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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
"The Blood Is The Lfe.o

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture. But
IL has Illuminated that statement and
given 1t meaning ever broadening witt
the increasing breadth of knowledge
When the blood is rbad or impure ii
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, VIE mind and judgement are
ELECTED, and>m4ny an evil deed or impure
Thought NSe>be >1lectly traced 10 the
tmphrssy OF the 6rolO Foul, impure blood
can be made -pnre by Tie -nAe-.Qi- Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. L
cnriches and -puriteS- the blood thereby
curing, pimples bIe.shes. eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter. or salt-rheum. hives and other
manifestations Of impure blood.
o o . o o o
In the cure OF scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
Sores the WGolden Medical Discovery y has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases OF old sores or open eating ulcers,
1t is well to apply to the open sores Or.
Perce's All-Healing Salye, which pos
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use Of Golden Medical
Discovery as a blood cleansing consti-
tutIonal treatment. II your druggist
don't happen TO have the "All-Healing
Salve" In stock, you can easily procure 1t
by inclosing ffty-four cents In postage
stamps to DIR. R. Y. Pierce, 663 Main ST.,
Buffalo, N. Y, and 1t will come TO you by
return post Most druggists keep it as
well as the "Golden Medical Discovery"
o O O o @
You can't afford TO accept any medicine
OF unknol0n composition as substitute
for Golden Medical Discovery" which is
a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION
having a complete list of ingredients In
plain English on It's bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11


know better. It's that over WORKED al
over crowded stomach giving the ki5oe,s
part of its work and the kidneys can : -
it. found this out with Cooper's Ne,.
Discovery. 1t puts the stomach in shane
that S all it does, and yet have see,
thousands of people get rid of rheumalism
by taking it. That is why am posit,ys
that rheumatism is caused by stomach
trouble. Here is sample of letters
get every day on the subject.
"For long time have been a victim
of sciatica and inilammatory rheumatism.
and my suffering has been too great to de.
scribe. For weeks lay helpless with
every joint in my body SO tender and s.-e
thatI could not bear TO move. The sllCat.
est touch would cause me the erea,esf
aeony. Several doctors treated me hnt
they failed entirely. tried many rem :.
dies but nothing seemed to reach my case.
so continued to lay helpless. My kid.
neys and stomach were affected also.
could eat but little, digest less and eradu.
ally my strength left. | lost 8esh rapidly
81 began the use of the famous Cooper
medicines of which heard so much. To
my surprise and delight / improved i'm.
mediately, and after using several bottles
felt like another person. My strength
and appetite returned. The pain and sore.
ness left me and now feel better than
have for months" Lawrence Tuscany,
ll22 Aldrich Ave, North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
The Rivals.

MY work" remarked the baldhead-
ed dentist. lis so painless that my pa
tents often fall asleep in the chair
while am operating"
"Hum, That's nothing" retorted his
rival. My patients nearly all insist on
having their pictures taken while am
at work in order to catch the express
sion of delight on their faces Lon
don Express.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
BLACKWELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Periey GRAHAM OF
Mechanic Falls are guests OF heI
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. p Turner.
Miss Pearle Danforth went tc
Southport this week where she has 6
position as waitress In one of the
hotels.
Miss Lula Holway has returned
home from Bingham where she has
recently been teaching school.
Miss Alice Morse was recently the
guest of her friend, Miss Nellie Tur-
ner.
Mrs. Nancy Colby of Jackman and
Mrs. Holden from Skowhegan were
recently calling on old acquaintance
in this vicinity.
Mrs. Emma Withee from Norridge
wock was the guest of Mrs. Elvira
Veasey recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Gates passed
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
s. s. Gates.
Mr.. Christopher Thompson and his
sister, Mrs. Elvira Veasey, are pass
ing the week with relatives and
friends in Scion and Bingham.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

o. A. Dennen, the pioneer hotel
man in the Moosehead Lake region,
and for 80 years until his retirement s
years ago proprietor, died last week
at the age of SO years. One daughter
survives him. Since his retirement
he has lived at Deer Head farm.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

went to Parlin pond and worked until
Feb. End, and then moved on to the
farm formerly owned by Calvin
Greenwood; he lived there two years
then moved on to the farm once own
ed by his father and lived thirty four
years and nine months. He was a
devoted husband, kind father and a
highly respected citizen and filled his
life's mission with but little complaint
to any one.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
MOSCOW.

Charles F. Webster of Moscow
passed away June 18th at his home
after a long and suffering sickness
with bright's disease.
Mr.. Webster lived in Moscow fifty
four years. In April 1852 he married
Juliette Baker, daughter of the late
Sallie NJ. and James M. Baker and in
Sept. 1857 moved on to the farm for
merry owned by James Baker and
lived there one year, then sold and
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

"She has a face like an incandescent
globe"
Mercy. what a shane
Il wasn't referring TO the shape"
"What them
ITO the fact that it lights up so beau
hfully. "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

1t S quite a ion
to shake him OF
It's hard to BE-.
heve that alltbe
pain and trouble
he b causes comes
from such a litds
thing. Just
tiny bit of Il
in the blood the
kidneys haven't
taken care o.
But the kidneB
aren' t to ham
/ used to tx
a
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
A WONDERFUL HAPPENING

Port Byron, N. Y, has witnessed one of
the most remarkable cases of healing ever
recorded. Amos F. King. Of that place says;
"Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a sore on my
leg with which had suffered over SO years.
l am now eighty-6ve." Guaranteed to cure
all sores, by Sampson & Avore and G, r.
Fogg, Druggists, 7sc.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
lARONE,

A party of six of our young people
met at the home of Mrs. Powers re-
Gently. Mrs. Powers, Mrs. Mason,
Mrs. Cain, Mrs. Bigelow, Mrs. Haynes
and Mr. Morrow. The eldest was 70
and the youngest 70, all smart and
still youthful.
Mrs. Chas. Bigelow of Norridge-
wock who has been stopping with her
daughter, Mrs. l.. G. Stevens has re-
turned home as Mrs. Stevens is much
better from her recent illness.
Ernest Emery of Madison is work
ing through haying for E. P. Holway
Benjamin Stevens of Oakland will
help |. H. Stevens.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

He-Do you think your father will
object to my suit? She-I don't see
why he should He himself wears one
almost as bad-San Francisco Bulle-
tin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
SMIThEIELD,

Mrs. Ellen Sherbern and brother
Frank Young were called to Liver
more Falls last week by the death of
their Uncle Andrew Munsey. The
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

In the year 100 there was only one
newspaper In the United States.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
SHORT TALKS BY
L. T. COOPER.
RHEUMATISM

Old Mr.. Rheumatism hangs on tia..
and bites and pinches when he TAXI b ,,i','
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

Beware of the man who apologies
when he does you favor.
Some nice girls would't be half as
nice if they were sensible
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11

We sell Mr.. Cooper's celebrated preps.
rstions.
Ii. K. FOGG, Skowhegan
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
CHARLESTOWN.

Charlestown, W, Va, Sept. Z.
Miss Nellie Rohr. of Washington. is
visiting relatives here.
DR.. II. r. Moore. Of Washington. il
spending a few days here.
Mrs. Charles Phillips Is here from
Washington for two weeks.
Mr. Edward Wagner. OF Washington
is at Mrs. S. Howell Browns.
Mr. T. B. Washington, jr.. Of Wash
ington. is visiting relatives here
Mrs John Bllman, of Washington. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank X.
OFT.
Mrs. Eugene Eby and children OF Wash
ington, have been visiting relatives IN
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. A K. Seldom, of Wash
ington, are visiting Mr.. Seldon's mother
in this county.
Denver B. Weller and Earl l. Gore,
Of Washington, are visiting their parents
here, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis McMahon, and
little daughter, Margaret. Of Washing
ton, are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. T. NJ. Staub and little son, Harry.
of Washington, are visiting the family Of
Justice George D. Johnson, near Lee
town
Elvans and George Haines, who have
been spending their vacation with their
grandparents here, returned to Wash
ingtOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick J. Doerins
and Miss Anna o. Titlon, Of Washington,
have been spending some time with Mrs.
Doering's parents. Mr. and Mrs John
w Clipp. at Smoke Hill
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
FACTORY PIANO SALE
Annual Clearance Of Carefully Used
Upright and Square
PIANOS At SACRIFICE PRICES
BY the F. G. Smith Piano Co., Il2s
Pennsylvania Avenue.
4 GREAT BARGAIN EVENT

1t is a notable fact that the Factory
Piano Sale held annually by the F. G.
Smith Piano Company. of 1225 Penna.
ave. offers the best plano buying oppor-
tunities OF the year. High-grade pianos
that we're taken in exchange and instru-
ments returned from rental or that have
been used at concerts have all been thor
oughly overhauled and made as good as
new muslcally by this cOmpany's factory
experts. The object of this sale is to
close out these Instruments as speedily as
possible TO make room for the immense
stock of new Bradbury and Webster
Pianos now being shipped from the +. c.
Smith Piano Factories at Brooklyn, ". Y,
and Leominster, Mass
Among the extraordinary bargains Of
fered in used Uprights are the following:
Thurston. S75; Bradbury. sl65; schaefer,
$50; Chickering. S225; Webster. $40: Hem
ming, SZl5; Steinway. $50; Miller. 500;
Fisher. S2l5; Howard. 500. and Wheelock.
$40. Fine Square Pianos in the very best
condition are offered for as little as $3.50
and up 10 $120. A number of Organs Of
standard makes-sll in excellent condi-
tion-are offered for $40 and up to $3.50.
You can buy any OF these instruments
on easy terms, and II you wish 10 ex-
change the plano at any time within
year or so We will allow you what you
paid for it. If you contemplate purchas-
ing a piano any time this season il viii
pay you well to profit by this Factory
Sale
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Ierest In touring cars. but more paTticu-
larry In the heavy truck and freight autos
and motor buses. which were shown in
many grades and varieties. As a means
of testing the capacity Of this class OK
motors. and demonstrating their utility as
transports for heavy cargo, especially on
long distance hauls. competitive run OF
FIVE days was arranged covering q distance
OF 25j miles. Two OF the motors entered
were equipped with pneumatic tires, one
iron, and the others solid ruber, and they
carried from 1900 TO 1900 pounds, according
70 their respective horsepower. The sue
cess of this run demonstrated the prac-
tcabilty Of automobiles for transporting
all kinds Of cargo over country roads on
long distance runs
Another feature Of the automobile busi-
ness in Switzerland that promises TO be-
come one Of considerable Importance. IS
the motor bus. employed in carrying pas
sengeTs from one community 10 another
in the thickly populated districts. They
are well maintained and take the place
Of interurban tTolleys.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
HAIL The new YEAR
Hebrews Observe R0Sh Ha-
shOnah This Evening.
HOLIDAY TO BE CELEBRATED
Members of All Jewish cOngrega-
tions Make Elaborate Preparation
for Observance of season-SpecIal
Festivities Conclude with sound
Ing of the shofar, September rs.

The Jewish New Year, OF Rosh Hasho-
nah, will be ushered in with special cere-
monies IN all Jewish communities at dusk
this evening.
According to the Jewish calendar, the
new year begins at precisely $50 O'clock
this evening, and will mark the beginning
of the year 5667. Members of the local
Jewish congregations and organizations
have completed arrangements for the ceIe-
bratlon of the holiday season. and special
events are scheduled for ten consecutive
days, following New Years day
In the Jewish calendar there are two
new years. The first, known as the
Passover, comes in March, and is the
beginning of the religious year. From
this date ali religious holidays are reck-
oned The New Year to-day marks the
beginning OF tne civil year. II IS known
as Rosh Hashonah, and is the first day
Of the month Of Tishri.
The Day Of Atonement falls on Septem-
Der IS BY Orthodox Jews this is known
as the Fearful Day" which is spent in
fasting, praying. and doing penance. In
the reformed synagogues the New Year
and the Day of Atonement are celebrated
by special musical programmes and spe-
cial sermons A feature of the New
Years celebration is the blowing of the
rams horn, known In Hebrew as the
Shofar
Day OF AtOnement.
Atonement Day is known as Yom Hak-
ippurim. This feast was instituted sub
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
DEER PARK.

Deer Park. Nd. Sept Z.
Rev. Charles r. Aked. pastor Of the
Fifth Avenue New York; Baptist Church,
was a guest here this week
Col and Mrs Siebert, OF Washington,
are here. Mrs. SiebeFt has made many
friends among the ladies OF the hotel and
cottages. The daughter of Mrs. Siebert
Is d favorite ariong the younger set
Col. George Truesdell former District
Commissioner. Of Washington, enjoys the
summers, with Mrs. TTuesdell, az their
AltamOnt Springs farm, with its l.5O
acres. and famous Rambouillet sheep.
The Truesdells have been coming TO Deer
Park for a number Of years.
Other Washlngtonians. as follows. are
registered at the Deer Park Hotel: r.
NJ Behrend Miss Lambert, Miss Mildred
Lambert. Miss Law. Mr. Warner, Miss
McClury, J. J. Kennedy, Percy Gran
ford, jr., and Mrs Crawford and son:
Emerson ". Mathews. J. G. Butler. Miss
Esther Stott, Dr. S B. Muncaster. Alex
andeF Britton Browne, Jesse D. Browne,
R. ". Flournoy, jr, B. c. Brown, and
W L. Davidson.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
HYATTSVILLE.

Hyattsville. Nd. Sept. T.
Miss Margaret Welsh has returned from
Baltimore.
Miss Katherine Marbury has returned
from Cape May.
W Hampton Hickey is at the James
town Exposition.
J. Enos Ray, jr,. has returned from the
jamestown Exposition.
Mrs. A K Marr has been visiting
friends in Washington.
Misses Nellie and Bessie Grant are Wis
iting friends in Annapolis.
Miss Emma Hall. Of Washington. is
visiting Miss Anna Emmons.
William Shedd IIolton has gone to Car
thage, H., TO visit his father.
Mrs. John C. Holden and children have
returned from Front Royal, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. A T Brooke have re-
turned from the Jamestown Exposition.
Miss Corabs. Of New York City. is Wis
iting Mrs r. Davis. at Green Hill
Miss Margaret Clagett, Of Marlboro, is
spending a month with friends in Balti-
more.
Mr.. and Mrs II c. Burton and children
have returned from North Chesapeake
Beach.
Misses Rosalie and Margaret Carr have
returned from a visit 10 friends in West
Virginia
Miss R. F.. Da'3s, of New York, has re-
turned from a visit to her mother. Mrs
r. K. Davis,
Mrs. George Meyers and little son have
returned to Baltimore after visiting rel
atives in Marlboro.
Miss Dorothy BeGH has returned 10
her home in Washington after visiting
Dr. and Mrs. A. II. Wells.
Miss Mildred Whitney, East Hyatts-
vile. returned Wednesday from a visit
10 relatives Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson II, Ralston have
returned frop, a tour Of the Great Lakes,
Canada, and Sew York State.
Misses Mildred and Mabel stellfox
have returned to Baltimore after a visit
70 their grandmother, Mrs. Stellfox.
Mrs. J. J. Kennedy nee Mudd. Of
Brooklyn, \. Y, and children. are visit
ing Mrs. Charles II. Welsh, Mrs. Ken
nedy's aunt
\. Z. Kennedy and his little daughters.
Marie and Pen. returned Wednesday
from a visit 10 Mr. kennedy's old home
The Vineyard. Clarke County, Va.
Prof. Jerome ]. Morgan, of the Mary
land Agricultural College. returned to
Hyattsville Monday from his summer va
cation. and brought with him his bride.
formerly Miss Elizabeth Ella Perry. Of
Wilcox. Pa. They were married August
u They are residing with Mr. and Mrs
Henry c. Hobbs.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
BOYDS.


Boyds. Nd. Sept Z
Marion Moriarty, of Camden, n J.. was
this weeks guest of his mother, Mrs.
Mahlon T. Lewis
Mrs. c. D. Marchant, of Gloucester. Va.
is visiting her mother Mrs. Sara Pyles
at Poolesville, Md
DR.. Montgomery Earle Higgins, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Higgins, returned
this week from Europe
Miss May Bennett. of Baltimore, who
has been the guest Of Miss Georgianna
Lewis, returned 10 Baltimore this week
Mr., and Mrs J. P. Taylor. of Hender-
son. n. c.. are the guests of Mrs. Tay-
lor's mother, Mrs. William Z. Wall. at
"Walldene" near Boyds.
Mrs. A, IT. Eastman and Miss Eastman
returned Tuesday from New London,
Conn, where they bave been for the past
two weeks. They win return to Wash
lngton October /.
Miss Matte Goodpasture. OF Nashville,
Tenn, is visiting Miss Nellie Allnutt, at
THE Rocklands, near Dawsonville,
Miss Goodpasture came here from Eng
land, where she has been for the pas;
few weeks after touring Europe.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
SOCIAL ANDPERSONAL

party, as are also Messrs. Bayard Tucker
man. George B. Wagstaf, Frederick
Neeley, and Heath Cummock, of New
York. and Mr.. Charles Dunlop and Mr.
Earl putnam.
The Misses Maud n and Helen 8. Hsr-
rison and Miss Olive s, Taylor are Wash
ington people who have been spending
some time at the Harbor View. at Glou-
cester
Mrs. Daniel Lamont was a recent guest
az the Colonial Arms, Gloucester, and
another visitor there was Malcolm Camp
bell, Z, s. n.
Mr.. T. H. Brook, OF Washington. has
also been among the late visitors at the
Colonial Arms
MIR. James Simpkins, of Washington,
was a dinner guest the other evening of
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman, at the same hos
terry
Mr.. ard Mrs. S. Hoge. of Washington.
are also visitors at Gloucester, and Rep
resentadve Butler Ames. of the Capital
is one OF the summer colonists there
Mrs. Ames. his mother. is with him, and
they are frequently seen motoring around
this section.
Mr.. Henry Adams. Of Washington,
whose sister is Mrs Henry P. Quincy
was for several days the guest of Am
bassador Whitelaw Reid, at WTest Park
he left there Monday to visit Sir George
Otto TTevelyan al his country place out
side London. Mr.. Adams. who is the
well-known historian. was secretary Of
the legation when his father, Charles
Francis adams. was minister to England
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

segment TO the three great Jewish festi-
vafs which have come down from the
period of Exodus The occasion is lin
ited TO one day, and was appointed for a
time after the autumn harvest and before
the celebration OF the Feast Of Booths.
which began on the fifteenth day OF the
seventh month. This was time when
the masses Of the people were done with
their arduous farm iabors and could
spare the time for the long trip 70 the
city Of Jerusalem and the stay through
the season Of prayers, penitence, and
thanksgiving,
Both in Leviticus, xxxip:23. %, and in
Numbers. xxx. the first day Of the sew
enth month, Tishri, is ordained as a
Sabbath, This is the Yom Hezikaron.
the Memorial Day of the Jewish ealen-
dar. and the grand festival in the He
brew church instituted az the sam4 time
as the Yom Kippur. or Yom Hakip-
purim. The tenth day of the seventh
month, Tishri which corresponds in the
Hebrew calender to September, was set
apart as Yom Hakippurim, the great Day
OF Atonement
Day of Fasting.
The day is observed in accordance
with the command found In LevitIeus,
xvi: %: and this shall be unto you
statute forever. in the seventh month.
on the tenth of the month. ye shall fast
and do no work at all, neither the native
nor the stranger that sojourneth among
you, for on that day ye shall be atoned
for to purify you; from all your sins
before the Eternal shall ye be purified
A Sabbath OF Sabbaths, this day shall
be unto you and ye shall fast this is
an ordnance forever
This day has become the chief express
sion Of the Hebrew faith, and maintains
with undiminished force It's influence on
the minds of the Jewish people.
Feast of booths.
For the Sukkoth, or feast Of booths.
a booth will be erected In the temple and
adorned with vegetables and fruits of the
season. Afterward the articles used for
decoration viii be distributed among the
various local hospitals The booth will be
erected under direction of the Ladies
Auxiliary Society.
Special services have also been arrang-
ed by the Orthodox or Adas Israel con-
gregation. The new synagogue at the
corner Of Sixth and | streets northwest
has not yet been completed, but II Will
be cleared OF building material for the
holidays, and the auditorium used for
the celebration. Rev. DR. Hummel, of
baltimore, VIII conduct the services.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

were married Wednesday at the Second
Presbyterian Church, by Rev. ]. r. Sew
Ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Truck left for Phila-
delphia, where they viii reside.
Mrs A. B. Hines and daughter, of
Washington, accompanied by Miss Anna
German. are at the jamestown Exposi-
tion.
Mr. and Mrs Peter Young and Miss
Mamie Zimmerman. who have been visit
ing relatives in Manassas. have returned
home.
Miss Mary Snol7den has gone 70 Wood
berry Forrest, Oriinge County, to join the
Misses Gatewood who have been spend
Ing the summer there.
Mrs. J. r. Cation has returned from the
Warm Springs. Mr., Cation, who has Neen
attending the American Bar Assoc.atio
at Portland, Ne. returned on Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
GERMANS WILL CELEBRATE.
Speechmaking, Athletics, and Feastinp
Programme for Tomorrow

In commemoration of the arrival in
America, 224 years ago. OF Franz Daniel
PastOTiuS, Americans of German birth
and extraction will celebrate the day to-
morrow at Luna Park
The executive committee Of the United
German Societies has completed a pro-
gramme, consisting Of speech-making hv
prominent German and American sneak
ers, singing by the various singing so
cietiea, gymnastic exercikes by the CO.
lumbia Turnverein, and all sorts Of pom
ular amusements.
In addition. arrangements have been
made to regale the visitors with all sorts
Of good things to eat most of which are
given German designation that mean 1T
tie to any but German-speaklng citizens
but none needs to fear for the ingra'
dents, for German dishes are as notn-
riously good as German beer. of which
there will be a suficiency.