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CHECKMATEO.
The Adroit Way of Preventing Gossip
Used by the New Minister'S Wife.

The Adroit Way of Preventing Gossip
Used by the New Minister'S Wife.
People who resort to roundabout
means to crafty their curiosity some
times meet with unexpected rebuffs,
saws the Youths Companion. Mrs.
Simmons was possessed of an over
whelming desire to know all about her
neighbors' affairs, but she seldom
asked Straightforward question. 1t
was her way to say: "Mis' Spencer is
lest eat up with wantin' TO know" this
or that. or: Il heard Mis- Hallet re-
markin' that she should admire to be
told how you managed to do" SO and so.
Usually her neighbors gave her the
information she wanted, though they
were often irritated into calling her
.'meddlin'. interferin' old piece" When
the new minister came to Cyrusville,
his Young wife was forewarned by the
ladies of the parish TO be "a leetle
close-mouthed with Mis- Simmons, my
dear, if you can compass it, fer her
tongue is as long as her ears"
81 shall try to-" said the little won-
an. calmly. She succeeded, even though
the Simmons house was next to the par
sonage, which was certainly trying
circumstance.
For a week or two Mrs. Simmons
contented herself with asking slightly
impertinent questions in compare
lively direct way, but one day. she un-
fortunately reverted to her time-worn
habit. Mis- Gregg said she'd give a
good deal to know what that trimmin'
cost on your Sunday dress" she re-
marked, peering at the minister's wife
with her cold little eyes.
"You didn't tell her. did you. Mrs.
Simmons?" inquired the lady, pleas
antly.
"Why. no. gasped old lady Sim
mons, quite taken off her guard by
this unexpected rejoinder.
',Thank you" said the little minis
ters wife, sweetly. Il felt confident
you would know that l shouldn't care
to have everything of that sort dis
cussed in the parish"
And between this tribute TO her dis
cretion and a confused feeling that evil
IDENTITY the minister's wife credited her
with secret sources of informant ton, old
LADY Simmons mouth was closed, and
her mind employed in speculation for
xae rest OF that afternoon.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-19
Stylish Garniture.

Feathers, wings, fur, flowers, lace,
chiffon and jet are the stylish trim
mings of new hats and bonnets. They
appear together in what would for
meriv have seemed incongruous ar
rangements. but are now accepted
such as plumes with chiffon, fur bands
with roses and laces with furs: also,
black lace trimming for white hats
and white laces for jets or bonnetS
The furs most used are sable. or some
brown fur that initiates it, and the
silky Persian lamb esembling moire
antique. The flowers are roses, roses.
roses, with also some poppies and chrys-
anthemums; the long-popular violets
are also still worn. Accordion-plaite
velvet and frills Of plated chiffon. with
chouX OF the same. are much used.
Tips and half-long ostrich plumes are
in grea ter favor than ever. Jet orna-
ments are in large effective designs for
pin-heads, in great rings for the front
bow. in pendants or rings to initiate
earrings, in large flowers like chrys-
authemums. and. above all else, in
spangles. which really form most of
the ornaments. Heavy white Venetian
and Irish laces are now rivaled by
point Duchesse and lighter applique
laceS-Harper' Razar.
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The First Parachute Descent.

II seems that as early as +13 B. c. a
prisoner in Egypt astonished the ma
tives by jumping safely from a high
tower. impeding his downward progress
and landing" without too violent a
jar by holding blanket over his head.
The parachute, as we know il now. is
said to have been invented by an advent
urous Frenchman who exhibited il in
Paris in 1895, and early in this century
an English aronaut named Green
p-ecipitated himself. with parachute's :
restraing aid. from the ample ether 20
terra frIna in Fairmount Park. in
Philadelphia, thus making the first re-
corded descent IN America Washing
ton Post
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Tn. Po.at. Ccn turi.. AGO.

It has been proved beyond doubt
that a. the time OF the discovery of
America the cultivation OF the potato
was practiced with every appearance
Of ancient usage in the temperate re-
Kions from Chilli to New Grenada at
attitudes varying with the latitude.
The name of the discoverer OF the po-
tato is unknown. but Du Capdolle
sums up the history OF its discovery as
follows: The potato is wild IN Chilli
In . form which is still seen in our
cultivated plants: it is doubtful wheth
er its natural home extends 20 Peru
and New Granada; its cultivation was
diffused before the discovery Of Amer
lca and 1t was introduced in the latter
half of the sixteenth century into that
part of the United States now known
as Virginia and North Carolina, and
the potato was imported into Europe
Srst by the Spaniards and afterward
by the English at the time OF Raleig MS
voyages TO England"
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ont ct that which is in the mind

leading out Of that which is in the mind,
or rather the development OF the In.
herent ego. Instruction is means OF
doing this. but it is possible to stimu-
late and develop the undesirable qusli'
ties of the ego. The same instruction
that makes . saint of morally-in-
clined ego might make devil out OF
one that is evil inclined.
To develop the ego as found in the
individual will result in developing
about as much bad as good. In order,
therefore. to get good results some
thing more than instruction in the art
of reading. mathematics, or the sci
ences. is necessary. The tastes, tenn
perament and environments of the child
must be taken into consideration.
NJ. Rossigneux, of Paris, in discuss
ing the educational methods in vogue
in his own country, says:
'sIf crime is egotism, the education
of childhood should be carried on with
q view to q large and fertile develop
ment of the disinterested sentiments
which are in germ in every human
soul, and the programmes Of study
should be elaborated with this aim
This can be done, believe, without
interfering in the least with studies oi
which the object is pure utility, by
cultivating the esthetic and mora
faculties of the child. 1t is possible te
have in the primary class of the small
est village something which CORE
spends to what one properly called the
humanities in secondary instruction
that is. to give the child a liberal edu
| cation in the true sense of that term. y
l-Erasmus Wilson, in Pittsburgh Ga
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A Turks Piano.

The lase Leopold de Meyer, OF 0res-
den, a brilliant and popular pianist in
his day, was once summoned 10 play
before the sultan at Constant;nopie.
Going thither. he borrowed a grand
piano from one of the Austrian secre-
taries of legation. and had it set up in
a large reception room at the palace.
There he awaited the coming OF the
sultan: but when that intelligent
monarch entered the room he started
back in alarm. and demanded OF his at
tendants what that monster was stand
ing there on three legs Explanations
followed. but were in vain. The legs
had 10 be taken off, and the body of
the instrument laid fat on the floor:
ana Leopold de Meyer. squatting cross
legged on a mat went through his pro
gramme as best he could in that awx-
ward attitude and without pedals.
But the commander of the faithful
was delighted. and, when the last piece
was PLAYED, gave the artist over thoa-
sand pounds as 'backsheesh- -
brakes Magazine
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LEARNING AND EDUCATION.
A Distinction With a Difference Worth tn
Noting.

There IS something wrong some
where in systems of education and
morals The criminal classes used to
be ignorant We were then assured
that by opening schools we EvouS close
prisons. and BY filing heads we De
saved the unpleasant duty OF chopping g
ther, of.
The facts do not seem to sustain the
promises. and we are driven unwilling
Ii to the conclusion that instruction s
not a guarantee against immortality.
Statistics show that crime has H.
creased rather than decreased since
the introduction Of our finer and more
elaborate methods OF instruction
There is great difference between
instruction and education This
should ALWAYS &c kept II mind
when considering educational top
les Instruction gares one insigh,
into that when IS u0 under
stn,oss. /, leads into the mind frs0
without
Education s gate the rerer>~- i $
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-19
The ARABIAN MARE.
An Animal That Is Treated rs Tends.l.
as o Child

An Animal That Is Treated as Tendsrly
as Child
The most marked equine distinction
between the African and Asiatic Ara bs
is that the latter ride mares, while the
former use stations have reason to
believe. writes Col. T. A. Dodge, in
Harper's Magazine. that far out on the
Libyan desert proper the same rule as
to mares prevails. But on the edge of
the desert the stallion is preferred.
Among the Syrian Bedouins the re-
verse is the rule. The mare is the
darling of the sheill. the pet of the
family. She is trcs ted as child; far
better. really, than the children. The
most perfect of the stations are kept,
the rest are sent into the cities for
sale. This accounts for the fact that
the traveller sees only stations. The
price paid for a good average four
year-old horse delivered in Damascus
or Jerusalem runs from thirty to fifty
dollars; a fine horse costs seventy to
one hundred dollars: there is no price
put on sumner: you must negotiate
as for homestead-perhaps as you
would for q wife.
The high-bred Arabian desert mares
are always kept in condition. They
are thin. and their naturally small
frame makes them appear more so.
You raise buffaloes, not horses" an
Arab of the desert will say to the
owner of fine well-rounded stallion.
The splendid beauty Of the Arabian as
We understand it is 10 him a delusion.
He has but one test-rsce, and the
speed and endurance which ought to
come of race. The Arabians which
the ordinary traveller picks out as tho
finest are those which ill the eye; the
finest mare in the desert may be far
from beauty; she is rum un to look
Rt, but devil to GO"
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EPILEPSY OR FITS.

Can this disease Be cured. Nos: PHYSICIANS s.y
No-T.ay, Yes: sIiforns aad Eae worst cases A.
ter 80 yea-s stzay and experiment have found the
-su.edy.-Eplepsy Is cured By Il: esfred, not sab
1ued 6y opia,es-she Cd. trsacserozs. q1.cS treat
raeu,- Do acs dsspl-. Fcrgei pas. iuapos-caors O.
yozr purre. pas. oat-aSes yogr conEdencs, past
faures Look forwsrc, Dos bsskrz.d Ny rersesfy
!. az -s-Sag v..r-Ablc wu.k tie subjec-. ara
,.-ce Fta.:.- os the re-rs6y-sent free fo- t-isl-
Mention Pce,-o..cr and Express asadrs-..
o,of. ". Il. rEEEE E D. / lsas. 81. Nev Ycrk-
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Had Appreciated II Long Before

Mr.. Noodle who has just been mar
rating a humorous adventure l-Er-
why don't you laugh?, don't believe
YOU appreciate the story.
Miss Caustique-On the contrary.
Mr.. Noodles. I have always said il was
. good story,-CiicaSo Record.
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What is

Castoria Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children contains neither Opium. Morphine nor
other Narcotic 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant. Its thirty years use by
Millions Castoria destroys Worms and aiays
feyershness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teethins troubles, constipation and fatulency.
Castora assimilates tho food regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Gas.
toria is the Childrens Panacea-tho Mothers Friend
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-19

FweddieAWhat would you say i'll
should ask you for ten dollarsP
Cholly+'d say you must be brokei
old fellow.
Fweddie-Then I'll ask you for ten;
l was afraid you'd say you didn't have
it-Truth.
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IN. Chureh Couxrernttous.

Little Boy-The preacher said there
is no marryin' in Heaven.
Little Girl-Of course not There
wouldn't be enough men there 10 go
'.cund-Gooo News
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Castoria.

"Castoria IS so we'll adapted to children that
I recommend it Is superior to any prescription
known to me-"
q. A. ARcHKR, u. D.,
III So Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. 7.
"Ouf physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria.
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what is known Is regular
products, yet We arc FREQ to confess that the
merits Of Cassoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPESsARY,
Boston, xAak
AlLKs c. SMITH, Pres,
.rray Street, New York City.
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WIG Sho VIZ . Czsl5- ske czsel sG CssroriA
wa.s she Secxae Xix. sac esuu- 70 CaSsorls.
U@ Asaas CA1I<E1, sss E7sszAen Cs<ssszn
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Castoria.

"cast,,;a is an excellent medicine for CHI
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me OF It's
good effect upon their children"
Da. G. c. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
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~Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. hope the day Is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfui
AGENTS down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DE-. J. F. KNCHELoB,
Conway, Ark.
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WiChita'S Wholesale \
Manufacturing Houses.

WHOLESALE HARNESS AND SADLERY,
LEATHER AND SADDLERY HARDWARE.
GEO H. LLOYD & co.
COR. TOPEKA AND DOUGLAS AYES.
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Brooklyn Life.

It was on the deck of London bound
steamer, and several passengers were
leaning against the railing talking about
shooting.
One young man remarked that he had
once killed two wild ducks on the wing
with one shot. II suppose it was an ac-
oident," he said, "but I'll admit that
take good deal Of credit to myself for
being clever shot"
"That's nothin," remarked a tall
6-footer as he thrust his hands into his
pockets and lazily shifted his position.
"Why, one time out in the sand hills
got into a fight with one of them air
sorghum lappers. II was over a gal, of
course. She was In for the winnin man.
Well, as started to say, we chose posi-
tions, aimed, and when the word was
given fred. Isuppose you would hardly
believe it," he added, narrowly eying
the last speaker, "but, gentlemen, we
was both that air good shots that our
bullets met and fell to the ground"
The other memb ers of the group looked
at the tall man silently for a moment or
two. Then one by one they stole back
into the cabin, and the crack sportsman
was left to gaze at the waves refectively.
New York Herald.
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eran actor, James E. Murdoch, president OF
Park. A warm friendship sprung up be.
tween the men, and the end of it ali was
that when Mr.. Murdoch left for Boston
Mr.. McLeay went with him to accept lu.
crative position in his School of Oratory.
At matinee given some time later Will
son Barrett heard the young man and at
once engaged him for his company, which
was about to sail for England. McLeay,
starting in with small parts, has gradually
worked himself forward until now many
OF the critics pronounce his work as the
Bat in Pharaoh" equal to anything that
Wilson Barrett does. This is remarkable
when it is considered that he has been on
the stage less than three years.
Some tables published in England by L.
M. Grif6ths, giving the number of lines
spoken by each character In Shakespeare's
plays, furnish basis for sundry interest
ing comparisons and contrasts.
AS might have been guessed, Hamlet is
by far the most loquacious-usingt the word
in this arithmetical sense-of the men.
His share in the dialogue is 1850 lines
Next to the royal Dane come Richard III
with 1,l6l lines, and Iago follows with
1,117 Henry V speaks / ,063 lines.
At some distance behind comes Othell
with 1888, Coriolanus with ss6, the Duke in
Measure For Measure" with $50, and III
mon with s63. Antony in "Antony and
Cleopatra" is tho only other man with
more than 800, his reckoning being $50. Be
tween 800 and 700 we find Lear (770), Rich
ard ii (775), Brutus in Julius Caesar
(72D, Falstaf in "2 Henry "" (710)
Titus Andronicus C71s) and Macbeth COS,
and between 700 and 600 fat Jack again -
81 Henry W. (6sS), Leontes GSD, Pros
nern (cG5l- piron IaoTA Rnc,nn IG1R 90
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A Tornado in Michigan.

PINoKNEY, Mich, May 13.-A tornado
swept away the barns and outbuildings
of Louis Dryer, whose farm is two
miles east of here. 1t next destroyed
the fern buildings, orchards and wind
mills Of William Thompson and Will
lam Placeway. All the members of
both families were injured, but none
fatally. John Fitch's house and out
buildings were destroyed and his family
of ii persons were all injured,
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A Fair Estimate,

A visitor at jackson park the other
day hunted up the 22,OO0-pound cheese
from Canada, folded his arms and stood
regarding it in silence.
"What an enormous amount of raw
material and patient labor that immense
mass represents" said bystander.
Wonderfully murmured the deeply
interested observer. "Wonderfull 1t
would furnish enough Jumps of cheese,
by George, to go with 2,s16,000 cuts of
eating house PIER Chicago Tribune.
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The promptness and certainty OF its
cures have made Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy famous. II Ia intended especially
for coughs, colds, Group and whooping
coughs, and is the most effectual remedy
known for these diseases. Mr.. c. B.
Main, Of Union City, Pa. says: ~ have a
great sale on Chamberlain's Cough Reme-
dy. / warrant every bottle and have
never heard of one failing to give entire
satisfaction:" 80 cent bottles for sale by
Durbin. Wright &c Co., and C. N. Nye.
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and Juliet GAL. Between 400 and 500 we
find only Helena of "All's Well' (47ol and
Isabella (42e).. The others above 800 are
Desdemona $3.50, Katharine of Aragon C314)
Mistress Page (Sel), Viola 95a), Paulina
CB31), Julia in the "Two Gentlemen of We.
roma" (329), Olivia 82l), the Queen, 70 Henry
~" (31T, Volumnia (815), Cressida (3l2)
Beatrice 1900, the countess in 'All's Well''
(S06) and Celia (3o4
Only 20 of the ladies have more than
800 lines each, while 2l of their lords exceed
600, and Rosahnd, who leads all the rest Of
her eek by 70 lines, does not talk half as
much as Hamlet. OcTAvUs COHEN.
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Quickest rimo on Record.

QUEENSTOWN, May 13.--The new Gu
nard line steamship Campania, Captain
Haines, which sailed from New York to
Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown, hay
ing made the passage from Sandy Hook
to Queenstown in five days, II hours and
AZ minutes, the quickest passage east
ward yet made by any steamer.
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Not Convinced.

Male Guest-You must admit one
thing. Though American women cannot
vote, they are well taken care of.
Mrs. Strongmind-They are, are they2
Male Guest--Unl You never see any
bent mp old women here.
Mrs. Strongrnind-No, when women
become too old to be offered seats in
street cars, they get Strengthened out
hanging TO straps. EXCHANGE.
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A little later, when they arrive at Kutch-
ing disguised as Chinese fakirs, they find
the rest of the party in durahce vile under
sentence Of death. Pedro Of course de
termines to get his friends out of their
trouble. He learns that Panjandrum, the
king, has really been dead for six months,
but owing to an inconvenient law which
provides that in the event of the death "
the monarch the grand vizier, with all Of
his majesty's wives, must be killed at the
obsequies the willy G. V. very sensibly
keeps the demise of Panjandrum q pro-
found secret. When it was absolutely nee
essary for him to exhibit the royal face, he
was in the habit of showing the populace a
stuffed efIigy.
! Pedro learns of this canker worm in the
grand vizier's breast and makes use of his
knowledge to some purpose. While they
are negotiating as to the price Of silence
the holy baboon seizes the effigy and es-
capes with it to the roof of the palace,
where he coolly tears it up and bombards
the trio below with the dismembered parts
Pedro then agrees TO hnpersonate the decd
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A THEATRICAL REVIEW.
De Wolf lfHopper's Indescribable
Ola Podrida.
"PANJANDRUMa A GREAT SUCCESS

The Big Comedian Appears TO Have Sec
ond "wang"-Thomas Bailey Aldrich's
''nIercedes" "A Rising Young Actor.
Other Readable Theatrical Chitchat.
New YORK, May 10.-There are no novel
ties at the theaters this week, but we shall
soon have several which will definitely
mark the line between the winter and sum-
mer seasons.
De Wolf Hopper has caught the town"
with "Panjandrum," and the Broadway
theater has been packed at every perform
ance since the merry tri1e was produced,
except on a couple of occasions when the
opposition was Jupiter Pluvius in a par
ticularly melting mood.
It would be a difficult matter to define
the class of entertainment to which "Pan-
jandrum" belongs. The author and the
composer, ]. Cheever Goodwin and Woolson
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MlSS tOA AMI Mh. hOftEh DANCE,
Morse, evidently realized this, for on the
bills they call it ian original ola podrida,"
which exactly fits the case. In comparison
with "Panjandrum" Wang" is almost
grand opera, and "Erminie" Is entirely le-
gitimate.
The we'll nigh indefnable something
which does duty as the plot of "Panjan-
drum" is as subtle as ether. The action of
the first act passes in Subaya, a suburb of
Manila, in the island Of Luzon. Pedro Ode
Wolf Hopper makes his debut as a bull
fighter and is ANONYMOUSLY vanquished
He IL in love with Paquita Della Fox, the
keeper of the village inn, who has promised
to marry him If he should win fame as q
toreador. But he doesn't BY some means
all Of the characters get on board the same
ship, which is wrecked on the coast Of
Borneo. The departure of the vessel from
Manila, the storm at sea and the drifting
Of the boat to shore are shown panoramic
ally, and it is the best piece of work of the
kind that have ever seen.
The people are made prisoners by the ma.
tives, who carry them to Kutching, the
headquarters of King Panjandrum. Mean
while Pedro and Paquita have been left in
large barrel labeled Rum" in the
jungle by some natives who had anticipat-
ed royal drunk ON the contents, but were
frightened away by the roar of a tiger.
Then follows scene in pantomime in
which Mr.. Hopper and Miss Fox, to say
nothing of the tiger, greatly distinguish
themselves. They manage to get the fero-
cious animal into the barrel. His tail pro-
trudes through the bunghole. Mr.. Hop
per and Miss Fox, who are seated on the
head of the cask, take hold Of the caudal
appendage, and after a long struggle the
former manages to tie a knot in it large
enough to prevent it from slipping through
the bunghole Then they jump down, bow
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At the Same Snnt.

LIMA, o., May 13-The first section
Of southbound freight No. As on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, ran
into southbound train No. AZ, at almost
the same point as last weeks Tadmore
wreck. The engine 254, caboose and
five cars were smashed mn
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prIncn nf ,YnldeoI, nend.

BERLIN, May 13.-1eorge Victor, the
sovereign prince of Waldeck, died at
Barienbad, Bohemia. of pneumonia.
He was sovereign only in name, having
surrendered his chief sovereign rights
to Prussia after the war between Aus
tria and Prussia