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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-03-11
Local..

Mrs. o. c. Davis is visiting
friends in Panhandle City this
week.
Paul Faulkner and Luther
Cooper, from near Tulia, left
here Friday for California.
W. B. and r. A. Campbell
paid a business visit to Amarillo
last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Long re.
turned from Fl. Worth yester-
day.
The first of the week, j. l..
Perdue moved out to the ranch
recently purchased by him near
Umbarger.
Judge Henson and few
others are putting in "garden
truck" but most of US are wait.
ing for rains.
Judge c. r. Word and daugh-
ter, Miss Lola, attended the
meeting of the Cattle Raisers'
Association at Fort Worth this
week, haying gone down there
Monday.
Judging from our exchanges
rain is now in great demand all
over the Panhandle and as far
to the south of US as San An
gelo.
Squire Vansant is of the opin-
ion that wheat will "come OUT
yet and make fair pif good
rains fall anyway soon.
George Patton, of Stephens
vile, passed through here Mon
day en- route for Lubbock to
take a position on Mrs. CARROTS
ranch.
Nothing but laughs at the X.
p. Hall Monday night, Mcb. II,
when Caroline Klohr in "The
Girl From Chicago" comes to
town.
The Baptist Young People S
Union will prepare and render
special program for the fourth
Sunday night in this month.
Keep this date in mind.
John Dean is in Sherman this
week attending the sixty fourth
annual session of the grand
lodge I. o. o. F., as 4 represen-
tative of the local order of our
town.
Col. Rusk is about the bluest
man in town about the weather.
He says it looks to him as though
it was the beginning Of seven
years drouth.
Mrs. j. W. Cummings return
ed Sunday morning from Bren-
ham, where she has been visit.
ing relatives and friends for
several months.
A man by the name of Dodson,
has been down from Amarillo
this week moving the storage
room of Thomas Bros. to their
new building site east of Burton
Lingo's.
The contract for the Masonic
Grand Lodge building at Waco
was on Monday of this week
awarded to Fort Worth con-
struction company. 1t is to be
four story brick and will cost
1913, 81.
L. A. Robson was in town
Tuesday from Umbarger. He
says the recent high winds have
Slapped the moisture from the
ground to such an extent that
farming has practically been
suspended.
We are the largest Paint dealers
on the Plains. Don't fail to see US
if you are figuring on giving your
house that much-needed spring
coat.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-03-11
The Latest Yarn Out.

Lets be starting out on the
laudable effort Of causing the praises
of Hcreford's shady homes and
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08

cades was more like a scene in &
fairy tale than a reality, but the
scene is real in all it's details.
Perhaps the most important point
of interest, as we'll ss the most
beautiful, is the Festal Hall and
Cascades, then comes s'The Pike
with its varied attractions from
Tryolean Alps down to the Russian
Theatre or from Creation to Here
after This is a little world OF
itself and to see it is we'll worth the
cost of trip to St. Louis.
One pleasing feature about the
show is that everything is conducted
on the highest plane of Christian
civilization. There is nothing i'm
modest about the whole show, but
everything tends toward appealing
to mans nobler nature for enjoy
ment and pleasure.
But for the want OF space, We
must stop, We could write column
after column about what We saw
but then when we were through
we would be like the Queen of
Sheba ON first beholding the grand
eur and glory of King Solomon
"The half has never yet been told"
Our advice is tat sll who desire &
pleasant, profitable and an erjoy-
able trip to visit the St. Louis Ex-
position. Rice 3. Herman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08
The Worlds Fair.

By reason of an unfortunate mis-,
understanding this writer was pre-.
vented from attending the "Louisiana
Purchase Exposition" on the same
train with the "Press Gang" but he
did the next best possible thing to
do-took the next train out from
Columbia. While he missed the
agreeable company of the members
/ of the press, yet the time was pleas
antly passed in viewing from the car
window the lovely panorama painted
by natures own hand, as We gli9ud
on the rails of steel from hills to
valleys and from valleys to hills.
The Southern and it's connections
The Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis and its connections, the W.
& A. R. R., and Illinois Central-are
giving splendid service to travellers
bound to st. Louis. The Conductors
and crew of the trains are gentle
manly and attentive to their psssen-
gers; the cars are elegantly furnished
with all the modern conveniences
that 60 to make the trip a pleasant
one and the usual monotony which
makes railroad travelling tedious and
fatiguing is robbed of much of it's
terrors by fine road beds and COM
Portable and luxurious cars.
When we arrived in st. Louis We
Immediately headed for the Exposi.
ton grounds, but failed to find our
friends there. The next day we
returned to the Wabash depot and
found the members of the Press
Association comfortably domiciled in
a we'll appointed Pullman.
The Exposition grounds covers
1,24O acres with scere of bewilder-
ing splendor, such as our eye has
never before beheld. Magnificent
buildings reared their proud heads
toward the blue vault of heaven.
A congress of industries from every
known nation on the face of the
globe blending with rainbow gardens
amid sparkling and glittering cas-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08

LeesviIle, June The people ot
LeesviI!e opened their hearts anG
bones to the many visitors this week
! This is commencement week and
every body seems to be enjoying
themselves. Visitors from all parts
Of the State are here and the exer.
cises have never bean excelled.
The exercises of Lees7ille college
were held in the college chapel, and
when Rev. Vernon Hanson appeared
upon The stage to deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon the chapel was filled
much beyond its seating capacity,
and though the morning was very
bot The crowded audience was held
without any visible discomfort for 40
minutes by the great speaker.
Mr Hanson is pastor of the South
side Baptist church in Columbia and
be we'll sustained his reputation as a
speaker
At 8 Is .. m. Rev. G. A. Freed,
pastor of Ebenezer Lutheran church,
Colombia, preached very able SER
mop. The speaker is inspiring and
bis thoughts were filled with valuable
admonisions to all, and he laid stress
for ,hose of the student body and
graduating class.
3Ic. Freed's earnest pleading for 10
plnntes has made lasting impressions
ana he will long be remembered.
ALUMNI MEET.
Yesterday morning at II o'clock
the annual meeting of the alumni
was held. A very interesting speech
was delivered by Col. ". W. Hawes,
OF Brookland. His theme, Indus
srions Eiucation," was we'll applied
and The college should feel proud of
him.
At 4.30 p. m. an orstorical contest
for gold medal given by the literary
societies was held. Mr.. Ansel Caugh-
man of the junior class was the
winner. his subject being "The New
Souih
AT 8 o'clock Tuesday night the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08

departments of our national life. The
nations OF the world value education
and their destined position will de-
pend on the perfection Of their
educational system. After the
Franco-Prussian war France resli-
zed that she had been overthrown by
the schools of Germany. and she re-.
organized her system of education
on national basis to restore her
lost power and glory. Since 1865
Japan has educated more than 10000
of her young men in the schools Of
America and Europe. She has fash
ioned her educational system on the
western model. At the head of her
schools, government, army and navy
today are the men who were trained in
America and Europe.
"Behind the Krupp gun works in
Germany are the boys trained in the
German schools. The world realizes
that to make a nation great it must,
build great men in great schools
DR.. Finn made splendid impress
sion. His presence here will be
remembered very pleasantly by all
who heard him.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08
DR.. FLINN SPEAKS.

The exercises Tuesday morning
included principally the annual ad-
dress to the students by the Rev.
DR.. J. W. Finn, of South Carolina
college. Nothing short of publishing
the speech in fnll could possibly con-
vey even slight idea Of the beauty,
strength and magnificent thought
contained. The doctor began by
making some pleasant remarks about
the college and recalling that the
first woman who ever received a
diploma from the South Carolina
college was graduate of Leesville
college. He announced for his SUBJ
ject: The Value of the School and
College to the State" He said in
part:
"Full reports of commencement
occasions fill our daily papers. News
papers are thermometers, the index
of public sentiment. Our people are
interested in these things and the
newspapers are only filling the de-
mand when they give their best
space to an account of these exer-
cises. The belief in education is
shown by the millions of pupils in
our schools and the millions of money
spent for educating our youth in the
United States. There are over 20,-
100000 Of pupils in our schools and
colleges at an expense of SllO,0oO,-
600 annually. Out of these will
come those who will mould the des-
tiny of our nation, leaders in all
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08
The Cotton Crop.

Washington, June 4.-The chief
of bureau of statistics of the de-
partmeLt of agriculture today issued
bulletin estimating the total area
planted in cotton in the United
States this season as 3l,73O,371
acres, an increase of 2,S23,Ol5 acres,
or 9-9 per cent. upon the acreage
last year. The acreage condition of
the growing crop on May 2G was
80, as compared With "a l on the
same day last year; 95 at the cor
responding date in 1902. The aver
age this year is S5.S.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08
A Belated Train.
NeWberry Observer, June :.

NeWberry Observer, june :.
Usually the c., N. Il L. trains are
promptly on schedule time; but the
up train from Columbia missed it
badly on Friday. reaching here about
five instead of l2:43. The engine
gave out about Irmo, and the en-
gineer, working with it in the broil-
ing sun, was overcome by the heat,
and another engineer had to he
telegraphed for. He came up from
Columbia and hitched his engine to
the train and brought it as far as
Prosperity all right, when it also
gave out Then an engine was tele-
graphed for from Newberry, and
that brought the train safely through.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08

college chapel was crowded mass
of humanity for the exercises of the
class in physical culture.
Especially should be mentioned
the ''Vestal Virgins" )" rendered by 10
young ladies.
After the programme had been
concluded, by special request, Prof.
Brockman (hute) and Miss Hsyne
(piano) rendered "Dixie" to the fran
tic delight Of the appreciative
audience.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08

Horehound, Mullen and Tar re-
lieves that hoarseness and prevents
an attack of LaGrippe and pneumonia.
There is nothing like it. Large bot
ties only rs cents. Murray Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08
Warning.

GONE PARTIES HAVE BEEN USING
~ dynamite in the creek and ponds ON
my place against my wish, this is, therefore,
to forbid any and all persons to fish in
either of my ponds on creek on my prem
ises, or to trespass in any manner what
ever upon my lands. Tue law will posi-.
lively be enforced against any one vlolat-
ing this notice. W. W. BARRE.
June 2, 1904. 4w33
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-06-08

Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devce.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
John Wesley. idea. on -aill,, i.

1t is pretty generally known that
John Wesley. during his unparalleled
apostolate of half a century, Travelled
$4,000 miles and preached 40 600 SER
mons. but comparatively few are
aware Of the prodigious amount Of lit
ersry work he managed TO accomplish.
His most curious and eccentric hook
vas entitled Primitive Physic: or An
Easy and Natural Method Of Curing
Most Diseases" II was published In
London by Barr & Co. In the wear
1913.
The preface is characteristic OF the
author. When man came first ou, of
the hands Of the Creator there w.a
no place for physIc or the art of heal
ing. But when man rebeiled against
the Sovereign Of heaven and earth the
incorruptihle frame put on corruption.
and the immortal put or immortality
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
HIS soo1s CAUSED coM~gNT.
numerous Experience Told ef the lats
Phil Nay.

PHI May. the English biack-and-
xhite artist who died recently. wrote
II himself: From the very beginning
I fosnd a arm friend in Charles Alias.
sho kept me hrsy at cosrurre designs
remember one hight he and / and
sone other friends bspusst out = whole
sinEie stall In Maiden lane and
sheele1 Il all over the place. distrib-
s.lng TIE ve.kIss to every one xe met
lntH the police interfered With cur
generosity. Once was very busy on
soze drsse designs which Hr. Alias
required 1t . very particular time.
The constant and hard work made re
treftul and lnrafaen. and q: the mos.
laconFa'a.ert tines-for htm-I OTTER
wandered ont. aa6 ny return was a.
Ways urrsrtair- BT preventing these
7tsfings he bored To keep me steadily
a. york. sre n as ! only wore yssf
GERS n the st8cio. be hi Oh the ide-
4 hiding ny boots. when I took It
'Eto rny head 10 20 ont coula not
saf ny boots anywhere. 50 drew cn
pair Of Turkish boots Of crsuscx
eather and went into the Strand
Alas seemed amused when as saz
~ feet"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17

Bake arrsTed at his oMce at al I'm
usually early hour on the rorring
following his Introduction TO Jesse
ca-4ea. He had spent a miserabss
night No sleep came To his bEoo1-
ssct eTes. and for hours he restiessly
psee-i Tire foor-
4 lore her. ny Coo. hcu I lore
her, but also love Joint he e1,
claimed again and again, Is the might
hozrs craxIea EIo~ly away. What
shall do: what can DO, I cannot
give her up. By God. I'll ret give her
up for any man; not even for Jo5n
Bart. wcuid Iohn surrender tie
woman be loved for ne7 What am
to eo2 I nnst decide before see
hiu. II tell JOHN she is IN Ne~
York he vii see her inside Of t~ezty-
tour hnurs- That Eill be the END ot
ny hopes. she stall lore ne, she
mast lore net cannot lire witkoai
her. Or, why id ever see her
In this unequal contest between
loyalty ana passson fn a weak ard
self lndrigeat nzture. passion Won ihs
battle. but at fFiEhtfnl saerfEcs-
HIS Judgment warned htm that he
wza doomed 10 defeat. but with the
f-enzled eerperztlcn q gambler be
stzke5 egeryfhinE-hOn friendship.
iuyalty. his business earser-ssi On
the tura u q card. z.d CARED To re;
John Burt zlth treacksry IN his heart
and 2 lie On his iEs-
Eiake knew that John Burt was Il
h!s pirate oEce. bzt for the first
tine ia LIS lie be kesifzted 10 enter
~ Prosperity had erected 10 wall
u farmal.fy between these two
Froz the day they fought their boy
IsA battle. on the edge Of the fsbizg
po1L they had called each otter
John" and lila n tacitly sccePt-
iaz John EuTt's ieaLerahtp. Blake rec.
cEuIzed ia his coTu panioa those traits
zhich attract allegiance. and which
taia {: By anzeen hHt goserfui banis-
By s display of tact which amounted
70 genius, John Burt lad aided Jsnes
bake without patrnuizirg him. and
had forgiven his repeated mistakes
alfhoat Offending him
Blake siroiled slowly through TIE
connecting Offices and entered the
large roou reserved FOR customers
Those VITO knew TIE famous opsr-
atoF bowed respectfully, Blake gaze4
abEeut-mindediy at a bulletin board
containing the early London and Psris
Quotations. He read them, but they
has 90 meaning. he was thoroughly.
4biectiy miserable.
Who Is that geutiemanz@ asked q
snooth-cheeked ard dapper youns
man. who had embarked on his frst
speculative venture BY rtsking the
major part Of his quarterly aiioE-
ance.
why. 60at you tnoT9- exclaimed
his companion. I should have intro
dueed you That's James BIake-ths
famous and only James Blake FIys
years ago be didat have dollar.
Twenty millions IN Eve years Il his
recordg And II hasn't enlarged hi.
hat In the least. He tells q good
story. sings good song. and no ran
in the club can drink him under the
table"
Ito be continued
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
Tne Origin Of a Word
\ z2zz

The meaning Of the name -Adlron-
cack" is explained By an old Indian
legend. Long bAore any white man
had wandered up into the great north
wilderness. two hostile tribes OF red
men used the mountain passes and
lakes for their battle ground The
Montagnais of the lover st. Law
renee lived almost entlre.y By the
hunt. and during the long Canadian
winters often had to I've upon the
buds and bark e the trees Their
hereditary enemies. the MohzRis.
srbsisting on corn. pumpkins and 9th
er vegetables. lookcl slesr!ngly upoz
their fees. the Adirondack. o9
-tree-eaters.- In tire the name was
Transferred from tie eaters 10 the
thing eaten. and nov tho great NoTfh
Woods. as well as the mountains. al
go by the old M7savk name. AZ.
irondaeks- -Four Track News.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17

drowned iu the louder din of his pas
sion. He had not pet reached a point
where. with cslsa selhshnesa he could
voice the brutal aphorism Of moral
aad physical desperadoes. "Al IL
fair 10 love and war lie vas easer
10 clear himself Of Belf-aecusea dis
loyalty to John Burt. and he clutehea
at Ery defense which would serve as
poss bic Justification or extenuatisn.
Joha Burt was his friend. the found
er of his fortunes; the loyal. trustful
comraGe To whom he owed ali be was
or could hope TO be- Blake knew this
and yet. with the truth confronting
him and pleading for Justice. the So
phiEtic arguments and eyaalons Of a
Fauiting passion came readily to his
lips
How do know John loves herr
he pleaded He has not told me so
He has sent her no word. He could
have done so easy enough She does
not know Il he be eead or alive. Is
that the way for lover to act? II
John has lost her It is his own fault.
Perhaps he gave her up long ago.
Honestly. | believe his hate for Nor
ris is more TO him than his affection
for Jessie Garden
Thus qufbbled James Blake. Awak-
ened love loosens a million eloquent
tongues to plead for self. and paisies
the voice which should speak for otn-
ers- The love Of man for a woman
is the suslimat.on OF his egoism; his
unconscious exaltation OF desire.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
s2EEIaazEaE1EG12 a12EE2s

time the cecelt was kis oxn and not
sacrifice for another
-ct course / knew John Burt. said
Blake resectIveiy. Dear cid john; ]
oSe hin thirty i've dollars. whea !
ran away from hone he gave re
every collar be had. and I've pot seen
hfza since. Did ycB say lie had gcas
10 cai.forn!a7 iz that 20? No. !
never saw hin there. Ard you kasE
hinz Really, Miss Car6er, almost
feei as IL We were cid acquaintance
Al. hers comes Mr., and Wrs- Blsh0ps
/ Rad 70 ieez it vas 30 lzte--
Mr. Thomas Bssanp Tas .ntrodue5d-
ard after a brief congsrsatioa. ~
which Jessie acquainted her uaSie
With the fact tszi their guest sas
formerly from Roety weeds. Blske
excuEea tlnssll He accepted an ia
vltatson to call sgz5n.
Then Ee VII eontinHa our reco!-
lections q Rocky Woods. A-ss Car
aen. be said on leaving
iuaructng his ecachma1 TO drive
% h.a apaTTrn eats. James Bake clesed
his eyes and ATTEMPTED 70 calmly r.
yieT tat had happened lie fcnn2
Il impossible. One emotion bed r. a.
tery over k5m-he vas Ia love. nsaiiy
ard eesan1ly 80 love with Jessie Car
den. He thrught u Arthur A1fT1s
sud hated him. Hs tLouEht o. Jcha
Burt and vitie5 hla- Sa-ther Eaossse
ssaa3 10 h&s ~aE-
Cauid sire be erFaTed 70 Arthur
Horris7 ssaz that BE had Eei Jessie
carden Re fea-f kfmseif uncou scioaE
~ repeating John Eurt's Indignant
declaration. 1t e a BE: al Infamous
het- II an eugzEeuert did exist. u
should be as a barrier q uist 70 his
ardent progress. But she ga not,
she oosIls rot ioye Arthur Norris.
Did John Burt lore herr Did sic
love John Eurtz
These were the Etiugirr. burning
Questions Nhlch scared his brain. Lui
the elamor Of his conscience vas
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
cAaPTea xxs-ceotlauee-

General C2Ftso sDyIan1s1 yfgor-
os-ly and 1e1zrssz an encore The
trio sang several songs. and tire old
soleler lag back in his arra-c-a,r snd
iet his E1lad drift back to the hours
WHEN TIE ene q zhom Jessie vas tie
image ilfsea her Hg@eI voice In tie
BALLADS he loved to --ar. Al his re
Gssst tteg sang -Doagizs, Tender and
True.7 Robin A1a.r.- The Blue
Balls af s~at!zaG.a @Annte Laurie. r
and several cid var songs
Th~s Jessie proposed rubber CT
~hlst. and "A the cat she becane the
parfnsr n James Blake Jessie
rlayea vel ard they DEBATED the
general sr1 Etith-
rYcs coat Er0E what 4 victory We
have woo," declared Jessie. her sYes
spark,ing ~Ith pleasure. Papa and
E1ith thiEk Themselves inyi,clbfe.
and this IS their srsf defeat Let's
70 TO tie conservatory. want 70
skoz Mr. Blake these lovely bulbs
seat you from Holland ana leaving
Edlfh ana the general to fol,ow. she
escorted Bake 70 the great glass
house. With lts arched roof and wilder
neas oi palEa feFns and foEera
= tnow this r. not rnuca Of q treat
70 you.~ vsn;ured Jessie = had fer
Ectten thar you have spent all Of your
lie In Calst1Fnia@
Pat ! have net spcnt all o, my
life IN csiifornia.- Blake said. =
lived n California cnly seven or eight
years and had iitt3s chance to staey
howers. what little knoSfadze I have
Of foEers dates back 70 my boyhood
eaFs II SeE EuFland.-
New EnEiands What part Of New
Rnelzne. Mr. Baker
Maszachusctts." he answered
proudly 4 vas horn In Reston. less
than half n mile from where the tea
was thrown overheard. Ny mothers
name vas Smith. 50 I'm a Yankee all
over
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17

$50 an l." laughed Jessie John
Hsrc0ck cree lived Ia the house
whe-e l vas born. and Samuel Adams
"a. there many. Hsany times. I'm as
mnSh Of a Hancock as Edsth. though
shs won't admit It. Dont you Ike
Boston better than San Francisco.
Mr.. Blake7@
Really. / remember very little of
Boston replied Blake. when ! vas
small boy We moved 70 Qulney. and
frnm there TO a farm near Hingham-
That part Of my New England nfe
most vivid Ia ny memory clusters
round the cid farm In Rocky Woods"
-Dii you live In Rocky Woodsz"
The dark eyes opened vide ard Jes-
sic looked wonderingly into Blake's
facs
why. yes. lived there for several
years. Do you mean to tel me that
yot ever heard Of that desolate patch
OF rocks. pines. stone fences. hueiis-
berry sEamps and cranberry
marFhes7
Certainly / have. Uncle Tom
Mr.. Bishop-lived there for a genera
tinn. and spends the summers there
nov. | have often been there. Isn't
IL strange. Mr.. Blake, that both of us
are familiar with that out-ol-fheway
country7 Where was your fathers
farm7@
1T was then known as the old Leon
srt farm. Do you know where Peter
Burt mved-Poter Burt. the old crazy
man who used 10 pray at night from
the top OF the big rock'''
"Yes." said Jessie softly. with 1T
tie catch at her breath as the blood
mounted to her cheeks.
James Blake watched her face In
tentiy. Both we're thinking Of John
Burt, but with what different emo
tious, Since the sun had set. a gulf
had opened between John Burt and
James Blake.
And Jessie Carden7 fntuitively she
felt that James Blake knew John
Bart In a fash II occurred to her
that Biakess business with her father
wss a subferfnge Was be the bear
er Of tidings from John Burty Per
haps John was daadg II alive. why
did Re not come himseif7
And you knew John Burt, re-
member now tha. be often spoke Of
you. He always called you Jim and
rarely mentioned your last name. And
you ran away from home. Did you
ever meet John Burt in California,
Mr.. BIake7'
James Blake was not deceived by
the careless tone In which she asked
this question. With grim JOY he re-
fiected that Johns Injunction for Sc
crecy was still In force. He must
either mislead Jessie Garden or prove
fnlse - his friend: but for the first