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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
ur clsveland,a Musical Criticism.

Once, during his second term, Gro.
yer Cleveland was asked to speak at
q function in certain town and when
he arrived at the depot, the wind waa
blowing q gale, sleet was driving and
hailstones nearly as large as marbles
were fercely falling.
OF course, the inevitable brass band
was there, and at the sight Of the
president, the performers struck up
with all the strenuoslty at their COM
mand. "That is the most realistic
music ever heard" remarked Cleve'
land. "What are they trying to play?''
asked Secretary Olney, who accom-.
panied him. HAL to the Chief!" re-
!. plied the president with a cheerful
smile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
MUCH in MONOPOLY
Fruit Traffic Thoroughly Under the.
Control of One Organization
ARMOUR MAN ADAI1s CHARGES
Entire South Atlantic Coast and Parta
of the West Are Exclusive" Terri.
tory For the Armours-Under Con.
tracts With the Railroads.

Washington, Special Before the
Senate committe on Interstate COM
merce, which is investigating railroad
rates, President George R. Robbins, Of
the Armour Car Lines Company, ad-
mitted that the company had twenty or
thirty exclusive contracts with rail-
roads for fruit transportation business,
and acknowledge monopoly Of that
traffic in parts of the West and South.
Wherever these exclusive contracts ap-
piled, he admitted, the producers and
shippers Of fruit had to accept the rates
laid down by the Armours He claimed
that his company was>a private one,
and therefore not subject to the inter-
State commerce laws.
The Armours, he said, had exclusive
contracts with all the South Atlantic
coast railways, and exclusive contracts
in East Tennessee. Fruit producers
and shippers on these exclusive lines
had to accept the rates Of the Armour
Company, but Mr. Robbins said they
satisfied 80 per cent. of the shippers.
c. W. Robinson, representing the
New Orleans board OF trade and the
Central Yellow Pine Lumber Associa-
ton, testified that Eastern trunk lines
should be restrained from diverting the
grain of the Northwest from its natural
outlet at New Orleans. He advocated
enlarged powers for the Interstate
commerce commission. Mr.. Robinson
said that the railroads operating in the
South had advanced yellow pine lum-
Der rates, and charged that there were
indirect rebates or determinations by
manipulation of rates. He referred to
practices Of billing LUMBER to small
towns and then re-billing to destina-
tions, by which cheaper rate for q
long haul is granted This, he said, is
discrimination against shippers.
Hearing in Car Shortage.
Washington, Special. Testimony
given wednesday before the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commere
had much to do with the inadequate
supply of private cars that resulted in
the loss Of thousands Of dollars to
North Carolina strawberry growers.
Most important OF all was the admis-
sion of George P. Robbins, president
of the Armour Car Line, which has an
exclusive contract with the Atlantic
Coast Line, that the company had
failed to deliver sufficient number OF
cars in North Carolina, and that it
is now adjusting claims that will
amount to $4,000. Mr.. Robbins said
the loss to the company would be more
than it had made and would make in
many years from the Carolina berry
business
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scuttIed ship Saved Dam.

Mr.. Fosdyke, engineer in charge o.
the Asaka dam on the Nile. scuttled
ship to save his cherished earth
works from ruin. The dam partly
burst, and the great rush of watel
was forcing the banks from below.
Something had to be done to stoZ
the flow. for a terrible disaster was
imminent. Mr.. Fosdyke boarded
cargo steamer tied to the bank some
distance away, and, getting up steam
steered her down the rapid stream.
When she was broadside on the
trembling dam the engineer had hel
scuttled, and as she sank in the rush
ing waters Mr. Fosdyke and his men
cheered themselves hoarse. The scut
tied cargo steamer had saved the
dam! This remarkable makeshift fol
a breakwatcr cost nearly $4,000.
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Bradley Pratt, 4 prominent citizen
Of Rutland, VT, has just died in that
city at The age Of ninety-four.
DR.. John Williamson Palmer. editor,
poet and author Of "Stonewall jack.
sons Way" is eighty years old.
DR.. C.. A. Chant, of the University Of
Toronto, will soon visit this country to
study astronomical obscrvatories.
Captain George W. Baird, U. s. A.,
lately retired, aside from his excellent
war record, is scientist, writer and
inventor.
Ted Z. Faust, favoritc minstrel
star, is to be candidate for The Dem-
ocratic nomination for mayo: of Col
umbus, 0.
David Mofratt, OF Denver, is the
wealthiest man in Colorado. whicl!
outranks all other Suites Il her per
capita wealth.
The Rev. Edmund Dowsc who died
the other day at Sherborn. Mass, aged
ninety-two, was known rs the Oldest
Congregational minister.
William Salter, WHO has made the
accepted model Of tile Victoria me-
mortal to be erected ut Calcutta, is
only twenty-five years old.
Anson Phelps Stokes, IT,, secretary
Of the Yale Corporation. will be alb
sent in Europe during 4 considerable
portion Of the next college year.
n. Kaumanus, an expert connected
with the Agricultural Department iii
Germany, is. i'll this country invcst-
eating conditions among his country
men.
Professor Baslford Dean, of Col,1m-
bia University, plans to spend sew
eral months in Japan, where he will
continue bis studies OH the develop
ment of the ancient sharks.
The chief delight of the late Con-
stantin Meunier, the eminent Belgian
sculptor, was i5 illustrate i'll his work
the muscular physique and tile sor-
rows and joys Of the coal miners at
Charleroi and Mons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

s BANK BUILDING OF GLASS.

Unique Home Planned for institution
at Des Moines, Iowa.
C. E. Eastman has submitted plans
to the officials OF the Des Moines ma
tional bank, for building Of classic
design, to be built OF glass after his
new plan of glass construction. The
building, as constructed, would be
most unique and would be especially
attractive with its heavy columns Of
wire glass.
Mr.. Eastman's scheme Of glass con.
struction has provoked much comment
throughout the country. The general
plan follows:
It consists of a steel framework,
supported by brackets attached to the
beams of the floors, in duplicate, MAX.
ing two walls of opalescent wire glass,
the glass being set in the steel frame
work.
The glass walls are approximately a
foot apart, making an insulating dead
ir space to prevent loss OF heat in
winter and to prevent undue heat in
summer.
Thie system of construction allows
of any arrangement Of floor plan, be.
cause windows are unnecessary; and
for the same reason the exterior will
admit of any sty'e Of treatment en-
tirely free Of the restrictions Of fen.
estration.
The wall is fire-resisting to prac-
t!cal degree, as it has been demon
strated that wire glass will resist g.
hot fire, and If necessary to replace
it, the FIRE damage would be local and
easily replaced.
The cost compared to stone, terra
Gotta or brick would be from quar-
ter to third less for the outer walls.
The inner construction of the build
ing is similar to that in general use,
either steel or masonry.-Iowa State
Register.
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FEaIININE FANClEs.

Signor9 Cousno, of South America,
is sad to be thc richest woman in the
world.
The earrings worn by Italian women
indicate the part of Italy the wearers
come from.
Some lime ago a European woman
nj Pckin presented the dowagcr En-
press with q sewing machine.
Mrs. John W. Mackay wore at tho
Wickes- Haven wedding in New York
City Il collection OF pearls worth $Sl0,-
GOO
x German contemporary says that
women physicians; are now employed!
to q considerable extent i'll insane asy-
lums.
Tile Princess Margaret of Connaugllt
is now studying Swedish, as she is to
De married to The Crown Prince Of
Sweden.
a protest is being made against the
nomination Of Nine. Patti TO the Le-
gion of Honor OH the ground tila. Nine.
Bcruhardt has prior claim.
Mrs. Mary Z. Lee, New Plymouth,
O., is directing the instruction OF
large number OF people in Ohio in
agriculture ana domestic science.
Mrs John w. Cox, wife of New
York architect, is the first woman to
become principal of the Chappaqua
Institute. one Of the best known Qu;l-
kpr schools.
Mrs. Elizabeth Malone, who died
after forty years service rs assistant
natron Of the R9yaI Military College
ut Sandhurst, had military funeral
recently.
Ellen Kay, one OF the foreign leaders
Of the movement for cqua! rights for
women. expressed her regrets in a.
recent vicnncsc lecture at the Amer
icalIzation" of that movement.
Mrs. Ballington Booth is asking two
thousand men 10 pledge themselves
for ST a month each for one year to be
devoted to the forwarding or hertres-
cue work among convicts and ex-.
convictS. Y;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
GREAT CHANCE
From Change in Food:

Tie brain depends much more on the
stomach than we arc apt to suppose un-
I'll we take thought in the matter.
Feed the stomach On proper food easy
to digest and containing the proper
amount of phosphates and the healthy
brain will respond to all demands. A
notable housewife in Buffalo writes:
''The doctor diagnosed my trouble as
nervous affection CT the stomach. l
was actually so nervous that l could
not sit sill for five minutes to read the
newspaper, Hnd to attend to my house
hold duties was simply impossible.
doctored all the time with remedies,
but medicine did no good.
"A1y physician put rne on all sorts OF
dict. and I tried many kinds Of cereal
foods, but none Of them agreed with
me. I was almost discoura ged, and
e when 1 tried Grape-Nuts did SO with
many rnisgiviugs-I had no faith that 1t
would succeed where everything else
|, had failed.
"But it did succeed and you don't
know how glad I am that tried It.
feel like a new person, have gained IN
weight and don't have that terrible
burning sensation n my stomach any
more. I feel so strong again that am
+ surprised at myself. The street noises
/ that used to irritate me so, I never
notice now, and my mind Is so clear
that my household duties are real
pleasure"
8 Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's reason.
Now why was this great change made
I'm this woman?
The stomach and the brain had not
been supplied with the right kind of
food to rebuild and strengthen the
nerve centres in these organs. 1t is abb
solute folly to try to do this with
medicine. There is but one sure way,
md that is to quit the old food that has
failed and take OH Grape-Nuts food,
which Is more than half dlgested in the
nrrocess Of manufacture and is rich In
the phosphate of potash contained in
the natural grain, which unites with
snIbumen md water-the only three
substances that will make up the soft
gray. filing in the thousands of delicate
nerve centres IN the brain and body.
E Gppue.Nute food is q ura road back to
she1lth In All such cases,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Don't Lower Alabama Rates.

Montgomery, Ala, Special.-The Al
ALBANIA railroad commission adjourned
after thorough investigation Of the
railroad rates in this State and after
declining to make any reductions or al
lowing any advance in the tariffs now
prevailing. This does not represent
the attitude of President B. B. Conner,
Of the commission, however, who offer
ed three motions in quick succession,
which called for reductions in the ferti-
lizer rates and the rates on numerous
articles OF common use, are produced
in Alabama.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
"waste" Brings Much Money.

"Waste" Brings MUCH Wohey'
Those who are fond Of curious sta
tistics will be pleased to learn that
the slot machines containing gum in
use on one of the Western railroads
harvested s11,500 last year. From
what is known as the "scrap heap"
the company realized s1,250,00O. This
included all the wornout and discard
ed things, from a rail to locomotive.
Over $4,000 was realized from the
sale OF paper alone.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Biq Telephone Merger.

indianapolis, Speculative thous;
and telephones controlled by the
United Telephone Company will here
after be operated in connection with
these Of the Central Union Telephone
Company terms of agreement be-
tween the two companies the United
companies secures connection not on.
ly with the toll lines Of the. Central
Union, but with those of the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Co,
which covers practically all the States
east of the Rocky Mountains Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Famlshlno Crows KIN Pigs.

Hungry crows, unable to find food
elsewhere, killed and. partly devoured
eighteen pigs belonging to Julius
Daubmann, farmer near Orston,
Camden county.
The birds had hung around the
place for several days and become
such nuisance Daubmann found it
necessary 10 use his gun. Yesterday
one of Daubmann's assistants was
awakened by the din Of the crows and
saw the barnyard full of them. He
aroused Daubmann and the other
men, and after firing into the crows
eighteen Of the pigs were found to
have been killed. all having their eyes
recked out.-Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
CHARGED With Perjury,

Coyinston, Ga. Specialize 1ittle]ex-
citcment was created Tuesday after
noon over the arrest Of Chief Of Po-
lice Bradford BohannonS and Policeman
P. W. Shelton, on warrants charging
them with perjury in connection with
tho r"cent sensational gambling raid
i: this c;rS They were placed under
500 bonds. Doth have been on the
ro!!ee :o4cs for c numb ber; OF years and
stand well in tho eorarnNa!ty. S. q si5 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Maine Buys Green Peas in West

Maine goes west for her canned
peas. A Waterville woman ordered OF
her grocerynan, among other things,
q ."can of nice peas" When the goods
were delivered she found, much to her
surprise, that the peas had been rus
up by her brother in Illinois and bore
the label Of his factory.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Cures Eczema, Itching Hu,norB.

Especially for old, chronic cases take
Botanic Blood Balm. 1t gives healthy
blood supply to the affected parts, heals ail
the sores, eruption scabs, scales; stops the
awful itching and burning OF eczema, swell
lug3, suppurating, watery sores, etc. Dtruec ta
@ BOTTLES s. 90, express prepaid. Sample free
and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., At.
lanta. Ga. Describe trouble and Tree medi'
cal adyice sent in sealed letter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Owing to our mode and manner OF
living, and the nervous haste of every
woman to accomplish just so much
each day, it is said that there Is not
Mrs Chester Curry
Rs> = 80

one woman in twenty-five but what
!. suffers with some arrangement of the
female organism, and this is the secret
Of SO many unhappy homes.
AZ Ne. woman can be amiable, Light
!. ted and happy, Joy to her hus-
)ae tsAt2 hildren, and perform the
duties incumbent upon her, when sheis
Suffering with baclSache. headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing.
sdown pains, displacement OF the womb,
spinal weakness Or ovarian troubles.
~ Irritability and snappy retorts take
sthe place of pleasantness, and all SUM-
shine is driven out of the home, and
lives are wrecked by woman's great
enemy-womb trouble.
Read this letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
* g 7 was troubled for eight years with irregu-
larities which broke down my health and
: brought on extreme nervousness and despon-
dency. Lydia E. Pinkhanl's Vegetable Com
y pound proved to be the only medicine which
5 helped me- Day by day improved in health
while taking it until I was entirely cured. /
can attend TO my socia! and household duties
Z and thoroughly enjoy life once more, as Lydia
. T.. Pinsham's Vegetable Compound has made
me a well woman; without au ache or pain. !"
Mrs. Chester Curry, ~ Saratoga Street,
East Boston, Mass.
s At the first Indication of Ill health,
painful or irregular menstruation,
pain in the sideA headache, baclache,
bearing down pains. nervousness or
ssthe blues,' secure at once a bottle of
Lydia r. Pinkhar1's Vegetable Com
pound and begin its Use.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Swallow Dying Out

The swallow is being annihilated. AS
the birds cross France and Italy going
to Africa in the fall and returning in
the spring they are mercilessiy slaugh-
tered for the table aud the plume
trade. Their numbers are visibly de-
creasing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Cl,oap Newspapers.

Chinese newspapers, owing to the
cheap quality Of paper used and to the
low price Of labor, both literary and
mechanical, arc issued at an extreme
IL small figure. The price of tie
ordinary straightforward is four cash,
or about one-lfth Of q cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
THANKS TO PE-RU-NA
Friends Were Alarmed
Advised Change Of Climate.

Z i. : -
Miss Mildred Keller, us 18th street, N.
W., Washington, D. c., writes:
90 can safely recommend Peruna for ca.
starrh. I had it for years and it would
respond to no kind of treatment, or if it
did it was only temporary, and on the
slightest provocation the. trouble would
come back.
s'I a0ns tn such a state that my
friends aCere alarmed about a,tc, aud
I tuas GdvtSed to leave sAEs climate
Then r tried Peruna, ant to my
great Joy found It helped me froas
cured. .nte.
1T built up my constitution, I regained
my appetite, and feel that am perfectly
well and strong. Mildred Keller.
We have on file many thousand testi-
-smonials like the above. We can give our
readers only. slight glimpse of the vast
array Of unsolicited endorsements DIR.
Hartman is receiving,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Killed by His Son.

Norfolk, Special.-James Jenkins,
the Gilmerton, Norfolk county, man
who was shot by his 16-year old son
Sunday, while the father was beating
the wife, is dead. The boy has NOT
Deen arrested.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

that grows alongside our hills and noun
toins contains an active principle that has
q happy effect on the bowels. 1t enters
largely in DR.. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial
the great stomach and bowel remedy, iof
Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
Sold by all Druggists, Is and SOC. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

Ask Your Dca,or For Allen's Foot-Ea.e.
Apowder. 1t rests rhe iecs. Cures Corn',
Bunions. Swollen. Sore, 9o... Callcus, Lchin;
Sweating Feet aud iIngrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. A:
all Druggists and Shoe stores, Is cents. Ac-
ecpt no substitute. Sample mailed FREE,
Address, Allen 8. Ollnsted, Leroy, N. \.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
LABOR WORLD.

Six hundred ald eighty-one unions
are affiliated with the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor.
The Boston Brewery Workers Union
fines member So if he is foucd guilty
of purchasing non-union goods.
In the preceding month 1855 unions.
with a membership of 74,0G4, reported
G.3 per cent. without employment.
Four hundred glassblowers and gath
cring boys struck against a change to
piece work at Rochester Trust fac
tory
AIachinists. on the Grand Trunk Rail-
wa from Montreal to Port Huron,
Mich, went on strike, $500 men being
involved.
The Paper BOX, Rag and Novelty
Workers international Union ~was
formed in December, 1908, in New
York City.
The conservatism the Chinese people
show with respect to the Introduction
of labor-saving machinery i'll China is
proverbial.
Santa Rosa (Cal.) Carpenters Union
has gone on record in matter which
is peculiar I'm labor union circles, and
for which they deserve great credit.
In the boiermakers' Santa Fe strike
only one man between Chicago, ILL.,,
and Albuquerque. N. NJ, refused to
quit work when the summons came.
Mine workers at the William, a col
lery Of the Lehlgh Valley Coal COM
many. and the Mountain Colliery OF
the Erie Company went on strike.
Engineers employed in the shipyards
on the Clyde lodged months notice
with the Employers Federation re-
Gently for the restitution Of the Is.
per week reduction made in 1893.
The United brotherhood Of Cloak
makers. before the termination of tlle
convention held in Buffalo, N. Y; voted
for IN assessment Of 81 per member to
rcplenish the treasury, which was
greatly diminished by the protracted
strike in New York City.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
ITCHING SCALP E4UMoR
Lady Suffered fortunes Until Cured by
Cuticura-Scratched Dag and Night.

'.My scalp was covered with little PIN
ples and I suffered tortures from the itch
ing. was scratching all day and night,
and I could get no rest. / washed my
head with hot water and Cuticusa soap
and then applied the Cuticura Ointment
as dressing. One box Of the ointment and
ono cal Of Cuticura: Soap cured me. Now
my head is entirely clear and my hair is
growing splendidly. I have used Cuticura
Soap ever since, aud shall never be without
it. (Signed) Ada c. Smith. 300 Grand ST.,
Jersey City, N. j."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
Aan Patterson Signs Stage Contract,

Philadelphia, special.2The Inquirer
says that Nan Patterson was in the
city and signed a contract to appear
in a New York music hall. It is said
she arrived here in the afternoon and
returned to Washington Immediately
after the negotiations had been clos
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

limbs were badly swollen. One doctor
told me it would finally turn to Bright's
disease. I was laid up at one time for.
three weeks. had not taken Doan's
Kidney Pills more than three days
when the distressing aching across my
back disappeared, and I was soon en-
gttrely cured" ...s>y-
g. For sale bys4all dealers, Price, 80
cent?. Foster.Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Z.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

A man can get a very fair idea of
what spring feels like by subtracting
ten from the thermometer and imag-
lining he has fallen off ferryboat in a
linen duster.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

Excessive modesty has kept many a
deserving mans nose to the grind
stone.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

Itch cured in 80 minutes by sToolford'a 3
Sanitary Lotion. Never Fails. gbll By all
druggists, 81. Mail orders promptly tillcc
by Dr. r. Detchon, Crawforlsyille, Ind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

Scotch fishermen have introduced fishing
boats driven by motors.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the sanls, reduces infamma-
tion ,nllays pain. cures wind collie, ,2oc.nbottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

Piso's euro for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II, 1000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

The Hysicnic Institute OF Brcslau j:
making war OF mosquitoes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24
ANOTHER LEE SAVED.

Mrs. G. w. Fooks, of Salisbury, Md,
wife Of G. w. Fooks, Sheriff Of .Wice-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

1nico County
says: II suf-
fered with kid
ney complaint
for eight years.
1t came on me
gradually. 4
-feIt tired: and
; wea k was
shortof breath
and was trou-
bled W j t b
T. bloanng after
eating, and my
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

japan. has very few millionaires and
practically no multi-millionaixes.