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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
SOUTH DAKOTA G. A. R.
The T~hirteenth Annual Encampmcnt
Opens mt WatcrtOwn.

WATERFOWL, 8. d., June 3.-The thir-
teenth annual encampment of the de-
partment of South Dakota G.. A. II.
opened here this morning, in the pres
visitors. The Woman's Relief corps
and the Sons Of Veterans are also hold
Ing their annual gathering today. Gen.
eral Walker. commander in chief of the
G. A. r., accompanied by members OF
his staff, is expected tomorrow. when a
general camp fire will be held In his
honor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Western League.
Western Association.
A Funny Excuse.

The teachers at a certain well known
grammar school here are still smiling
over a written xcuse recently handed
1t by one Of the scholars. The well
known rule Is that each pupil shall only
be excused from attendance by a note
telling the reason of his or her absence.
This read:
Dear Miss Blahk-R!ease excuse
John for not being at school yesterday
as he had to stay at home and help his
father butcher his mother"
And yet theymurderer,goes at large.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Pensions Granted.

Washington. une 5.-Pensions were
granted as follows;
Iowa: Increase--Harry G. Reed,
Bradyville: VIM. NJ. Turk, Bennington:
Joseph Plat. Oelwin. Original Widows
and Minors-Adelaide Pearson, Pitts
burg: a n Smith. Perry; minor of VIM.
Gibbs. EaTlville; Mary Miller. Bona
parte, Mary j. Hartman. Redfield;
Sarah j Lester, Davis City; Lydia A.
Campbell. Dakota City; Amanda Fill
son. Upton.
Chapman. Waubay. Widows-Minor OF
VIM. Gibbs, Alcester.
Nebraska: Original, Special-Henry
b. Myers. Omaha. Reissue-Joseph
Stewart, Petersburg. Widows-Myra
s. Chaffin, Davenport; Sarah A. Carry.
Brady Island.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Charged With PLAGIARISM.

Yankton, S. D.. June 3.-Last week at
the intercollegiate o~ratorical contest
Miss Hyde of the state university at
Vermillion won first prize In the contest
with six colleges. Now charges Of pla-
giarism are made against her. She Is
charged with copying a large portion
OF her grafton from an English author.
The key that led to this discovery was
a note on the Grafton by the president
OF the Ohio state university.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Students viii Play Convention.

Chicago. June 5.-Students Of the
University of Chicago to the number Of
233 assembled today in convention for
the purpose Of nominating a democratic
candidate for the presidency Of the
United States. A large number of dele
gates are members or embryonic menu
bers of the republican party, notably
among these being l.. Brent Vaughn.
ex-president Of the American Repub-
lican College league. 1t was decided,
however. that a republican convention
would be a failure. as II would probably
resolve itself into a Mckinley ratiica.
ton meeting without any preliminary
interest In the Way of n contest. +
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
The Pulitzer Scholarship.

New York. June 5.-The Teachers
college of this city is thronged today
with boy graduatese Of the grammar
schools attracted by Mr.. Joseph Pulit-
zer's offer Of ten scholarships annually
To be awarded TO the ten boys from the
graduating classes making the best rec
ord in a competitive examination. The
scholarships consist Of a cash payment
Of $3.50 a year and free tuition I'm the
Horace Mann high school.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Times HenIfnu

They say that time assuaGes,"
Time never did assuage;
An actual suffering strengthens
AS sinews do. with age.
limo Is a test Of trouble,
But not a remedy;
If such IL prove, IL proves, too,
Theirs was no malady.
Emily Dickinson. I'm the Independent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
THE MARKETS.
SinuX CITY Live Stock.

Sioux City. June 6.-Sioux City Stock
Heavy, 81. $50
2. 50: mixed and light, 81. 90Q3 90.
Cattlc-Quotations: Cows and heifers,
81 2j6I3 rs: bulls. 81 .O0d3 90: veals. SO. 00d
IS; sockers and feeders. So .0q3. GO; calves
.Er ----it~--~ al -Aolaa so
= Chicago, June s.-s @. m.-Hogs-Re-
ce,pts, 1900. Market &c higher than yes
terday's close. Quotations: Heavy, 50. 20G
3.31k; mixed, SO. 05a3. 40; light. SO. 25d3 80;
rough heavy, 81. e0u3. O5.
Cattle-Receipts, 80. Market steady.
Shcep-Rcceipts, 1900. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
SETTLES A CONTEST.
Rinaker, Republican, ~ Declared
Elected From the 10th Illinois.

Washington, June 5.-Electlons com-
mittee No. l has authorized Repre-
sentative Moody, ven, Massachusetts,. to
report to the house today that a recount
OF the ballots cast In the Sixteenth I'LL
nois district at the last congressional
election shows that Mr.. Rinaker, rep.
Is entitled 10 the seat now occupied by
Mr.. Downing. dem. by a plurality OF
six votes. This report receives the In
dorsement of the full committee and
practically settles Il controversy that
has been in many respects one Of the
most interesting In the history Of con-
tested election cases for many years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
SOUTH DAKOTA N. G.
Encampmcnt OF the First Battalion
At Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, S. ID. June 5.-The encamp-
ment Of the First battalion of South la
kota national guards opened today I'm
this city with company l.. of Bryant
and company f. of Aberdeen hi camp.
Companies from Waterfowl and Huron
Will arrive tonight 1nd battery A of
Clark is enroute overland, due To reach
here sunday morning. The camp will
be under command of Major Lee Slower
of Watertown. with Lieutenant A. ).
Frost of Fort Custer. Mont, detailed
as military instructor. About $50 men
will be present and the encampment
viii be held one week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Parting.

Ny life closed .wice before Its close:
1t yet remains to see
III Immortality unveil
A third event to me.
So huge, SO hopeless to conceive
As this hat twice befeli.
Parting IL all we know Of heaven,
And all we need OF hell.
Emily Dickinson, I'm Scribner's Mara.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Washington Star: "Doan put In yoh time
%psrducin. advice" said Uncle Ebsn. -De
teks II fob muffin he ara lfbls tor ask M
30 done yoh Q favor"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Mexican Christian Endeavor Union

Zacatecas. Mex, June 5.-The Nation.
al Christian Endeavor union of Mexico
me here In annual convention today.
Rev. F. e. Clerk. president of the United
Societies OF Christian Endeavor, Is pres
n and will deliver an address. The
growth OF h organization In Mexico
has been most gratifying during the
past year. and the principal topic OF
discussion during the convention viii
be plans for future work along lines
calculated to maintain the good record
already established.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
THE FARMERS DAUGHTER.
Let tho Dear Girl Hunt Hens Rather
Than "A Husband.

Than u Husband.
Much has been said and written on
keeping the boys on the farm" and
many pleas have been made urging
farmers TO give their boys an interest
In some kind Of stock or crop, and thus
make their labor of some pecuniary
value 20 themselves. Every boy likes
TO have n little money that he may call
bis own, and that he can spend as ho
likes. But how Is it in regard to the
girls? Have you ever seen anything
written In regard to "keeping the girls
on the farm?" Or are they of SO lit
tie account That the only thought il
TO get them married off as quickly as
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
New south Dakota Corporations.

Pierre, June ARTICLES of incorpora-
tion have been filed for the Beresford
Building and Loan association. with 81
capital stock of 500. 600; incorIorators.
August Frieberg, w. H. Wallace n
Others. For the Mellette Tribune Pub
fishing company. with a capital Of ST.
900; i~ncorporators, Hartwell Cady,
Robert H. McCaughey. Charles Breunn
and Il. w. Cole. For the Yankton and
Norfolk Railway company. with a cap
ital of 500, 900; incorporators. william
II. Edmunds, Martin +. Gilman. Harry
Eller, Charles IL. Dillon, Henry G..
SWinhoe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

a Pasadena woma Is devoting a
large part Of her time to making MARINA
lade from a species of orange cultivated
for that purpose-the Sevillian. A Red
lands man is making syrup from orange
juice. vinegar from the pulp, oil from
the rind, and selling candied peel and
dried rind. These are but examples Of
the multifarious possibilities Of the
orange, which, as yet, IL scarcely appre-
clated in California. and thought of
merely as q refreshing fruit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
French Routed by Natives.

Paris, June 5.-The government is
In receipt of information that the
French expedition which recently left
Salaga en- route for the Niged, has been
routed by the natives. Three Europeans
and many natives belonging to the ex-
petition were killed by poisoned arrows.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

There IL not much of a boom Mt pres
Il for growing sunfowers, but the
line will come when they will be large
~ grown here. as they are in Russia, 10
press Into oil. Even now q few should
be planted every year to grow Tor poul-
try during winter. They are excellent
for moulting fowls, because Of the oil
they contain. but when fowls are not
tnoulting the sunfiower seed should be
fed sparingiy, SO MS not TO fatten them.
They are better feed for laying fowl
Is corn.-Rural World. !
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
A south Dakota 1',yister.

Chamberlain, S. D., June Ga lorna
do passed through the country forty or
fifty miles west of here Thursday. 1t
tore up the ground and destroyed sew
eral buildings belonging to ranchmen,
but no loss Of life is reported. The
twister crossed White river to Rosebud
eservation. 1t is not known what, if
Y, damage IL did there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
The HOuEC

Washington, June Sin the ure-
NJ Henderson. rep. Wa. n
.oaaS Sre.n the eonn,nitss. s.ss~sauaI
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
NIiueapOlis.

Minneapolis, Jun 6.-Wheat vas firm
and l1ac higher today at the close.
Closing P~rices-June. 56Sc; Jnly, $3.50;
September, 56Mc.
On Track-Hard. 57xc; No. / northern.
56Ac; No. 2 northern. 56Isc.
Receipts-I7o,6 $50 bushels.
S~hipments-19,2 $50 bushels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Criminal proceedings have been COM
menced at Niles. Mich. by Mrs. Maggie
Jennings against Isaac Weaver for the
malicious destruction of one hen. This
Is considered a rather extraordinary
affair and has caused no end OF COM
ment. The prosecuting attorney refuses
to act on such a trivial affair. but for
all this the case Is not yet settled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
HURRICANE IN NEBRASKA.
Considerable Damage o i'm Il Y
Vicinity of Pender. \
Pendar was visited last evening by :

hurricane, accompanied by a severe
hailstorm. For miles around the fences
were wholly destroyed, the wires being
strewn across the public highways to
such an extent that they are impassa-
BILE. The residence OF William Sydon
and a large number Of granaries n
cattle sheds are scattered over several
sections of land. Several members Of
Sydon's family are seriously injured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Search Is being made in Chicago for
a meal descendant of Benjamin Frank
lin to unveil the monument erected TO
his memory in Lincoln park by Joseph
Medill Of the Chicago Tribune. 1t may
be necessary to gel east to obtain the
desired person. Chicago Is a marvel,
ard all that, but 1t Is a little shy on old
families.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
New Postmasters.

Washington. June 6.-Joseph Law.
rencew was appointed postmaster at Vim.
cent, Los Angeles county. California
and H.. q. Wolf at Pinon. Colorado. to
day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

A cambria shirt worn by Louis XVI,
on the day before his death realised
$50 and the napkin used at mass on the
morning of his execution $500. at a re-
cent London sale.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

A cambria shirt worn by Louis XVI.
or the day before his death realized
1910 and the napkin used at mass on the
morning OF his execution $3.50. at q re-
cen London sale.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Death of a Minister.

Aberdeen, S.. D., June 5.-Rev. w. II.
Smith, pastor since 1892 OF the Wesleyan
Methodist church Of this city. died today
aged rs years. He will be buried at
Worthwhile tomorrow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Isn't 1t
.ltchison Gle

.ItchISOn GlObe. n
There always seems To DO In every
town, no matter how small, one girl
with hair so long that she makes a good
goddess of liberty In a Decoration dny
procession
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Storm In lOWn.

jefferson, Ia, June "a fearful storm
ragged in western Iowa at IL o'clock last
night, heavy %washouts are reported
near Charter oak and Dunlap. Wires
are down. No serious damage here.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

: An extraordinary thing happened the
other day at Terre Hautc. when a wild
over so years Of age married a woman
older than himself. This Is much more
surprising than II he had chosen a bride
Of IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

A petrffied man was found the other
day In a forest near Columbus, O., but
most of h other male residents of that
state will be able to cast a vote at the
presidential election In November.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

DIR. Chauvet of Fordham, owner Of the
famous Poe cottage In that suburb, has
summarily elected the tenant. This
tenant. who Is a laundryman, had
nailed up a sign on which was painted
Poe Laundry" n perched above the
sign was a wooden raven!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
X. Of i. Officers.

Yankton, S. d., June 5.-The grand
Lodge X. Of +. elected the following
officers:
Grand Chancellor-C. n. Herried.
Vice Grand Chancellor-F. +. Deval.
Grand Prelate-H. +. Benedict.
Grand Keeper Of Records and Seal
c. T.. Warner.
Grand Master Of Exchequer-J. r..
Platt.
Grand Master at Arms-W. $.
Grand Inside Guard-G. Il. Enes.
Grand Outside Guard-C. NJ. Caten.
Grand Treasurer-Georgs r.. Collins.
Sioux Falls was selected as the place
or the next annual session.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Consul General nj Amin.

Washington, June 5.-The senate has
confirmed the nomination OF William
Churchill of New York to be consul gen.
eral at Apia, Samoa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Barely 52 per cent OF the households
Of London take a morning newspaper.
So per cent take either a morning or
evening newspaper and 81 per cent pur-
chase neither.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
Fashionable Chirosraphy.
Atchlson Globe.

Postpone falling In love until the up-
right style OF penmanship Is no longer
the fad. It makes q girl very angry
when q man who claims to love her
can't read her writing. ~
Philadelphia Record She--O. gracIous,
Ny Trilby 10 6vengalied. .
He-What?
shor-My foot's asleep.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

1t Ia stated on good authority that
about 200 gamblers and all-around
toughs have recently arrived in Astoria.
Ore. from Portland and other cities
from which they have been shut out
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Mrs. u. $. Grant, wife of the general,
has written a letter to Senator Squire,
thanking him for the resolution which
ne has introduced in the a provid-
ing for a Grant statue. II have long
looked and hoped for IN expression Of
some kind from the government says
Mrs. Grant, land think your thought, IL
carried out, would be a grand fulfillment
of that hope. ! thank o senator"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

The Ferris wheel has started up
again at Chicago and Is whlrlIng crowds
Of people through the air.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

New York Weekly: Bachelor-I am told
that a married man can live on half the
Income that a single man requires.
Married Man-Yes. He has TO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Macbeth's duel with Macduff had Sc
rious consequences at a performance at
Chatham. In England, lately. Gordon
Craig. Ellen Tsrrv's son, who WAS act
ing Macbeth. broke his word and gave
Macduff a bad cut on his hand. The
curtain was rung down, when a rope
broke, and the curtain hit a scene shift
err on the head, knocking him senseless.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

The newest idea in locks Is one with
e-lt a dial and which is opened by the
use Of the fingers and the sense Of feel
ing or that OF hearing. The action of a
frame dropping INTO a number Of CORFU
cations and manipulated by h knob
can be heard and felt. and 1t is by these
sounds that the manipulation is guided
in throwing back the lock. The knob is
turned 10 the right and TO the left again,
and finally a turn which draws back the
bolt. The loci is capable Of $50 combi-
nations. and the combinations can be
changed al any time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

Americans are more generous, as a
class, than the English, but they prefer
To he generous to their liking rather
than in recognition Of a claim upon
them. A rich woman died the other day.
a childless widow, and left $50, 900 to a
woman's college, although nearly re-
lated to her are two young girls who
are crying their pretty yes out because
they cannot have a college education.
tached two temporary scholarships as
conditions To her handsome bequest, n
thus helped in W. ways, although the
circumstances of the case We're well un-
derstood and more thar once deplored
by her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13

The English government has recently
assumed control Of all the trunk line or
long distance telephone business In the
United Kingdom. Fol this purpose $5.-
OO0, 900 has been appropriated by the
house of m to purchase existing
lines and an additional sum of 81, 800, 900
has since been appropriated for the erec-
ton Of additional lines.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-30

New Wants, To Let, For sale, Lost, Found
and Similar advertisements will be found under
heir appropriate headson Page g.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-30
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace M. Jordan Of
New York spent Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. E. G. Jordan of Da nforth
street.
Mrs. Edith II. Graham of Cambridge,
Mass, purchased and had de-
livered to her in Portland Fri
day the celebrated ruby spaniel
"KinR Robin" the dog that won the
first prize at the exhibition in New York
last year, and half brother to the dog
Gillie, owned by Prince Bismarck, for
which he paid $1,000.
Mr.. George W. Percy, senior member
of the firm of Percy & Hamilton, lead
ing architects in San Francisco. Is in the
city, the guest of Mr.. D. ". Clark of
State street. He will return to Califor-
mia early in December, taking with him
Mrs. Percy, who has been spending the
last two months with her father in her
early home. Mr.. Percy began the study
Of architecture with Mr.. Fassett Of this
city.
Capt. Dunphy Is In the city the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mccarthy. He
is stopping at Mrs. Cox's. corner of Park
and Gray streets. His little daughter
gave an elegant birthday party to her
young friends at The Sherwood on Sat-
urday.
J. r. CLANCY of the Allan line has
taken rooms at the Falmouth hotel for
the winter.
Eddie johnson, the printer, formerly
employed in Boston, who has been con-
fined to his home with a slight illness,
is able to be about again He will re-
turn to Boston soon.
The following were among the arrivals
at the Congress Square hotel yesterday:
g. B. Osborn, Charles Hopper, Beth
Franklyn, Mrs. Marie Bates, Bernice
Wheeler, Charles Buckley, &. E. Brown,
New York city; Miss Louise Boland,
lewiston; Frank Whitney, Bangor;
F. L. Wildes. Auburn; R. R. Goodall,
Baltimore; W. P. Clement, Gorham, N.
II. q. L. Thompson, Lewiston; P. p.
Crafts. II. G. Bradley, Boston; G. B.
Wellington, Albion.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-30
SECOND ANNIVERSARY.
Young Women's Christian Association LIS
tened to Miss Price of Chicago at the
High St. Church Last Evening,

sRThe Young Women's Christian Asso.
citation of Portland. celebrated it's second
anniversary In most auspioious way al
the High street Congregational church
last evening. The church was complete
ly filed by people anxious to hear Miss
E. K. Price of Chicago. general score
tary of the International committee of
the Y. W. c. A., who was the speaker of
the evening.
Mrs. Hussey Of Deering, the president
Of the local association, presided, and
gracefully introduced the speaker of the
evening.
MISS PRICE
is young lady of strong and attractive
face. has good platform presence and
is an earnest and very rapid talker.
Among other matters, she told the story
OF the birth of the parent womans' asso-
ciation In '72. The organization of the
International committee was only ten
years ago. 1t is the aim of this Interna-
tional committee to secure in the work
of til various associations, unity of
purpose, method and result. She told of
the growth of the associations till they
are now active IN 6lXty-tWo cities In the
United States, with an enrolled men,
bership of 10000. There are three
hundred similar associations in the col
leges with membership of IL, 900 young
women.
She described the work of the city as
sociations IN their four departments,
Physical, Social, Educational and Spirit
nal. Her accounts Of work already per-
formed were interesting, and enlivened
with many a true aneodote of incident
in the eventful work Of the big olty as
sociations
Her closing appeal was for the lifting up
of young womanbood and interest in the
association a work. She eloquently pic
tured the legend of St. Christopher and
closed with the following touching stan
"a:
What SO gre at, soEgood, so lovely
Can cur aspirations claim?
How to be made pure and holy,
Stamped with my Redeemer's hume.
Other beauties MI grow dim
In compafi ison with him.
At the close of Miss Prices address,
Mrs. Cole told Of the local work and
offered prayer. The big audience gave
rapt attention all through the service.
The music, under Mr.. Rankin, was ex-
cellent.5 &aAa -
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-30
The Theosophists.

Sunday evening. and an interested audi.
once gathered at SAG 1-2 Congress street,
to listen to an address by the president
of the branch. or Thanksgiving from
Theosophical Standpoint.
The rooms Of the society are open to
the public every Wednesday for those
who care to ask questions or borrow
books.