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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
IRRIGATION CONVENTION.
Two Important Subjects to Come
before the Irrigation Conven-
tiOn al Chicago.

Washington, Nov. 1.-two import
ant subjects to be discussed by the
irrigation convention, at Chicago.
next week, and to be urged on con-
gress this session, for appropriation,
are projects for the irrigation Of the
arid lands of the Milk River valley in
Montana and for furnishing a big res
ervoir plant for the Pima and Mari
copa Indians in the ella region in
Arizona. The first project is calcu-
lated to cost about So, 1000, 900 alto
gether. Already the SUBMITS of the
Rockies adjacent to the Canadian bor-
der have been surveyed to ascertain
h area tributary to this point of
diversion of water. 1t is stated that
probably half a million acres of the
arid lands in the Milk River valley will
be reached if the project is executed.
In the Arizona project il is pro-
posed to build about fifty miles up
the river, beyond the present reserva-
ton, a reservoir costing in the neigh
borhood of 81, 500, 900, which will SUM-
ply not only these once prosperous.
but now distressed Indians, but as
well a large ares of public lands cal
culated to pay the cost of the entire
project. D.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
A PROTRACTED CONFERENCE.
The Ministers at Pekin Seem to be
Making Progress TowRrd .
Settlement.

IA p~rofractcd conference of the
foreign ministers was held to-day, at
the conclusion of which there was a
general expression of qualification at
the progress made toward reaching
a settlemnt. 1t was stated that most
of the minor points had been DIS
posed of, and hat an agreement had
been reached upon sevral essential
questions. The meeting disclosed few
err difficulties over important points
than a expected, which is largely
due to the fact that the ministers
have received definite instructions from
their home governments.
United States Minister Conger said
he was encouraged to believe that
propositions would be ready to be
submitted to the Chinese plenipoten'
tiaries at an earlier date than he had
heretofore hoped.
The ministers will meet again to-
morrow.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
SCHOOLS Of PORTO RICO.
Report of M. G. Brumbaugh, Com
missioner of Education
for Porto Rico.
ONLY A BEGINNING HAS YET BEEN MADE
There Are Three Hundred Thousand
Children Of school Age For Whom
There are No Present Facilities
The Adventurer Class of Teachers
In Being Weeded Out.

Washington, Nov. AN. G. Brum-
baugh, commissioner of education for
Porto Rico, says the school system
row in operation there includes 800
teachers and $4,000 pupils. This is
only a beginning, as there are 100000
children of school age without school
facilities, most of whom would attend
if they could. Mr.. Brumbaugh says
the hope of the island is in the public
schools, and the great i%lliteracy in
Porto Rico must be reduced.
Transformation Must he Gradual.
The schools are not to be compared
with American systems, but their
transformation must be gradual. The
report says the present school law
should be wholly abrogated at the
coming session of the insular legisla-
ture. for many easons, and a new
law passed. A change in the licensing
of teachers is needd to protect good
teachers, and from the pernicious in
reference of politicians"
Closer Supervision Urged.
The report urges closer supervision,
and quotes DR.. Croft, formerly acting
commissioner, as saying that the SUI
| pervisors of the school were, at first,
e~x-soldiers, ex-teamsters, ex-packers
and other such men. and they had to
teach English in addition, but now
they are men qualified as the salary
can command, and the supervision re-
quires their entire time.
American Teachers Engaged.
There are over 100 American teach
ers engaged in the schools, and the
demand is for more, provided they
know enough Spanish to instruct the
children in their native tongue. One
group of these American teachers is
denounced "the speakers after novel
ty and new experiences, mere adven-
t%urers. who imposed upon the admin
~istration and the children, and who
used the salaries and position OF
teachers solely to see a new country
for a year and then return. For.
tunately. these are gone, and the bet.
ter teachers remain to carry on q
really helpful and arduous task. The
people of Porto Rico have patiently
borne with these adventurers, ant
quietly longed for their departure"
Eighty Per Cent of IIIiteracy.
Thousands of children in this is
land, says the report, are hall
clothed, helf fed and half houses. Al
least 30 per cent. of all the people
are illiterate, and the crying need i.
schools TO reduce the appalling illit
eracy. There are no public school,
buildings. and nj public colleges Of
universities.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
THE STRONG & co. FAILURE.
Att.chments Against the Philndcl-
phia Branch In Behalf OF sew
eral Local Creditors.

Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-Wm. l..
Strong e. Co., wholesale dry goods
merchants, for whom a receiver was
appointed in New York, Tuesday.
have a branch house in this city at
which a large business is transacted.
Attorneys have secured foreign at
tachments against the firm in the
common pleas court here for the fol-
lowing creditors: Jane L. Griswold,
with bail fixed at $4,000, and sum
moning Hood, Foulkrod & Co., Geo.
F. Foot & Co., Strawbridge g. Clothier,
John Wanamaker, Folwell Bros. & Co.,
Miller, Balm, Boyer & Co., the Girls
void Worsted Co., and John c. Hog
Ter as garnishees.
Frank T. Griswold, against the same
defendants, with bail fixed at $4,000,
garnishees.
Elizabeth T. Griswold, against the
same, with bail fixed at $162, 100, and
the same garnishees.
The summoning of the firms named
as garnishees in the claims filed by
the Griswolds is intended, by the at
torneys for the plaintiffs, to secure
possession of any goods or moneys
belonging to VIM. L. Strong g. Co.
that may have been in their keeping
at the time of the appointment of a
receiver. One Of the attorneys for
the Griswolds said:
at is one of the largest failures
that has occurred in the last few
years, and the liabilities will easily
amount to 5000, 000."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
A CHINESE SPEAR WOUND.
The wound Received by Capt. N.Y.
ers, of the Marine Corps, i'm the
Fighting in China.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Rear-Admiral
Van Reypen, surgeon general of the
navy, has received a report concern
ing the wounding of Capt. Myers, the
ranking marine officer at Pekin. The
wound proves to have been most nov
ell, being made by a Chinese spear,
and is one of the few wounds from
such a weapon that American sur
geons have been called upon to treat.
1t also evidences the close quarters
at which the American commander
at Pekin was engaged with the Chi
nese spearmen. The wound mad
healed 10 some extent, and Capt. N.Y.
ers is convalescent, although it has
been deemed advisable to remove nlm
to the naval hospital at Yokohama.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
WILL FACE THE CHARGES.
An Echo of the Destructive Explo.
sion in the Strong Mine, at
Victor, Col, Six Years Ago.
SOME INNOCENT MEN WERE CONVICTED.
IL is Now Charged that Samue
strong, who Has Just Returned
From Europe. Himself Caused the
ExpIosion-strong Says He 10
Ready to Face the Charges.

Colorado Springs, Cal, Nov. A.
Samuel Strong, a prominent Cripple
Creek mining man, has arrived home
from his European tour, and an
nounce his readiness to face the
charges recently brought against him
in connection with the destructive ex-
plosion which occurred at the Strong
mine, in Victor, six years ago.
Tho Explosion.
The Strong shaft house, ore house
and machinery were blown up May
rs, 1894. The explosion was one 81
the sensational incidents of the Bull
Hill" war, when the miners of the
Cripple Creek district were on strike,
and hundreds of deputy sherifs were
enlisted and armed in Denver to OPP
pose the strikers.
Innocent Men Convicted.
Robert j. Lyons, Nicholas Kelly and
several other miners were tried, con-
victed and sentenced to long terms in
the p~enitentiary for the Strong mine
affair. Their innocence has since been
shown. and they were pardoned. They
have brought suit for $150,000 dam
ages each against Mr.. Strong. 1t is
alleged in the complaints that Mr.
Strong himself caused the explosion,
Alleged Animus of the Crime.
1t is charged that he had agreed to
sell the property to E.. w. Giddings
and Vim. Lennox, and that at the
time of the explosion he had already
received 100000 as part payment fol
the property, and a balance of $4,000
was due him in a few days. 1T is
claimed that he discovered the value
of the property after he sold it. and
he expected that after the workings
were destroyed by the explosion
they would fail to pay the balance
due, and the property would rever
to him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
ANDREW cARNEGIE's LATEST.
He Has Another Surprise for Pitts
burgh In the shape of N
Polytechnic school.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 14.-Andrew
Carnegie, it is stated on unquestion-
able authority, has another surprise
for Pittsburgh, involving the expendi-
ture of several millions of dollars. His
purpose is said to be the establish
ment of a polytechnic school for the
instruction of practical mechanics
and the industrial sciences. The
amount of money which it is said will
be spent by Mr.. Carnegie in founding
and endowing the school is $4,000, 900.
Details of the proposition are expect
ed to be made known Thursday.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

In the town of Zaarndam, Holland,
Peter the Great came in 1897 to learn
the trade of shipbuilding. He worked
like any ordinary workman under the
name of Peter Michaelhoff. He lived
by himself, doing his own washing and
cooking his own meals in his hut OF
two rooms. The cottage which now
leans in all directions still contains
the rude furniture which the great
Peter used-a bedstead, table and two
chairs. 1t is incased in a building
erected for the purpose, and over tn:
mantel is a tablet erected by Alexan.
der of Russia in 1914.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

A Texas negro owes his liberty and
pursuit of happiness to a sojourn in
Jail. He was apprehended on a charge
of hog stealing and committed to
Jail pending his trial. At the time
of his arrest he was a lanky, raw
boned specimen, but during the period
of his incarceration he waxed so fat
and improved so much in personal
appearance that when, at the end of
two months, the day set for the trial
came around, none of the witnesses
were able to swear that he was the
man who stole the hogs. The iudg.
discharged him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
TO DISCUSS RECIPROCITY.
ahe dominican Congress to Meet in
Special Session November 25-
The Country Quiet.

San Domingo. Republic of Santo
Domingo, via Haytien cable, Nov. IA
Inc dominican congress will meet in
special session November 25. to dis
cus the reciprocity treaty with the
United States.
Leovigildo Cuello has been appoint
ed MINISTER OF posts and telegraphs.
The harvesting of the sugar crop
WIZ begin early in December.
Tue country is quiet.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

The superstition that 10 is an un-
lucky number dates back t. the last
supper of our Lord, when He sat at
table with his IL disciples and Judas
betrayed Him. There is a story told
of a soldier who was condemned to
death because he failed to be at his
post of duty at a critical time. He
avowed that he was there and heard
the clock of st. Paul's strike 10, and
this was proved by others who heard
it TO be true; consequently, to one
person at least in the world the num-
Der 10 proved to be a lucky one.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
1NFRAcrIoN OF POSTAL LAWS.
The First Case Under the American
Regime In Porto RicO-A
Carrier Assaulted.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE first in
fraction of the postal laws under the
American regime in Porto Rico is re-
ported in a cablegram to the post
Office department, received from In
spector in Charge Leatherman, at
San Juan, announcing the arrest OF
Antonio Quinones, for assaulting Let
ter Carrier Jose Major with intent to
rob. The assault occurred last Mon
day. The carrier probably will die.
and Quinones has been held under
$4,000 bond to the grand jury.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

You ought to have known ,h,.
when you ceased to be regular in Won,
courses, and you grew irritable VIII.
out cause, that there was ser;or.
trouble somewhere.
You ought to know that indigestion
exhaustion, womb displacement
fainting, dizziness, headache, ana
backache send the nerves wild with
alright, and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, of 221 w. Congress a..
Chicago, ILL.,, whcce portrait we puh
ish, suffered all these agonies, and
was entirely cured by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound her cas
should be q warning to Others, aod
her cure carry conviction to the minds
Of every suffering woman of the IN.
failing efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkhans
Vegetable Compound.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
MARCUS DALY'S FUNERAL.
The Remains VIII Rest Temporarily
In John w. Mackey's Maui
sOIeum in Greenwood.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE funeral of
the late Marcus Daily, of Montana
will take place Thursday morning at
1l:45 o'clock, from st. Patrick's cathe-
dral. The family and a few of the
most intimate friends of Mr.. DAILY
will accompany the body to Green
wood cemetery, where it will be
placed in John w. Mackey's mau-
soleum. Later, a plot will be pur-
chased in Greenwood and the body
will be inferred there.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Washington, Nov. Ex-senator
Platt, of Connecticut, chairman of
the committee on relations with Gu
ba, has called a meeting of that com
mittee for next Friday, under the res-
olution of the last session of congress
authorizing an Investigation of aft.
fairs in Cuba in connection with the
Developments in the Nicely case.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Thomas y. Rixey, Labor mis-
sioner of Missouri, and the
street Car Strike.

Washington. Nov. 1i.-Thomas p.
RiXey,labor commissioner of Missouri.
appeared before the Industrial com
mission. He gave a detailed account
of the st. Louis street car strike of
last summer and said that the reason
he had not invoked state arbitration
law toward the settlement of the
strike was that the law was made
quate. He advocated compulsory ar
bitration.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
DOM PAUL KRUGER AT SUEZ,
Arrival of the Dutch Cruiser GeIder-
land at the Eastern End of
the Suex Canal.

Suez, Nov. 14.-The Dutch cruiser
Gelderland, with former President
Kruger on board, has arrived here.
Mr.. Kruger remains secluded in his
cabin. His health is good.
A delegate of the Marseilles re-
ception committee boarded the Gel
dcrland here, but the eventual des-
~tination of the warship will be un-
known until she arrives at Port Said,
where she will coal.
Mr.. Kruger received an ovation at
the German port of Dar-Es-Salaam.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
THEY LOOKED FOR LEoNIDs.
About sixty Were Chnrted by OBJ
servers at the GoodseII Obser-
vatory mt N~OrthheId, MINI.

Mortified, Mimi, Nov. 14.-Profes-
sors w. W. Payne and ii. c. Wilson, at
Goodsell observatory, with assisting
students, noted and charted go Leonid
meteors between midnight and day
break. Some of them were of good
magnitude and b%rilliance, leaving long
trails of sparks behind them. 4Ae
maximum is expected Wednesday
night. 1t was impossible to make any
satisfactory photographs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
AFFECTS FIVE HUNDRED MEN.
Fire In the Detroit (Mich1 Bridge q
Iron Works Involving a Loss
of Sy5,OOO.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. H.-Fire, which
started in the engine room of the De-
troit bridge q iron works did be-
tween sos 900 and $751; damage. Five
hundred men r thrown out of en-
ployment. The loss is covered by in
Repairs will be begun imme-
diately and the works started again
as soon as possible.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
MORE POPULATION FIGURES.
OmciaI Announcement of the Popu-
latiOn of the States of Ohio
and Georgia.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE popula-
ton of the state of Ohio as an
nonnced by the census bureau, is A.
157,545, as against 3,672,31e in 1890.
This IS an increase of 4s5,229 or 1872
per cent.
The population of the state OF
Georgia. as announced by the census
bureau, is 2,216,331, as against 1887
1853 in 1890. This is an increase OF
37s,97S, or 2O.6 per cent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

The first religious newspaper of
America was established in Chilli
Gothic, o., 1s14-1s16, by Rev. John An
drews, and was called The Recorder.
The oldest newspaper published west
of the Alleghenies was also published
at Chillicothe, o., in 1900. and was
called the Scioto Gazette. 1t is still in
existence and recently celebrated its
centennial. 1t is the local organ of
the republican party.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
OFFICIAL VOTE OF DELAWARE.
President MckinIey's Plurality One
and Fifteen Short of
Four Years Ago.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 1.-THE
complete official vote of Delaware for
president is: Mckinley, 22,457; Bry-
an, 1886. McKinley's plurality, 81
sol. Four years ago the plurality for
Mckinley was 3,7l6.
The prohibition ticket received 537
votes. and the social democratic tick
ct 81. Total, vote. Al, 0O7.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
WOMEN MUST SLEEP!
Avoid Nervous Prostrat,.,

II you are dangerously sick v,,.
the hrst duty of your physician ss' =
quiets the nervous system. he Az Hs
a pain, and You. sleep we'll. ''usn'
Friends ask, "what is the o.....
and the answer comes in 0auNf'
tones, nervous p~rostration. Il lying
upon you so quietly in the bepinO;;aaas
that You were not alarmed, and MY!
sleep deserted you night after r Mnsa
until your eyes fairly burned IN Ky
darkness, then you tossed in pe a. ~
agony praying for sleep.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

When a marriage takes place in
China the wedding party enters the
temple and lights a quantity of fire.
works, including a number of fire
crackers. This is supposed to wake
the "Great Joss from his sleep. The
priest repeats the service at express
speed, the bride and groom take two
little glasses of wine, and are then
declared man and wife.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
SENATOR DAVIS CONDITION.
with the Kidney Complications the
Patients Condition Ii Again
Serious.

ST. Taul, Mimi, Nov. 14.--There has
been no substantial change since
Tuesday morning in the condition of
United States Senator Davis. His sys-
TEN having become much weakened
from the poisoned foot, the kidney
complications which have developed
render his condition very serious.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.


Kansas is beginning to pave it's way
for its semi-centennial exposition in
1904.
Mrs. Mary Jordan, 20 years old, was
burned to death at her home in st,
| I,ouis.
The KNIGHTS of Labor are holding a
! double-headed convention at Birming-
| ham, Ala.
John Cunningham, editor of the
morning. aged 70.
Holland has expressed Willingness
to buy land for the Beers in German
Southwest Africa.
Herman Ziethen, who escaped death
in Galveston storm, was blinded by
gas explosion at st. Louis.
The German government VIII grant
permission for Beers to trek through
German Southwest Africa.
Ten thousand negroes VIII leave the
United States as a colony TO work IN
the sugar plantations OF hawaii
The large general store OF N IL.
Hart. at Longview, Ill, was burned
ooo
Sect;op men near Carpenter. ILL.,.
ia .ha bod, of NJ identified man
beside the tracks with the heao al
most-seyered.
The semi-oficial British press
charge the United States with at
tempt to break the concord of the
mowers in China.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

The custom of keeping horse shoes
for luck is said to have originated at
the time when in every home was
the picture of a patron saint About
the head of the saint was the dis
tinguishing halo, which was fire.
ouently made of metal, sometimes
the shape of a horse shoe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Nearly 100000 pounds of 'snails are
sold daily in the Paris markets to be
eaten by jewellers in that city. They
are carefully reared for the purpose
in extensive snail gardens in the prov
iuces. and fed on aromatic herbs to
make their flavor finer. They are not
only regarded as a great delicacy, but
are reckoned as very nutritious.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

At the birth of a japanese baby a
tree is planted, which must remain
untouched until the marriage day of
the child When the nuptial hour
arrives the tree is cut down, and a
skillful cabinet maker transforms
the wood into furniture, which is
considered by the young people as
the most beautiful of all ornaments
in the house.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
To Resume Her Route,

New York, Nov. 1.-THE Mallory
line steamer Alamo which has been at
Chester, Pa, since September IL, un-
dergoing repairs of the damage $
tanned in the hurricane which deyas-
tated Galveston, September s and 0.
mas arrived in port to resume her
route.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

The suite of the car of Russia on
sists of 1I3 persons, of whom Is are
members of the imperial family, II
are princes who are not of imperial
birth. L. are counts, 9 are barons,
and the remaining is are men of
noble birth of the lower rank.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Paul Loeser. since 1859 a member OF
the editorial staff of the New Yorker
Staats-Zietung. has retired with a lib
eral pension from the paper to which
he has given his life-work. and a sill
yer loving cup was presented to him
with proper addresses and a little
feast.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 14.-About 100
members of the Society of the Army
of the Tennessee assembled here for
their thirty-second reunion, which will
last until Thursday evening.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

The theaters in Japan have a novel
method OF pass checks, which are pos
itively non-transferable. When a per-
son wishes to leave the theater be-
lore the close of the performance, he
goes 10 the doorkeepsr and holds out
his right hand. The doorkeeper then,
with a rubber stamp, imprints on the
palm the mark of the establishment.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 1.-the
first session Of the seventh annual
convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy was called to or
der here by Mrs. Edwin G. Weed, gen.
eral president.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
At the Cramp.' for Repairs.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1.-THE Ameri-
can liner st. Paul has arrived at
Cramps ship yard, where she will
undergo repairs. On her last voyage
to New York the st. Paul met with
an accident, in which her starboard
engines were badly damaged.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-The Presby-
terry OF Philadelphia. north, which
overs Pennsylvania as far north as
kead'ng, has voted against a revision
Of the Confession of Faith.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Denver, Col, Nov. 14.-Mayor Henry
V. johnson will head the delegation
of Denver men who will attend the
National Irrigation congress in Chi
cago.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
CURRENT

There are 141 theological schools in
the United States, 81 law schools, 90
regular medical schools, 6 electic
medical schools and IA homeopathic.