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Ills arms and placed the palms of his
hands over his ears. HIS large, black
eyes barnins with as stranse fire rested
nervous and troubled did not know how
TO account for this singular attitude.
! WI. did not the doomed man say his
| prayers. like a good Mussulman? Why
! did those eyes which cleaned in the
dark like the dagger of AN asa ASSN, rest
upon him?
The poor Pasha did not seek the key
OF the mystery very long. Little by lit
| tie strange, ineNplichble happiness
! overcame him. 1t seemed to him that
his body and his mind. detached from
terrestrial things noltod in the pure re-
gions of ether, softly Graded by per-
fumed zephyrs Slowly his eyes closed,
his head inclined upon his breast and.
leaning aga inst the divan whore he had
| fallen. he slept
tative attitude approached Mi and
raised one of the cyclids-thc eye was
I without expression or he. ,., ,..-,.-
with triumphant joy, Then seating
himself gravely upon The diNan in front
of his victim, whom he watched con-
stantly lhrdhim began the following
recital artlculatinC each word slowly,
as If he wished t. thoroughly enGraVr
the words upon the mind Of his auditor:
when iirSt delivered the fatal
prayed Frustrated, as the Koran pre-.
J srribcs, His prayer finished, he seated
himself upon a uivan, and taking from
tn" slave the cord he made "A sliding
knot, passing il around his neck. Ne
4 looked at me for the last time, crossed
his arms upon his breast and made Il
sign To the slaves. who seized each an
end OF the cord and drew II with all
q their might. II was "A horrible sight (:
his face Swclled out, REDEEMED, then
grew purple. his eyes left their orbits;
his tongue hung out of his mouth black
and lifclcss. The slaves redoubled their
efforts. one would have thought the
soul hcsitatcd to leave it's earthly hahi-
tatiJn. Finally "A last jolt. "A supreme
CONFUSION; the head fell back; the
arms droppcr inert; 1t was over. one
Of the slaves detached the cord. What
horrible black mark ii left In the
white flesh, They covered the corpse
with a mantle. Your justice was salts
fled. - sublime sultan"
/ When lbrahim had finished his re-
Cital he extended himself on the
ground: one OF the slaves covered him
with his mantle; then approaching Ali
{ l'asha struck him twice upon his face
The brave captain opened his eyes
. aud looked around as though he had a
painful dream. The slave iuclininS pro
foundly before him, returned the red
moose, This movement completely re
called Ia his mind the order of the Sui
tan, and Selling the fatal cord All con-
cealed II in his breast Thea, rising,
he glanced furtively upon the human
advanced towards the door.
Would You not like TO see himy'
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basin. burned perfumed mixture, whose
fragrance hlled the place ,,
! suddenly the heavy hanging which
! concealed the door lifted, and Ali-Pasha
entered: Upon seeing before him one
whom he believed was still in prison,
lbrahim felt sinister presentiment.
! Let your last hour be happy" said
All In grave voice, stopping upon the
sill
! lbrahim did not misunderstood the
sense of these words: he knew by the
salute that All could be- only the mes
senger of death. and that he held con
cealed in The folds OF his caftan the
terrible silken moose. stu the face Of
ibrahim remained passive; his eyes
burned a little brighter Slowly he said.
allah wishes it. Allah Is powerful. We
are at his feet only miserable worms of
the dust Let his Will be accomplished.
Render me Ibis last service Of waiting
moment, and let me finish my ablu-
tions and my prayers. You know Ma
homet has proclaimed sacred the vows
OF the dying"
Your pardon" replied Ali but my
orders are absolute, | cannot lose YOU
from sight II moment, Moreover, what
good would II do you to leave the room
Look out of the window! There are more
than "A thousand janiZarIes surrounding
your palace, DO you not hear the clash
Of arms? They are the guards of His
Majesty, who have invaded your palace
You see II Is In vain to ry to escape.
"Of which ! never dreamed" replied
lbrahim. "Reassurc yourself. All, | VIII
not Keep you waiting long
lie struck his hands three times and
two Nubidn slaves appeared. They trem,
blingly brought in "A ever and a basin
and a prayer rug
lbrahim then raised his mantle and
slowly made his abutiuns. No one would
have thought seeing him SO calm. tina,
In few minutes the fatal cord would
enCiTCle his waite neck Outside, upon
the high minaTets OF the city. the mucZ-
z,ns intonei their soft and mouotJnou
chant announcing Ia the faithful the de
cline OF day.
While the Grand Vzier plunged hi
head in the basin, Al, thrustiuS his
hand under his caftHn, drew out the
chord Of red silk and placed II in the
hand OF one OF the slaves. The sla 'es
understood.
Upon delivering this deadly moose.
which he would receive again only after
its mission was accomplished. the soldier
tremblel. He had seen thOusan Is III
men tall upon the battlefield without
Hin hing, but upon contemplating tlis
fun. plump face, which In "A few moments
would hr only an inert mass, he was
hOrriilei, Al. a terrible business that OF
. an cN'CutlOneri
While Ali-Pasha was thus sadly re-
ncctng the Grand NiZicr finished his
majestic step he advanced towards the
! head high and proud his body erect, In
! the world 50 that no terrestrial noise
The Grand Nizter very slowly raised
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Never, unfortunate one" replied All.
Il should never sleep again" He went
ont and signed to the officer TO retire
with his men.
Death has no need of sentinel" said
he. The chief of the janizaries and All
mounted horses and set OF in the direc-
Peace he with him" said the faithful
servant 10 the gracious Sultan Selim
when reciting the details of the death
of the Grand Nizier.
Ali "One would have thought he had
seven souls nailed to his body.
Glorious Majesty" added All, Il am
your faithful slave. | am ready to suffer
death for you. say the word and | will
midst of shot and shell, but beg you
never send me on like mission"
he tranquil my brave Az Thy
PrSyTp sha be 6Hs thou arr
have let this cunning rascal escape. He
was great knave. between You and
me. The clemency. OF Allah descend
upon him. added Selim in a funeral
tone.
\: midnight. when the moon concealed
her silver disk behind the mountains. q
rapidly and silently upon the gentle
waves OF the Bosphorus. Upon the
decks the eN-Grand Vizier,. Ibrahim,
surrounded by his wives and children.
Confess, my sweet Kadite," said
lbrahim to the eldest of his companions.
that II would have been too beastly
To die for 500 purses of silver. Once
again have | cause TO know that i made
a good purchase when L bought you at
the market at Cairo. 1t was you that
revealed To me the secrets of the
women of Egypt-this secret, thanks to
which one can put to sleep his neighbor.
II is not at all difficult, and 1 am as
tunished there are so few who know
how to practise this precious art.
To pu: that poor All to sleep was
only childs play. | would like to know
what punishment His Highness will in
flict upon him when, wishing to proceed
with my interment, he will perceive that
| have fooled them. Poor All What a
pity he is so honest! l could have taken
him with me. The CZarina would have
made him a Colonel, as she will make
me General. The great Catherine Is
a good and hospitable person, especially
to Turks, particularly when they know
the secrets of all the strong places OF
the Danube"
With these hopeful words Ibrahm
stretched himself upon the mats and
slept the sleep of the just.
Well" said my friend Hamed, after
finishing his recital. do you still pre-
tend that hypnotism Is a recent inven-
ton, improved by nervous Parisians, and
do you think We Turks need the expe-
rences of DIR. Glider in order to probe
the secret of suggestive scienoeT'-f
Translated from the French OF George
de Tully for Short Stories.
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HYPNOTIZED HIS EXECUTIONER
The GrunM Tisier of Turkey Robbed the
Sultan and Escaped the Red cora.

sun gilded the high minarets and the
golden domes of the mosques at SIAM
boul, like so many gigantic scarapees;
The glorious Selim received the fearful
message in his palace of YidiZ-kiosk.
How could these eight letters cross in
a day the distance which separates
Kars in Armenia from the Bosphorus!
How could the missiye OF the Pasha IN
a few hours reach his august Majesty,
when the best cavalier, mounted upon
the most rapid horse could not accom-
plish the distance in less than eishl
days?
II happened that my ingenious ances-
tors before the invention OF the tele-
graph contrived means or RAPID coIllhu,
nication. In the morning, by order OF
the Pasha, the sentinel who stood stead
fast upon the highest battlement of the
fort took in both hands his long black
mantle and waved 1t once IN me ar;
The soldiers on duty upon the ROCK OF
Muzurdagh made the same movement 1d
with their nantes, and from point to
point, summit TO summit, the entire
length of the chain of Akdagh, as wen
as in the plain OF kyzy,, lIiha ns n aLla
waved once in the air. The scribe OF
the Sultan. who stood attentiVely upon
| the highest tower of the palace watch-
wrote with the end of pointed reed
which served for pen b upon the
open parchment before him.
The sentinel at Kars reversed MS man
| tie and waved il again, showing the I'M
inc a ~ a brilliant red. In less than an
bonr, from the Caucasus to the Golden
Horn. several hundred NANTES were
waving the red signal. The scribe OF
the Sultan wrote an A upon the parcn-
ment. All day long the nantes CON
tinued 10 wave from the submits, Some
! times red, sometimes black, following
the code. At evening. when the nue.
zins were calling the faithful to prayer,
! the scribe OF Selim wrote upon hls
parchment the last letter of the winged
message from the Pasha OF kars.
"BARUTJOK. Powder is given out
The news was serious for II the Pasha
had no more powder how could he r.,
pulse the assault of the Russians! ne
would have to surrender, and Kars, t ht
hands OF the soldiers of the great cath
crime. The poor secretary OF Selln
thought of the conseque noes OF the new
and slowly and timidly approached th'
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POSTAL CLERKS OUTING.
Big Time Anticipated at Fridays
Picnic and Games.

An event that Is being looked forward
to with great anticipation is the picnic
and games of the Post-Office Clerks AS
ISOLATION. These faithful public SER
wants, on Friday, Aug. II. win forget
their arduous work and join with their
many friends in deriving pleasure at
Suffers Harlem River Park and Casino.
Some of the clerks, who deftly assert
many thousand letters every day, are
also quite nimble of foot and will COM
pete In series of athletic contests dur
ing the afternoon. Struggles for SUI
premacy between crack amateur ath-
letes will also be made. Notable among
these contests is a match, 10O-yard DASH
between j. s. Mitchell, N. Y. A. c., and
j. o. Qorman, of the Volunteer football
team. a race which will undoubtedly
prove highly interesting on account Of
the rivalry existing between the two
contestants.
During the evening dancing will fur
nish the chief amusement, and many
fair devotees of Terpschore. with their
partners, will keep time to the music of
Prof. McAuliff's band. On the whole,
| there is every prospect of a hisfl y en-
1oyable day for the clerks and their
friends, of whom there are always a
goodly number.
The friendly feeling which exists be-
tween the clerks and carriers of the
New York Post-Office will be demon
strated by a complimentary concert,
which will be given by the letter-car-
rierS' band,
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apartments OF his master. The unfortu-
nate scribe had reason to fear, for
scarcely had the Sultan glanced at the
parchment when. as messenger OF bad
news, the scribe received forty blows
five for each letter.
Happily" said the faithful survivor
which forms the Mussulman character,
1.-THE Pasha of Kars confined himself to
a Geographic style, for If he had used
the usual formula, Glory to the universe,
thy enchained slave, striking his, humble
forehead, the lowest before thy brilliant
throne which touches heaven &c. l
This brutality only slightly appeased
the anger of the Sultan, who now sum
moned his Grand Vizier, Ibrahim, an old
and ugly man, but very Intelligent.
When he entered, bent in executing the
many salamaleks prescribed by. etiquette,
the amiable Padishah. instead of salut-
ing, hit him on the head. This did not
forebode an agreeable conversation, 40
he Frustrated himself still lower 10 es-
"Ah. Rascal! Miscreant!" roared His
Highness. greatly eXasperated. rs this
the way you watch over my arms am
no longer astonished that the cursed
Muscovites check our brave soldiers IL
all my generals are In the same predica-
ment as my captain at Kars! without
happens that a fort as important as that
of Kars should want ammunition?'
Probably il has burned it's last car
fridge" humbly suggested the Grand
Vizier without daring TO rise.
"Gou are an imbecile, lbrahim. l have
a mind to throw you in prison at once.
II the Pasha has no powder, ne probably
has no money to buy II, so Tomorrow
morning at daybreak you start out "A car
avian fillcd with thousand purses OF Sill
YER"
81 have the purses. gracious Majesty,
but where shall ! get the silver to NIL
them"
"That does not concern me. Apply to
my Greek banker unless you prefer TO
ask the Per1ian financier VINO lent me
money the other day.
Your orders shall be obeyed. Your
Majesty" replied Ibrahim, with humility.
Tomorrow a thousand purses VIII SET
out for Kars'
Happy to have escaped so easily. the
Grand Vizier left the palace and proceed
ed slowly to the residence of the brave
Hassan from whom he expected TO Dor
row the necessary money. This cunning
Persian was a man of precaution, and
never allowed a sum of money TO leave
the bank without at first deducting an
honest interest of 20 per cent. Thus, IN
stead of 900 purses, Hassan counted out
only 800 but the Sultan wanted 1000. so
the Grand Vizier signed note for 2,0ot
and received l,600.
Reaching home, the faithful Ibrahim
took the superhuous 800 and hid II under
The mattress of the divan. then sent for
the Khaznadar-Pasha,t treasurer general
10 conflde the care Of sending the silver
into Asia Minor.
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You arc all alike, you Frenchmen.
Really you believe that all sciences, all
curious discoveries emanate from your
ora'ns, when often you only bring TO
'ght what was once known"
nus spoke my friend Hamed- Pasha, a
r'rlslGn. though. by chance, born upon
'e shorcs of the Bosphorus. or his native
"u'''ry he preserves but two customs,
"o"eiE' wearing the National fez and
smoking the white latakieh. AS for the
'eS', laiS disciple OF the Prophet Is a
soUa'nstured sceptic. literary, polished
n OF charming mind. Ten years of
'lsian life have dissipated nothing of
"a. SAVIOR peculiar to Oriental natures
u "s inclined to superstition and to ia
Ism We were talking of hypnotism
~ u suggestion" added my friend,
4 was comfortably extended upon a
nv, uNan watching vacantly the sweet
,n,"o, VI his cigarette mounting in blue
=, 'a'S towards the ceiling. "You spoke
,oi' ~ remarkable progress which occult
W. mas made in France the past few
,on well. II you would like l will tell
.m al absolutely authentic story, which
W. prove to you that 100 wears ago hyp.
br. " was not only known in Turkey,
en Factised advantageously."
tvep'ed, and my friend Hamed-
'ssha began:
10 tho ae mas ever seen similar epistle
loo voa. which the Pasha OF Kars sent,
IAN sa, ago to His Highness the Sui
not writ,sn. third of that name. 1t was
parchment 4, upon Vellum nor upon
net nor an, IL did not bear a wax Sig
the grscn any seal whatever, but when
iell backwas Padishah received II he
Formed Of ora" ara upon the thick carpet
This strannee SKINS OF Nubian lions.
eight sisnge missive was composed OF
ormed two which. taken together
Ion, causiO O words OF terrible significa
ron resdissyt me Sultan frlghtfuI anger
Use BY T ,Ss out out in the morning at " sun.
nS. when ,hasha OF Kars, and at even.
MI the last rays OF the setting
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MUST DO HER WASHING.
Though Mrs. Frank Fell Forty Feet
and landed On Her Head.

Mrs. John Frank, the wife of a long
shoreman, living on the top floor of the
five-story tenement 80 oliver street, was
able to do her washing to-day. in spite
of the fact that she plunged head first
through the man-hole in the fire-escape
while doing yesterday afternoon, land
ing on her head on the fire-escape at the
first floor, forty feet below.
She had passed through two other
man-holes on the way, and had struck
bumped and thumped her head and body
against the rungs of the iron ladders
twenty times or more. She was picked
up unconscious by Peter Cornelius whose
wife that morning placed some carpet
on the man-hole in their fire-escape on
the first floor which act saved the fall
ing woman from going twelve feet fur
Their to the stone-paved area.
But when the ambulance surgeon said
he would take her to Chambers Street
Hospital Mrs. Frank promptly came
to-" and declared that she would not
go to the hospital.
= "To-morows Monday" said she, "and
I've got my washing TO do"
She thereupon assembled the three
flights of stairs to her rooms. There
was a compound fracture Of Mrs.
Franks nose, a bad cut in her lip,
bruises all over her head, and four
teeth were almost knocked out. but she
had escaped death as II by a miracle.
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its doors for the season Saturday night
The play WAS Bleak House" with Miss
Jane Coombs In the dual role of LADY
Dedlock and Hortense. and Miss Bertelle
as 10. The Peoples has an excellent
list of attractions for the season.
II was introduced to Sir Augustus
Harris in MIR. Abbey's office" said "A man
ager on Broadway yesterday, land | feel
very uncomfortable. The title annoyed
me. 1t is 30 difficult to say Sir Angus
tus! broke into IA Yes, MIR. Harris,
and No, Mr.. Harris once or twice, but
he didn't seem to mind II. Even sir
Gus would he easier to pronounce than
Sir Augustus He's a nice fellow,
though. and he's coming to this country
again later on for much longer visit.
He was delighted with the ocean cross
ing"
1t was announced that Miss Helen
Dauvray's starring tour would begin at
Palmer's Theatre Sept. 3. Mr.. Brooks
has the house for New Blood two
weeks later. however Miss Dauvray's
manager. Edwin Knowles, says that he
finds 1t impossible to get the new play
In shape for such an early production.
so II has been postponed until later In
the Autumn. The company Is now
being engaged. Miss Dauvray Ia COINS
to resume the vacation that was cut
short by the death of her sister, Mrs.
Laura Il. Wright.
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1T TOOK TWO TO ARREST HIM.
Crazed with Drink, Cannon AS
saulted a Stranger.
Fought the Police Like a Demon
When Overtaken.

Patrick Cannon. twen.v-four ,oa,,
| old fall nouarf,,,t,. iii.
| u,,,r, 40, 10y o"ht MECHANIC,
"'his at -f East Forty-seventh street,
was dragged screaming and strupvlipy
! into yorlivilIe Court n. q o,.i,. a., q,
,.,,t ,ouf'' at O'CLOCK this
n'orllhs by Policemen Delehanty and
Reed, of the East Thirty-fifth streot
squad. Their u,iforr, CO.,. -, ~
teFs, ana the prisoners clothing was in
no better condition,
Cannon vs. nr,,. ,,.,., Ill.,,
- aNs win iquor' ana
gave the policemen battle from the
time of his arrest. two hours, nrev;ors
until locked l., tho ,,r,,os.,
- o IN 'he piisohers pSe In the
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Original Music in Paradise Park.

The residents of the Second Assembly District
who visit Paradise Park tonight will have an
opportunity Of listening to an original compost
ton, polka Berlin, written by Timothy +.
Driscoll. entitled 'FIavianna" Mr.. Driscoll is
leader OF the State Democracy In the Second Dis
trlot, and is also a candidate for Alderman.
''Flavanna'' is named In honor of the infant
daughter OF John j. Boyle President Of St
Patrioks Lyceum. MIR. Drisroll being the child
godfather. Another original composition by L.
V. Flynn Financial Secretary of the &. Y. M. \,
Of White street. entitled The Pnstman." also
will be played. The musical director Is Prot
Louis Conterno.
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ELIXIR JUVININE,

Prepared from the nerve fibre of young lambs.
is strongly magnetized with animal electricity,
which Il stored up in the cells and pos
sesses remarkable powers over the brain and ner-
vous system in man. 1t gives new energy to the
life germ preventing premature decay and pro-
l. nging life In lingering Of consumption,
cancerous, kidney and other wasting diseases,
thus giving the patient an opportunity TO re-
cover. Free from drugs OF all kinds Sold by
the Crittenton Co.. lis Fulton St. New York.
and druggists generally. Price. 81. 90.
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EXPENSIVE CAT, THIS.
Ovrrturns n Lamp and Causes .
$500 Blaze.

A cat overturned lamp in the apart
ments of Mrs. Mary Rose, on the third
floor of the five-story tenement house
at PA West Thirtieth street. at IL
o'clock last night. From the fire which
followed. $500 damage was done.
There was no one in the rooms when
the fire started. Mrs. Rose and her
three daughters being In their grocery
store. three doors away.
Mrs. Catherine Levy, tenant on the
top floor, discovered the blaze and had
n still alarm sent in. The flames were
confined to tie Rose apartments
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A MISSION OF PEACE.
Barrios VIII Try TO settle the Mos.
quito Indian Troubles.

Senior Modesto Barrios, Nicaraguan
Minister to England, was a passenger
by the Pacific Mail steamship City Of
Para, which arrived this morning from
Colon.
Senior Barrios. when spoken to, stated
that he had heard no news from his
that Honduras and Costa Rica had
offered assistance TO put down the in
surrection of the Mosquito Indians he
seemed pleased, but not surprised.
When questioned as to his mission
to England, he stated that he had full
power to settle the Mosquito trouble
between England and Nicaragua. He
would endeavor to have the Managua
treaty between his country and Great
Britain modified and was confident of
success. He is accompanied by his sec
rotary, who speaks English. Senior Bar
rios talks English, but prefers to use
the Spanish language. He Is a lawyer
by, profession and about forty-fve years
old
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BODY IN THE WHIRLPOOL.
Remains of n Woman Seen Below
niagara Falls Yesterday.

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Aug. 10
A human body was seen in the whir.-
pool yesterday. 1t appeared to be that
of a woman. The hair was gone from the
head. and the color indicated that it
was badly decomp5sed as II 1t had lain
in water two weeks or more.
AS the body kept circling In the centre
of the pool it was impossible to secure
it. This morning X was not visible.
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La CHAMPAGNE'S ESCAPE.
She just Missed Cutting Down a
Bark in the Fog.

Passengers by the French steamship
LA Champagne, which arrived early yes
|terday morning, are congratulating
themselves on the narrow escape of that
vessel from collision on Thursday after
|nOon
During a thick fog off the Banks OF
Newfoundland n Norwegian bark doomed
Up about $50 yards off the starboard
bow, standing directly across the
Steamers course Prompt action averted
|the impending disaster, La Champagne
passing twenty yards astern of the bark.
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Sighted Icebergs and n Can Buo,

The German steamship Gothia, from Christian
sand July IS. passed an iceberg 100 feet high in
latitude S.os. longitude 1857, on Aug. 6. Capt.
Swain of the bark Alice reached this port to-day
after the unusually long run Of ffty-nine days
from Antwerp. She was In ballast and had light
winds and fog She passed very close to an Ice
berg 200 feet high July 20, in latitude Vi. 10,
longitude F.20. On Aug. 10, In latitude 4O.27.
longitude 6s.3s. she passed large black can
buoy adrift
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BOY INCENDIARIES CAUGHT.
Accused of Starting u Dozen Fires
In La Crosse, Wis.

La CROSSE, Wis, Aug. 13.-Several
boys were arrested last night for caus-
ing the recent series Of incendiary fires.
There have been a dozen In all. three &C.
|eurring at one time. The most serious
Destroyed Crosbys planning mill.
The boys had no other purpose than
10 see the blaze. and the firemen at
work. They stole into u patent kim
ding wood factory and stole the material
10 start the fires with.