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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-09-23

the City OF Sumpter having ascer
tanned the probable cost of improving
Columbia Street from its intersection
with the South line of East CAN'T.
Steet extending Westerly acros,
Columbia Street to the East line Of
block II. Sumpter Heights. Nc
Ewen's Addition to Sumter. to the
South line Of North Street in said
City, does hereby declare the
probable cost Of said improvement to
DO the sum of s794. .9O1a and said
sum Is hereby assessed to the several
lots or parcels thereof liable for the
cost of said improvement in the
respective amounts set opposite to
the number and description of each
particular lot or parcel in section
Of this ordinance:
Sec. 2. The recorder OF the City
Of Sumpter IL hereby directed to
enter a statement of the assessment
hereby made In the docket Of City
Liens, and as soon as said entry
IL made, to give ten days notice
thereof AZ required by Section 1O2
of the City Charter:
Sec. 3 The amount assessed
against each lot or parcel thereof for
the cost Of said Improvement. and
the name Of the owner Of said lot or
parcel is AZ follows:
Lot 8, Block 8 A. W. Ellis owner;
$3.50. 33I.
Lot 8. Block 8, Eva Wilson
owner; s139.74.
The foregoing lots and blocks be-
ing In the original Townsite Of
the town Of Sumpter (now city as
shown on the revised plan Of the
town Of Sumpter, Of record In the
office Of the recorder Of conveyances
Of Baker County, Oregon.
The following lots and blocks be-
ing situate In Sumpter Heights, Nc.
Ewen's Addition to the town (now
city, Of Sumpter as shown on the plat
Of said town Of record In the Office
of the recorder Of conveyances Of
Baker County, Oregon.
Lot 20, Block IL, A. L. Douthat
owner; s6l.Os.
N. y Lot 10, Block II, A. L.
Doutaat owner; s25.S5.
s. y Lot 10, Block II. j. X.
Jones owner; s25. SO y.
Lot Is, Block IL, Barnard Flynn
owner; SO. 95ie.
Lot II, Block IL. A. p. Goss
owner; s5.i2.
Lot 10, Block IL, A. p. Goss
owner; s5.i2.
Lot 10, block II, A. P.Goss owner;
90. 90.
Lot l. Block 3, Il. II. Horner,
owner; s7s.73.
Lot =, Block 3, Maurice Goodhart
owner; si0.s5.
Lot 3, Block 3,John Gilley owner;
$40. 99is.
Lot 4. Block 3, G. NJ. Pearce
owner; s75.0s'e.
Lot 3, Block 3, School District
No. 81 owner; SG3. 20.
Lot q, Block 3 School District No.
81 owner; sT5.l1.
Lot /. Block 1, Presbyterian
Church owner; sS.7l.
Lot >, Block 1, Fred Knuth owner;
$3.50.
Lot 3, Block l, Barnard Flynn
owner; 80. 40.
Lot 4, Block 1, May A. Nickel
owner: 80. 40.
Passed the Council September
18th, 1903.
s. s. START,
Recorder of the City of Sumpter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-09-23
ORDINANCE NO. 203

An ordinance declaring the probable
cost Of improving Columbia Street
from its intersection with the South
line of East Granite Street extend.
ing westerly across Columbia street
tn the east line Of block IL. Stump.
ter Heights, Mct.wen's addition to
Sumpter, To the south line Of North
street In said city, aud assessing
the proportionate share thereof
chargeable to each lot or parcel
liable for said improvement.
The City of Sumpter does ordain
as follows:
Sec. l. The Common Council of
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

had forced Barnes in his own cabin, in
the presence of his wife and children,
to hold out his foot for measurement
to see if it would fit certain suspicious
tracks.
Barnes was poor as Jobs turkey,
but Ball is sort of heaven-appoint
ed attorney general or the poor.
They are always with him, both in
court and at the polls. Consequent
ly, Barnes went to Ball with his
bleeding heart and shattered repu-
tation straight as bird could fly.
"On the witness stand Boothe
swore that the reason he knew that
Barnes stole the meat was that the
thief entered the smoke house
through a window 10 by 16 inches,
where two by 10 panes had been
broken out, and that Barnes was the
only man in the neighborhood small
enough to get through that hole.
THE jury scowled on Barnes and
smiled on Boothe, and BOothe
beamed oleaginously on everybody.
He mctaphorically patted himself on
the back as sure winner. But u
change came over the spirit of his
dream very suddenly. Ball had heard
that he was going to swear that way,
and was laying for him. -.
"While Boothe was in the midst of
his self-congratulatory grinning Ball
yanked n window sash 10 by 16 from
under the table, and before Boothe,
the court or anybody else knew what
he was up to, he had slipped that
sash over Boothe's head, and it
dropped over his broad shoulders and
rotund abdomen with fat capon
lined to the floor.
Then he asked juryman, who
was six feet four inches high, to
stand up, and he passed him through
that sash. The demonstration was
complete and his triumph assured.
He had furnished the jury what
Othello demanded of Iago-'the ocu-
lar proof The jury caught on and
transferred their smiles to Barnes
and their scowls to Boothe. All the
sheriffs ever commissioned couldn't
have kept that crowd from cheering,
| and Barnes was awarded substantial
| damages"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Fowls always prefer bones that are
broken or cut mot ground) into small
pieces, with meat either raw OF
cooked adhering to them. The hen,
do not care for the commercial bone
unless such is free from the odor oi
ammonia or decaying matter Dry
bones, either broken or ground. vii
be eaten, but not SO readily as tho,
that are fresh. Fresh bones are not
easily ground in any kind Of mill
They are usually steamed, in order &c
render them brittle, or placed in tn,
oven and burned. OF course. whcr
,ubjected TO heat they lose more 81
less of the heterogeneous matter, suct
as meat or gelatin. With o bone
cutter all kinds Of bones can be pre-
pared for the fowlS.--Farm and Fire
side.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Prof. Theodor Mommsen, the Ger
man historian who has just received
the Nobel prize for literature, has
written note to the New York Inde-
pendent, which asked him to give his
views on the best way to advance Ger
man-Americang good feeling. "AsaGer-
man." says the eminent and venerable
author, II am well-wisher to Amer
lea. and fully persuaded that the only
hope for the future is to be found in
cordial relations and trustful alliance
between your great republic and my
country" He adds modestly that he
has not the arrogance to believe that
the words of an old professor would
change anything in their actual state.
But every such expression Of opinion
makes for peace and goodwill.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
HOW THE BEE WORKS.
Honey Hut Also Fertili,es
Plants with Pollen.

John Burroughs says that when a
bee brings pollen into the hive he ad-
vances to the cell in which it is to be
deposited and kicks it off, as one
might his overalls or rubber boots,
making one foot help another. The
honey bee ranks among the highest
of all insects, because of its thought
full provision for the future and the
care shown its young. The young bees
which receive this care from the
working bees are called larvae. These
are of three kinds, found in thre"
different kinds of cells, and they are
called queens, droneS and workers
The best time to study this wonder
full insect is when buckwheat and
goldenrud are in bloom. II possible,
visit some hive and try to see them
at work inside 1t is very interest
ing to see few captured bees that
have been fed some honey take Il
bee line" for home when let loose.
This is the plan followed in the
mountains and elsewhere when hunt
ing for wild honey. Frequently these
bees will return for some more honey
to the same place where they were
fed at first. as their instinct is akin
to reason. and they always observe
n place so as to return to it. When
making room in the hive for n set
of Young bees the old queen bee
leaves the hive. followed by nearly all
of the grown bees that are there at
the time. and. after s~arming in the
air. they go directly to new home
lust as if they had selected the
placc beforehand. They not only
make wax and honey, but add to
their usefulness by carrying the pol
len for the fertilization OF mowers
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
PEN SYSTEM LAUDED.
Under IL, II Is Claimed. Percentage"
of Chickens to He Raised Can
lie Increased.

In raising chickens, | have found the
"pen system" rs we call it, the most
satisfactory and successful way of all
IN handling the hen and her brood. The
system is as follows: In making the
fencing ordinary plasterer's lath is
used. The sides are ten feet long, and
the ends eight feet. The laths are
nailed to siN-foot base board, with a
three-inch top stringer, which latter
is a foot and half below the top ends
Of the uprights. The sides and one end
are nailed to square surface posts.
which enables us to move the pen every
few days. when desired. One end of
the pen is attached to one post by a
small rope, or wire tie. in order that it
may be swung open in lieu of a gate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
Nails
Had Turned Blue
Limbs Bloated.
Lay in a Stupor From
Heart Disease.
DR.. Niles Heart Cure
Cured Me.

The nails turning blue is sign OF defective
circulation as is the boatlng OF the arms and
legs. Other common symptoms of heart dis
ease are shortness Of breath from slight ex-
ertion, pain in or near heart, smotherins
spells, palpitation or fiuttering. weak, tired
and hungry spells, dreaming and nightmare,
sudden starting IN sleep. In severe cases the
brain, stomach, lungs, etc, may become so
disordercd as to mislead the physicians as to
the nature of the disease. you suffer from
any OF all of these symptoms your heart is
diseased and treatment should not be post
poned single day. DR.. Miles Heart Cure
is guaranteed TO help you as it has helped
thousands OF Others.
81 owe my life to DR.. Miles Heart Cure.
After four doctors met in consultation on my
case, their verdict was tnat | had suffered
from heart disease so long that they could do
nothing for me and would surely die. NY
brother said, While there is life there is
hope, we will try DR.. Miles New Heart Cure
When began taking 1t my nails had turned
blue and my arms and legs were bloated to
twice their natural size, and lay in a stupor
most of the time. After the first few doses
the dizziness went away and after three bot
ties was able to 60 around the house and
do my work. Both my family and my nurse
think would have been in my grave had it
not been for DR.. Miles Heart Cure.'-MRS.
ROBERT MORRIS, Sackets larbor. n. Y.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle
DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
TuE MODERN PEN sYsTEM

Within the pen when completed, stout
water and yarmiut proof coop : placed
for the hen and her brood. But, it j.
necessary to remoy" the outer or
fight feathers Of one wing Of the
mother hen, so that she cannot fly ont.
The lathing should also be nailed close
enough together TO cuntine the chick
ems until they are large enough 10 tsy.
BY that time they vii. be weaned, and
should have the range which Is neces-
sary to their further development.
But a larger coop, with rOostIng
perch, is then necessary fol- them. IAt
pen may be utilized IN ConneC zion with
a brooGer, but it will then require a
light movable shed several feet square,
or weather-proof brooder, TO pro.
tect the chickens from inclement
weather. This plan keeps the young
chicks out Of the dew of the early
morn; and gives the keeper control of
the hen all the time she is with the
chickens; and at the same time it pro.
yides a refuge constantly, in case OF
sudden and heavy showers, hawks, OF
vermin Of any kind, Under this sys.
TEN We find it possible to raise full,
25 per cent. more chickens than we
coulE in the, old range as you please
waS%and with infinitely greater
pleasure: wtile' the work and worr,
is reduced toAa mininum.-H. b. Geer
IN Epitomist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
SUPPLIED OCULAR PROOF.
Easily Won Over the Jury in
Slander Case.

"Resourcefulness in a lawyer in the
actual trial of case is as necessary
MS the same quality in a general on a
battlefield" said Representative Champ
Clark. 81 saw my old law partner. ex-
Lieut.. Gov. David A. Ball. gain a SLAM
der case once under difficult circum-
stances-as it were, snatch victory
from the jaws of defeat.
Ball had for a client wizen-faced,
shambling, wild-e~ed old tie-chopper
named Sam Barnes, slim as racer and
short of stature. A fat, stocky. 200
FOUNDER named Zach Boothe had ac-
cused Barnes of stealing his bacon. and
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

The division Of publication Of the de-
partment of agriculture gets out over
100000 copies Of the Farmers Bull
letin annually. The department is al
lowed but one-fifth Of the total num-
Der printed, which is not at all ade-
quate to meet the requests directly
to the department.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
Prof. Richard II. Ely has an article

Prof. Richard II. Ely has an article
in Harper's on the cooperative town
of Greeley Col. in which he comments
on the differing social conditions east
and west. The further west one
goes says the professor, "the more
democratic becomes society. l must
confess that | did not understand true
Anne ericanism, in one of its phases at
least, until ! got far away from the
Atlantic coast. Coming to Madison,
Wis, from Baltimore, Nd, the freedom
of intercourse between all economic
classes and men of the widest diver
gence of wealth and intellect attracted
my attention; but there are social diff
ferences even in Madison which would
be scorned in place like Greeley.
Anything like arstocracy seems to be
abs olutely unknown in Greeley, un-
less it is the aristocracy of personal
merit"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
YIKs AbsOrb BRd OdOrs.

An experienced "henologist' says:
Eggs in way a just as susceptibl,
70 bad odors as is milk. The odor 0,
onions when fed TO the hens is easi
ly discsrniDle in the eggs they pro
duce. A lady friend Of ours simply
spoiled her eggs by placing BALI
made Of creosote preparation IL
the nestS 10 get rid Of the lice
Where good eggs are wanted hepi
should ~ b s'lowed TO 90 scsven'
~ oNty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

"Yes." said the family doctor to the
guest. ~ have always insisted upon it
that my daughters must learn TO make
cake and pie-especially pie
May | ask why?" inquired the guest.
ITS great help in my business"
replied the family doctor.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
! Ths administrators % the Fair "a
tate says that at Paris $50 imitation


! sable cloak was
substituted for the
. real thing one OF
the most valuable cloaks in the world
among Mrs. Fairs effects; also, that
Mr.. Fair was in his lifetime, to use q
slang phrase, '.just puddin' for Pa
risian jewellers, who sold him what was
supposed to be valuable strings of
pearls. but which turn out to be imi-
tations. 1t seems that it takes experts
to tell the difference. At which the
average comment, as the indianapolis
News views it, would be: whats the
odds| Aesop has fable of mlser
who got all his store in the shape of
gold, which he buried in his garden.
He was wont to visit it and gloat over
it. At one visit finally he found
the hole empty, and he troubled deaf
heaven with his bootless cries"
friend, hearing him, inquired the cause,
and then gave this piece of sound ad-
vice: Just put stone there and
think that il is your gold and il will
do you just as much good So, in the
present case, what is the difference be-
tween sham Sables and real ones? The
one will keep the wearer just as warm
as the other, and be, SO to say, just
as slightly. And the same thing is TO
be said for the imitation pearls.
Neither of them comes under the head
of productive capital. Aside from the
question of covering as clothes, which
does not come in here, both belong
to the barbaric category of ornamental
tion. in which the last development of
human kind seems To touch the first.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

This effort 10 convert molasses into
food for horses comes from selfish maal
using up all the oats for his own break
fast. The poor horse suffers on every
side, this time on his inside.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
An Average Temperature. 4
Il was evident that the tenant was

Il was evident that the tenant was
ingry.
THAT fat!" he exclaimed.
What about it?" asked the agent.
"i0u assured me that you could
promise me good average tempera-
ture."
"Don't you get it?"
81 should say not. It's colder than a
barn"
Very likely it is on occasions" ad-
mitted the agent, but what has that
got to do with the average? just put
the summer temperature into your cal
culations, and you will find that spoke
the truth."-Br0oklyn Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

A Chicago savings bank offers to give
q metal mantel bank free to nyons
who asks for it. Incidentally, to pre-
vent blacksliding in the saving habit,
the savings bank retains the key.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
That Was IN Easy One.

Instructor lin despair)-Well, at
least you can tell me where the Magma
Chsrta was signed?
Student (cheerfully)-Oh, yes! King
John signed that at the bottom.-IIar-
vard Lampoon.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
wouldn't Seem Natural.

II have an idea he announced sud-
denly.
"Well. you'd better not let anybody
know about it," she answered wearily.
why not?"
because il il was found out it would
be considered an evidence Of plagiar-
ism.-Chicago Post.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Some time ago" remarks the Tip
O the Tongue man of 4, Ncw York
Press. - mad occa-
sion to call upon a
i"' friend whose home
is luxurious in its appointments. On
the way from the grand salon to the
den we passed through an inter-
mediate chamber, in the center OF
which was table piled with handsome
editions of art works. In the collec-
ton, like bottle oi beer in a basket
of champagne, was a photograph al
bum, one of the 69-cent-ma rked-down
from-72-cent kind said | would pre-
sent an album in keeping with the
surroundings. My God! Don't do it,
exclaimed my host. That album was
given to us last Christmas by our cook.
Her soups are symphonies. Her en-
trees are poems. Her desserts are
dreams. On her daily trips to and
from the kitchen she glances in this
direction, and seeing her cabbage the
chief flower in the bouquet she thinks
she is IT. Should we remove her gift
from the place of honor where she
placed it that fateful Christmas morn
ing we would have no cook under
stood, and said no more" ,..--s,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

A st. Louis fortune teller was ar
rested and fined 500 after she had
informed bachelor police officer
that his wife was tall and thin"
Mythical wives should always be de.
scribed as pretty, at any rate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Papa (an ex-widOwer)-Come here,
Bessie, and see the new mamma !
promised you.
Bessie (aged four)-Why, papa,
she doesn't look very new.-Boston
Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
An Easy One.

"But how am TO know when am in
love?" asked the young debutante.
"When you think as much Of man
as you do of yourself replied the
woman Of the world, that il love-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
As Good AS Ashes.

servant-Here's a sample package of
breakfast food that man left for you
10 try.
Nistres.-Very well, Bridget. You
may sprinkle II on the icy sidewalk
n Y. Journal
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

Clara-Do you think Algy is really
and truly in love?
Dora-In loye2 Why. the poor fel-
low is so desperately in love that his
latest made-to-measure suits hang on
him like ready-made clothes.-N. Y.
WeeklV
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
The lncOmc pnrnhox

Beryl-Do the Smythes live vi,
their income?
Sibyl-They don't live within /,
they couldn't live without it-p,
more Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

&c candidate TO be elected governor last
fall north of the Ohio and east of tho
Mississippi He is extremely popular
in his state, and in the course of 2s
years, during which he has been more
or less in politics, he has served in the
legislature many times when he was
about the only democrat in that body.
DR.. Garvin is single tax apostle, an
aggressive friend of organized labor
and q democrat of the southern school
He was born in Tennessee 62 years ago.
served through the civil war in the Fiji
ty-frst Massach usetts volunteers, and
has accumulated comfortable for
tune se practitioner Of medicine. he
wss defeated once for governor and
tafce foS consVsxs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
A Fair Average.

Visitor-Lady Evelyn tells nj, n,
that you have had four wives.
Daniel (proudly)-Ess, 5ur, IA,
an what's more, two ofl'em wa, i,
'uns.-London Punch. -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
GOVERNOR GARVIN.
Rhode Islands Chief Executive Is Mr.
Bryan's Choice for the Pres
Idential NOni . ation.

DR.. Lucius F. c. Garyin, governor OF
Rhode Island, who has been sugge-ted
by Mr.. Bryan as good democratic pres
ideDtial timber, was the only democrat
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
CIassifyin9 Pussy.

Would you call q cat herbivoroas on
osrnivorous7" asked . man who 10
learned but tedious.
Neither" answered the man Mho
yswps; "meyhy voeifsTeus."-fitBits
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19

There is one thing certain" re-
marked the Observer of Events and
Things. "A man may have long face
without having a long head."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
Nnl M01lh Ii.

Wibbleton-Well, there's one thing
you can't henpeck my soul
Mrs. Wibbleton-Umph. ! wouldn't
bother about little thing like that
n, Y, Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
Rubbing IL In,

Wife-Did you ever notice ,hat,I
talker is usually an ignorant peno]
Husband-Well, you needn't ull
loud; I'm not deaf.-Chicago n
News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
Paid by Height,

Throughout the wos.d, as on the s,a,.
We nnd 1t is the case.
The biggest ktckers arel the one.
Who get the highest PIP
IN. Y. Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
As Well rs lie Could.

do You think | covered the
ground?" asked the lawyer when he
had concluded his presentation of the
case.
WELL" said his client, ~ think you
covered as much of it as your size
would permit. Eagle.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
A Dirge.

The flight os time invites despair,
Yet bids US strive anew:
1t scacters silver through our hair
And brings the mortgage due.
Washington Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-03-19
T. zzling.

He Is a fool who in the cup
His sorrow tries TO drown.
You cannot keep your spirit. up
BY putting spirits down.
philadelphia Record.