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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
Sunrise in Switzerland.

Grim darkness shrouds US round in solemn night
No sound the dawn-precedng silence mars;
Before, mighty mountain rears its height
specter giant plotting out the stars.
Our crag is grit about with chains of ice:
crystal pool unrippled lies below;
We stand within mystic paradise
OF changeless, unstained. everlasting snow.
But now the shadows slowly are withdrawn;
By pale gray streaks the morning msts are
cleft
And soon the rudy blush of early dawn
Tints snowy Monte Rosa on our left.
Then. like angels sword. advancing morn
Its first bright shaft of glaring cleaning light
Thrusts Ger the apex of the Matterhorn,
Defying pigmy in awful might
That sacred mountain, noblest in the world.
Hurls from it's lofty summit tinged with red
The banner of the Matterhorn unfurled;
Then rolls the cloudy turban round it's head.
Terrible threatening savage, grand and yet
This dreamland mountain fascinates the fool
And sage alike. We turn with vain regret
And see its dread reflection in the pool.
Now everywhere are cleaning peaks revealed:
The Rothhorn, Breithorn, crowned with ocean
foam;
Beneath spreads dazzling snowy field:
And yonder rises Mount Blanc's magic dome.
And by the Weissthor Pass in whirling crowds
Rolling and tossing like a stormy sea,
swiring cataract of fieecy clouds
Sweeps Ger the rock-rbbed wall from Italy.
White peaks stand out against the bright blue sky
In shouettes of scintillating snow;
Spires and battlements cleaning there on high
The rising stains with rudy glow.
Then from some lofty precipice the rocks.
Loosed from the icy grasp that held them well,
Roll in rumblng avalanche that mocks
The silence marred and breaks the magic SPELL
Albert Charlton Andrews.
Connersville, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
There are 5000 Congregationalists and 26 900
Roman Catholics in the islands
The Nicaragua Canal.
Archibald R. colquhoun. in Harpers Maya
zine.

Archibald R. Colquhoun. In Harper's Maya
zine
OF great value to the people Of the United
States generally, the Nicaragua canal Is q
matter Of special Importance to the Pacific
and Southern States The Pacific terri
tories, with an area of nearly so, 600 square
miles, dependent on the Pacific ocean for
access to the outer world, Imperial in ex-
tent, as Blaine called them, are of greater
extent than Germany, France, Italy and
Spain combined. Their extraordinary
growth need not here be dwelt on at length
Enough that, with only per cent. of the
population, they possess 10 per cent OF the
entire wealth of the Union, while the rail-
way mileage exceeds that of any European
country with the exception of France and
Germany. The three maritime provinces,
California, Oregon and Washington, are the
richest and they are the most exposed to at
tack, containing 81 per cent. of the wealth
Of the Pacific States. The whole Pacific
coast as yet however, takes but an inade-
quate share-only 569 per cent.-of the total
import and export trade Of the United
States.
The Southern States will also by means
of the Nicaragua canal participate largely
in the development of the Pacific and of the
far East. In the South are combined the
advantages of all the other sections without
their greatest drawbacks, and the remark
able progress achieved there in the past
dozen years will undoubtedly be surpassed
in the future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30

Washington Post.

But, speaking of funerals. sat behind
two women in a Fourteenth-street car
Wednesday, when a funeral procession
made up of members of some secret So
cety in full regalia, passed up the street.
The sight of the plumed hats displeaSed
one of the women in front of me.
did you ever see anything sillier than
that?" She shifted. Look at those men
dressed up in all the gew-gaws just to
let folks know they've glt a. secret.
Where would you find women willing to
parade around the streets logged out like
stage soldiers? Who ever heard of women
doing it? Imagine the Daughters of the
American Revolution riding around in
cooked hats or the Women's Christian
Temperance Union with gold7laced aprons.
Women have more sense They wouldnt
deliberately make themselves ridiculous
that way. Look at those Sashes and look
at those awful hats and those NANCY
plumes Ny husbands got them all. He
paid SIS for his outfit. He paid SIS for a
stringy ostrich plume. for his hat. and
then"-here the true inwardness of her
contempt for secret society regalias came
out-"after paying all that for a plume he
doesn't wear once in six months, he al
feather I've worn every day for a year.
A mans just a natural born--well, won't
But you could see that she thought it.
just the same
But. still harping on funerals. a girl
friend of mine has a smile which betrays
a callOus experience it pains me to see in
one so adorably young. She went to a
girls luncheon the other day. and after
ward / asked her If she had a good time.
Good time" she said. We'll, / should
say so. It was the jolliest thing I've seen
people in the last hack in a funeral pro-
ceSsion.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
A Countrx Scene.

Although the summer colors yet prevail.
There are forebodings of the winters cline
In bracing winds that blow. peary rime
Has set its signature post and rail,
And there the milkmaid with her shining pail,
Has brushed the frost away in mornings prime;
On steel blue wings and eyes intent crime.
A hawk through tangled brush pursues the quail.
The children to the district schoolhouse fare,
And linger where the grapes and haws invite;
Exploring boys, all swarthy-handed, bear
The walnut's tribute from the windy height
While red sunbonnets that the maidens wear
Seem tiny fires the chilly fairies light.
Rays Crossing, Ind. -Alonzo Leora Rice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
The Flight of the Birds.

Long broken curves Of beauty dip,
And rise, and wheel, and poise and slip,
Now rope-like thin. now cloud-like thick.
Now floating slow. now futtering quick,
Through autumn's purple haze.
Long broken curves Of beauty lift.
And pause, and circle. part, and drift
Like thoughts and hopes and sweet desires,
That come and go as soul aspires,
Or sinks, through life's dark maze.
May W. Donnar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
The Man with a Hundred dollars.

The man who has hundred dollars In
his pocket commands the universe. He
can buy horse, he can dress himself in
fine clothes, he can go to Europe, he can
have a box at the opera; his pleasures ara
limitless. He may be on foot and ragged
and in Hoboken, and outside the opera
house. but his possibilities are nmitless
his pleasures may be of any kind Alas!
there is one drawback; he must fasten to
none of these countless things within his
grasp. So long as he is content with the
choice of them all, so long is he happy, but
let him pay out his money for any one OF
them and like a dream that IS dreamt the
rest will vanish away.
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THE JOURNALS POETS.
Me an, Pap an. mother.

We an Eup an mUtneFs
When wuz little chap
1 set at tn table
Tween my mother an. my Pap:
Eat all 'uz able.
Pap I'D feed me from one side.
Nanny from tn other
Tell ye we wuz chums. them days.
Me an pap-an' mother.
Sundays we'd take great long walks
Through tn woods an pastors;
Pap he arays he'd cane.
Mother n med pick asters;
Sometimes they's a sister long.
Sometimes they's brother,
But they apys wuz us three
Me an pap an mother.
Pap he never gabbled much,
Held is head down. thinkin'.
Didn't pear to hear us talk
Ner tn cow-bell clinkin
Love streaks all peared worried out
Bout one thing ernuther;
Didn't al understand
Pap-thats me an mother.
/ got big an went away,
Left tn farm behind me;
Thinkin' o. that partin' yit
Pears to choke an blind me;
Course I'd be all safe an good
With my married brother,
But we had T. part, us three,
Me an pap an-mother.
Hurried back one day; found pap
Changed, an pale an holler;
Seen right off he'd haf to go
Where we couldn't foller
Lovin' streaks all showed up then
Stuck right to each other
Talkin', just to keep back tears.
Pap an mean mother
Pap he's dead, but mother amt;
Soon will be, 1 reckon;
Claims already she kin see
Pap's forefnger beckon;
Life hain't long-Tll so myself
Some these days eruther
Then we'll have good times agin,
Me an pap-an' mother.
Purifier hills we'll have L climb,
Saunterin' long. old fashion,
Hear tn wild birds singin' round,
See the river splashin'-
# God ud only let US three
Be lone, like we'd ruther.
Heavend be a great OF place
FIR me an pap-an' mother
richmond. Ind. s. w. Gillian
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30

Philadelphia Bulletin.

philadelphia Bulletin.
Ee-Here 1t tells of doctor who says
impoliteness is a disease
She-So ii is. And in the street cars 1t IL
generally found to be well seated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
From a Small Beginning.
Washington Star.

"Leonidas." exclaimed Mrs. Meekton, sud-
denly interrupting herself, do you remem-
Der how this argument started?"
Eyes, Henrietta. You said that 1 always
insisted on arguing a point and said that
you did. and then the conversation grad
ualIy developed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
To BE Sure.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago TFibune.
I'm London they call store shop don't
they?"
And an elevators a lift, isn't it?"
Yes
sThen I suppose they call an elevator boy
in d store a Shoplifter?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
Whichs
Yonkers Statesman.

"And remember, Bridget, there are two
things must insist upon-truthfulnes and
obedience"
''Yis, mum, and when you tell me to tell
the ladies you're out when you're in, Which
shall it be, mum?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Your replies are very tart" said the
young husband.
Then he hastily added:
But they not as tart as those that
mother made"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
Disseminated.
Brooklyn Life

Brooklyn Life.
Marie--1s Grace as fond of sports as she
was?
Stella-No. not since she married one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30

Ally Sloper.

Ally OIOper.
MARY. 1 saw the baker kiss you to-day I
| think / shall go down and take the bread
in future"
"'Twouldn't be no use. maam; he
wouldn't kiss you, eos he promised he'd
never kiss anybody else but me-.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
Very Easy.
Detroit Free Press.


"They say the Sims used to be welded to
the truth.
He was till he went to Chicago. You
know how 1t is there about getting di-
vorce"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
An All-Round Article Needed.

Salesman-Now, there's something very
nice for evening wear.
Uncle Silas-Mebbe so, but can't go
barefut all day till evening. You Jes' show
me some shoes ] kin put on about 4:3O a. m
an wear right straight threw t bedtime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
AtOnernent.
Detroit Journal.


Citizen-You've lynched the wrong man!
Chairman of VigilanteS-NOi Well, / sup
pose the drinks is on me, then!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
Revised.


"As I was saying" said the first man, 'fn
all this country, from Maine to Cali
fornia--"
Excuse me-" interrupted the second
man; you mean from Maine to Manila.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Yankee Joke.

Boston Transcript.
Loves Repartee: She-What is your idea
of heaven?"s
He-Your eye, dear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
A Sign.
Judge.

Mrs. Farmside-Joshua, the tramps have
robbed our clothes line again.
Joshua-Fow do yer know it's tramps?
Mrs Observation-Disclosures they have taken
everything but the towels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
Nothing New.
Yonkers Statesman.

There's a lady pianist at the museum
| who plays with her toes
lymph! That's nothing; my baby does
1 thatr'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30

Insure with German Fire Insurance Of In
diana General offices. - South Delaware
street. Fire. tornado and explosion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
MAURICE, THE CABIN BOY.


A"'nor OF y Reef and Palm"
cilc Tales Etc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30

voters would not know that he was play
ing for cash." and might think him in SYM
pathy with the Pops when he is Demo-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
TimIdIty and Greatness.

NJ. Dugas, a Frenchman, has written
an extremely interesting paper on
"Timidity." He finds that the vast
majority Of people are timid in their
youth; a considerable minority remain
timid all their lives. Timidity leads
to meditation and analysis. It enters
into the temperament of the philoso-
pher and man Of science. Per contra,
a thoroughly stupid man Is seldom tim
i'd. Virgil, Horace, Benjamin Con-
slant, Michelet and Amiel were all not
ably timid men, M. Dugas notes that
in the intellectual man you are apt to
find great speculative hardihood COM
bined with practical timidity. Car
lyle's is the typical case. The mere
thought of having to order a coat or
buy pair of gloves caused him the
most acute discomfort. In its extreme
type timidity approaches the malady
of the will, which some medical die
tionaries call agoraphobia-the dread
of the crowd, of the, gaze of other peo-
pie All public speakers have known
this feeling-even, it is said, the brazen
M. Rochfort. Cicero, used as he was
to the rostrum, was prevented by "blue
funk" from delivering his "Milonian"
speech. NJ. Sarcey. who has lectured
every week for twenty years, says he
has never been able to conquer his
timidity. Pallet, a famous Partisan
advocate. was so nervous that he used
to say he half hoped some accident
would happen him in the street on his
way TO the court so that he might be
prevented from appearing. Veteran
actors, when they are worth their salt,
seldom get over their "stage-fright."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
Not q Bad Conclusion.

Little BERTHE, aged five, was ready
for his bedtime bath and waiting his
turn musingly, when he startled his
mother with the question:
Mother, isn't it awful hot in heav-
en?"
"Why, no; very far from It,"
ooh, think 1t must be awful hot"
why, whatever put that into your
head?"
"Coz, you see, all the angels ever
saw in pictures didn't wear any
clothes. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

Men still living, and not yet old, re-
member when Livingstone surprised
and enlightened the world with his
great discoveries in the basin Of the
Zambesi, then an entirely savage will
derness. Today, near the banks Of those
lakes, Shirwa and Nyassa, which he
was the first white man to see, is be-
ing held an Inluge, an agricultural
and industrial exhibition comparable
with our state and county fairs, with
fat oxen, fast horses, big pumpkins,
and all the customary appurtenances
of such an occasion. So swiftly has
civilization made its way under the
strong leadership of the Anglo-Saxon
race.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

A report from Paris says that
French gunnery is improving. The
gunnory experiments at Toulon, when
four battleships, the Brennus, the Jau-
reguiberry, the Charles Martel and the
Magenta, and two cruisers, the Chan
zy and the Galilee, fired with all their
heavy guns and secondary batteries at
three thousand meters range upon the
Arrogante, an old-fashioned, steel
protected battleship, and sunk 1t in
less than fifteen minutes, is the most
important naval experiment made in
France for many years. The AFRO
gante's interior woodwork burst into
blaze, and was the immediate cause
Of its destruction, exactly as was the
case with Cervera's ships at Santiago.
The significance of this gunnery prac-
tice is realized when it is known that
the French squadron discharged 500
projectiles, Of which ninety were of
1Sh-inch caliber. The estimated cost
OF the ammunition thus expended in
fifteen minutes is $4,000.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

The total railway mileage In the
United States on June 80, 1897, was
1S4,42S.47 miles, there being an in
crease OF 1,651.S4 miles, or go per
cent during the year In round num-
bers Alabama shows an increase Of
III miles; Arkansas, 1872 miles; Cal
ifornia, PIG miles; Louisiana, 161
miles, and Michigan, 123 miles. The
increase in mileage in the other states
and territories in which an increase
occurred was less than 100 miles. In
a few states, as usual, a decrease in
mileage is shown. The aggregate
length of railway mileage, including
all tracks, on June 80, 1897, was 243,-
444.41, the increase being 3,315.29
miles.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
Did you ever see one?"
Strictly business.

81 thought" exclaimed the ardent
citizen, that you were for peace at
any price"
Well" replied the heavy investor
II did express myself to that effect
until Spanish arrogance began to bull
the market so outrageously. Wash
ington Evening Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
PaternaI Sarcasm.

Dear father" wrote young Throg-
gins, who had gone to war as a lieu
tenant against the parental wish, 81
haven't anything to sharpen my razor
on. Please send me q good strap"
Dear son." replied the father,
sharpen your razor on your shoulder
straps. Chicago Tribune.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
No HELM for It.

Do you know that a woman's smile
may wreck a mans hearth
"Well, l suppose that has happened,
for under our system OF civilization, OF
course, man can't be married to every
woman who happens to throw smile
in his direction. Exchange.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
ONLY Natural.

Truly" murmured the pessimistic
Spaniard, chose Americans seem to
know how to charge"
"Faugh!" returned the great gran
dee, "a mere commercial accomplish
ment. What else could we expect in
nation Of shopkeepers?"-Puck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

Some few Americans found oppor-
tunity to talk with Admiral Cervera's
sailors, who were for several weeks
imprisoned at Seavey's island. Maine.
The effect of these conversations upon
the Americans was uniformly, to in
sptre sympathy for the Spaniards
themselves, and to encourage a more
hopeful view OF the future OF Spain.
Most Of the prisoners proved to be
eonscripts, forced into the navy be-
cause they could not pay $500 to buy
exemption. Naturally there was no
heart" in their fighting. They hated
their own oppressive government, and
they fet no bitterness toward the men
it had sent them out TO kill. Many Of
them would have been glad to remain
in this country. All of them learned
to respect it. The thoughtful generos-
ity with which these prisoners were
treated taught them a lesson in civili-
cation. They are certain to impart it
to their friends at home. An American
who has Lived in Spain for many years
assures us that Spaniards will heed
and profit by it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
Aluminium Huts.

one of the newest things in the
building line is an aluminium hut, for
shipment to remote places difficult OF
access. When packed for carriage it
weighs 10 pounds. II is composed
Of four sides and roof of thin sheets
of aluminium, and when put up the
house contains 100 cubic feet.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
The Man of tho Hour.

Pretty Wife (poutingly) Mrs
De PLANE has a dozen dresses hand
somer than the only one I've got.
Smart Husband-A homely women
like that needs rich attire to attract
attention from her face. You don't
pretty wife subsidies New York
Weekly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
Case OF Long standing.

Mrs. Filanthrop-If you are a suffer
err from nervous prostration, as you
say you are, why don't you do some
thing for it?
Tuffold Knutt-I do, ma'am; I'm
takin' wot they call the rest cure
Chicago Tribune.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
How Is ThisY

Always do right and your friends
will stand by you"
Yes, but the time a man needs
friends to stand by him Is when he
does wrong.''-Chicago Record.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
The Nenns

why do persons talk of raising the
wind when they need money!"
Because it's the wind that raises
he dust. New York Vim.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
quite Likely.

Mrs. Benham-I wonder why Lots
wife looked back?
automatically to see IL her
dress dragged.-New York Vim.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

The continuance and frequent fits OF
anger produce an evil habit in the
soul, called wrathfulness, or a propen-
sity to be angry. which oftentimes
ends in choier, bitterness aud moros-
fly; when the mind becomes liberated,
peevish and querulous, and. like thin,
weak plate of iron. receives impress
sion and is wounded by the least oc-
currence.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

A viticultural authority states that
the worlds wine production in 1896
was S,262.l0Ss2O, while last year It fell
on to 2,S43,47s. 800.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
A Climatic Resnonse.

Il call for a division of the houser
exclaimed a member OF the Colorado
legislature.
At that very moment a cyclone hap
pened along and the division was
promptly and completely accom-
plished.-Cleveland Leader.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
No Novice at MatrImonx.

Scott-so you didn't get married
after all?
Bowen-No, had a narrow escape;
just before the time fixed for tbs we'd
ding, l learned that my intended was
a widow.-New York Vim.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

OF course it was woman who said
IAN honest man is the lonelest work
of God"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

A walking delegate is a man who
hates those who are rich enough to
give others employment.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

The respect due to old age is always
dealt out with a ladle to the wealthy
grandfather.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04
Undoubtedly.

Charley" said young Mrs. Torkins,
you have heard Of castles in SpainY'
YES"
did you ever see one?"
mo. Why do you ask?"
81 was just wondering II they are
not built of those gold bricks you read
about so much. Washing Star
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

The cellar eXcayatcr always gets N
his work.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

The blindness of lovers transforms
them into pair of spectacles for 9TH
ers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

Eating horse flesh is a poor way to
acquire horse sense.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

Ignorance may be- bliss, but love
speaks the mother tongue of every
body.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

The real circus never fits like the
paper on the wall.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

Conflicting testimony is but another
name for the expert article.