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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
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Valuable Suggestions
For Thinking People

vice and on whom you can de
pend on what he tells you con
corning them.
- You can readily understand
why as a rule it is advisable to
"patronize home industry"
This rule will apply in almost
every line, particularly in buy
ing a piano as the dealer is
easily accessible in case atten
ton is required. beside having
sold the instrument it is to
his interest to see that it is in
good condition as standing
endorsement for him, and a
very important consideration
for the buyer, an advantage he
will not have buying from q
distant dealer
Not having the ready money
to pay for the piano need not
stand in the way Of purchas-
ing. Your home may have
the advantage Of musical in
strument. You can buy on
easy terms, paying for it in
small monthly payments that
will suit your circumstances.
We are making prices on in
struments very much lower
than ever before offered in
this part OF the state. It you
! think Of buying piano in the
near future it will be to your
interest to take advantage Of
this money savingopportunlty.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Letters to Santa Claus.

Letters to Santa Claus still
continue to arrive at the loca1
postoffice. There are several
daily and have been for some
time and there is quite a bunch
of mail for the old fellow at pres
ent. The following letter is sell
explanatory:
Bemidji, Mimi, Dec. 10, 1903.
Dear Santa Claus:
I write to you to tell you what
I want for Christmas. | want a
big doll, bracelet and some
writing paper to write to you
without having to ask mamma,
Goodbye. From
Miss Eta GOULD.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

The smallest want ad is care
fully read each day by hundreds
of people. A few cents expend
!ture puts you in close touch with
those hundreds.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

M r S. r. b. FO S T E r
PLANO INSTR cTOR
Leschetizky 1ethod.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

ments are pending.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20

Total, 48 Kinchss for eight months
that is pretty vet when Is inches Of
rain and melted snow is the aver
age annual precipitation for this
state. .~-..-~--.~>--~-J. 81. MAXWELL, :
:: = We are pleased to receive the
above statement from Mr.. Max
veil e. : many do not believe what
We e s "a; when al attsmpt is made to
Inform ithein how much rain = has:
fell hers ths past summer. Ii II
any ID, wonder that our farmers have
not bbeen abls TO gather what grain
theyF did raise, but ifa it should be
4 dry year next :saummer,' this
country would be a winner :as<the
soil is of the character that retains
moisture: IT. rs hardly probable
that We will have another wet sea-
a0n T. y s!s:'i ,.F.es ,n:>4: tz.,>a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
ORG,

ORG. 8,
': A. Oberman shipped car Of fat
hogs to Sioux City Friday. ~
V. Anderson unloaded q car of
Nebraska corn here Saturday. "a,
J. E. johnson OF. storden, Mimi,
visited relatives here Sunday. ::
.sa.D.s. Long, of WORKING tton Kas 90
ing business in our: town / Saturday s.,
g: =: Kunze shipped: : car 81 hogs
and cattle from here Sunday 7 night
M. Ch q King returned home
satasday }aster 4 si!4| !, v'e y visit
with relatives in I.orains, Iowa. .
Mr.. and MIA f'2': O.: F. johnson Of
:Delfk,% MINI, spent Sunday at. the
homes :. Of !t their parentsshere- during
tho past week. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
READING.

,.sr:=s.::. READING. T. j~s
=. Winter weather lasted only one
day In Mobiles county. 't.g5E.
Fred Kuehl, of Warrington, was
seen Oh our streets Tuesday.
;s:::Meesrs Lutner and Williams are
shipping considerable hay from here
this week. -~>
y Miss Nellie Eggleston visited rela-
tives in Worthington Friday and
Saturday. tF%.5.s ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
DOCKsTADER SHOOTS HIMSELF

DOCKsTADER SHOOTS HIMSELF.
W. G. Dockstader, the suicide men
toned in thu following dispatch is
we'll known in ,Worthington, having
made this town and sold our drug
.gists goods for many years. de. was l|
well thought Of here and was one Of
tho last men one would think of as
q possible suicide, being always
cheerful and business like and not
addicted to drink. y..n.e-. -" 81
.s 81 Sioux Falls, s. D., Nov. 10-Wil-
liam e. Dockstader, for moro than
fifteen years travelling saleman for
Noyes Bros. and Cutler, wholesale
druggists, st. Paul, committed sui
eide this morning by shooting him
self in the mouth with revolver.
Dockstaoer lost his position with
the st. Paul firm about three months
ago and has been in financial diff
culties. He has been respondent
for some time over his failure to
secure another lucrative position.
He returned from Chicago this
morning at $50, and shortly after
ward discovered that his wife's
father, an old gentleman of 80 years
was dead in his room, having closed
up the room and turned on the gas
when he retired Last night. This
trouble added to, his other difficult
ties, moved him TO take bis own LIE
He, went down. ipto.the basement to
attend ~ the furnace. His wife
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Tho village council met in regu-
lar session Friday evening. Meet
Ing called to order by President
Ttipp, all membres present except
". /. Humston.E Minutes of last
meeting read and approved. Moved
.2d carried that request for license
by Miller and Levine to Conduct .
Billiard and Pool hall be refused and
thx 1icenss not gr.ntsds Petition for
1ewerton Clary street was Laid on
the fAbl6!' W.: y ~! : -:
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/. BIRTHDAY PARTY.

). BIRTHDAY PARTY. .
,Apirthday party was given at
the homo .,4 of 1lra1nk1 Thompson in Do
wald township laet Monday evening
in honor of Mr.. y and Mza. Thomp-
sons eldest son, Albert who on that
day attained IT ~ his fifteenth year, a
very :enjj Fable time was had. Adrian
Guardian. g, y, :. -, j,H. 80 49,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The village council held special
meeting Saturday evening. Meeting
called to order by President Trip;
members present M. P. Mann and
Loren Clark: moved and carried
.thatGeo: Millerabs granted q license
to conduct !, billiard ind pool hall in
tho Mn, Davis building. II
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20

I . YSqs ~, I tttae 4olpl - a
ths ~ ,V = ~; "a oa.
s lS,a y t NV tls'l Nj E'sa !
Is.SI Il .,shsss ~, x!sd 4 .,'' l
yisit 49, II al, hsr 'a!,1a
Iin aaasth n B.. I'd. ,,.rs sissafsI
aJar HllseF ,laet tho 1pEs Il er .tl a Hf
thaaVpsII &or 1a! !! where H. sFil W.. -
1 cagajas hsahHlo, ocsn Ma .ltsy1;s, il.r , /,
Is J:AK ellas, Init ssAheI .lalteir
ajt-of lltaiErlk for q ahoet. visit
}tlG it,5likf tvss in,towa.j, lepsi ct
aaIiiss 1f,,klyt mar. \. Palmer Of
IWott hiAtgon ws u business visitor
ft6 odr yiilase wednesday,. .s's .. -is+<.
IL. and M i, Megabe have mov1
ID back among us again. They now
oceupys the p. Z. g szieeklerg houseer
81 .Yhrsshing ;is progressing finely
and Il Me rot MICS weather two
weeks longer tho threshing viii gil
p oQne. ~ i, 4',r:: ,::"s: + as.1bi.s5t
Upho6 and Hawkins have taken
tho contract toi erect; q. house and
barn on, the northeast quarter Of sec
ton one. Dsvald township., q, III !
va The general manager Of the Ad-
vance Threshsr Co., * was In, town
Saturday evening making Settle
mont withsthe Reading ThresheEQo
for the new machine which tho lat
ter named company bought this
fall. T'.r,> sd s,.st' l. It &.:.s4ss'
+. C.Nissen has posted bills announc
ing a sale Of his personal property
preparatory to taking his departure
for Colorado where he goes for the
benefit of his wifes health. We hate
to lose this estimable family from
our vicinity. " -" I
Frank Eggleston has a full line of
choice groceries in connection with
his restaurant. Mr.. Eggleston and
wife drove to the city last week to
SEQ his brother Charley who under
went an operation at the Walker
Hopsital for appendicitis. -
81. l.. Stricken arrived from
Sherman, s. D. Monday and packed
up his household goods preparatory
to moving permanently to that
place where he has position in a
general store. On Wednesday he
and Mrs. Stricken took the west
bound train for that place. Their
many friends here regret to see
them leave and only wish them the
best Of luck in their new home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
SPOFFORD.

DR.. .Blankenburg, VS., of Lake.
field made u professional visit to this
place Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Pope of Monterey,
MINI. lis visiting her cousins, at Bar
tons this week.
Miss Ethel Anderson started a six
months term of school in Minneota
township last week.
Miss Flora Buchan and Florence
Lyon of Worthingron visited their
friend Ethel Barton last week.
Ed. White and wife of Worthing-
ton spent Sunday with Mrs. Whites
parents Mr.. and Mrs. ia. Spafford.
A party was given at the home Of
Mr.: NJ. Bauman last Thursday. eve
ming. A pleasant time is reported
by all. ...
Mrs. L. q. Barton and daughter
Susie went to Triumph, MIMI, to
spend a week visiting relatives ct
that place. >"
Word was received here last week
that Aug. Paulson. formerly of.this
place but now living in South 5Da-
kota had taken unto himself : wife
Who's: name vs. Mis- Mary, Paul
CONS We join hiq many friends, in
wishing@ them much" success and
thanDine0g. 49,. :..>. .-.> III. i
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20
ADEL1VERY MERGER.

A DELIVERY MERGER. !.
The Reporter says the grooers Of
Window, held a meeting last Thurs
day night to consider the matter of
dropping delivery wagons. It costs
each store about fifty dollar a month
to drive its own wagon. They decid-
ed to hire one man to .do~.the de-
livery for all the stores, which he
will be able to do, and thus save
the dealers q substantial sum in the
course of q year. OF course, no
special trips will be made hereafter
to deliver a spool Of thread or three
cents worth of oatmeal. Bids for
doing the delivering was made all
the way from $65 to $50 dollars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20

heard : Ahost and On going to the
baeement, found him deed With Z
bullet In his brain. . 49,. .''..+-' +
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20

E.W.Cutler cement crossings202. Is
1t is reported that license was not
granted Miller and Levine on &C.
count of objections to the last
named member of the firm. It is
also reported that the business will
be opened again in short time by
another firm. ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-20

OUR RAIN FALL.
Rain fall for eight months ending
0ctnha1 21st 1909
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19

ance of the ground hog The weather
was not to its notion and it crawled
back and pulled in the hole. We made
it plain why the rain has followed the
crawling in of the ground hog on Feb
ruary 2, but on March ID was the time
fixed to let up, for clearing of the
weather. We watched the hog from day
light but the darn thing didn't show up
until HISS pm. 1t surged about, yanked
around, monkeyed little with bit of
straw nearby, switched its TAIL blinked
its eyes from which came teardrops as
big as your fist. 1t was disappointed. 1t
was feeling sorry. 1t was embarrassed
1t was like a politician who has been
feeding at the public crib all his life and
was fearful of losing his job. 1t was
pesky, pitched and foundered about
but it stuck out, although
it crawled back several times into its
hole and crawled out again. According
to the rule, it's up to the ground hog,
and if the weather be not serene and
lovely, why, put it on the hog or on any
hing, but Our private opinion publicly
is that in time there will come
/ change regardless of the hog. Now
hat the hog is out, it is root or die, and
The hog will root.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
THE PARISH FAIRS.
A Meeting at the North Louisiana Ex-
+ pertinent Station.
(To the Caucasian.)


Baton Rouge, March II, 1oo3-Please
give notice in your valuable paper that
| have called a conference of the Off
cials of all the parish fairs, to meet at
the North Louisian Experiment Sta
tion, Calhoun, La, Thursday March
26, 1908.
The object of the conference is to ex-
change ideas and experiences with the
view of improvement and increasing the
scope and usefulness of all the fairs, to
arrange dates in rotation or circuit, and
to otherwise promote interest in these
fairs.
Such a conference must result in the
mutual good and advancement of all.
DR.. Stubs will address the meeting
on Louisiana at the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition The V. S. & P. R.
R. will give reduced rates, and the sta
tiono will serve the usual midday lungl1
The invitation is issued not only to
the officials of the fairs, but to all who
are interested in this important work.
The date is the regular monthly
meeting of the North Louisiana Agri-
cultural Society. A large attendance is
expected and desired Yours truly,
J. G. LEE, Commissioner.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19

ride on the ST. Charles avenue and Tu
lane avenue belts, under the auspices O:
the local newspaper committee.
All visiting newspaper men are urged
to register at the rooms of the Pro
gressive Union Immediately upon arriva
in the city in order that adequate ar
| rangements may be made for their en-
tertainment and wel-being
The St. Charles hotel has been deter
mined upon as the location of the gen
eral United Confederate Veterans head
quarters. and the various sponsors of
the visiting camps will be domiciled here
also
The Confederate Southern Memorial
Association will hold its fourth annual
convention at New. Orleans on same
date as the United Confederate Veter-
ans. The opening feature will be the
usual Jefferson Davis memorial service.
which will be held at Christ Church
cathedral on Tuesday, May 49, at 10
am. The commander-ir-ch chief, depart
ment and state commanders, with their
respective stats, and Confederate Vet
Grams in general, are cordially invited to
assist at this solemn and impressive GER
emony, in memory of the first and only
president of the Southern Confederacy.
The tremendous enthusiasm of the
people of New Orleans in regard to this
coming reunion makes it beyond perad-
venture that the occasion will be most
delightful from all points of view, and
the municipal authorities acting as a
unit with the citizens generally, will
pave the way for delightful series of
pleasant recollections and firmly fix the
claims of New Orleans and its people |
upon the good graces and loyal senti-
ment of the old boys in gray.
H. M. MAYO,
Sec. New Orleans Progressive Union.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
THE GROUND HOG.
AS FORECASTED 1T TURNED UP
ON MARCH ID.
It Was Pesky and Pitched About Con-
siderably-The Weather Was
Not to Its Notions.

It isn't everybody who can Or would
keep up with the ground hog, whose
movements and speculations are beyond
the reasonable computation of an ordi-
nary man. This is one animal that can
get away completely with a man. 1t is
conceded that man may get coon any
where on nights hunt, and he can
shoot deer Or bear or tiger, but he
must be "a slick one to- tree a ground
hog, although there are some women
who could do it if they ventured on such
a trial. As before declared a ground hog
is much smaller than an elephant and
not as ferocious in appearance as rhi-
nocerous, but what it lacks in size and
respectable gentility it can make up on
his past weather record. To some people
the ground hog is everything; to others
it isn't worth continental, simply be-
cause, as other things and signs, it isn't
reliable. Any Jay knows that ali signs
fail during a drouth or long rainy
spell. Insofar as we are concerned, we
wouldn't wager copper cent on the
ground hog, any more than we would
risk plant of 'taters or corn in the
moon, as in Our humble opinion and in
view of our past experience "all sich'
should go into the ground. But there are
two great ground hog days in every
year. The first is on the end of Febru-
airy and the second is forty days there
after. In our last issues of Sunday and
the Weekly we dwelt on the first appear
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
Q PERRIN. J. u. HESTER.
ROBERT /. EMERY.
Perrin & Co.,
Successors 10 W. c. Perrin.
Factors, Real Estate
hi Rental Agents.
<xas ST. Shreveport, La.
iss our personal attention to the
iii members of the Cotton Ex-
IS and have access to all the latest
'eiities for storing and insurins
M n complete.
siIl make liberal cash advances
ernsnts Of cotton.
III of real estate is large and at
M and We think we can please all
y purchasers.
I'LL houses and farms, collect
alskt prompt remittances, and
zzes for non-residents.
klszt patronage and expect to
ssIas by strict attention to busi-
AARSHALss SALE

E. Leopold vs. A. Fl.
s!and IN City Court, Shreve-
zl1lsIas of q Ri Fa issued to me in
I.s snfitled and numbered case,
usable c. d. Hicks. Judge OF
Court Shreveport, Fourth
ado Parish, Louisiana, / have
s|ld shall proceed to sell, accord
within the legal hours for
sl1e front door of the court
5lIs CITY Of Shreveport, La, on
Sd kDAl MARCH II, 1908,
sf sewing machine.
e sale cash. subject to ap-
Is. Y. MARTIN, Marshal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
Ben HOLMAN
221 Texas Street.
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 76o4 First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana Sue
cession of Morris Adams.
Notice is hereby given that Caroline
Adams, admiaistratrix. has this day filed
d tableau of debts IN said succession,
and unless onnosition be made thereto
within The time specified by law the
same will be duly homologated as
prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. d. Land,
Judge of said Court, this 5th day of
January, 1903.
+. A. LEONARD. Clerk.
Feb. 1903
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
MATTINGS.

We must make room for goods now in
transit and in order to clean up stock
offer this week Is rolls full 40 yards
Colored China Mating worth $3.50, this
week $3.50 per roll.
No charge for laying.
Special prices on entire stock of finer
goods.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
HOLZMAN'S SPECIALS.

Full 3-yard Dotted Swiss Curtains at
$I.I5 per pair.
I8x36 Moquet Rugs, regular price
SI.25. this week o5c.
Z I-2xI2 feet Ingram Crumb Cloth,
worth $3.50, this week $500.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
RsHAL,s SALE

lgay Allen VS. Medina
eity Court, Shreveport,
q 4 Fl "a issued to me in
lsled and numbered case.
able G p. Hicks, Judge of
aart Shreveport, Fourth
arlsh, La. have seized
& iced 70 sell, according to
l's legal hours for sales, at
' |3qI ct tlle court house in the
la on
MARCH ii, 1909.
shold furniture and one
als cash, subject tc ap-
.ll. I N, Marshal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
WINDOW SHADES.

Rememlfr we can furnish any size
wanted an4 price; the lowest ever made,
quality considered Give up a call.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
SION NOTICE.

sssIoN NOTICE,
sst District Court, Par
1aao State of Louisiana
q Mrs. Ruth B. Rag
gwen that ] M. Mar
a1s this day filed his final
Wy succession, and unless
made thereto within the
law the same will be
d as prayed for.
honorable A. D. Land,
aia Court this the 18th
LEoNARD. Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19
LzMAN'S
Special Ribbon Sale.
IS pieces All Silk Fancy Neck Ribbon
8 to 5 inches wide, worth 25c, this week
TIC a yard.
EMBROIDERIES.

We offer this week every yard left
over from our sale of the past two
weeks at 2sc per yard.
Remember. these Embroideries are
worth regular up to 25c per yard.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-19

April Fashion Sheets and full stock of
BANNER PATTERNS received, prices
roc and &c.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07

upon which we cannot believe America Will
ever be so fatuous as to enter.
Nor can we regard Mr.. Wilson as more
happy when he again plucks at the much-Worn
harpstring of world power" His pages are
dotted with the well known catchWords OF re-
cent unthinking controversy. Americans, he
saws, are weary of standing aloof among the
nations" They would not forever remain con-
tent with political and commercial isolation"
America has somewhat blindly and naIvely
entered the international arena" She was fet-
tered by her historic policy of isolation" And
there is much more about the new world
rower' and our recent entry into the field OF
welt politik" Perhaps We should not too
greatly blame a foreigner for repeating such
outworn harpng, seeing how much 1t has been
INDUCED in here at home. Yet one who writes
a book about The New America" should at
least have some passing knowledge of the older
America the America of a century past He
should know that generations ago this country
had diplomatic and commercial relations with
the whole civilized world that its warships
stormed the Barbary coast, where European
navies dared not go, and its soldiers marched
in conquest across the sands of Africa; that 1t
opened" Japan to the world, and stood sec
Ond in the opening of China; that it waged
wars made peace and concluded treaties with
foreign powers: that again and again il die
tated terms OF conduct to the foremost powers
of Europe; and that its sails of commerce
whitened every sea and its wares were found
in every mart. Was that to stand aioof' and
to be in Isolation?
Where our author gained his conceptions Of
American finance does not appear. 1t would
be entertaining TO know. Note, for example,
the following:
The sources of revenue provided by the Con-
stitution have already begun to show sgnif-
cant limitations. To tax the people further II
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07

shocking violations Of the Constitution which
so grieve the soul of this great expounder. But
a moment ago Mr. Wilson was chding US be-
cause the Senate had a share in treaty making
instead Of leaving it all absolutely to the PresI-
dent alone. Yet now he takes up the burden of
prophecy against US because the House as well
as the Senate is not taken into the negotiation
Of treaties,
In the course of a chapter on Expansion
and Ir7rerialis1n," Mr.. Wilson gives US this
amazing and amusing bit:
It has always been distinctly understood that
a territorial government was preliminary 10
Statehood: il was to be replaced by a state
organization directly the size Of the population
warranted such a step. The idea OF d peflld-
nent territory with no prospect OF ultimate
recognition as State, and subject lndefnlteIy
+o the immediate control of Congress, is foreign
both to American theory and pracuce- II
therefore follows that the chief danger OF the
new imperialism lay in the inevitable demand
from the new acquisitions for admission TO the
Union as States, which America viii be Obliged
"a grant if she is to obey her present Cohsutu-
ton and to continue her historic nauofiaI POI POI
lev If she refuse, and she VIII refuse, d ~ ne"
era in that policy commences, and new con-
stitutionaI amendment is foreshadoWed.
e that were put forward by less respect
atla authority than Mr.. BeckIes Wilson, we
eEo,,Id feel constrained to call it balderdash.
Aei+ is let US contrast with il the simple facts
f record Il has never been understood that
a,c1,irad territory was necessarily TO be ad-
,,i+tad TO Statehood. In some cases. such as
7 Touieiana and Florida. such admission was
simulated by treaty: that in itself being an
intination that no understanding" OF the KIND
existed. but rather that the understanding was
70 the contrary, so that without special stlpu-
lation the territory would have no claim upon
Statehood In l,,e case of Alaska there was no
e,cf stimulation. and there has been no move
,nent toward Statehood. AS for the Constltu-
ton. it contains no command nor even the