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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO. la

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elinp... Asr,.. N. -

II the charming title Of q charming
book from the facIle pen Of Mr.. Sam
7. Glover, the well known author and
newspaper editor. The "Glimpses" are
particularly pertinent Just now when
90 many people are considering about
going to the Paris Exposition, and
many people will be glad to know that
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Railway has purchased an edition of
Mr.. Clover's work for distribution. In
sending your address for q copy please
enclose six cents to pay postage. Geo.
n. Heanord, General Passenger Agent,
OLD Colony Building. Chicago. IL
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03

August Reinze Is the Napoleon of the
,reat copper district In Montana be-
yopd the Rocky Mountains. He has
coptended for the position against Mar
.us DAILY, W. A. Clark and the other
copper kings, and won Heinze is now
thirty-one years old.
When Heinze arrived penniless and
ambitious, in Butte In the fall Of 1883
q was thought that all the bonanza
mines were In the hands of the big
companies and that the claims still
owned by the old-timers were of little
value. Heinze was a youth of twenty,
hut equipped with all the learning Of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03
FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN.

Two Letters from Women Helped Through
the "Chaage Of Life" By Lydia Z Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR MRS. PISKHAN When first
wrote to You 1 was in . very bad con-
dition. I was passing through the
change of life, and the doctors said /
had bladder and liver trouble. had
suffered for nine years. Doctors failed
to do me any good. Since have taken
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, my health has improved very
much. / will gladly recommend your
medicine to others and am sure that It
will prove as great q blessing to them
as it has to me."-MRs. GEO. n. JUNE,
Dol DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03
Thought It Would he Safe.

do you like sweets, mammal" ask
ed four-year-old Bessie.
mo, DEAR" was the reply. They al
ways make me feel bad"
I'm awful glad of il" said the lit
tie miss. You're Just the one want
to hold my sweets while dress dolly.
STRAY Stories.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03
GREAT BARGAINS FOR ALL

The ads OF the John NJ. Smyth Co.
in another column OF this paper should
be of interest to every reader. The
firm is one of the largest in the United
States and is thoroughly reliable.
Their catalogue OF everything TO eat,
wear and use Is a mammoth one and
complete in every particular. Write
for IL today.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03
Try Grain-oI Try GraIn-oi

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package Of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place OF coffee.
The children may drink II without in
Jury as well as the adult All who try
1t, like II. GRAIN-O has the rich seal
brown OF Mocha or Java. but It Is made
from pure grains. and the most delicate
stomach receives 1t without distress.
One-fourth the price of coffee. 15c. and
Csc. per package. Sold by all grocers'
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A Mixed Metaphor.

Senator Vest has a notebook filled
with rare examples OF congressional
eloquence, among which his favorite
quotation to illustrate mixed metaphor
is: THE apple OF discord has been
sown in our midst, and unless nipped
in the bud, 1t will produce conhagra-
ton whose waves will submerge this
fair land with anarchy"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03

As one would naturally expect In q
country where the provision Of freight
cars is so generous. the total amount
OF freight carried in the United States
is far in advance Of any other country.
the total given in millions being, for
the United States. s13; for Great Brit
ain. 4S7; Germany. 276; France, 12o;
Russia, 81, and British India, 80 tons.
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Relief Came Promptly

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I had been
Under treatment with the doctors for
four years, and seemed TO get no better,
1 thought l would try your medicine.
Ny trouble was change of life, and
must say that I never had anything
help me SO much rs Lydia (. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Relief
came almost Immediately. / have
better health now than i ever had /
feel like a new woman, perfectly
strong. / give Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Compound all the credit, and would
not do without her medicine for any
thing. i have recommended it to
several of my friends. There is no
need of women suffering so much for
Mrs. Pinkham's remedies arc a sure
cure" " MAHALA BUTLER, Bridge
water, Ill
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An AII-YeAr Resort

Tns Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs, ARK,
onrnx March l. 1900. A most desirable. sttrac-
tive and convenient resort for health and pleas
ure seekers Ideal climate pure sparknne
Tater. best accommodations Through Sleep
ers via Frisco Line Write for particulars 70
Manager Hotel or 70 any representative "
Frisco I inc
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w,.o.n,In Central Railway.

Trains now leave Chicago from Cen
trai Station, Park row and Twelfth
street, lake front for St Paul. MIN
neapolis. Ashland, Duluth and the
northwest. Nearest ticket agent can
give you further information. James
G. Pond, C. p. A. Milwaukee. WIS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03

Cats are greatly venerated in Persia.
The feline friends of the shah number
fifty, each having its own attendant
and a special room for meals.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03
YOUNG COPPER KING.
BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE At
THIRTY ONE.

August HsinEs Has MADE II An Hin-
,.If-ArTived In MOataaa . Psnnnsss
Wsndsrsr and Il Row Its Grsstssa
Miner.
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GEN. WARREN.

II you want knowledge. you must ton
Tor It; and II pleasure. you mast ton
Tor It: ton IL the Law.
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Another Woman Helped

"DEAR Mrs. PISKHAN Il took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
during change of life and derived great
benefit from its uSe."-MARY Z. JAlC<e,
1876 Coydon St., Bradford, Pa
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-03

a LABAsTINE IL the original
and only durable wall coating,
~ entirely different from ali AL
somines. Ready for use IN
white or fourteen beautiful
- tints by adding cold water.
N AIDES naturally prefer ALA
BASTINE for walls and cell
ings, because II 3 pure. clean,
II durable. Put % in dry pow
dered form, in r se-pound pack
ages, with full directions.
n II, kalsomines are cheap. tenn
porary preparations made from
~ whiting chalks, clays, etc.
and stuck on walls with ds-
caying animal glue. ALABAS-
TINE IS not kalsomine.
EWARE Of the dealer who
says he can sell you the same
thing as ALABAST1NE or
~ something Just as good He
IS either not posted or Is try
ing to deceive you
a ND IN OFFERING something
he has bought cheap and tries
10 sell on ALABASTINE'S de-
mands, he may not realize the
damage you will suffer by
p kalsomine on your walls.
ESSIBLE dealers will not buy
a lawsuit Dealers risk one by
selling and consumers by using
infringement. AtaDasllno To-
own right To make wall coat
ing to mix with cold water.
49, HE INTERIOR WALLS Of
every church and school should
be coated only with pure. dur
able ALABASTI\E. II safe
guards health. Hundreds or
tons used yearly for this work
- ~ BCYING ALABASTlNE,
customers should avoid get
ting cheap kalsODitnes under
different names. Insist on
having our goods IN packages
and properly labeled.
- IuSANCE OF wall paper Is OBJ
Waited by ALABASTINE- II
can be used on plastered walls.
wood ceilings, brick or can
vas. A child can brush II on.
It does not rub or scale on.
- ESTABLISHED in favor. shun
ali limitations. Ask paint ceai-
or or druggist for tint caro-
write US for interesting BOOK
let. free. ALABASTlNE CO-'
Grand Rapids. Mich
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-11

FINHE MQNpNGAh holIE = -
JIarksburg quick Time-Fust Trains
sure Connections. Whom travelling 70 or
from Cla-lts burg or West Virginia and
Pittsburgh railroad points, SEQ that your
tIcl,efz read via the NfouUugaheln River
Railroad Close Connections at Falrmoat
NTH g. & q, trglaE. and At Clarkghuts
with ~ s o and W. V. & p tFalas. Tick
cts VIA this route on sale at an d, 4 y,
and w V g = T. r stations
HUGH c. BOWLES. Cent Supt
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New York Mining Stocks.


CHICAGO-Tncertainty over the gov
eminent crop report. due this afternoon
and the prudence OF large short inter
est feurlng Ii would be buiiigh. produced
a dun but firm market to-day. Nay
wheat closed AGAc; May corn iAH@c
and May oats NC over terlay. Pro-
visions were strong and active. closing
from 2hH5c for May ribs to PC i'm
proved for May pork.
Wheat began the session firm. May &c
over yesterday at 6IH6psc, Paris WIS
higher and the Michigan condition was
put at "a per cent Ordinarily such
items would have received but little no.
tlce, but as there was no early news Of
another sort, traders took what they
could get and acted on Il. The market
touched 665sc, following the opening but
reacted later helped by Brndstrpets de-
crease in the worlds visible and thu
strength OF corn May ascending to
67Ac The close was firm, May hHhs
up at 67Rc. The market was narrow
and mostly local In character Uucer-
tainty over the government report hal
the effect OF blocking any big moves
either way. As the session progressed
the bcllof that the report might put III
condition under previous expectations
grew and undoubtedly had som effect
In boosting the price. Receipts here
were II cars. none Of contract grade.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported .'sN
cars against 500 cars last week and lN
last year Primary receipts were $4,000
bushels compared with 100000 year
nga. Atlantic port clearancos In whrl,
and -four were equal to 10000 bushels
Corn was strong but rather dun. IN
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His lie was Saved.

MT j. F. Lilly, n prominent citizen
=, hannibal, Mo., lately had u wonder
i-' aeliVsrance from a frightful death.
Nv telling u II he says: Il was taken
H.lh Uphold fever. that ran into pueu-
'u2Hiz. Ny lungs became hardened. 1
"la NO. weak 1 couldn't even sit up In
u- Nothing helped me. / expected to
sy'n die % consumption. when / heard
~ Dr kings New Discovery. one bot
We gave great relief. continued to
lag Z, and now am well and strong.
"a, ,s gay too much IN It's praise" This
'.tl tsllpus medicine IL the surest and
s1s E"st cure In the world for ali throat
-u4 .t1g trouble. Regular sizes 50 cts.
10 w. 'lgI Trial bottles free at Logan
guaranteed 2
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provisions strength was . help and r.
fis.. J hCg.1E u . - l1ii,,e-.f long wN9
MAD recently confined himself 10 taking
heavy profits contributed much to the
advance which regainpd what the mar
kst lost Yesterday The news was
rather bearish. but II was ignored gen.
orally. Il was not a big market despite
It's strength. Local receipts were 800
cars. May sold from S9is92S9sc to4lssc,
closing is0stc over yesterday et SyeU
soc. Many Of yesterdays sellers ~ete
buyers to-day. The low rates west sH-
pircd to-day and a reduction IN rscsipts
is expected in consequence. som
sources reported country acceptance
frssr-other,s said they were still light.
Provisions were active ana strong, al
though hogs ware easier. Liverpool
was higher for bacon, lard and ham,
which was a consideration. but the
market owes Its strength 70 the heavy
cash demand against which packers
were liberal buyers OF futures. July
products made a record for high prices.
pork for delivery during that month
touching Si3 IS, lard 81 10 and RIBS 81 10.
Nav pork ranged from Sl2 S2k TO SIS %
and closed CSC over yesterday at tlS ~
MAY lard from Sc Sod6 S2lA to s. ~.
closing lTlk02ec up At 81 % and May
hibs from 81 O5 to 81 III with the close
2isd5c better at 81 Is.
The oats market followed corn
with quiet fidelity. May ranged
from 21ss Gl24isc to s4stc and closed firm
Mc up at age Receipts here were IA
cars. 1,,,.
Estimated receipts tomorrow: Wheat
40 cars: corn 900 cars: oats lS5 cars
hogs $4,000 head. -,,..
The Leading futures ranged Is louOM2:-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-11
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features of the Money and Stock
Markets.


NEW YORK. April 10 Mo-
nav on call steady at 394 per
cent; last loan per cent.
prime mercantile paper 4Aa5 per cent.
Sterling exchange strong. with actual
business in bankers bills at "a s7Aa
a S74s FOR demand and at 81 ssls for
sixty days: posted rates 81 Sa4 $50
uSs Commercial bills 81 s3Aa4 S3ls
snyer certificates 6Oi4a6ihc. Bar sill
yer 5slkc. Mexican dollars INC.
Government bonds irregular.
state bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds Irregular
Movement OF prices in to-dnys stock
,,,-,,i,eT largely represented a contest OF
,,'ac,,latIye forces for supremacy. The
forces OF reaction finally prevailed ana
Inc market closed decidedly weak ana
AZ a level generally below last nignt
close. This result was achieved hlter
many vlcissitudes and extreme lrtb-
uiarity. but the mere fact OF the pres
ence OF an aggressive bear cnlue
The market served as a deterrent 10 the
S,,,ing demand from outsiders which
has constituted the underlying strehsHn
~ the market. Commission houses re-
Dart n large falling on in the volume, OF
orders. which have made the IIlaT ~.
OMEN for many days with rush 10 uuy
ana which conveniently absorb INC pro Pc
M taking sales Of the professlohll ere. eie-
ment. This clasG OF orders mas CIV u,
been withdrawn or has been plhce,u ~ =. d
level OF prices below that now eNlsuhb.
Tho operators for the decline nave not
yet succeeded In bringing out my 49,
large volume Of offerings, but theS
work in tho confidence that they wiz
reach stop-loFs orders which VIII ptS-
ciuitatc n sudden drop all atouhu.
Their Efforts were contested to-day ny
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or. closing weak: top. IS 70; mixed and
butchers s. a0si5 e7iS: good TO chOlce
heavy $ ssG5 20; rough heavy S 400
5 30; light IS 35f5 60; bulk Of sales.
$ 5sf5 So Sheep strong; lambs about
steady: good TO choice wethers Sc 204
50: fair TO choice mixed s. COOS 10:
western sheep SC OQ76 90; yearllnGs
Sc O0d6 IS; native lambs S 50J1 90;
western lambs IS ooG7 IS.
EAST LIBERTY-Cattle steady; exc
ira IS Sous 50; prime IS zoos 20; com
mon s. e5G3 50. HOGS higher; prime
heayies and mediums IS S0G5 s.; heavy
workers. s. zoos so; light Workers s. 5Oa
5 IS: pigs. S l0G5 30: roughs, 50 90
3 Is. Sheep steady; choice wethers
IS 5Od6 65: common 50 5OGs4 SO: choice
lambs 81 s5dS %; common TO sood
S 5OGT Is; veal calves Sc OoG6 50.
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uNIoN srOcN YARDs. cIaTemo

UNION STOCK YARDS. Claremont,
Baltimore. Monday. April 9.
All stocks sold gross weight.
Hog market-Reccipt for the week.
1855 head. against 1885 head last week.
Light supply and moderate demand.lnd
prices from lOc to zoe higher. Quote:
Far western Sc 90 per hundred. far
western pigs s. so; from other points.
heavy. IS 20 TO So so; light hogs s. 60 20
IS 10: Iight pigs 81 90 to IS 10: rough
sows "a % to 81 50: stays 50 75 to "a no..
Sheep and iambs-Recei;As for the
week 4,l3i head. against 2,652 head last
week. Fair receipts and market higher
on both sheep and lambs. Quote:
wethars s. % to Sc 20; clipped weth2rs.
fair 10 good s. 0OG5 30 common TO good
ewes 50 80 to s. 30; prime s. IS; lambs.
common to good Sc rs to IS CO.,. prime
IS % to 40.
Conslgnces OF sheen and lambs
Swift & Co. eH head; Eden & Co., 2il;
Warner & Dubbs, /; g. p. Rurham, :;
NJ. o. Rcpp. .: +, a. Blacksherc, 2S2: $.
Fox G: Logan Il Uni, 20: NJ. c. Greer.
4S3: Il. A. Blackstone, il9; J. T. Litun-
ton. 6: Myer q Hpus7mln. ~; Collins &
Cook. 2: J. IL, Wilson, 1, c, Driver IS;
TOR export Doul d Kaefar. ., 1879: Il. \.
Blacksherc, $40 head,
Cnlvps-Niarkct iirm; 22l head on sale
for the kcek. Common to good vcols
81 70 10 Sc 10.
CHICAGO-Catuc. receipts $500
head; market generally steady best
lond on sale to-day s. 90, Good 10
primo native steers s. i0fD5 90; poor 10
medium 81 25N5 20; selected feeders
81 25T4 so. mixed stock2rs 81 t09i 90;
cows. So 00Gi 90. heifnrs, s. l5Wi so:
Gamers. 81 2542 so: bulls 50 i5Hi Is;
calves. 81 25gG 30. Hogs estimated re-
ccints for tomorrow $4,000 head. lett
over, 1000 head. average a shade high
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pool operations in 4 number Of stocks
ana the continued demand frUin Lon
don for stocks was against them. But
the operators Tor q rise seemed 20 lose
courage towards the close OF the day
and realizing in stocks which had
shown strength was very general
These included in the railroad list par
ticularly the Baltimore & Ohio stocks.
Missouri Pacific and other southwest
ern railroads, Norfolk & Western and
some OF the coalcrs. The industrials
and specialties were extremely active
and Irregular, under the influence OF
special cause. Sugar rallied sharply
from an early decline on the announce
ment that the company's principal COM
petitor had advanced the price OF re-
fined sugars to a parity. The stock
sold on again with the general weak
ness OF the market. This Avenue shot
up nearly ten points on the announce
ment that its bond issue had been
placed. A long standing short interest
was forced TO take losses and close out.
after which the stock relapsed some
what Realizing by the Brooklyn Tran
sit pool forced the stock down ~ points
from the early high level. The metal
stocks were under bear pressure, espe-
clally steel and wire The bears circu-
lated rumors that difficulties had been
encountered in the projected listing Of
the stock on the London stock eN-
change. Continental Tobacco suffered
from rumors OF a poor showing OF
earnings to be made in annual report,
which is expected tomorrow. The Pa
citic stocks suffered especially from
bear pressure and realizing and the
grangers were somewhat affected by
the forecasts Of the government crop
report which had bullish effect In the
wheat market. The signs of discour-
agement on the part OF the manipula-
tors for the advance, accentuated the
reactlonary tendency as the day pro-
crossed and some sharp net losses in
railroad stocks are the result a fur
Their rise in sterling exchange to with
in fraction Of the gold export point,
led to discussion OF the prospect OF an
outward movement OF gold. The con-
tinued ease OF money here would favor
such movement, but the taking up OF
the instalment Of the British loan.
which stIhened to-days money market
in London, may be followed by re-
taxation in money rates there and n
sympathetic response In sterling ex-
change here.
The bond market was moderately &C
tive and price changes were Irregular.
Total sales par value. S2.200.000. United
States new IS declined = and the old
Is advanced y. and the IS y per cent
in the bid price.
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NEW YORR-The local market for
tin reacted from yesterdays decline 20
$50 5OG3O 20, a net rise Of twenty-five
points. The advance was due chiefly 10
favorable advices from London and the
scarcity OF sellers. The close was firm
er. but quiet at $50 50G30 IS, Lake
copper continues to hold firm lt Sld.
Pig Iron warrants were dull and nom
inal. Lead ruled dull and nominally
unchanged. closing a, the old basis OF
81 67ls bid and 81 72is asked. Speltor
was steady and unchanged, closing al
"a 72I4 bid and 81 ~ asked. The
brokers' price for lead was 81 IS, and
for copper Sl7 sjdl7 so.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YoRK-Another dull day has
to be recorded in all divisions OF the
market at first hands. Spot trade has
been slow and mail orders barely up TO
the average. Export demand for brown
cottons small. There have been no
changes in prices in any direction in
either staple OF fancy lines OF cotton
goods, the market being without fea-
ture. Mems wear woolens are inactive
and UNCHANGED.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-11

- REATEsT FACILITIES FOR TIE
" Prompt COMPLETION o. orders at the
lntelliEenrCr Job Printing once
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'Daily Except sunday Sundays only
Pullman Sleeping OF parloy Cars on an
through trains.
n. c. BURKE,
City Passenger and Ticket Agent, wheel
inE Agent for an Steamship Lines
f. y UNDERWOOD. p d. MARTIN,
General Manager, Mgr Pass, Traffic.
---Ialfimorp.---
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soUTH-BoU

Electric cars Bridgeport to Wheeling.
Bellaire and Martins Ferry, Consult
agents for best routes and lowest rates
to all points. NJ G. CARREL.
General Passenger Agent
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Steel, Tin. Tube and HoOp Stocks.

The following prices for the above stocks
are furnished by Simpson & Tatum, City
Rank bulldIp~.
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OIL CITY-Credit balances 81 81; GER
tificates, sales. cash oil 81 81: no bid at
the close: shipments, 1855 barrels
average. 5000 barrels: runs, lOs'SS4
barrels: average, 1897 barrels.
NEW YoRK-standa:d oil stock
IS 4OG5 IS.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

London. Jan 33 The war expert Of
The Loader writes in Mondays issue.
Not a word came from General Bul.
Ter yesterday, good or bad We do not
think hs would have refrained from re-
porting las, night had he any good
news
zone thing only we know-the enemy
at length is outmatched in artillery. but
his supremacy in rifle fire seems to re-
main.
1T is unnecessary 20 make any re-
mark upon the competition q the staff
OF the eighth division the lates, division
organized save that another old guar Dis.
man is pushed mp two steps by the Vi
cious old system lie has In spite Of all
that has happened got a brigade on &C.
count Of the absurd rule that guardsmen
must be commanded by guardsmen aud
there are two battalious u guardsmsn
in this brigade. This rule comments
itself toa secretary u state for war,
most Of whose relatives ara Ia the house.
hold troops
Lord Methuen got his command be.
cause he was ruarisman