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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

should show his teeth and say. 'Dee-
lighted" and all the way to ST. Peters
burg dad carried out his part of the
programme and we were not. robbed
once on the trip. but dad tried to
smoke one Of the cigarettes that was
given him by Cossack, and he died
in my arms, pretty near.
They make cigarettes out OF baled
hay that has been used for beddings
and covered with paper that has been
used to poison flies. never smelled
anything so bad since they fu1nigated
our house by the board of health after
the hired girl had smallpox.
Well, we got to st. Petersburg In
an awful time, and went to a hotel.
suspected by the police, and marked
as undesirable guests by the Cossacks'
and winked at by the walking dele
gates and strikers, who thought we
were non-union men looking for their
jobs.
The next day the religious cere-
mony of blessing the Neva" took
place, where all the population gets
out on the bank of the river, with
overshoes on, and fur coats, and looks
down on the river, covered with ice
four feet thick, and the river is
blessed. In our country the people
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
St. Petersburg, Russia.-My Dear
Groceryowski: Well. sir, 'spose you
will be surprised to hear from me in
Russia, but there was no use talking
when Dad said he was going to st.
petersburg if it was the last act of his
life. He got talking with Japaneser
in Rome and the Jap said the war in
the far east would last until every
Russian was killed. unless America in
terfered to put a stop to it, and as
Roosevelt didn't appear to have sand
enough to offer his services to the
car, what it needed was for some rep
resentative American citizen who was
brave and had nerve to go to st.
Petersburg and see the czarovitch and
give him the benefit of a good Ameri-
can talk. The Jap said the American
who brought about peace, by few
well chosen remarks, would be the
greatest man of the century, and
would live to be bowed down to by
kings and empercrs and all the worll
would doff hats to him.
At first dad was little leary about
going on such mission without Gre
dentials from Washington, but as luck
would have it, he met an exiled Rus
sian at restaurant, who told dad
that he reminded him of Gen. Grant,
because dad had wart on the side of
his nose, and he told dad that Russia
would keep on fighting until every
Japanese was killed unless some dis
tinguished American should be raised
up who deemed it his duty to go to
st. Petersburg and see the Little
Father, and in the interest of human
ity advise the car to call a halt be-
fore he had exterminated the whole
yellow race. Dad asked the Russian
if he thought the car would grant
an audience to an American of en-
inence in his own country, and the
Russian told dad that Nicholas just
dotted on Americans, and that there
was hardly ever an American ballet
dancer that went to Russia but what
the car sent for her to come and see
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

would damn a river that had ice four
feet thick, but in Russia they bless
anything that will stand it. We got
a good place on the bank of the river,
with about a million people who had
sheepskin coats on, and who steamed
ing the performance, looking occa-
sionally at the Winter palace. where
the car was peeking out of window,
wondering from which direction a
bomb would come to blow him up,
when battery of artillery across the
river started to fire salute, and then
the devil was to pay. 1t seems that
the gentlemen who handled the guns,
and who were supposed to fire blank
cartridges into the air, put in loaded
cartridges, filled with grape shot, and
took aim at the Winter palace, and
cut loose at Mr. Gear.
Well, you would have been par
alyzed to see the change that came
over that crowd, blessing the river
one minute and damning the car and
the grand dukes the next. The shot
went into the Winter palace and tore
the furniture and ripped up the cell
ing of the room the car was IN, and
in a moment all was chaos, as though
every Russian knew the car was to
be assassinated at that particular no
ment, and all rushed toward the
Winter palace as though they expect
ed pieces of the Little Father would
be thrown out the window for them
to play football with. For a people
who are supposed to be lawful and
law-abiding, and who love their rulers,
it seemed strange to see them all so
tickled when they thought he was
blown higher than a kite by his own
soldiers.
Dad and l started with the crowd
for the Winter palace, and then we
had a taste of n,onarchial govern
ment. The crowd was rushing over
us and dad got mad and pulled off
his coat and said he could whip any
COMPOUNDED foreigner that rubbed
against him with sheepskin coat on,
and he was just on the point of
shifting a fellow with whiskers that
looked like scrambled bristles off a
black hog when a regiment of Cos
sacks came down on the crowd, riding
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Rev. Joseph w. Cross, the Oldest liv-
Ing alumnus Of Harvard college and
the Andover Theological seminary, eel
eerated recently his ninety-seventh
birthday.
Daniel T. Jewett, of st. Louis, who
will be ninety-eight years old in Sep
TENDER, and who recently retired from
practice, is probably the oldest attor-
ney in the United States.
Miss Minnie Baldwin is president of
a bank in Wister, !. T. She Is also
among the incorporators of the insti-
tuition and will assume direct manage
ment. The concern has a capital of
$4,000.
Brig. Gen. T. ]. Whit has taken
command of the northern division of
the United States army, with head
quarters at Denver. His career covers
almost half century of strenuous
service. He is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, having served through the civil
war with the Sixth Pennsylvania regi-
ment.
H. P. Bledsoe, son of the man whose
life suggested to John Hay the poem
Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle" is
living in Denver. The elder Bledsoe
lived in Warsaw nearly all his life,
and was a famous character among
river men in the old days. The
old man, who died three months ago.
always kept up correspondence with
Mr.. Hay.
Mrs. Howard Gould has the finest
private collection of birds in the
United States, in some respects excell-
ing the aviaries at the New York
geological gardens. Not only has she
made it a pastime to gather from all
the quarters of the globe remarkable
and beautiful specimens of the feath-
cry tribe, but she has also made 1t q
study and science.
Everybody knows Russell Sage as a
flnancier. Only few remember that
at one time in his career he represent
ed a New York district in congress.
He was elected to the Thirty-third con-
gress as a whig, taking his seat De-
cember 5, 1853. On the second day OF
the session he participated in discus
sion regarding the creed Of clergy
man who had been suggested for chap
lain of the house. From that time on
he took active part in the deliberations
of that body, proving himself a
strong debater but doing his best work
in committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

him and dance before the grand dukes,
and he always gave them jewels and
cans of caviar as souvenirs of their
visit.
Dad thought it over all night, and
the next morning we started for Rus
STA and wish we had joined an ex-
petition to discover the North Pole in
stead of coming here Say, it is harder
to get into Russia than it would be
to get out of penitentiary at home.
At the frontier we were met by guards
on horseback and on foot, policemen,
detectives and other grafters, who took
our passports and money, and one fell
low made me exchange my socks with
him. Then they imprisoned us in a
stable with some cows until they could
hold a coroner's inquest on our pass
ports and divide our money. We
slept with the COWS the first night in
Russia, and | do not want to sleep
again with animals that chew cuds all
night, and get up half dozen times to
hump up their backs and stretch and
below. We never slept a wink, and
could look out through the cracks in
the stable and see the guards shaking
dice for our money.
Finally they looked at the great seal
on our passports and saw it was an
American document, and they began to
turn pale, as pale as Russian can
get without using soap, and when I
said, Washington, ambassador, min
lister plenipotentiary, Roosevelt, Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight e
Pluribus Unum, whoopla, San Juan
HILL" and pointed to dad, who was
| just coming out of the stable, looking
like Washington at Valley Forge, the
guards and other robbers bowed to
dad, gave him bag full OF Russian
money in place of that which they bad
taken away, and let us take freight
train for st. Petersburg, and thew
must have told the train men who we
were, because everybody Or the cars
| took off their hats to US, and divided
their lunch with us.
Dad could not understand the
change in the attitude of the people
towards us until told him that they
| took him for distinguished Amer
| lean statesman, and that as long as
we were in Russia he must try to
| look like George Washington and act
like Theodore Roosevelt. so every lit
tie while dad would stand up In the
aisle of the car and pose like George
| Washington and when anybody gave
him a sandwich or cigarette he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
DENTISTS ENTERPRISE.
Took Unique Method Of Making Peo-
pie Acquainted with His Bust
ness

A young man with ingenuity enough to
warrant success recently identified him.
self with Milwaukee church that boasts
of having one of the largest congregations
in the city, relates the Evening Wiscon-
sin,
He made himself generally useful, Of
fering to sing in the choir, teach Sunday
school, act as usher, or do anything that
would help the good cause along. He was
finally asked to serve in the capacity of
usher, which he did with great alacrity.
As he passed the collection box the
minister noticed that he handed each per-
SON a slip of white paper. At first the
minister supposed they were the en-
velopes in which the money for specified
purposes is usually inclosed, but after a
few Sundays of assiduous work on the
part of the usher, the minister decided to
investigate.
He discovered that the young man was
a struggling young dentist, and was hand
ing out his business cards.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

horses like a wild west show, and with
whips in their hands, with a dozen
lashes to each whip, and they began
to lash the crowd and ride over them.
while the people covered their faces
with their arms, and run away. afraid
of the whips, which cut and wound
and kill, as each lash has little lead
bullets fastened to them and a stroke
of the whip is like being shot with
buck shot or kicked with a frozen
boot
Well, sir, dad was going to show
the Cossacks that he was pretty near
an American citizen and didn't pro-
pose to be whipped like school boy
by teacher that looked like a VAL
entine, so he tried to look like George
Washington defyihg the British, but
it didn't work. for q Cossack rode
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
Pertinent Inquiry.

Commissioner Woodbury., of the New
York department of street cleaning
tells this anecdote of friend of his
who was walking through Central
park the other day. Being in some
what of a hurry, he started to cut
across the grass at one place, but was
stopped by park policeman, who
demonstrated with him.
what difference does it maker
asked the New Yorker; 'the grass is
half dead, anyway"
"Sure, an what if it is?" responded
the indignant guardian Of the peace;
"if yez had sick friend would yez be
takin' a walk on his stomach?"-N. Y
Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
TWO YEARS OF AGONY.
One Cake of Cuticura Soap and One
Box Of Cuticura Cured Baby's
Awful Humor.

"When my sister was eighteen months
old humor broke out on her shoulders,
extending clear across the back. For two
years it caused her intense suffering. 1t
would scab over and then crack open and
a watery matter ooze from it. Then the
scabs would fall off and it would be raw
for time. We had several different doc
tors and tried everything we could think
of, but without effecting a cure Then
we got one cake of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment, which cured
her completely and without scar or blem-
ish. (Signed) Lille Chase Walker,
fremont St., Woodfords. Me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
P. o. Box 297. Little Rock. Ar

Z .. DOA L5f, I1IIIIC IVOCh, liz.
Last spring and summer l used DR..
Pusheck' s-Kuro with marvellous results. |
regard this remedy as the wonder of the
age For years / have suffered with
Nervousness, and when l got up morn
ings would be dizzy and for moments
would have blind staggers. 1 have been
under the care of four physicians; their
treatment did not do me particle OF
good. / have used three packages Of
Pusheck's-Kuro and am now well and
happy woman. Pusheck' s-Kuro has ere
ated new blood and flesh for me; since
using it have gained 80 pounds. lose
no opportunity to recommend it to my
many friends here. Very respectfully,
Mrs. w. Curry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
Reads Like a Miracle.

Moravia, N. Y, July l7th-(Special)-
Bordering on the miraculous is the cas- cas-.
fering from Sugar Diabetes, she wasted
away TIL from weighing 200 lbs. sh'
barely tipped the scales at 100 lbs
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking
of her cure her husband says
my wife suffered everything from
Sugar Diabetes. She was sick four years
and doctored with two doctors, but re
ceived no benefit. She had so much pair
all over her that she could not. rest day
or night. The doctors said that she could
not live.
"Then an advertisement led me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and they helped hel
right from the first. Five boxes of then
cured her. Dodd's Kidney Pills were {
God-sent remedy to us, and we recon
mend them to all suffering from Kidne,
Disease"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Diseases, including, Bright's Disease, anG
all Kidney aches, including Rheumatism.
When a man boasts that he is the de
4cendant of some great man he SHOULD
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
An Explanation.

Yeast-It's hard to keep good man
down.
Crimsonbeak-That why they put
such heavy monuments over some of
them, l suppose.-N. Y. Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
H1;ssful Ignorance.

Gladys-Miss Oletimer has been pray
ing for a man for years and now she's
got Percy Fitznoodle.
Tom-Oh, well-she won't know the
difference perhaps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
A nenartnre

What makes you think that newly ap.
pointed official is man of so much pro-
gressve originality"
HE didn't say word about sacrificing
a large private income in order to accept
the office "-Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
Feminine Curiosity.

Mr.. Gayman tlaying the paper aside)
We'll, there's no fool like an old fool.
Mrs. Gayman--What particular folly
are you meditating now?-Chicago
Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

After a successful medical campaign
against the 'Flazy worm" in Porto Rico, a
similar one might be undertaken in this
country. 1t is anaemia that troubles the
tramps.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, cahous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25cs Don't
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
Explained.

"Why does woman always get off .
car BACKWARD"
not change her mind and want to get on
again. Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

The Bad Boy and His Dad Go to Rus
sis to Stop the War-They Riot a
Little and Dad Gets Lashed with
Cossack's Whip-He Takes a
Hitch on the Grand Dukes Sledge,
But Doesn't Ride Very Far.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor Of Peck's Sun, Author Of "Pecks
Bad Boy" etc.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

The great trouble with US nowadays is
that we express our views so well that
we feel no need of taking action about
anything-Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.Z-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins. Norwich. N. Y, Feb. IL, 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

Lon't blame person for putting on
airs 1t is inexpensive clothing, and bet
ter than nothing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21
Took All Precautions.

With reference to an accident which oe-
Cured during the motor car trials in the
Isle of Man, when car drove into a
house, we aSe informed that it was not
the chauffenr's fault, as he sounded his
horn three times.-Punch.
The red ants have a picnic every time
the Sunday school does.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

When a man boasts that he is the de-
4cendant of some great man he should
not be criticised. Usually he has no other
occasion for boasting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-21

The genuine has a date and number stamped
on the1abel-take no other from your druggist.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-05-02

lidades. Como las olas, nuestros sue
nos solo mueren al tocar la terra.
La poesfa serd siempre la vida del
espfritu. Viene ell verso y disipa la
sombra. El canto del ave mata la no
che. El verso es aurora. Es luz. FL
ritmo seduce. FL ritmo embriaga. No
importa 81 la embriaguez es de iris
teza 8 de entusiasmo. Embriagaos
siompre, dice un poeta frances. Ell
espfritu, al pasar por las paginas So
noras del libro, hundi6ndose en- las
profundidades de sus versos, cae en- la
vida de gloria del encanto, buscando
bajo ell sortileglo de las rimas exqui-
sitas la cumbre oculta de sus sueflos
perdidos. <PoesiasS de Negr6n San
jurjo es un libro de amor y de con-
suelo.
En- <Poesias,, bajo ell ropaje lin
pfs'mo de la forma, Sc encuentra STEM
pre- ell latido de los pensamientos mas
bellos. A veces hay lujo exuberante
de ioyas, quizas con intenci6n, como
81 ell poeta, domefiado por propia timi-
dez, rehusara guardian de sus torres
de orc = descubrir ciertaS idealidades
de su mundo intimo.
Sus versos, en- nuestra literature,
tienen caracter peculiar, fisonomfa pro.
pia. En- ellos su autor ha impreso e.
sello indeleble y autentico de su origi.
nalidad. Ell sabe que los versos mas
bellos son los que Sc eecuentran en- la;
cenizas de nuestro propio coraz6n.
Procltl mundO-para nombrar algC
del libro, algo que ocupa sitio de ho
nor en- nuestra antologia predilecta
son lineas purisimas, llenas de pastor
verdad. III alcazar fantastico xou,
esquiva la tierra1, buscado por todo,
los sonadoreS de la humanidad, dond,
comulgan el pan de su delirio los iris
tes solitarios, tiene tambi6n para c
poeta sus grandes atracciones.
Huyendo del mundo nos refugia
mos en- ell arte.
! Augusta MaIaret.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-05-02
IA lLTIVA Y SERENA D|GN|DAD De PARTE De LA UNION;
De Ia OTRA PARTE ..,.LO OTRO.
LA CABEzA IN FL POLVO
Pueto-tquehos que Sc dec|aan a ST msm@ mencedoes
de una pep6ua sscIaVtud,

De muy distinto modo habla, in
clinada la cerviz, ell colono que 80
slente esclavo.
Vfsteis ell rostro de Espartaco ?
We'd ahora las espaldas del conde don
Julian.
Tengan nuestros amigos 10 pacien-
cla de leer este desmesurado parrafo
de prosa amazacotada confusa.
Dice Ell NaciOndlistd, de Maya
gtiez:
SQueremos ndci0ndizarros dssea-
mos que el pals todo Sc naciondlice. Y
si despu6s de americanlzados sufcien-
temente, la Metropoli Sc empefia enque
seamos Independence 6 aut6nomos,
porque considera que ESQ convene mas
a sus intereses, 8 porqus nosotros nos
obstinaramos en- pedir una Il otra cosa
10 que nos parece sea inverosfmil
despues de americanizados--- entonces,
81 para entonces vivieramos, nos con-
formar1amos en- aceptar Ia Indepen.
dencia 9 la Autonomia --por mas que
simpre pretirieramos ser un Estado
confederate de la Union Americana
--.por cuanto va entonces considera-
riamos aptos los politicos y al pue-
bio puerto-riqu para una Il otrs
de esas dos soluciones.
Pero 10 que es por ahora, nj en-
buenos tiempos. quia Vade retro
no queremos Independencias nj Auto
| nomias. IA la Escuela primero q
educarnos -
De 10 anteriormente copiado, Sc
deduce:
10 Que debe desaparecer de Puer-
to Rico todo 10 que es puertorriquefio.
% Que no debemos pedir nj ges-
tionar NADIA deiando que los america.
nos, como buenos y paternales amos,
Sc encarguen de resolver nuestra 81.
tuaci6n.
80 Que debemos subordinar los
intereses de Puerto Rico & las conve-
niencias de Estados Unidos aunQue 90
trate de asun'os privativos del pals,
que afecten dnica y exclusivamente
q nuestra cultura, q nuestro decoro y
nuestro bien.
40 Que los puertorriquenos esta.
mos incapacitados, en- todos sentidos,
para vivir la vida de la libertad.
50 Que les republicanos no quie-
rem las dutonOmtdS, es decir ninguna
clase de autonomfa, y SO declaran
abiertos partidarios de un regimen des-
p6tico, como ell de Henry y el de Hunt.
90 Que necesitando ir q la escue-
la, no somos NADIA, nj sabemos NADIA,
nj valemos NADIA.
70 Que dado este concepto, cual-
quier rapa- -barbas 8 carretero ameri-
cano, que venga q Puerto Rico con ell
cargo de lnsp- ctor de escuelas, es mas,
sabe mas y vale mas, que el mejor y
mas iluStrado de los puertorriquefos.
He aquf el colmo de los colmos.
Despues de este los comentarios
estan de mas, y solo cabe decir una
vez mas; -
Nulla est redemptio.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-05-02
UN MARIDO SUPLANTADO

Ante la Audiencia de Madrid ha
comenzado & verse un proceso eurio.
so.
Una seIlCra esposa &c un CONAN
dante retivado, necesita mas dinero
del que posee y para conseguirlo Sc
concierta con vari6s indi iduos, en-
union de los cuales realiza una por-
ci6n de delitos, entire ellos uno de false
dad, muy original, consistiendo en- su-
plantar la personalidad de su esposc
con uno de sus sOcioS para tomsr dine
70 & prestamoS & nombre de aquel.
Los prcesados son cinco; dos mu
ieres J tres hombres,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-05-02
NOESTRA ACT|TUD SOBRE LAS HUElGAS rs LA QUE
MAS FAvORECE Al PUEBLO TRABAJADCR,
Consoles SAKoS ' RECT0S
4 saaIo aunentaTd sin doencias'lo agtadores PERU
dcan Ia caSa del campesno,

Ell obrero puertorriquefio, por su
propia conveniencia, debe parar mien-
tes en- este asunto que tiene para 81
singularfsima importancia. LIE es ne.
cesario renexionar sobre la situaci6n
en- que Sc lequiere colocar, apartando-
le de la senba del orden, donde est& y
estara en- todo tempo garantido 81
triunfo de sus derechos.
Es precise que Sc despoje de todo
apasionamiento, que estudie la cues
ti6n social-econ6mica que Sc debate
desde un punto de vista razonable, re.
legando q dltimo terminoss los prejui.
clos que dan margen q la ingratitud y
q la injusticla.
La reclamation de aumento en- el
iornal de los trabajadores campesinos,
81 justa. Ella sc funda en- el alza de
los precios obtenidos por la industria .
azucarera en- las hacieudas del Ito
raj de la isla. Es casi SECURE que esta
petici6n sera atendida por los hacen-
dados, en- todos los predios agrfcolss.
Mas para ESQ es indispensable que el
labriego Sc muestre, 81 bien energico
y resuelto en- la reclamation de su sa.
lario, ordenado y correcto, en- el pro-
cedimiento que adopte para el logro
de sus deseos. Una actitud hostil en-
Ia que el hscendado yea una seria
amenaza contra sus intereses, es con-
traproducente para los fines que per.
sigue la clase obrera de Puerto r.
co.
No presto tampoco oidos el trsba-
jador & la calumniosa propaganda de
los peri6dicos republicanos, en- que
estos nos presentan como enemigos de
81 causa.
No 10 somos,
En- las paginas de este diario pue-
de encontrar el obrero la demostra-
cl6n de nuestro aserto. En- elias ha-
lara pruebas evidentfsimas de 10 iden-
ti6cado que estamos con su causs, que
como todas las csusss libersles y JUS
tas, tIene nuestro Unconditional apoyo.
Gladiat0re.