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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-10

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-10

THIS i TO give notice tina, hereby release
i to nv minor son, Martin r. Phillips the
remainder Of his time during his minority l
shall claim none OF MS earnings nor pay any
debts contracted b. him after this date.
Ellsworth. Dec. 10, 1870. A, p. PHILLIPS.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-10

While other towns are calling attention
to their smart old folks, Brooklin doesn't
want to be overlooked. Mrs. Dorothy
Parker, aged eighty -four years, Is bright
and smart. She moulded the candles to
illuminate three houses in honor OF
McKinIey's election. William Holden,
aged eighty-seven years, walked from his
home in North BROOKLYN and took dinner
with A. G. Blake al BROOKLYN village on
Friday. He is as ready to crack joke as
any one OF US. Mrs. Lucy a. Redman.
seventytwo years old, lives alone, braids
more rugs and kuits more double mittens
than any other woman in town.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-10

Game not often seen IN Egyp:-s Can
aca lynx, or loup-cervie-, more commonly
called & .'lUci'~e''-As- brought IN by
Adelbert Weston and Wesley Clark
They have been fox-hant NJ OF late, and
started their dog, s. they supposed, on q
fox trail. They Were Surprised when, in
stead OF TX. tn.- an mai appeared. He
was beauty Of the largest type and
would be Zoe no man would care to face
De mounted.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-10

Capt. :. !. Bsan.s who ha< s=ace t>z3
sailed IN enc o the Ward ice steanls Ups
between Nsx Xark and Havana. but Who
= at p1e,sn. 81 IL home n Sullivan,
owing 10 trouble a.th ~ eyes, taxes
Dennis : familiar with CGta ans Cuean-.
and n expresses confidence in The uIil-
mate success q the insurgents. Hewouid
not b surprised Il spain would provoke
var with Uncle sam IN order TO blind the
eyes OF her subjects 20 her own incom-
peteuce.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-10
Notice to Water Takers.

Notice to Water Takers.
THE Office Of the Ellsworth Water Co. in
L store of A. W. Cushman & son, No.
Franklin street, will be open Saturday even
ings until $50 until further notice.
L. H. CCsHNAN, Supt.
Ellsworth. Sept 10. 1885.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

before communica ting with his cousin. The
young man naturally lost no time in call
ing upon Mr.. Bush. of Lincoln's Inn an
old friend and client of his uncle's, and he
was perhaps q trife disappointed when the
lawyer placed In his hands the identical
document which he had himself assisted to
prepare.
4 thought, perhaps. my uncle might have
mode a subsequent WILL he observed half
involuntarily.
HE could not have made a will more
favorable to you, said old Mr.. Bush. II s
pictures and things must be worth G10,-
goo at the very lowest estimate. and his
amounts TO rather more. / happen to
know. I should think you will take alto
gether $4,000 when the effects are re-
alized.''
1T is an agreeable surprise" murmured
Gascoigne. Still my cousin is residuary
legatee, which means, suppose, Gl50,-
Nothing of the kind. my dear sir ex-
claimed Mr.. Bush. The lady will only get
date of his death-perhaps f1.o00 or So
What" gasped Gascoigne. His an
nuity.''
1T will surprise many people" replied
the lawyer. He was supposed to be very
wealthy, and SO he was in sense. But
he sunk his. fortune many years ago in the
and a precious good bargain he made of
it. It is good thing for you that you are
not his re onna legisfeea Gascoiene mar
Yelling at his narrow escape, and at his
uncle's peculiar method of showing resent
ment.
Yes; that was before your success at
the bar, on which congratulate YOU" re-
piled Mr.. Bush. THE fact is that our de-
tunately, as your cousin expects nothing,
she won be disappointed at getting only
ia fo, II MS old wi b mad ee09d ana you
THAT would have been a sell certainly"
said Gascogne. who felt that he could now
afford to laugh.
-Chamhers's Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
The Benefits of Enumeration

President Eliot in the October Atlantic.
1t is the fashion to attribute to the enor-
nous immigration Of the last fifty years
some of the failures of the American po-
litical system. and particularly the partial
failure in municipal government. and the
introduction in a few States Of the rule of
the irresponsible party foremen known as
bosses Impatient Of these evils and
hastily accepting this improbable explana-
ton OF them. some people wish to depart
from the American policy of welcoming
immigrants. In two respects the Absorb
ton Of large numbers of immigrants from
many nations into the American common
wealth has been of great service to man.
kind In the first place. it has demon
strated that people who at home have been
subject to every sort of aristocratic.
despotic or military oppression become
within less than a generation, serviceable
citizens of a republic: and, in the second
place the United States have thus edu-
Gated to freedom many millions of men,
Furthermore the comparatively high de-
gree of happiness and prosperity enjoyed
by the people of the United States has
been brought home TO multitudes in Eu-
rope by frieads and relatives who have
emgrated TO this country, and has COM
mended free Institutions to them in the
best possible way. This is legitimate
propaganda vastly more effective than any
annexation or conquest of unwilling peo-
pie. or Of peopc unprepared for liberty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
OFFERINGS OF THE POETS.
An Autumn Day Dream.

When your feet begin to rustic
In the drifted autumn leaves,
And the sparrows nestle early
In the vines beneath the caves,
When the yellow maple foliage
Sheds a phosphorescent glow.
When the days begin to shorten
And the nights begin to grow;
That's when heaven S no inducement
To a mortal to be good,
And the fires of hell can't scare MIN
With their deep, sulphuric flood.
Tor he finds on earth a heaven
Good enough for anyone.
And the God of nature hears him
In a soft THY will be DONE
Then the sun of love is shining
So serenely on his soul
That the thought of endless vengeance
Where the seething pillows roll
Finds no fellowship within him;
And he smiles and trusts-ah, me!
What a world we'd have about US
If such bliss could always be.
S. w. Gillian.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

If you should die tomorrow,
My flowers would deck your bed
Nor any deed word of love
Be left undone, unsaid.
But you would lie there silent,
Not knowing that L cared
What then to you We're blossoms,
Or heart too lately barred?
Ana 50, lest some tomorrow
Make void the words L say,
1 feel tn . must tell you
l love -, dear, to-day.
May w. DOMAIN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Work.

What we set earth for? Say. to toll;
Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines
For all the heat o day, till it declines,
And deaths mild curfew shall from work as
soil
God did anoint thee with his odorous OIL
To wrestle, not to reign; and he assigns
All thy tears over, like pure crystallines,
For younger fellow-workers of the soil
To for amuets. So others shall
Take patience. labor. to their heart and hand,
From thy hand, and thy heart, and thy brave
cheer.
And Gods grace fruetify through thee all.
The least flower, with trimming cup, may
stand,
And share its dewdrop with another near.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
The Sweetest Flower.

Among the summers lavish store
Each hart knows some familiar flower
Dearest of all whose subtle power
Unlocks, with fragrant key, the door
OF memory, and wakes again
A bygone joy, bygone pain,
So keen, sweet, that days long dead
Live with intensest life once more
And we, with milling footsteps tread
The unforgotten ways of yore.
All, other flowers may fairer be,
, But these alone. unfadingly,
Our youth our past, to restore
Priscilla Leonard. in the Outlook
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Indianannlis
Her Old blue Muslin Gown.

When waxlights shine on diamonds blaze,
On snowy shoulders CLEAN,
There comes Il thought OF other days,
see, in a dream,
y dainty table, spread at five,
Nfne-snadows pickering down.
And behind the teacups, Margery
In her old blue muslin gown
Its ruffes lay about throat
SO round, ivory fair:
It's sleeves are full, yet might note
Divine arms hidden there.
Away with Redfern-Pingat-W
Those messiel-rs of renownt
No gown e'er owed them its birth
Like that blue muslin gown.
Why do not manufacturers make
More muslin-plain soft blue
And girls ell other tints forsake
For that bewitching hue?
Weli-goWned they are, and fair l grant,
But there is not can drown
My memory of Margery
In her old blue muslin gown.
My castles oversee in Spain
Alasl how far away!
And it has a winsome chatelaine
Who wears no sati1s gay.
She waits upon Vine-clad porch,
Ny coming home from town,
And she looks like none but Margery
In her old blue muslin gown.
Charles Prescott Shermon, iii Scribner's Mag
azine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

The rose said. Let but this long rain be past,
And L shall feel my sweetness in the sun
And pour its fullneSS into life at last
But when the rain done,
But when dawn sparkled through unclouded air,
She not there.
The lark said, Let but winter be away,
And blossoms and light and l will soar
And lose the earth and be the voice of day"
But when the We're Ger,
But when spring broke in bueness overhead,
The lark dead.
And myriad roses made the garden glow.
And sSylarks carolled all the summer long
What lack OF birds to sing and flowers to blow
Yet, ah, LOST scent, lost song
Poor empty rose poor lark that never trilled
Dead unfulflled.
Augusta Webster.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
The Hit of the Campaign.
Puck.

Smythe-I understand Bryan Is going to
spring a thrilling revelation on the public
in a short time.
Tompkns-IRdeed, What is it?
Smythe-Hes going 10 prove that the
law of supply and demand sneaked
in Il rider to the crime of 1873
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Rascn Iity.
New York We,

New York Weekly
Bookkeeper Cinstallmerlt store)-The man
who bought that one-hundred- dollar SET OF
furniture and paid $50 On II has skipped
with the property.
Proprietor-The rascal TN hunt him
down If il takes all the detectives in tho
city. That set of furniture cost me Si4
hard cash
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Unyyasted Days.

The longer this earth we live
And weigh the various qualities of men,
Seeing how most are fugitive
Or fitful gifts al best, of and then
Wind -wavered corpse-lights, daughters of the
fen
The more fec, the high stern featured
beauty
OF plain devotedness to duty,
Steadfast and STILL paid with mortal praise
But finding amplest recompense
For Iife's ungarlanded expense
In work done squarely and unwasted days
james Russell Lowell
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Very Encouraging.
Puck.

She-I don't see what reason ycLf havo
for expecting anything but a refasaI
never gave you any announcement.
He Gust rejected)-O Miss Gotrox-Maud!
You dd-you most certainly did greatly
encourage mel You told me you were
worth $500 900 in your own name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Tbe Social China Counter.

Detroit Free Press.
"Mr. Badger, our stock of dishes is get
Wen. your progressive euchre club has
started in again, hasn't it,?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Railroad Item.
Texas SITTER.

Can you tell me the names OF the rail-
road lines in Texas?'' asked Dallas teach-
er of a pupil who was the son of member
of the Legislature,
II dunno. was the reply.
ION what does your father travel when
he goes from here to attend a session OF
the Legislature?'
ION free pasS..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
He Was safe.
Chica go Record.

Chicago Record.
Listen Mrs TuGby: isn't this horrible?
They make candles out Of human fat.
We'll you wouldn't serve; you are ever
lastingly going out at night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
A Poker Question.

The Beginner-Ef a man grabs de pot. an
reaches in de direction oh his shoe Wen
he done hab no raZzer dere OATS a bluff.
am it not?
The Expert-Ef it goes froo, it am first
class bluff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A Theory.
Puck.
None of the Plain People.

Z n. =, q,
..whv was it called the golden rule?
Il suppose because about one person out
of sixteen~lives up to II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
A Charitable Boy.

Philadelphia Record.
Mamma Ito Willie, who is sliding down
the cellar door)--Willie. what are you do
ing?
Wilie-Makin a pair o pants fur a poor
crnhan bow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
No Fairy Tales Need Apply.

Here said the clerk. lis novel that
would be very suitable
What am looking for, said the new
woman. blandly. is something insult
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Trouble.
Puck.

1Tirst sbade-Where is st. Peter to-day
second Shade-Shi He's trying to make
wheel out of a couple of halos, ana theS
won't stay filled with air.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

CleVeIand PAIN DtdIeI'
"Those new neighbors on the corner seen
- Ia tbrouiner on a good deal of style.
II should say they Were Ihelr hre'
girls got hay fever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

She fell
She fell. but the world was not much
moved.
1t takes a pretty big woman to move
the world much when she falls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
An Old Theory.
Puck.

Puck.
The Doctor-It's twins. sir.
Young Husband-I might have known it:
it's my wife's hobby that two can live as
cheapIy as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
PROMPT Action necessary.

Puck.
The Doctor-AIrs Brown has sent for me
to go and see her boy and / must go at
once.
His Wife-what is The matter with the
boy?
The Doctor-I don't know: but Mrs.
Brown has a book on What to Do Before
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
Falling.
Detroit Tribune.

the Doctor Comes" and L must hurry up
before she does it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27

:" TT goes either way?' he gasped in hor-
ror: Z made a little rhyme to help me re-
member and I couldn't for the life of me
muddle of the whole thing
My dear fellow. it would have been
much less trouble to think than to try to
remember a parrot rhyme-especially one
that acts both ways" I suggested.
. That's lust what I can't do, he re
heart. but can't thnk-it isn't in me-
He looked uo at me. a sad. vague.
puzzled expression in his eyes. and then
he turned and left the room. The incident
haunted me for day or two; but I was
busy, and subsequent events soon put it out
of my head After all. it was no unusual
thing for a schooiboy to make mess of a.
chemistry exam"
Rintoui paused and filled his pipe again.
/ did the same, and we smoked in silence
for some time Then he resumed:
Three years later 1 was settled here as
a classical tutor. AS you know, | had nor
got my professorship then. but was COACH
inc pupils in the ordinary way. There was
very large batch Of freshmen that Octo-
Der term, and according TO report some OF
those who had fallen TO my lot were very
promising. 1 had overhanied most OF them,
and was very well pleased with the result.
One. however, ] had yet to see--keith. a
Rugby fellow. There was a knock at my
door one morning, a day or two after the
beginning of term, and. to my surprise in
walked my friend of the chemistry exam.
He had grown and developed. but was 9TH
patheticaIly puzzled expression. He ar
nounce6 himself as Keith and then he
started and flushed; / saw he had recog-
nized me.
s'.I remember seeing you at Rugby j
said: got over the calcic chloride yet?'
His color deepened.
8 oh. L was ploughed-I generally am
There was look of actual pain on his
face, and I saw that had touched ten
der spot. so / made some casual remark
and began TO sound him as to his classical
requirements. They We're not varied. but,
fortunately. he had settled his prelimina-
ries and could begin his special work at
once / fixed the hours at which he was
TO come TO me and mapped out a plan of
lectures which he was to attend. He noted
it all carefully down, and then departed
with a sigh. There was really something
very curious about his air of chronic de-
preston My old interest in him awakened.
and / registered a firm resolve to pull him
out of the slough of despond if possible.
We'll. T did my best. but it was Of no
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-24
Cotton Markets.

New York, Dec. 23-Cotton steady;
rniddling, 7hsc.: net receipts, none; gross,
5,249 bales; exports to continent, 2l4 bales;
forwarded. 973 bales: sales. 1881 bales;
spinners', 81 bales: stock, Isl, 75l bales.
Total to-day: Net receipts, 1856 bales:
exports to Great Britain, 25,622 bales;
France, 6.S00 bales: continent, 7,027 bales;
stock. 1,3O2. 046 bales.
Total so far this week: Net receipts, 2N,-
600 bales: exports to Great Britain, 81, 1o3
bales; France. 3l,62s bales: continent, A..
0S6 bales.
closed quiet and steady; sales $500 bales;
December. $50; January, 6.S2: February.
6sl; March. 100; April. los: May, 7.15;
June. 100; July, 7.24; August .7.26.
Liverpool, Dec. %. 1890 p. m.-Cotton
ercan middlins, 3l-32d.; sales, 1900
bales: American, 13.4co bales: speculation
and export, LOCO bales: receipts, 1000
bales: American, 300 bales. Futures
opened quiet; demand moderate.
Liverpool, Dec. %, 12:45 p. m.-Cotton-
American spot grades Lied. higher; Am
erican middling fair, 4ssd.: good middling,
3-32d.; low middling, 15-l6d.; good or
binary, l3-16d.; ordinary, 3tsd.
Liverpool, Dec %, p m.-Cotton-De-
cember. Gigs ed, seller; December and
January, b9-64d., seller; january and
February, February and March, 85S-6Id. !;
March and April, 5s43 59-64d.,. buyer;
April and May, 3 59N3 G0-64d.. seller; May
and June, 3 60-64d.. buyer: June and July,
36l-64d.. seller; July and August. 3 6l@
62-6id., seller: August and september.
G0-64d. Futures closed barely steady.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-24
1.-Two stock Market

Market-Quiet and duh; Butchers
Cattle: Extra fat. smooth steers. $40:
4c.. common to fair cattle. 3@Stac.; com
mon rough cattle. 21aQ3Ac.; heifers. fat
and smooth. &C.; heifers. common. 2iac
COWS. fat and smooth. 2laGp3Ac. COWS.
common and rough. 2@2Kc.; bulls. pa
2isc.: mich cows. common. s1000Q e. 90:
mich cows. good, s2O.00@35.0O; good or
dered oxen. 21a@3c.: common rough
oxen. 2@2Ac.: heretics and scalawags,
lla@2c.: good corn-fed hogs. live, 3@
3lac.: gross. common to fair hogs, live.
Sm3Ac.: gross. light, pigs. 3iac. Hogs In
better demand.
Good lambs. S6D4lac.: poor lambs. UNI
Salablc and not wanted: butchers
sheep. fat. 2liFi3hc.; poor sheep. not
wanted at any price
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-24
DULL AND IRREGULAR
The Opening of the Market Was Weak But
the Losses Were Insignificant.
SALES FOOTED up SMALLEST OF WEEK
I'm the Afternoon tho Higher Priced
vanderbtita Suddenly Declined
and This Naturally Had An
UnfnVOrabic Influence On the
General List.

.; New York. Dec. 2s..astocks to-day were
70 only ll4.iSl shares. the smallest. total
and Quincy, which was the most active,
inquired for 1870 shares. and Sugar,
which cume second, was dealt In to the
extent of 1900 shares. The opening of
tho market was rather weak. but the
losses, except in the case of Lake Shore,
which declined q point, were insgnif-
cant. Towards IL O'Clock the market
took on q firmer tone. the result of q
semi-ofiicial denial that the Delaware &
Hudson company intended to reduce the
rate of dividends during. the coming
nnfavorable news from the West. and
this also had a strengthening influence.
A recovery of 2as per cent, followed in
Delaware " Hudson. and the general list
advanced AG2b per cent. the latter in
Tobacco. which rose to 1879 on stories
thai the directors intended to declare a
dividend of per cent. and retire the
sc:Ip. MS report was subsequently de-
MED, and the stock sold off to 7SK In
the afternoon the higher priced Wander
bilte suddenly declined 2A per cent for
Lake Shore TO 1924. and pa for New York
Central to s2h. The. weakness In these
ment felt by holders on account OF the
unexpected reduction in the Canada
Southern dividend yesterday. The heavi-
ness of the Vanderbilts naturally had an
unfavorable Influence OH the general list,
and the market. except for Anthracite
showed a tendency to sag throughout the
afternoon. Speculation closed dull and
irregular. Bonds were dull and irregu-
lar. The total sales were s71l.Go0.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-24
Chicago Markets.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-In view of the ap-
preaching three holidays-Friday, Sat
uruay ana Sundny-shorts In the whea [
market have deemed It expedent TO
place themselves even. the prospects be-
ing ltttlc bit uncertain AT the same
time holders have had reason within the
past few days to feel considerably en-
Souraeeu. and on that account We're IN
olsposed to do any selling to-day The
conditions mentioned resulted in an ad-
vance IN prices to-day, the gain az one
t!Iie, being l35 cent over yesterday and
the net Improvement al the close being
! cent Liverpool afforded stimulus to
llt zone mere. an advance of 3,d. taking
pace i, that market.
Iorh-Ihere was nothing new or i'm
noIthnt TO report In corn. The strength
ana ouoyancy in wheat made itself an
parent In corn, helping prices. but in the
aostnce of anything bordering on ac-
tNllE the fluctuations We're eXtrem.,lS
allow and narrow.
me oats market was a participant in
the generally better feeling existing AT
void OF ii0.Iest ~ ~
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-24
Among orr Cotton Men.
weather clear in the cotton bel

Weather Clear in the cotton belt.
Cotton receipts at Bombay. India, for
the week were $4,000 bales. against Co.
0OObales corresponding week last year.
Liverpool spot cotton advanced l-l6d
Middling. 1-32d. Future contracts
closed quiet and steady. TO 11a points
advance.
Future contract in New York closed
quiet and steady, to s points advance
Sales. $4,000 bales. January .6.S2 10 6S3
March. 700 to 7.0l; May. 7.15 10 ZIG
Future contracts in New Orleans UNI
changed. January. Csc. Sales, spot cot
ton, 1000 bales. Firm at CSC.
Receipts at ports yesterday were A.
6G6 bales. against 34.452 bales last year
and 25.677 bales In 1894.
New Orleans receipts estimated at
from 1000 to $4,000 bales, against 2,O53
bales in 1895 and 1851 bales in 1894.
Cotton Exchange will be closed De-
cember 25th and 2Gth; also on January
LIST and I'd.