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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-10
. WEST vlRGiNIANs
. AT THE LOCAL HOTELS.


TAvERN--W. II. Rhodes and wife,
w. l.. BOUCHER, c. a. Whissen, 7. &.
Conway. Morgantown: Mike KHrkay.
Petersburg; Charles Flanagan, Har.
ry Miller. N. D, Reetler, Wheeling
Alex. 4. Watson, Grafton, F. B. Hay.
maker. Clarkshurg: Jack Ilnlen.. MAJ
tinsbure; n. J. Cook. Keyser, II. r.
Oaks. Weston.
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The board OF stewards will meet at
the NJ. Z. Church Thursday evening
at 1880.
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Tho KelleyFinley Lumber Co. is
selling lots Of fencing. II you want
a nice picket fence IT would be well
for you TO see them. set
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MARIETTA-A. C. Haynes and wife
ClarLisburg: Lee Meals. MoundsvIllc:
R. D. Towzy. BucI,hannon; Allen
Wells, Statler's Run; +. r. Martin
Grafton; 5. Bradley, r. V. Ford, u
d. Davis. W. R. Stevenson. Wheeling:
II. L. Hammond. West Union.
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FOR COLUMBUS q CHICAGO. Ma
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fer CONNELLSvILIEap and pITTsBuRa
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Read the Daily West vlrginian.
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-. MoNoNdAH DIVISION. s513ls9'
rcs cIARKsBuEe q WESTON. ,Ls.r.
No. .. 1905 A. NJ; No; c. $500 A. HI
No. g. !l:as P. NJ: No. I. lS:ISi p. Il.
noon; No, 90, 1850 P. n: No. 1. lisa
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Read the Daily West yIrr'nIan.
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Read the Daily Yves, virginIan.
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tAhTl.coHPu" Is a harmless Femedy
and Is sold under n guarantee 10 reduce
FAT or MONEY BACK.
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The Jasper news., 1907-04-25

Editor--Seems to me l have seen
this before?
Contributor No; absolutely the
latest thing l have turned out.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25

And as fast as the men entered the
bank with the barrels of money they
carried them back just as fast as the
underground passage, so that when
the last barrel was going In Of the
bank door the first was coming out
again out Of the door Of the manufac-
tory, and there was one continual
string of barrels of fresh gold and sill.
yer coins streaming across the street
from the manufactory to the bank.
And, when the people heard this,
their amazement was wonder to be-
hold
Some of them were sent in to draw
their. money, and report to the others
upon what they observed. And when
they came back with their money on
plates smoking hot, they said how
that the barrels of gold and silver
were going down to the cellars, In a
string, to be stored there, and, by this
time there must have gone In thou.
sand barrels II there went one.. And
their money, they said, had been
served across the counter to them
upon iron scoops, for no man could
handle It, yet while It was boiling.
When the people heard this not
oaly would they not draw their own
money. which they had in IL, as
they were now greedier than ever for
the big interest, but those of them
that had just drawn 1t out, went
back with their plates again and de-
posted it. =
O'Toole, the. banker, was a glad.
hearted man that day. and, for the
first time in three weeks, closed his
eyes in sound sleep that night. Dark
Patrick, at his special entreaty, re-.
mained with him for three days long.
er, till his maokerel feet came safely
in. q h m
And it is said that it took 300
men, three days and three nights, car.
rying off the fleet, into the bank, the
bags of gold that they had brought
back with them in exchange for the
scalpeens; SO that O'Toole was able
to pay off, with double and treble
compound interest, every creditor he
had in Ireland.
1t was him was the elated man
then, tell you. He nearly threw
himself at the feet of Dark Patrick,
and he asked him to name the size of
his reward.
"Well," said Dark Patrick, I'll ask
as a reward that you'll never again
risk the money of the poor people Of
the country"
And O'Toole promised that he never
would, nor did he.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
Getting the First Thousand.

Get the first $1,000. After that
money making is easy This Is the
old-time sage advice of the hard
headed, self-made man. That axiom
has set many men to saving. They
fix upon that sum as the glittering,
far-off herald of fortune some time
TO be made. To a man on a small
salary, say out of which something
can be saved weekly without too
much deprivation-th advice is good
There is something in it that acts as
a stimulus to economy, declares the
Denver Republican. And who will
deny that economy is good thing or
that any truth that lights the way to
it should not be known? Many men,
therefore, have been buoyed up in
their economics by the belief that the
FIRST $1,000 is the hardest to get, and
that afterward all the rest would be
easy and the good things of the world
that follow ii bounteous supply of
money would be within easy reach.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25

20 more in the cellar of the manu-
factory opposite, working for life and
death, cutting passage under the
street from the one cellar to the other
cellar, and they are to fill the ten bar
rels to within half an inch of the lip
with the clay they take out. The
thousand pounds in gold and silver.
and the other ten men," says he. "is
to come with ne"
Then acros the street he started,
and while the men In the cellars be-
low were working like the fury, cut
ting their way under the street from
house to house, Dark Patrick got the
other ten men to start the fires In
the factory, and he got ten frying
he got hammers and anvils, and he
set them on bench that ran along
the window looking into the street
On the frying pans he emptied the
bags of gold and silver, making the
men blow the bellows like murder till
the coins were red hot, and he then
started them carrying the frying pans,
full of coin, to the bench and beating
the coins on the anvils, nicely and
lightly, with little hammers, opening
the windows at the same time so that
the noise would get properly into the
street-where the crowd now was
gathering at tremendous rate in
front of the bank, and instructing the
beaters that they were to make all
the clatter and clang and jingle that
they could
The passage underneath the street
was soon completed. Then ten her.
ring barrels filed within an inch of
of lip were fetched up; they were
filled up with couple of layers Of
hot coins-some of the barrels with
gold coins and others of them with
silver-and while some of the men
went on with the frying of the coins,
and some with the beating upon the
anvils at the window, the remainder
were started in pairs, with hand
sticks, to carry the barrels as fast
as they could across the street to the
bank
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25

at once so trustworthy men, with
SO picks and shovels, whom you can
rely your life upon. And, in the third
place, get me ten herring barrels.
Can you do all these things2" says
Dark Patrick.
O'Toole considered with himself
for minute, and then he says des.
perately: I'm prepared to do as you
direct"
In short time O'Toole had engaged
the mandatory opposite and turned
1t inside out. He had brought Dark
Patrick the so men with the so picks
and shovels, ana the ten nerrlng par
rels, and he stood by to see what In
the name of wonder the next move
was going to be. N
( Now; said; Dark Patrick, says he,
II want you to start 20 Of these
men sin the cellar of this bank, and
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
ls.~QN..~~Nn~s~~1N..~1Ns
! How Patrick Saved the Bank |
An Irish Folk Tale
By MacNIanus


Copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
MAGNETIC Pole Not Stationary.


Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer
is in Paris, where he has been lion.
ized, made Commander of the Le-
gion of Honor and brought before
various scientific bodies. In his inter-
esting talks he tells much about his
experiences in the polar region, in
Guiding his discovery of the northwest
passage, through which he sailed, al
though that was secondary consider
alton, Amundsen spent three years
in the north, 10 months of which were
devoted to making careful observa-
tions,. day and night, of the magnetic
pole. He finds that the pole is not
stationary. but while he has vast
amount Of data on hand the exact re-
suits. have not yet been completely
figured out AT all events, says the
Troy Times. new scientific knowledge
has been gained which will be Of
much value to the world, even if the
northwest passage shall prove imprac-
ticable for ordinary commercial pur-
poses. And if the pole is an oscillat-
ing point there may be an explanation
as to the failure Of so many seekers
to find that elusive object.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25

II will certainly be news to most
people, says the London Globe, that
New York is a short cut for kilograms
between London and Paris and Lon
don and Berlin. However, the fact is
vouched for. The messages are re-
ceived at an agreed address in New
York and are Immediately passed on
for London, Paris or Berlin, as the
case may be. The reason for this
amazing roundabout to save time is
curious. New York time being about
six hours behind European time, it's
wire connections with Europe are al
most unoccupied during the London
forenoon, while during the same time
European wires are often congested
Via New York. therefore, is short
cut" but an expensive one.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25


Although the eternal city" figures
so extensively in apcient and modern
history, it has been the capital of Italy
for less than so years, fact that
will probably surprise many persons.
The Italian government dates the ac-
luisition of Rome as the capital city
from March 27, 1861, and is preparing
70 observe the semi-centennial ami
versary in 1911. One of the projects
n contemplation in connection with
the observance is to create new
port which will be Rome's exit to the
sea. The idea is to make this port
one of the largest and best equipped
n the world. Italy is growing as COM
mercial power, and Rome itself is get
ing into the swing of modern trade.
The new and improved facilities no
doubt will be of much Importance in
promoting the material interests of
the nation and city.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
A hundred square miles of country

A hundred square miles of country
around Mount Kosciusko, one of the
highest peaks of the Australian Alps,
have been proclaimed a reserve by
the government, with view to forma-
ton of a national park. Freedom
shrieked when Kosciusko fell,' ac-
cording to the poet Campbell, and this
peak was SO named by brother Pol
ish patriot, the late Count de Stree
lecki, a political refugee, who spent
several years in Australia, and did
some valuable exploring and geologi-
cal work. He was probably the first
discoverer of gold in Australia, but at
the request of the local government,
which feared an outbreak of the con-
vict population if the news became
known he made no public announc-
ment of the fact. He spent the clos
ing years of his life in London, and
was knighted by Queen Victoria.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
The Sparrow Trust.

The first English sparrows had land.
ed in America.
This is regular pudding for u.s."
they chirped. "Well organize the Eng.
lish Sparrow trust"
Thereupon by the adoption of meth.
ods now familiar to all Of us, they pro
ceeded to oppress, freeze out and eX
terminate the songbirds. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
Speaking of Health.

Cobb Webb.-Dr. Bismuth out in
our town is the greatest health crank
I ever heard Of. Why, do you know,
he will never buy any sausages until
he has tested every link with a stetho.
scope?
Webb Cobb.-Why does he do that,
pray?
Cobb Webb.-To hear whether they
grunt or bark.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
The Sin Of Untruth.

The absconding treasurer was OBJ.
served looking over the papers.
Dear me-" he remarked, mournful
ly. "how sad that the newspaper men
will lie 60. Here's three different
ones that have reported me as in At.
lanta, Denver and Portland at the
same time"
Nevertheless, upon reflection he de-
cided not to try to set the public right.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25

Doctor Ito paryenu)- Have you
really done everything you could tc
make the child sleep2 1t can often be
done by singing lullaby.
Parvenu--Ah, I'll engage an opera
singer Immediately.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-25
THE JASPER NEWS
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH. Editor.

JASPER '.'''' ''''" MISSOURI
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Lucky and Unlueky Vegetables.

Peas and beans are very important
plants In folklore, and there are many
superstltlons connected with them.
Peas were favorite instruments for
dlylnation, A pea pod with nine peas
was equal to Il wishbone when placed
above the door II Northamptonshlre
II Is accounted generally lucky to find
nine peas In pod, or KID. In Meek
lenburg. Germany, 1t is believed that
peas must be sown early on Wednes-
day or Thursday or the birds will car
ry them Off II they are fed to hens
1t Is said that fowls will lay well, They
must rot, however, be eaten during the
Christmas holidays or until after
Twelfth day. Beans We're mysterious
in antiquity, Pliny says they contain
the souls of the dead. The Romans
used them In religious ceremonies.
They were used In Greece as ballots,
and Pythagogas desired his disciples
not to love beans is, not inter-
fere with politics, Our phrase you
don't know beans" probably means you
are no politician, Ovid prescrihes
beaus to expel evil spirits.
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Do Not Crowd the Season.

The first warm days Of spring bring
with them desire to get out and
enjoy the exhiliarating air and sun
shine. Children that have been hous-
ed up all winter are brought and you
wonder wnere they all came from. TIE
heavy winter clothing Is thrown away
and many shed their fiannels. Then
a cold wave comes and people say that
grip is epidemic. Colds at this sea-
son are even more dangerous than in
winter. rs there Is much moro
danger OF pneumonia. Take Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, however, and
you will have nothing to fear. 1t al
ways cures, and we have never known
a cold to result In pneumonia when 1t
was used. 1t Is pleasant and safe to
take. Children like 1t. For sale by
Frank Hart and Leading druggists.
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f'@h0'y NV
One OF my sons. aged fifteen. went
with three other boys to battle In In.
glemere pond, near the Ascot race
course. He walked into the water to
about the depth OF four feet, when he
spread ont his hands to attempt to
swim. Al that instant large fish
came up and took his whole hand into
It's mouth. but. finding itself unable to
swallow II. relln1ulshed It's hold, and
the boy. turning round. prepared for a
hasty retreat His companions. who
saw the fish, scrambled out of the
pond as fast MS possible. My son had
scarcely turned around before the fish
came up behind him and. selling his
other hand crosswlse. inflicted some
very deep wounds on the back of It.
The boy raised his flee hand. which
was sill bleeding. and struck the great
fsh hard blow on the head, when II
disappeared. The other boys assisted
my son 10 dress. bound up his hand
with their handketchIefs and brought
him home. We took him TO the sur
eeon, who dressed seven wounds in
one hand. and so great was the pain
the next day that the lad tainted twice.
The little finger wat bitten through
the nail, and II was more than six
weeks before II was well, The nail
came Off, and the scar remains to this
day London Fishing Gazette
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wheat-~walla Walla e6U6Ic. valley
seGG7e; blue-s,em. es1gpc; red. $40
csc.
Oats white. 1850 q 20: gray. 12i-
UaS.
Darlcy--Brcwing s2cQ22,So, feed
saiQ2i.5o. rolled. t2242s.
Rye--si.to per cwt.
Hay--vaiicy. timothy. tiaWit: cas-,
ern Oregon, ti5aie; clover. t7QZbo;
cheat. s71f5o; alfalfa. 1ii.So. grain
hay. s7@s: ve,ch. sI6oQS
Duckwheat--Sse per ton.
Millatufrs-Middlings 12L.0o. chop.
SIS; bran. ;is.oe; shorts. 1880.
Corn Whole. s2G927. cracked. s?7
gas per ton.
Flour-~Hard wheat patent. $500;
straight. 1896: graham. $3.50. rye. S.,
whole wheat -four. 1s.75; Valley -four.
tsto9t3.65. Dakota, 36.S0VB.so. East
ern rye. $40: Pillsbury. te.20: Cor.
wallis, s3.70.
Cereal Foods-Roiied Oats. cream,
so.fb sacka. $500: lower grade. 15.6oG-
$50. oat meal. steel cut. t6-ib sacks,
1890 per bbl.. s-ib sacks. N,2S per
bale: oat meal tground). tS-ib sacks,
1850 per hbl. 9-lb sacks 81 per bale;
split peas. sA2S per iOofb sacks: 25-ib
boxes. si,sS; pearl barley. $500 per 100
fbs: 25-fb boxes. 3l.25 per box: pastry
-four i0-ib sacks, s2.30 per Dbl.
Grain bags--ForeIgn and domestic.
s-4c.
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OIL caseG 2iie, elaine OIL cases, 27Acj
extra star, cases. s2Ac, headlight oil
oases 2lc, Iron barrels, l6ic.
Benzine--Sixty three degrees cases
20c; iron barrels, l6bc.
Turpentine casss, 80c, In wood
barrels. a3o, In iron barrels, zoe, In 10.
CASE lots. S5c.
LinSeed oiI-Raw 6.barrel lots. 47c; !.
barrel lots, 4Sc; In cascs, $40. Boiled, g.
barrel lots. AGO. i-barcl lots SOC; In
cases, B6c.
81 eswax--Good. clean and pure ZIG
s4e per ib.
Gasolinc--Stove gasoline case, z4Ac;
iron barrels, l0c; 40 degrees gasoline.
cases. 33c,. iron barrels or drums. 27c,
" degrees cases. 20ac; iron barrel1, 20c;
engine distillate. iron barrels. sc.
oregon grape root--Per 100 lbs, 1894.
Rope-Pure Manila. l4ac; standard.
l3tc, sisal. llcj Isle brand Sissl. lOc.
Mohair-Cholee, 28@30c.
Wire nails present base a. $500.
gray or mixed. 25@30c; duck. white. l5
g20c; duck mixed. l2@l5c
Feathers--Geese. white, 35s40c; geess,
Wool-valley 22@25e; Eastern Ore.
gon, l8@22c as 10 shrinkage,
Cascars sagrada (Chittim bark )--2i
@lc.
Hops--Choice. 1905. libi2c; prime.
i0@lic.
Lead--strictly pure white lead and red
lead In ton ,ots. 7ac; 5oO.lb lots. Sc; less
than 800 lbs, Sic.
Olive oil-Califorma per gallon. $2.75;
quarts, per case. dozen. s7.25; pints, 2
dozen, $3.50; apints 4 dozen. ~.
Canned salmon Columbia River. LIB
tails. l.s5; Glib tails, s2HO: fancy. lib
fats, s2.co; bib fancy fats, si 25; fancy
lib ovals s275; Alaska talls, pink. 9Oc;
red. sl.4b; nominal. ss, tall. 500.
Rice Imperial Japan. No. l. s5.o5;
Southern, Japan. Sic; broken. 4ac; head,
fancy. To; head. choice sic.
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GYocsrieA ana rroyfsions.

Nuts--Walnuts, No. |. soft shell. l7ci
No. ! hard shell. lec; Chile, l3c; almonds
l7@lsc; flberts. l6c, Braxils. l6c, pc
cans. l3lG9l6cj hickory. Sc; Virginia pea.
nuts. &c; Jumbo Virginia peanuts, &c.
japanese peanuts. 81; ehestnuts. Italian
l4ci cocoanuts. dozen $4,000.
Coffee-Mocha 24@2sc; Java. fancy
2o@32c; Java. good. 2O@sAci Java. or
dinary, 1920, Costa Rica, fancy, ls@
20c; Costa Rica. good. l2@lsc; Ar
buckles. ieac per ID; Lion. l4sc per ID
Columbia coffee, l4sc; Salvador, lli@
l5c.
Provisions---Hams, TO siEe. i4ic; hams
picnic loic; bacon, regular. 1870; bacon
fancy breakfast zoe: dry salt sides. llici
backs dry salt II lac.
Salt--Bales OF 75.2s, bale. $780, bale'
Of 60.3s. bale sl,60; bales OF 40i4S bale
$l.60; bales OF l5-l0s, bale. sl.e0; bags
SOC; fine ton. si2.OO; bags. so lbs. genu
Inc Liverpool. ton. $500; bags, 80 lbs
aground. l00a ton. $500; r. 8. v. r.
20 5.lb cartons, s225, r. s. v. p. "a s,n
cartons, sl.75; Liverpool lump. ton
$3.50.
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Fresh meats---veal. medium, 10 tt
100 lbs. 8 LIZ u &c; 100 TO 100 lbs. T.
i-2 @ Sc; $50 to 200 lbs. 0 % 0 l-2c.
200 lbs ami over 0 i.2 % &c; pork. g.
i-2 q DC: hoavies. Z q 8 c: beef, bulls
q i-2 a. Sc. cows. u i-2c: steers
8 l-2 q 0 lee: mutton, medium size
8 a SIZE c large. Q q &c.
Ciams--Hardshclis per box. t2.7S.
razor clans. s2.25 per box.
-Iaiibut sc. black COD, 7c;
black bass, per pound. isc: striped
bass. lac; herring. &c; founders &c;
catfish. ioc: shrimp. ioc: perch. &c;
sturgeon, lie: sea trout, 1sc: silver
sides. tfrozcn,) s Lee: steelheads. loc;
tom Gods. 7c; smclts Sc;
-shoalwater Bay. per gal
Ion. s2.a5. per sack. 3i50; Tokc Point
ti,eo per 100; olympias, GEO ibs.) 90;
olympias. per gallon, S?2b.
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PORTLAND. ore. March i2,--For
two days there have been more than
usually light receipts Of country pro.
uuee. Up 10 noon today there were
practically no cggs In and but fcw car
casaes OF dressed meats. Poultry was
also included In the scarcity
Az a result OF the fow stocks OF eggs
the price advanced at least a halt
cent TO II i-s cents and n few salsa
al iso were reported Of fancy candied
stock. though at tho higher figure but
small lots moved.
Poultry is very firm and viii stand
quotation up to tho point Of competing
with frozen stock
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THE WILDCAT.
lts Wonderful Power Shown In lts
Leaping Ability.

lts Wonderful Power Shown In lts
Leapinp Ability.
The wonderful power OF a wildcat
ID shown In lts ability to leap long
distances. All Of the cat tribe have
immense power In thoIr legs, and they
make up In the length Of their spring
their inability 10 make continued
chase. African leopards In captivity
have been known 10 leap from the
floor Of the cages and strike the top.
twelve feet above. Tigers make ire.
mendous leaps aud strike down on
their prey with blow Of their power
ful paws as they aligbt. But the
wildcat, for ita size, ls probably the
most wonderful jumper Of all the fe-
lines.
A hunter who rs wcll known for his
yeracity told the following story Of an
adventure which illustrates this power
Il was hunting III the snow one win.
tor aud came across the track Of a
wildcat, which / followed for long
distance. Suddenly the tracks came to
ali end In spot where the animal had
crouched. looked around to see
what had become Of the trail and
away head OF me saw a bunch Of
blood and feathers. From that spot
the track led on again Off into
swamp. The situation was susceptible
TO but one explanation--the wildcat
had been hunting for his dinner and
had discovered pheasant wandering
about In the snow The cat crept as
close as he dared 10 the unsuspecting
bird and gathered himself into an AMI
mated spiral spring, such as the cat
tribe coil themselves into when pre-
pairing TO spring. and. releasing the trig-
ger, shot into the air landing on top OF
the victim before the bird, quick as
pheasants usually are. could evade the
stroke. The distance from where the
aat tiNhAhN' w NbNiI " caught thV
bird was Just thirtythree feet. nat.
urally supposed from the length OF the
leap that the cat was young and In
full activity. but after | trailed 1t to
the swamp and shot 1t discovered
that II was old and almost toothless.
The animals hunger may have spurred
him 10 the great jump n not, and the
leap was an evidence OF what n super
annuuled Wildcat can DO. | wouldn't
be surprised to team that young and
active wildcat could clear at least
twice that distance when pressed by
necessity.