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The Worthington advance., 1900-10-19

The work OF the League OF American
|sWleelmen in behalf of xo6d droAdaf. re-.
cefving recognition from yons of the
most indhential| sources il thescnr,nn-
try. The Washing ton TIMES xiyeI the
following editorial opinion. :
81 The question of road bun ding iuthis
country is receiving, as it should. in
creased attenfiof from atae public of
late. There s 40 Itqpic pnswhch dis
cussion is more profitable, and none
upon which it is more important that
public interest should be awakened. s
The problem has been, in this coun-s
try, an exceedingly difficult one, owing
s sbIes 81 iR7dRts iBIio5y 6G o,s5 ssa
the diversified nature Of it. mo other
civilized, counkry has q singh modern
governmentshad to wrestle ith the
problem Of making good, 81 i'd roads
over thousands of miles offountry,
some sWamry. some o nta bus, and
saA more gor les upt tanG blythe hand
OF man. The Romans laid fol hda tions
OF good roads all oyer Europ< and still
remain tho champi6n road-h lders of
the ages. But We had no p mans in
this county to lay fonnda atid 3 for us,
nor had we barbarians whomye could
press into involuntary servicesto do the
stone-breaking, even if We hail wanted
to emulate the works Of CaesS2.
Another thing which has cdnpicat.
ed the matter Of making tufnpikes is
the rapid and phenomenallY Ysuccess-
full development Of the railroads. They
have cast their network of stsel wires
all over the country and abs0bed the
transportation business, so II it where
they went it was not 50 very Necessary
to have roads that would stsHd heavy
hauling or promote fast drifting. In
Kentucky, famous for her gd6d roads,
travel by coach or horseback fas com
mon, and it was worth while for the
community to ma ksy md swift.
/ Moreover, thess conf ton of the
country favoied road sbnlldin !.
s. 0flafe yearst the ibicyeSe asa5ciations
have urged an ii1sfso oe1nenr in the
highways. Abicycls Va lesT patient
aninal than the horse, in some re-
spects. It will work untiringE as long
as it is humored, but it has % be hu-
mored.. A good horse will endure
because; he must 7strugglingsout of
boghole which has mired him. to the
depth OF a foot or two, or picking his
way over siding mountains path COW
cred with rolling stones, but nobody
can get a, bicycle to do that. A horse
will stand the spur; whereas if d spur
was used on the tire of bicycle it
would calmly lie down in the'road.E In
short, the wheel is an exacting crea-
ture to ride, and the bicyclist very soon
discovered that for his own comfort,
if he intended to ride that wheel at his
own sweet will, he will have to bestir
himself and make the legislatures pro-
vide good roads for him to travel.
/ By whatever means the roads are
improved, it is well that it should be
done. The difference between a good
road anda bad one may mean much to
the community It may make or mar
the civilization Of the whole region to
be more or less accessible by turnpike.
The quicker this matter of public high
ways receives proper attention the bet
ter off the public will be. s:* q +
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Easily Explained.

II "Pa.'' s.
b ''Well?''' ...st.
whats the difference between
wages and salary p. .s
If man IS working for Ave dollars
. daysrunningsas machine of.some kind,
or laying brick or doing something else
that makes q white collar and cuffs
uncomfortable, he getsfwages. Do you
understand what mean?"
- Yes, SIR ). .5,
"But II he sits at q desk and uses .
pen and gets $11 aweek and has soft
hands he receives a salary. Now do
you see the diherenc ?'-Chicago
Tines-Herald. E5=< :.
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N:LoADInG 6 or CORN.
Extension Box vVhfah aavea Lots 81
Work ana Adds to the Capao-
& lty OF the waEon.

A useful device can be made and at
tached to the back end Of wagon box
SO that shoveling out may be begun at.
once upon reaching the crib. It will
also add several bushels capacity to the,
wagon box. Make . sloping floor, .. o.
few feet long with cross-pieces on the
lower side ct and 6. Let the floor be
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TERRIBLE LYDDITE SHELLS.
Shocking Sights Witnessed by an
American at Tientsin After
the FlHht.

Wherever a lyddite shell bursts you
may look for dead within a range of
20 yards. says Golfers Weekly. It
killed the Chinese soldiers and rolled
them over by concussion down the
ruts worn by the water Of rainfalls
to the street, where they lay in pile
even as the debris from a runway on
a mountain side. If the shell carried
oyer the wall into the town n-now we
know why Admiral Seymour hesitated
So long to throw shells in Tentsin,
though we were suffering shell fire in
the concession while the viceroy was
blandly conducting business in his
yamen in the native city as usual
and burst in mud house, you found
the members of the family piled one
on top of the other, slaughtered in
a flash. Though the dead be Chinese,
and: there was rifle and plenty of
cartridges near at hand. the white
man shddders at such a sight, espe-
cially if, as I found in one house, he
sees one member of the family with
his jaws and nose shot off. but still
breathing in bloody bubbles from his
gullet. -: ....* ...., = -
At two a. m. when our troops first
entered the city-by our troops. T.
mean troops of the allies, the Japan
ese-the city was as silent as medi-
eval town between. the sentry calls,
"All's WE'LL" The soldiers had gone.
Those of the population who had
been warned, and had any place to go,
and who were not paralyzed with
fear, had gone. These were compara-
lively few. The rest bolted their
doors against the powers OF an army
even as the French peasants did in
187o-71-and waited for what the NOR
row would bring forth. The Chinese
found in the street ran. if his legs
were strong enough to carry him.
Otherwise he fell down, his forehead
in the dust, waiting his innocence of
all crimes against foreign devils. With
the breaking open of houses in the
immediate vicinity Of the wall; by the
very proper order of the. Japanese
general, and the destruction of guns
and ammunition in them, the inhabit!
ants, finding we were SO weak-for
that is. how they construe it---as not
to kill them. went forth. with. !'"'ko!
tows'' and offerings OF cakes. melons
or whatever they had. They swarmed
up the old steps to the pagodas On the
wall, which are as worn as those to
the Parthenon. with food in one hand
and the white flag in the other. and
begged for passes from the soldiers.
The soldiers ate the cakes, except the
Americans and the British, who stuck
hygienically to their hardtack, and
grasped the situation in q manner
worthy of men who fight with humor
in their hearts. &r-; ..-. y
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The SteD from the

The Step from the Sublime.
But yesterday he felt that he
Was born to be king;
His step was high. his air was proud,
He held his head above the crowd
Last night his wife went shopping round
And in his inmost pocket found
A letter-he has come to be
A cringing, sinking thing!
Chicago Times-Herald
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C0minw Her Wav.

Things are coming my way" she
remarked. casually.
Fortunately the two dudes ap-.
preaching did not hear the remark.
But possibly they would not have un-
derstood it Chicago Post.
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Y iy;ytlsi;i.; 9 J ,fo5iyviH 2

! Variety of food is$essential to rapid
growth of Jopng Exr Mt
mad IN feedin 81 Tor Ion
on atoes alone capssd afkkf5, a. a.;
softeniihf of tho q. othei piSE
nussml tie same litter, fed up0ln poa ,
tatoes; ustlneal- and pkoaphates, ha4s
normal sskeletons; but tl19rs was 8 dif.,
fefenee; according to thSsPhosphate..
added. Those fed upon phosphate of
potash had porous bohea. The pipst
thai. were given pho1pAate and cir-
bonStc of lime Gas food ingredikhts)
we're healthy. thfif and lrs@ rap
idly. : ssEss zs5s7. S.
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Conceded.

Z" Mandy" said her elderly relative.
"that young Spoonamore hasn't cent
to his name. You would be simply
crazy to marry him!"
II am, auntie," replied Miss Mandy.
Chicago Tribune. =
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Song Not from the Heart.

Miss Gushy-Ah, professor, it was
easy to see that your singing was
from the heartA
Prof. Won Growle-No, madam, id ISIS
vrom der diaphragm. Der tones iss
nod goot ven dey vrom der heart lis.
Baltimore American.
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FIVE TOWNS MOVED.
South Dakota, and They Had to
Go to the Railroads.

towns have been torn from their foun-
dations this year and dragged across
the prairie to the irresistibte magnet of
newly.settled countries,Ha railroad ex-
tension. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul road this year has built from Ar
mour west through Charles Mix counr
ty, in South th>Dakota-wKich never had
a railway beforehand, from Bowdle
west of the Missouri river. Purposely
the surveys missed all the towns and
new. townships were plotted. As re-
suit Geddes and New Platte, the new
railroad towns on the Charles Mix coun-
ty extension, and Evarts, on the Bow
die extension, are thriving communi-
ties Of $50 pe1sons each, while Selby;
Bloomington, Edgerton, Castalia and
Old Platte are now only memories.
The railroads towns have been
doomed to a point where collapse
seems imminent. A $1DIr eco hotel of 60
rooms is building in Geddes; there are
three banks there and many general
stores, At Platte the growth has been
so nearly instantaneous out of ftreeless
prairie lands that it is still in disorder,
but the streets are daily lined with
scores of teams and the saloons, stores
and blacksmith shops do a big business.
The real estate men are flying high
just now: At the sites of the deserted
towns solitary church or cottage
stands sentinel among the gaping cell
lars from which homes have been
dragged. The streets are grown up to
weeds. The howl of a lonesome dog
voices the wall over blighted hopes for
which the railroads survey is account
able. >:
It is no longer considered worth
while to find the towns in running rail-
road surveys; the enterprise of the
times dictates town making. At the
first intima tion that a railway was
headed toward town up would 60 the
prices for land and clear: titles were,
moreover, almost out of the question.
So railroads of the west now quiehE
purchase a town site, plot it, sell the
plots, and pocket what is received
for them above the cost of acre landas
clear gain. There is no trouble about
right Of way or dickering with obstin-
ate town councils. So A.railroad goes
out of it's way tb leavesSfhe old towns
high and dry and in consequeneeS the
old towns migrate. Neverin the history
of the country has there been such a
wholesale migration as the Milwaukee
road caused thisye First Old Platte
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Retained All HIS Faculties.

Retained All HIS Faculties.
Tired of his parsimony and general
meanness the neighbors turned out
one night and tarred end feathered old
Skinnphlint.
Save the tar" he said to the good
Samaritan who was scraping him of
several hours afterward. ''l can get
five cents a pound for it, Chicago
Tribune.
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Truthful.

Old Lady-And how did you come to
join the Salvation Army, my good
young man?
S. A. Recruit (frankly)-It was the
only way I could get the public to
stand my cornet playing, ma'am!-
Puck
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she I1ad . Smaller one. e.

II was on q West side cable. The
stout Teuton woman with the little
boy handed q conductor two-dollar
bill. }>@~ ~ l3>'ss
Smallest you have?'' inquired the
conductor, as he shifted the silver and
nickels in his pocket. .'@'s@
!. She thought he meant the little boy.
"Nein!" she responded. "I hat one
home only dree months old alretty."
Then the laugh was on the conduct
or.-Tacoma News. - ~. ~
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The laws Of justice seem to bind
The oppressor with the oppressed:
Those who go to law but little get
And the lawyers get the rest.
Chicago Daily News,
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Youth and Are.

A callow youth. he longed to shave
Before the down was there. but
A bald-head now, he'd Joy to have
Just one old-fashioned haircut,
-Phtladelphia Preup.
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Unintellirible.

$50 Matchett is married?"
"Oh, yes; been married over a year
His wife's fine woman, but most OF
the time he can't understand what she
says"
"You don't mean it? Foreign, eh?"
"Not at all. You see, most of the
time she's talking to the BABY
adelphia Press.
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Ho Knew the Girl

The Father 1Y1ouS two had better
hays : quiet we'd ddins.
Il, The LovsrsyV
The Father Thereu be noise
enough ana to spare aafte.ir; ! !; you're y 8 mar. 81
,ried. Tit-Bits
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CarPyin1 sOuf tha .Rnle.

3. Caf1yih6 IO0f t60 801e. 8
Some editor who has been giving ad-'
vice to people on how to live to bel old
says that one OF the main rules 10 fol-
low is to 80 away from the tabli at
each meal feeling a. II you could eat
more.'''.. =. t=9s#== } !. ST ~.
M Well say, II that's right every tel
low at our boarding house ought to
!, live to be q hundred Cleveland Plain
Dealer. ~ 81
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The Clearly Hen.

A little girl staying in the country
for the first time saw a hen scratch
ing in the. garden. -. "-
"Oh, mother!" she - exclaimed,
''here's hen wiping, her boots! Do
look!"-Columbus Dispatch.
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KEEPS WHEELS CREASED.
!. Sa8e Es---
:. A.toaa..at,oSoi1sf Which, Accord
r Ing Is 1ts Ilye4fer, Saves Labor
and Lubricants.

= The, labor of oiling wagon wheels
by the usual method is somewhat
arduous, and he who can performs the:
task without soiing the hands and
clothes IS an exception to the general
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Burglar Rat-1t's all right, Jimmy.
get the pie; I've got her cinched.-
Chicago American.
Not Unusual,

When two mems stories don't at all agree
It does not always mean
That one the truth and one the lie must be;
For, when the facts are seen.
Most probably they both of them prove
lies,
And differing only in regard to size.
Judge,
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Friend-He says you are in your
prime. ]
Mrs. Brown-The ides!: I'm not q
old a that!-Puck. ss..5..
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Mem nf Her.

King Old Man-Why are you crying,
little boy?
Little Theodore-I only went to
wish my sister many happy returns
on her thirtieth birthday, and the
mean old thing boxed my ears!-N. Y.
World.
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An.Exnlanafian,

An EXplam1ti0n.
Nel-Do you mean to tell me that
you are engaged to George, but don't
love him?
Bess-Yes. ~~,G<@3 .,Gt. .........
Nell-Then why don't you break
the engagement?
Bess-Because we were only en-
gagged last night, and he hasn't given
me the. ring yet.-Chicago Daily
News,
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Joy In Prospect,

The watermelon's waning, and
Its joys will soon be gone:
But. ah, dear Natures lavish hand!
The pumpkins coming on.
Chicago Record.
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: :
We Must Have 'Em.

We Must Have EN-.
We may live without fools,
Sapheads and politicians:
We may live without love
Under certain conditions;
We may live without dudes,
Cigarettes and tanks;
But the world would not move,
II it wasn't for cranks.
Chicago Daily News.
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Circumstances Alter Gases.

Circumstances Alter Cases.
She-1 like him because he's so ex-
travagant. ~%'ss
Her Aunt-That isn't the best pos
sible quality in husband.
@ she-Of course, not! I'm not going
to marry him!-Puck.
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DPitish Enginn-OrfY4rs..

The average distance travelled by'
/ 11BritiIA sengihs iiyers i from 10000
70 o0sO00 rliles every year. There arb
about $4,000 drivers 81 the Unit4d
SKingdom. Z. Sun. ss5as Esys
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Nellie-1'm not satisfied with the
color of my hair, dear; it's too dar ark.
Flo-Don't. make worry of that,
Nellie, dear; it. can't be long now be-
fore it's gray.-Ally Sloper.
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Upon the Ottonan.l s

Upon the Ottonaan. All
When Johnnie Jones and Jennie Smith
First felt young Cupid's dart
They were upon the ottoman =
And 81 sat thus far apart. 4
Twas very. like kiss ,g; f.I
And 10; upon the ottoman, <@,7:
= .'Theysatsomewhatlik
Town Topics. S - ~ =.
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~ The Lady You've been bringing us
pretty blue milk lately"
j The Milkmah-Ofscourse, I have. I
don't keep nothin' but bue-blooded
'cows.-N. Y. Journal.
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Never Pleased.

The gossips leave you sorrowing and sus-
picious, = At.~'E71 8.
! No matter how your daily life is spent.
1fyou get rich they'll say you're avaricious: !:
q II poor. they'll say you're improvident.
Washington Star.
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and, see III couldn't pick out few
more. H El
"But Col. Western i. opposed to
us" vii, g.. u &
HE is most good natured," i re.
Piled. II am sure he will lend us a
Ny agent sighed. He wasSa consci-
entious man, and had scurpIes as to
whether 1 was a. fit person for the
house Of commons. ''If he were only
as sensible as some Of his speeches!" !"
he said to my mother once
y Nevertheless, I sent my mother over
to Col. Westerns, and she returned in
triumph with Alice, who,, as it hap.
pens, was q radical Of the most un.
bending principles. q - *5=>T :
We used to canvass together. The
agents wife came too. Alice thought
this best. The agent expostulated at
the absurdity and waste Of time in
.volved in three people doing the
work of one. We pointed out how
much more thoroughly the work was
done. When we had all had turn
at the fortunate elector he was not
in q condition to refuse his vote. But
the agent would not be silenced till
Alice got his wife to stop him with
. glance. !. ,.,s..S,
The polling day came. Alice and my
mother, the agent and I drove from
polling booth to polling booth. To-
ward. eight o'clock atheT agent came
TO me dolefully, and said he feared
my return was Improbable. was
very sorry forHrthe poor man. he
had ysorke Is lard. When I told
my mdk kber a sfst into tears. She
must also have been sorry for him.
Alice comforted her Ike the deal,
kind girl she Il.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-04-18

Prof W. W. Jones returned from
his trip to Madison and Milwaukee
Saturday. Mrs. Jones and daughte"
Marion are visiting in Minneapolis,
and will return this week.
The Frank E. Long Company
showed in the Opera House Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings,
drawing good houses each night, and
giving very creditable performan-
ces. The Long company have been
here before, and they always are
we'll received. Mr., Long is one of
the finest gentlemen in the theatre
cal business that visits here, aud he
always carries with him company
of artists, all of whom are thorough
ladies and gentlemen. They will
play here again Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights of this week.
At the meeting of the town board
Monday Tim Manning was reap
pointed janitor for the ensuing year,
and DR.. Hicks health officer The
appointment of town attorney was
again laid over. The appointment
of Charles Drummer as chief OF
police, as shown by the minutes
was confirmed by the approval OF
the minutes, so all but the attorney
ship matter is now settled. The
overseer of highways was given in,
structions to begin work at once on
fixing roads and streets, and the
board decided to go out and look
over the places for which improve
ments on highways are desired.
The Busy Bee" Circle of the
Congregational Sunday School will
have an entertainment in the Church
next Monday evening, April 23rd,
commencing at eight o'clock. Mrs.
Sawyer will read extracts from her
daughters letters, written in Naples
Pompie, Rome. and other places in
southern Italy. Useful articles and
home made candy will be on sale.
And it is expected there will be
music. No admission fee, but a col
lection will be taken after the read
inc, for the benefit of the fund tic
purchase window for the contem-
plated new church.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dukelow, and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Kenfeld enter
tanned about forty friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. L. Dukelow, at Masonic
Hall last Friday evening, commemor-
ating their 10th wedding annivers-
airy. The following guests partici-
pated in the various enjoyments oil
the evening: Mesdames. and Messrs.
MeRaith, Brown, Downs, Lemke,
Owen, Tice, Frost, Caldwell, Mar
shall, Flynn, Spears, Wilkinson,
White, Gibson, Carson; Mesdames.
Harris, Everson, Sawyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ell. D. Kenfield, of Ashland
Miss Joice, of Ludington, Michigan
Miss McRaith, of Chippewa Falls
Misses Grant, Hubert, Everson
and Lemon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-04-18

Ashland, Bayfield, and Washburn
will take place at the Opera House,
/ Tuesday, April "a. Admission %
cents, children Is cents. Come out
and encourage these contests. They
are always a source of pleasure to
those who attend. and q great bene-
fit to the schools.
A. r. Bass of Morgantown, Ind. !,
had to get up ten or twelve Tins in
the night. and had severe backache
aud pains in the kidneys. Was
cured by Foleys Kidney Cure. It's
guaranteed. Sold by Owen, Frost
& Co.
The new police force assumed
their duties Saturday. They are:
Chief, Charles Brunner; patrolmen:
Messrs Peter Kjaerwick, Robert
Lowry and Mike Thoreson. The
new force take, hold in good shape.
Mr.. Brunner has been there before,
as chief and takes hold in a manner
that indicates that he has not for
COTTON how to do the work.
Last Sunday was Easter Sunday,
and was observed by the different
churches with appropriate services.
At the Congregational Church, a
fine musical program was prepared
for both morning and evening SER
vices and the church was decorated
with easter lilies and plants. The
Sunday School had charge of the
evening program and it was excep-
tionally fine,
E, G. Stevens, NJ. N Oistad, Will
Helen, Christ Dahl, Charles Geisert,
Olaf M. Olsen, David Hedlund,
Jacob Johnson and Severt Ole
will leave this week for Oak
land, Oregon, to look after their
timber claims. Mr.. Stevens also ex-
poets to visit San Francisco, Santa
Cruz, and Los Angeles, and will be
gone month. The other members
of the party will return just as soon
as possible.
Hudson Star and Times: ''It is a
sad commentary upon human nature
that it should yearn most for that
which is forbidden. Let play or
book be advertised as off color and
it is at once in demand. The hog
and the human are much alike, in
that both seek the mud The hog
seeks the wallow to purify his body,
but alas, man seeks it to crafty the
morbid propensities of his ma
ture. To that extent the latter is
inferior to the former.
At the first Congregational
Church next Sunday morning the
pastor will preach on the tenth
Hour" At night Mr.. Gibson will
begin series of short lectures on the
general subject America and
Christ" Special topic for the first
talk will be "Our Territory and Re-
sources. There will be about eight
of these short lectures in the series.
The purpose is to make them inter-
esting, profitable and popular. You
are invited.