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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Legends Of the klnaflsher.

Many and curious are the legends
Of the kingfsher. One Of these is to
the effect that the bird was originally
a. plain gray In color, but upon being
let loose from the ark few toward
the setting sun and had its back
stained blue by the sky and Its lower
plumage scorched by the sun to gorge
ous hues. The dried body OF the
kingfsher was once used as charm
against thunderbolts and moths, and II
was hung up so that it might point
with Its bill to the wind quarter.
Revenge.
Bridget-An' how 10 yez like bein'
tn maid av prima donna?
I Mary Ami don't. She treats me
like dirt. But l git even wild her.
Bridget Phwat do yez do?
Mary Ami open tn winders an
sing at TIL top ay me voice. An all
the neighbors thinks it's her an that
she's gett1D' r-r-rottenl Cleveland
Leader.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21

dral to Gale Bellayista, containing
private and business houses and
warehouses, has been destroyed.
Fire Reported Declining.
London, Aug. 20.-A private cable
dispatch received Saturday afternoon
from Valparaiso says the fire there
continues In the business quarters,
but Is declining.
Another private cable dispatch re-
cetvsd at 2:1b. says business has been
resumed at Valparaiso.
Story Of the Disaster.
New York. Aug. 20.-The Herald
prints the following cable dispatch
from Valparaiso. Chill, via Galveston,
Tex:
Without the slightest tremor of
warning an earthquake visited this
city at eight O'Clock Thursday night,
bringing instant death to hundreds Of
persons and leaving many hundreds
more imprisoned in the ruins, many
of whom were burned to death before
aid could reach them.
Fire started Immediately after the
first shock and every branch of the
city's service WAS paralyzeu. Panic
and CONSERVATION indescribable fol-
lowed, and those who escaped death
and injury became frenzied with fear
and could render little assistance to
the victims.
The business section of the city is
almost entirely destroyed and fires
are still raging We are suffering a
repetition of the horrors of San Fran
cisco.
AS night came on the city was
everywhere aglow with unobstructed
fires and clouds Of choking smoke and
vapor settled into the streets and
houses, where throngs OF homeless
ones wandered about crazed by the
awful calamity.
Nothing Heard from Santiago.
II Is almost impossible to ascertain
how wide an area Of country the Wis.
iitation has laid waste. Nothing has
been heard from Santiago. the cap
ital city Of Chill. and 1t is feared that
the fate OF that city Is as bad as or
worse than that Of Valparaiso.
! Telegraphic communication is cut
;oR In every direction. and every one
.is too much depressed by the calam-
l1ty at home to seek information Of
lother places.
q. No trains have arrived In tic Aitx
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
just Like a Story.

Byssus, OF which fine, iridescent
stockings and shawls are made in Sic
lily, is silk made by fish. The
puma Is a Mediterranean shellfish that
has an odd little tube at the end of its
tongue. Out of this tube, spider-fash-
ion, or differentiation, it spins silk
thread, with which 1t fastens itself to
any rock that 1t wishes to adhere to-.
When the puma moves on its fasten-
ings, its silken cable remain behind.
This cable, which is called byssus, the
Sicilian fishermen gather. Byssus
weaves into the softest, finest, sheeni-
est of fabrics, but it is very rare and
expensive Popular Science Siftings..
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Many Sheep Killed In Wreck.

Lafayette. Ind, Aug. II. East bound
passenger train No. "a on the Big
-Four railroad struck two cars of an
extra freight train at Summit early
Thursday, damaging the passenger en-
CINE and killing number Of sheep.
Early reports were that many people
had been injured and physicians were
sent from here The passengers were
shaken up by the shock and few
We're cut by broken glass, but none
was seriously hurt. Express Messen-
ger Thomas received serious injuries.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
NEGRO coNvlcTs KILL GUARD
Cut White Mans Throat with knife
and Escape from stockade.

Charleston, s. c., Aug. 1S.-Feign.
ing Illness, three negroes Alonzo
Goodwin, Hammond Wilson and
George Kenny, conyicts serving long
terms on the chain gang near Ashley
Junction, remained In the stockade
Thursday. Having asked for water,
they seized and overpowered H. q.
Stello, the white guard, and cut his
throat with a butcher knife. Two
TRUSTEES at the stockade were locked
in by the men, who donned civilian
clothing and escaped into the nearby
swamps. ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Illinois MAYOR plea.

Bloomington. ILL.,, Aug. 1s.-James
s. Neville, mayor of Bloomington and
member Of the Illinois warehouse and
railway commission, died suddenly
Friday morning at two o'clock while
visiting at West Baden, Ind. He was
president of the German.American
bank of this city. and has been prom
inent in state politics for several
years, being close personal friend
and associate of ex-Gov. Yates. He
WAS SO years of age.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Cannot Import MexIcan..

Washington. Aug. 1S.-Acting At.
torney General Charles H. Robb Fri.
day rendered an opinion to the effect
that Mexican laborers could not be
imported into Texas under contract
for work on railroads in that state
and other public construction work,
and that the men heretofore SO admit.
ted must be returned to Mexico.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Lowden for CONGRESS.

Freeport, ILL.,, Aug. 17.--Col Frank
O. Lowden was nominated for con.
gress Thursday by Republicans Of
this district to succeed Congressman
Robert Hit, who was not candidate
for reelection.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
obIiainq,

80" said Mr.. Goldbons, severely.
$50 young man, you want to marry
my daughter. Ell? What is your sal.
ary?"
The young mans answer was meek
and respectful.
Whatever you think I'm worth
sir he said.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Cato Sells Pat Epieram.

In accepting the position OF chair
man OF the recent democratic state
convention, Hon. Cato Sells OF Vinton
made one Of the happiest extempor-.
aneous addresses in the record OF con-
vention oratory.
Because of the Importance OF this
address and because it has been var
iously quoted in different papers OF
the state, it is well that Its perti-
aent paragraphs should be placed in.
permanent form SO that the people
may have that part of the speech as
it was in fact said.
The following is the substance Of
that part Of Mr.. Sells speech, in
which he used that expression which
lis destined to become an epigram In
Iowa political history:
( AS in ancient times there were two
schools OF philosophy when all men
were followers ofAristotle or Of Plato,
SO in the United States, there are two
schools OF politics, and all men are fol-
lowers OF Jefferson or of Hamilton.
The lines OF statecraft are SO clearly
drawn that every man who thinks In.
diligently and acts patrio tically nec-
essarilY becomes the devotee OF one Of
the political parties representing
these schools.
am standpat democrat and II 1
were arepublican I would be q stand.
pat republican. The political leader
who deviates from the fundame ntaI
principles Of his party, must either
join the other party or become mon
grel. The Methodist rarson who
teaches the Presby terrain creed, would
not last over night, and the republi.
can leader who makes q democratic
speech, and while declaring himself q
protectionist proceeds to out-Herods
Herod as a tariff reformer will have
no standing in the national conven-;
tion of his party In 1908. AZ
1.-THE self.styled republican leaders.
who seek public favor by intermit-
tingly proclaiming democratic doc
Urine will be driven from their party
or for self-protec tion be forced to seek
refuge In the democratic party.
1T is entirely patriotic and cons
slstent to to rebuke false party lead
ership by independent action. Indeed
these are times when men OF >convic-
tion are changing their political afIili-
ations and the democratic party in.
yites all who will, to come and well
come; but we have little faith in those
who, for selfish purposes, seek to pop
ularize themselves by the temporary
use Of our principles, and refuse to
admit their democracy.
There is no middl. ground for the
standard. bearer.
1.-THE history of the whig party
stands as menace to those who place
power above principle.
1.-THE principle Of the pure food law
should be applied to political mon
grels; they should be correctly label
ed.n
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
True in a Sense.

4 wonder where Harduppe made his
strike. He's got lots of money now"
What makes you think that?"
II just heard him telling Borroughs
that he hadn't anything less than a 500
bill"
That's true. A penny is less than a
$40 bill. and he hasn't got that Phil
adelphia Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
ChiIdren,s Author pieey

SkoWhegan, Me-, Aug. 18.-Rebecca
S. Clark, better known as Sophia
May, writer OF many books for chill.
dren. died at NosztAsswock at the
age Of @ years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
.Lonaworths Leave ovster aav

Oyster Bay, L. T., Aug. 1s.-Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Longworth left
Oyster Bay Friday for Washington,
where they will make brief stay and
then go to Cincinnati.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Nomlnated for conoress

Rockford. III, Aug 17.-Charles e.
Fuller, of Belvidere, was nominated
for congress Thursday by Republicans
of the Twelfth Illinois district
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Woman,s Llkinass.

The Lady's Pictorial says that I'm
her heart of hearts" a woman likes a
good mustache. What's the matter
with her lips?
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Betrayed.

Dicky-Blaine it all! II ever get
out of this mess I'll never again be-
lieve what the funny papers say about
summer engagements
Jimmy What's up, old man?
Dicky--Why, two Of the girls got
engaged to last summer have insisted
on keeping 1t UP all winter. Cleve-
land Leader.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Sea Water Drawn into cIouda.

The layer of the sea taken up In
clouds each year is now estimated at
IA feet in thickness.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21

King the First Book Binder.
Tic FIRST books were bound by At
King Of Pergamus. IN 19s 3. q
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
WaeFinuton Newspaper Man nIae

~ y ese'''''S WI -'SV"oPdPST- WdTI- DTeSs
Washington, Aug. 20.-Robert M.
Larner, for many years prominent
Washington correspondent, died in
this city, after lingering illness.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Invariably

The man who pays may realize
The play is good for nix;
But the man who came in gratis
ls the man who always Kicks.
s-Etnaainu Toet. & q;
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
Excursion Rates

to State Fair at Des Moines. Ia, via O. M. Is 81.
P. Ry., Aug. asrd to sist. sss5 for round trip
Dubuque, Ia, Aug. s7th to slst. One fare
for round trip.
Minnesota State Fair, st. Paul and Minneap-
oils. One fare for round trip. Sept LIST to sth.s
Good to return until Sept. 10th. 9at3
Republican tariff reform is as
elusive as peek through peek-a.boo
waist; now you see it and again you
don 7.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21

When a reporter asked Speaker
Cannon If there was any thought Of
thought Of considering tariff revision
at the conference at Oyster Bay, he.
piously exclaimed "Great Father In
Heavenl" and the balance Of his ejacs
ulations would not look well in print,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
For Sale.

80 acres or more, Of land for sale or
rent. JAKE RINK.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21

Baby won't suffer tive minutes with.
Group # you apply pr. Thomas EIec-
Eric Oil az once. u acts like magic
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21

So John D. Rockefeller is not to go
to jail, or even to be prosecuted Grim
tnally by the Federal authorities, but
il the Administration can screw up
Its courage, he may be fined and the
farce Of prosecuting the Standard OIL
Trust will be another nine days
wonder
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-21
For sale or Rent.

Ny house and twosl ITS, at 5000.
Mrs &; n. Bofchard.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
MONTANA ITEMS.

A L.lzzard ragged Friday in the big
grazing country in Judith Basin, and
it is feared that sheep have been killed
by hundreds.
The Sixth infantry, which served
two years in the Philippine islands.
has arrived in Missoula. The regiment
relieves the Seventh infantry, which
has been sent to Fort Wayne, Mich.
The Third battalion will garrison Fort
Missoula, and the other two battalions
will be stationed at Fort Harrison,
near Helena, and at Fort Lincoln,
North Dakota.
AS a result of the recent wrecking
of the Missoula cutoff Northern Pacific
train, near Deborgia, in the big flood
two cars of cattle were ditched, killing
Is of the animals.
G. S. Smith, proprietor of a drug
store in Billings, is in critical condi-
ton as result of being shot through
the shoulder and groin by Daniel F.
Watts. Watts shot Oscar Colburn,
prescription clerk, in the back Of the
head He will recover. Watts had
been discharged for short changing the
register. After the shooting he gave
himself up.
by premature blast in the West
Colusa mine recently.
Suit In the sum Of $4,000 has begun
in the district court at Billings by
Sam Kardouski against George Halpin
for alleged damages resulting from
the recent shooting affair
The undertakers of Butte have
reached a mutual understanding in the
matter of the burial of the INDECENT
poor of the county An agreement has
been reached that the county will be
charged SIS for the burial of eacf
adult who dies without means and $5(
for each child eight years of age ani
under.
Vags, hoboes, buns and shiftles.
characters can't remain in Butte here
after.
Alex Beshon, an old-timer of Dillon
having resided there for more thai
25 years, died recently from bein,
crushed between two freight cars II
the railroad yards.
State Land Register John P. Schmi
turned into the state treasury Satur
day the sum of $56,815.42, receipts o
his department for the first half Of Nc
vember. Ten years ago the receipt
for the whole year we're only $4,000
while this year Mr.'Schmit estimate
that the receipts will aggregate owe
100000.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
OREGON SQUIBs.

On Tuesday, November ~, the Ore
gon Bar association met at Portland
Dog prisoners are making life mis-
cradle for dog owners, and impossible
for the dogs, in Baker City.
Work on what Is called the "penin-
sula tunnel" which the o. R. & N.
Is boring near the Dalles, Is about
half completed. The tunnel will be
720 feet long.
B. Beers Of Independence Is be-
lieved to be the oldest living pioneer
Of Oregon. He is II years of age and
was brought to Oregon by his parents,
around the Horn, in 1886, when 1 year
old. He has lived continuously In the
state ever since.
Four hundred and eighty acres was
sold recently at public auction at the
courthouse at Pendleton and bid in by
Joseph Hanscomb for $4,000. The
land belonged to the estate of the late
Mrs. Figg Thompson Of Walla Walla
1t Is located 10 miles northwest of the
city, and is considered valuable wheat
land.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
Attractions at the Spokane.

The attractions booked at the Spo-
kane theater for the rest of the month
also for the month of December, are
as follows:
November 2O-21, James O'Neil in
Monte Cristo."
November 1924, Gans-Nelson fight
pioLures.
November 1926, Arizona"
November 27-28, Alberta Gallatin in
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hail."
November 29, Maxine Elliott in Her
Great Match"
November 80 and December 1, John
Griffith in Richard the Third"
December 3-4-5, Florence Roberts in
1.-THE Strength of the Weak"
December 7-S, isis Hopkins"
December 13-14-1o, Max Figman In
"The Man on the Box"
December 16-17-18, Peggy From
Paris"
December 20, The Juvenile Boston
ians.
December 21-22, Kerry Cow.
December %, week, Stewart Opera
company.
December 30, The Yankee Consul
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24

anarchist outrage In Italy in four days,
the other two being the murder Of Pro-
lessor Rossi in Naples Saturday and
the explosion of a bomb in front OF
the Cafe Aragno in this city on No
vember II. The attempt of Sunday has
caused deep seated and universal hor-
ror and indignation on account of the
locality selected by the miscreants,
and the resentment of the people is
very great.
St. Peters Is the greatest basilica
in Christendom. 1t took $50 years to
make the building what it Is today and
Is a result of the efforts of 43 popes
and the genius of Michael Angelo, Bra
mantle and Rafael. The commission Of
such an outrage in such a place has
called forth unlimited condemnation
and is characterized as proving that
the perpetrators of the crime were &C.
tuated by feelings worse than those
which moved the Vandals and the Sar-
acens.
One theory is held that this attempt
was not directed against the papacy,
but rather a challenge to society in
general by attacking religion, the most
sacred institution of the people.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
SPOKANE MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Wholesale Produce Prices.

getables-Cabbage $1.2E cwt; to-
matoes, 40@45c crate; huckleberries,
IL lie; cranberries, $40 Dbl; potatoes,
75@S5c cwt; turnips, SLIPS cwt; on
ions. $1.25@1.5o cwt, carrots, $1.75@
2.25 cwt; prunes, 40@50c; cauliHower.
$1@2 doz; horseradish, 10Wlz lie lb;
green peppers, s5c@s1 box; beets, 81
@1.50 cwt; pears, $1.25@1.50 box;
ounces, 81 box; eggplants, $1.50
crate; sweet potatoes, &c lb; canta-
loups. $2@2.5O.
Apples-Cooking, 75Q$1 box; eat
ing, $1@1.50 box.
Grapes-Muscats, $1@1.25 crate;
Tokays, $1.50; Black Hamburgs, $40
1.25; eastern Concords, 40@45c bas-
ket.
Oranges. $475@5.25 box; lemons,
fancy, $6.50@7.75 case; dried figs, $50
soc 10 lb box; fgs in bulk, &c Id;
black figs. 10 lb package, soc; Fard
dates, SGsc Id; golden dates, 9@10c
Id; bananas, $2.75@3.25 bunch.
Honey-$3.50; strained honey, &c lib.
Sugar-$5.95 per 100 lbs; beet, s5.75.
Coffee-Common package goods,
Sli.25 per - lbs.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24

both women confessing that they had
done it to avenge the death OF
Joshua" 1852 u
The firm of Erwin & Rosencrans,
which recently shipped to Prescott 500
hogs from Oregon, has been unfortun-
ate. A disease has spread among the
animals, and about 200 head have died.
The disease is unchecked, and 1t is
feared the whole herd will die.
M. NJ Foote caught 80 inch cusk
near Chelan. The fish was floating on
top of the water, unable to swim.
These peculiar fish are rarely cap
tured. They live at great depth in
the water is enormous.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
is buying right of way west Of Lind.
Goose hunters all over the state are
in the Horse Heaven wheat country,
where the wild geese congregate in
great numbers.
Sunday night was the coolest Of the
season at Garfield and ice formed.
An epidemic of typhoid fever pre-
walls at Fairfield. Six cases have been
reported.
The Western Mercantile company of
Sprague has taken over the L. c. Fish
er & Co. hardware and implement
stock. The deal involves considera-
ton of more than $4,000.
J. B. Holt, Whitman county fruit
inspector, is inspecting fruit trees
shipped into Whitman county for plant
ing next spring.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Snow evidenced it's existence in Spo-
kane for the first time this year Sat
urday afternoon.
The largest sheriff's sale of livestock
ever held in Douglas county takes
place On November 26 at the State
Land ranch, IL miles northeast of
Leahy. Thirteen hundred head of cat
tie belonging to Kirby Bros. of Nez
Perez, Idaho, will go under the ham
mer to satisfy $4,000 mortgage held
by Schultz & Mockler, bankers, of the
same place. Kirby Bros. have
long been heavy cattle raisers in the
northwest, and their Douglas county
ranch contained 20 sections of leased
state lands, all under fence.
During a recent windstorm at Trini
dad the steamer st. Paul was blown or
the rocks and badly damaged. One Of
the deckhands was struck by flying
debris and severely injured.
Delay in delivery of material for the
new Lincoln county courthouse exten
sion bids fair to delay its completion
indefinitely.
NC dCluC SOdSI COufcullOu VI lus
AID Mems league viii be held in Spo
kane for the first time.
One man was killed and three seri
ously injured Saturday morning abou
1880 o'clock on the railroad construc
ton work being done at Nine Mill
bridge, down the river from Spokane
The balue for closed shop is on II
Tacoma.
Mrs. Maud Creffield, widow of "Hol,
Roller" Crefield, died in the Seattl
Jail, as the result Of mental collopse
Sue was the wife Of Joshua" Creffield
who was shot by George Mitchell, VIII
believed that Crefheld had maltreate
his sister, Esther. Esther later she
her brother George. She and Mr.
Crefield we're arrested for the crime
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
FERNIE STRIKE is OFF.
John Mitchell Orders Fernie Strikers
to Work.

Fernie, B. c., Nov 2O.-The follow
ing telegram has been received from
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, from Min
neapolis, dated today:
Agreement made by Burke recog-
nized by international union and men
will return to work"
This finally settles the question de-
spite the fact that the district and To-
cal officers of the union, with their
following, amounting to about 25 per
cent of the local union, were unwilling
to accept the settlement made by Mr..
Burke
The Michel union and about SO per
cent of the members of the Fernie
local union accepted Mr.. Burke's set
Element without dispute and went back
to work without waiting to hear the
result of Messrs. Sherman and Pat
terson's interview with Mr.. Mitchell.
There is nothing now for the NAL
contents to do but obey the instruc-
lions of President Mitchell and apply
for places in the mine. This ends a
strike which had far reaching results.
CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
Robbers Completed Job and Startet
Disastrous Fire.

Walker, Mo.-Robbers here started
fire that destroyed six of the best
business buildings in Walker, to cover
up the robbery of between $4,000 and
$4,000 belonging to the Bank of Walker.
A week ago robbers wrecked the
safe of the bank with dynamite, get
ting away with about $4,000, and the
bank officials were forced to place in
the safe of neighboring store what
money was left by the robbers on that
raid.
Again the robbers, believed to be the
same gang that committed the first
robbery, cleaned out the safe, set fire
to the building and escaped.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
SPORTING NOTES.

Princeton.-Yale won the intercolle-
giate championship gun shoot here.
with score of 200. Princeton was
second, 1877; Pennsylvania third, 1874;
Harvard fourth, 1876.
George Memsic made quick work Of
Charley Neary in the fight between the
two at Los Angeles the other night,
dropping the Milwaukee favorite in the
second round Of their bout before the
Pacific Athletic club.