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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

Of all, because he loves his work and ths
question OF salary Is secondary con-
sideration- Good men. however. are
constantly leaving the department be-
cause Of low salaries. and this condl-
ton should be remedied.
Comparing the different businesses
from the standpoint OF opportunities for
advancement the banking business
probably offers the least. on account OF
the number Of positions being limited.
Advancement Through "PuH.s
In mercantile pursuits the better sal
aried men often advance rapidly on ac-
count Of the constant organization OF
new departments and enlargement OF
business In corporations. and fire.
Guently in banks. advancements ara
made through pulls with the high off,
Gals. Politics also plays an important
part. Here the hard worker. the plod-
der. may continue at the same salary
year after year without any reward for
merit
In all these business pursuits. then.
me salaries Of the high officials ara
high, while the salaries Of the other
positions are extremely low.
For this reason. the Government Offers
the greatest attraction for the clerk and
the typewriter. and little attraction for
the brainy rlen, II high salaries are their
goal OPTI8IIST.
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ances has been uneven and the ven
ture has not proven profitable in
money. But they have done more
for the honor of 1.-The profession
In America than any of their con-
temporaries. and they nave served
us all on this side of the water by
speaking English purely, clearly,
elegantly.
Critical opinion on this point was
withheld in the British capital for
a time. The reviewer of the Daily
Chronicle has fairly expressed it for
himself and his fellows, however,
by, saying toward the close of the
engagement:
AS it proved. one may say frankly that
neither Mr.. Sothern nor Miss AIarlowe
Is supremacy great or faultless artist.
As VIII be seen, there were inequalities,
little failings. But In the main, last
nights performance was a revelation
of what good and sincere and competent
poetic acting America can produce, what
real beauty and delicacy of taste OF pro-
ducion. what quite remarkable powers
OF speaking English as It should be
spoken.
Never once throughout the whole even
ing did one hear in a principal part a
trace Of Yankee tWang or drawl or Vul-
garity OF speech. As a matter of fact.
the verse of Mr.. Meltzer's translation OF
Hauptmann's beautiful German fairy
play. The Sunken Bell" was spoken
with a precision. a rOundness, and crisp
ness that would put many English actors
TO shame. II IS TO be doubted. indeed
If one did not hear purer English at the
Waldorf last night than one does in the
majority OF the West End theatCrs-the
English that went over u America in
the Mayflower, and has curiously stayed
there
Never once a trace of Yankee
twang or drawl or vulgarity of
speech! Let our Bostonians. our
teachers Of English. and our fash
ionables note that. Not a prolonga-
ton of the first syllable in
student" not a single elaboration
Of the broad "a" not a lonely Dor
rowing from the Dondonese of
hotel with the accent on the first
syllable. 1t was the English that
went over 10 America in the May
flower, and has curiously stayed
there" Let us remember that-we
Americans. Let us be proud of it
and cling to it here in the Middle At
lantic States.
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consulting with the representatives
of other elements, and their con-
situations will have in them far less
of purpose to further Roosevelt
policies than their present protesta-
tons suggest.
The man who is so often and so
ardently heard to declare that there
is only one man fit to be President,
will bear watching.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
INVENTS NEW UMBRELLA,
FASTENS TO SHOULDERS

BERLIN. May ga Vienna architec;
has invented a new kind Of umbrella
which he claims viii De almost univers-
ally used before long. 1t does not re-
quire TO be touched by the hands al all.
but is fastened to the shoulders. II
consists OF a sort Of roof shelter made
Of silk or stuff and by means of two
thin rods and a band across the chest
can rest upon the shoulders.
When not in use the umbrella can be
folded into a very small compass. 1t is
not easy to predict a vogue for this
new umbrella among ladies, who are
so careful OF crushing their frills and
laces. but for architects. artists. en-
gineers. and others who are obliged to
work in the rain. it must be very useful.
and should be found very practical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
POLICE STOP KING;
WAS NOT RECOGNIZED

LONDON, May 25.-King Edward. for
the first time IN many years, has been
seen driving in London streets.
During his drive the King passed al
most unrecognized, no one expecting to
see him driving In the streets. Even
the policemen directing the traffic held
him up with the rest at the crossings.
his majesty submitting to this rigid law
of London with a patient smile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
MUCH TRAVELLED DOG.

The Kennebec Journal tells of Bob, a
much travelled railroad dog. of Great
Works. Me. which recently visited
Lewiston. All over the country Bob
rides. He doesn't have a pass nor he
doesn't have mis- fare, but everywhere
he goes he is treated like prince For
years the dog has been making his home
among the trainmcn. He always rides
in the baggage car, and, from all ap-
pearances. never misses a meal When
the dog arrives at a station which ap-
peals to him he hops off. and when an
other train rolls in he jumps into the
baggage car and continues his Journey.
In the summer time the railroad dog. -
as all the trainmen know him. likes
To go to the seashore, and It is not at
all an unusual thing for him to stay
Gown by the ocean for several days at a
Gxna.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
JAMESTOWN GREETS
BRYAN THURSDAY

NORFOLK, Va. May 25.-Three thou
sand guests, at 81 a plate. are to sit
down TO dinner with William j. Bryan
on the occasion OF his visit 10 the James
town Exposition on next Thursdav.
when he is 10 make a speech on IN
lawful Taxation"
The dinner is rendered by the board
OF directors and governors Of the ex-
position. The Norfolk city councils the
Business Mems organization. and city
officials are TO cooperate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
D0UMA'S KNELL SOUNDED;
AUT0CRACY RETURNING

ST PETERSBURG. May 25.-The
douma is doomed. II may last another
month, two months. or even six months.
but the Reactionaries have trIumphed.
They have made It plain that the douma
viii be dissolved on it's first serious con-
fict with the government. SO far the
douma has passed no laws. but it has
now ready. and viii pass within the
next few weeks. radical measures en-
surfing the liberty OF the subject.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
THE LEVER PRINCIPLE
Thoughts on BusineSS-Mo. III
WALDO PoNDRAY WARREN

OUR ability to move things depends largely OF where you
take hold shall never forget the first time saw the
great Ferris wheel-that wonder of two worlds fairs
what impressed me most not its magnitude but the fact that
IN spite of its gigantic size required only comparatively small
engine to run it For unlike most Wheels the power was not ap
Piled at the center but at the circumference thus utilizing the e
aordnary leverage of $50 feet The same force exeed at the
axle would have been powee the wheel single inch
The lever principle not confined to mechanical thngs-
one OF the great fundamental ideas which humanity has snatchd
from the vastness
When the progress of your campaign beset with obstacles
whether ignorance, prejudice, injustice or delay remember the
lever principle Somewhere there move that yo can make
that will set in motion chain of events that will eventually
move even the greatest obstacle Don't strain at the hub of the
ponderous wheel-move cog that fits into the rim.
Copyright 1906 by Waldo Brtaiu)
containing
business HE comments criticisms
dress Of The Washington Zines.
Number az Tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

In law class of ten graduated from
a Washington school. the five young
women got all the honors. and the FIVE
young men got none. None the less. II
Is a good guess that those clever young
women viii never know how % set up
a caucus and pull II of in a precinct
that is for the other fellow; and that's
the ultimate test
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

A tornado swept over a section OF
Texas and killed a few people, but only
got four lines in the press. 1t takes
something pretty exciting in Texas,
since the Bailey investigation. to cause
any real stir.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

The japanese government should not
get disagreeable about those assaults on
the Jap restaurants In San Francisco.
at least until it has examined the menus
and determined whether there was justi-
fication for the attacks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

The more you read about the Duke OF
the Abruzzi. the more you Will be Inn
pressed that he did the wise thing when
he decided to renOunce his chance to be
a king. and instead to make himself a
plain, useful man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

San Francisco only needs to keep in
mind all the time that wherever there is
a public official brlbed. there must be
somebody else who gave the bride.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

Any Of those boys at the Friends
school who grow up 20 be mollycoddles
ought TO be ashamed Of themselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

1t is good to think that Kuroki went
to Boston. Distinguished foreigners
ought always to be shown the very best
we have here
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

A St Louis newspaper declared that
Representative Burton is an artist with
the hot air. That shows how necessary
81 is TO go away from home TO learn the
news.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

Really, now-don't look at the calen-
dar, please-is this month March or No
vember?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

The theory that the sun is cooling of
las made lot OF Roadway recently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
STRIP SMITHSONIAN WALL
OF ANCIENT CLINGING IVY
AMID INDIGNANT PROTESTS

CONSERVATION was caused several days
ago among some Of the older employees
at the Smithsonian Institution when Sec
rotary Charles d. walcott. needless OF
the beauty Of the ennging ivy which
has for several years adorned the east
ern walls Of that building. ordered that
the vines be killed and torn down.
It was a modern instance, fgurativelv
speaking, of 'Woodman. spare that
tree" but the Secretary couldn't see IL
that way. SO the vines were clipped al
the roots. and the walls which a week
ago presented a picture Of perfect green
are today barren, as the ivy. leaf by
leaf, dies and releases its hold upon the
walls Of the historic building.
Wall of Protest.
But the ivy had its friends among the
employees who have watched the change
Of administration at the Smithsonian.
and from these friends a wall of genuine
leaf, dies and releases its hold upon the
vines.
The new Secretary is a scholar and
a gentleman one OF them cried, but
In this instance ne certainly hasn't any
conception OF the eternal fitness Of
things And the beautiful ivy must be
ripped of. because forsOoth. the spar
rows build over the windows. The
building owes half its charm to the
ivied growth OF years. and no one wants
IT torn away except a few nervous peo-
pie who are bothered occasionally by
the twittter Of the birds"
a different explanation was given at
The seoretary's Office yesterday. how
ever.
It's not on account of the birds" II
was said. but on account OF the growth
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
COalmOnt.
Special 10 tie Ne70s.

.St tdal 10 tie Ne7Os.
Mrs. @. r. Daniel and children,
Robert and Callie Lea, have returned
from pleasant visit to friends at Es-
till Springs.
Miss Georgia Hills visited at Tracy
City last week.
Misses Eliza and Virginia Coping
er, of Chattanooga, spent few hours
here Thursday en- route for Beersheba
Springs.
Chas. Morgan and George Barfeld,
of Tullahoma, spent Tuesday in the
city.
Mr.. Stephens, of Chattanooga, is
here.
John Dykes and daughter, Rosa,
spent Monday at Tracy.
Mr.. ]. Parkes, of Nashville, spent
day or so here this week.
Mark Leneham is spending a few
days at Chattanooga
H. S. Walden spent Saturday at
Pleasant Hill.
Miss Birdie McGovern spent few
days at Tracy this week
Marion Tally, of Winchester, and L.
NJ. Hines, of Tracy City, were here
Tuesday on business.
Alex Patton is visiting homefolks at
Jasper
Mrs. Henry Harrison and and child
rem, Reola and Helen, spent Monday
at Tracy.
Mr.. Hundcn, of Chattanooga, was
| here Tuesday.
! Miss Elizabeth Robbins visited .-her
sisetr, Mrs. John f. Patton, this week.
J. Harris, of Roddy Springs, was
| here Saturday.
Claude B. Roughton and Miss Bould-
en- were out driving Sunday.
Mrs. J. B. Ferguson spent Monday
at Tracy City.
John E. Patton has returned from q
business trip East
f. Paul S. Burger. with the American
of Nashville, spent day in our city
last week in the interest of the paper
he represents.
DIR. A. B. Thatch spent Sunday al
Beersheba.
The Misses Won Bories have return
ed to their home at Louisville, KY,
after spending several weeks will
their brother, W. ]. Won Bories, al
this place.
| MIS. OOnH Il. TdUUOu eHU6T Jdlu6u L II
day evening in honor of Miss Hamp
ton, of Tracy. Those present wer,
Misses Margaret Hampton, Henriett'
and Katherine Won Bories. Messrs. H
S. Walden, Alex Patton and DR.. A. B
Thatch. Ice cream and cake was serv
ed at late hour.
Quite number of young peopl
were pleasantly entertained by Mr.
and Mrs Won Bories Tuesday evening
at their home here.
Will Kleinrasheter, of Atlanta, wa
here Monday.
Miss Jennie Conry returned Satur
day from pleasant visit to friends a
Winchester.
DR.. E. Gattis was at Tracy City Mon
day.
Misses Mabelle and Callie Lea DAME
were at Tracy Tuesday.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
WATCH US GROW.

W. c. Alternately, Altamont, Tenn. f,
renews his subscription.
WATCH us GROW
f. A. Burnett, SO. Pittsburg, reads
the News.
WATCH US GROW
Miss Lizzie Dugan, Sequachee, is a
new reader.
WATCH US GROW.
James Roberts, Comfort, renews his
subscription.
WATCH US GROW.
r. Jesse Mackey, Orme, Tenn, or
ders the News.
WATCH US GROW.
Mrs. Gerald Sexton, Roope, Tenn,
subcrihes for the News.
WATCH US GROW
Alex Brewer, Dunlap, orders the
News.
WATCH U S GROW.
A. L. Rankin, Altoona, Ala, pays
his subscription.
WATCH US GROW.
w. L. Smith, Dunlap, now reads the
News.
WATCH US GROW.
Edward Ross, Victoria, now read
the News.
WATCH US GROW.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
Oak Grove.

.Sbfddiho the Ne7vS.
Rev. Cannon filled his regular APP
pointment at Oak Grove Sunday.
Louis Cope and daughter, Rhoda,
are both very sick with fever.
Ben Harris is very sick.
John Crisp is slowly improving after
a spell of fever.
Taylor Tate and Foster Harris took
dinner with Laurence Rust Sunday.
Lille and Mildia Tate visited josie
Sitz Sunday.
Hattie and Jennie Rust spent Sun
day with Margie and Virgie Fletcher.
Ida Tate took dinner with Wayne
and Edith Ponder Sunday.
Nina Sitz visited Kate Crisp Sun
day.
Laurence and Emmett HaynesS Of
Memphis, are here on ten days visit
with home folks.
Several from here attended an ice
cream supper at the Myers school house
Saturday night.
Mrs Anna Rust spent Saturday
night with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
hG. W. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Sanders call
ed on Mrs. Rust Sunday.
Green Crisp visited home folks Sun
day
Mr.. and Mrs G. W. Mccullough
visited Mrs. Crisp Sunday.
Come on, We writers of Meeks, let us
hear from you every week.
Sunday school at Oak Grove is pro-
crossing nicely.
Rev. Coleman will preach at Oak
Grove next Sunday. Everybody come
out and hear him. Heartbroken Girl,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
B r I e f S

Grand Secretary Harwell of the |. o.
o. F., will be at Pikeville Friday,
Sept 8, when the lodge of that place
will hold a special service advocating
its principles
Chas. Springs, colored, of Pikeville,
raised y bushels of Irish potatoes from
a quarter acre of land at an expense of
81.
Miss Margaret Moran was Tracy
City girl, who enjoyed the Nashville
Banners Trip to the Jamestown Ex-
position.
We note from the Pikeville Banner
that the family of j. E. Dyer has been
increased by the birth of son, We'd
nesday, Aug. 81.
The editor of the Pikeville Banner
was recently handed silver dollar on
subscription. After some little ex-
animation he succeeded in identifying
it.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
RED HILL.
Special 10 the Ne7Os.

Special 10 the NS7US.
A number of union and non union
men went to Jasper Saturday to hear
the trial of Young but were disap-
pointed
saw in last week News where
"P. W.. said there wasn't any water
at Burnett's school house. l want to
tell him that there is big spring
right down under the hill, unless it
has gone dry lately, for | went to
school there for about four years and it
never went dry then.
Wilson Williams passed here one
day last week on his way to Reals
vile.
saw an extra fine ball game be
tween Jasper and Tracy City Satur-
day. Will Hill knocked the finest ball
that was knocked by Jasper, stealing
second and third. There was fine play
ing on both sides.
Say, "P. W." you have lived there
for the last 10 or Is years and you new
er saw that spring. The water there
is just is as handy as it is at Hick' s
Chapel, and Just as good water. and
still you say there is no water there.
If were in your place now l would
crawl off in hole and hide until
found that spring You say if every.
body would write the truth to the
paper there wouldn't be any confusion.
Now, if were you / would wait unit
l found out whether anything was sc
or not before began to talk about it.
Go and see if they haven't a good
spring there and just as good water
as there is at Hick' Chapel. You have
lived within two miles of there for +
long time and / guess you have dranl
water out of that spring many a time
Now, don't care where they have thu
school, but just as long as the officers
of the state of Tennessee let the people
run their business, they never will
have anything that is any account. L
/ were the school directors, / would
have that school where | thought bes
if that were ON the mountain. Now
"P. W." you are an old bachelor ant
you have not got anything to do witt
it. You are trying to run the littl
school children and their fathers ant
mothers business. School Boy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
Hancock Station.

Special 10 the Mas.
Visiting was the order of the day
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hancock and
family were visiting Mrs. G. E. Han
cock Sunday.
Alex Ouarles, was visiting at Sam
Webb's Sunday.
Geo. Richardson and wife were Wis
iting at Isham Quarles' one day last
week.
Nell Webb is re-shingling his house
this week.
; Mr.. and Mrs H. H. Torbert were
visiting Mrs Hinch, near Jasper, one
day last week.
Miss Mamie Gearing was at Mrs.
| G. E. Hancock's one day this week.
Arthur Darr, the overseer of the
road, was at Hardscrabble Saturday.
Sam Webb was here Monday.
Oscar Hancock and family have NOV
ed back from Alabama to their farm
again.
Fl. H. Torbet and wife were visiting
Mrs. w. B. Rogers Sunday.
Mrs. Nan Bible and daughter passed
by here Saturday for the dance at Sc
quachee
Tonne Quarles passed by here Sun
day. He was walking to his regular
place in time to get the dish water
thrown on him.
Riley Jones is helping Calvin Han
cock bale hay this week.
Nell Webb was at H. H. Torbert'
Monday on business.
Mrs. Phoebe Webb visited Mrs. San
Webb Tuesday.
Mrs. Ball Torbert visited Mrs. Bon
ME Jones Monday. Wild Bill
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
Endorsed by the Country

1.-THE most popular remedy in Otse-
go County, and the best friend of my
family" writes VIM. M. Dietz, editor
and publisher of the Otsego Journal,
Gilbertsville, N. Y, lis DR.. King's
New Discovery. 1t has proved to be
an infallible cure for coughs and colds,
making short work OF the worst of
them. We always keep bottle in the
house. l believe it to be the most val
liable prescription known for Lung and
Throat diseases. Guaranteed to new
er disappoint the taker, by Curtis, &
Coppinger. Price SOC and $1.O0. Trial
bottle free.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
SEOUACHEE.
.Sbetial 10 the Nc10S.

SPECIAL 10 tie Nc10S.
| will try to write a little to the
News for the first time. l am not a
good scribe but maybe you can read it,
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt
Rice has been very sick but is better
Dr. Griffith will straighten her out if
it is the Lord will.
You don't know how much better my
home is since my husband has changed
his way of living. You don't know
how glad l am. I want all of you
christian people to pray for him that
he may hold out faithful and live for
Jesus.
Mrs. Shadrick and Mrs. Griffith
were here one day last week.
My little boy is going to school and
he is learning fast. He says he likes
Miss Jennie, his teacher, mighty
well.
Dave Teeters was here Sunday.
Mrs Alton and Mrs. Dixon were
here Sunday. N. P. r.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29

"We never repent of eating too lit
tie, was one of the ten rules of life of
Thomas jefferson, president of the I'm
tied States, and the rule applies to ev-
cry one without exception during this
hot weather, because it is hard for
food, even in small quantities, to be
digested when the blood is at high
temperature. At this season we should
eat sparingly and properly. We should
also help the stomach as much as posi-
BILE by the use of a little Kodol For In
digestion and Dyspepsia, which will
rest the stomach by digesting the food
istelf. Sold by j. W. Simpson, JAS
per, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
Kellys Ferry.

opSfidI 10 me Ne1OS.
Isaiah Newsome and daughter, Eliz-
abeth, we're in Chattanooga Saturday.
A large crowd went from here to the
mountain Sunday.
Quite crowd went to Mr.. Ander-
sons Sunday to hear the graphophone.
They we're as follows: Isaiah New
som, T. H. Richie, R. F. Richie, and
Mrs. Mary Richie and Elizabeth New
som and little Miss Bertha Richie.
They report nice time.
Joe Hartman was visiting at |.
Newsom's Sunday.
Misses Maud Brown, Cora Ellis and
Myrtle HARDWOOD were visiting Mrs.
Elizabeth Newsom Monday
Claud Brown and Dave, Ellis were
calling at l. Newsom's Sunday.
Mrs. Addie Richey and children,
Ralph and Nora, are visiting relatives
at Etna this week.
If you want to see T. H. Richey
smile ask him how he likes the phono-
graph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Jones spent Mon
day with Mrs. Julian Newsom.
jolly Girl.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
Sayre. Ala,
Sbecial 10 the Ne70S.

Specidl 10 the Ne70S.
Visiting is in order these days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S Jones called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders Sunday.
Miss Della Milligan called on Miss
Maggie Davis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. Manning are
visiting friends and relatives at Adger,
Ala, this week.
Ask Mr.. Fred Davis when he is look
ing for an answer from that postal and
watch him grin.
Miss Maymie Blevins was seen going
across the river the other day with a
bird dog. / guess she was going to
catch robin.
Ask Mr.. Herbert Milligan how he
likes to get postcards and see him
smile.
Mrs Amos and children spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with he1
mother, Mrs. Marty Milhgan.
The Sunday school here isnot doinl
much good.
Come on, "Ponto," of ROope.
like TO read your rieces. Buttermilk