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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-17

No. 8, white 2qHa8O14. Rye No. Q, 55%. Bar
| ley-No. q 42Ga5l i-2. Flax seed, No. 1, liz.
Prime Timothy seed S2l5, Mess pork, per
DBL, S9.s0a9 IS. Lard, per 100 lbs s5.45a547 Ia
| shoulders, boxed, 4Aa43S. Short clear sides,
| boxed. s5.O0a510. Whjskey, 81 5.
NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK. Feb. 6.--rlour weak and dull;
winter straights S360a3.70; do. patents S375a
| 100; Minnesota patents s3.sa4.2O; Minnesota
RSe on AT ooS to fair g9s Ses
Buckwheat -four neglected at Sl.90.
Buckwheat dull at %
Corn meal steady; yellow western s30s4;
Rye steady; No. 2, 65 1-2; State 90.
Barley quiet; feeding 46 1-2als; mating Sc liza
IG2.
Barley malt quiet; western 6Oa7O.
Wheat, spot strong; MOI red s61; options,
March e3 +; May July -
Corn, spot fl m; No 2, 43Xa45A; options,
March -; May 4l>s: July -.
Oats, spot ST ady; No, D. IS l-2. options dull
Beef dun; fanny sI0a$11;, extra lless ssOoa
| 800; beef hams $500; packet S9.50a$l0; city
e ytra India mess S1500al60O
Cut meats dull but firmi picked bellies 5a5A
picked shoulders 414all -2; picked hams 7a7S
Lard dull; western steamed S5.75; city 500;
February closed 1913, nominal; refined st ady
Pork dutl; mess ~ Ola lU25; snort ciear
sl0.50al2.50; family Sl0.750ll.O0.
Butter firm; western western o creamery 17@25; do
1talS; State dairy 15d %; creamery -.
Cheese firm; large white 10 l-2; do. small
llallA; large colored 10 II; dc. small llailA
light skins Sa9; part SKINS 7a8
Eggs firm; state and PenusvIvania 29a29 1-2:
western fresh 20; southern 29a30.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys SI.12 i-2a150; New
York S1.25aI50; Long Island Sl5002.00; sweets,
Jerseys, 81. 25a2.50; southern 50a75.
Talow steady; city 9-l6; country l-2a3%.
Cotton seed oil quiet;prime crude 20a2U l-z;do
crude I mills 13ai3 IL; prime summer yell
pfs off yellow Zts buftar GRADES 2Qq
3: prime winter yellow 3la31 prime white 20
Petroleum dull; refined New YORK, s7.4U
A.s5.
kosin steady; strained, common to gooo
|I.S0a 81 IT,.
rurpentine steady st 45ai5 ID.
Rice firm; fair 20 extra 4 l-2a7; Japan 5.
Molasses firm: New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 2Sa33.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand-picked S; othe'
Cabbage dun: Long Island 81 0Oa4 90 per 100
Pis iron dull; southern Sl0.2oail,25; northern
$40 q a11.75.
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by stean
Is grain nv steam
Coffee-Options, March $50: April $3.50; NJ Y
sa.61; S. ptember $500; tober SJS5: Noyem-
Der s 3 December 1910; spot Rio, dali; y
Z, invoice 8 IL; No. Z iobbing Z; mild quiet;
Ootuosa "a ala
Sugar, raw steady: fair refining 3 13- is; ce =
trifugal, 96-test, 5-l6; Muscot ado -; mo-
sses sugar ga; refined steady; mould A s..
scanulated 5: cubes
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, February TO- Flour dull
and unchanged; western super S2.25G2.o0
Wheat easy spot and Feb uary 74s0702a
March q l. ASK May 76Aa77; steamer No.
red -; Southern wheat by sample 7aT5 IL
to on grade -,
Corn easy; spot and February 3SAa3S%
March 391aa99a; April S92s; May -; steame
mixed = Southern white and yeliow corn 371a
ASA.
oats frmer; no, white western, S6 l-2a37
No. mixed 1898 1-2.
Rye steady; NO. nearby 6 a6l; No. west
tsrn GO.
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spot cotton closed firm; middling uplands
20 middling gulf 62s: sales PAS bales.
NEW ORLEANS.
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. I6.--i p. M.-Spot cotton,
good demand, fair bu. mess done, prices un-
changed: american niddiing ding fair 3 81 -';zd
good middling Bad; middling ss-6dd; low
"a.
The sales of the day were Il, 600 bales, of which
1000 were for speculation and export, aud in
suded 10000 American; receipts 4, 0C0 bales, in
GLIDING 300 American.
ntnres opened quiet with a moderate de-
mand and closed barely steady.
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9Th DAY OF MARCH, 1899,
the valuable property known known rs 1.-THE
HOTEL OZONE"

the valuable property known known rs ''THE
HOTEL OZONE"
Terms of sale-Cash.
This 'egant hotel 8 comparatively new, with
large, well ventilated rooms, well lighted, easy
stairs, large parlors and dining-room. and other
modern conveniences, f8vorably coated within
one block of the Seaboard Air Line depot,
about the centre of the growing city OF south,
ern Pi es, the noted winter health resort, and
affords fl opportunity for investment. This
hotel has been in successful operation for
number of years, being crowded with guests IL
the fall whit and spring, and enjoying good
patronage in summer, being the only hotel IN
the city open throughout the entire year This
hotel is especially attractive to Northern visl-
tors on account of its elegant winter porches
and heated halls.
This prope ty is sold for partition among
claimants in common.
For furt er particulars call on or address j.
9. Black, Carthage, N. c., W. G. Douglass,
Raleigh, N. c., or Sergeant & Hollis, attorneys
at law, Concord, New Hampshire.
j. G. BLACK,
w G. DOUGLASS,
decI8su Commissioners
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CHICAGO, Februsry is.
WHEAT

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet: winter patents S3.S0as90; d..
straights IS. ,Oa3.G0: do clear S3.3ea3.40; spring
specials si.20; hard patents, sS.60a370: do soft
Si.fOa3jo straights Ss.2oa3 10; bakers S2.40a2.60
Wheat-No. 2 spring e7ta70; No. spring 6i@
20; No. 2 red 729. Corn-No. 2, 35Aa
351s. Oats No. 2, a7s4; No. white 80 IL:
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{. F. < Y. V. Railway
J0HN GIL, Receiver.
Schedule in effect Nov. 20. 1898.

Leave Wilmington $50 a. IN. Daily
arrive Fayetteville 1900 m. Sanfor
1:43 : ~; Greensboro 4:15 p. M; Wa
nut Cove 5:44 p. M; Mt. Airy 1885 D. o.
Arrive Wilmington 7:05 p. m. Daily
from Mt. Airy, Walnut Cove, Greens
boro, Sanford, Fayetteville and al
points North. South and West.
Local freight trains Nos. z and 8 wit
coach attached between Wilmington an,
Fayetteville.
]. w. FRY, W. e. KYLK
Gent Manager. GenI Pass. Az
Notice is hereby given that applicable
will be made to the next general Assem-
bly, Of North Carolina to charter eth,
City Electro Gas Co." of Rocky Noun
n. q. n
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SALE OF
VaIubIe Hotel Property
In the town of Southern Pines. Moor
County. North Carolina

Bv virtue of a decree of the Superior Court
of Moore county, North Carolina, made in
cause entitled Sadie A. Holt and others against
R. M. Couch. the undersigned commissioners
win offer for sale to the highest bidder at public
cutlery at Southern Pines. N. O.. on the
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NORTH a0uN g

Ar Raleigh - loan al l8an
tItaitv tDaily tN SuuUay
NOS 4G3 ans 402-' Atlanta epecI2is
solid Vestibuled Train ~ PA}wau Gleepey
nd coaches between Portsmouth and A
lanta, also Pulmap Sleep6fa between Ports
mouth and hester. y
nos IL and 3 The S. : l.. Express" EQli
Train, coaches and Pullman Sloepers be
tween Portsmouth and atlants Compaus
Sleepers betweeD Colum Sia and atlanta
Both trains make i'm n ediGte connection
al. Atlanta FOR MontgomerN Mobile. New o
leans, Texas california, NJ eXic0. Ce0ttanoog
Nashville Memohis 8assnn Florida
II. 5. Lizard. G. T. and p. A,
Raleigh, N. G.
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NOTICE.

Application will be made to the Gene
raj Assembly to incorporate the surety
Bonding Company.
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s9lJ7F4 souNo

Schedule in Effect December 18th, 1896
The midland journal., 1899-03-17
FRENCH ARE PHILOSOPHERS.
They Give the Impression of Being
the Happiest People In the
World.

The more nations / make the ac
quaintance of the more deeply con-
frmed get in this conviction, that the
Trenchman, with all his faults and
shortcomings, is the happiest man in
the world. OF course, the wealthy
classes have everywhere found the way
of enjoying life, more or less, but TO
the observer of national characteristics
these classes are interesting. Good So
cicty is good society everywhere. For
a study, give me the masses of the peo-
pie. And it is among the masses in
France that, after all, fiGd the great
esl amount of happiness. The French
man is cheerful philosopher. He
knows best of all how to 1--we and enjoy
life. Moderate in all his habits, he par
takes of all the good things that nature
has placed at his disposal. without ever
making fool of himself.
He understands temperance in the
true acceptation of the word, which
means, not total abstinence, but mod
Grafton. When you say that country
has n temperate climate you do not
mean that it has no climate at all; you
mean that il has climate which is
neither too hot nor too cold. We have
no teetotalers, because we practically
have no drunkards. 4 Frenchman
would be as astonished to find that the
law prevented him from having glass
of wine. because few imbeciles use
wine to get drunk with. as he would 10
find that the law forbade him to use
knives in his quiet and peaceful home,
lecause there are few lunatcs who
use knives to commit suicide with or 10
kill their fellow creatures. North
American Review.
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ter, Coralie. He will be with us some
time, child. Everything must be made
agreeable to him."
Indeed, since he has made you
smile, papa, hope he will stay long
You are very welcom me, Mr.. Jewett."
With bewitching grace she extended
her hand. | took it, and new hopes
came to me. The world seemed bright
ening.
We walked up to the house together
We sat in the cool rooms with their
antique furniture. Mr.. Bostocls had
become passive and silent, from the
fatigue, | thought, of unusual emo
tions. But | was rejoiced to see that
he looked often at me, and that my
presence seemed to have n good effect
on him.
found Coralie charming, frank, un-
affected. She wished to be told about
the far northern states, their people
and their ways. All that had to tell
interested her. Then she sang and
played for me exquisitely 1t was the
music of nature. The mocking birds
song that | heard that night in the
magnolias was not sweetcr.
AT dinner Mr.. lie Fevre, the overseer,
came in, and we were made acquainted
lie seemed blunt man, but not rude,
and his reserve soon gave way to con-
vcrsation. | saw from the looks of
the house-servants that he was no
more favorite indoors than out.
The quadroon girl who stood behind
Mr. Bostock's chair and pulled the
cord that moved above the table fan,
keeping a current of air circulating in
the room-this girl | once observed
making face" II: the oversecr, when
he was looking elsewhere.
81 hope you did not whip jerry" said
Mr.. Bostock.
mo, sir, since you desired me not to.
But thrashing would do the boy lots
of good"
"fou are such a cruel man." the lady
remarked.
"Ah, Miss Coral, you'll never under
stand how lazy these niggers are,
when they're not followed close. If it
wasn't for me, Your father wouldn't
The midland journal., 1899-03-17
The Advent of the Iron Horse Among
the CelestinIs Was Not at
All Welcome.

Mr.. Cox, who was recently assaulted
near Peking. had had many similar ex-
periences during the dozen years he has
been railroad building in the Chilli
province and has only extricated him
self by dint of tact, pluck and good hui
NOR. He has practically for years car
ried his life in his hand. In 1890, for
instance, during the floods. mob, led
by the soldiery of Lutai, a military
camp near Tien-Tsin, cut the railway
embankment and destroyed seven miles
of their line, their officers encouraging
them and enlightened Viceroy Ii Hung
Chang, in his yamen a few miles oil.
"layin low and sayin' muffin" The
cause alleged was that the mba n kment
prevented the flood water from running
of, which, as there were frequent out
let's, was utter nonsense. Previous to
that attempts had been made to wreck
trains and the lives of the foreign en-
ployes were constantly threatened.
The life too of the foreign guard on u
train is not always happy one. Man
darins' servants without tickets take
possession of first-class carriage; eat,
drink, sleep and perform other func-
tions of nature in it. Perhaps they
light pan of charcoal to warm them
selves if the weather is cold Charcoal
has certain asphyXiating effects; the
other passengers complain and the
servants have to be elected. Too much
violence might lead to a general attack
on foreigners and another Tien-Tsin
massacre, while too little would not be
effective. The unhappy guard has to
follow the happy" mean between a
good hard push and a mild knock-down
blow.
There have, of course, been many ludi-
crous as we'll as dangerous incidents on
the North China line. When it was
first opened Chinese would come to the
booking office and try to bargain for
tickets. When told the fare they would
offer half and gradually raise their bid
much disgusted that they should not, in
business spirit, be met half way.
One day a country gentleman on his
first ride in train seeing his house
midway between two stations flying
past deliberately opened the door and
stepped out into space. AT the pace the
train was going European would GER
tainly have been killed. but the supple
celestial, after prolonged series of
somersaults, was seen TO pick himself
and bundle up. dust his clothes and set
off home across the tields-much
pleased with his short cut and the con-
venience of the fire wheel carriage"
An unfortunate railway coolie, equal
ly ignorant Of the laws of mechanics,
did not get off so well. Seeing two
trucks coming at snal's pace down a
siding he placed his foot on the rail TO
stop them. To his astonishment it was
cut off and he learned, like Stephen
sons COW, that momentum is made of
mass as well as velocity.
But. in spite of everything, railways
are bound TO prosper in country
where travelling is otherwise so slow
and difficult, carts and ponies in the
north and boats in the south never do
ing more than 30 or 40 miles between
dawn and dark.-London News.
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RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY FRIDAY. u. 1899.

wretched and lonely old man like me,
have you, because was kind to you?
Do you know, my boy, don't think
there's another man in Louisiana, or
out of it, could soften me the way you
have. I'm going to have you stay here,
now you've come. Oh, yes, | do re-
member now all about the time went
to Boston, and back among the hills
where | was born, and how | found
you and poor Amos out in the fields,
and ate your good mothers mush and
milk"
His face seemed recreated. 1t ac-
tually wore gentl: smile.
But it was long ago, and life has
been hard and cruel with me since, and
had forgotten all these pleasant
things. Why, boy, it seems to me as if
you'd come to me from another world"
He took my hand in his own thin
hand.
You'll stay with me, Dorr Jewett,
won't you?"
| believe the tears came to my eyes
at the question. 1t was asked in
voice which was the ghost of that
hearty, resonant tone that had long
sounded in my dreams. told him
that would stay awhile.
always, Dorr; want you with me-
] remember now, | asked you long
ago to come. | am rich, my boy; I've
got money, and plantations, and slaves;
but | haven't any friends. Well, who
would | be kind to, if it wasn't to
Amos Jewett and his boy? o! Amos
was my chum; he'd wrestle with me
and throw me; but he'd fight any boy
that tried to put upon me. want
somebody to talk to; my girl can't al
ways be with me. lie Fevre is good
fellow, but he's never happy unless
he's driving the niggers round. He
shall show you the plantation when
you've rested - to-morrow-yes, that
will be time enough. When you want
to go to New Orleans he shall go with
you; | never stir off the place. You'll
see how the cane grows-the old cane
and the new cane. LIE Fevre says he's
got more than hundred acres now
planted, He'll show you the sugar
mill, and maybe he can figure up what
the crop will be this year. Good black
soil this, Dorr. This is better than
planting corn in the cracks of the
rocks up north, eh? No, you won't
talk about going away, Dorr Jewett."
So he rambled on, wreck of mind
as well as body, continually striving
to struggle out of the gloom in which
he was involved, and to reach back
ward to familiar faces and scenes.
A burst of melody shook the air; q
clear, pure voice, singing merry
French song. Mr.. Bostock raised his
head, and a new intelligence gave mo-
mentary luster to his eyes.
"Ah, that's Coralie!' he said. "You
shall see Coralie. Here she comes,"
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Kellogg rs~,p.rco1 oINMQS \RNMNMa WIS.

latorS and adventurerS; many of them
had been drinking freely; his offense
was something each man, by reason of
his own mode of life, was prepared to
regard as personal insult and injury.
And he probably knew, too, that no
wild beast of the forest or the wild is
SO cruel in it's rage as crowd of men.
No time was allowed him to think
about it. rush was made for him; a
dozen hands seized him; spite of his
struggles cries and curses, he was
dragged along toward the gangway.
The captain came running down,
hearing the commotion; and, seeing
the situation of affairs, began to inter
cede for the endangered man.
For Gods sake, gentlemen, what's
the matter? Don't have any violence
here"
Its only q - card-sharp we're 60
ing to give ducking."
Its about time we made an exam
Pile of some of these blacklegs who
travel along the river. fleeing honest
gentlemen"
I'D like to have him put down in
the furnace-room, till the boat gets to
New Orleans"
Save me, Capt. Norrs!" the wretch
cd man exclaimed.
"Ah!-is it you, Con Bostock?" the
captain cried. II know you of old.
Gentlemen, just spare him this time,
and If he ever darcs to come aboard
the Queen again, you can drown him ol
hang him, for all care. But tonight,
please let's have no violence. 1t
might hurt thegood name of my boat"
The appeal was successful. The
captains interference had given two
minutes for reflection: and when u mob
can be got to think, there is hope of it.
With some dissent, the mcrciful coun-
sci was approved.
But you'll set him ashore?" some
one suggested.
with great pleasure. There's a
landing two miles below; he'll have to
walk two miles to find house."
The crowd became good humored at
the idea, and sundry coarse jokes were
cut at the expense of the gamblers
plight The boat was soon brought to
the shore, and he was unceremoniously
landed | did not expect ever to see
his coarse, depraved face again; but it
was with me as it ever is-''man pro-
poses, God disposes."
The midland journal., 1899-03-17

have half crop, any year. That
Jeremiah, for instance: he'd fish in the
bayou and play the banjo all day, if I
didn't look after him."
1--WE do have better crops under Mr..
lie Fevre's management" said Mr..
Bostoch. still, don't see why he
has to drive up the field hands So
They get along better on other planta-
tions."
III show you the difference when
the cane is cut" said the overseer,
with his mouth full.
81 think Mr.. lie Fevre would get on
easier with our people if he had al
ways been at the SOUTH" said the lady.
May be so, Miss Coral. I'm Penn
sylvanian, and came down here fresh,
to learn about the niggers. l know
'em! They want bossing, and a good
deal of it."
The midland journal., 1899-03-17
CHAPTER XII
IN LOUISIANA

The ever-changing scenes of the
great river interested me, and could
have studied for days the varying
phases of human nature about me; but
as current and stream bore us rapidly
down, the object of my journey pressed
upon my thoughts, and it was with
eager alacrity that | stepped ashore at
Donaldsonville, at the head of Bayou
La Fourche. With few others and
with my small luggage was trans
ferred to small steamer, and the last
few miles of my journey we followed
the course of the bayou.
For the first time | was in that land
of wonders, lower Louisiana. was
floating on one of the multitude of
streams, which. more than one hun
dred miles above the Delta of the
Mississippi, help to carry off the great
pressure of waters to the gulf. Other
rivers receive tributaries to swell their
food; as the mighty Father of Waters
approaches salt water he is compelled
to send off other rivers to relieve him
self. was in region entirely allu-
vial. a land doubtless manufactured,
as might be said, by the continual de-
posit of soil brought down by the tire
less water giant and thrust out into
the gulf. AS the poet Longfellow
finely says Of this strange phenom-
enon, he
'Seizes the hills In his hands and drags them
down TO the ocean"
was in that region which is actu,
ally at most seasons below the level of
the streams, where great levees or
banks are built upon each side to con-
fine the water to its own bed. Upon
the summit of these levees, high above
our heads as we steamed along, we saw
negro men and women walking, carry
ng immense bundles and even Jars
full of water upon the bare crown. with
out a touch of the hand At times the
bends of the bayou enabled us to look
beyond the levees over a section of the
country and see vast plantations green
with the miniature forests of the
sugar-cane. 1t is here, in this rich.
black soil, that the most prolific sugar
country in North America is found The
population was almost evenly divided
between white and black; the larger
part of the former was of French de-
scent; the French language was much
spoken, and French names of persons
and places were the most common.
To me this was sll new and strange.
and ] was asking many questions
about these strange features of the
land when the boat stopped and the
captain announced "BostoclI's" I
was the sole passenger landed here.
Engaging a lusty and lazy negro to
carry my trunk and show me the way,
took the last steps of my journey
with throbbing heart. All that Mr..
Dorion had related, all that he had put
into his warnings, required to me.
stopped. | shrank from the test that
had come two thousand miles to make.
"Dar am de house, NAUSEA" said my
guide.
1t was a large frame house with
verandas above and below 1t stood
not two hundred yards back from the
bayou. Stately oaks, beautiful mag
nolias were before and around II,
through which were seen glimpses of
wide plantation lands.
The day was hot, the sun oppressive
As advanced toward the house saw
The midland journal., 1899-03-17

a man seated in the shade, while an
other was speaking earnestly and with
much gesticulation to him. stopped,
fearful of intruding, but was already
within earshot.
"A lazy, idle, sulky niger, sir, I tell
you'll He don't earn his salt. I'd have
whaled him long ago if you hadn't for
hidden me; and | must tell you, sir, if
he amt to be whipped, he'd better be
sold. Mayn't send him over to New
0rleans?"
The answer was inaudible.
''Yes, sir, know you don't like it;
but I'm convinced it's the only way to
manage. Well, then-if here amt the
lazy devil right here now! The sassy
dog! Look here, you jeremiah! Didn't
tell you to keep to the cane-hoeing
all day? Where you been?"
My attendant, balancing my trunk
upon his head, and spreading out his
hands in deprecating way, replied:
80! so yo' did, NAUSEA lie Feere, an
meant to stay-'deed / did!-but
hear de boat a-comin' down de bayou,
The midland journal., 1899-03-17
CHAPTER XII

Down the walk she came from the
house, light of step and graceful as a
fawn, clothed in pure white, with roses
in her raven hair. She was coming
directly to her father, when she saw
me. She looked from me to him; his
smile at once seemed to arrest her at
tention.
"Why, papa, what has happened2"
she exclaimed. you are almost laugh
ing! When did that happen beforeP"
This is Dorr Iewett," he said, "the
son of my old friend and schoolmate
in the north. Dorr, this is my daugh-
The midland journal., 1899-03-17
Merely Interested,

at is claimed by the complainant
that you assaulted him." said the mag
istrate.
"lle lies, your worship. never
touched him. Robson and Tibbs picked
him up and carried him to the pump.
All ! did was 10 work the pump ham
dle."-lllustrated American.
The midland journal., 1899-03-17
An Expensive Luxury,

Tomkins-That's a handsome UNI
brella you've got there, Gibbs.
"Yes, Tomkins."
about what does it cost to carry an
umbrella like that?"
eternal vigilance. ."-Tit-B Bits.
The midland journal., 1899-03-17

]. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo, conductor on
electric street car line, writes that his
little daughter was very low with Group,
and her life saved after all physicians had
failed, only by using One Minute Cough
Cure. Eli 7. Reynolds.