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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
COTTON FUTURES.

New York, Aug. 22.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices
to three points lower and ruled very
quiet with October showing steadiness
under covering. The other positions
were depressed by realizing encouraged
by the excellent crop weather and fav-
orable weekly crop accounts. AFTER
the call here. prices showed little move
ment and the market ruled dull with
in three or four points of the initial
level.
Cotton futures at New York Aug.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
COTTON.

Spot cotton closed quiet and feature
less and unchanged. Trading was
along narrow lines, and while nothing
was done locally, the same was true
generally over the crop country, where
stocks have been depleted until there
is no cotton left to sell. In the f. o.
b. market inquiry was reported from
exporters for cotton, but there is little
to be had. The offerings will not be
liberal for some time yet. More sun
shine is needed to bring the plant out.
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange to-day:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
DRY GOODS.

New York, Aug. 22.-The dry goods
market has been uneventful with buy
ers taking moderate quantities for i'm
medlately delivery and not interested
in the future except in isolated cases.
The curtailment is having it's effect and
is expected to be more appreciably felt
during the coming week.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
FINANCIAL,

LOCAL SHARE TRADING-The
market continues quiet, with a mod
crate demand apd few stocks chang.
ing hands. Central income bonds
show decided improvement since the
dividend of per cent. on the flrsts
was declared. Bank stocks steady and
in light demand. Industrial issues
quiet.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE - Market
weak. Commercial demand, sterling
$4.S5h; sixty days, $4.S3A; ninety DAYS
$4.S2A. French, 5203s; Swiss sixty
days, 5.215s: Belgian, 5.21; marks. sly.
ty days, "a 1892; ninety days, 94k.
DOMESTIC ". Y. EXCHANGE
Buy at sec per $1,000 discount.
Sell: Up to $500, 10c; $25 to $50 lie.
$50 to 500. zoe; 500 to 5000, Csc; s2Ot
to $500. soc: $500 to $500, S5c; $500 to
$500, 4Oc; $500 to $500. 45c. Over 5000 AT
the rate of 75c per $1,000 premium.
Bank Stocks.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
A. 3. BAXTER & CO. INC

successors to Murphy & Co..
Board OF Trade Building. Savannah
Private leased wires direct to New
York, Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
Ne" York office. No. 81 Broadway,
Orilces in principal cities throughout
me South. Write for our market man
ual and book containing instruction
for traders. O''
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
SEA ISLAND COTTON.

Little interest developed during the
week in the sea island cotton market.
Prices continued upon about the same
level they were the previous week. The
demand was on the whole satisfactory.
The new crop is being looked forward
to. The rains of the past week have
not been calculated to hasten its de-
velopment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
Naval Stores Statement

strained, common to good, $195@2.00.
Turpentine-Firm; 56@56hc.
Charleston, S. c., Aug. 22.-Turpen-
tine nominal Rosin steady: A. B. C,
D, $1.6O; E, 81 60; F, 81 .65; G, $1.75 H,
1920; 1, $2.7O; K, $2.S5; NJ, $2.95; N,
SO. O5; w. G., 1920; w. W., SO. 40.
Wilmington, N. c., Aug 22.-Turpen-
tine firm, SIC; receipts 149.
Rosin, nothing doing; receipts 27s.
Tar firm, $165; receipts 95
Crude turpentine firm, s1.75, 1926 and
1926; receipts ia.
New Orleans, Aug. 22.-Receipts, ros-
in, $40 barrels; turpentine, 1876.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
Market, quiet; sales, Q.


alveston-Steadyi middling, 12h;
sales, s; stock, S19. Exports-Coast-
wise, sc.
Norfolk Steady; middIing, 125s;
stock, 81.
Baltimore-Nominal middling, -;
stock, 2S2.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 1915.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stock, 207.
Philadelphia-Quiet; middling, -;
sales, 2; stock, 756.
Savannah-Quiet; middling, 12A
net receipts, Z; gross, z; stock, 1880
New Orleans-Steady; middling, 125s
sales, 225; stock, 1854.
Mobile-Nominal; stock, SO.
Memphis-Quiet; middling, u 9-16;
net. receipts, 10; gross, 10; sales, So;
. stock, 1,716.
%Augusta-Nominal; middling, 49,;
sales, s; stock, 255.
Charleston-Firm; middling, 12A;
stock, 129.
Cincinnati Quiet; middling, IL;
stock, 6,O6S.
*Louisville-Firm middling, 1878.
%St. Louis-Quiet; middling, 121a; net
receipts, 10; gross, 10; stock, 1886.
*Houston-Quet; middling, IL; net
receipts, s.; gross, s; stock, 9S3.
New York-Quiet; middling, 1875;
net receipts, 125; gross, 1926; sales, 1885,;
stock, 15O,632. Exports-Great Britain,
1892.
Total To-day, at All Seaports-Net,
Z; Great Britain, 1872; stock, 173,5S7.
Consolidated, at All Seaports-Net,
Z; Great Britain, 1892.
Total Since Sept. l, at All Seaports--
Net, 7,7O4,124; Great Britain 2,791,533;
France, 1880, $50: continent, 2,S2S, $50; ia
pan, 1885,
%Not included in totals.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
Savannah Bank
and Trust Go.
Capital. S35O.OOO.

JOSEPH d. WEED, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President.
VIM. F. MccAULEY, Cashier.
SAMI. L. CLAY, Assistant Cashier.
general banking and exchange
business transacted.
savings Department, interest
computed quarterly.
Accounts of merchants, banks
ana corporations solicited.
American xpress Company's let
ters of credit issued available in all
parts of the world.
collections carefully made and
promptly accounted for.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Storage
Vaults for rent.
Correspondence invited.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

Futures opened steady and closed
steady.
New York. Aug. % Spot cotton
closed quiet: middling uplands, i2.75c;
middling gulf. he; safes, $50 bales.
new ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
Blew Orleans. Aug. 22.--cotton fu-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

$3.50 w E11IN SAVANNAh AMI IL
Trains arrive s at and depart from
President,
Standard Goth meridian) time. one
nour slower than Savannah city time.
LEAVE SAVANNAH.
week Days-5;45 am, 800 am. $3.50 p
m, 4:lS pm, 600 pm, 7:40 pm.
Sundays-7:25 am, 200 am, 11:oo am,
z!oO pm, Ais pm, 500 pm, TAO pm.
LEAVE TYBEE.
Week Days--6:O0 am, 100 am, $500
m. 300 pm, $50 pm, 800 pm.
Sundays-5:00 am, S:15 am, 800 am
11:6O am. 500 pm, $3.50 pm. $40 pm.
only.
Connections made at terminal points
with all trains Northwest, West and
Southwest.
"A" Trains leaving Savannah at S:45
a. m. and arriving Savannah $40 p. m.
90 not make connection for or from
Augusta on Sundays.
Sleeping cars on night trains between
savannah and Augusta, Macon, At
lanta, Columbus. Ca. and Birming-
ham, Ala.
Parlor cars on day trains between
Savannah, Macon and Atlanta
For complete information, schedules.
rates and connections, apply to
w. G. BREWER, City Ticket and
Passenger Agent, 107 Bull street, or
w. r. MCINTYRE, Depot Ticket
Agent.
J. c. HALLE. Gen. Pass. Agent.
r. ]. ROBINSON. Asst. Genl Pass
W. A. wINBURN, Vice President
and Traffic Manager.
THEO. ID. KLINE, General Supt
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

Baltimore. Aug. 22.-Seaboard COM
mon. % bid: preferred, 34M bid: As. TIA
M77A Atlantic Coast Line common.
nothing doing; preferred, no sales.
New York, Aug. 22.-Standard Oil,
sos bid.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

receipts were 2,242 barrels, and the ex-
ports 648 barrels. Prices as follows:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

EFFECTIVE JUNE o. 1903.
by Meridian Slower City Time
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

The savage islanders OF the south
Pacific believe that the world Is a CO.
coanut shell of enormous dimensions,
Mt the top of which is a single aperture
communicating with the upper air.
where human beings dwell. At the
very bottom of this imaginary shell Is
a stem gradually tapering to a point
which represents the beginning of all
things. This point is a spirit or demon
without human form. whose name Is
Root Of All Existence. By him the en-
tire fabric of creation is sustained.
In the interior Of the c%ocoanut shell,
Mt its very bottom, lives n female de-
mon. So narrow is the space into
which she is crowded that she is oblig-
ed to sit forever with knee and chin
touching. Hef name Is The Very Be
ginning, and from her are sprung nu.
merous spirits. They inhabit five diff
ferent floors, into which the great co.
coanut is divided. From certain of
these spirits mankind is descended.
The islanders. regarding themselves as
the only real men and women, were
formerly accustomed to regard stran-
gers as evil spirits In the guise of hui
manity. whom thoy killed when they
could, offering them as sacrifices.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

The most dangerous reptiles of India
and Africa are the cobras. No snakes,
not even ~rattlesnakes, r more dread
ed, and with reason. AS the rattle
snake warns the ear by its significant
rattle" so the cobras warn the eye by
the mode in which they expand the up
per part of the body when irritated.
This expansion is produced by a sud-
den movement of the ribs of that re-
gion of the body. Usually they incline
backward, but the animal when irritat-
ed makes them stand out at right an
giles to the body and SO, of course,
forces outward the skin which covers
them. Thus the neck, or part just be-
hind the head, becomes greatly ex-
banded and ~fattened, as it also does,
though In a less degree. In the Austria
Ian blacksnake.
This expansion is called a hood, and
so the animals are called hooded
snakes. In some of them there Is on
the back of the hood a dark mark,
something like a pair Of spectacles. and
they have therefore been called specta-
ele snakes.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Not ReaEsuring.

"Have-have you any reason to be-
fieve that your father will exhibit VIC.
fence when | ask him for your handy ~
inquired the timid youth.
Il have never been present on any
of these occasions" replied the lovely
girl evasively. "And, to tell you the
truth. | have never wanted to be pres
ent. | suppose | am foolishly sensi-
tive about these things, but | can't help
it. remember that papa took me to a
slaughter house when l vas q little
girl. and | dreamed about 1t every
night for months afterward."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
The yalre of the Ruhy.

The ruby is valued highest when 1t
contains the least azure. The largest
ruby that history speaks of belonged to
Charles TX. 1t was almost as big as a
hens egg. The virtues attributed to
rubies are to Danish sadness. to repress
luxury and to drive away annoying
thoughts. At the same time 1t SYM
bollzes cr1elty. anger and carnage. as
we'll as boldness and bravery. A change
In its color announces a calamity. but
when the trouble Is over it regains its
primitive luster.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
The Growth Of seaweed.

seaweeds vary surprisingly in their
habits of life. Some species grow al
together beneath the water, attaching
themselves below the lowest tide level.
other frequent heights where they are
left dry at every %retreating tide, while
others yet are found in situations
where they are scarcely ever covered
by water. Whereas most of them at
tach themselves to rocks or solid bot
tom, keeping to the shadows, there are
exceptions to the rule, among which
the most remarkable Is the sarsasso
or gulf weed. which floats on the
surface of the ocean. Immense fields
of 1t are seen by the navigator. extend
Ing as far as the eye can reach. 1t Is
sometimes SO abundant as seriously to
interfere with the progress of ships,
and 1t was this which so alarmed the
crew of Columbus on his FIRST voyage
Of discovery.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Story of q French Cat.

This cat story comes from Pont Ste.
Maxence (Oise), and for such a small
place it is al extremely tall tale, says
xhe Paris Messenger. 1t would appear
that a resident in the place, who is an
enthusiastic angler, used to keep live
bait in a small tank on his premises.
The angler also had a cat who natu-
rally was fond Of fish, raw or cooked.
This being so. his owner covered his
tank with wire netting to keep pussy
out of temptation.
But the cat knew a trick or two and
went to the nearest refuse heap for
some fowl giblets which were provi-
dentially lying there. These she took
to the tank, let them hang into the wa
ter from the netting and began fishing
on her own account. When the fish
nibbled at the bait, puss would catch it
with d nimble claw! The angler, no.
ticing the trick. threw the bait away,
but half an hour later puss was ut It
again.
We hardly know which to admire
most, the cats ingenuity or that Of the
concocter of the story.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Gift. For the Mourners.

Some deliver into the musty old REQ
ords Of Harvard has brought to light
an amusing provision with which one
Of the colleges eighteenth century
friends coupled what was for his time
a very generous bequest to the Cam
bridge university.
Mr.. Thomas Brattle was the tesla
tors name. and his interest In Harvard
evidently extended to the individual
members of its undergraduate body.
for after leaving goo, then the equiv
alent of about $4,000. to the college
for its general uses his will gives half
a crown to. every student belonging to
1t who should attend his funeral.
Unfortunately no account of Mr..
Brattle's ~obsequles is extant. but there
car be little doubt that the occasion
was made solemn by the presence of a
large number of "chief m%ourners" and
that good wishes for the deceased were
generally and feelingly expressed.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
EFFECTS OF
wounds Have Heen Healed by Sound
Waves of q Violfn.


A man was conveyed to a hospital
IN Paris suffering from an accident
which resulted in a serious wound.
This wound refused to heal, and all
the various treatments applied to it
failed to effect the desired end. The
man was attacked from time to time
by violent paroxysms. and death APP
peared certain. At length the surgeon
enlisted the services of a good violin
player and treated the sufferer to a
musical remedy. The patients parox-
ysms ceased. and from that time the
wound began to heal. The violin play
ing was continued at intervals till re-
coyery was assured.
In another case the wound continued
to suppurate despite all that could be
done. The patient was calm and re-
signed, but nothing could be done for
the wound. The violin was called into
requisition In this instance also, and
the instrument was played close to the
injured part. which was barred for the
purpose. The surgeon soon observed
a change. The wound assumed a
healthier appearance. and the process
of healing began and progressed rap
idly.
1t is an ~undoubted fact that certain
vibrations can effect cures. but the vi
brations must be strictly. in accord
ance with the malady or nature of the
wound. Some enthusiasts go so far as
to assert that the character Of individ-
uals can be changed by the constant
application of the proper VIBRATION
Pearson's Weekly.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Dirty patagonia.

"Patdgonians are not giants, as some
have supposed and as the Biographies
teach" said a man who has travelled.
''They are large in comparison with the
other South American natives; that is
all. Everything is relative. you know.
But they are very fat. That is why
they a stand the cold SO well. l have
seen Patagonian men and boys running
around unclad while was wrapped in
warm garments. with the snow falling
upon them in quantities and the wind
blowing bitterly. They are kept warm
by their fat-and dirt. Patagonia Is
one of the dirtiest places imaginable.
Don't go there IL you hate dirt. That
Is my advice to all who contemplate a
journey TO the jumping off place Of
South America"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

Some Of the Cruel lies That Are Per-
petrhfcG In v~irisectfon.

pefrGtcG IN tIFleectfous
A certain DIR. Caster. wishing to
study the effect of massage upon dig
locations. deliberately dislocated the
limbs Of numerous dogs, says Henry
G. Merwin In The Atlantic. He pub
lished an account OF all these expert
ments. and the following is a fair ex-
ample of them: Experiment 8. Poo
die dog . replaced on the table
without choral. l dislocate his two
shoulders. The animal utters screams
of suffering. l hold him for twenty
minutes with his two shoulders dislo
Gated and the elbows tied together be
hind his back $50 :"
DIR. Majendie." relates DR.. Elliston,
'in enc of his barbarous experiments
which. l am ashamed to say, | wit
messed. began by cutting out a large
round piece from the back of a beauti
full little puppy"
Majendie may have been by nature a
brutal man. but even he would hardly
have done that when he was young in
yivisection. 49, In this country we
are not quite so cruel as the French or
Italians, but we are more cruel than
the English. more cruel perhaps than
the Germans.
A medical man in Jersey City pub
lished an account of some experiments
which he made upon dogs-I will not
shock the reader by describing them
and Of this publication the British
Medical Journal Of Nov. 10. 1891. said
1T Is a record of the most wanton and
The stupidest cruelty we have evel
e chronlcled under the guise of sci
fsitiic experiments"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
An Inspfratfon.

A pretty girl boarded q crowded
street car in Washington, and a POM
pous old gentleman arose and gave her
q seat.
After some time a number of pas
sengers got out. and the old gentleman
sank into the nearest corner with a
weary sigh.
II wouldn't get up again." he mur-
INJURED. fer an angel" And then. as
he caught the eyes of the girl fixed up
on him renroachfully. be added quick
~. II mein. madam. for another an
gel"-Harper's Magazine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

In very early days, as low, the hair
"a sometimes thin. and it had to be
elsed out In various ways to make be-
lieve that nature had been spendthrift
to all alike. About the first description
extant of woman's hair speaks of
plated locks" known as Gretchen
bralds" to Us. To make these braids
seem longer silk the color of the hair
was braided in. Then they took to
putting the braids in cases of silk,
elongating them with all sorts Of stuff
till they looked like umbrellas in ov-
ers. The Chinese pigtail is a modifica-
ton of this style.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
A SHINING Process.

This" said the fond father to the
archaeological expert, seems to be a
pretty big bill for the treatment you
have given my daughter"
ut was q difficult treatment" ex-
planned the skin doctor. You see, we
had to remove all the cuticle from her
cheeks ard graft a new epidermis upon
them
Well" said the father, reaching for
his checkbook, II don't know which
one of us you skinned the most."-Bal
timore American.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Wrnfh Oisnrmcd.

A little Cambridge girl vas discover
ed whispering in school. and the teach
er asked:
what were you saying to the girl
next to you when | caught you whis-
pering?"
The little cuiprls hung her head for a
moment and then replied:
II was only telling her how nice you
looked in your new dress"
"VelI, that-yes-I know-but we
must The class in spelling will please
stand up."-Christian Register.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
X S r OF TEARS.


"
OF weakening II.
Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish, ike every other fluid of
the body, and the lachrymal gland is
not placed behind the eye simply to
I'LL space or to give expression to emo
ton, says an exchange.
The chemical properties of tears con-
sist of phosphate of lime and soda,
making them very salty, but never Bit
ter. Their action on the eye Is very
beneficial, and here consists their pre-
scribed duty of the body, washing thor
oughly that sensitive organ, which al
lows no foreign nuid to do the same
work. Nothing c~leanses the eye like Q
good salty shower bath, and medical
art has. followed natures law In this
respect, advocating the invigorating
solution for any distressed condition
Of the optics.
Tears do not weaken the sight, but
improve 1t. They act as a tonic on the
muscular vision. keeping the eye soft
aud limpid. and it will be noticed that
omen in whose eyes sympathetic tears
gather quickly have brighter, tenderer
orbs than others. When the pupils arc
hard and cold, the world attributes IT
TO ones disposition, which is a mere
figure of speech, implying the lack of
balmy tears that are to the cornea what
salve Is TO the skin or nourishment to
the blood.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
WHAT Did She Meant

THAT foolish Clarence has proposed
every week for the last six months. but
the way | answered him the last time
will stop him. | think" said Flora In d
confidential chat.
"Yes. he told me he would have to
quit" said Maize. HE thought he OBJ
served a perceptible weakening."-In-
dianapolis News.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

"Why are you crying. little boy"
zone of them artists paid me a dime
to sit on the fence while he sketched
me-"
well. is there any harm In thatY'
"Yes. s-sir. 1t was a barb wire
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
The Mace In England.

Evo+y deliberative civil body in Eng
land. even down to the town councils
is provided with d mace, which is
brought forth with solemn ceremony
and placed on the table before the de
liberetions begin. In M or two city
councils a candlesticlz OF silver is add
ed to the mace, and acts passed In the
absence of these objects are supposed
to be illegal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
An Examnle.

The chimney is smoking" he said.
Yes she retorted: that's the effect
Of bad example. Usually the chimney
has consideration enough to do it's
smoking outdoors"
Thus 1t came about that he finished
his cigar on the back porch.-Chicago
lost.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Gave II In.

ibid you catch your train last nightr'
asked his employer Of Sooburbs.
NO" replied Sooburbs YEARLY; ut
had been gone about Ave minutes when
| got 10 the station. and l didn't think
II was any use to try."-Obio State
Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Mutual Attraction.

Dorothy-What became OF that BASH
ful man and bashful girl you were tell
Ing me about?
David-Oh. l introduced them, and in
three weeks they were engaged-De-
troit Free Press.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

JOEL saw you at the opera with
Miss hyperion last night. She's Ger.
tainly a beauty, but entirely too re-
served for me.
Fred-You just bet she Is. saw her
father this morning and reserved her
especially for myself.-Chicago News.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
RealI.m Most Attractive.

do you believe in realism in the
dramaY' asked the friend.
II do" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. MANY Is the time | would
have given d great deal to play Mac
beth with 4 real MISUNDERSTANDING
Ton Star.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01
Rccinninr nj Home.

Jasper understood that you had
turned over a new leaf and were ever
going to love your enemies. but it
seems to me that you love no one but
yourself.
Mrs. Jasper-Well, I'm my own worst
enemy.-Life.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

One whose heart Is filed with Gods
love never refuses food to one whose
stomach is filed with nothing.--Nsw
York Herald.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-01-01

It 10 just as well to make the best OF
everything when you can't help 1t. but
you can try to give q little assistance
ut first.