
and IL Is a just one. No form of rude
ness merits severer penalty than that
which expresses itself in the guise of
letters. The stranger or acquaintance,
as may be, who thrusts upon one his
rebuke or sdmonition for some real or
fancied error. is guilty OF an imperti-
nence. which should result in the swift
elimination of his name from ones list
OF friends Unasked advice is the worst
OF vices, and the person who can be
guilty OF such rudeness reveals not
only lack OF familiarity with average
courtesy, but q cosrseness of nature
that renders any form OF communica-
tion an inpossibility The person who
Dresumes 10 rudely intrude an unpleas-
ant and irritating admonition or oues-
tion because, indeed, he is your friend,
has yet 10 learn the alphabet of friend
ship Courtesy is the very basis OF all
social intercourse, the only conditions
under which II is possible. and the one
who violates this law merits, as he must
invariably receive. social ostracism.
The crude idea that used 70 be more or
less tenaciously held, that what was
called plain speaking" was an attrib-
ute OF friendship, and the plsiner-which
really meant the ruder-the speech the
greater the friendship ia one that ia
wholly swept away by the finer social
demands OF the present, when courtesy
and charm rank among the cardinal
virtues OF polite life. Boston BUDGET
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25
N0oa lnRsa % 8 Raaras So

CATARRH-This dreadful disease.
only slight conge 0u oi soc mucous
membrane q toe nose a. ffst, increases
with each cold until i spreads through
out the whole mucous system. affecting
the throat, ears, bronchial tubes, siom-
ach, etc, causing deafness, luug 8.c-
cases, oyspeps.a ard many other d.s-
tressiug aud dangerous complaints.
full account al your present condition
and the treatment Won require, wl hc
gwen You free 81 charge iy Df. + tlaY
Todd, s5 M0nrOo-sL, Room &. Grand
Rapids, Nch.
II you are neryous, restless. rriab.c.
fleepiess OF wake after h0fri dreams.
tired W0rnngs. Ola duli headache,
bad taste p the mouth. sometimes "a -
charges. and 81 about your EMPLOY
ment without lifc. energy and ambition.
oesre 90 bc alone, gloomy iofebofinrs,
q disposition % w0rrY anG fret about
trouble ahead that uf'feI comos. fDrI IS
q feeling afraid o. uncertain. rnme-
times low Fpfts you are suffering from
nervous debility and exhaustion of
nerve power. which may end u utter
prostfaNou. lnsaliiiy and death.
il you have great sense 81 weakness
and Weariuess. with tired limits. numb
ncss. trembling, prlCkiy sensations cold
feet AID Iees. YOU are advancing A. that
most serious disease, uafaiyals
III youf head aches fcsit numb and
tired. with strange sfusahons. iaes ~
memory. and YOU faink wffh dlfhcnIfr.
OF you ere flcrpleHs at night. wlih dfaH.
s-ness ard dulInoH durlnr fhc dsr. fhe
nerve and hTsn fatigue mas sp0n run
into insanity or death
II Vou have any 81 these feaiinge DO
not neglect them ~ thfYv end a paf-
a.ysis. lnsaultrf proEtrat.on ~ dnsth
A. you value your iiie 0e Dot neglect
thee warnings. Tunes and t1pfgeure
have sbOvp snd hundreds ~ sisrt ng
and mafveiuus cures have proved. fhat
fhese diseases are perfectly enc oDm-
pleieiY cured ~ ~ r Clay Todd, No.
g. MCuroe - foon g. Grand kapds.
Under TIE tiss ~ Dr q Cay Todd
remarkable rffDed ies. nlI these symp-
toms yieid ~ 4 ~ mage ana strength
~ nerves. viroT ol brain. vitality -
blood and heslth ~ body ere soon re-
stored.
Hs remedies arf purely vegeiab
ard hsT1 Iess, suc car or.v uf oftaInf.
s. 8 fufhee.
pE TODD compounds hie fresortr.-
tfoos before. .eaet patffi r his Office
Cafsfrh. desfuoss fncuuatisni. ner.
voHs deb ff. mn0ieuff snl 3 dis.
eases fesuitnr from early ina .scrffsof.s
and egossses oi manhood ~ q ,seasfs of
the urinsrg organs. partasI psrs vss.
vsrIc8oe To- fuptrffs tuUurs fcfof gls.
old eoTef rroTHyt SIN cieaseF Trver
enc sl1rsfT roraf.R ntf aeafi Assee.
shortuess ~ frestt faog ~ aeac.
arrieI ~ fsff 80 ~. rf-r-.r > frfIa -
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FnsTxs Cosrx~

Alrha II see that vour friend Bonds
bY has sailed for Europe. Wat ia TIE
ohfecs 81 bis visitf
Omega He goes - recupersta bis
health. which - broken dsFs ~ ever
wors.
Alpha-Ovsrwo-k NhT. nevsr
knew him % 40 a days YORK in his
life
orrers-You dons xrs~sll Ore 3sT
las week re <sss out - select Christ
mas present for IA wife. ard ke cane
hone suffering frem aervaus prostra-
scr. -JrdEa
TIE iovias VIE gsve ~ So soi-
lars f,r shaving set as a Christra a.
Fifs FOR her husband &c sas shavsi
VITA is tust orce ard 49, ~ FACE
iooss a. i ae had been ritsea szsinss
SulIvaa WEB hard gloves He sill
present - vite en- New Tear's &sT
with go rssor. VIA wsich - psre her
corns Wc~@n have isng kesds -
TsVs1 Css1er.
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25

xAe $500 - s@f~s@>ssrs kakr~2.~~. ..
12so<@-s Aea@~@s - l@-- s@F .is~.Ese@.
AZ = SCI kao-a. M4ts< A9bSxt ~
Mss ls4geFTs fess2siy ~2rtsa - tas
sa.ss peais~asl4ry - gslAss l. go sAs
sssecssstsl ~aF1sa - s1s s3-ss r~fssnes
ssry - asasiaxssa. - lie "a esa-
s<ivsa se1 @22psss So ssss~a ~ pa
tsh@<ns for sseh lnslststloHs = aAsa 80
a. eslsss presoss e4tsades aisassslsa
- sbs aeEs sssls pTtsoE congress. 0as
t.y, s4ys - C1is4zo Bls1s. ths sharp
eys1 As.0x. aesoct4uz sns - tie Ia
mAtes Ia si3lafio0 ~ ths rgles % tha
sn.ss- -saop. picked ~ leather sele ~
s4ad aaa sre4ss9 she 4stouissed orena.
sx 80 thoroaga zn1 IN pressivs sp4Rx-
tag fhs ssset vas - ~holesoas aa3
ss1ehiRE tat tt e4nae - ths MAJOR a. "a
inspiration that ss "a staseled 4eross
sAs ideal BinesssntA century system q
PsnishmeRk
He adopted shs process ~ once. and Il
eharE1ed Afth its success For fezF that
sxsggsrsted reports - the psnisA meat
sight resch The pselie ana accusations
u gadgs severity f0ll0s, ne concluded
- confer With the highsst authOFi-
ties Ia relation 70 it he interviewed
she Governor Of Pennsylvznis
and explained the plan aud rs
workings 70 him. The Governor wAs
con yulsed with laughter aud said. Ma
t0r. / heartily congratulate y0a GA hsy-
lag struck the keynote and | assure you
sast the good people u this common
wealth wlll sustaia yoa Ia this war
measure | promise yon the backing
Of the National Guard. II necessary, IN
your Poesicai plan OF spanking reiormA-
tiOn into your re- ebellious subjects"
lie then called upon the chairman OF
the state Board OF Charities, an old
time Quaker, ana explained the situs-
zion 70 hin. The Quaker smiled broad
ly and said: MAJOR, thee deserves
thanks and should go on with thy noble
work. II reminds me Of my sainted
mother. who has been in Heaven many
q year IL was her fayorite method OF
correction, and | tell thee, Major. she
did IL well. IL Is proper and humane,
and | approve of thee handsomely
spanking thy boys into submission anu
obedience"
The Major returned TO his reforma-
tory thoroughly convinced that his in-
proved process Of punishment would re-
ceive general APPRECIATION. So now the
weekly spanking school is feature Of
the institution and the Majors strong
right arm wlelds the avenging leather.
The result is quite beneficial and the IN
fraction OF the rules ara less frequent
and fragrant, as the inmates have a
wholesome dread Of the shame, disgrace
and singing pain of the Majors erthe-
dox SnankS
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25

tns rsaains eaa - as@ss1 sxer fa1s-
4sAtsif Il az - ese<ea sAs zsy -
fess 4@tns al saly vas i.ss 1s. sGsz..sx
lAaz sas4sa - hs41 -
h4ze e4gcs kas shEss tzssezsoss-
nais - ssttsf ~ ersas saa tArss tzsls-
spseaf4is ~ sas4r . ta1isssossfal q
ss-.it~s -ss.< @e4 go 1eFs ssol.@Sosa-
t4ls 81 s2ssE wksa a. tas sugar kxa
osea aadea ss@s fsE t.z aalaats.
fAars shs@ld bs . laFss e.atr.l dlxh u
frait. arsP>s az tAs -sy froa p.l.ss
kreea - a~sFsss Parpls sslesa 1aza-
Sara ofsazss sad s0sF apglss. ~hils
sa@n nas aishss as ffs4 2sas iassFxals
heia s4lsins. 49,, sfsnaA prsnss zlaes
traits, slizsaa. AID EaklisA -.lastA
s~lsed Alnoaas aud olisss ass passsd 20
t~ss1 tas esursss a. ths ssrlisr sssass q
tzs 1aaasfs aaa Ass rs14oved b.fors sac
desert
tossts -Aii8~ . tsblssDooafnl of
onsiy srosbd coffss 20 cash psrsoa
tut it IA a Gasiia b@s nttsd 20 tAe TOP
% year eo1ss-pos .ad pour over IL As
many zilis - ssiliss ssEsr Is yoa have
taoisspeoafuis u eofss ReEaoss The 0az
osfors ssadiax - the table.
nrs. nssrf.sa sarsEisss fsaax wsm.a
While n W.sAiaston tae other day
heard story sooat Ar-. Harrison. A
Young woman, the orphan daughter Of q
once famous literary man. brought a
letter u lntrodutioa 20 John Wansmaker
Il ~ss staple request thai the Post
master Gcaera would assist the young
somAn "a seeing Mrs karrisoa, because
she wanted 10 use her name 70, . fair
that sAs ~es getting up aad which al
that momsat did act look very pFomis
ing MIR WansnAker lsft . room full of
gentlemen discussing postonice matter.
90 take The yoUas woman kindly by the
land pat her on the cheek srecti0nately.
As i his custom, and then, with hurried
excuse, lie left the Department, pushed
the Young woman into a cab aud drove
90 the White House. Mr.. Harrizon
treated the young woman very consider
ttsly and promised that he would use
ais influence with his wife to attain the
object the visitor wss after
Why not 20 aud see Mrs. Harrison
a0~ about its" said Mr. WAnAmaker
Good idea," said the Presideat. 'aet
as 80. And the three started OF TO
gsIAsr 70 ind the Presidents wife.
Il vas near lunch hour, and Mrs Har-
risOn warmly invited the entire party 70
ioia her - lunch The young woman
r.s much surprised At her cordial recep-
tion, as well she might have been, for she
expected that she would have 10 wait
few days ia Washington before an oppor-
tuaity would present itself 70 even see
the Presidents wife. After luncheon was
over, Mr.. Harrison whispered something
Ia his wif,'s ear, and left the two women
together. They chatted for half an
hour on the subject, and while at first
Mrs. Harrison demnrred against taking
the prominent part in the fair matter
that her visitor wished her TO take, she
anslly consented. and once more sur
prised the girl By saying: "As you are a
stranger in Washington, l will take you
around with me for drive this after
noon"
And so IL came that the Presidents
wife and the young woman drove for a
couple Of hours through the streets of
Washington, and finally in the early
twilight the Presidents carriage drovs up
20 the small hotel at which the young
woman was stopping. and she was de-
posted there, the happiest being in the
world
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25

r, . not true. a. has been reported,
that sN- Miaisser Astor is TO settle in
Loadsn for few years Mr. Astor has
more interests IN New York city
than most people imagine. and his most
vital iRtersst, besides his money, is dis
great love fer America Like most
wealthy men vho tire of surfsit Of rich
banqusts sad dances aad other excite
ment he sees 20 Europe occasionally for
ths rest that an ocean "trip gives him.
and be i a man Of large fortua., and
i not compsllsd 20 givs 10 any one an
account Of tAs time he spends. he finds
nov aad thes q menth's VISIT % London
very agreeable lt l. true be has hired
Lsudsa0wne House vits its magniacent
art treasures, aud d0iax the coming sea-
sou will give fev entertainments thera
But he ~iu se back again in the summer
70 aote ths progress tat Ia ocing made
on nis vast botei. "a knish another
aoveL aud % taks part IN sbs soc al
xsysties st Nsvpors He has ss ides of
ssttasg per-sa.stly in London.
FosTxs CoAre2
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25
Reduction in Prices!

CutiCura Soap, per cake 10
Pears Unscented Soap, per cake 20
Pears Glycerine Soap, per cake Is
Ali White Rose Soap, per cake Is
COlgate's White CASTLE per cake OF
Malvina Cream, per jar 80
Recamier Cream, per jar $1OO
ZOnWelss, per tube 10
POzzonis Powder, per box 80
LubnS Perfumes IN bulk, per o., bottle included sc
Lauters Perfumes in bulk per oz bottle included 80
Lubns Toilet Powder per IA h. package II
Eau de Quinine, per S-Oz bottle 90
The articles the
he
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rest. and that he is not numbered with the
dead is owing to his having been fortunate
enough to cling to the bottom of the cap
sized boat. They say that he should not
have started out under such threatening
sky, yet had he delayed an hour. and no
storm had come. the same persons would
have said he was coward. If he had
drowned with the rest it is more than prob
able that he would be spoken of to- day as
hero; and as it is, when the excitement has
died out and men regain their reasoning
faculties, justice may be accorded the name
of the captain.
1t is always thus when a great calamity
befalls the people and it cannot be clearly
seen that it was the work of Providence. 1t
seems to be trait of human nature to de-
sire to punish some one for every injury it
receives. and it sometimes happens that the
poor mortal is made the butt of anger felt
against the DEGREES of the Almighty. Good
men will often do and say things in times
of irritation at the dictates of that class of
human hyenas who never dare show their
real nature except when the public mind is
deranged by high fever of excitement
Let the cry once be started against the best
man on earth and a mob will be found will
ing to hang him. Let SANDER be started
against the character of the most pure and
circumspect woman and thousands of peo-
pie will believe it without proof. Let a
man be arrested for crime and while the
law says he shall be considered innocent
until he is proven guilty, yet the public will
treat him as guilty man until he is proven
innocent beyond all doubt. But to return
to the captain of the Sea Wing. We be-
lieve the time will come when many a
thougthless man will be heartily ashamed
of the part he took in condemning him I'M
heard, and the captain will be thought of
as one who did his best under the circum-
stances. But there will be few having the
manliness to apologize for their rash utter
ances against him.
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connected with the many nights have been

connected with the many nights have been
in the rooms of the S. S. & L. C. shall
never be forgotten. In the "reminiscences
of my prison life they shall shine out as
beacon light warning me of any approach
ing danger. They shall come in memory to
me, not of evenings of life lost, but rather
of evenings well spent in forming and
moulding character, the elimination of
which l hope will be a sober, honest and
Industrious man.
Thanking you. friends, for past favors
and wishing you all success in your future
lives, now take my leave as an active
member of the S. S. & L. c.. and in doing
so bid you all kind and affectiOnate fare
well.-Our Paper.
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Secretary II. H. Hart of the state board

Secretary II. II. Hart of the state board
of corrections and charities has completed
his halt-yearly census of the prison popula-
ton of the state. and his report shows that
the number of state convicts has increased
but two since 1885. On Dec. 20. 1885. there
were 442 convicts in the state prison, and
on June 80, 1890. there were 329 in the
state prison, and 115 in the st. Cloud re-
formatory, making 444 the number of con-
victS in the two institutions.
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A RETROSPECT.

Paper read before the Saturday Scientific
and Literary Club. by Frank O'Brien, an
inmate of the Massachusetts Reformatory:
It is mete and fitting that one of your
number, before he takes his departure from
among you, should recall to mind the good,
if any, which has come to him from his in
generation here. When 1 entered this in
stitutiOn, life to me seemed but failure.
If I had any ambition before entering
herein it appeared to me that from what l
had heard and believed in the past, it only
needed the stigma of the prison cell to crush
it out forever. When in the outside world
1 had seen men who had been in prison.
and noted with what distrust society had
greeted them; when 1 saw them ScOrned
and scoffed at, until, at last, receiving no
encouragement, they would drift back to
crime aud shame it only added more to my
already overlooking cup of misery. OF
prison life knew nothing. 1 knew not
what the punishment would be, but this I
did know-that the spirit of hope within
me could never be crushed because it was
placed there. not by any worldly ingenuity,
but by the Hand divine. Hope-that word
which in the lives of so many unfOrtunates
has brought them back from the brink of
the yawning abyss OF destruction to life
of usefulness and honor! But, my friends,
whatsoever may have been my doubts re-
garding my future life when entering here,
they were all removed after short while
among you. found that in this institution.
at least, the sole object of Imprisonment
was not punishment. found. there were
yet men in this world who believed that, to
whatever depths of degradation we may
have fallen, they yet saw in us the image
of Him-the Creator of all. They realized
this fact. that, although the safety of So
ciety demanded we be imprisoned for
length of time; unless we were dealt with
in Christian spirit there was no hope to
society from us in the future. They could,
my friends, if they desired. appeal to the
chain and ball and the dungeon; they could
have committed upon us, under the name of
discipline. OutrageS of a severe character;
they could make of our bodies a physical
wreck under the name of subjugation; and
they could have so degraded our mental
faculties as to form doubt in our minds of
the existence of a merclful God. This is no
exaggeratiOn. Read if you will the history
of the prisons of continental Europe; pom
der over the methods employed in some of
the prisons of our own land and you will
find outrages more hideous in character
than the crime which the criminal could
have committed. and this all done under the
name of law and justice. In looking back
on my prison life among you have no ill
word to utter concerning my Imprisonment
here. If 1 should feel that any injustice
was done me the fault lies with the court
and not with the administration OF this in
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TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR Is weekly paper pub
lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published in its columns is contributed by the
inmates. except that properly credited. Its sup
port must come from the outside as every inmate
Is given paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest Of the prison library and after paying
for the printing outfit, contributed $3.50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects are to en-
courage individual intellectual effort, provide a
healthy journal for the inmates Of this and other
prisons. and. above ALL to acquaint the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
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BLIND VINDICATIVNESS.

The laundering of the Sea Wing on Lake
Pepin with its cargo of human beings has
brought desolation and grief to many homes.
and one can but pity those whom sympathy
cannot console. But of all those made suf-
ferer's by the calamity there Is one who, if
possessed of average human feelings, de-
serves more sympathy than any of the
others. We mean the captain of the ill
fated little steamer. Even allowing that
the accident was caused by any rashness,
carelessness or stupidity on his part, he is a
fit subject for pity, for has he not been one
OF the greatest sufferers? His own wife and
child were Of the number who went to the
bottom of the lake. 1t looks to one at a
distance that his grief should have been a
sufficient safeguard against the insults and
unfeeling treatment heaped upon him by
heartless or thOughtless men. But no; and
his soul must have been wrung with anguish
at his own bereavement augmented by base
less accusations of having been the MUIR
derer of his own family with a hundred
other persons. He was treated worse than
a convicted murderer would ordinarily have
been treated. Yet all the while there was
not one actual witness to prove that he did
not show himself as heroic captain as ever
went down with his ship. Some accuse him
of cOwardice, yet when he saw that the
boat was almost certain to go down he did
not put on life.preserver like many of the
other men did. He went down with the
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An Indian serving ten-year sentence ir

An Indian serving ten-year sentence in
the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, be-
came insane the other day. grabbed up an
ak and began tomahawking his fellow-pris-
oners. He split open the heads of three
men and broke the shoulder of another be-
fore he was overpowered by the deputy
warden. assisted by prisoners. 1t is thought
that one of the men cannot recover.
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"Relief Guard" is the name of new St

''Relief Guard" is the name of new st.
Paul publication devoted to the interests Of
the soldiers of the late war. 1t is an eight
page, six column paper, and the initial
number is filled with matter of especial i'm
terest to the old soldier. 1t is published
every Saturday by Hogue & Badger, and the
subscription price, $1.OO, makes it obtaina-
BILE by all.
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The little PRISON MIRROR. of this state.
manages to keep up with the times to quite
a wonderful extent, considering it is edited,
printed and published inside prison walls.
-Sherburne County Star News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-07-24

The startling fact was published in Mon
day mornings Pioneer Press that the St.
Paul team had won game of base ball.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-07-24

Advertisements of Faber's pencils should
be set up loaded. -Texas Siftings.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-17
1t is known the more popular 1t lie
comes.
Eyerything CUES Wrong

In the body mechanism when the liver gets out Of
order. Consultation, dyspepsia, consolidation
Of the blood, imperfect as Imitation are certain
TO ensue. But It is easy to prevent these conse-
quences, and remove I cir cause, by a course Of
Hostetter's >lomacn Biitess which 'ates the
hillary organ aud regulates its action, The direct
result is disappearance OF the aims beneath the
ribs and through tha shoulder blade, the nausea,
headaches, !~ellowusss ofihe skin, iurrcd iO0k Il
the tongue, and sour Udor OF the brealh, which
characterize liver complaint. Sound digestion
aud a regular habit Of body are biz SSH Ks also 50.
Gu icl by the Use Of thi. celebrated res ora'ive OF
heath, which impIr 5 a drgre o y.g1r To tie
body ahich Is its test guarantee ~ sa'ety from
ma lafial cyl ]icinicS. Herye Seakuc5s and over.
cnsi n are relieved by 1t, ahi II improves both
appetite aud sleep
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-17

The match game of tall between the
Miles City club aud The Fort KeOghs
vii h- called ut the latIer's gr"unds
~ 2 O'clock sharp this aft Doon Az
thu Kroph cIuh hrs ppeD reinforced ia
some rx'en, The town boys do not
think they will have such \ walk.
away M they have had recently and
put upth-ir best game and get off with
tn lsurels II possible.