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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-16

Roses and orchids are to be the
chief flowers for table decoration
during the summer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-16

The first law OF gravity Never
laugh at yonr own jokes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-16

An upright carriagc-The eleva-
tor,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-16

Forests cover one-tbird of the
land surface of the earth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-16
How to XIII Red Ants.

IT see in Home and Farm, writes
correspondent, 'the question asked
what will kill big, red ants? Here
is q certain shot for them. Pick a
time of day when the ants are all in
their hole-say Il or l o'clock noon
Pour in the hole one teacupful of
water. Quickly follow the water
with one.third or one-half q tea
cupfull of bisulphate of carban-
better known as hot drops Of high
life. Give time to get bottle of hot
drops fifteen or twenty yards from
the hole. Keep bottle well corked.
Then stick lighted match to hole.
Let the burning go on for ten or
fifteen minutes, then fill up and stop
the hole with earth to keep the fume
in. That is the last of that ant bed.
One quart OF hot drops will kill six
beds of ants and its cost is 40 cents,
Hawaiian honeysuckles sgrow in
clusters on low bushes right on the
very brink of the birthstone beds
and are so numerous that a bushel
may be easily gathered in half an
hour. In appearance they somewhat
resemble cranberry, and the flavor
is pleasantly suggestive of grapes.
It is worth remembering, espec-
:: 6
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-16
Constable Sale.

STATE of louisiana Parish Of
Vcrmilion-5rd Justices Court
No. So.
Solomon 1saacs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Settled the Question Of Age.


d. W. Caldwell, the late president of
the Lake Shore, and John F. Miller,
general superintendent of the South
western system of the Pennsylvania,
We're friends all their lives, but there
was one thing on which they could
never agree, and that was as to which
was the older One day they were
driving up to Caldwelrs country home
in a buggy.
"John," said the Lake Shore man,
''you have always insisted that am
older than YOU
"Why, Of course. | was born in
That's all right, John; if you are
younger than l am suppose you onen
the gate"
Without a word Mr.. Miller climbed
from the buggy, opened the gate, and
Mr.. Caldwell drove through. And then
he did not stop, but went on to the
house, leaving Mr.. Miller to follow
through the dark and mud as best he
could. When the house was reached
the soil was scraped off Mr.. Miller and
nothing more was said. He had proved
that he was the younger man of the
two.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
DEATH or HENRY GEORGE.
Noted Appetite of Single Tax Succumbs
to ApopIexy.

Noted Appetite of Single Tax Succumbs
to ApopIexy.
Henry George, the apostle of single tax,
died suddenly at 5 o'clock Friday morning
In his room at the Union Square Hotel,
New York City. Apoplexy was the cause
Mr.. George made four speeches Thursday
night in his campaign as candidate for
Mayor of Greater New York, and was
very fatigued when he retired. 1t is be-
lieved the sudden attack that ended his
life was brought on by the unusually Sc
we're strain occasioned by his speech-mak-
ing.
Henry George was the mayoralty can
didate of the silver Democrats of Greater
New York. He had made up to the night
before his death red hot campaign, in
which he promised, if elected, to do his
best to send Richard Croker to the peni-
Tertiary. To his denunciations of Croker
he added denunciations of Senator Thorn
as G. Plat. He had entered the contest
with great earnestness, and his campaign
speeches throughout were marked with
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

great fervor and earnestness His ex-
haustive labors are thought to have led
directly to his death.
Henry George was born in Philadelphia
ON Sept. 2, 1889, and as a boy went to
California. He drifted into journalism
in San Francisco and attained some celeb
rity as a writer on political theories. In
1879 he published Progress and Poverty,
which acquired a world wide reputation.
In it he gave the result of his investi.a-
tions among the poor of the great cities
and his theories for reform. About the
same time he first expressed his plan of
taxing property on a single value-thajt is,
taxing the land itself and not the i'm
provements thereon. This was the origin
of the single tax doctrine.
In 1880 he removed to New York. The
following year he published a volume on
Ireland and England. His publications
of various theories on political economy
made him one Of the best known men in
the country In 1856 he was the candi-
date of the Ia boring element for Mayor
of New York, but was defeated by Abram
S. Hewitt by $4,000 votes. He led Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the Republican nominee,
by 5000 votes. Ever since then Mr..
George has been more or less Identified
with political movements.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Winding Outside. Nor In.

Parents, 1t seems to me from NV i'm.
tied but interested observation of them
generally bring up their children. NOR
ally, according to one of two theories
one Is to constantly point out a child,s
faults and defects, and punish it be-
cause 1t possesses them. The other Is
TO constantly hold up an ideal, and pun
ISL the child where it falls short of it.
! For instance, the mother Of one of the
most successful and charming families
know told me she never enforced
obedience. Until a child has learned
TO obey she said, Il punish her for
dlsobedience, and then let the matter
drop. l used to have sieges that wore
out both sides with my self-willed little
daughter to make her obey me in even
trif1ing things.
lone day, after particularly lengthy
battle, she finally said: I'm mindipg
you, mamma, because you're bigger
than | am. But want you to know
that I'm not minding one bit inside
The personal element, the conflict be-
tween her will and mine, was all that
her childish reasoning had grasped.
And that wasn't at all what l wanted.
After that l put obedience before
her as what was right, disobedience
as what was wrong, and made her feel
that disobedience was promptly pun
lshed, While all happiness lay in the
path OF obedience and right. Little by
little her growing instinct upon right
and wrong, her developed sense of
moral responsibility, made her always
choose to obey. She had learned more
than simply the hopelessness of hold
ing out against somebody bigger than
herself. And meanwhile she hadn't
lost confidence in herself from being
constantly made to feel naughty
Harper's Bazaar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

Blanco says he will end the Cuban war
in seven months. Weyler was going to do
it in six.
Among recent interpretations in New
York is 1.-The Motherhood Company, Linn
ited' Very.
Notwithstanding the reports from Lon
don, Salisbury probably will neither re-
sign nor blow out the gas.
There is rumor afioat that the Yerkes
telescope is the finest one in the world;
scientists ought to look into that.
soThe Last Fly of Summer" is the title
of a poem printed recently in a Maine
paper. 1t is a very spectacular produc-
ton.
The writer of an article in a current re-
view who says that there is no excite
ment in modern military life" evidently
had not heard recently from Fort Shesi-
dan.
A young woman in Brunswick, n. j.,
has Just fallen heir to S25.o00.00O. The
dispatches do not state whether she is
beautiful or not, but she certainly has a
magnificent figure.
We suggest that Gen. Weyler's hand
baggage be searched before he leaves
Cuba. Unless Spain adopts that precau-
ton he will probably take his famous
trocha away from the island.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
The Worry of 1t.

The world has come to know that the
muscles have much to do with the
health of the system, and the era of
athletics has so developed them that
the whole man is a stronger being than
in former years. But the worry Of it
all is that the muscles are Of the flesh,
feshy. A little twist, or slip, Or jerk
these happen in all w0rk-and then a
sprain. Sprains disa bic and are costly
in time and money, but not if St.
Jacobs Oil is used, for it cures surely
and promptly and the worry Of it is
over.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
A LARGE JOB.

self-appointed job, Mr.. Young has chang
ed every piece of gold and paper cur
rency in the treasury to its equivalent IN
silver cartwheel dollars. This will enable
the Governor and his assistant to bend
their backs, lame their wrists and con-
sumo good deal of valuable time In
counting 120 tons Of silver dollars. More
over, Treasurer Young will not permit
either the Governor or the judge to enter
the treasury without giving bonds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
The Nervous Americans.

Americans are q fearfully nervous
people. 1t takes less provocation to
send the average American into ner-
vous spasm than any other person on
earth. IL there is a nation which should
Let stimulants alone we are the nation.
Veto say nothing OF liquor, as to which
we are no worse than others-We are
Unsuitable coffee drinkers. Yes, and the
practice helps ell our hospitals and pen
itentiaries Why not drop coffee and
drink Grain instead? The latter does
not act or the nerves, while it does
nourish, warm, soothe, cheer and build
up the body 1t gives you what you
need and does no harm Prepared from
pure grain Try IL and you won't go
back to coffee The whole family can
drink Grain-O, Mt night, too, If you like
then sleep soandly. Ask your grocer
for a package; 15c- or 25c. each.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
shipwrecked ON che Seine.

Paris, being seaport, has enjoyed
the excitement OF a shipwreck on the
Seine a 120-foot steamer collided with
one of the wash-h0uses near the Pont
d'Arcole, and had TO be beached on the
quay to avoid laundering.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Practices Law.

Ito A. Little. a bright young
Sn 1:?:. s :;ss s::sS : saf Lii:
,lreadyy, pts as she is bright .a and
eleTer aD' she is twenty-five years OLD
tcn nel. oduate from law school OF
and l"p Tenn, in which State she
Nasl'i,.o1 though her parents removed
vas o0ln, when she was quite a enid
10 hans~ ,or wfo is a man OF means,
Her la' no expense in her education
sparea Nv u the first colored woman OF
and s sny i who has begun regular prae e
e: 5 % Go; 5:sas: ;o /. a 6s most nss s,s
said oS a,,np woman they have e'el
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
wbee,iur and the Hearing.

An emineat Italian physician, curious
to observe the effect of fatigue on cy-
clists, receatiy examined twenty-four
men who had ridden thirty-two miles
In two hours and a quarter, and found
that, with reference to the hearing, in
nearly every instance it was defective,
though it became normal again after
two or three hours rest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

-. ,s the prayer of the nervous VINO do
THIS - ,nelI Let them use Hestetter's
poi sieep p;+tars and their prayer will be
St0n .i,[ answered Insomnia is the product
speeui.' -+ior and nervousness. tive assec!-
Of lhu'7. soon remedied 10y the Eitters-
ste a''L ,ro ,roporishps malaria, constipa ton
which aaiF sv rheumatism ana kidney
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Here's a Good Suggestion.

The New Britain Herald makes the
suggestion that Connecticut have a
new edition OF the statutes in two sec
tons. One can contain the laws that
are to be enforced and the other th.a
ones passed not to be carried out, but
merely to placate public opinion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

The Queen Of England owns Il dress
manufactured entirely OF spiders webs.
1t was present from the late Empires !;
OF Brazil, whe had It specially pre-
pared In her palace by twenty natiy.'
silk-workerH
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

vito has been studying geology
Wy, ~! borse is so full of rocks l can't
lna Wv Mace to sit down" What will
r DDp do about it?" I've induced her to
you w os+ronemy.' as that any bet
'ah -, aOf course; she can't collect
IT, .,;rons "-Chicago Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Medical Diplomacy.

She-HoW do you manage, doctor. to
make yourself SO popular with all your
patients?
He-Oh, assure those who only
think they're i'll that they really are i'll,
while those who really are i'll | assure
that they are quite well.-Sketchy Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

The Japanese language is said to con-
tain 60,O00 words, every one of which
requires different symbol. 1t is quite
Impossible fer enc man to learn the en-
tire language, and well-educa-ed
Japanese is familiar with only about
10000 words
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
,.,s Family Medicine

,,-os tho bowels each day. In order
w. ~ healthy this is necessary. Acts
10 ps ~ the liver and kidneys. Cures
eenu SIoodache. Price Is and 5oe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
Beware ar Ofussa nts f0r Catarrh tina,
&Qaszfu AcFcury.

rs mercury RlH surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely ssefange the whole system
when entering ls tEuoug, the mucous surfaces.
Such. articles Should neser be used except on
damage they win do Is teIisoid to the good you
can possibly t4erise from them. Halls Catarrh
do, O., contains 40 mercury. and Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and ml-
couS surfaces Of Che system. In buying Halls
C&tarrh Cure DC >siye Aea get the genuine. 1t Is
taken interLras2y. and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
f. j. Cheney Is Co. Testimonials free.
vSold by Druggists. &c per bottle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

Little Sister-What's the difference
tween 'lectric'try an lightnin'! Little
Brother-You don't have to pay nuthln
for lightnin'.-Dctroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

If the hair is falling out and turning
gray, the glands of the skin need stimu-
lating and eo}ex-f oad, and the best remedy
and stimuianf Is Halls Hair Remover.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

Around Copenhagen al cyclists are
obliged, under penalty Of fine, to walk
their machines down hill, no matter
how Slight the incline.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
ounhinc Leads to Consumption.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 20 and %
cent bottles, Go at once; delays are dam
gerOuS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04
WORK FOR THE GOVERNOR.
Washington's State Treasurer Ar

WashingtOn's State Treasurer AZ
ranges a Big Job for the Executive.
Gov. Rogers of Washington has pro-
claimed his intention of Investigating
State Treasurer Young's accounts. He
has announced that he, in company with
one of the Supreme Court judges, will
count all the money in the treasury.
In order that the Governor may have as
much enjoyment as possible cut of his
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

uo,rchpr-A fellow who feels duty
bound to bread his record his bicycle
or his neck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.-Mrs. G.
Beltz, 439 Sth ave-, Denver, Col, Nov. 8,
1895.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

The railways Of the world carry over
100000 passengers weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

America Supplies Egypt.
The electric railway in Cairo, Egypt,
Is about twenty miles long. More than
GO miles of American iron and copper
wire have been used for this line.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

r,r1nrtakpr-A man who follows the
medical profession.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-04

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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-04
ZINC WALL PAPER.
A Cheap and Durable Mural Decoration
Made in Imitation of Marble.

A Cheap and Durable Mural Decoration
Made in Imitation of Marble.
Zinc wall paper is the latest oddity
and several residences of the highest
with the zinc class now building will be
equipped with the zinc are prepared
by new process, so as to exactly re-
semble marble. The most beautiful
varieties of marble are initiated in such
a manner that the imposture is only to
be detected after q close examination.
The zinc is attached to the wall by a
cement invented for the purpose. The
surface of the zinc is enamelled so as to
render it permanent and washable.
Tiles or any other form of mural COW
cring can be initiated as readily as
marble and the material is made in u
great variety of patterns.
1t is claimed for this new departure
in decorative material that while it is
as permanent as tiles or marble, it is
much cheaper, and can be put on as
easily as ordinary wall paper. 1t can
be applied, too, to any surface, whether
fat, broken or sound, and any beading,
etc., can be embossed on the metal to
complete q design or panel.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-04
A THREE-DAYS' DANCE.

Tho Longest Ball on Record, with Com
slant Relays of Musicians and Dancers.
What promises to be the longest ball
on record will soon be held in Brighton,
England, in the cause of charity. 1t is
said it will last, continuously, for three
days and three nights. Just how this
will be managed has not yet been
learned. 1t is possible, however, that
it can be kept going by q careful ar
dancers who will reel off the waltzes,
mazurkas and schottisches one after
the other. Probably IL short interval
will be allowed in the daytime for rest,
and then the program resumed with in
creased ardor.
The entertainment, says the New
York Journal, is TO be givenin the town
hall, and the institution is to be bene-
ited by it as a dispensary for the relief
of the sick poor. There is n long list OF
titled people among the patronesses,
and it is presumed that many members
of the nobility named will grace the oc-
casion by their presence. The duchess
of Teck is the greatest "altesse" on the
list, which also includes the countess of
Munster, Baroness de Worms, Lady FL
lis, Lady Pococlt, and several score of
the untitled gentry of the place. The
lord lieutenant of the county, the mar
quis of Abergavenny, is the nominal
head of the affair, but whether the nu-
thorship of the idea is his is not stated
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-04
BUCKEYE NEWS.
NeE and Interesting Happenings Within
Our Borders.
THIRTEEN iii STEP

Broke and Millionaire Martin Weber Fell
Down StaIrs-He Received Fatal Injur-
les.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 9 2-Martin Weber,
the millionaire iron merchant, and
brother of ex-Sheriff George Weber,
was fatally injured by falling down
stairs at the iron store at S2S Main
street, Saturday morning. Mr.. Weber,
who is a bachelor, lives in room over
the store, and was coming down
stairs with his account-book in his
hand, One of the wooden steps
about two.thirds of the way up, the
18th step from the bottom broke, and
Mr.. Weber was prccipitated to the
floor. He caught the banuistcr, which
caused him to swing around and fall
backward down Sle flight. The noise
attracted the attention of his brother
George, who found him doubled up on
the lower landing unconscious.
Drs. Z. w. Walker and T. S. Conner
were called and found fracture at
the base of the brain, which they pro-
nounccd fatal. He was taken up
stairs to his room and his relatives
summoned.
Weber is one of the best known mer-
chants in Cincinnati. He is 60 years
old and weighs 2G0 pounds.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-04
THE MARKETS.


CINCINNATI, JAN
FLouR-Spring fancy, s39o1425; spring
family, So So l3 s5 spring patent, 81 5594 30;
winter patent, A756495; fancy, 81 250i so;
family, So 60 aS.9o; extra, s. 75a %; low grades
s. 500275; rye, northwestern, S27012 SO do
city, So 7o32 80.
WHEAT-No. red nominal at 95G96c.
CoRS-Sales: Yellow ear on track, 2ic No.
ssa. mixed on track 's'' No yellow on track
oATs-Sales: Noe mixed on track, l9hc;
No mixed, on track, lie; sample mixed, on
track, lie; No, white, on track, 1sc
HoGs-Select shippers, SO. .350a4O; select
butchers, sS.35G3 40; fair to good packers.
IS. .25 eS 49, fair to good light S. Ss26aa.4o COM
mon and roughs s27513l5.
CATrLE-Fair to good shippers, s3 1901 40;
extras s450n4 60; good to choice butchers.
s3.90G425; fair to medium butchers, $3.50
1885, common, az. 25G3o0
SHI;EP AND LAMBs-Sheep-Extra 50 600
a75; good to choice, sS000350: common to
fair, s225D27a Lambs-Extras, $4,000 IS;
good 70 choice, si35G4.65; common to fair,
80. 25lD425.
VEAL CALvEs-Fair TO good light, $500
G 25; common and large, ssOO0525.
wooL-Unwashed, fine merino, 9010c per
lb quarter-b blood clothing, l98l3c; medium,
delaine and clothing, l2Dl4c; braid ll0l2c;
medium combing. l30l4Mc. Washed, fine me-
rino to Xxx, 1l019c; medium clothing, lao
| i5c; deIaine fleece, 141ll5c. long comblng, $50
16c; quarter-blood and low, l391sc; common
coarse. 1l0l2c; tub-washed, choice, 70lso;
tub washed, average, le917c
. NEW YORK, Jan. 2
WHEAT-May. 80 e-l6SsoBc; July, s5MasiXc
CoRN-No 2, 2sss03oSc; January sS929ssc;
May SixDslzc
oArs-western, sa9so, February, ss1c;
May, 231c
CHICAGO, Jan.
WHAT--January. soXci May, slXc; June,
coHs-January. ssH@ssHc; May, s5Xc; July.
26A026Xc.
! oArs--January, 1886; May, i9zc
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-04
Lives With the Bullets In His Brain

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 2.-Chas. Holtz
quarreled with his wife New Years
eve, so he left Iris home on Iona street
in respondent mood, going to rcla-
tives on Winchester avenue. Friday
morning at 9 o'clock pistol shots were
heard coming from the room occupied
by Holtz An investigation was made
and he was found on the floor with
three ugly bullet wounds in his head.
When the doctor was sent for he said
that the case WAS more than marvel
Gus, inasmuch as all the bullets had
lodged in the suicides brain. He was
astonished to find him alive. When
removed to St. Johns hospital a Sec
ond investigation showed that the man
will live
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-04
N Als ARMS.
This Man Caught Deer and Secured u
After N Hard Struggle.

This Man Caught Deer and Secured tt
After n Hard Struggle.
Harry Middlehouse of Grand Rapids.
Mich, who O short time since was Wis
iting at Remus, Mich, had the novel ex-
perience of catching n live deer in his
arms, says the American Field. The
deer was 25O-pound buck, which,
though once captive, had been roam
ing the woods and fields for the last
four years, and was nbout as wild as if
it had never set eyes ON a human being.
The buck was seen, and Middlehouse
bid behind log while Farwell, his
companion, circled round and drove
the deer toward him. The buck came di-
rect to the edge of the log where Mid
dlehouse was hiding and stopped, when
Middlehousc sprang up and caught the
deer around the neck. Then grand
tussle ensued, Middlehouse winning the
first fall, but the buck was on it's feet
again in a moment. Farwell was too
far away to give him any assistance,
and by the time Farwell reached him
Middlehouse was about worn out in his
struggles to hold the deer, his cloth
ing had nearly all been torn off and he
had two big bruises on his side made by
the bucks feet. Farwell finally came
to his assistance, and the two placed n
halter around the deer's neck and tied
it to a tree. After resting for o time
the men bound the deer's feet together
and carted it back to its old home, from
where, the next day, it was shipped to
Grand Rapids, where it is to have "A
home in the city park.