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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28
Not surprisirH.

Mamnra--l'm &u:prise! at you, John
ny. Johnny (tllougliful;y)l wonde
II you'll ever get used 10 ne. mamms
you'fa always surprised at me-.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28
The Paddy Bird.

One OF the best known of feathered
.rcatures in India is the paddy bird. a
traveller says of him: The paddy bird
Is not afflicted with shypess. He Ia
lar too lazy to be disturbed by the ap.
2roach of human beings. So contiding
$ he that the natives of India call
lim the blind heron. L once saw one
II these birds standing motionless at
he waters edge within ten feet Of n
srunting, perspiring washerman, who
vas dashing some clothes to pieces
,gainst q stone in dirty duck pond.
That is the way washing Is done in In.
ia. Neither individual took the least
loticc OF the other" es ~
surely Not.
Customer-Can't you wait upon ne1
I've been here for nearly an hour. Two
pounds OF liver. please. Butcher-sor'
~. but theye are three or four ahead
Of you. Surely you don't want youi
liver out OF order?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28

a man can get over being n muy-
derer, but hardly ever over being a
politician
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28
German at Old Point.

The Norfolk German Club gave
their Christmas german in the ball
room of the Chamberlain last night
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28
The Misses Booker Entertain.

Misses Dorothy and Anna Booker
daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Book
or, yesterday entertained their littlt
friends at an afternoon dinncr-danco
ut their residence in Marshall street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28
The U. S. S. Paducah Sails.

Tho United States gunboat Paducar
sailed yesterday afternoon fol
Panama.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28
surely Not.

The rca6ieat and surest way to gel
rid of cenSure Is to correct ourselves
Dem ostheues.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-28

The way to settle an argument is
70 give in,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
RURAL. FREE DELIVERY.

Delegate Andrews again writes to
The Optic on the important matter
Of the extension of the rural. free de-
livery service. He says II there Is
Opportunity to serve 275 or more
people living In seventy-fiee or more
houses outside the city limits. the
carrier not passing twice over the
route the same day, application should
be made to him at once at Albuquer.
que. If the application be made, blank
petitions and other blanks will be
sent. Roswell and Carlsbad have
rural free delivery, Las Vegas has it
to a limited extent, but it Is believed
If the effort be made, the system will
be greatly extended here. Delegate
Andrews will exert all his influence
10 secure the success of the applica.
ton ii it be made.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

ever been granted to a chief executive
since Washington. Congress has now
to reckon with the new force that has
been put behind President Roosevelt
The people believe in him, and therI
are unmistakable signs that they DO
not extend this confidence to congress.
The self-elected leaders OF the national
legislature may not like to recognize
and act on it, they will be playing
a very dangerous game. If they do
act on ii like men, we Will have the
unaccustomed sight Of a president
carrying with him an unwilling con
gress by the sheer force Of his own
personality.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
INTERESTING STRUGGLE.

Whether or not the dominant party
succeeds in standing pat" during the
coming session of congress the coun.
try Is likely to be treated to M Of
the most interesting struggles that has
ever been Witnessed in that body. The
time for the session is close enough
at hand for the public to look forward
to the meeting with considerable inter.
est, and to wonder how far a vigorous
and virile executive is to be tied and
hampered by a party majority which
at heart Is really a minority deter.
mined on making a do.nothing session
Of n that needs to be devoted to
business. 1t is true that the country
now is enjoying a period of prosperity,
that the crops are large and trade
good. We are looked on with envy by
other nations because of our good
times" At the same time We have a
large and growing deficit. Tbs nation
is growing aud wants things that can
only be- gotten with money. The ex.
pansion of national life calls for larger
and larger expenditures, aud one of
the remedies that will bring in more
revenue Is REIMBURSEMENT of the tariff.
Yet the party III power pro,n5ss TO
stand pat. 1t WIN If it can. pass tho
ehtire session in talk sRd will do no.b.
but point with pride" TO its roc.
as though it had had any par, in
having rain from the beayers o.
''oiS from the earth. The president
las already pointed out the nacossr,
i 'arii% revision, of rate legislation
I acins Wings for Porto Rico and
ne Philippih 's and particularly Of get.
Ihs busy with he Panama canal Tbs
laloiltN IN congress believe tbat tb.,
'h pass the session letting an disa (
leeaole topics drop ana eontiuut,g d
; ieeq interests that are alread,
afrered, end 10 press butter %ia,c
e''s taaj ere already bug ng out e
er
% Illness Possibly a fgw 6obfb.l
p thty NIGH have been allie ia carr, 7
'"IS policy The presidents popu. =
.iiE ihsa seemed TO be stationary. 1T i
'c' 1y on tAa naEa since Their '
N Fer e. h.s had tle CREATES. sc
ioa 90 popular approval tar has
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
WHO STARTED OUR POLITICAL
REFORMS?

Golfers for September % credits
Ex.president Grover Cleveland with
mating our present tendency toward
political r forms. 1t says
The spirit Of Improvement IN SER
vice exacted Of our o~ftice'holders Is
something different from the ola
partisan cry of Turn the rascals
out" although related to II. TIE
spirit began as a reaction from the
shameless corruption that became In
trenched under the honest and un-
comprehending eyes Of Grant, and
found little to disturb it until Grover
Clayeland's day. He Is the first poll
| tician since the war around whose
! name gathered the conception OF civic
honor. MIR. Roosevelt, q reformer
from his youth. has done much to give
, momentum to the movement. n he
will doubtless do more In TIE many
years of vigorous existence that prob
ably lie before him. Those speeches
which are sometimes smiled at for the
emphasis they give 10 the decalogue
have had a wide and perhaps a deep
effect on the vogue which mortality
Is enjoying. Men like Folk are the
second generation of this movement
which includes commerce as well as
politics, the Equitable as well al
boodling In Washington or St. Louis
pure food legislation as we'll as brib
: cry or postal prosecutions. The out
: break of exposure literature In tn
. magazines Is a symptom also, an el
feet which becomes in turn a cause
Much has been done, anc much r.
n mains to do. All such movement
are vague alike In their beginning
l. and their ends. but perhaps the flares
r. time to name as the beginning OF I'll
present wave is the date when Grove
Cleveland defeated his enormousl
popular opponent because that ma
netic republican was suspected
10 5eing not wholly free from the none
faint in politics.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
LONE DAY OF sUNsHINE."

How would you like 70 live in Kan
sas City? Here's what the Kansas
City Journal says when the sun was
seen for the first time in weeks:
In a delicious little satire entitled
The Noahs Afloat," Miss II. Rea
Woodman announces a wonderful dis.
covery thus: Then, one morning
late In May, Shem, looking for staples,
mad gone to the loft and stepped into
a bar of light-a cleaning glory that
stunned and blinded him. When he
found words to say 1t in, he stumbled
down stairs and told them all to come
and see 1.-THE sunshine Kansas
Cityans to the number OF several
hundred thousands awoke yesterday
morning to a cleaning glory that
many recognized as sunshine.
A day of sunshine. It was appre.
ciated yesterday because the restora.
tive warmth of the sun had been
withheld for nearly twenty days of
almost constant rains. Morning af.
ter morning people crawled stickily
from their sOggy beds with the chill
OF the day before still In their bones
and hoped that they might bask In
the drying glory of the great, blazing
sun. As disappointment followed dis.
appointment the gloom of the skies
and the constant swish and spatter Of
The ever failing rain cot on their
nerves. The whole town was n a
state of raw and viscld saturation.
As a demonstration of the effect OF
Inc weather upon the health and TEN.
per OF q community, the period Just
endured was interesting. When the
sun went on its astronomical. spre ,
resulting In Its being eclipsed tg tha
Iaithful little moon, its recovery VS.
indeed slow. It seemed to HID its
lace with shame and the heavens
wept ~copiously until the whole mi.
verse got wet and disgruntled Men |
D women grew taciturn or com.
pia!nlng. All sorts of rheumatic ~
hnuFaigic ills that had been dormant
summer sprang up like ugly fungi
ou' OF 2 sodden soil. E~vervhodv bor
an unpleasant expression Of counter.
edge. :" d "a"
ie%stffday-in the sunshine-neo
we're 9H smiles and courtesy As
ard women became dried ox ,
.efnaly they absorbed tb rlor'oas 4,
lnlism OF rerita'i2ed nat4ra. Thsir
ieH IRON them ltle fotta c|3ruante
~ they felt ne splendid t~attio,g M 3
renewal 81 life And Gods eift ~ .
fshino fte CSC Smiles ~ av,
riends The l~aeohter n children. fog
re- music ard tho blessings 81 healtb
& some mes forget 50 appreciate ar Y
! wei lfarn thu lesson 81 priyla l7n VI
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
While We perhaps have a little sur

While we perhaps have a little sur
plus base ball enthusiasm, we'll have
to confess that the disposition of a
limited number Of Las Vegans to
knock" on the Blues has been an
noying In the extreme. 1t was not
90 uncommon when the boys left for
Albuquerque to hear the wish ,ex.
pressed that they would lose. Now
that the Blues have won such a
splendid string Of victories and land.
ed the first money at the territorial
fair, these base ball knockers that
we always have with us are keeping
delightfully."- quiet. Once more, here's
10 the Blues, may they never lose.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

The destruction of property occa-
stoned by the railroad move in Spring
er will make business good for cie-
cnanics for a number OF months 10
come, especially carpenters.
Las Vegas citizens and visitors TO
the Northern New Mexico fair may
look confidently for fine weather to-
morrow. Our reliable friend Branden-
berg has said it, and he doesn't make
a mistake once in a thousand times.
He fortells showers for tonight but
fair and cooler weather tomorrow.
Las Vegans have been doing a lot Of
worrying over the cold appearance of
the heavens, but the worry is quite
unnecessary. Col. Twitchell made a
special arrangement with the Denver
weather mar to have the choicest
kind Of conditions for the fair and
the promise will not be broken.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
$40 REWARO!

Tn The night Of Aug. 1, 1905. ? span
81 small mules. belonging to the city
oi Las Vegas, We're taken ont of the
sl corral b. Unknown persons.
y reward OF $50 VIII We given for
'hf information leading to the re.
cotery Of said mules.
description One mule is Of a
mouse color branded "B" en- left side.
ana is about tw I've hands high. His
aaie Is Of @ reddish hay color, a little
.Haller bis risht car cut to a sharp
Las Vegas n ". sept &c. 1898.
FL Ward. city Marshal
Zip 4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
YELLOW FEVER REPORT

New Orleans, Sept. z5.-The fever
report 10 6 p. m. last night a
New cases, "a.
Total to date, 2,3s2.
Deaths, 2.
Total, 367.
New foci, s.
Under treatment, 2SS.
Discharged, 2,176.
! The low Sunday record is almost a
duplicate of that of last Sunday. Two
cases were, brought into tae city. one
from Abita Springs and one from
Grand Lake, in Baratari county. The
Abita Springs case excited some in
ttrest because that is one Of the re-
sorts in ST. Tammany parish whittier
many Of the people OF New Orleans
went when the coast resorts were
closed to them by quarantine.
Dr.. White returned this aft .-po3n
from his trip to the quarantine ,tA,
ticn, whence he went formally to take
over the business If fum.sa,ins steao,-
siipe bound for Am ,rlcau ror..s lad
Porto Rico.
Country reports from louisa we're:
Patterson, eight new cases; Baton
Rouge. two new cases; Taiiallah, four
new cases, Alsxancria, two new
cases.
Seven New Cases.
S%eneacola, Sept. 25.-Seven new
III yellow fever were officially
e - the state board of health
,epoi.eu 70 thirty are pow under
treatment. s..l.
BUSINESS Men vi, s5,-Four
Ncksburg, Miss, Sc ;rcra re-
cases Of yellow fevt euslness
Two of them are
men.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
THE MARKETS

The following New York stock quotations
we're received By Levy Bros. Members en-
cago Board of Trade, rooms 2 and 8, Crockett
block Colorado Phone So. Las Vegas tnon.
80 over their own private wires from New
York, Chicago and Colorado spring - corre-
York ana Chicago, members New YORK Stock
Exchange am Chicago Board OF Trade, and
VIM, a OTIS SEQ, BANKER aud Prokers Cole
RADIO springs,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

The members of the fair associa
tion, the officers and committees,
have worked Internationally for the
success of the Northern New Mexico
fair. All that they can do has been
done and 1t Is the duty OF citizens to
express their appreciation by support
ing every one Of the fair features.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

Every o that can be spared in
the city during the week should be
placed at the disposal OF N. s. Bel
den, manager of the bureau Of infor.
nation.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

The measures taken by the fair as
ISOLATION to Suppress those %nuisances
that lead to rowdism will be thorough
ly approved by the citizens.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
CHICAGO Livestock.

ChICdQo ctVeStocK.
Chicago. Sept. 25.-Cattle receipts
10000, best steady others 10 cents
lower; beeves, $3.40@6.30; cows and
heifers, $1.25@4.60; stockers and
feeders, $2.25@4.40: Texans, $3.259
4.40; westerns, $3.10@4.75.
Chicago sheep Receipts.
Sheep receipts $4,000; sheep $3.50
04.85: lambs, $4.25@7.60
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

The Albuquerque Citizen says there
will never be another carnival night
in connection with the Albuquerque
fair.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

Las Vegas wishes every visitor TO
Las Vegas this week TO enjoy hlmseli
to the limit Of his capacity.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

DR.. Blanche came down from Wat
rous with a cavalry saddle under his
arm and will join Troop A at Galiinas
Dark.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
St. Louis Wool Market.

st. Louis, Sept. 25.-Wool steady;
territory and western mediums, ESQ
80; fine medium, 22@26; fine, 1900.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

IL you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes use Red Cross Bag Blue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25

and see US when your eyes smart ara
burn. Defects OF vision caused ny
eve strain may be remedied by the
use Of lenses II properly fitted, Hard
~ less important than the lenses -
the proper adjustment OF the spec
tacles and eye glasses to the nose.
Glasses that are prescribed With tins
greatest skill and accuracy are eften
SO worn, that they fall OF their pur
pose. Indeed their false Adjustment
may produce the very opposite 1e
suits, and thus prove harmful. why
not bring your eye trouhIs to usG
We grind our lenses and IN eeu'lsts
prescriptions; broken lenses matchsd
- > aA4a.akinn
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-25
DROP

without presentation. Mail orders re ceive prompt attention.
ROBERT J. TAUPERT. JEWELER AND OPT CAH
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16
The Northern Belle Timing Co.

So many wildcat mining schemes,
oil companies and similar corporation
are organized for the express purpoS
of fleeing the public that it has been
the policy Of the HERALD to refuse all
advertising propositions from con-
Germs of this kind. Many OF them,
however, are reliable and safe, and
when the officers of the Northern
Belle Mining Company asked for ad-
vertiSing space, we granted 1t upon
the usual terms because one of tie Of
ticers and a stakeholder and the own
or OF a controlling interest, is a man
with whom the writer is personally
acquainted aud knows to be reliable
party.
AS the advertising matter states,
the company is now raising funds to
develope two placer gravel claims In
the section Of California famous since
40 for It's production Of gold. That
these claims have not been worked
and why is fully explained in their
advertising folders which are furnish
ed upon request. That the sand is
rich in gold is the verdict Of cunpc-
tent miners who have prOspected the
dggings under direction Of the COM
pany. That gold exists in paying
quantities is a practical certainty yet
fact that cannot be established
until work has been sufficiently pur-
sued.
The company is not advertising a
get rich scheme nor does it promise
the distributson of fabulous dividends
but 1t extends to the inquiring public
the evidence of natural conditions
that have long been known to be as
ISOLATED with The existence Of the
precious metal.
The company does not attempt to
make you pelieve that the purchase
OF few shares OF stock will yield a
fortune. 1t does believe that the
percentage of income from such In
vestments will be many times larger
than any that may be obtained in the
usual way. It's worth your investi
CATION.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16
Crystal.

Emmett Abbott is around asking
his neighbors all sorts OF questions
and taking the valuation OF every
thing.
Mary Larkin's sale was quite well
attended.
r. Braman was taken suddenly sick
about three o'clock Saturday. A
doctor was summoned at once and
pronounced 1t nervous proStratloh.
Morris Goddard and Jay Larkin
were visiting In this vicinity Tuesday.
Charlie Dean and Oriss Whitney
purchased R. Braman's cattle Thurs
day.
Mr., and Mrs. T. q. Hall visited at
S. A. Matteson's Thursday.
Chance and Carroll shelled corn for
Charlie Abbott last week and Ralph
Witham shelled for NJ. e. Snow and
J. L. Heaton.
Willis Romjue has purchased En-
met Abbotts fat cattle.
s. A. Mckenzie moved onto ]. D.
Matteson'S farm Monday.
M. e. Snow was Philllpsburg viSi
tor Monday.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16

Farmers tell us that the pocket
gopher is beginning to get In bis work
on many Jewell county alfalfa fields
aud also that there is a sure and not
very difficult way to extermlnate him.
This is the way to proceed, First buy
a small Ylal OF granulated strychnine'
Then so to the place In the field
where the gopher has thrown up bis
little mound OF earth, Sink spade
untB you fnd bis hole. Then cut 4
piece Of raw potato the sizs Of YOU
thumb, slice this piece Of potato part
ly through, so II will open, then intC
this opening drop one grain OF strych
nine. The potato will absorb Tho
strychnine and the whole piece viii
be poisoned. The gopher will dlscov
or that somebody has left his dool
open and will 90 to shut 1t. Then b.
finds the potato and that is the end o.
the story.-Jewell Republican.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16

For screen doors and windows and
special wood work see Charles r. Ed
wards.
For Sals-A good new rubber tired
top buggy. Will trade for a good
work horses. L. Fleisher.
We have a buyer for a good resi-
dence worth $500. Also at least
three good lots suitable for residence.
PRATT & MILLss.
Every stockman 10 Phillips county
should secure supply Of printed sta
tionery. There is no better way OF adj
Vertlsing the business. The HERALD
supplies all kinds Of stationery In the
most up to date styles at reasonable
rates.
All the days OF the week are obser'
we'd as Sunday by various nations q
the earth. The Creeks observe Mon
day; the Perslans Tuesday: the a.
syrains Wednesday; the Egyptian
Thursday; tho Turks, Friday; The
Jews Saturday aud the Christians
Sunday.-Ex.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16
Sumner.

A little boy has been added to Mr..
G. Shulke's family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckenzie Of Wood
run have been visiting their son, j. o.
Mckenzie.
Miss Myrtle Evans OF Naponee
spent Friday at Miss Grube's school.
Miss Nellie Hester was at the new
home Saturday eve and Sunday.
Mr.. Ravens is expected at Friday
nights Inavale meeting.
Sixteen ladies spent a very pleasant
day at Mrs. F. SCOTS early last weeI
helping to make quilt.
Peach leaf curl is said to be cureC
by spraying two weeks before bloom
ing with the following mixture:
pounds Of lime, 5 pounds of sulphat
Of copper and % gallons OF water.
Another timely hint Is to mix oniol
seed with double the amount Of cor
meal and sprinkling OF radish sect
when sowing. The meal prevents to
much seed being used and radishe
terminate quickly marking the row
and breaking the crust.-NebraSk
Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16

Whenever the big daily begins to
poke fun at the little country weekly,
we think OF such items as these which
rssently appeared in the columns Of
one OF the leading Kansas dailies'
"Dsl Keller cut his face yesterday
while shaving with a safety razor.
Dumont Smith appeared In the
legislature yesterday wearing a pair
OF striped trousers instead Of the plaid
which he usually wears" A score Of
Others might be quoted but these from
a standpoint Of humor and unimpor'
lance are the equal Of anything that
ever appears in the columns OF the
most humble country sheet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16

A brother out West recently
married a lady to whom he was
indebted for rent to cancel her claim
against him. He was owing her sew
eral years rent, and being taken wig
orously TO task by her he told her
frankly that there was absolutely 10
prospect Of payment, whereupon she
promptly declared that he must either
pay tonce or yet out Confront with
two such awful alternatives, the for
mer impossible and the later most dis
agreeable, he discarded them both and
In a moment OF inspiration, proposed
matrimOny. He was accepted, proved
to be good provlder, and made his
wife happy. Thus "all's well that
ends well. "-SoveriRn Odd Fellow
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1905-03-16
COUNTY NEWS.
Marvin.

e. T. Fix and wife left Tuesday
night TO make their future home IN
Iowa. Grandpa Elk has been janitor
Of the school for the past five years,
and the many small children and
those that used to be small, regret to
lose one who has been so kind and
faithful.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. P. Rice called on
their friends in Marvin last Saturday
they are well pleased with their new
home In Dana.
John Quanz's new residence on
the river south Of the town, Is near
ing completion.
Miss Martha Chester had Miss Viva
Major as a guest last Saturday and
Sunday.
Fred Breed and sister Anna visited
In Phillisburg Monday.
Marion Dickey from the east, is Wis
iting his Aunt, Mrs. Sine Albaugh.
Phoebe Darnell has been sick the
last two weeks.
Master Russell AlbauRh Is unable to
attend school, on account of illness.
We think the Posts correspondent
known az Smart Alec Is well named
and think In the near future with his
present progresSivenes he with be able
to use the Superlative degree to the
adjective of HIS name. Good for Dana!
OBSERVER.