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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-09
Mrs. F1anner Married

We learn from the Sampson Demo-
crat, of Clinton, N. c.. that Mr.. Henry
w. Butler and Mrs. Carrie L. F1anner
were married in Washington, D.. c., on
Wednesday, September 18th. Mr.. But
Ter is the young brother of United
States Senator Marion Butler. The
Democrat says the couple will be at
home in Washington.
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NAVAL STORES.
Carolina Defeats the Deaf and Dumb
Institute.
Especial to The Messenger

Especial to The Messenger
Chapel Hill, N. c.. October Caro-
lima Overwhelmingly defeated the deaf
and dumb institute OF Norganton to-
Gay in the first game Of foot ball his
season by the score Of IS TO o. The fea-
tuEes for Carolina were Osoorne's.
Glenn's and Oldham's long runs. and
for the visitors the playing Of Rob-
ertson and Rossen. Two Commute
halves were played and Carolina show
ed up finely.
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Chairman Finance Committee.
Use Aliens Foot-Ease in -FOUR Shoes

Use Aliens FOOt-EaSe In Your SHOES
A lady writes: ct shake Aliens Foot
Ease into my gloves and rub a little
on my hands. 1t my gloves by
absorbing p~ersporation. 1t is a most
dainty toilet powder" We invite the
attention of physicians and nurses to
the absolute purity Of Aliens Foot
Ease. DR.. w. c. Abbott, editor Of thu,
Chicago Clinic, says: cit is a grand
preparations; I am using it constantly
In my practice" All drug and shoe
stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy,N.Y.
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CdsH QUOTATIONS. were As iOIloNs-
Flour quiet; winter patents $3.a0a4.10;
straights S .20d3.S0: clears s3.2o63e0:
spring specials s4eOa47O: patents
s3.60G4.1O; straights S3I5G3.eD: bakers
S2.30g2.S5; No. 5 spring wheat 76d7shc:
No. 2 red 77&c: No. . corr i0% n4lc:
No. ? yellow 4lG41bc; No. . oats 22A6
22%c: No. 2 white 25kGoeIsc: No. 3
pork per barrel s14.5Odl5.0O: lard per
100 pounds $7.25q7.272; short ribs sides
(loose) $7.925@S.10: dry salted shoul-
ders (boxed) s6.25G6.37k: short clear
sides Cboxed) $S.40@S.50; whiskey Si.27.
New York, October 6.-FLOUR-
The market was a narrow affair but
we'll sustained especially on spring
brands without change. minnesota
patents $4.2Oq4.60. Winter patents
s3.70G4.00.
WHEAT-Spot steady: No. 2 red
S2Ac; options opened firm and higher
on strong English cables. local cover
ing and bullish northwest arket but
was very quiet. Later eased on on
predictions OF clear Weather in the
northwest but closed steady at &c net
advance. March closed S6%c; May
closed S6bc; October Sic; December
$3.50.
CORN-Spot dull: No. 2 4SIac: OPP
lions We're neglected but steady in SYM
pathy with wheat and on firlmer Eng
lish cables. Closed steady at I'M
changed prices. May closed 4ihc; Oc-
tober 46hc: December 42hc.
OATS-Spot quiet; No. 2 25iac; op-
tions dull but fairly steady.
LARD'Steady; western steamed
S7.65; October 1856, nominal. Refined
dull: continent s7.S5; South American
1915; compound s6A66ac.
EGGS-Firm; state and P~ennsylva-
MIA 1S@21c; western regular packing at
mark 12h@1sc.
PETROLEUM-Easy; refined New
York s7.45; Philadelphia and Baltimore
$40; do in bulk s4.S5.
RICE-Ffrm; domestic fair to extra
4%@6kc.
POTATOES-Quiet; Jersey $1,000
1.5o; New York $1.50G1. 62h: Long Is
land s1.5o91.75; Jersey sweets s2.250
2.75.
PEANUTs-Quiet; fancy handpick-
ed 4Q4Ac; other domestic 2h@4c.
100 s1.5002.25.
COTTON SEED OIL-very slow
but steady; prime crude barrels nomi-
nal; prime summer yellow 37@37kc
prompt; off summer yellow 3693Shc;
prime winter yellow f1u42c; prime
white 40G41c; prime meal SIG.
SUGAR-Raw steady; fair refining
4Ac; centrifugal SO test 4Ac: molasses
sugar 4c: refined quiet: standard A.
s5.55; confectioners A. s5.55; mould A.
$500; cut loaf s6.15; crushed s6.15: pow
dered s5.S5: granulated $5.75; cubes
$3.50.
NAVAL STORES.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine firm at
362c asked. Rosin steady and I'M
changed.
Savannah-Spirits %turpentine firm at
BIC; receipts 40 casks: sales ~ casks:
exports 1922 casks. RosiSn steady and
unchanged; receipts 2.902 barrels; sales
312 barrels; exports 5.50S barrels.
New York-Spirits %turpentine steady
at f0kG41c. Rosin steady: strained
common to good $1.47HG1.5e.
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Delegates to Ecumenical Conference
Especial To The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C., October 6-Rey. John
c. Kilgo. of Trinity college, and Jos.
G. Brown. Of Raleigh. are appointed
delegates to the Methodist Episcopal
ecumenical conference at London next
wear
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YOUNG MEN WANTED. WITH FAIR nd
ueation and good character. to learn Tel
egraphy. Railroad Accounting and Type
writing. This Is endorsed by all lead{nO
railway companies as the only perfect and
reliable fnsfitrtion OF its kind. All our
graduats are Assisted to positions. Ladies
GLOBE TELEGRAPH COLLEGE, Le1inS.
ton, Ky. inc X Am
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AN FIRM

Mrs. E. Warren & Son to Manufacture
All Grades of Candy On a Large
ScaIe-An Expert Candy Maker From
Huyler's I'm Charge OF the Factory.
Agencies for Warren's' Candies All
Over This State and Part of South
Carolina.
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The best tina none can buy should
be your aim in choosing medicine, and
this is Hoods Sarsaparillia. 1t cures
when others fail.
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THE CITY

The Best Showing Ever Made I'm It's
Hfstory-Sixty-One Patients Treated
I'm September-The Amount of SIS
sc Taken in From Pay Patients and
Prescriptions
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Mr.. A. A. Wells returned last night
to Elm City. after having been here a
few days.
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Amount transmitted.

the IS Ine ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of our last remittance:
Galveston, Tex, October 1.
Jackson & Bell Co., Wilmington, N. G.
Dea Sirs: I am today in receipt OF
your further remittance of S214.73 do
mated by your readers to aid our suffer-
ers. / note your kind remarks con-
corning u people and our good
wishes that the contribution will con-
tinue. As you SAY the cause is a grea :.
and good one and much will be re-
quired to even approximately assist our
people in getting on their feet.
Again thanking you, with regards, /
am. Yours very truly,
JNO. SEALY,
Chairman Finance Committee.
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The Galveston Relief Fund

We desire to acknowledge the receipt
of $50 from Grace NJ. z. church for the
Messengers Galveston relief fund.
The funds % DOT up as follows:
Previously acknowledged. ........s 6S.75
Grace Church. 5000
Amount transmitted. ............S 1915
1857
Total $685.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS

Wilmington, October 6.
Receipts of cotton today 4,311 bales.
Receipts same day last year 1.S4s
bales.
This seasons receipts TO dat@sS.el2
bales
Receipts TO same date last year
-. 9i1 bales
The quotations quoted at 4 o'clock
al the exchange:
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Same day las year-ssc.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE = Firm;
machine barrels 35Ac; country barrels
.36Lc.
ROSIN-Steady at Sis and $50.
TAR-Ffrm at s1.40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Quiet Ct
s1.10G2.1O.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
.turpentine 4S1sc and 4sc; rosin sOc
and s5c: tar $50: crude turpentine
hard S1.50; soft $3.50.
Receipts today-43 casks OF spirits
~turpentine, SO barrels rosin. "a barrels
tar, I9 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-o0 casks
of spirits t~urpentine. 15S barrels rosin.
6S barrels tar, 20 barrels crude turpen-
tine.
PRODUCE
SALT.-lOGs, sSr; I25's, 5SIzc; lsGs.
SAC; Zoos. s9c: zoos. F. F.. $780,: in less
than car load lots
DRY SALTED SIDEjS& 10 Sac.
BUTTEK--24 - 26c.
COFFEE-1O 10 11hc-
BAGGING.-2 ID. basis. s.. 10 size
COTTON TIES.-sl.40 10 Stu.
FLOUR-Straights $500: 2nd patents
s4.25; full $3.50.
MOLASSES.- s. House. 15c: New
Koreans Brighfs, % TO 2ac; Porto vic
20 20 Csc: Cuba, 2S 10 312.
SUGAR-Granulated $500; W. y. c..
No. 5 $3.50; No. 8 s5.25: No. IL $50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Caro,!2a. :unc,
so to 9Gc; prime so to soc; Virginia 45c
to soc; Spanish so to S5c.
CORN-61k to 62hc.
CORN MEAL@57hc.
n. C. BACON-Hams, 12kc; Shout
ders Shc; sides 10c.
CHICKENS-Firm; spring Zoe to zoe.
nets. :212 to &c; ROSTERS Zoe.
EGGS-Steady at 1Sc.
SHINGLES-Per 1000. ; inch saps.
s1.60: 5 inch hearts, s2.25; 6 inch saps.
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Shipping 5000 500
Mill, prime ............... $500 $50
Mill, fair 5.006 600
Common Mill ............. 4.00@ 500
Tpfar;or 70 ordinary SnA A IN
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LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
Wilmington, October 6.
Quotations on IDEAL securities, fur
nished and reguiarly corrected by
HIGH MacRAE & CO:
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
CONDUCT
Buddhist Good and had Scores Credited
According To Actions.

Buddhist Good and had Scores Credited
According Ia Actions.
A French traveller who has been
studying the natives in Tenkin writes
to a geographical magazine tbs. many
Buddhists give considerable time to
keeping account Of the merits and de-
merits credited 10 them according to
their conduct. II a man. for example.
loans an umbrella, picks up a grain OF
rice or frees a bird from Imprisonment,
he is entitled to one merit. VI he
gives n coffin to q bereaved family. he
may add thirty mGrits to his list. II
is not 80 meritorious to pay the debts
Of ones father, but he who reuders this
tlial service may count ten merits TO
his credit. II is worth fifty merits to
save a cbild's life: but there are two
other specially good works each OF
which entities the person performing
them to 100 Of these good MARKS. One
Is TO publish Il good book ard the othcr
is 10 marry, after one has become rich.
an unattractive girl, whom he had
promised to wed before he had areuir-
ed wealth. One OF the minor Sins is 20
dig an insect out of it's snug rest in
winter. This unkindne3s 10 punished
by one dement,. 1t is not at all acat TO
blot a book. and this carc,essness Is
punishable with five dement's, The
same penalty attaches to the offepse
of drunkenness. II Is Just as wicked
to eat beef or dog meat as to kin a
child, and 100 dement's are recorded ia
each case. For the crime OF loving a
wife better than ones parents lea de-
merits also are imposed. But there ia
one offense that Gems to be hcinous
beyond expression, and that ia to pub
fish a bad book; IL the hook IA very
bad the number of dement's imposed
may be infinite in number.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
Oondon letter.

London has a persistent enemy to
street musicians in the person of ]. A.
Jaeoby. M. r., who for nine years has
been insistently trying to have an an
tl-noise bill passed by the house for the
relief Of urban dwellers. Especially he
would have the street musician sup
pressed. and to this end would en-
power property owners, dodgers, or
tenants OF any property to nov the
performer at least 300 yards from the
scene OF his Objectionable music max
ing. II the performer will not move on
request he may be fined 40 shillings
or sentence him to IA days imprison-
ment. with or without the exaction OF
hard labor.
Cats. dogs, chickens, costermongers,
nor dairymen have the terrors for Mr..
has grinding out the staccato notes Of
THE Old Kent Road" Especially he
deplores the fact OF children In the
street lifting their skirts and tripping
to the music that has attracted them.
London. says Mr.. Jacoby. has been
he dumping ground OF Europe for
street musicians. lie points that Par
Is. Berlin, Rome, Madrid. Vienna and
st. Petersburg all have imposed strict
discipline upon these itinerants, while
London, leaving them to their wills,
has been inviting an influx Of them to
that city.
I'm the main they are idle rogues,"
asserts Mr.. Jacoby, persons who may
have escaped the laws or c~onscriptions
OF other countries to make a living of
the nervous systems Of others. They
harrass people OF brains. making brain
work almost impossible; they wake
babies. disturb the sick, and torture
whole neighborhoods. We are a quiet
err people than most continentals, but
why is 1t that we don't enforce that
quiet?
III ] could have had my way the
thing would have been regulated long
ago. ] have been working at my bill
for nine years or more. But 1t is a pri-
vate members bill. and in the house
OF commons these are nowhere when
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28

doubt I own up that In my exuberance
/ quite forgot myself. | went down
town. assisted the boys in building
bonfres. exploding powder. and max
ing a r%ip-roaring night OF 1t. Then |
went over the state making speeches
and promising the people that as SOC
as you went In the Republicans would
20 out"
The president began tapping his nm
gers lmpatiently on his desk. while his
visitors face was becoming more and
more serious. There was but q shor
pause, when Mr.. Allen continued:
DO you know, Mr.. President. you
remind me OF a client I had down in
Monroe county some years ago. His
name was S~praggins, and he was the
eldest OF five brothers. His father had
died, leaving a little property, but no
will. In attempting to divide the es-
tate among themselves the brothers
got in a dispute and the matter was
ployed by one OF the boys and in the
Circuit court I got a verdict which was
satisfactory to him. But his brothers
had the case appealed. So II went to
the Supreme court. where 1t lay for "A
long time. Finally the decision OF the
lower court was reversed and the case
remanded. In the second trial | was
again fortunate, but once more the case
was appealed.
Meantime Mr.. S%praggins became
impatient. He had paid me my fee
and times being dull he was anxious
for a final decision that he might re-
turn to the farm and to work. One
day he came into my Office and asked
how long | thought It would be before
the case was reached. told him that
there was no telling-perhaps In six
months, perhaps In a year. You under
stand | said to him, the Supreme
judges are not to be hurried. They
take their own time
"Spraggins was sitting with elbows
resting on his knees and with his chin
buried in his hands. His eyes had a
far away, penslve look and his face
was the picture OF abject despair. Fin
ally he looked me In the eyes and said
MIR. Allen, do you know | wish some
times the old man hadn't 'er died
An hour later Mr.. Allen walked
down Pennsylvania avenue with the
commission OF a Democratic postmas-
ter at S~tarkville in his hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
POW OF RANK.
II IL an Aii-Pcrvsding Influence IL
Russia.

II Is an Al-Pcrvsding Influence In
Russia.
One day, at the kremlin in Moscow,
Miss Hapgood, an American lady. wa
favored with an amusing manifesto
ton of the all-pervading influence In
Russian life Of "official" rank. While
looking at objects OF interest, she no
ticed "A large. handsomely bound book.
nanked by pen and ink, on a side
table. As she opened the book an at
tendant pounced upon her. Don't
touch that" he said. percmptorily.
why not? II you do not wish people
to look at this collection of ancient
documents-l suppose that Is what 1t
is-you should lock II M. or label II
Hands on" retorted the annoyed
lady. 1T isn't ancient documents, and
you are not to touch IT," he said. TAX
ing the book out of her hands. 1T is
strictly reserved for the signatures of
distinguished visitors-crowned heads,
royal princes. ambassadors and the
like" Then Il does not interest me
in the least. and II you would label 1t
to that effect. no one would care 10
disturb It." answered the American
woman
Soon after she vas joined by one OF
the powerful officials of the Kremlin,
who had made an appointment to
show the American lady about. As
she went from II object to another
with the official, the attendants hover
ed respectfully In the rear. evidently
impressed with the friendly tone OF
the conversation. When the round
had been made and the official had de-
parted to his duties, the guardian OF
the autograph album invited her to
add her 'illustrious" name to the list.
She refused; he entreated. and at last
fairly dragged her to the table. and
stood guard over her while she wrote
her name.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
Chinese Hanks Like Pawn SHOPS.

News has been received in Chicago
banking circles that the banks in
Kashing. China. have begun to call in
loans in expectation of serious trou-
BILE. Kashing is a big manufacturing
town twelve miles from. Shanghai.
These steps wfl not affect foreign
business. Banks there are little more
than pawnshops. They are small and
have a meager capital, They issue n
little circulation. which is not current
throughout the town, but only in GER
tain sections. For that reason their
bushes is restricted and affected by
interior troubles rather than by for
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
Paris Letter.

Marie Louise Marsy, the we'll
known Partisan actress and
owner Of race horses. has severed her
connection with the Coincide Fran
caise. Ill health is given as the reason
for her action, but il Is thought that
she desires to devote more of her at
tention to racing than her stage duties
would allow.
Mile. Marsy is the richest, as we'll as
the most admired actress in the
French capital. She Is a societaire OF
the Coincide Franchise and inherited
baudy, the unfortunate Little Sugar
Bowl" Mile. Marsy was a great friend
OF Lebaudy, who. when he was only
tw%enty-one years old. inherited an i'm
mense sugar refining property. He
spent his money at the rate Of 20, O00.-
900 francs a year. Although Mile. Mar
sy was accused OF helping him to spend
II, she created the impression ut the
last that she was his best friend. The
old P~arisians swooped down on Le-
baudy like vultures round a dying
horse. They robbed him on every con
ceivable pretext. They took money
from him TO save him from serving In
the army. Then he was forced to
serve while he was Ill and he died.
Mile. Marsy nursed him in his last III
ness and then helped 10 convict some
Of his blackmailers He left a large
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28

the government insists in swallowing
up all the time for It's measures.
More than fifty members are with me.
and their constituencies are behind
them trying to force the matter
through. The Cambridge town SCUM
%cillors. even. have been so disturbed
that they have bad to move musicians
on from under the windows.
at is not enough that the London
county council, however, should deal
with this question. The regulation OF
itinerant musicians in London would
only drive them to other cities. where
they would eseap structures. The law
should be a general measure. applica-
bic to Great Britain as a whole"
The reason that Mr.. Janoby's bill re-
fers only to musicians, however. was
that he felt to load it with other noise
preventing clauses would be to kill It.
IF a member wishes his measure 10
pass he must keep all contentious mat
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28

old indianapolis. Cincinnati & Lafay-
cite road. This was in 1872. He was
only twenty-six years old. and that is
probably the reason he went to Gin
cinnati to administer the road full of
confidence in himself and his mission.
He succeeded admirably. Not disdain-
Ing to learn from the humblest en-
ploye the smallest detail OF the BUSH
ness of which he found himself sud
denly the master. Mr.. ingalls, soon was
a rising power in the empire OF the
iron laid track. With the larger de-
velopment Of the west he became the
president of the Big -Four and OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio. and by careful
investment Of his money he built up a
big fortune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
Primitive Banking Methods.

In some American savings banks
primitive methods obtain. For in
stance. the %passbooks are being dis
tributed after the interest has been en-
tered. Tom O'Brien's name il called
and any person. man or woman. may
claim the book from the usher. FIRE.
quently II happens that the owner is
at the other end Of the room waiting
his turn. The usher asks no questions
OF claimants unless a dispute arises.
or course. the owner is supposed to
look out for his book, but as he must
take a seat, sometimes far removed
from the interest window. mistakes
and impositions easily happen. Two
persons OF a similar name often get
their books mixed, but as a rule the
exchange is effected without much
trouble,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
Origin Of the Term "Iobster."

Boston Is 10Y engaged in the at
tempt to determine when the word
lobster was first applied to a man as
a term Of opprobrium. New York had
been satisfied for two years with the
explanation that the phrase was first
heard on tho Gutenberg track, where
1t was used to describe the quality Of
the horsefiesh that took part in the
races there. II was the particularly
bad performance of one horse on which
a crowd OF small bettors had staked
all their earnings that led to the first
use OF the name by n Disguised sport,
This explanation OF the words use has
generally been accepted by everybody.
although more erudite theories. suited
better to Boston's particular case,
have recently been forthcoming. John
Adams. In his argument In defense OF
the British soldiers on trial for muir
der because OF completely in the "Bos-
ton Massacre" mentions the word lob
ster," as one of the epithets applied by
the citizens to the soldiers. The use
OF the word lobster" as applied to a
soldier has also been shown by a Bos-
tonian interested In the subject TO
have been found as far back as 1912, IL
not before that time. In the face of
such learned investigation. the Gutten-
burg racetrack hypothesis seems to
have small chance OF acceptance
New York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28

proved treatment consists OF the ad-
ministratIon Of an emetic to dislodge
the devil of the eclipse and confidence
of faith and medicine. On the morn
ing OF the eclipse the weather in Gu
ba, at least on the north shore, was de-
cidedly raw and a large proportion of
the exposed children took colds and
died. Children who are not thus ex-
posed at the time OF an eclipse are
supposed. according to local supersti-
ton, to be hit" by the eclipse 'dia-
bolo" in less manifest ways, and to be
beyond these methods Of cure. All
children who have never been exposed
to this treatment must be exposed to
the eclipse OF take the consequences.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
ALLEN WILL RETIRE.
WIT OF CONGRESS LEAVES PUB
Lie LIFE.
His ranny Won n Place for n
Constituent by One lie Told Cleveland
Long In the Lower Bouso-To Quit
On March q.
washington Letter.

John NJ. Allen. the wit OF congress,
stituency. in the First Congressional
district of Mississippi. to permit his
name to be presented for renomina-
ton, He declared he is out OF public
life forever; that having served his
state an a national LEGISLATOR for near
ly twenty years he Is now poorer than
when he went to Washington. He will
return to Tupelo and begin the prac-
tice OF law over again.
Therefore. on March 4 next one Of
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-28
New York Letter.

Melville f. ingalls,, who is mention
ed In Wall street as a probable success
sor to Coils p. Huntington at the head
OF the dead magnate's vast railroad in
terests, stands in the front line OF ca
pable railroad officials, and is all
around up-to-date man of affairs, be-
sides being a really good lawyer and
something OF IA scholar besides. Mr..
ingalls, got into the railroad business
by accident. lie was born and bred in
Maine. educated at Harvard, graduated
In law, settled down to practice in
Boston, and was a member OF the
Massachusetts legislature when he was
called upon to act as receiver for tho