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Middletown transcript., 1896-03-21
Tho Deacon rndone.

There was oaco n dnacun on Cape
Cod who heard early ono morning
that tharo had bael n wreck on the
beach near his houso. Hs hurried
down with couple Of rillowcases;
filled orc with sugar. lid 1t under,
tho bank and went on to look for
more groceries. Whilo hu was gone
a neighbor ca,no along on the same
errand, caught sight Of the pillow.
case, emptied 1t into his own bag
and refillesl 1t with sand. By and by.
the deacon returned empty handed, /
and carried off his pillowcase with;
out noticing the change. In fact. hs
filed his sugar bowl and, tried to
sweeten his coffee before he found
out how badly he had been, treated
Then he was so indignant that he
confessed afterward. II was almost
wicked enough to wish there might
never be another wreck on this here
coast again" :
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A Refutssiou.


There doesn't seem to be a great
deal OF money In stories, " remarked
the young man with literary aspira-
items.
That's where you ara palpably
mistaken" replied tho architect.
Just go out and take a look at that
seven story building I have been
putting up. Washington Star.
II hope. Jennie, that yoa
given the matter serious consie.
don, said o lady to Il scrvaik girl
who had .given notice" becauS8 khe
was to be married "thnt day two
weeks.
"Oh. / have. na'am," was the
earnest reply. i've been to twa
fortune tellers and a clairvoyant
and looked in a sienbook, and
dreamed on . lock Of his hair, and
bean to one Of those asterroloeers.
and to q meejeum. and they tall ma
to 90 ahead. ma.am ain't one 20
marry f6qklesslikA ma am. n-Inn-
don Tsleglsph
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The wicked Newsoundiand.

One summer we were staying at
the west coast village Of Sa1tcoats,
where the sands are broad and fat,
and we often drove along the road
skirting the bay. Nelson followed,
Of course. The dogs of. the village
seldom molested or interrupted him.
but one rash little terrier repeated
~ rushed out of his garden gate as
we passed and bit at Nelson's heels.
Time after time Nelson declined to
notice the insult, but one day his
patience evidently became exhaust
ed. Turning round, he caught the
unhappy terrier by the back Of the
neck, carried him down the sands
and into the water chest deep, put
his paw on him and drowned him
and then carried him back to the
dry sand and laid him out there.
One crunch of his jaws would have
donethe deed, and more quickly, but
1t seemed as If Nelson had no per-
sonal animosity to the dog, or at
least had suppressed 1t, but had con-
cluded that the world was better
wanting such snarling our.-Lon-
don Spectator.
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nequet, the Flsttsrer.

F1oquet was very much Of a Ia
dies mana delightful fiirt, as he
was sometimes called. He was pro-
fcient in complimentary small talk
and a deft fiatterer. One instance Of
this occurred at a party where he
picked up lace handkerchief and
held 1t high above his head to be
claimed. He announced as he did
30 that 1t could not belong to any
one he knew, because the perfume
with which it was scented was not
that affected by Mime. Z or Mime. Y.
or Mime. z, naming three celebrated
beauties. His sense of smell was SO
delicate that II blindfolded he could
Identify any lady who came to his
wife's receptions by the perfumes
she used.
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Mrs.. Grant and 3 croxn.

Mrs. Ulysses Grant is won't to tell
many story Of her husband 3 ex-
periences with her which make her
friends smile. when we were In
Spain, we spent awhile looking at
Isabe1la's Jewels" she told an atten-
tive audience. 81 was lost in admi.
ration over the very jswelry that
she was willing to sell for Colum-
bus. Ulysses didn't take so much
interest in II, and urged me re-
peatedly to, leave. At last when I
put on the orown-just to sec how
1t would feel to wear a orown-he
was much alarmed lest some Of the.
newspaper people who were always
following us should find 1t out and
make capital out of 1t. 81
"'Well, my Xantippe, heexclaim-s
ed, .aren't you readyto come yet9s
New York Herald.
much IN the WV.
What" asks the Boston Tran.
script argumentatively. '.is Massa-
chusetts with Cape Cod left out?',
We don't know. But a great many
mariners who ply along the Allan.
tic coast would bc truly grateful IL
Cape Cod were taken in.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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WENDELL PHILIPPE:
10 Those Who Knew Him He wns a,
Ideal Husband Of HIS Time.

10 Those Who Knew Kim He Was tho
Ideal Husband Of HIS Time.
1--WE are won't" says Emerson,
Ito think that we are at the meridi.
an Of civilization. We are only at
the cook growing and the morning
star" Neither men nor women have
outgrown the low conditions Of So
ciety which obtained when the doc
trine Of male superiority was uni
versally accepted. And we have not
yet reached the time when we can
boast Of the "ideal husband" or the
ideal wife. Now and then one ap-
pears and Is Immediately recog-
nized as being of Q high and lovely
type, more divine than human. In
the minds Of those who knew the
private life Of Wendell Phillips he
stands as the ideal husband of his
time. The complete unselfshness of
his love for his invalid wife-an In
valid when she became his wife,
made 1t q joy to him to lift her bur
dens to his shoulders and to subor-
dinate his life to hers when COCA
sions required it. Accepting the
work to which he seemed preordain-
ed, he entered the lists against
American slavery and put into the
unequal combat all the forces Of his
being. Intellect, culture, eloquenoe,
personal magnetism, remorseless
moral logic, influence, money-all |
that he had and was were given to
the service Of the abolition move
ment. But he always wrought with |
his heart leaning toward his wife, |
and her slightest need Of him was
by bis presence at her bed
side.
"Do notreturn to Boston tonight"
his friends in a neighbor-
Ing town, where he had lectured.
The last train has gone and you will
be obliged to take a carriage into
The city. It is a sleepy November
night cold and raw, and you will
have 10 miles Of rough riding before
you get homel"
"But at the end of them / shall
Ind Anne Phillipsr' was the lover
ike reply, with o sudden illumina-
lion of the face.
They told him he was dying, and
hat the end was very near. II am
'eady to CO." was his reply, land
rave no preparation to make. But I
lad hoped to stay with my wife to |
he end. Who will care for her as I
AVE done?"
They bore me on O cot into the
oom where Wendell was dying"
aid Mrs. Phillips, "for a last inter-
lew. remember little about 1t, for
was in terrible anguish. But held
nyself in strong control, and did
ot groan, nor moan even, for that
7ould have made it so much harder
Or poor Wondell to die. NORTH ,
Imerican Review.
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Settled.

First Old Lady-Guard, open this
window; shall smother to deathi
Second Ditto-Guard, shut this
window, or I'll freeze to death!
First Old Lady (again) Guard,
will you raise
Irate Male Passenger Qnterrupt-
ing)-Guard, open that window and
freeze one of these old women to
death; then shut it and smother the
other one.
Silence In the train.-Hverpool
Mercury.
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"Oh! stay, the maiden said, and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast"
81 can't" said he ~ must climb the hills,
The summer Is past, now sell pills,
Notthe pills Of old fashioned make
That caused dreadful stomach ache
But wee little things that you cen can smile
S As they gently remove their enemy-bile.
Who use them once, thereafter are zealots,
In praise Of "Pierce's Pleasant Pellets"
They regulate the bowels, and cure sick
the result of constipation or bill
business, without disturbing the diet or occu-
patton of the patient. Sugar-coated-a child
can take them.
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LANGUAGE OF THE HAND.
Revelation of Character by DArpentisnyss
System Of Chirognomy.

|
In D'Arpentigny's system of chi-
rognomy he divides hands into sew
en- classes, says a writer In the Phil
adelphia Times. The lowest type is
the elementary, or large palmed
hand, In which the fingers are large
and stiff, the thumb short and gen.
orally turned back and the palm
big, thick md hard. It's possessors,
according to this authority, are de-
void of enthusiasm and wanting in
resources and moral strength. Their
feelings are heavy and sluggish,
their imaginations dull and their
souls inert. The spatulated, type
comes next in order and derives its
name from the fact that the finger
ends are fattened and broadened
out after the manner of spatula.
This variety is rare In southern
countries, having Its origin in lati-
tudes where the severity of the oil
mate and the comparatively sterile
nature Of the soil make movement
and 1ooomotion and the practice Of
those arts which protect the phys
ical weakness of man necessary.
The comic hand has smooth fin-
gers, terminating In cone or thin
BILE, and indicates q talent for the
plastic arts-painting, sculpture and
monumental architecture. It also
shows a poetic imagination and love
of the beautiful in the solid and Wis.
ible form, but II Gonetesa an aversion
to rigorous deduction. Its owners
are enthusiastic and romantic, but
are under the subjection of phanta-
sy. The square type is of medium
size and has the thumb large, with
the ball we'll developed, the palm
hollow and rather firm and the I'm.
ger tips square. To 1T belong perse-
verance, foresight and convention.
ality. Its owners are endowed with i
vigorous intelligence, but they are
denizens of the earth. They are with
out wings and cannot soar.
In the knotty or philosophic type
the finger joints are well marked |
and their ends terminate in q half
square, half comic form. "Have you |
such a hands" says D'Arpentigny. |
Know, then, that 1t proolaims gen |
ius, an inclination toward specula-
tive ideas, a capacity for the higher
philosophical sciences and for the
rigorous deductions of verbal argu-
ment It evinoes a love Of the alb
true, an interest in ideas
rather than in things. advanced logic
and poetry of reason andof thought.
The pointed or psychic hand Is
the most beautiful of all. It has q
medium palm and smooth fingers, or
fingers with the joints only just
peroeptible. Their upper phalanx
s long, and drawn out to "a point,
Ind the thumb is small and elegant.
TO it belong love of contempla-
ion, idealisin, religious feeling, in
Inference to material interests, poe
ry Of soul and of heart lyric In
'piration and taste for oil things
beautiful by their form and essence,
,ut particularly by the latter. Should
he hand be large. with joints slight
y visible, it indicates force, but it
'lso shows lack Of ingenuousness. ,
The mixed hand is the most oon-
using, being combination Of two ,
ypes. Like the separate breeds of ?,
ogs, however, the different varie-
les cannot alter themselves beyond
certain point. Inobedienoe to some !
coult force they are continually !.
rought back to their original puri- :
Y.
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A Queer situ.sIep.

Applicant-No; I didn't git no
fixed wages where / was last. I
worked ON time.
Business Man We're you dis.
charged?
Eyes, Sir. I expected to be there
for years, but they discharged me
In three years for bein good.
That's strange. Where did you
work." I.
In the penitentiary. "-Philadel-
phia Record.
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snANoMorHsR,s PATCHWORK QUILT.
A motley and but meaningless
To you q thing Of shreds

A motley and but meaningless
10 you thing Of shreds
And patches-but queer and quaint
Old eurio-its threads
All make clew to lead me down
The labyrinth Of time
And set my grandma's wedding bells
Once more. for me, a-chime.
The air grows sweet, as with the breath
OF orange blooms and ioi
seem to see the happy bride
And happy bridegroom 60.
all but hear the hearts that beat
Within each happy breast,
Beneath those bits Of grandma's gown
And grandpa's wedding vest.
Nor is 1t only wedding bells
bear, nor orange bloom j
That fills the air. The cypress hangs
All heavy DER tomb,
And sad and far away hear
Or seem to hear-the bell
That tolls above lovely head !
Laid low the funeral kneil.
Ny hand falls tenderly, as on
A grave. whene'er touch !:
That tear stained bit Of baby blue.
Though well we know "of such"
A. she, who wore IL long ago,
"The kingdom" Is. dry eyed I
We cannot see what once was hers,
The little girl that died.
And grandma tells with trembling lips
How old she'd be today,
Her Arstborn-dfty- -dve-And thinks
OF childish heart grown gray
With grief. Yet. though she gives to God
Thanks that her pet ne'er knew
A care, her tears still fall upon
That bit Of baby blue.
And 30 she follows, one by one,
The friends Of other days.
The loved and lost come back to her
Along the patchwork maze,
And ancestors never knew
Seem ghosts to me no more,
Az grandma points the pieces out
OF garments that they wore.
Like storied stones that 60 to make
The names Of great men shine
Through mists Of years. these little bits
OF faded silk combine
That humber lives be not forgot.
TO many heart you've built
A monument, o tiny blocks
OF grandma's patchwork Quilti
Anonymous.
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By the Book.

Mr.. Nuwed-Is all the ice gomez
Mrs. Nuwed-Yes. The cookbook
said to boil the potatoes in cold wa
ter, and used it all in keeping the
water GOLD while they were boiling,
and the horrid things are not soft
yet. Washington Times.
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I have never met any one by
whose side / have felt my invisible
goodness aroused without his be-
coming at the same instant better
than myself. Maetetlihok.
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Miss. Beckon-I wonder why Manger B.
has so much trouble with is leading lady?
He never used to have.
Miss Hubb-Why. don't you know?
The idiot married her at the end of last
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THE mounrAINsEa,s sroaY.
How Joe's Wife Saved Him From Capt1ze
BY the Union Soldiers.

\
| by the Union Soldiers.
"Yo' see, the trail used to run
straight ahead to the branch. "said
the mountaineer to me as we halted
where it turned to the right and
wound up the hillside. What yo'
see in front of yo' is all fill, brung
down thar by an avalanche a good
many years ago."
"Was any one kiilad?" asked.
"Sit down and Il tell yo' about
1t. Down thar wha$ yo' SOW the
ohimbly standin used to bo Joe Pc
ters' cabin. Joe wasn't union when
the war broke out, same as the rest
Of us, but listed into tho rebel ar
my. Why he desnrted mover did
git at tho truth. bat OHIO day he
walked out o. camp and cum home
to his wife. Now and then, fur two
or throe vars, they sent soldiers up
yere to captur' him, but he allus got
warned and slipped into the woods.
In the winter Of 1854 he was took
powerful sick, and thar wasn't q
doctor within ten miles and no.nay-
burs to help his wife. Ono AFTERNOON
she got word that 90 soldiers war
cumin up arter Joo. he was too siok
to be moved. Sho couldn' t fight 'cn
single handed, and it looked as IL
they would git him fur shore. He'd
made 'em SO much trubble that
they'd shorely have killed him In
his bed"
'Well, did she get him into the
cellar?"
Don't reckon tho cabin had a
cellar. sab. No, that wouldn't hev
done any good, as they was purity
shore to burn the cabin. She was a
mighty brave woman. she was. and
when she knowed tho sol,liers was
marchin up this road she thought of
the high bank which run along over
thar, and the big rock on top'of it
about midway, and she cum ont
yere and did two hours Of powerful
hard work. Then she went back,
made Joe as easy rs possible. and
cum back yere with his rifle. It was
dark when them soldiers got along.
They was all punched up In a heap
and marchin softly. when Joe's wife
bore down on tho lever she had un.
der the big rock and sent it rollin>
It started way up thar by that dead l
tree. and it hrung down trees. BUSH
ss, rocks, logs and dirt to load 900 |
cars" /
"And 1t caught tho soldicrs?" |
Caught 'em far uni squ.lr', sab. !
It cum with sici, ruS:i tiiat tbnr
vas no goin back or goin ahead. /
Thar was raviao to tilo left of the
rail. It swept 'a-n int, that ard
hen filed in Oh 'c'n. an.l t;lar ar'
ihar today under 80 fsot of staff"
"And Joo's wi:o2" Iquariad. /
"Waal, she toll mo all about it mr.
or tho wah. She said thar was j;ssi
mo yell--one la'... w:il Scream
rom them - ilcl AZ t.Iny heard t.;
valanc,lo swcc;,i1 d5y:I--intl t;Icn
II was still. Joe beard fiat scream
3 he lay on l.l;i h.:sl and know,al |
vhat it meant. ua e,t web nr:.r
while and then they .s.'sit of 70
1orth Keerliny, and s -.::le!l,,S the
mpty cabin got On ilro nad v..sj.
urned down. Rich laa.l II: n thar, |,
nd tcan bo bought p,w"rf:;i c,e !, II
ut no one want, it. Folks who cu,n
long ycro at night SEQ a woman |
ryin at a rock up yan-feel Ito
irtli shako-h a shriek fr:';a
lein 90 men, al Il ti...ir hearts Il On T. |
sop jumpin till they've hiu hnnlo. i
q hour. I've helped bury Inaav a.
cad man, but I don't want no land / e
round yera-not as a gifel"-De- 1
'oit FREQ Press. IL
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CATARRH

the nasul Passages, Allays Pain and Imam
nation, Heals the sores, Protects the Menu
brane from colds, Restores the senses Of
Iaste ana smell. The Balm issapplied di-
and gives relief at once. Ely,e RineeI
Hn1lam y sure cure for Coughs, Coda.
e. Price q Cream Balms 30 cents at Drug.
Ely BROS. s. Warren st., n.
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Eczema Isn't
A Nice Disease.

It is painful, irritating,
disgusting-offensive alike to the
sufferer and his friends. The little
watery, blistery eruptions itch and
tingle. Scratching doesn't help.
You may scratch to the bone and
only make it worse, but it can be
cured by using
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Muehi IN the Wa.
Alrar. wil,in. to ou1,e..

He-If thire is s,irsiing a woman
enjoys, Il u l'eiEy 4 i.,arfyr.
Siic-.Ansi hose ws.,ing some MIN.
Is to h Sv s:. ssir.scif that
war II s.. .::.s,,s a..i.
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Il am cured since taking Hoods Sarsap-
arilla." is what many thousands are say
ing. 1t gives renewed vitality and yigor.
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Above the Normal.

Z Mrs. Boston-Is my daughters
cold better, doctor? How did you
dnd her temperature?
Doctor (absently) )-Just above the
freezing point Detroit Free Press.
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Dogs kept exclusively for guiding
blind persons. or for tending sheep
or cattle on . farm, or by shepherds,
are exempt from taxation in ENG.
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The Weekly Post,

Since 1861 I haze been
a sufferer from catarrh.
L tried Ely's Cream
Balm and to all appear
dnces am cured. Ter.
ri6fe headaches r ON
schicb Ihdd long suffer
ed are gone W. J..
Hitchcock, Late Major.
y. s. Pol. q A. A. Gen !.
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Washington
......Letter

, might be inferred
from the stories
sent out from
Was b in Ct on by
those more anx-
ious to furnish
sensational m a t.
ter than to tell
the truth that the
Repu b licans in
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Eczema shows itself in other
ways, but when little blisters, or
scaly, watery patches appear, this
ointment should be used at once.
1t cures quickly and permanently.
1t cures other skin diseases, too
tetter, ring worm. itch, salt rheum,
dandruff, pimples, blotches and
scald head. Numerous cases of
itching piles, which are caused by
an Inflammation of the mucous lin
ing Of the rectum, have been per-
manently Cured by this potent and
soothing emollient.
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Philadelphia manufactures every
year $526. 600. 600 worth OF material. !
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There is little doubt Of the animesity
of the admin istralinn towards Gener-
al Miles. Mr.. Cleveland only gave him
promotion TO which be Was clearly en-
titled because lie could not deprive him
of it without such manifest Injustice
that even Mr.. Cleveland would not be
guilty of. Now this ariiinusity has been
shown in new Way. S-cfetary La
mont has written letter to Senator
Hawley, Chairman of the committee
on Military Affairs. against The bill
which has been introduced in both
branches Of Congress, 10 revive the
grade of Lieutenant-General of the
Army for Gen. Miles. There would
have been nothing improper in the ad-
ministration opposing this bill, al
tho ugh no further back than in the
last Congress it favored identically the
same bill for the benefit of Gen Scofield:
but there is no question about its hav-
ing been improper for Secretary La
mont to imply that he opposed the bill
for no other reason than that he did
not consider Gen. Miles worthy Of the
distinction. However, Gen. Miles
ought to be able to stand that sort of
thing of the admiDistr tratiOn can.
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so cents. Druggists.
FOSTER MEDICINE CO.,
BALTIMORE, MD.

FOSTERS GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY
cATARRH CURE will relieve all infamma-
ton of the nasal passages and will cure the
worst casfs Of catarrh. It's so cents at drug
stores.
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Neither Chairman Babcock, of Wis,
nor vice chairman Apsley, of Mass,
had any opposition for their old posi-
tions on the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee. Nor did they
deserve to have any. Their. work in
the last Congressional campaign has
never excelled for thoroughness. How.
thorough it was may be judged from
the fact that just a week before the
election of '94, Chairman Babcock
wagered a fine supper for nine news
paper men that the Republican men,
bership in the House Of the fifth-fourth
Congress would exceed 232. At tie
time it was thought that Mr.. Babcock
made the wager solely for political ef-
feet. But he didn't. He made In on
the close canvass of every congressional
district which had been made under
his supervision for the committee. When
the figures were made up, he had
twelve members to spare, as the Repub-
licans elected 244. He proposes that
the Committees work shall be lust as
thoroughly done this year.
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Senate committees have been auth
orized to make favorable reports on
reports on Senator Mitchell's resolution
to amend the constitution so as to pro-
vide for the election of Senators by di-
rect vote, and on Senator Gears bill
for the admission to statehood of New
Mexico.
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port the several gentlen Q 4 who are will
ing to lead the Republican party to
victory this year going around scowl-
ing at each other, ready to quarrel and
and fight every time one of them says
q word in favor of his candidate. This
is all tommyrot. There never has been
contest carried OIL with frie ndlier
words than the present, up to this time
Every one of the candidates for the
nomination has friends in Congress
who lose no opportunity to talk up the
fitness of their man, and it is common
to find in group Of half dozen Re-
publicans the champions of three or
four candidate es, but the discussions
are all thoroughly good natured. There
is no Safeguarding. Every one is
willing to concede that all the other
candidates are good men, but of course,
his is the best. 1t is doubtful if sim
gle case could be given of a Repu bli-
can member of either branch of Con-
gress saying a word derogatory to a
for the Republican nominal
tion, although every one of them is
pulling all the wires at his command
to elect delegates for his choice.
The Senate divided the past week be-
tween talking about Cuba and Col.
duPont's claim for seat ia that body,
and incidentally hear a four hour anti
administration silver speech from Sena-
tor Cockrell, of Mo.
With the exception of unseating