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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28
communicated
i'4N ~ y ~ PEEL, AND SIDEWALKS

Portsmouth, Va, Nov. 90, 1899.
V!rginia-Pilot:
IL there is an ordinance against the
throwing OF the Feelings of bananas,
oranges, rs, on the pavements. 7 sug-
Fest a more rigid enforcement than
tiitilerlo. The writer saved a lady
from serious injury yesterday through
E9od fortune placing him near her
WhcA she stepped on a banana peel
OBSERVER
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28
t'apusIimc

Never dlsappoints. Cures all aches
Headaches, La Grippe. Aches-Rheu-
matte Pains. etc. 15c. and Zoe. b..
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1889,


the following desirable real estate:
!. TWO-SrORY BRICK HOUSE No.
5l5 Fourth street, with lot fronting 20
feet. Inches and running back 1l3 feet,
more or less.
2 Two-sToRY BRICK HOUSE on
Fourth street, No. SIT. with elot fronting
20 feet. inches and running back l13 feet,
more or less.
3. Two-SToRY FRAMD HOUSE on
Fourth street, No. $40, with lot fronting
- feet. inches and running back Ii3
feet. more or less.
4. TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE No.
Essex street, with lot fronting 80 feet,
inches and running back 65 feet
The lanes between the houses on Fourth
street are common to the houses on
either side.
TERA1S-One-thlrd cash and the bal
anee at and IL months. with interest,
and deed retained until the purchase
money Is paid. hut tho purchaser may
anticipate the deferred payments.
CHARLES II. BLAND,
Special Commissioners
The bond required in the above decree
has been duly given.
Teste: G. 7. PHILLIPS. C. C.
no26-tds BY E. Thompson, D. c.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28
woArANs AIyy1r1,py

called meeting of the Womans'
auxiliary will be held at the Assocla
non this afternoon a: 4 o'clock. i
fuH attendance Is desired ns; business
OF special Importance will be consid-
cred. =
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28

We Keep every shape of collars Let
!, lis sell You your collars, Chas. r. Well
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28

or ANTED.-POsITION WITH A
w good wholesale business house OF
Norfolk as salesman for local trade: can
give best of reference Address BUSI-
NESS, caro- Virgln!an-Pnot, Portsmouth,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-28
Food for EpiCu res.
BY G. NJ. Reynolds. Auctioneer.
commissioners Sale Of Valuable
Real Estate,

PY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
ID Court of Hastings, for the city of
Portsmouth. entered Juno 10, 1899, In the
SUIT OF Alexander. guardian. US. Alexan-
the courthouse in Portsmouth. at l2:l5
y. M,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
RICHARD PARKS BLAND.
A sketch or the Great silver Leader.

The Democracy OF the Nation
has lost another OF us greatest
leaders.
Congressman Richard Parks
Bland died at his home near
Lebanon, Mo-. Friday. June 10th.
peacefully and without apparent
suffering.
MIR. Bland returned home when
Congress adjourned in March and
soon suffered relapse from an
attack OF Ia grippe. For more
than two months he had been con-
fined to his home and his health
had gradually declined. lie thought
he would not survive the attack
from the first, and showed his
thorough knowledge OF his coRdi-
ton. On the third Of this mon h, Mr.
Bland suddenly grew worse. and
his sous. who were in school, were
summoned home and for the first
time the public was informed Of
his critical condition.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

Richard Parks Bland was born
August 10, 1885, near Hartford.
Ky, in the Green river country.
He went to Missouri when about
20 years of age and five years later
went to California, thence TO Utah.
He practlced law there among the
miners AID had ample opportunity
to study the mineral interests and
the relative output of gold and
silver. There no absorbed the
doctrine Of bimetallIsm. He re-
turned to Missouri in 1865, locating
at Rolla in Phelps county, ana in
1868 removed to Lebapon, his late
home. In 1872 he was first elected
to congress and took his seat in
Deem Der, 1873. In 1877 Mr..
Bland commenced his work for the
restoration of free coinage. His
most noted measure was bill for
the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver, restoring 412t grains Of
standard silver as the dollar and
the unit of value. After passing
the house 1T was amended in the
Senate by Senator Allison and was
known as the Blond Allison law.
1t was vetoed by President HAYES
and passed by both houses ov.r the
veto.
In 1894 Mr.. Leland, the Il pub
llcan candidate, defeated him for
Congress by narrow majority. bu,
the silver champion was re elected
handsomely two years later aud
again in 1898. Before the Chicago
convention no man was named If.
tener as a presidential candidate ON
free silver platform, but stead
tasty refused to push his claims.
holding that the cause was too great
to be lmperlled by personal ambi
ton. When Bryan was nominated
nobody was more ardent IN his sun.
port than Silver Dick Bland. Ho
never accepted a railroad pass or
any other present for his political
work.
Early in 1865, while Bland. in
the capacity OF a schoolmastcr on a
vacation was visiting the young
ladies' seminary at Caledonia. Mo-,
he met Virginia Mitchell, daughter
of General Il. Y. Mitchell. whom
he later married. Mrs. Bland is
still young, though she has been the
mother Of ten children, foar of
whom are dead.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
THE SITUATION INANUT-sHELL

Here is the most sensible state
ment we have seen yet in connec-
ton with the foolish and injurious
street car strike that has been
paralyzing Wheeling for several
weeks. Tho following editorial
is from the Ohio Valley Manufac-
turer, q trade journal published in
Wheeling, aud we endorse every
word Of it,:
The street car company may or
may not be able to comply with the
demands Of its ex employees. but it.
has not TO date assaulted them nor
tried 10 prevent them from getting
employment elsewhere. Neither
has it inundated men, by threats
OF personal violence, if they offered
them employment. The men are
foolish, acting, not according TO
their own intuition, but ut The die
am Of men who assert the doctriuc.
nowhere sanctioned bur everywhere
ncgliived DO Anglo Saxon law that
they have "a right % compel men 20
operate their business according to
regulations formulated by unknown
outsiders. The question for the men
20 CONSIDER Is: Is the price offered
for their labor adequate lf lis,
they should accept 10. Tit isn't,
they should cudcavor TO- sell their
services elsewhere. The same
rights Of free agency belongs 20
all law abiding men under The con-
stfunon and laws and every mans
rights lre Imucrll'od when any one
elso's Is Jrausg
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
The Fire Pie1ds Work.
Destroys The Terra Alta Wooden
Ellis Involving ! loss Of About
$4,000 with Only $50 600 Insur.
ance.

Terra Alta, w. Va, June 26. '0g.-'TIe
most disastrous fire that ever visited
Terra Alta. occurred this morning
shortly after O'Clock. when the man
moth wooden mills OF J. w. Rigg. Son
Il Co, located one-Guarter ola mile
east OF town, were totally destroyed.
About twenty minutes after o'clock.
while the usual amount OF wool was
being run through the picking ma-
chimes. piece Of metal, supposedly
nail. was passed in with the wool. and
becoming entangled i'm the machinery
ignited the fleecv substance. resulting
almost in spontaneous combustion
with inconceivable rapiditv the flame
spread, and in spite OF nli the employees
could do the entire second floor was
soon a mass of seething flames. The
blowing of the nils whistle gave tn.
alarm TO Terra Altans and they hurried
70 the scene. only TO find smoke aud
flames issuing from almost every win.
dow OF the large building. The Office
ut the east end was the only part of
the mill from which anything could b.
saved. The books OF the firm. u c
large safe, quantity Of wooden goods
and the Office furniture were moved
therefrom, bat everything clrc in the
building. including sc. 600 or 81. 600
worth Of goods ready for shipment in
the packing department was lest
The building was made of brick, with
slate roof, and this. with the heavy
machinery, quickly fell, the entire
property being DESTROYED in less than
an hour. The large and handsome
store building. also the property of.thc
company, located about forty feet
from the main building, was saved by
hard work.
The firm of j. w. Rigg, Son S Co., is
composed OF Colonel John ID. Ring.
Thomas l.. Rigg and r. j. Picking, and
their mills were the largest and most
finely equipped i'm the state They en-
ployed between fifty and sixty persons.
and had just begun to run ON full
time. The mills, with contents at the
time Of the fire. were valued at about
$4,000. The insurance will cover
about one-third of this amount. While
great excitement occurred at the time
af the fire among the employees no one
was injured.
These woolen mills have for wear.
been Terra Atlas chief industry. and
the firm was probably the weaIthicst
IN Preston county. The members Of
the tirm have made no statement as To
whether the mills VIII be rebni!t. 80
they cannot say definitely until mat
tiers are adjusted with the insurance
companies.
The ire 6end seems to have =
special spite at Terra Alta. and has
wiped out her two principal industrio,
during the past year, the big Steam
Flouring Mill OF Freeland 81 Co and
no" the Wooden Mllls Tae former
are rebuilding better than ever and we
hope the l.ttcr VII be abe to 10 like
wise IL is "a great misfortune for Col
john d. Eigg, the founder and main
stay OF the wooden mills. as the los,
represents his lifetime ,yoril spent in
building mp a business for tho town
and county to be proud Of
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
'BRl AR BLOSSOMS"

One of the htudsomest and most
interesting little volumes we ever
had the pleasure Of prrusiug is
"Briar Blossoms" by Howard
Llcwellyn SwIoher OF the Acme
Publishing Company Of Morgan
town. 1t is beautifully bound and
handsomely printed and contains
about ITO pages of verse and prose
selections. mostly by Mr.. Swisher
himself The poetry is Of u high
order and bears the stamp Of geni
us while the sketches in prose are
well written.
The author has added some ex.
ceilent selections from the writings
Of his friends. Among the list we
find the names of some Preston
county boys. George NJ. Ford. and
Q. Luke Michael. Others are
John Wallace Of Wheeling. Justin
NJ. Kunkle of Morguntown. the
late Marshall S. Cornwell of Rom
ney, and James w. Horn, j. Carl
Watkins and Alice Piersol Cain.
The book contains fine picture
and autograph of the author and is
printed and bound by the Acme
Publishing Co. Of Morgantown.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
A STATESMAN MARRIED

Charles Town, W. Va, June q
Hon. John W. DAVIS, Of Clarke
burg,W.Vaosou of cx. Congressman
John J.Day.s,was married last eve
ming at 1870 to Miss Julia Ternll
Mcdonald, daughter Of Major f..
II. Mcdonald, at Media" the
home Of the bride.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. w. l.. Gravatt, Of Charles
Town, assisted by Bishop G.. PEN
lex, Of Richmond, Va. The we'd
ding WIS largely att nded by friends
OF the contracting parties from
Washington, and wiohout the
state. The happy couple lcft for
an extended bridal tour Co the
eastern cities, after which they will
reside in ClarksbuJg.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
HONOR WHERE HONOR Is DUE.
\ Sword 10 be Presented 20 Captain
French I. Chadwick an Old Nor
gantOwn Roy.

MoRGANTowN, VIVA, June 1889
DEAR SIR
At meeting of some friends
of French +. Chadwick, former
Morgantown hoy, but now "A distin
guishcd officer OF he United States
Navy, it is suggested that some
thing should be done at his old
home to express some appreciation
OF his most valuable services to the
country, especially those rendered
in the late Spanish war.
The idea WAS most enthusically
endorsed by all TO whom it was
mentioned and steps were taken TO
put into execution those sug-
gostions. Many Of our fellow citi..
zens are enthusiastic over the mat
ter. 1t has grown spontaneously,
till Morgautown is to small "a limit.
aud 1T is row proposed TO make it
state affair. We have expected in
modest way to have a sword pre-
sentation at Morgnntown, but we
are reliably informed that should
We conclude to make popula ar
demonstration, Admiral Sampson,
and Other distinguished men Of
the Navy, State and Nation would
honor the occasion by their pres
ence. 1t is therefore thought that
all the State OF West Virginia
should be invited to participate
therein. IL it is made state
affair we desire, first, to secure the
endorsement and cooperation of
state officers 1, senator's, representa-.
tives in Congress-, members of the
legislature and other leading citi
Zens.
The following committee has
been appointed in relation to the
matter, to-wit:
Hon. Waitman T.. Wiley, Chair.
man; Lieut.. Commander, X. NJ. G..
Brown, Vice Chairman; f. Cox, l..
S. Brock, w. Il. Glasscock, j. G.
Lantz, M. S. Garrison, g. b. Ollie,
Joseph MOreland, Il. Pickenpaugh,
Geo. G.. Sturgiss, |. @. White, |.
G. Lucille, Jno. f. Price, e. NJ.
Grant, j. Ii. Stewart, Geo. G.
Baker, j. IL. McDermott, d. Ii.
Courtney, S, d. Hirchman, Robert
A. Armstrong.
Feeling that you are interested
in Capt. Chadwick and deslrlous of
assisting in honOring him, you are
asked for your opinion about the
matter, as we'll as your cooperation
and assistance. Will you advise
us of your views and assist in
formulating plans 80 that the oc-
easion will be one that will reflect
credit on the whole state?
If you concur in making this
state affair, please sign the enclosed
slip and return with your answer
to this letter 80 that we may use
the same.
Please address all correspondence
to the vice chairman, R. NJ. G.
Brown, Morgantown, w. Va
BY order Of the Committee,
Very Respectfully,
Il. NJ @. Brown
VIce-Chairman OF the Committee.
10 the Editor ARGUS,
KIngwood, w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

AT the recent session OF the Ed.
torial Association the members pre-
sented the retiring president, Mr..
y. Slidell Brown, of the Kingwood
Argus, with gold watch chain and
charm as a token of their apprecl-
alton and esteem. Mr.. Brown
was President of the Association
for three consecutive years and de.
clined to be again reelected, and
has made one of the best and most
efficient presiding officers the AS
ISOLATION ever had. Morgan Mes
senger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

The Board OF Public Works has
appointed Il. e. Cuppett of Grant
district as land ro.assessor for the
East Side Of the river, in this
county, and Wilson LoughridQo Of
Marques, for re-assessor on this,
the West Side Of The river. These
appointments were made by Mr..
Dawson who is member Of The
Board, and was Of course, allowed
to select the men from his own
county.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

The cannon loaned Custer Post.
Il A, r., Clarksburg, was mounted
last Saturday morning at the depot.
ltIsa bronze 6 inch gun and we CHS
6,27O POUNDS, made in 1895 at Sc
vile, captured at Cavite arsenal,
Manila. Thousands of persons are
hooking to get look at this rare
trophy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

The Davis Memorial Presbyterian
church at Elkins was struck bv
lightning last Saturday afternoon,
and the steeple almost entirely de.
mollshed, doing about five hundred
dollars damage. This beautiful
stone edifice was built IN 1894 by
ex-senator Henry G. DAVIS to the
memory of his mother, at cost of
$4,000. A number of people were
severely shocked by the lightning.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

An Ohio editor says that hay
fever IS caused by kissing grass
widows. A Missouri Editor SAYS it
is caused by q grass widow kissin q
fellow by moonlight. An Iowa
editor says 1t is caused by the fell.
low kissing his girl while he is
feeding hay TO the COW. and -
Kansas exchange ls Of the opinion
u is caused by missing the girl
and kissing the COW. A poeticaI
editor says that it, is caused by too
much kissing ia tho heyduy Of
YOnlh.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

Here is the latest ie sent out
from N'rg4ntowu, under date of
June oath.
lightning is PLAYING some
strange prapks iu Ms .c,fo.
barly ,his spring 10 killed Ga9rga
Spurgeou, ID f1rmer. who lived near
here over in tbe edge Of Preston
county Ire TWO sons were stand
ing G his side and neither OF them
feIt The force Of The shock. Since
hs has been buried Two more
strange things baye happened
'lbe grave OF Jhe dead man BIAS been
struck twice The matter is being
s. ueri'y aIs.j of Jos tbe ~icInitv
Hi ms resting place aud has caused
great 8eal 0f o0a4mellI.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

We have received from the Office
of tho Secretary of St.ie u copy of
the game aud Fish Laws of West
Virginia, as amended aud passed
b. the las, Legislature aud taking
effect May 2lst, 1899 and we want
to publish it for tho benefit Of our
readers, soon us we can find room
for it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

War he'll
Alb, wolls
We pray COR Father,
Thy kingdom come"
Then build our ships
And forge our guus
10 kIIllby sons
Our brothers.
Then puy shat Thou viii we'll
Direct our shot and smell,
And give as help
In making he'll.
"War is hell"
An, we'll!
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

The County Court held a short
session last Friday afternoon to
canvass and declare the result of
the railroad bond election out in
Valley District. The figures were
the same as given in the Argus last
week, this paper being the only
one that gave them correctly. We
went to the County Clerks office
and took our figures from the poll
books, and did not depend on
telephone reports and as usual the
Argus was correct.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

In the Circuit Court at Morgan
town last week, Weaver Messen.
ger, formerly Of this place, was
indicted in seven cases for selling
liquor without license and con
iessed ia two cases anl was fined
80 and costs IN each case. We IN.
derstand be was employed at the
Peabody Hotel and sold there and
THAI be bias left for parts unknown.
Eugene @. Gribble, who moved
70 Morgantown from Pisgab, this
county, was indicted in two cases
Tor forgery, being felony and
PeoIteutiary oGenso if be ia con
vIctcd.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29

AT session Of the County Court
OF Monongalia county held at
Morgantown last week A. w. Lor-
entz and E. IL. Coombs were an
pointed agents to make subscrip-
tlon Tor and on behalf of Morg n
District for the sum Of s45. 600 to
the preferred 5 per cent per annum
dividend bearing capital stock Of
the Morgantown & Kingwood r.
h. co.
The County Levy was fixed at
20 cents for this year Oh the 500
valuation Of property.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-06-29
IMPORTANT TO HOLDERS OF OIL
LEASES.

All parties holding oil leases
made since June II 1898, which
have less than S1.OO OF internal
revenue documentary stamps al
tached and which give the holders
rights for Zone year, or so long as
gas or oil may be found" or such
other terms as make the lease good
under certain conditions for three
years or more, are void, and can
only be made good by being
properly stamped. They should
be sent 10 the clerk Of tho county
court Of RECORD and a proper aft
dayit made as to the insufficient
stamping and by said clerk for
warded to the Collector Of Internal
Revenue at Parkersburg, with the
additional money needed, TO be
properly stamped.
r---
For some time past 10 has been
known among some Of the intimate
friends Of Major James j. Peter
son Of the Charleston MaI.TrUune
That he bad been oiTyren IL position
as Interpreter in tuo Philippine
islands. Itw4s no however until
last week that tho Major made up
bus mind TO accept lnc place.
lie has secured an appointment
as Interpreter FOR and Secretary to
an official q, Manila. d. $4,000 d.
year and travel pay He viii wind
mp bis affairs in Charleston and
leave ior San Francisco iu about
month, and from There will sail for
Manila. family w.llremaln i'm
Charleston for The present. but will
follow b.m iat.r Maj. Peterson
speaks Spanish Guonty, having
learned the language while consul
TO Tcgucigmp4 Honduras, several
years ESQ.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-30

The Lexington Coal company has Just
closed a large deal FOR coal land. Mfr. j..
Q. Plattenburg has been working on the
deal for some months. He took Messrs'
Harry Wallace, Lee Wallace and LEROY
Farmer into the deal to assist him in
getting options. They have secured all
the land they want at present.
The following lands have been bought
and paid for:
Kist, 81 acres Bell a Greer, 1is acresi
Mary o'Malley, 10 acres; Mrs. Herker, b
acres; Mrs. John Reid, so acres; Peaches
heirs, 30 acres; H. G.. Wallace, ST., l2t
acres; Mrs. Guerre, 81 acres; Luther
Marshall, 200 acres; P. o'Malley, 80 serei
lin all 76lh acres.
The purchasers bought the top liant
also from Bell q Greer, the Peachee heir
and Pat O'Maley. The Coal compan!
also bought top land Of Mrs. Reid, Mrs
Albertina Herker and Andrew o'Maley
OF course the Coal company does not wan
much surface land.
More lands would have been taken Int
1 the deal, but the company could not &c
' to them, some parties on the route re
fusing to sell. This coal will furnish tn
t company with mining for several year
v It is one OF the most important moves 10
Lexington that has ever been made.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-30
Not located Yesterday.

Kansas City Times, Thursday.
All day yesterday the managers OF the
colonly for feeble minded and ~epilepties
listened to the arguments 10 behalf Of the
seven cities that are aspirants for the in
sututiou. The speechmakipg began attn
O'Clock 10 the morning and continued all
day, the last speakers concluded at 8 p. M,
The managers at once adjourned until {
O'Clock this morning, when they will
meet and proceed to locate the Institution
All the propositions and arguments o.
the delegations representing the severa
competing cities ATE now in the hands o
the managers and Chairman John O'DaI
announced before adjournment last nigh
that no more speeches would be received
when the committee conyenes this morn
ing. This, however, did not put an end tt
the outside lobbying and all last nigh
the representatives Of the several town
b~uttonholed the managers In behalf o
their fayorites,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-30

The large wo.story frame residence OF
Mr.. j. II. Hall, situated just outside OF
the city limits, northeast OF town, was
destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Most Of the household goods
on the lower floor were saved; the bal.
snce was q total loss. The building was
insured for $500 IN the ooucordia Fire
Insurance Co., Of which Messrs. catron y
Taubman are agents. The hre depart
ment was called out, but the flames had
made too great Roadway for the building
to be saved. Hose was stretched through
Central College campus and water wa;
turned on the ruins.
The loss Is a severe Que to Mr.. Hall, al
the insurance only covers about half thu
/ value OF the property destroyed.
How the fire originated is not dtin.
itely known.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-30
There is a Glass of People

who are injured by the use of coffee Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the
grocery stores a new preparation called
Graln.o. made of pure grains, that takes the
place Of coffee, Tho most delicate stomach
receives It without distress, and but few car
tel 1t from coffee. 1t does not cost over \ as
much. Children may drink 1t with great ben
eft. l5c and % cts. per package. Try II. Ash
Tor Grain-O. 2