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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-01
AN APPEAL, TO THE JUNIORS.

Dear Juniors:
You have all read of the terrible dis
aster that has stricken San Francisco;
of how that beautiful city was shaken
by an earthquake; how all the big
buildings came tumbling down, and
then how the fire swept over them
and blotted out all semblance of a
mighty metropolis. Surely you have
read Of all this.
But, have you stopped to think how
many little boys and girls have been
rendered homeless by this frightful
catastrophe? There are hundreds of
children in San Francisco today who
have no home; who have barely
enough clothes to cover them and who
do not enjoy the many comforts that
are yours.
You would help these children if you
could; wouldn't you?
OF course you would.
Just think of the hundreds of little
boys and girls that are trudging about
out there, clothed in suits and dresses
that do not fit them and of how dirty
they must be without soap and towels
and such things with which their
mammas can wash them. And then,
too, il their mothers had plenty of
needles and pins and threads and per-
haps pair of scissors they would
mend and fix their clothes and soon
make them appear pretty and clean,
Just like all children should be.
Now we want every reader of the
Courier Junior to do something to help
the mammas of these hundreds of little
children out in San Francisco and we
are going to tel! you how it can be
DONE
Let each child that reads the Cour-
rier Junior make UP small package
just wee, small one; for when all
of them have done this we will have
very, very large one, and we will
then send it out to San Francisco for
the little children there.
Here are some of the things with
which to make up your package:
= 2 spools Of thread, mo. so black and
white).
bars of soap.
towels.
wash cloths.
/ pair of scissors
tooth brush.
i package of safety pins.
comb or hair brush.
/ package of hair pins.
papers Of needles.
package of pins
Now, children, we are not going to
ask you to put all of these things in a
package, but one or two of the articles
mentioned, just as you choose
Just think how many packages we
will have by Saturday night, May
5, when we will pack the big box and
send it out to these poor little children
who are sleeping in tents around their
burned homes. Remember, all your
packages must be in by next Satur.
day.
Each child, must do his or her pack.
age up neatly and then write your
name On it plainly, for we will acknowl
adge receipt Of it and the list of chill
dren who give, will be published in the
Courier Junior lin the Roll of Honor.
Now read thu, instructions over care
fully and let ugisee how many children
will have theil Npames on the Roll OF
Honor for contributing toward the re
cisco.
OF course if a4l the Juniors become
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interested in the box we can send a
second box. However. the first one
will be sent May 5.
CHRIST AND THE LITTLE ONES.

"The Master has come over Jordan"
Said Hannah, the mother, one day;
"He is healing the people who throng
him,
With touch Of his finger, they say.
"And now l shall carry the children
shall carry the baby, Esther,
For the Lord to look upon"
The father looked at her kindly,
But he shook his head and smiled;
"Now who but doting mother
Would think of a thing SO wild?
"If the children were tortured by de-
mons,
Or dying of fever, 'twere we'll;
Or had they the faint of the ileper,
Like many in Israeli
NAY, do not hinder me, Nathan,
1 feel such a burden Of care,
If carry it to the Master,
Perhaps shall leave it there.
eff he lay his hand on the children
My heart will be lighter, I know,
For a blessing for ever and ever
Will follow them as they CO."
So over the hills Of Judah,
Along by the yine-rows green,
With Esther asleep on her bosom,
And Rachel her brothers between;
Mid people who hung or. his teaching,
Or waited the touch of his word
Through the row Of proud Pharisees
listening
She pressed to the feet Of the Lord.
"Now why shouldst thou hinder the
Master
Said Peter, with children like
these?"
Seest not how from morning to even
ing
He teacheth and healeth diseases 2"
Then Christ said: FORBID not the
children,
Permit them to come unto mel"
And he took in his arms little Esther,
And Rachel he sat on his knee;
And the heavy heart of the mother
Was lifted all earth care above,
AS he laid his hand on the brothers,
And blessed them with tenderest
love;
AS ne said Of the babes in his bosom,
".Of such are the kingdom of heav-
en-
And strength for all duty and trial,
That hour to her spirit were given.
Julia Gill.
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PRIZE WINNERS.

The prize winners in the last con-
test the Courier Junior Flower Gar.
den," are Max Won Schrader. Ottumwa;
Madge Barrett, Mystic; Edna Lewis,
Avery; Jennie Rupe, Ottumwa, r. +.
D. No. 7, and Mabel Reifsnyder, OF
tumwa The prize stories were all
published last week with the excep-
ton of Mabel Reifsnyder's, which is
published today. These Juniors can
all work for the prize to be awarded
August 1, for the most beautiful flower
garden.
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JUNIOR LETTERS.
Fairview, Okla, R. F. D. No

Fairview, Okla, R. F. D. No. 1.
Dear Editor:
This is the first time / have ever
written to the Courier Junior. would
like to join this happy circle.
1 walk one mile to school. MY
teachers name is O. M. Evans. He Is
a lawyer of Fairview. We live three
miles west Of Fiarview / am nine
years old. I have light hair and blue
ayaa~ have six brothers. We have
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Keosauqua, Iowa. :,
Dear Editor: / have never written
a letter to the Courier Junior before.
like to read the letters very much. /
am 9 years old. go to the Keosau-
qua high school. My teachers name
is Miss Harrison. think we have
splendid teachers. I have four broth
ers Their names are Rex, Johnnie,
Stanley and Francis.
Your friend.
May Wiley.
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R. F. D. No. ).
Charlton, Iowa.

Dear Editor:
l am little boy eleven years old
and live on a farm Of eighty acres with
my grandpa. go to the Renfro
school and am in the sixth grade.
have been helping chop wood getting
1t ready to saw. For pets have a
dog and some chickens, the dogs
name is Bounce. We have B. Ply
mouth Rocks and S. G. B. Leghorns. l
have six brothers and one sister. This
is the first time have ever written to
any paper.
will close for this time wishing
you much success. &
Yours truly,
Floyd James, r. F. D. No. 6.
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Ottumwa, Iowa.

Dear Editor:
i thought would write another let
ter to the Junior. like, to read the
letters and stories on the Junior page.
l am visiting with my Uncle John
and Aunt Bird Brown for couple of
weeks. They live three miles south
east of Martinsburg.
We made some candy-today 1t was
raining this forenoon and couldn't go
out doors and play.
Z Our school commenced the second of
April. am nine years old and am
four feet, eight inches tall
Well, l will close for this time.
Your friend,
Fern Epperly.
r n n No
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Laddsdale, Iowa.

Dear Editor: AS have never WriFN
ten before / will do SO now. ] am
little boy years old. live at Ladds1
dale. 1 am in the first grade. ike
to hear the Courier Junior letters read
for me. My school was out on Marcn
2. For pets 1 have a pigeon and q
dog. My letteris getting long. VIII
close for this time.
Yours truly,
Alfred Carey.
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Hedrick, Iowa.

Hedrick, Iowa. &
Dear Editor: AS have never writ
ten to this paper before, will do SO
now. My father takes the Courier
and I enjoy reading the letters. go
to East Highland school. My teachers
name is Miss O'Brien. I like her very
much. My studies are arithmetic.
reading, grammar, history, geographic,
spelling and writing. Well will close
for this time Hoping the Junior
success I remain
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4o1 Wabash avenue.
Farson. Iowa.

Hello Junior: Here 1 come to bring
w the rear from our house. have
two sisters and they have both writ
tie nto this department. I suppose they
will say COWS tail, always behind"
that's what I'VE hollow to the last one
who gets up in the morning, but they
don't get to Cow tail" me assure
you. 1 have a pig. calf and a pony
that keep for profit, and dog and
a cat to play with, although there is
profit in the cat for it catches mice,
and the dog gets rabbits. So guess
there is profit in them all.
From a friend.
Roy Dickens, aged 10.
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Bunch, Iowa.
Dear Editor: I like the Courier Jun
Tor very much.s am IL years Of age,
and in the fifth reader. l like ito 20
to school and like my teacher. Ny
teachers name is o. A. Paris. have
three sisters and their names are
Gladys, Sadie and Ruthie. I also
have one brother. His name is Clyde.
AS my letter is getting long I will
close. Yours very truly,
Miss Chloe Paris. s
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Ottu..wa. Iowa.

Dear Editor: thought I would
write. as 1 have never written before.
I read the Courier Junior and think it
is very nice. go to the Agassiz
school, We had week vacation a
short time ago and two of my cousins
were here. suppose will pass into
the sixth room when go back. I am
cember 2. I think had better close
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Roy Dickens, aged 10.
West Grove, Iowa

west Grove, IOWd.
Dear Editor: As have never writ
ten to the Courier I thought l would
write. I am a girl IL years old.
have five brothers and six sisters. I
go to school. My teachers name is
Miss Myrtle Smyth. AS my letter is
getting long will close.
Yours truly,
Leona Hunt
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Q. A; Paris. My letter is getting long.
will close for this time.
Your Junior friend,
Clyde Paris.

Ottumwa, Iowa.
Dear Editor: AS 1 have never WRIT
ten to the Junior before 1 thought I
would write now. am 10 years old.
I live on a farm eight miles from OF
tumwa. Il went to school last winter.
Miss Clara Swayze was our teacher,
mule and a COW, but they are not
pets. AS my letter is geeting long, I
will close.
Cecil Grandy.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co,
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAUx.
EDITOR.
ROLL oEsHoNoR.

ROLL OF HONOR.
MARY ELIZABETH WELLMAN
MILRE SCOTT,
BERYL DANIELS.
JENNIE PREvO,
MAE CHAMP,
ZULU M. TAYLOR.
GEORGE ROLAND.
FLORENCE PATTERSON
EMMA DAVIS.
JESSIE SCOTT.
RHODA DAVIS.
AGNES ASKLOF.
ADDIE CHENEY
EDITH VAWTER. =
ARTHUR SWANSON.
AIDA GAME.
BERYL DANIELS.
CHLOA MULHOLLEN-
EMMA DAVIS.
DOLPHIE LAIN.
JULIA WARREN.
MABEL SPRAY.
ANNA CARNEs.
ELSIE TERRILL.
MARY ENTLER.
BRUCE .MELLIS.
MARY BELL.
ANSELM HEM.
NORMA DANIELS.
DALE ZENTZ.
BEATRICE LYNCH.
MYRTLE MILLS.
MAE THOMPSON.
ERIE WILSON.
BLANCHE MILLER.
HELEN DEACON.
LLOYD KEPHART.
ANNIE VINCENT. ;.
EDNA LEWIS.
MYRTLE ANDERSON.
MAY SHAFFER.
LIZZIE HILLERY.
ELIZABETH REEFS.
JOHN BELGARD.
CLEO DULIN.
MAX Won sCHRADER.
MADGE BARRETT.
EDNA LEWIS.
JENNIE RUPE.
MABEL REIFSNYDER.
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Floris. Iowa

Z IOIlS, IUWe1.
Dear Editor: AS I have been read
ing the Junior letters / thought
would write. 1 like to pick flowers.
There are lots of pretty flowers. live
three miles northwest Of FIoris. ]
will close for this time.
Yours truly,
IIllcy Hail.
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Yours truly,
Alfred Carey.
Laddsdale. Iowa.

Dear Editor: I thought I would
write to the Courier, as have never
years old. Our school was out March
q. / live in Laddsdale. / am In the
third grade. l have three dolls. ]
have two sisters and four brothers.
My papa is coal miner. have two
brothers working in the coal mine.
will close for this time.
Yours truly,
Freda Carey.
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THE THREsHING OF BILLY TuR
NER.

The story am going to tell is I'M
adorned by any moral; and yet, it has
always seemed to me, perhaps
But! on second thought shall let
the reader be the judge. To the be-
ginning, them
Mark bennington was the teachers
name. In those days it meant some
thing being the teacher in back
woods district school. 1t meant more
than a prettily wor6ed certificate or
collegiate diploma, or even an ability
to impart to minds receptive or other
wise the knowledge gained from much
reading by the light of tallow-dip or
the flaming pine-knot on the hearth.
1t meant the possession OF muscles as
1.-the and curling as strips OF rubber
hose; it meant facility in their use,
it meant an ox-like constitution, for
living around" as the teacher was, by
force of circumstances compelled to
do, precluded stable diet. In brief,
to be successful teacher in those
days Of our fathers youth required
an absolute mastery of hot-headed,
hot-hearted, and, for the greater part,
day call moral suasion was an un-
known quantity then in the psychol.
ogy of pedagogy. Reared without the
parental restraint that envelops the
lads Of our immediate time, the back
woods boys of forty years ago, by the
nature of their lives in the open where
constant battling with the forces all
about them was the price of their ex-
istence, were not of the frail, weak
sort that nowadays we are as likely to
meet in the village street as in the
cooped-up pigeon-lofts of city Office
buildings.
Mark bennington was, in his pos.
session of the necessary traits, the man
for the position that he occupied in
District Number Nine. Slightly above
medium height, with round, close
cropped head set squarely upon pair
of massive shoulders, with long sin.
envy arms ending with hands that,
when clenched, were as big and hard
as horses hoofs, he was teacher
to be feared by every boy in the school
where fear counted more than affec-
ton.
In our school, up to the time Of his
coming, it had been the custom, as 10
doubt was true of every remote coun-
try school of the period, to precipi.
tate conflict between the teacher
and one of the boys, selected properly
by note, on the first day of the winter
session.
Mark Leamington's immediate pred
ecessor, and his, and his, had each in
turn gone down, worsted, before the
onslaught of one or another of the
boys. Reuben Strobridge, a lank,
wiry individual with the gripping pow
err of live electric cable had pro
voked to frenzy the young man who
had sought to teach us before the com.
ing of Mark. White-that was the
teachers name-had foug ht gamely
with him almost to the last handful OF
hair, but the end came as we had fore.
seen that 1t must Gomez White re
signed. Half the winter we were
without a school in the district. as a
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I.addsdale. Ia.

Laddsdale, Ia.
Dear Editor: I will write to the
Junior, as 1 have never written be-i
fore My father and brothers are coalI
miners For pets have pigeon, a
dog. My letter is getting long. I will
one COW and calf. For studies havd
reading, spelling, language and arithi
metic. / am in the fourth grade.
live at Laddsdale. AS my letter ID
getting long will close.
Yours truly,
Eddie Carey, aged 10.
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JOHNS BRIGHT IDEA.

Mrs. Smith was most kind and
thoughtful woman. She spent great
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Yours truly,
Ethel Prunty, aged 10.
West Grove, Iowa.

Dear Editor: AS have never writ
ten before will try and write to the
Junior. / am a little girl 8 years old.
i live on farm Our school was out
the ninth of February. My teachers
name was Will Strickland. I liked
him very much. AS my letter is get
ting long will close.
Your friend,
Mabel Hunt.
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Yours truly,
I.1,o1y Hall
R.F. D. No. 2. Box 81.

Unionville, Iowa.
Dear Editor: I will try and write
some to the Junior, as have never
written before. live four miles from
Moravia. I am in reading, spelling
and arithmetic. I like my teacher very
well. Her name is Miss Bertha Hiatt
Well / will close for this time.
Yours truly,
Bessie Blumer, aged 8.
r. F. D.. No, 2. Box 10.
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ElOr1S, Iowa.
Dear Editor: My papa takes Z
Courier and think the letters
children write to the Courier Junt
are fine. My mamma reads the lei
tiers to me. I am a little boy yea
old. Ihave no brothers or sisters, 81
I have a great many other relative
7 will tell you about some of them
have two grandpas and two gram
grandma living. Besides other rela
tives and they are all very kind to m
For pets 1 have a cat, four pigs an
some chickens. My cats name
Puss. feed my pigs and chickens e
cry day when 1 can be out OF door
have been having tonsilitis for app
four weeks and have to stay indoo
most of the time. My mamma Wro
this letter for me.
Your little friend,
Ray Newkirk.
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Bunch, Iowa.
Dear Editor: AS my sisters are
writing you letter will write you
one also. am a little boy 6 years Of
age. like to go to school I am in
the first reader. / cannot write, so 1
will print you a letter / like my
teacher. He is my uncle. His name is
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The story am going to tell is I'M
adorned by any moral and yet, it has
always seemed to me, perhaps
But! on second thought shall let
the reader be the judge. To the be-
ginning, them
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taken the Courier for three years and
I like it very much.
Well, as my letter is getting long
will close. Yours truly,
Emma May England.
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Your fr1end,
Mabel Hunt.

Bunch, Iowa.
Dear Editor: I am a little girl
years old go to school at
Grove. Ny uncle. o. A. Paris Is
teacher. My studies are arithmey
geography. third reader, spelling.
grandma lives 11s miles from tow
I 20 there often. They have a de
His name is Joe. 1 have a lot of ~.
with him. Well as my letter is ges
ting long will close.
Your friend.
Gladys Paris.
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Hedrick. Iowa.

Dear Editor: 1 thought would
write you a letter. would like
to see this in print. please.
My brothers names are Glenn, Plural
and Ray. My sisters names are May
and Beatrice. Beatrice Is the baby and
she is SO sweet She was two
years old last Saturday. She has
brown hair and eyes. I have a doll
and little trunk full Of clothes for
it. For pets / have dog and cat
Well will close.
Yours truly,
Beryl Davis, aged II.
R. F. D. No. s.
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Unionville, Iowa.
Dear Editor: This is the first time
I have written to the Courier Junior.
I have read several letters in the Cou-
rier Junior from children know.
My school was out December 5. My
teachers name was Miss Bertha Hiatt.
1 STUDY reading, spelling, arithmetic
and geography. Well as my letter is
getting long will close,
Yours truly,
Stella Blumer, aged IA.
r. F. D. No. Q. Box 10.
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n UniOnVllle, Iowa.
Dear Editor: AS have never writ
ten to the Courier before I will write
now. am girl 8 years old have
two sisters and one brother. Our
school was out March 2. am in the
third reader. like to go to school
Ny grandpa takes the Courier. have
no pets, but like. to read and play
with my little brother. Well as my let
ter is getting long 1 will close.
Yours truly,
Florence Bean, aged 8.
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A GHOST STORY.

Fremont, Iowa.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-14
HUNDREDS OF FUNERALS.
Company's Latest Figures Place Number
of Victims of Explosion at raI2.

PARIS, March l3.-Hundreds of fun.
erals are being held today in the towns
surrounding Courricre, where the mine
disaster Saturday resulted in the loss OF
over 1000 lives. Snow has fallen, but
lines of mourners fiji every road. In
many cases the mourners carried caskets
where hearses We're not obtainable.
At Billin- Montigny, rough altar was
erected in the open air, and funeral
services were conducted over 60 bodies.
Another and similar ceremony occurred
at Merricourt over the unidentified dead.
The company's latest figures show
that there were 1912 victims of the ex.
plosion.
Mining Director Meyer, of Herine,
Prussia, with his rescue corps of West
phalians, recovered 26 more bodies this
morning. The heoric efforts of the Ger
mans are exciting admiration and
praise.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-14
PROTESTS ACTION.

WASHINGTON, March Il Corpora
Tanner, commander in chief Of u,
q. A, r., has written letter 10 chair
man Ta"ney Of The IIou-r Committee
on appropriations, protecting the action
." Tnwney'o committee in recommend.
ing the enactment Of law reducing the
compensation Of government clerks when
they attain tbr age Of Gj. Tanner
writes particularly in behalf Of his com
radcs Of the Civil War many Of whom
are now employed in the government
.cryicr. @ho would BE- seriously affected
by the proposed reduction
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-14
TRIED TO POISON WIFE.


ALBANY, Ore, March l3.~-Elmcr
WngstaH, resident OF this town, to-
day was arNsted at Scio on informa
tion filed by the district attorney charg-
ing him with the attempted poisoning
of his wife. 1t is stated, according to
the evidence in the hands OF the district
attorney, that Wagstatr placed the pois.
on in his wife's tea, When the tea was
analyzed, it is alleged, large quan,
tity OF arsenic and broken hlass was
found. Wagstaif was committed to iail
in default of $500 bail WagstaT bears
an excellent reputation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-14

" don't know, sir,
What - your brst impression about
itl'
have none"
Don't you feel and know in your
heart that they are all part and part
of the same company"
" don't know"
" Don't you feel in your heart II j.
SOY"
" don't known, sir"
Then the veteran Senator slapped The
desk with his fst and said severely:
:" am sick and tired Of this effort OF
of the Standard Oil to conceal this fact
when every man and woman and child
knows It is so Now, everybody wants
the truth told here and why don't you
tell ~ Every tub ought 10 stand on
IT,, own bottom and you folks ought
not dodge this question further"
Several witnesses testified 10 the dis
elimination by the railroads against the
independent producers,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-14
The Wife OF Boni de Castellane
Comes Into Court.
Petitions For Absolute Divorce and
Wants Care OF Three Children
Judge Summons Couple in Ef.
fort TO Reconcile Them.

PARIS, March Ia Countess Roni dc
Castcllane, accompanied by Edmond
Kelly, her lawyer today appeared before
Judge Dttc, president of the Civil
Tribunal of the Seine, and asked for
permission to amend the proceedings in
her application for Il separation from
her husband by divorce The applca.
tion asked for separate domicilc and
custody of the children pending a legal
procedure.
Judge Dittc, before finally deciding,
complied with the formality of re-
qur-ting the husband and wife to appear
together for the Joint interrogating of
them concerning the possibility of re.
concliation. The latter will fulfill the
legal requirements, but 1t is not expect.
ed to weld favorable results, as the
parties are fully determined to termi,
nate their union, Their joint appear