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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12
NEW CANAL PLAN.
Electric Propulsion For New York
Waterways.

ALBANY, n. V, March 11.-An en-
tirely new canal proposition has made
its appearance here. John Murray
Mitchell Of New York city proposes to
the canal committee the Improvement
of the present waterway at an expense
of only $5,OO0,000. Mr.. Mitchell repre-
sents citizens who aim to accomplish
by such an expenditure as much i'm
provcmcnt in shorter period as would
be obtained by the expenditure of
$1O0,000,000
The plan is n simple one, and cleo
tricity is to be its basis. In short, they
propose 10 erect along the canal third
rail electric track, on which will be run
donkey motors" These motors will
tow canal boats at n higher rate of
speed and at a minimum cost to boat
owners and shippers. The cost Of equip
ping the Erie and Champlain canals
will be $1,00O,090, and the present ca
nal with its present depth will be util-
izcd All that the promoters Of the en-
terprisc ask is per cent OF the gross
receipts charged for towing. 1t is esti'
mated tlat the revenue derived by The
state VIII be sufficient to pay for all re-
pairs. These repairs amount to about
100000 year. The apparatus is to be
the property of the state.
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FOURTEEN CREMATED.
ResuIt OF the OIL Tank Explosion mt
OIcan, n. Y.

OIcnn, n. Y.
OLEAN, n. Y, March 11.-Fourtecn
.harred and half crematcd bodies lying
In the undertaking establishments or
in their late homes, fourteen people ly
ing in the hospitals and dozen or so
more not so seriously injured at their
homes Is the result of the accident on
the Erie railroad in which an oil train
was wrecked and several oil cars eX-
ploded. scattering death and destruc-
ton in every direction. Several of the
patients in the hospitals are seriously
burned, one of them probably fatally.
A freight train on the Erie, made up
principally of tank cars filed with oil,
broke in two north of the city at about
o o'clock. The two sections of the train
came together with crash, and one Of
the oil tanks was demolished. Fire
broke out almost instantly and the sky
was lighted up for miles.
A large crowd of people left this city
for the scene of the fire. While they
were lined up along the tracks ter
rife explosion occurred. The flames
communicated quickly with the other
tank cars, and second and third ex-
plosion followed each other in rapid
succession. Sheets of flames shot out in
all directions.
Scores of persons were caught within
the zone of the fire and enveloped in
flames. Men and boys ran screaming
down the tracks with their clothing u
sheet of flame Others fell where they
stood, overcome by the awful heat.
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MINE INSPECTOR.

Notice to applicants for cert hcates
of having passed a successful eAaml-
nation to be candidates for the office
of Mine Inspector of the Fourth,
Fifth and Sxtn Inspections Dlstrcts,
as provided by Act Of Assembly, APP
proved June 8, 1901.
Notice Is hereby given that an ex-
animation Of applicants for certificates,
in accordance with the above Act of
Assembly, Of having passed a success
full examination to be candidates for
the Office OF Nine Inspector Tor the
Fourth District, the county of Schuyl-
kill; for the Fifth District, the county
of Northumberland; and tor the Sixth
District, the county of Columbia, will
be held on Wednesday the 25th day
of March 1903, at 10 o'clock a. m,
in room ID, on the second floor of the
Mountain City Building, on the cor
ner of Centre and Norwegian streets,
Pottsvile, Pa, when and wnere all
applicants are requested to present
themselves for examination.
Applicants are requested to advise
the chairman of the Board, at as early
date as possible, of their intention
to be present for examination.
John X. HOFFMAN.
Chairman.
WALTER S. SHAEFER,
JOHN +. DRUMHEIsER,
John HERRITY,
THOMAS HOLLAND,
Board of Examiners,
Pottsville, Pa.
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Daily. Daily, except sunday. "' stops
only on notice TO Conductor or Agent, or ON
signal. -
Trains leave BLOOMSBURG as follows:
P,I pittsron ana Scranton as follows; T.31 a.
m, 2.4j and 6l5 p. m. week days; lo.43 a, m
daily,
For Pottsville, Reading and Philadelphia, 7.3i
a. III, and Dab p IN. week days.
Fof IlaZlct on, 737 q, m 9.i3 and 6.l5 p. m,
week days, lO.43 Il. IN daily.
For Levi burg, Milton, WllliamspOrt, Lock
Haven, Rcnova and Kane, 1880 a. m. week days;
Lock Haven only, AZ "a. IN and d.O6 p. IN. week
days; for Willfamsp0rt and Intermediate sta
lions, g. ~ q, M ana 7,2j p. m. week days
For Bellefonte, Tyrone, I'hilipsburg, and
Cleariield, ~ aud II 80 a. m, week days
For Harrisburg ana intermediate stations S41
and Il 80 a. m, and 7.2b p m. week days; i,06 p.
| IN daily.
For Philadelphia VITA Hauisburg), Baltimore
| and Washington s AZ ana II 10 a. m, and 7.25 p.
! m. week DAYS; 400 p. m daily.
For Pittsburg Nia llnrlisbuIg), S.47 a m.
! 7.2j p, IN. week days; 400 q. IN daily; via Lewis
| town JudciiOn, 81 and II 90 "a. IN. week day s;
via Lock Haven, S7 and ll,50 a m. week day S.
| Pullman rarlor ana sleeping Jars run Oh
| through JTainS between SunbuTy, Winiamspori
and Erie, netwecn Sunbury and Philadelphia
! and washington and between Harrisburg, Pittt
burg and the west.
For further information apply TO Ticket
Agents
| W. W, ATTERBuRY, j. r, WOOD.
Genl. Manager. Gen. Pass, Agt,
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VIENNA, March 1.-THE distress in
Dalmatia Is so severe that the people
in parts of that province are reported
to be .subsistng on the bark of trees
and on wild herbs. A committee has
been formed in Vienna to raise funds
for the relief of the sufferers, and the
Croatian Archaeological society has
started eXcavating ut the Dalmatlan
village Of plavno, where interesting
discoveries are expected, the immedi-
ate object being to provide work for
the famine stricken inhabitants of the
commune of Knn.
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Arbor Days to be Observed.

Governor Pennypacker has issued
a proclamation fixing Friday, April 3,
and Friday, April II. to be observed
as Arbor Days throughout the Com
monwealth. Two days are designated
for special reason. Inasmuch as
the climatic conditions may render
one of these days more favorable than
the other for the purposes intended,
selection between the two is left to
the citizens of the various sections of
the Commonwealth. The Goyernor
urges upon the people of Pennsyl-
vania the observance of arbor days in
the following words: "rhe success
which the forestry reservation com
mission of Pennsylvania has achieved
in the acquisition Of valuable forest
lands and in reclaiming the once
wooded acres Of our state has been a
source of much encouragement to the
people who are interested in the
restoration of our forest and in the
beaulifying of our parks and highways
The lack of forest lands is menace
to the water supply and greatly affects
climatic conditions of the conutry.
Everyone is under obligation to rem
der aid in this important work, which
benefits net only the state but the
entire country. Nature alone cannot
repair the injury, but it is necessary
that we join with her IN replacing the
forests. In order that a movement
, so essential and valuable may con-
tinue and IN order that our citizens
may have an opportunity to contrib
ute to this laudable work, by planting
trees to protect our lands aud beauty
our streets and highways"
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wild weather In Russia.

LONDON, March 9.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
telegraphs that terrible snowstorms
have been raging during the past week
in the government of Samara and
have caused hundreds of deaths.
Horses drawing sledgcs have returned
to villages with the passengers frozen
to death. The village bells are rung
nightly to enable travellers TO find
their way to shelter. Many persons
have been frozen to death within tho
villages while searching for the doors
OF their own homes.
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Rich Ore Find In Montana.

HELENA, Mont, March 1O.-In an
old bed of the Missouri river fifteen
miles east of Henela rich gold bearing
sand which also contains sapphires and
rubics has been found. Samples of the
sand were brought to Helena for test
ing, and so gratifying were the returns
that j. III. Cowan ut once departed for
the east to confer with stockholders of
bis company with view to determin-
ing upon future mining work. The
scene of the discovery Is near Confed-
crate gulch, an acre of whose sand in
the early days produced more than
81 100000 in gold.
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For II neecher Memorial.

NEW YORK, March "a great mass
meeting was held in the Academy Of
Music in Brooklyn last night for the
purpose of raising funds to erect a me-
mortal in honor OF Henry Ward Beech
cr. the founder of Plymouth church
and for forty years its pastor. Many
hundreds who were turned away from
the doors gathered at an overflow meet
ing in Plymouth church. The total
amount of the subscriptions was about
So1 600
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12
Hearish Crop Reports.

WASHINGTON, March II, 80 The
United States government crop report
for March, just issued is as follows;
Reserve in farmers hands, wheat, lGi,-
100000 bushels, 24la per cent Of last
years crop; corn, 1,050G0O,000 bushels,
41.G per cent of last years crop; oats
365, ,555, 900 bushels, 40 per cent of last
years crop. The reserve of wheat last
year ut this time was 173,0OO,0O0 bush
els, and corn, 443,000000 bushels.
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ouigIey lnstnTIed Arehbishop.

CHICAGO, March 11.-ln the pres
ence of Il great throng of the laity and
priesthood crowding every foot of space
in the huge Cathedral of the Holy
Name Bishop James Il. Quigley of Buff
falo was installed archbishop Of the
Chicago archdiocese of the Roman
Catholic church. The ceremonies, which
were most impressive and solemn, were
Ln accordance with an ancient ritual Of
the church.
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The Catholic societies at Cen
trala met on Sunday and completed
arrangements for the observance OF
St. Patrick's Day. IL has been de-
cided to hold a large parade in the
morning. and in the evening Rev
Dorghcrty, of St. Ignatius' church
will deliver a lecture.
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MURDER IN WATERBURY.
Trolley Car Guard KILLED by Masked
Mcn-Molorman wounded.

Trolley Car Guard Killed by Masked
hicn-Mo,orman wounded.
WATERBURY,, Conn.,. March 9.-Nio-
lence in its worst form has broken out
anew III Waterbury us result of the
high feeling in connection with the
strike of the motormen and conduc-
tors OF The Connecticut Railway and
Lighting company. This time 1t Is
murder and Supernumerary Policeman
Paul Mendlesohn is the victim. John
w. Chambers, nonunion motorman, Ia
shot, and his conductor George We
berndorfer, was pounded almost into
insensibllity
The car when it reached the city
showed that there had been a perfect
volley of shots fired at the three de-
fenseless men.
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500 REWARD, $Ioo.

The readers of this paper will lie
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure in all It's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known 10 the
medical fraternity. Catarh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
sti;ulionaI treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and
giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing lis work. The pro-
prietorshave so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo, o,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Excursion Rates.

Taking effect January ist, 1908
the Lackawanna Railroad co. will
sell excursion tickets to nearly all
stations on their line. This will
be another improvement that will
be appreciated by the travelling
public, the tickets will be good for
thirty days including date OF sale
stopover will not be allowed. 1 lat
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12
1918 sIn

WANTED FAITHFUL PERSON TO TRAVEL
for well established house In few counties,
calling on retail merchants and agents. Local
territory. Salary $102i n year and expenses,
payable 8 9 a. a week In cash and expenses adj
vanced. Position permanent Business success
ful and fiourishing. standard House, 33i Dear
born Street, Chicago. H- l6t
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PERMANENT SITUATION.

Cash paid ekly for services either on salary
and expenses paid or commission, to take ord
ers for our Garden seeds; also fruits ana FLOW,
ers. We carry a full line for the Farm and
Market Gardners, so that a live man cannot helr
but succeed, as h has the facilities TO CONT rete
for ali KINDS OF trade and with different classes
OF customers Write at once for terms 10
Earr'ck Seed Company, Rochester, Ny.
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Many school children are sickIy

Mother Grcys Sweet Powders for Children
used by Mother Grey, nurse In Childrens
Home, New York, Break up colds In 81 hours
cure Feverishness, Headache Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders. and Destroy Worms. Al all
druggists, Csc. Sample mailed FREE. Address,
Allen 5. Olmsted, LeRoy, n. Y. 29-6t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-12
PHILADELPHIA & READING
RAILWAY.

Ti.t.Ns LEANb 1LUUNSBUBO.
FOR NtN IUIa, Pntltueipida, hcddluk 'ntt
Vile, ramaqud, weeEuayt 1T 30 "A. n. 8;s5
For wniamsport, weekdays, 7.s7 0. n, 33 p
m, -
3.33 p. m.
1920, $50, p. II.
3.33, $50, p. m.
Trains FOR BLUUMSBUEG,
Leave New YOIf VIZ PniluCciptN $40
M. and via EastUI slOa. N.
Leave Philadelphia tu.2le N.
Leave Reading 80 p. n.
Leave poLtsviit 1898 q. ~.
Lodv, rlMaGut l1Yp y, H.,
Leave Niilitmsl or StokdG! 5000 ~, {.
y. ~.
leave Catawlssa weekdays, 3Gi $40 a. L
1.8i. 3S6n.m,
Leave rup0rt, weekdays, GA, s.25 t1f0 {.
m. 1.aS, 346 j.. N.
ATLANTIC CITY r.. X.
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WE WANT AGENTS
OR
SALESME EN

We will pay good salary or commission toi
selling our rsurS.r. stock aud specialtles
We are one " the largest houses In the pusl'
ness, having nearly 80 acres dpvbied TO grow
Ing our stock. giving our statesmen advantages
that help tdem sell goods. Any one willing tt
work can succeed. Address
Nv. STUART q co., Newark, New York
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Runs dailv. Flag station.
+. NJ. RINE, Il, W, LEE,
Supt. gen. Pass, Agt.
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with female weakness for about four years
before / asked for your advice" writes
Mr.. J. w. McGregor, of Cad Street and
Princeton Ave, Chicago, Ills. oYou
advised her TO take DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription which she did faithfully for
nine months, and now we must acknowl.
edge to you that she is a 7GeH uONaR
We cannot thank you enough"
YOU CAN BE CURED
by "Favorite Prescription if your dis
ease is curable by medicine; and the
facts show that only two women in every
hundred who have given v vFavorite Pre-
scription fair and faithful trial have
failed of a complete cure. Women who
have suffered for years and have had the
advantages of the most skillful medical
treatment, have at last tried oFavorite
Prescription and been cured. Women
who had been pronounced incurable, and
given up to lifelong suffering, have been
perfectly and permantly cured by the
use OF Dr. Pierce's FaVorite Prescription.
Sick and ailing women are invited to
consult DIR, Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held in sacred secrecy
and the written condolences Of women
are guarded by the same strict profes.
Sloual privacy observed Dy Ut. I1erCc IN
verbal consultation with sick women at
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insli.
tute, Buffalo, N. Y. Address DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, n, Y.
Accept no substitute for UFavorite
Prescription" though the dealer says that
It is vjust as good" If he told the whole
truth he'd say the substitute was better
not better for you but better for him,
because of the little more profit paid by
the sale OF less meritorious medicines.
ARE YOU IL?
Then at the expense of one-cent for
each year of your life you can pay the
expense of mailing a free copy OF DIR.
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser,
in paper covers. This great medical
work contains more than a thousand
large pages and over 100 illustrations,
and is sent absolutely free on receipt OF
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send 2I one-cent stamps for the book Ia
paper covers, or thirty-one stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address DR..
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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HAVE
YOU ANY
OF THESE
Symptoms Of a Very Com
mon Trouble?

There is no disease so common in
the United States as catarrh, because
1t appears in so many forms and at.
tacks so many different organs.
II is a common mistake to suppose
that catarrh is confined to the nose
and throat. Any inflammation OF the
mucous membrane wherever located
accompanied by abnormal secretions,
is catarrh. Catarrh of the stomach or
bladder, or intestines is nearly as COM
mon as nasal catarrh, and much more
serious although it is true that stom.
ach catarrh and catarrh Of the other
internal organs is the result of ne
elected nasal catauh.
A new remedy has recently ap.
peered which, so far as tested seems
TO be remarkably effective in prompt.
ly curing catarrh, wherever located.
The preparation is sold by druggists
generally under the name of Stuart's
Catarrh Tablets, and in addntion to be.
ing very palatable and convenient, pos
sesses extraordinary merit, in many
cases giving immediate relief from the
coughing hawking and constant clear
ing Of the throat and head those
symptoms with which everyone Is ia.
miliar who has ever suffered from
colds In the head and throat
Catarrh is simply a continuation Of
these symptoms until the trouble be.
comes chronic, and grows gradually
worse from year to year.
Stuart's Tablets are composed of
Blood root, red gum and similar anti
septlcs and catarrh specifics, from
which 1t will be seen that no secret is
made of the ingredients, and also that
no mineral poisons are used, as Is the
case with many welllnown catarrh
medicines.
For catarrh Of the nose, throat,
bronchial tubes, for catarrh OF stom.
ach, intestlnes or bladder no prepara.
ton is so safe and gives such rapid
and permanent results as Stuart's Ca.
tarrh Tablets.
All druggists sell them at 50 cents
for full lied package. You can use
them with assurance that you will not
contract the cocaine or morphine habit
as the results from this catarrh cure
are apparent from the first days use
Dec 80 Jan. 1,3.
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The Tacoma News, in its club col
umn. has the following kindly encour.
agement for the Club Journal pub.
lished at Portland and It's enterprising
editors
The Club Journal of Oregon, Official
organ Of Washington and Oregon clubs
continues to make it's appearance reg
ularly each month, and every number
confirms the impression that Il is a
journal well worth the patronage Of
Northwestern club women. Under the
new management, its literary tone has
vastly improved, and i'm addition II
displays a breadth of thought a high
conception of the work Of women's
clubs and women generally which was
not noted at the beginning Of the
Journals career Tacoma club women
have had the pleasure to meet one Of
the Journals editors, Mrs Mabel Plow.
man of Portland, who was a consplc
uous figure at the last w. S. f. w. c..
convention at Pullman, and also re.
Gently a visitor here, when she made
II point to visit a number of the
clubs in session. Mrs. Plowman is
woman of lovely character, who cher
ishes an almost idealized conception
of what WOmans work i'm the world
should be, and IL is not strange that the
Journals pages should reflect in large
measure its spirit. The associate ed.
itor Miss Lischen Miller of Portland,
is also a woman of high ideals, whose
literary work as shown in her work
for the journal is much above the
ordinary. The special features of the
Journal are well chosen. with the eX
ception, perhaps of the page 'As 9th
ers See Us" This is open TO ques'
tion. II is doubtful If even the best
of us show up To the public In the |
softened mellow light this page re.
fleets There is no one so apt TO see /
the jagged edges of character the
bristling points of ambition, the weak
ness of pride and selfshness that are
10 all as this same dear
public" and TO have a pretty word
picture put in this page. with all these
carefully smoothed
iown or left out entirely held up TO
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her, she didn't realize her own weari-
ness. But once at home, exhaustion over
came her. If woman were thoroughly
robust, without ache or pain, she could
not keep this work up without under
mining her health. What shall be said
then OF those women, who are not strong,
who suffer from headache, backache,
bearing-down pains, and other conse-
quences of a diseased condition of the
womauly organisinp And these women
are in the great majority. There are
few women who are free from diseases
peculiar to their sex.
BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.
That expressive saying not only sug-
gests the most rapid form of waste but
also the most foolish. When a woman
overtaxes her strength in any cause,
whether in the enjoyment of social
pleasures, or in the service of church or
charity, she Is rapidly fastening to the
end Of her public activity.
The proof of this is found right at
home. Young matrons who are not
dancing any more, church workers who
are no more active these have not step
ped aside because of loss of interest but
because of lack of strength.
not like to be made strong again. There
Is not sick woman who would not like
TO be made we'll Aud there is not the
least reason, in ninety-eight cases out of
every hundred, why women should con-
tinue to be weak and sick. The first
step to the re-establishmeut Of the gem
eral health is TO establish the local
womanly health.
"I feel that it is only my duty TO send
you a statement OF my case" writes Mrs
Mary T.. Wilcox, OF Emo (Rainy River),
Aigoma Co, Ont. vI suffered untold
misery for many years with uterine
trouble, until l commenced taking Dr.
Pierce's good medicine and used the
local treatment as advised | took two
bottles OF Favorite Prescription and
two OF Golden Medical Discovery l
also sent for one box of your Antiseptc
and Healing Suppositories have only
used two and that WAS two months ago.
Have not had to use any since, but
shall keep them in the house. l would
advise every woman who suffers from
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-01-03

Photographs on linen are very pop.
ular, A patent was recently granted
for a new process In doing the work.
A kind OF seaweed is saturated in
water, and to the extract thus obtained
citric acid and ammonium chloride are
added. The linen is soaked in this
mixture, and dried, after which ii is
soaked in "a solution Of nitrate OF sil.
yer and again dried. Il is then sens.
tive 10 light, and when placed under
the negative in a printing frame. will
produce the picture just like the pre-
pared paper The ordinary toning and
fixing baths follow, when the picture
becomes permanent
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Almost every woman uses a little
face powder occasionally. and as there
are many Injurious articles ON the mar
ket II is well TO prepare IL at home.
Mix one.half pound OF powdered starch
with two and a half ounces OF pOwd-
cred orris root, then run through a
fine seiye. Put a little IN a bag Of
thin flannel, and apply II by shaking il
lightly on the face. The odor Of fresh
orris root is always liked and closely
resembles viOlets.