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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-19
METEOROLOGICAL.

Weather Conditions For the Next
Twenty-four Hours.
Local forecast for San Antonio and
vicinity for SO hours, from s a. m.
Feb. 10:
Threatening and showers tonight,
clearing Saturday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-19

This is large full roll we'll built strong, substantial
rocker and usually sells for $3.50 Reed and Rattan Rock
Paror Suits Odd Chairs and Ssttees proporonatey
low prices Kitchen Chairs, $50 Oak Cane Seat Dining
Chairs 85c; Oak Cane Seat Rockers sI.35; Sxfoot Oak
Extension Tables $500 Folding Beds, Springs attached
$4oo Bed Room Suits s14oo Fvepiece tapestry Parlor
Suits 1880 Book Cases. China Closets Sideboard Chef
oners Lounges, Couches. Window Shades, Carpets Mat
ngs Stoves and in fact everything needed for furnishing
house complete.
G. A. SHOWERS FURNITURE co.
2o2 West Commerce Street.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

SaylOr'S vote in the First ward for
council was 1872; scattering, l. For
school board, Campbell 80, Richard
SOn'55. Second ward-Crane SO, Muir
ray 50; Rush 81, Brent Sc. Third
ward-Luening 242; CarneS 161, Gar
land "a. Fourth ward-Pember l45,
Reid lO3; Hayes 1873, Folks lis. Fifth
ward-Dean 81; Hunter So, scatter
ing |.
An appeal from the mayor of Chan
der, OF. asking for aid for the cy-
clone sufferers, was read. The cOun
cilmen wanted to respond literally
to the appeal, but it was considered
illegal to vote any of the City'S funds
toward their relief and Upon Mr..
CRAFTS suggestion the yearly salary of
the mayor and ali the councilmen was
donated Tor that purpose.
Councilman Graf again brought his
fee and salary bill up for Considera-
tlOn. The council did not take a
liking to 1t and killed it upon a reso.
luton offered making it the sense of
the council that all salaries be re-
duced. The danger Of bill CT the
kind ever passing the city council is
evidently over with, and the newly
elected officers are breathing easier.
City Attorney Elliott, in behalf of
the appOintees OF the retiring admin
istration, made a short speech to the
mayor thanking him for all he had
done for them in the past, aud pre-
sented him with an elegant gold
handled silk umbrella as token of
esteem and deep respect.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

F. A. AmSden, gave the alarm. A
search was Instituted for the boys,
but they had gained too much of a
start and the officers we're unable to
lind them. Night ,watchwan BOtkin
of the Santa Fe, was .nQtihed'of the
escape, and he kept sharp watch of
all outgoing trains, but the boys did
not show up in that quarter. This
morning, Joe Amick, living in the
Fourth ward, Cd the west side, report
ed that horse had been taken from
his barn that night, and the officers
are inclined to think Wiley and Null
likin took the animal and rode it out
Of town. Mullikin formerly lived ad-
joining the Amick residence, and was
familiar with the premises.
These boys have given the officers
no eud of trouble in the past few
years. Wiley, the younger and
probably the meaner of the two, is
only l3 years Of aye. He stole a
horse two years ago and c. c. Shaw
yer secured a $50 reward for captur-
ing him. Young Mullikin has as
,ciated with Wiley until he is al
most as much Of a confirmed criminal
as his companion. The two were con
yi;ted last summer on the charge Of
robbing the postofflce at Cicero, but
on account OF their extreme youthful.
ness the judge suspended sentence
conditional upon good behavior.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
Jail Delivery.

Roxey Wiley and Jim Mullikin, the
two local incOrrigibles who were in
Jail awaiting sentence of the United
States court, broke Jail Friday night
about o'clock and succeeded in max
ing their escape.
Wiley and Mullikin were allowed
the freedom of the corridor in the
Nail on account of the crowded condi-
tion of the cells. That night they Sc
cured a stove poker and punched
through the east wall of the frail
structure and crawled to their liberty.
Billy Bowlegs. the negro, who is
serving sentence for stealing coal Of
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
Rheumatism Gnred in q Day.

"Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
IL removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits.
L. +. Anthony. eX-pOstmaSter of
Promise City, Iowa, says: II bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for rheu-
matiSm, and two doses of it Gid me
more good than any medicine | ever
took" Seventy-fve cents. Sold by
II. F. Smith, Druggist, Wellington.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
THE CITY AND COUNTY.

j. W. Fisher of Argonia, was ia the
city Saturday.
Prof. W. NJ Massey of Belle PLANE,
was in the city Saturday.
E. A. Kranich and L. NJ. Maggard
were cover from Oxford Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Booth of Conway
Springs, were 10 the city Saturday.
Prof. Geo. W. Durham and W. B.
GOad drove down from Conway
Springs Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Brock Of Corbln,
were in town Saturday shopping wit
our merchants.
The Santa Fe round house employees
have been ordered to work ten hours
per day. They formerly worked nine.
Samuel Freese and daughter, form
erly Of this vicinity, now of Tonkawa,
o. T., were here on a visit last week.
MesdameS Foy, Newcomb, Holdings
worth and Mcclellan o. South Haven,
were 10 town Saturday on shopping
expedition.
G. NJ. Stanton, formerly Of Null
vane, now doing business at Cherry
vale, was elected mayor of that city
Tuesday Of last week.
John Wolfe of Wellington, is poor
and glad OF it. He makes living
that way. He is living skeleton in
a circuS.-Wichita Eagle.
Ryan township, where Milan is To-
Gated, gained afty-one in population
during the past year. j. D. Billiter,
assessor, made his returns Friday.
Wanted, agents to sell 10 all parts Of
the United States, toilet articles of
the highest grade. For further par
ticulars address Partisan Toilet Co.,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

Blood is thicker than water. Pure
blood is the secret Of health. There
is no better preparation tOimprove the
blood and prOlOng life than Beggs'
blood purifier aud blood maker H.F.|
Smith, druggist. All
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

The Belle PlaiOe council has passed
a fee and salary bill. 1t cuts the
mayors salary from $50 to 50 per year
and the councilmen's salaries from s24
to 81 per annum.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
OVER THE COUNTY.

The South Haven singing class has
ceased hoStilitieS.
An Oxford man proposes to put in
electric lights there.
Mulv2Be'S city Jail is the envy OF all
the other country towns.
A low down thief in Caldwell makes
a business of rObbing cellars.
Editor Wells of Caldwell, is agent
for an anti-cOmbine typewriter,
A Mulvane coal dealer bears a close
resemblance to Balllngton Booth.
A photograph outfit is playing at
country school houses, with poor sue
cess.
A grub house for the accOmmOda-
ton of transfers is wanted at River
dale.
How does it come that no Sumner
county town has witnessed the air
ship?
The ArgOnia creamery received
$3.50 pounds of milk in one day re-
Gently.
There is an epidemic OF deaths
among the bovine pOpulace Of Conway
Springs.
G. W. Thorpe of Conway Springs,
owns some paying mining interests 10
Colorado.
The Mulvane board of trade is in-
specting the cement deposits east Of
that place.
A large number Of Belle PLANE peo-
pie blow their own horn. They be.
long to the band.
The wheat acreage in the vicinity
Of Argonia comes near being record
breaker this year.
j. Byron Cain did the lover act in
the "Uncle Josh" entertainment iG
Belle PLANE recently.
The Mulvane bank is bucking the
pOstofice and express companies. 1t
is advertising its drafts,
The old canning factory at Belle
Blaine has been canverte into store
room for the Touring mills.
The Conway Springs Star, which
keeps a close tab on the peach buds
and wheat, declares that both are all
right.
A graphaphone on the streets u
Oxford last week made great hit
with the ladies. 1t talked a blue
streaF.
The Santa Fe clerkship 1t Mu'vane
has been abolished. Superintendent
DOlan seems to have it in for the
Center.
The New Era dominates NJ. D.
Crittenden of South Haven as men,
Der of the county high chvOl board
of trustees.
A South Haven man has an auto
matte bedroom elevator that carries
him to an underground chamber with
"lOw" barometer.
The Nevins-Macd0nald swap at Ok
ford is complete. Mr.. Nevins has
taken up his residence there and the
citizens are sizing him up.
A great many Belle Plaine people
are feathering their nests from the
chicken industry. The town looks
like an immense poultry yard.
Editor Wells of the Caldwell AID.
vance, perfumed his shirt and pulled
out last Thursday to join the editor
ial excursion to the eastern part OF
the state.
The Milan Press is informed by
good authority that The Santa Fe has
contracted to handle 5000 cars of cat.
tie on this division this season and
can secure as many more cars if il
can manage to handle them. This is
equal to 400 trains of 20 cars each.
The South Haven New Era thinks
the jack rabbit is an emblem of pros.
perity. When the Kansas hat indus.
try develops and rabbit pelts are
worth 10 cents each, the rabbit will
give the COW and hen pretty good
tuSSle for first place as one of the
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

The Conway Springs Star yields the
palm to Wellington as the best ship
ing point in the county for grain and
stock. The Star claims second place
for Conway Springs, however.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
Council Meeting.

The city council met in adjourned
session Friday night and canvassed the
vote cast at the recent city election.
The official count is given herewith:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

The Lutheran program for prayer
meeting topics for the young peoples
devotional meetings for 1897 has been
received. On next Sunday the topic
will be from Cor. l5:5O-jS, Different
Kinds of Death and the Conquest Of
them"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
MILLER & SCHONERT.
WELLINGTON, KANSAS.

The stock rush over this division Of
the Santa Fe is ready to begin. Every
engine and crew that can be secured
have been ordered out, aud at present
there is not an idle railroad man 10
the city who is able to work. The
round house boys are working like
beavers day and night on the few
crippled engines that are in the shops
for repairs. A few crews from this
division are at present working over
at Arkansas City helping handle the
immense traffic that is going over the
main line, and the force here is con-
sequently crippled considerably, but
extra crews will no doubt be soon
supplied from other points.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

Another scandal has broken out in
the Vanderbilt family.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

the United States, toilet articles of
the highest grade. For further par
ticularS address Partisan Toilet Co.,
Ten bars soap for rs
cents at Wyatt Bros.
The Klein building on South Wash
ington avenue, which was recently
destroyed by fire, is being repaired.
Roberts barber shop will occupy the
lower room.
ChaS. Ravens returned Friday morn
ing from Iowa, where he had been
living for year. He has not decided
yet whether he will remain in We'll
lingtOn permanently,
Hon. J. E, Harbaugh, county cler&
of COmanche county, and Benz. Har-
baugh of Harper county, both broth
ers of Hon. F. Harbaugh, Wele here
on few days visit last week.
Two pounds good COf-
fee for rs cents at Wyatt
Bros.
Be prepared to relieve your children
CT Group and sore throat by having in
the home Begg's Cherry Cough Syrup.
Good for the old as well as young.
Sold by H. F. Smith, druggist. At
Abraham Torne, an old resident of
the county, who has been in the far
north for the past eleven years, was in
the city Saturday on his return to his
farm 10 Illinois township. Mr.. Tome
spent eleven years in Michigan and
two years in Canada. He came back
to Sumner county to reside, and is
thoroughly convinced that Kansas is
the only state in the union worth
living in.
E. F. Mickey, assessor Of Downs
township, mlde his returns to county
clerk Saturday. His report con-
taiGs some interesting figures COL.
corning Downs township. Downs has
$50 Inhabitants. There are in that
township 451 horses six months old
and over; 1903 cattle of the same age;
46 mules and asses; 500 hogs; 200 farm
ing implements; Il wagons; IS pleas
ure carriages aud II gold watches.
The farmers of Downs township have
stored away $3.50 bushels of grain.
The total taxable property amounts
to S21, $50.
A Topeka man took a pencil and
figured out an odd thing the other
day. In Kansas there ale exactly
Sl,3lS square miles of land. These
figures read the same backwards as
forward, which may in a measure, ac-
count for the ability of Kansas to
catch 'em a-c0min' and a-gOin.' There
are 52,O42, $50 acres in Kansas, and if
the entire population of the United
States were equally distributed over
them the people would hardly be
within speaking distance of each
other. Kansas could furnish every
man, woman and child in the United
States with ive-siXthS of an acre for
garden spot. Allowing two square
feet for each inhabitant, the entire
population might be assembled on
sixty-nine acres of ground. The en-
tire population of Kansas could have
stood in one of the worlds fair build
ingS. Bntler, the largest county in
Kansas, has more square miles in it
than the entire state of Rhode Island.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

In the attached territory Mclean received
10 votes; Wyatt 20, making McLean's total
vote $50 and Wyatts total 425, McLean's
total majority, 127.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15

Old Papers Zoe a 100.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
The Big Shoe Store
Oxford Ties

We have for Ladies' Misses and Children all styles and coors that
made In Mems Boys and Little Gents Shoes you will find the
most complete stock eyer carried in the CITY,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
he...
Difference

Some dealers will sell
shoes which are very near
the style, but not quite 50.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07

river could possibly be saved. Alaskli
resources are her mines and her fshi
les. The fur business is a passing b.
dustry that will disappear with all tk
seals in a few years unless the sft
est protection be accorded the anlmLs'
Mr.. Sheakley says that Alaska has ~
agricultural possibilities and will Nf
er have any. There is no soil, he sda
and no climate. 1t never gets wan
enough for crops to mature What
and oats, even if they could be groEl
would stay green until Christmas shi
would not mature. AT present thHn
is hardly any government in AasE
There are no taxes, no Legislature adj
no multiplicity of laws. There are
United tSates district court a unla
States marshal, with seven depulS|
a district attorney and seven cOmms
sioners or judges. But, according N
the recent governor, the TERRITORY
mineral prospects are unlimited.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
A Misguided Burglar.

Scar-faced Skies. the burglar was
operating on the ground floor of a house
Of Steenth street the other night, max
ing Judicious selections from the ar
ticles of silver and alleged silver which
he found in the dining room, when he
inadvertently made a noise, which dis
turbed somebody upstairs.
He heard that somebody cautiously
open door, and then all was still. as if
the somebody were listening. Then a
voice tloated down the staircase:
william, is that you?"
Without seconds hesitation the
burglar replied, Yes, darling" and he
to move toward the door, hoping
that his reply had satisfied the in
quirer. who would then go back to bed
and wait for William" to come up-
stairs. But he was disappointed.
The voice Immediately let loose some
piercing screams, and as the burglar
rushed out into the street, he said TO
himself:
That comes Of my inexperience with
the ways of husbands. Instead of re-
plying Yes, darling | should have
said, or course it's me; shut up and 90
to bed That would have been mora
natural and soothing, and could have
got away without giving myself q
nervous tit."-Harpers Bazaar.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
PRAISES THE couNrpv
Former Governor of AlasE, g..

Former Governor of A,os,.
Kind Words for the Terri, a spead
James Sheakley, who has Oty' vo,''.
from a ten years residence in ,'u'aH ,'
the last four of which he w,s ,.,' .''d'u
OF the territory, speaks in ferns 9o''i' v, \
highest praise of the couutrr ~, VI
great gold resources. Ha Sor %
the territory will furnish fro ao oa .A'
with gold for a century. Tho a7
bodies of low grade ores buriaG j. s', !,
aska, he says, ire practically na,n,'5 [
tible. The most important Infa'"
ton brought back by the former '
ernor, however, is to the effect tb.. y
American territory contains rproD. :,
rich in gold as the British VI
the necessity of an early start to " y
mines. When the Yukon fraoyos -,
said Mr.. Sh6dkley, lit freezes IA p
depth of six and seven feet, and bIaS
OF Ice pile up so that no boat left in a,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07

ready and the law objects to our mar
rying two, you know" And thereupon
Miss Graham laughed again as il At
were immensely funny.
For the life Of him Oscar could not
see the point.
How long have you been engagcd?'
stammered Oscar, feeling cold and hot,
and, to Use handy old phrase which
is very expressive if not strictly elc-
CANT. decidedly streaked.'
For as much as-let me see'-cOOi-
ly-''as much as year, fancy. Yes
1t was in October that it happened.
Just about year ago"
And you never tod me!' groancd
Oscar.
You never asked me-" said Miss
Graham.
Poor Oscar. He gathered up his lac
Grated heart and withdrew froln his
second battlefield completely routed.
Il won't give it up!' he decided.
"There's Lucy Brown. She'll have me
and jump at the chance. and she's
worth forty Miss Grants and a train
load of Miss Grahams! I'll write TO her
and ask her this very afternoon
And write to her he did.
He had not answered her last letter.
received three months before. but he
put in page Of excuses for his ncgl-
gence and smoOthed the matter over to
his satisfaction, if not to Lucy's.
The letter was sent. and he awaited
rep.y with considerably anxiety.
At last it came.
ITS favorable. of coursew he said.
as he tore open che letter. "nucy's al
ways thought her eyes of me-"
But his opinion as to its being favol-
able changed somewhat as he read it.
Mr.. Oscar Edison: am very thank
full for the honor, etc, but don't take
up with secondhand articles when
can get them mt tirst-hand. John Smith
says: Tell him | have something TO
say about it now, and I'm not going to
forego my claim on Lucy Brown for al
the Oscar EdsOns in the world, and it
isn't quite the thing down in Dayton
to propose to other mems wives
Love to Miss Grant; also Miss Gra-
ham. Yours,
LUCY BROWN SMITH"
Good gracious! Lucy marriedw
Oscars eyes were like saucers when
he read that name.
Then he suddenly dropped into thr
nearest chair.
well, Eve gone and done t this
time! he groaned. Oscar Edison,
you're fOo,w
Poor Oscar! He is in the market yeti
Who bids?-Spare Moments.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
Prolongation of Human I,c.

Statistics tending to prove that .he
average of mans life has been lncreas.
ed through modern improvements in
medicine and hygiene are always in.
teresting. Among the most recent in.
stances Is table prepared by a CORE
spondent of Nature, showing steodv
increase in the proportion of sex,can.
arians among the population of Cana.
da. In 1851, out of every 100 persons
living IN Canada, $40 were 50 years or
age or over. In 1861 the percentage Of
sexagenarians in the population had in
creased to 4.49. In 1871 it had become
o.lo; in 1881, 6.32, and in 1891, 7O1
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
Time Resisting Cedor

Cedar-wood is famous among far,,o,a
Tor Its lasting qualities, when used for
lence-posts' An interesting proof of
the power of this wood to resist tho %
fects OF time is furnished by the Egvn
tian boats made of cedar which Hs ,s,.!.. p
found buried near the banks Of tho
Niie' and which, according to recent oS
Inmates OF their age, were probably in
use l'5oo years ago! The fact must not 81
be overlooked, however, thar thno NV
the desert. 'auu Vi
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
Rose-Eating wasps.

II Is asserted by correspondent ~
lhe gardeners Chronicle that wnsns
noe only devour ripe fruits, such as
aprleots' grapes and pears, bpt tba,
.hey extend their ravages to rosehnSs
Sna Sa oiown roses. The blossoms and
Sos Suus covering two tiourlshing rosa.
pushes belonging to him were destrov~1
Sy wasps' In spite of the battle viii
ue wased with the insects for the nres. u
ervation OF his flowers. p'es'
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07

sci had plenty of water under 10 !,
To place in the hands of marlnei' I
apparatus which will enable ,le" N
ascertain with ease and certain. n n
depth Of water under their vesseis :.
J. F. Babcock of Bangor, Me" Ia. ~,
Gently devised the electric sOuuS, Ia,
outfit illustrated in the accompa"
sketch. a,d
An iron ball, with rod or S'an.
attached, is suspended at the Do,'O~ ~,
a cylinder by the rod passing 'nov ,Oar
a hole in the bottom of the cylr !,
which is rendered waterusn. !
rubber cap that moves with 'ne .0sis ,S
1t passes in and out, the rod conus ',.r
with spiral spring inside the cs" .s"r,
When the ball is suspended 'n. :, 4
a space of about One-sixteen.n. .ss a
inch between the upper end Oh '.S y 4
and the ends Of the conducuns S.M ""
and, when the ball and rod are pS' =, 4
up through that space, the envy N
wire are connected, completing AZ n
tric circuit and ringing All a!A'
ON board the ship.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
HEAvlNG THE LEAD.

Electric Sounding Outfit with VINO
1t Is Proposed to Equip Vessels
The Lloyds, in estimating the caua
from which all kinds of ocean cnA
have met their fate in the last hT'c'
years, assign A per cent of such caun
to standings, because of fog 0a'
ness, etc, in unknown depths OIL W.
ter, but at time, of course, when W
crafts officers imagined that their 'r
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07

harden themselves aroIust -
sorrows. They would daadar ,le .T,'rltI
ural sensitiyeness of th', asu 'le lis
Ihey In, think tenderness and septineal nsa7, ,
ism unworthy of a manIr rl n, l-leltal
a,.,ll.,,, a hardening of feeling is real,, '. y
crushing in ones heart of tbat Vally ,il! 'i'
mes mes yer, very radiancy and gIorr r''l Ti |
most diviSe thing in us is 'iO,y' lor. ! IA
Pa. HlladelES
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
SCAR EDISON was

SCAR EDISON was
Il male fiirt. There
wasn't IA girl in
Dayton who hadn't
received attention
from him, and just
t h Sc attentions
which, when a
young lady receives
them from a gentle
man, are generally
C o II S / d ere d to
''mean something"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07

The heaviest man whose W. W. nj
recorded authenticity was Mii. 4
den, of Tennessee. He weiBn''
tie less than 1000 pounds,