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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-19
ESTUD|OS CRITICOS
VICTOR HUGO
Al TRAvEs DEL HoMBRE

FL guerrero, esc,Tbte sus bormas. <l
Poffn, Hbr&yd sAs batxl1s.
ESQ decia Ell HOMBRE.
\, libro sus batalla escribiendo
sus poemas.
FL poema Dies para Victor Hugo
es. en- la historic de sus 1uchas inte
lectusles, 10 que Waterloo para Ma
poieon |, en- la historic de sus con
quistas.
Una rasante inconnovible niyeIa
ante ell infinite la frente del poeta v
la frente del guerrero.
Castelar,, escribi6, respecto de Vic
tor Hugo: "Jamas me parecio que
tucra I'm hombre, COMO los demas
hombres.
Sin embargo. es mi opinion que
Victor Hugo, aun siendo ell HoMBRE,
era TN hombre como cualquiera otro
hombre.
En- ell monitor anonino digo. no
hay hombres.
Y, digo ademas que Hugo, no me
'parecio I'm poeta como los demas poe
tas, nj TN fil6sofo como los denAs
filosofos.
Era Ia filosoffa misma, he afrmado.
\ ahora razono: ST. filosofia abarca
d Noises en- Ell monte Sinai promul-
gando Ia lev de justicia y 4 Cristo
en- ell monte Calvarlo promulgando
la ley de Gracia
Refexionese acerca de la piadosa
moral de sus obras en- ella we're
mos a CristO; eS decir, todo ell per-
don.
MediteSe acerca del amoroso hui
manismo de suS obras en- Gl we're
mos d Noises, es decir, todo Ell Deca-
logo; como ST dijeramos, todo Ell Amoy.
I1i0 d Dies etc.
Anza 4 tn br61imo etc. (Moises).
PcrS6naiOS Se5sr qu< no saben 10 gut
hac<n.
tn s<rds eoumIgs en- Fl Payats..
(Cristo).
Victor Hugo como Cristo, perdona
a los ladrones, como Ju4n Valiuan.
Dlmas Y Juan Valjuan, son iguales
ante Ia humana justicia.
Cristo y Hugo, buscan la luz en- eli
|caos y la encuentran.
Ambos, Hugo y el Ungido, encuen-
tran siempre una disculpa. para todo
.culpable, un conSuelo para todo
.cafdo, un pesar y una inquietud para
.todo encumbrado.
Y su obra Dios. ne confunde me
'apena: Porque ella rompe. fatalmen-
te, Ia maravillosa unidad de su obra.
Su obra que como la dc Noises Y
como la de Cristo, .llenan la vida de
esperanzas, de ideales y de recon-
Ipensas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-19

del STIR, en- TN revuelo de ex-
terminio, fue una flccion de la
|exaltada fantasia de una raza
sonadora.
In los momentos EN- que va
a lnaugurarse ell tercer Congre-
SO panamericano, sc ha busca-
do con gran habilidad Ell medic
de desterrar todas esas sombras
que dejan sin luz las estrellas
de America,
La decoration ha cambiado
mucho. Roosevelt ha logrado
que su igura adquiera en- estos
dias TN relieve simpatico y
suave.
FL Sc presenta a los pueblos,
como I'm apostol de la paz.
La bandera que agita en- las
manos que esgrimreron la espa.
da en- Santiago, de una desme-
surada blancura, llega a cubrir
a intervalos su fgura de rudo
combatiente.
Roosevelt quiere arroparse
en- ella v cubrir, ST es possible,
toda la historic moderna, la
alarmante historic moderna de
su pueblo, las demasiaS perpe
tradas contra los debiles, las
Ofensas inferidas al derecho
de los pueblos desvalidos, la
sangre que han hecho brotar
las garras aCometedoras del
aguila inmensa Y fuerte;; todo
este Sc quiere tapar, tOdO este
sc qu1ere Cubrir con Una ban
dera de paz, agitada habilidosa-
mente, en- un momentO especial,
en- TN nomentO hiStorico.
Va sea pOr una favorable
COlnCidenCia de CirCunStancias
casualeS, o por una vulgar
combination de tramoya de la
politlca exterior americana, es'
10 clerto que las apariencias
tavOreCen los planes de- presi-
dente Roosevelt.
81 una recelOSa Y prudente
mjrada en- derredOr no deScu-
bre las huellas recientes que
han manChado de sangre la
TERRA de America, ST Ell instinto
de conservation no eSt1mula la
tendencia d una separation
que debe prevaleCer fatalmente
en- obsequio a la libertad de
muchos pueblOS; ST no triunfa
ell buen sentidoy separa 10 que
es aparatoso Y falSamente tea
trail de 10 que es sincere Y per
durable, ell gestO magniflco,
apOstolico. eStudiadamente pa
cificador de Mr., Roosevelt. ha-
bra de impresionar Y c0nmo-
yer i muChos.
Las apariencias enganadoras
Sc cubren al presente con la al
ba bandera de la paz.
La Ultima falsihcacion esta
COnSumada.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-19
FL debut de la opera

Han circulado, profusamente los pro
gramas anunciando para hoy la inau-
guraci6n del teatro de San Jurn. por
la compaiiia de opera Ttaliana Scogna
mislio, que cantar4 la .obra immortal
de Donizetti Lucia di Lammermor
Fl teatro presentara esta noche I'm
aspecto brillante.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-19

Era l6gico que, i'm genio engen-
drado por dos revoluciones, la revo-
luci6n de las ideas la revoluci6n
de las cosas. resultara, tai como Sc
encarna en- su obra: complejo, Gao
tico, anormal.
Ell siglo de la ENCYCLOPEDIA le pre-
ccde, el siglo de Ia confusion le sirve
de pedestal, el siglo del analisis is serd
su juez s tai vez 81 verdugo
No Sc asimlla nj sc p4rece / Vol
to ire nj Rosseau, nj / Diderot n 4
Lambert; no obstaate, e es toda
la ENCYCLOPEDIA
Tres siglos Sc perSonihcan en- Gl:el
XVIII, el XIX J el Xxx. Su siglo
no 10 pudo juzgar; 6l era IN deslum-
bramiento vivo; brill6, eclipse y pa
SO; paso como un cataclismo que pu-
Isiera estupefacci6n Ell todos los
animos.
En- el momento de la catastrofe, Ia
razon cede el paso al instinto, Ell pc
ligro Sc agiganta y no hay aljentos
para la refexi6n.
Asf paso Victor Hugo su paso por
ell campo de la llosofla y de Ia His
toria fue TN desaStre.
Ell siglo Xxx. es el llamado 4 1econs-
trulr sobre los escombros, amonto-
nados en- el campo de Ia historic Y
de ia filosoffa del siglo XIX.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-19
Nota del dia

I'll los UOmSnCOS dCIualGS,
puede servirle a los Estados
UnidoS la intervention tomada
en- ell conf1iCto entire los gobier-
nos del Salvador V Honduras
Y Guatemala para ostentar an
te los representatives de las ma
clones latino americanas. reu-
nidos EN- Rio Janeiro. titulos
de NaCi0n pacihcadora.
Ha sido de una relativa fortu-
na para ell gobierno de Was
hlngton. cuyos movim;entos son
examinados con recelo crecien-
te por los pueblos que sc sien-
ten indicadas victimaS de la alb
Sorci0n sajona, el hallar en- las
actuaies circunStancias tres 90
biernos insensat0s que no vaci
len en- llevar a Sus puebloS d
una guerra estimulada y fra
guada alevosamente, V de la
cual no ha de sacar provecho
mas que Ia gran RepubliCa
anglosajona
81 analiZamos las circunstan-
cias, Ell momcnto V los factories
que han tomato parte en- ese
ridiculo cOnato de lucha inte-
rrumpida POI el geSto teatral de
un pacihCador de men tirijllias,
no podemos p0r m6nos que la
mentar el que Ia insensatez ia
elite tan brilIanteS ocaSiones 4
la perldia para alardear de esos
sentimientoS aparentemente hu-
manitariOs, pero que oCultan TN
insaciable afan de domination,
de Soberania. perseguido por
todos los medi0S Y utillzando
todos los recurs0s.
ii ChOque entire los SOldadoS
del salvador Honduras Y Qua
temaia parece IN SimuIacro gro
tesco para oar tempo que haga
Sus SenaleS d1 PaZ. MI Koose-
N0t.' az 'diluJ @ -'i'a oanH0Ia q quo
sum uIo t 0il 1oo . ~ol d]one' iluy
opuGotcS 9.:.51l1 sou II l = ntoo' eNG ga
IN lll''y = uds''aro9 ua ~ p tgCuGIuos .5.; ioS
H0 10 pa, IiI io9 3Pil ltuo'
AP0Ii%o Il" Llaoldo - luClId, d dpe-
liao LoI - i'al 0n0ollel ,II duo d. la , Il
oiIo0obo E;to y I'D" 0ou'o7 'Iuo lo'
0JI I'0lCo''
ma snerte ode ennez6- da -,
nroviso Nall ssnpra6 a6a al obn
6na nero dnsdA dna o~n,rid q
nne fnh sanr;Ii0 adivinar lo ona
Sohrauandria aneean;da - ~
Ia iotervanri66 an3ar;cara
disfra1aIa de arhitra;a aetaha
va nrevista desde one sonaron
los Drjmeros dispar6s entire los
combatientes
para anoarara oo,+r 1oa
riasaoe da ,tf,s jasa;ra - n,aIaD lo'
M 6acifcador da n,ehins y Ilo Ia
bYsfado al aDovo da Ws;ico -"
va ofrdnto 80 - or
4oa;%,, < ~ ~ "n,oI'" .,lod;o 9oI4 10 eAP0o
tdClOlI dO lII(alO NOfI LtIOubC u uE
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-19

inferno en- los campos de Ginebra, por
tenor los venenosos reptiles que ALI
|se propagan con tanta facilidad.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

Morris X. Jesup, the philantropist,
took him up at that time. Mr.. Jesup
gave him $500 to help him IN the fight
and $3.50 to reimburse him for his ex-
penditures already made.
Since that time Mr.. Jesup has taken
a deep interest in the Comstock cruz
sades and has given his money free
ly. A meeting was held at Mr.. Jesup's
house in 1873 by prominent citizens,
the New York Society Tor the Bup-
preston OF Vice was formed and Mr..
Comstock was engaged as It's agent at
regular salary.
A determined attack on the pub
fishers and vendors of obscene litera-
ture and pictures was at once begun,
and at a fitting time, for never had
there been SO many and such brazen
violations of the laws of the land and
decency as at that time. Advertise
ments we're boldly printed in the pa
pers and thousands of circulars were
distributed by the dealers, many of the
circulars being placed in the hands of
children as they left school. An in
effective law was passed in 1872
against the use of the mails for i'm
moral purposes, but 1t accomplished
nothing, and Mr.. Comstock endeavored
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

to have q more stringent bill put
through. Mr.. Jesup betrayed his ex-
penses te Washington and Senator
buckingham, of Connecticut, intro
duced the measure in the Senate and
Clinton l.. Merriam in the House. In
tense opposition was met from pow
erful lobby of publishers, but the bill
got through by a small margin, and
with the aid Of Speaker James G.
Blaine, was among the last taken up
and passed on the night of the final
day of the session of 1878.
lie Refused the Salary.
After the law went into effect Sena-
tor Buckingham asked Mr.. Comstock
to take position as postoffice inspect
or to see that it was enforced. He &C.
cepted the position, but declined the
salary, on the ground that he might be
placed under obligations to politicians,
and on March 9th, 1873, was made a
special agent of the department, which
commission has been renewed each
year since then.
So severe was the blow dealt the pub
fishers of the profitable Sub rosa lit
erature that desperate efforts were made
to have the law repealed, and in 1887
petition containing 10000 names and
headed by Robert G. Ingersoll, backed
by unlimited money and the most
adroit lobbyists, was presented to Con-
gress asking that the restrictions be
removed. Mr.. Comstock appeared
alone before the House committee
which had the repeating measure and
in the face of severe and brutal con-
domination was su 3cessful in prevent
ing favorable action. AS part of tho
campaign against him book entitled
"The Life and Crimes of Anthony Com.
stock" was published, and seventeen
thousand copies distributed. 1t was
stated that he himself was a dealer
in the very things, against which he
waged war, and that he had been ar
rested by five district attorneys, but
he kept on his way, and never once lei
up in the struggle with evil.
Mr.. Comstock Is still a postoffice
agent without pay. He is allowed five
cents per mile mileage and 81 so pei
day witness fees while attending courts
as a witness, but these payments he
turns into the treasury OF the society
for which he is agent. In this way he
has turned over more than $21, 0O(
which he might have kept.
The work which Anthony Comstoch
has accomplished and Is doing to-day
is of incalculable benefit to the mora
fibre Of the maturing citizenship Of the
Republic. The man Is one Of Gods
appointed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

round the room, and his young con
testant showed no little chagrin, fol
this had been his favorite exhibition
which none Of his associates had been
able to accomplish.
The old fellow continued unconcern
eddy: Now if 1t we're trial OF
strength, perhaps some Of you younger
fellows could tire the old man out. y
Then springing like cat, he caught
with his right hand one of the rounds
OF q ladder by which the men climbed
to the second story, and pulled him.
self up with a single arm. Lowering
himself, he repeated this Ginning
operation several times with great
rapidity, first with one arm and then
the other. Dropping to the floor he
strolled over to pair of 100 pound
iron dumb!beils and began handling
the heavy weights as IL they were hol.
low or made OF wood, passing the bells
from hand to hand, posing them on
high without treInor, and finally lay
Ing them down without even the no
ticeable quickening of his breath.
The men looked sharply at one an
other. Not the best of them could give
such an exhibition Of strength. The
sergeant was just growing, "Old man,
who might you be, anyway" when the
alarm gong sounded, the firemen
sprang to their places and the little
old athlete was temporarily forgotten.
A close observer, however, might have
noted him dart out of the door and
vanish around the corner with the
speed of trained runner.
The fire was in a lately finished
apartment house and was well under
way when the engines arrived Lad.
ders were quickly placed against the
building, and the brave firemen made
many trips, up and down, rescuing the
frightened occupants. Finally all the
inmates appeared to he saved and ef
forts were directed toward extinguish
ing the fire or preventing its spread
Suddenly, everyone was startled by
the wild screams of child, and q lit
tie girl, of not more than ten years
whose scanty apparel gave evidence
that she had but just awakened, appear
ed at window of the top floor, wiring
ing her little hands and crying in ex
IRENE terror, as well she might, for tn;
fierce flames were bursting from all tn,
lower floors of the building. Ladder
were set beneath her window, anC
several Of the more daring firemen at
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

tempted to asce!1d only to be driven
back with scorched hair and blistered
hands.
A cry from the crowd to the right
attracted the attention of firemen and
spectators, and all held their breath,
as little old man was seen. climbing,
with the agility of a cat, the galvan-
lied waterspout on the corner of the
building. Reaching the top and grasp
ing the cornice, he rapidly worked
himself along until he was directly
! over the open window. He must have
had wonderfully correct eye, for as
he seemed to expect, his left foot
reached just to the top of the scaling
| ladder below him. Placing his foot
firmly upon the slight support, he re-
leased first one hand and then the
other, sliding them along the rough
brick side of the building, as if
grasping an imaginary rope. eau
tiously lowering himself to STOPPING
position, he suddenly threw himself
inside the open window, as the ladder,
burned near the middle, fell to the
ground with a crash. With scarce a
moments loss of time he reappeared
and piled several thick books upon the
window sill. Then with the child
strapped tightly upon his back, he bal
anced carefully upon these, reached
up and again grasped the cornice. The
| firemen at once realized what a des-
perate plan he was about to attempt
and quickly placed another ladder just
around the corner of the building, not
yet reached by the flames. Slowly and
carefully the old man, with his pre-
cious burden clinging to his shoulders
worked his way along the insecure
gutter, his progress at times painfully
retarded and the distance seemed
: great. Would he beat the flames il
the race? Would he be able to hole
out, encountered as he was? The grea
crowd below held its breath. FINAL,
, he clutched the projection at the cor
r ner and swung his feet upon tn,
( rounds of the ladder. Long tongue
J Of fire leaped from the room he had $,
3 lately occupied and seemed to be strik
ing at the rescuer and the rescued, Il
{ vicious though impotent fury, bu
lstrong and willing hands met and RI
lieyed the old man Of his burden an
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09
aided his evidently failing strength
down the eteep Incline

aided his evidently failing strength
down the steep incline.
But the pitcher had been to the well
once too often and even while the
cheers and words Of encouragement
were sounding in his ears, the life
blood gushed from his mouth, and
sinking heavily to the ground muir.
INJURED, Hold tight little one," and
the brave old heart suddenly ceased
its busy work.
Hes dead, the dear old fellow, saw
ing young life Of which he had never
heard" whispered one to the other,
and a young minister, who, from the
first, had watched the scene with an
intense interest, bent over the body,
and detaching a Greek letter badge
from the vest, read to the sympathiz.
ing crowd, 81. r. H., Harvard, H.
adding revently as he removed his tall
hat:
Greater love hath no man than
this"
To their credit. there were real tears
in the eyes Of these big, strong men Of
the world, as In silence they touched
glasses with the Senator to the mem
DRY of that classmate, whose soul was
still marching on, and whose heroic
death had added another star to old
Harvard's glory.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

The Senator and his fellow Judges
aad read stories In the great Golfers
mort story contest Of last year until
their eyes were almost blind, their
Trains almost too weary for consecu
I'VE thought and their ideas almost
Too chaotic from the long continued
strain to allow an unbiased decision
When the distinguished statesman
scholar took from the table the last oil
the many thousands of manuscripts
sent IN, lighted fresh Havana, and
settled himself YEARLY in the depths
of his big arm chair.
The sigh Of satisfaction was still
more pronounced, when, as he tore
open the envelope, he found but few
pages of typewriter matter, scarcely
a thousand words in all, and his
THANK Heaven!" was re-eoched by his
companions as they also realized that
a short half hour would complete their
weeks Of self.imposed labor.
There had been silence in the room
for several minutes, while the others
were thinking of the tumble Of ideas
that would for months occupy their
minds where love and war, humor and
pathos had created Il heterogeneous
mass
Many of the stories submitted had
been of very high order of merit
some of the very highest-and final
decision would, they realized, tax to
the utmost their ability to select.
Some had been witty and brilliant,
some able but verbose, but many, very
many, had proven tedious and trashy,
and they each and all agreed they
would never again care to read even
the headlines of any Short Story"
Cod" exclaimed the Senator, half
reverently, half profanely, "and SO this
was the tragic end Of our dear chum
of old II, one of the best and bravest
fellows who ever lived"
"For the honor of old Harvard, Gen.
tlemen," bowling gravely to his asso,
ciates, ''let me read aloud this last OF
our short stories"
He sauntered into Station II Of the
Fire Department, late one stormy af
ternoon in December, a small, gray
haired, rather weakened specimen Of
humanity, looking as though he hat
not made the acquaintance Of square
meal for many days. A close observer
however, would have noticed that hi;
eyes were very brigh and keen, hi
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

muscles well knit, his gait springy,
and would, perhaps, have decided that
his physique did not require very
large amount of sustenance and that
he was ignorant Of the pangs of dys-
pepsia.
Speaking to no one in particular, he
remarked with peculiar drawl:
81 sometimes think | would enjoy a
Job of this sort myself. 1t looks COM
Portable here"
Seventeen" was known as the crack
company of the force. Its members
were all athletes and 1t had to its
credit an unparalleled record of bril-
liant and impossible rescues.
At these words of the old man, grim
smiles broke over the faces of the half
dozen men present. A young fireman,
one Of the most powerful and athletic
of the entire department, replied:
"Why, grandpap, we have to do
things here when the bell rings. Chill
dren aren't allowed on the force"
al know they are not, sonny, but
after all, Judge that age isn't the
only thing that counts in this game"
an tell you, grandpap," the young
fellow added with a wink to his COM
panions, "if you can follow me in a
few little exercises we have here morn
ing and night, I'll resign and recon-
mend you for my place"
Go ahead, sonny, your friends can
act as Judge and umpire"
The fireman walked over to the
other side of the room, took up the OAK
handle of a stone breaker, grasped il
firmly in both hands, and with a sud
den wrench, broke it squarely through
the middle. Throwing the two pieces
on the floor. he remarked laconically
but in a rather conceited tone
There's another handle in the corner
where / got this one, but reckon you
won't care for it."
mo, perhaps this one will answer,
said the old man, taking up the twt
short pieces and looking them owe
rather curiously. With quick jerl
he broke one of the halves and the
the other, and throwing all the piece
on the floor drawled out:
SHOULD call that more Of trio
than a trial of muscle"
! A murmur OF establishment. r.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09
Briefs from Everywhere.

Marconi wheat is becoming staple
product Of the dryest parts of Colorado
The only "newsboys" in Spain are
women.
Friction matches are only half a
century old.
In parts of Honduras, mahogany Is
cheaper than pine lumber.
There are 5000 women students at
universities in Switzerland
The farm products imported into
Great Britain aggregate S9O0,O00,O 900 a
year.
One million dollars is sent out of
this country annually to Norway by
Norge-Americans.
There are fortyfour counties in Kan
sas without a pauper, and thirty-seven
without an inmate of the Jail.
Sir Harry Johnston, the African ex.
plorer, says there is more misery in
London than in Africa.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

1t is said that Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford of the British navy was the
first European to see the face of the
Mikado of Japan. That was in 1868.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09
He Found a Good Angel.

He had started to buy a home and
had paid $500 down on 1t, but giving
a mortgage for the rest, he used all
he could save from his salary to carry
on his crusade. He was a firm believer
In prayer and he believed that It was
tn answer to his supplications that
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-09

:. GreGtest premium you ever sawi
Beautiful full jointed imported Doll
with BisQue head, hat, shoes, stock
ings; a complete wardrobe OF pretty
clothes that can be taken off and put
on again. Mort of the Dolls will 20
to sleep. A fine hand painted China
Tea Set goes with this premium.
Ihe entire outfit given for selling
81 Handkerchiefs at only 10c. each.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-07
MEN HAD REyOLVERS Robbers Held Up PIoprietors of Three Cigar Stores at an Early Hour
 This Morning
GOT MONEY AND JEwELRY

New York, Aug 7.-Three proprie- tors of cigar stores on the east side were held up early to-day at their places of business and robbed of about $70O in cash and a quantity of jewelry. The three stores which were robbed between and 3 o'clock were those of James Cassillo, Her. man Bloch and Harry Burger.
 Cassillo said that five men ap- .peared at his place about o'clock and drawing reyolvers forced him to give up $500 and some valuable jew elry. They fled and Cassillo shouted for the police. A patrolman captured a man who gave his name as Robert Hayes. Burger and Bloch were rob- bed by three men in similar man. ner, each losing about $100 in cash. Burger raised an alarm and police man caught one of the alleged rob- bers as he was escaping. The prisoner said he was Sidney Jacobs. Both prisoners were identified by the men they are charged with having robbed
 The police say that the purpose of the raid was to raise money to bet on a horse entered in the Saratoga races to-day. The horse won a race about three weeks ago at 100 to 1.