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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

MEDICAL science has made long
strides during the present century.
Even to glance at the brilliant and al
most innumerable galaxy whose inves-
LEGATIONS have in recent times iIIumi-
mated the healing art, and to whose
skill muItitudes owe life and comfort,
might be bewildering. Their works do
follow them. Yet, without invidious
distinction it may be said that. as in
ages past, so now, "the best physicians
are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and
Doctor Merryman."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
General Nelson AnnIeton Niles.

The promotion of Brigadier General
Nelson a. Miles to the rank of Major
General is 2 matter Of greater interest
to Chicago than to the rest Of the
country, as the impression is general
that he viii succeed the late Major
General Crook as commander of the
Division of the Missouri, with head
quarters IN this city. But it is note
worthy chiefly as the promotion to the
highest rank in the army of an officer
who was never at West Point.
General Miles was born in Westmin-
ster, Mass, August 8, 1889, He re-
ceived an academic education, and was
engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Boston when the civil war began. On
September 9, 1851, he entered the.
volunteer service as Lieutenant In the
TWenty-secOnd Massachusetts In.
fantry, and was commissioned Iieuten-
ant Colonel of the Sixty-first New York
Volunteers, to date from May 81, 1852.
He was engaged in the battles of the
Peninsula, before Richmond, and at
Antietan, and on September 80 was
made Colonel of his regiment. Col.
Miles fought in all the battles Of the
Army Of the Potomac, with one excep-l
ton, up to the surrender of Lee al
=
was wounded three times He was.
rapidly promoted for gallant services
in the field. He was commissioned a
major general in 1865, and in 1866 was
mustered out of the volunteer service
and received an appointment In the
regular army as Colonel Of the For
tieth Infantry. He was transferred to
the Fifth Infantryi In 1869, defeated the
Cheyenne, KiOwa and Comanche In
dams on the borders Of the Staked
Plains in 1875, and in 1876 subiugated
the hostile Sioux and other Indians in
Montana, driving Sitting Bull across
the Canada frontier. In the SeII of thu
I same year he captured che Me- Perras
under Chief Joseph in Northern Mon
tana, and in 1878 captured a band OF
Bannoehs near the Yellowstone Park.
BE was commissioned brigadier gen
eral Of the United States army in
1880, commanded for five years the
Department Of the Columbia, in July,
1885, assigned to the command of the
| Department Of the Missouri, and in
| April, 1886, was transferred to Arizona.
| After a difficult campaign against the
| Apaches under Geronimo and Natchez,
he compelled those chief to surrender
| September 4, 1886. Chicago Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

sic continually kept up at Irish wakes
used to be for the purpose Of warding
off evil spirits.
In India the devoted wife formerly
assembled the funeral pyre of her hus-
band and persisted in the flames.
The Greenlanders, believing that "a
dog can find his way anywhere" al
ways bury one with child to guide it
in the other world.
The Russians place In the hand Of
the corpse a paper certificate OF the
character of the deceased, to be shown
to Peter at the gate Of heaven.
The Australians tie the hands of a
corpse and extract the fnger-naiIs, that
the corpse may not scratch his way out
of the grave.
The custom Of burying the dead
with the head toward the west Origi-
mated in the belief that Christ at his
second coming will appear in the east
in the place Of the sun; thus, those
who arise from their graves viii face
the east.
The Chinese scatter paper counter
felt money on the way to the grave that
the evil spirit following the corpse may,
by stopping TO pick it up, remain in
ignorance of the locality of the grave.
They also scatter in the wind, above
the grave, paper images of the sedan
bearers and other servants, that they
may Overtake the soul and act in its
service.
Among the American Indians, some
tribes laid the body on the ground and
erected over 1t a little house covered
with bark, or dug a grave in the earth
in which they placed the corpse in a
sitting posture. Other tribes deposited
the body in a kind of coffin. or left it
hanging from tree. A young mother
has been seen suspending the body Of
her dead child to the branches of a
tree and singing to it as it waved In
the breeze. The Indians weapons.
were always buried with him, that
they might be ready for his use when
he entered the happy hunting
grounds.
GEETRYVIILM No.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Young and struggling III. d. Cglad
to get a small fee)--NOw, madam, you
VIII not need me any more. Take care
Of yourself and you are eli right.
COnvalescent- Then allow me to pay
you, Doctor.
Doctor-Let me- see. Ten visits.
Well, say $40.
Convaiescent Only $IOl Why
Doctor
Doctor (seized With 8 happy thought)
Ten dollars a visit.
Convalescent--Ah, that is more like
It.
Receives his cheek and his fortune
Is as good as made.l
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

"ARKANsAw," the alligator slayer of
East Orange, Fla, recently killed one
of the "varmints" that had three of it's
legs bitten off, portion of its jaw had
been eaten by a stronger kinsman, and
holes were found in him where he had
paid the penalty of a pound Of flesh.
simply because his opponent was the
stronger. Arkansaw states that ALI
gators feed upon each other to the ex-
tent that regulates the supply to the
demand, and that if they were to cease
from their canibalistic habits they
would soon abound in sufficient num-
bers to pile aligators four feet deep all
over the st. Johns River country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

The San Francisco Examiner tells
this story: In the early days of Cali
fornia a Chinese boy came to San
Francisco. For same reason he di-
vorced himself from all associations
with his countrymen, assumed the garb
and habits of an America, and learned
the painters trade. He took the name
of Joseph Altman, and settled himself
in San Leandro, where he pursued his
calling, and was generally respected.
Many years afterward his old father
came to this coast and hunted up his
son. Then there occurred a scene be-
ieved to be unique in the history of the
country. The son was compelled to
converse with his father through an in
terpreter. By reason of lack of associ-
alton with the people who spoke Chi
nese Altman had entirely forgotten his
native tongue, and the father had not
been long enough in the country to
pick up any English. After a time All
man sought to take out citizenship
papers. He then found that he was
actually man without a country. On
account of his race and color he was
prohibited from becoming an American,
and as he had lost the language of his
parents he could not claim China as the
country of his home yearnings. Repeat
ed efforts to become a citizen Of the
United States have resulted in failure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

moth rock; 0fttines this was SO located
that il furnished shelter in time Of storm
and gave q bed for the night. A plan
of operations was then decided upon.
Young trees about one and One-half
feet in diameter were cut down, cut up
about two feet in length, and then dug
out. making trOughs holding not far from
four or five gallons. When 200 or 800
of these had been manufactured, large
naples were selected, and by the side
of each was placed one Of these troughs.
Then a cord or two of wood was gath
cred and piled up against rock, two
big lOgs-called back-lOgs we're placed
in position TO support the kettle, and
some large tree near by was cut down
and that dug out into one immense
trough for storage. This work would
use up the best part of week, one Of
the number going home at night to
look after the stock and to bring back
in the morning the brown bread, pork
and beans.
About the middle of March the old
"hve-pail kittIe" was unearthed; the
hand-sled which had been doing ser
vice all winter was ordered up; pork,
beans, a few potatoes, and several
IOaves Of homemade bread, with a few
dozen Of eggs, were gathered together,
placed on the sled, and the kettle
turned over them; and two young men,
with snOW-shoes, q *, two or three
pals, the family fint-IocK, some pow
der and shot, and q good supply of
"punk" an article found il decayed
wood, which is about as copDustible as
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

n age ago the Yer
mont farmer and
his boys, in the fall
of the year when
harvest was ended,
would take their ak
es and HE to some
hard-WCOded local.
ty well stocked
withmapIes andlay
out for 8 spring su-
gar "a mp ign.
II e a d q u arters
would be establish
ed near some nam
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

HARRISON WARNER, a shoemaker by
trade, living about ten miles north Of
McConnellsvilIe, Ohio, is now making
arrangements to take walking trip to
Baltimore, Nd Mr.. Warner is SO
years old, and the plan he proposes to
carry out is to walk to Baltimore, push
ing a wheebarrow containing his clothes.
He says he has relatives along the road,
and takes this plan SO as to stop over
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A RECENT visitor offered some words
of coincidence to the widow of General
Crook, in reply to which Mrs. Crook
said: "Some years ago I met the widow
of a great soldier. Her husband had
Just died. She was inconsolable. She
asked me, weepingly: How can bear
it?' I said to her, Bear it as brave
soldiers wife ought How often she
came to me after that and repeated the
words to me, and now those same words
come back to me.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Mr.. CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw disposes of
the contents of his daily mail with the aid
of his private secretary and two stenog-
raphers. one of whom is a negro. This
man is said to be unusually competent,
and to be treated with great respect,
not only by Mr.. Depew but by every
body with whom he comes in contact.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of a laxative and if the father or moth
er be costive or bilious the most gratifying
results follow its use, so that it is the best
family remedy known, and every family
should have a bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

AT a recent duel between two young
men at Warsaw both fired and hit, but
the bullet of one was fattened against
the cigar case of the other, and the bull
let of the other was turned aside by
the pocket-knife of his opponent. The
seconds decided that the young raen
we're not born to kill each otter and
declared the affair off.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

ANDREW CARNEGIE has given to the
Authors Club of New York the sum of
$40, 200, to be used in the encourage
ment of literature. The first applica-
ton for any portion of it came from
young man who wanted to buy paper
and pencils to write a fve-cent Indian
novel.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
Cbfldren Starving to Death

On account of their inability to digest food.
will find a most marvellous food and remedy
in Scott's Emulsion. Very palatable and
easily digested. DIR. S. n. CoHEN, of Waco,
Texas, says: 81 have used your Emulsion IN
Infantile wasting. 1t not only restores vast
ed tissues, but gives strength, and increases
Tho a7oTntita -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A FRENCHMAN who called himself the
Marquis de Larmont met a daughter of
Ex-Governor McEnery, while she was
travelling abroad, made love to her,
and finally won her consent to a mar
riage. He turns out to be a rascalIy
cook in a Paris restaurant. He secured
several shousand dollars from AIcEnery
before his character was disclosed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

CONSIDERABLE exitement exists in
the neighborhood around Souls Chapel
Lumpkin County, Georgia, over the
finding by John Chapman of crytaI-
ized stone, believed to be a diamond.
1t weighs D ounces and is said to be a
beauty Of the crystallized quartz fam
lily. Large tOpazes have been found in
that locality.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
Esalna - - -

A number of my lady customers have
tried Mothers Friend, % and would not be
without it for many times its cost. They
recommend it to all who are to become
mothers. r. A. PAYNE, Druggist, Green
vile, Ala. Write Bradfeld Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga, for particulars. By all drug
dists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
KANSAS

IT is reported that petroleum has
been discovered at NIiddIesbOro, En-
gland. and experimental borings are
being made to the depth of 1000 feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

WILLIAM SCHAUs of New York has
bought for 81, 125 the jewel casket Of
carved ivory presented to Columbus,
according to the Latin inscription on
the lid, by Ferdinand and Isabella in
15O3
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

8IxTY-FIvE cardinals have died since
the present Pope became the head of
the church, and the Sacred College is
now composed almost entirely Of new
men. Only sixteen of the present car
dinals were there under the late Pope,
and one Of these is seriously i'll while
several others are over so years of age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

THE Old TINE WAY CONEElAsTED
WITH THAT OF TO-DAY

Progress In Its Manufacture Has Ksps
Even Pace with the TIme5-The Sugar
ing seasOn-Sugar Parties in the Woods
The Old and Young Make Merry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Tommy: Papa, what is a crank? Papa:
0. we call a peculiar, eccentric person
crank. Tommy and base ball crank is
PaDa: A base ball crank is a man who viii
not go to a game.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Mrs. U. S. GRANT leads a very quiet
lie. ,, 80 on account Of delicate health
and partly from preference. Her sight
has become poor, and she is seldom
seen outside OF the family circle. except
when she drives in the park in her we'll
appointed brougham. One of her most
frequent and welcome visitors is Gen.
Sherman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
Winning 9 Eurtuns.

Cortland IN, v Democrat, Nay g.
Learning that Mr.. Thos. Carly, Of this vil-
lage. had drawn a $1,000 prize in the Louis
lana State Lottery. at their drawing on the
18th of April last, the Democrat despatched
reporter to learn the full particulars. Mr.
Carly keeps a restaurant on Orchard st. Re
fOIiOzvino history of the transaction; Some
time during the latter part Of March, be en-
closed 81 in an envelope and sent 1t by u y.
Express to the address OF the company at
New Orleans. In due time he received by
the same agency One-tWentieth of ticket No.
q. 1874 About q week after the drawing he
received from New Orleans a list Of the num-
bers drawing prizes and found that the tick
ct No. 2, 994 had drawn the second capital
prize of 100000. He at once sent the ticket
TO the company by u. S. Express, and on
April 50, Mr. Robert Bushby, the local
money viii be safely invested and viii serve
to keep the wolf FROM the door for many
a day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A FRENCH paper says of a recent
murder: "The miscreant was evidently
in search Of money, but NJ. Durand had
prudently deposited all his cash in the
bank and consequently lost only his
life
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

and visit all. He proposes to average
twenty miles per day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
Disposition Of the Dead.

He Mohammed-
ans bury their
d g a d without a
cO@1 Of any kind.
The Gre Q k s
sometimes buried
and som g tim 9 8
burned their dead.
In the Roman
Empire the body
was iabIy
burned. The mu-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Mrs Gazzam: Fred, is Mr.. Snively a
a Christian? Gazzam: Oh yes. 'HOw do
YOU do know?'' ''Weu, I've heard him talk
through the telephone every day for SIX
months without the assistance of profanity
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

He Remembered weu.-''Well, George,
what did you learn at school to-day?"
I-learned-that-well I learned that three
apples plus six pears equals nine oranges
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A duty of 8 cents on a dozen eggs is
good way to free the American hen from the
American yOlk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A paper called the Watermelon has been
started in Colorado. 1t is supposed to be
red on the inside.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
STATE OF ONO. City OF TOLEDO, ..t
Ty--ke T1rT---Tvv 80

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY q
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm Will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D.,
1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 70 cents,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

easiest at command. This is not an
isolated spots people here come and
go; the sugar place" is nearby home;
the wife or daughter at noon time
brings up the dinner, and good din
ner It is; there is a small kettle at
command and sugar off" is then in
order, and an hours sport that KING,
prince, OF potentste might envy, cut
not cOvet. To tbs assuming dauegsateE
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Rates are so low on the Northwestern rail-
road that the tramps have all stopped walk
ing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Chicago Teacher-''In what year did
Columbus Iand?'
Class No answer
Teacher-"Comel Can't any Of you telI?'
Bright Boy don't know tn 'xact year
mum but it was some time before the hre.'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Sufferers from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc.
should try "BrOiDll'S bronchial TT0cheS, -
a simple but sure remedy. Sold only az bOc-
Is, Price % cts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A pocket pin-cushiOn free to smokers OF
s'Tansiu's Punch &c. Cigars.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Creditor: May I ask whether you ever ex-
meet to meet your indebtedness? Hardup:
Meet 1t? Why, great Scott, meet 1t every
time 90 into the street! Don't you throw it
into my face often enough.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A talking machine which speaks Greek
would be XenopAonograph,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Mrs. FRngle: What is Mrs. GadabOut's
reputation as a charitable woman based up
oI2
From Behind the Newspaper: Upon her
willingness to tend to other peoples business
without CHARGE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Hides are said to be on the free list again.
Tariff thinkers are thin skinned.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

THE Empress Eugene, it is said, is
as much Of a recluse as though she
were a nun. All day long she sits in
her sunny parlor in a little London
house, with a tablet in her lap, sketch
ing or writing for a memorial she is
preparing for publication. The book
viii contain the letters of the late
Emperor Napoleon and the Prince I'm
perial, the proceeds from which will go
to the fund for the relief of the:widows
of the war of 1870.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Reporter: have a great scheme.
City Editor eagerly: What is itY
Reporter: Let me have $25, and + u write up
a three column sensation on Chow Il Feels
TO Have 8 New Suit. ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Every dog has his day and Sunday belongs
to the GROWER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A correspondent wants to know show long
a girl should be cOurted?' On stills, of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Miss Sharpe: Oh, how do you do, Mr..
Sissy? You are not looking very well. Mr..
thing in me head. Miss Sharpe. calmly: I
think it must be 2 cold.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

A KNOXVILLE barber shaved a man re-
Gently who resides in the Smoky Noun
tains and whose beard had been grow
ing since the battle of Chickamauga.
The man, whose name is Harmer, was
in the Confederate army, and shaved
the day before the battle and had not
shaved since. He said he got tired of
wearing so much hair and wanted it
removed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Bilious: I sleep IN feathers, but I believe
SIS unhealthy, IUEnuts What's thatY Look,
60 the spEing chicken; see how tough he IS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

Inthe Studio.-But, my dear fellow, It is
unheard Of to paint so. No man has such
feet and such hands as yOu have there Az
fist. composedIy: That makes no difference;
for am not painting man. but god.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
children Enjoy

$50 dark and yet so light, is what man
said about his short ton Of coal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
A. W. GLEASON,

Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D.,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06

FL CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
g-sold by druggists, IS cents,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

ana how can this comfort bo so1,,,,
ine tha II they are haunted day and n;sb ~
py .he thought chat the gas hin bill n mnnt
ps Pald tomorrow, the rent is orer dus'
t Mn,le the exchequer is ALREADY So I 1o.,
1 5osn ends e be made to meet till neSt nav uau
guy Should starvation ever becdpm ,s
iha a al marriages like these miaht
o zee; excused; but, so long as neonla ro'
qnlre three meals DIV s pvopie re re-,
s s.;t' be exercised to see that the where.
" Mltnal Is forthcoming to provide them
~ ~ 9. course OF time the original number
" 'lie occupants of the home il ant to
e1an III TO three, four, six, eight and
sven more, So that unless a proportion.
a. ave increase of income takes place the
lamily Is engaged in continual strng.
s1e loi existence. Bread and cheese
,a Kisses may sound we'll in shady
lanes, or at garden gates in the eloam-
iag, out with the wedding ring on her
niger young bride has a tendency to
Ieel hungry unless some more sub,tan.
'lal repast is provided. Ii these facts
can only be firmly impressed upon the
rising generation, and little more
common sense is exercised to the ex-
cluslon OF part of the romance-we do
not say the whole of it-lives of strnp-
gllng discomfort may be in . large
measure avoided,