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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07

, along the roadside where cuts have been
| made. but more often found IN the banks
| or bed OF a decply-cut mountain stream.
| Whether the clay has any particular
| poisonous OF demoralizing properties can
| not be stated beyond opinion CLEANED
| from observation OF its effects. -. 50 iar
! as information at hand declares. there
is no record OF its ever having been an
| alyzed
Throuehout a dozen counties along the
upper Licking and Kentucky rivers and
closer 10 the Tennessee line. these clays
are both 10 be found I'm abundance.
Fortunately, the consumers are not so
literally distributed although the habit
is more or less encountered over the en-
tire territory. In several counties that
might be named. there are families OF
more than the usual wealth and inilu-
cnce that have members addicted 10 Inc
habit.
show i'm the growth OF the child. for
the appetite o. nearly always acquired
I'm extreme youth before. In fact, the run
significance of the act can be appro-
priately realized Development IN every
respect is stunted. unless 1t be in the
way Of dcpravity and the light hearted
cayety and ViVacty Of youth give way
TO the sullen morOscncss OF disap-
pointed and dissipated middle age.
Life becomes Il bufNen ana the oTll-
nary tasks Of living a torture. reck-
less disregard OF responsibility develops
and only the depreciation Of energy as
well prevents the most dangerous OF no
lures from developing. II the child sue
ceeds In reaching manhood 10 is with
ruined life I'm fee. Better a thousand
times that It die In infancy IT'S life and
being is mockery. only the mortal
shell exists: all else is Slapped away
II Is only with the most heroic treat
ment that the cure can be affected even
ln childhood 10 has not been very long
since I'm one OF the mountain counties q !
man and his wife were arrested and taken |
20 the county seat for inhumaulv whip |
ping their offspring. q little girl Of six |
years. There IL was explained that the |
child had acquired the habit OF eating |
dirt and that II she was not corrected !
I'm youth there was no hope in later years. !
The Judge released the couple and ad- |
vised spicing OF persuasion with their |
reprimands.
In another county now penetrated by n 1
railroad and rapidly developing its rich
natural resources. the habit was com
mon decade ago and IS yet extensively |
followed. To hear II remarked that SO
and SOS boy wouldn't live long ne was
eating dirt. was nothing unusual. nor In
fact was the iulhllmont Of the prophcsv |
And here. as IN many other places. moth
ing unusual was thought az the condi- /
''~"" hat had been familiar through q
lifetime.
Less than year ago family moved
20 this city from a distance in the coun-
try. and OF the widow and hsr six chill
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07

Cuving sweep of n FURNISHED wing
Black MS the gloom OF winter night.
Stronc On sense Of hardy nieht
over the woods and the mountain height
Winds and the white moon following.
What though the lightn.nss fancici
played
Hide and seek I'm tho darkllne esice
Thou on the storms broad breast dilst
rise,
Sailing on MS an arrow fllo3
Loosed mo foeman5 ambu. lde.
What though the hail made fierce attack
Beating down on thine ebon wings.
Rain that chilis and the s.eet thIf STING
Naught TO thee were these huncfines
Borne along i'm the tempest-wrlck.
Send my soul ON n sable wing
Death. when the darkness falls on me-,
Iot me wander hy land and s.a
FREQ as the crows fight. sea. Gas free,
Winds and the white moon Glowing.
Ernest McGa0ey songs am Lyrics
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07

The proper degree OF formality obser-
we'd al the White House, so far "a the
officials are concerned. is sometimes In
contrast with the procedure In earlier
days. In recently published recollectiOns
Of long liie. the author describes "a
scene he witnessed at the White House
in President Van Burens time. In honor
OF the inauguration, Il cheese had been
sent 10 the new chief magistrate. It was
the size of a large round table" Pieces
OF IL. together with crackers. were handed
round TO persons assembled. The whole
house and almost the whole city was re-
dolent OF cheese, fragments OF IL lying
everywhere on the streets. All this may
seem 10 have brought the President near
or the people. but the country can to-day
quite appropriately dispense with that
form az patsrpaIism.-Youths Companion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07
taineers is. however. question that is

taineers is. however. a question that Is
impossible TO answer.
There are old men OF the mountain
country who assert that the habit was
handed down 10 the early settlers from
their savage companions as a maj curse
ere the red men turned their faces west
ward. If indeed this explanation Is true,
the Indian has worked vengeance. 81
lent and continuous. more damnable than
any wrought by massacre. fire or pillage
upon unsuspecting victims la the earliest
DAYS Of antdConism and settlement.
From the dirt-caters themselves there
can be secured no satisfactory eXplana-
ton OF Their strange craving, or state
ment either OF record or tradition as 10
its inception. They only remember that
they learned Il from their parents ana
in doing so accepted the pleasures ana
penalties alike without question.
Ordinarily these people are OF that class
who cling 10 the mountains. su5sisting
upon anything tha' may come 10 hand
having little regard for the future and
no regrets for the past; whose entire lie
has been spent within practically single
horizon. and whose idle. shiftlcss, unac-
countable natures would be passports 10
the poor house in any other community
more favored with the modern mercies.
No explanation Of their appetite Is Of
IcfCu. anu III ltHills Alt ItNAiiAif a'tA
and seemingly greasy yellow clay one eX-
perienoes nothing of an enthralling ma
lure In the sensation rather ~ Is OF that
repugnance ever associated with the idea
of eating dirt. a repugnanco conceived
by many OF Ms years. years ago within
the dingy walls OF "a narrow schoOl-rOOm.
where we read with unspeakable horror
in dog-eared geography OF "a certain
class Of South American Indians whose
chief sustenance durins certain seasons
was dried clay from the shore Of tho
Amazon and it's tributaries.
Yet here Is a marked difference fe-
tween the Kentucky drt-eater ana his
southern predecessor. Here IT Is not a
matter Of necessity; hunger does not en-
for into the consideration. 10 Is purely
and simply habit. for which there IS
apparently not vcstige Of intelligent |
reason. and whose effects morally. men !
tally. and physically are deplorablo In the !
extreme.
THE dlrt-eaters OF Kentucky are pc |
cnlIar people. Their complexion. very |
~oon after adopting the habit. begins 10
assume 10 a more or less striking degree
she Same color as the dirt-a sickly sal |
lew. They are lazy, stupid and entirely
v,thout snergy. sullen. ignorant, and
,r.ouently half-witted. They care moth
,ng FOR the ordinary pleasures Of life.
a,s content 10 subsist upon tho most
-,szsre fare capable OF sustaining life.
M 6najIy die tribe short of what u
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07
Tongue Iwisters,

Six thick thistle sticks.
Flesh Of freshly fried flying fish.
The sea ceaseth. but IL sufficeth us
Give Crimes Jim's great gilt gig whip
Two toads. totally tired. tried to trot to
Tedburg.
Strict. strong. Stephen Stringer. shared
six sickly silky snakes
She stood at the door OF Mrs. Smiths
hshsauce shop, welcoming him i'm.
Swan swan over the sea: swim. swan.
SWIM swan swan back again; well swum
swan.
haddock. q haddock. q black-spotted
haddock. a black spot on the black back
OF 4 blackspOtted haddock.
Susan shlneth shoes and socks; socks
ana shoes shines Susan. She ceaseth
shining shoes ana socks. for shoes and
socks shock Susen.-Chatterbo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07

FREDERICK. MD. Feb. CA bold rob-
berry was committed ycste -day morning
at tho Araby Tol-gato house. occupied hy
Mr. and Mrs. Mkcsell on the George.
town turnpike. about four miles from
Frederick -Four masked men entered tho
house and bound Mr.. and Mrs. 1rikoscu
hand and foot They then rauslrsed Tho
house. securing $50 In money and t,5 worth
Of valuables. including o. gold watch.
There is no clew 90 tho robbers.
Mr. Mikescu. IN attempting 20 protect
head bv the robbers. This Is tho soc0n
toI-gate house robbery I'm this counts
within the past few weeks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07
VIRGINIA'S TWO SEALS.
nov THEF UERE RESTORED BY
1CT or TINE LEGISLATURE'
The Old Great Seal Mysteriously Disap-
peared About the Time Of the h'acu-
ation-Flng OF the commonwealth

As stated IN The Times a few days ago.
the Adjutant-Geferal Of the State or
Rhode Island recently wrote to the Al
jEtant-General Of Virginia, asking MN ior
information as to whether the nag oi
this Commonwealth had ever peeh
changed. Having been informed that cel-
tain changes had been made under Ho'-
ernor Cameron, 1 determined 10 look INTO
, the matter. and when l called at the
office Of the Secretary Of the common
wealth. Mr.. j. G.. Hankins, his chief
clerk very kindly furnished me 'ne io'-
lowing Information for publication IN the
columns OF The Times: - 80
The Executive Journal or Mdrch 80
1881. contains the following: -,
The Governor ordered that from tnis
date the new seal be used, ana thd' 'He
Old one be defaced."
On the same day Governor cameron
sent the following communication " 'ne
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth Of virginia.
Governor once.
Richmond. Va. March -, 1881.
Hon. H. vs.. Flournoy, Secretary Oh the
COmmOnW calth.
Dear Sir.--You will receive from Sher-
win McRae. Esq. the new Great sea- OF
the Commonwealth OF Virginia, 10 De
used from this day IN all cases TO when
the Great Seal is applicable; and after
such reception. the present Great seal
shall be defaced I'm the manner prescribed
by the third section of the act approved
March q. 1913. and IT'S use discontinued.
but the seal TO be preserved BY the Sec
rotary OF the Commonwealth.
You Will please enter the above on the
Executive Journal
WILLIAM L. CAMERON.
The act referred 10 IN this COmmunica-
ton was follows:
ESTABLISHING SEAL AND FLAG.
An act 10 establish the seals AMI Tags
Of the Commonwealth, approved M1cch
-. 1913:
Whereas the seals OF the Common
wealth of Virginia. which were adopted
I'm lll9, and used until the year 1867 were
stolen or mislaid al the time of the evacu-
arCn of the city OF Richmond, in April,
lso5. and whereas, ON the restoration Of
the State government under Governor
PierpOnt, he caused "a new seal 70 be en-
Gr5Ned similar I'm every respect 10 tho
old. except that 10 contained the words
Liberty and Union which said words
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07
The Play aud the Actor.

What was the play and who was the
principal actor the night that Lincoln
vas shot?
The play was "rhe American Cousin ."
~ Tom Taylor Tho principal actor was
Laura kcanc who was taking "a benefit
that night, II being the last night hut
one, OF her stay IN Washington. Wilkes
Booth, the murderer OF the President.
was not connected With the theatre at the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Didu,t Want Manual Tr.,ntne.

Didn't Want Manual Training.
"What am your opinion OBJ dis man
ual training dey talk OBJ introducing
into our schools. Uncle Samson?" IN
quired Marc Antony Washington, in a
respectful tone, Of his nearest neigh
Dor.
II haven't gibben de subject de full
benefits OBJ de ADMINISTRATIONS OBJ my
mind yet, sah," replied Uncle Samson.
promptly, though q close observer
might have noticed a puzzled look on
his sable c~ountenance at the moment
he heard his neighbours question; "but
on de whole, I don't approve Of It,"
'Is dat so?" said Mr.. Washington, In
evident surprise; NOW I thought you'd
be right down pleased to have your
Louisa's Joshua get dat manual train
ing"
mo. sah," said Uncle Samson, grow.
Ing secure in his own mind as he went
on. mot 80 long. as his nav. and me Is
alive. ] don't approve Of manual train
ing in de school for Joshua Romulus.
He nm q mighty servig'rous chile. dat's
true, but his nav has got q good
strong arm. and dere's considerable
power left in mine, yet, sab, and what
manual training dat boy needs, his
NAV OF mt will glib him right here a.
home. yes. sahi"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Tit for Tat

Angered at the attendance Of the
young women school teachers Of the
place at the meetings Of a dancing
club, the School Board Of Usage City,
Kan. passed a resolution forbidding
further indulgence in such gayety, on
the ground that the influence upon the
pupils would not be good. The town
arose and asserted itself. The knights
Of Pythias stood up for the teachers,
and n business mems meeting vas held,
at which a resolution was passed that
the members of the School Board be in
structed to refrain from the use of to-
bacco, as good results to the pupils
could not be accomplished while such q
practice al INDUCED in.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Millions Of Cook Books Given Away

N11lllOn0 Oh LOOK ktOOk0 O1VCn away.
There is one large house in this country
that has taken business on its turn and
means to ride in on the rising tide. Alive
to the signs of better times and to the best
interests of the people, they are now cir
culating among families a valuable pub
LEGATION known as The Charles A. Voge-
Ter Company's Cookery Book and Book of
Comfort and Health, which contains very
choice information on the subject of cook
ing. Receipts for the preparation of good.
substantial and dainty dishes. prepared es.
pecially for it by a leading authority. will
be found in its pages. Much care has
been taken in its preparation and distribu-
tion, with the hope that it will be just
the thing needed for housekeepers. and
just the thing needed also for the care of
the health and household. As a Cookery
Book it will be invaluable to keep on hand
for reference.
1t also contains full information in re.
gard to the great remedies Of this house.
which provide against bodily ailments, es-
pecially the Master Cure for Pains and
Aches. st. Jacobs Oil.
To give some idea of the labor and ex-
pense of this output, more than 200 tons
of paper has been used in its publication,
and at the rate of 100000 a day, 1t has
taken several months for the issue.
The book can be had Of druggists every.
where, or by enclosing a &c stamp to The
Charles 4. Voseler Company, Baltimore,
Md.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Names OF tho Pre.idcnts.

The first five Presidents had no mid
die name, and Mckinley is the seven
tenth President without one. The list
includes George Washington. John Ad-
ans. Thomas Jefferson, James Madi-
son, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson,
Martin Van Buren,. John Tyler, Zach
airy Taylor. Willard Fillmore, Franklin
Pierce, James Buchanan. Abraham Lin.
coin, Andrew johnson, Grover Cleve-
land. Benjamin Harrison and William
NcEipley,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
FIeHT WITH a BEAR.
A Colorado Miner's Terrific Struggle
with a Maddened Brute.

a COLORADO Mtner'0 Terrific Struggle
with a Maddened Brute.
A prospector named Anderson, who
IS working a claim near the Tam
O'Shanter group of mines in Ashcroft,
Colo, fought a terrific battle with q
large black bear the other day. An
derson, with the assistance of his dog,
proved victor in the desperate encoun-
ter, but he will carry marks Of the en-
gagement to his grave.
Anderson started out early in the az
ternoon with q dog and Winchester rifle
to hunt, bear tracks having been re-
ported within a few miles Of the mines.
He and the dog picked up the tracks
n trailed them for about three miles,
when they became fresher and the dog
bayed the fact that he had the scent.
b snow was quite deep and Ander.
son plunged through, taking little or no
precaution to see where he was going.
He was suddenly arrested by a howl
OF pain from the dog. and looked up
only to be confronted by IN enormous
bear that had swatted the canine one
and sent it bowling toward its master.
The bear squatted on Its launches
waiting for Anderson to open the fight.
The man recovered from his aston
lshment quickly, and raising his rifle
ared at random and started to retreat.
In doing so his foot caught in some
brush and he fell. Bruin, hit and mad
dened at the pain, was over the pros.
trate man in an instant, and then came
a life-and-death struggle. Man and
bear rolled over and over. The dog
proved a valuable ally to Anderson and
worried Bruin considerably by biting
his hind legs. So aggravating did the
dog become that the bear turned its at
tention from the man to its tormentor.
1t was a fatal movement for the bear.
as it gave Anderson an opportunity to
set out a hunting knife he carried, and
when Bruin turned again the man
closed in with the animal and buried
the knife in its breast. Bruin fell over
dead and Anderson dropped exhausted.
The mans clothing was literally torn
from him and hung in shreds. His
face. head, body. hands, arms and legs
were terribly lacerated, and 1t will be
several weeks before he will be able
to hunt bears again. The bear weighed
$50 pounds.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Are You Gong to wasl.nx.on to,l.
inauguration of Vim. Mckinley.

The big -Four Route" in connrrtioi
sith the picturesque Chesapeake an
ohio Railway. offers the best f%acili,ic.
from Chicago. St. Louis. Peoria, Indian
apolis, Tcrre Haute, Lafayette, Benton
Iiarbor, Detroit. Toledo, Sandusky.
Springfield, Dayton and intermediate
points via Cincinnati.
Through Palace Sleeping Cars from 81.
Louis and indianapolis. The most beauti.
fnl and interesting route. Scenery unsur-
passed and historical interest u%nequalled.
All trains are magnificcntly equipped with
Wagner sleeping cars. buffet parlor cars
and dining cars. Ask for tickets via "Big
-Four" and &C. & o." Routes.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
New Line to Washington, d. G.

The Monon has established n new
through sleeping car route between Chi
cage and Washington, ID. c., by way of
Cincinnati. via Monon, c.. II. & D., b.
& o. S. w. and B. 4 o. Railways. The
sleeper is ready for occupancy in Dear
born station at 8 p. m., and leaves at
2:45 n. IN. daily. arriving Ell Washington
ut G:47 the following morning. Schedule
in effect Jan. "a.
AS the sleeper goes through without
change, and the hours of leaving and ar
irving are most convenient. this will prove
altogether the most comfortable as we'll
as the most pie urcsque route to the na-
tional capital. City ticket Office. 2332
Clark street. Depot. Dearborn station.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Singing Good for the Lungs.

Singing Good for the Lunes,
1t is asserted that singing is q cor.
receive of the too common tendency to
pulmonic complaints. An eminent ply.
sician observes on the subject: "The
Germans are seldom afflicted with II.
sumption, and this, I believe. is in part
occasioned by the strength which their
lungs acquire by exercising them in vo.
cal music, for this constitutes an essen.
tial branch OF their education"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

Hazlitt fell in love with the daughter
Of his landlady, a young woman who
helped the servants in the work of the
boarding house, and seems to have been
a little too familiar with the boarders.
The letters Of the charming essayist to
this young person verge on the border.
land of idiocy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

The value of the bones, hoofs. horns,
horn tips, strips and waste exported
from the United States to the glue
and phosphate factories Of Europe in
1895 was S2SS,OS4.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Monkey Meat.

A Nashville, Tenn, man announces
that he will soon start a monkey ranch
In the Florida everglades to supply
monkey meat Mt low prices to those
who cannot afford to buy beef. He
says that the meat has q delicious fla
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

The correct way is to buy goods from
the manufactures when possible. The
Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mnnufac-
turing Company. of Elkhart. lndiana,
have no agents. They make first-class
goods, ship anywhere. privilege to exam.
inc. See advertisements
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable. Mich, April Fl, 1895.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

So far as history throws any light
on the subject, the development of the
sugar cam .nd the making Of sugar
began in Bengal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

When men begin drinking, they gen
orally stop thinking.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

As the name indicates, Halls Vegetable
Sicilian Hair Remover is a remover of the
hair, including its growth, health, YOUTH
full color, and beauty. 1t will please Won.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

Wheat seeds retain their vitality
from three to ten years.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
ss-sold by Druggists. IS cents. W. A''s10' y

Sheridan fell in love with Miss Lin
ley. and told the story in 1.-The Rivals
hic is u true ccoun Of his court.
shin
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

A candy dealer of national repute
says The American m eat more
candy than any feminines on the face
of the earth"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

Iowa farms for sale on crop payments, 10.
per pe,s cent ,nt cash; , haIanes y crop yearly. until
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

CAscARErs st,mu. ate liver. kidneys and bowels New.
er s'cken. weaken or grlpe. lOc.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

From the standpoint of the bulldog,
this is a very %quarrelsome world.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

The world has learned more from its
poor than it has from it's kings.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
1867 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE.

1867 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE.
Don't believe it. nor did the editor
until he saw Salzer's great farm seed
catalogue. It's wonderful what an ar
ray of facts and figures and new
things and big yields and great testi
monias it contains.
send This Notice and 10 Cents Stamp.
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse
Wis.,, for catalogue and IL rare farm
seed samples, worth $40, to get a start
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Vibrating In Tuneful Accoru.

like the strings Of n musical instrument, the
nervous system in health harmonises pleas.
But weakened or overwronght. it jansles
most inharmoniously. Quiet and lnyIgoru.e
It with the great trrnquillizcr and tonic,
HOsteter's Stomach R,ttcrs. which promotes
digestion. bilious secretion md n regular no.
tinn of the bowels. and prevents malarial,
rheumatic and kidney complaints.
The Bush1nen. or low-grade Hotten.
tots, on the plains OF South Africa,
have a language which has been proved
by GARNER TO be a close approxima-
ton to that of the higher apes. 1t con-
sists of kissing, clicking and grunting
sounds.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

Over 400. 900 cured. Why not let No-To.Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
saves money. makes health and maphood. Cure
guaranteed. soc and 81. all druggists.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

WHEN bilious or cost,ye. eat . Csscaret. candy ca
tlartic. cure guaranteed, loo. 25c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
Ragged Ton

For information write Mr.. j. R. Blu
sshanan, General Passenger Agent, OmahA,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19
No.to.Bac Tor Nfty Como.

Embarrassing in Massachusetts is a
luxury, costing S223.S2 per acre.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-19

The man who robs another of hi,
right loses most by the transaction.