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The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-16

Cant Willie E w. Heartsili of Sebastian county has also been ill and Thursday was welluigh unable 70 be on the floor In tha sicfan. although in the House. and in tn afternoon attempted to speak to the passaet of his county officer salary bill which h called up for final action. Ordinarily q vigorous speaker he was not able to pre- sent his case in his usual forcibe manner He is somewhat improved but is stil4 fal from well.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-16

By vote of B to 8 the House repealed act lS9. the Ross bill. for the domestica- ti1n of foreign corporations which is the measure which would have had the effect of keeping some of the largest corporations in the country from doing business in AT. kansas. The vote came on an amendment 10 the Wingo Senate bill fixing the fees to be charged foreign corporations doing business in the State. offered bv AIr. Cole man of Arkansas county. Under this amendment the Ross act .s repealed and the Wingo bill takes effect immpdately.i f ii is passed and not in 90 days as was pro yided in the Ross bill.
 The Greenhaw pure h)od bill, copy of the national law passed the House with only one dissenting vote.
 The Patterson blind tiger bill was passed hV q large vote. Under the provisions of inc measure the landlord of a house is lia- ble to a fine and Imprisonment if he allow, q blind fieer to be conducted on his prop erty provided that the occupant shall have been cotvieted twice of the illegal selling 2f UquGr The measure is almost a con of the Partain House bill which has passed the lower branch and is now in the Senata.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-16
/ Legislative \ k Proceedings
THE SENATE.

The surprise of the session was sprung In the Senate Monday afternoon when the upper house passed bill introduced by Senator Milan exempting Garland county from the provisions of the Amis bill pro hibitins all kinds of betting in connection with hOrSe-racin2 Under the provisions longer than 10 days, and all counties holding agricultural fairs entitled to the same privileges as Garland under the bill. The presidents annQuneement that the bill had passed was great sur prise, as no one had expected such re- suit. The vote on the bill was i , to 14.
 The penitentiary appropriation bill car rying quarter of a million dollars was passed. also the bill for the support of the University Agricultural Experiment Station. carrying S30O00
 The MrDanel bill, repeating the Ross bill for the domestication of foreign cor porations, was passed. Under the proyis- extent is a re-enaetment of the old statute q corporation before being allowed to do business in the state must file with the SecretafT of state articles Of incorpora- ton. and also a certificate containing the name Of the person residing in the state upon whom service may be had. Every ceurr Tn the state shall have jurisdiction over the corporations that do business in the district dominated by said court.
 The Senate Tuesday in Committee of the Whole, adopted that section of the Robb bill appropriating S1O.00O to re store the muster rolls of the Arkansas troops in the Confederate service. and passed the Aberrrombie bill. which pro- vides for the working of convicts on the public roads. all counties except 32 being exempted from the provisions of the act.
 The bfh by Mr. oldham providing for the punishment of any person who sends warning to another for the purpose of intimidation. was passed in the Senate.
 Several important House bills were con- sidered and advanced to stage where, when taken up again, they may be finally disposed of
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-16

The Senate Wednesday passed the House bill by Mir. Combs. which requires cor porations to pay an annual franchise tax The bill retains many features of the old law which was in force previous to the passage of the Ross act. and also repeals the objectionable section of that act re lating To the demestication of foreign cor poratlons. The greater portion Of the bill consists in amendments which ori@ mated in the Senate \ concurrence in these amendments by the House is all that is necessary for the final passage of the act
 The Confederate roster bill which re- ceived vote of Is ayes to II noes. was declared defeated the chair holding that two-rhirds majority was necessary in order to pass the bill
 The HamitefJ Jackson bill creating the office of county superintendent in each county was passed
 An effort was made to kill the bill abol- ishing the preparatory department of the Srate University. but it failed and the measure was referred to the Committee or EGucGtion.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-16

The proposed amendment 10 the McDan- e bill calling for the election of a supef- intendent of the reform school once everr two years instead of anuuattr as the ti. provides brought out some debate in tho Senate Friday. Senator Rector speaking ia favor of it. and Senator Arnold opposi na fl. When put to a vote the amendment was adopted
 l'nh Snate went into Committee of the Whole to consider the bill providing for the establishing and ma intenance of a1 other Sta1e agricultural school The bill iS by Glover of the House. The bill was still under consideration when recess was talk -l.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-16

The Seoafe Thursday disposed of a great deal Of House business. including the adoption of two concurrent resolutions originating in that body. one was the resolution debarring the state canitol con tractors and the architect. George R. Mann, from any future State work. the other pro testing against the removal of the United States engineers office in Little Rock to Memphis
 The bill providing for the maintenance of the Arkansas National Guard. carrying an appropriation of $23.50a. was passed also the bill for the maintenance and su1 port of the Arkansas school for the Blind the appropriation being $1OS.S50, bain- about SI9 goo less than the appropriation l of two years ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25

The News--No Pure Drug Cough
Cure Laws would be needed, if all
Cough Cures were like DIR. Shops
Cough Cure is-and has been for 20
years. The National Law now re-
quires that if any poisons enter into
a cough mixture, it must be printed
on the label or package. For this
reason mothers, and others, should
insist on having DIR. Shops Cough
Cure. No poison-marks on DIR.
Shops labels-and none in the
medicine, else it must by law be on
the label. And it's not only safe,
but it is said to be by those that
know it best, truly remarkable
cough remedy. Take no chance,
particularly with your children. In
sist on having DR.. Shops Cough
Cure. Compare carefulluy the DR..
Shoop package with others and see.
No poison marks there! You can
always be on the safe side by de-
handing DIR. Shops Cough Cure.
Simply refuse to accept any other
Sold by r. S. Freeman & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
NINE TIMES TWENTY-FIVE.
AS They Figure in Cambridge 1t Comes
to One Hundred and Eiuhty-Seven.


"Are Germans quicker in figures or
is the American multiplication table
more difficult than the German?" de
mands Hugo Munsterberg in Nc
Clures.
I'm highly educated Cambridge are
two telegraph Offices in the shadow OF
the university. For years have sent
from them cablegrams to Germany;
every word costs rs cents, and nothing
seems simpler than to reckon that
four quarters make 81 and eight quar-
tiers 50.
employees in those two offices have
changed frequently, and yet can re-
port the exact fact that not only has
no employee ever tried to calculate the
price of the cable without paper and
pencil, but that the result has been
wrong two times out of three. The
last time the cablegram had nine
words, and the young man calculated
on paper that nine times twenty-five
makes $751;"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Pneumonia's Deadly Work

Had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Connor OF
Rural Route 1, Georgetown, Tenn,
"that | coughed continuously night
and day and the neighbors' prediction
-consumption-seemed inevitable,
until my husband brought home a
bottle Of DR.. Kings New Discovery
which in my case proved to be the
only REAL cough cure and restorer OF
weak, sore lungs" When all other
remedies utterly fail, you may still
win the battle against lung and throat
troubles with New Discovery, the
REAL cure. Guaranteed by r. S.
Freeman & Son, druggists. soc and
$I.oo. Trial bottle free.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
For Catarrh, let me send you free,

For Catarrh, let me send you free,
just to prove merit, Trial size Box
of DR.. Shops Catarrh Remedy.
1t is snow white, creamy, healing
antiseptic balm that gives instant re-
lief to Catarrh of the nose and throat
Make the free test and see. Address
DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Large
jars 50 cents. Sold by r. S. Free
man & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Hlnh Tower Bends.

The towering Washington monu-
ment, as solid as it is, can not resist
the heat of the sun, poured on it's
southern side on a midsummer's day,
without slight bending of the gigan-
tic shaft, which is rendered percepti-
BILE by means of a copper wire, TIA
feet long, hanging in the center of the
structure and carrying plummet sus-
pended in a vessel of water.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
The SUMS Corona.

The brightness of the corona, or
ring of light encircling the sun, was
measured by Charles Fabry during the
last total eclipse. He found the light
of a point a twentieth degree from the
SUMS edge to be equivalent to about
72O-candlepower, or a little more than
a fourth of the brightness Of the full
moon The sky near the uneclipsed
sun is 1000 times as bright.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
The Price of Health.

"The price of health in q
malarious district is just IS cents; the
cost of a box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills." writes Ella Slayton, OF
holland, Ark. New Life Pills
cleanse gently and impart new life
and vigor to the system. 25c.
Satisfaction guaranteed at r. S
Freeman & Sons, druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Sure of the Last Move.

Jamie having come into the posses
sion of considerable wealth through
the death of relative was thus adj
dressed by one of his neighbors:
AYE, Jamie, it was a guide thing for
you that your rich freens waur born
afore ye."
{ "Weel,' said Jamie, I'm nae sure
ABBOTT that; but it was a guild thing
that they deed afore mel"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Rifle SHOOTING in Schools.

Rifle shooting will hereafter be in
cluded in the surriculum of the ele-
mentary. schools Of Great Britain. Mr..
Birrell, the president of the board of
education. who made the announce
ment in the house Of commons, said
that the educational authorities had
been given permission, under certain
restrictions, to allow children of GER
tain ages to be taught to shoot at min
iature ranges, the instruction to be
paid out of the public funds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Few Stoves in scotIand.

Cooking stoves are little used in
Scotland, where the cooking is done
over an open CRATE fire. Scottish
housewives are not easily converted to
the use of a range, but an enterprising
stove manufacturer would find in
Scotland quite harvest in time, ac-
cording to reports from those who
have investigated the question in that
country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
A ReIated Letter.

Twenty-three years ago the late
Roscoe G.. Smith of Cornish, Me-,
wrote to Amos L. Allen, the private
secretary of Congressman Reed, thank
ing him for some agricultural reports.
This letter has just reached Mr.. Allen.
1t was laid away in some correspond
ence of Mr.. Reed and has since been
waiting for some one to send it along
to the owner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Great Indian Meeting.

About twenty ruling chiefs are like.
ly to assemble at Agra in January ia
honor of the visit Of the ameer or
Afghanistan. The programme will
include the state meeting of the
viceroy with the ameer, military
review, the holding of chapter OF
Indian orders, a vice regal garden
party and a reception, fireworks, polo
and boxing matches and state din
nerS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25

"Preventics" will promptly check
a cold or the Grippe when taken
earlyor at the "sneeze STAGE" Pre-
ventics cure seated colds as well.
Preventics are little candy cold cure
tablets, and DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis,
will gladly mail you samples and a
book on Colds free, if you will write
him. The samples prove their merit.
Check early Colds withiP reventics
and stop Pneumonia. Sold in SC
and CSC boxes by R. S. Freeman &
Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Doing Business Again.

"When my friends thought Iswas
about to take leave of this world,
on account of indigestion, nervous
ness and general debility" writes
A. A. Chisholm, Treadwell, n. Y,
and when it looked as if there was
no hope left, was persuaded to try
Electric Bitters, and rejoice to say
that they are curing me. am now
doing business again as of old, and
am still gaining daily" Best tonic
medicine on earth. Guaranteed by
r. S. Freeman & Son, druggists.
zoe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
suqaests Worth Gowns.

From the cabinets of Naturalist r.
w. Denton of Wellesley, Mass, go sug-
gestions for Worth gowns, La Fargo
windows, and many other results Of
artistic excellence. Mr.. Denton is a
collector and dispenser of butterflies
of the wonderfully colored beauties OF
the tropics. He has one Of the finest
collections of butterflies in the world.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Sounds Funny.

First Commercial Traveler-S;ngu-
lar, isn't it, that when mans arm is
amputated he can feel an ache in the
place where it used to be?
Second G. Tt can tell you some
thing more singular than that. My
wife awoke one night while I was
away, thinking she heard burglar in
the room, and she says she was so
frightened that her teeth chartered in
a tumbler on the bureau.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Pocket Telephones the Latest.

In Warsaw telephone subscribers
are now supplied with "waistcoat
pocket telephone the invention OF
IN engineer named Weingott, and
with little key which unlocks pub
lie telephone boxes distributed at con-
venient corners and public offices
The pocket instrument is used to es-
tablish connection with the lex
change" and to call up subscribers
in the usual manner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Consolina.

His wife-At last my eyes are open
to the fact that you married me for my
money.
Her Husband Well. that ought to
be some consolation, my dear.
His Wife-Some consolation
Her Husband-Yes You now real
ize that l am not as big a fool as you
thought | was.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Not the only ones.

"Fudge!" snorted the man from the
Windy City, I'm getting tired of all
this talk of Chicago people eating pie
with a knife"
Eyes," put in the st. Louis man,
they're always too blamed conceited."
Connected? Who?"
Chicago people; they think they're
the only ones that know how to eat
ME-"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
FRANK L. BAKER
Express and Baggage Line.

Leave orders at the Telephone Central or
private phone "a. Special attention given
collecting Baggage from and delivering to ell
parts ofthe city. All kinds of dray and team
work promptly attended to. Charges moderate
Wood for sale and delivered to all parts of city
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Bitten by a Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused
by spider bite, John Washington
of Bosqueville, Tex, would nave
lost his leg, which became a mass OF
of running sores had he not been
persuaded to try Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. He writes: "The first appli-
cation relieved, and four boxes heal
ed all the sores" Heals every sore
&c. at r. S. Freeman & Sons,
druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25

1t would be sheer waste of time
and effort to ransack the stores
looking for wall papers when you
can sit in an easy chair in your own
home while show you full line OF
the choicest patterns the season
affords.
The line for 1907 contains an end
less variety of wall papers for any
use-papers to suit every taste. II
you desire, will be glad to offer
suggestions for the best treatment
of any particular room.
AUGUST BEORN.
N. w. PHONE 81. RIVER FALLS, WIS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Bachelor Girl Reflections.

All men aIs equal but none are SUI
perior.
believe in woman's rights - and
let's.
/ love children-other peoples.
A woman cannot reform a man by
marrying him. But man can reform
a woEan-a man tailor.
From a pretty man. 0 Lord, deliver
met
Better Aew woman than 'the old
woman"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Faith and Works.

We're goin' to have int'restin'
services up to the church to-day" said
the first farmer during the Kansas
drouth. THE parsons goin' ter pray
fur rain
"So?" grunted the other. Quite a
crowd o. We goin', amt thar?"
"Yeh. We've got a deal o. faith IN
our minister
$50? I amt seen none o. We carry
in umbrellas"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Sometimes Different.

Mr.. Wise-You can't judge man
till you hear him talk
Mrs. Wise-At home or out in com
pany?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Profit and Loss.

Your bananas are not much good,''
said the woman as she took one from
the bunch and peeled it.
rhe pushcart man YEARLY shrugged
his shoulders
NO." he assented. mot much
good. It's a rotten beesiness. What
you make on t. peanut you lose on t.
d banan."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-25
Ldx-etS 5 e { c. sys sss. t. 2.I Eat
For Sale.

Mrs. Sarah Tozer has tor sale on
easy terms desirable city properties
dwelling houses and building lots
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-03-13
POIitiCa interior britannica.
Ia GtmaTa do los LNTss representa- IN serIO obs,
iisuIu al pTOgTGsO legislative J habTa do
scr harIdO pOr ID Corona y Of pueblo 81 no
GGdG 1 tIsmpO,

Londres.-El programa polftico del
partidO liberal que hoy ocupa el poder,
hR aido delineado por 81 Attorney General
MiDistrO de Justicia, Sir John Lawson
Walton, en- un discurso lensaCional que
aCaba de pronunCiar en- Leeds, ante una
innumeTable concurrencia que le aplaudi6
estruendoBamente. Ell afan primordial del
Gobierno, seg6n Sir Walton, consistira en-
destrair las perrogativas absurdaB que
todRvis dibfruta la C&mara de les Lores.
No ignoran los ibeTales que este prop6.
Bito suyo representa- un empefio muy ar
duo, una empreSa de gigantes que acaso
cplmine en- uua revoluci6n, porque los dos
tercios de los lores viven en- desacuerdo
con las inBtituciones demUcr6ticas y llenos
de oTgullo, tTRtsrSn de imponerse como de
coBtumbre; pero habr6 que aTrostrarlo todo
antes que tolerar por mas tempo que la
Camara aristocratica impida el cumpli'
mienuO de la voluntad popular repreSen-
tandO 81 papel de un monitor de arena que
desafiase Ia c6lera del OceanO.
El Gobierno ests resuelto hacer que
las leYsB votsdas por los Representatives. del
pueblo iugl6S, esto es, por la Camara de
los Comunes, sean obedecidas aunque sis
tem6ticamente las renRce la Camara de los
LoreS, en- cuanto Sc inspiran en- principles
liberales democraticos intentan supri-
mir algo de las srcaicas leyes tradiciOna.
les de la Gran Bretafia, que solo favorecen
& Ia nobleza.
81 ea precise, Ia Corona y el pueblo re-
hirGn aliados Ia batslla en- que ha de So,
cpmbir Ia pTeponderancia injusta de la aris.
cracia.
4ap formidable lucha no ser6 Immediate;
pero ella,se avecina 81 los Lores no ceden
y entire tantO Ia ltgislaci6n votada por Ia
C6maTa de los. Comunes Ber6 Bacada avan.
ts despecho deQa opoSici6n recalcitrante
de los mobiles impenitentes, que tOdavia no
Ea han dado cuenta de que la ibertad es el
alma del pueblo iDgl6s.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-03-13
.UN NAUFRAGIO EN
ell canal.
Una ola pTsGipittss sOhTs d6hiI en-
baFCaCi6n VoIGandoIa.
Ia ssfOTa OsehOldsns J no bOtsTo fu8rOnss a
0gua J IusgO al fOnaO del mar,

Esta mafiana ocurri6 IN suceso Iamen.
table en- 81 canal que conduce al puerto.
La sefiora Eloisa Dechoudens de Del
gado, profesora de Palo secc, & las ocho a.
N. tom6 una yola con direction dicho pc
blado, con obieto de dar Bus classes.
FL mar estabs tranquilo, no ofrecfa
81 parecer peligro Cruzar el extsnso tre.
chO que sepsra San Juan de dicho po.
blado
Pero hay que toner en- cuenta que el
cruce del canal, Bobre todo en- yolR, es
siempre peligrosO. -.<.-.
Una ola rrecipit6se sObre Ia yOla, aTrO-
llandola volcandola.
La sefiora Dechoudens de Delgado y
el botero fu6rOnse al aqua, y POGO despues
al fondo del mar,
Afortunadamente en- aquel crftico mo-
mento nm balandro cruzaba frente los
nadfragos al subir 6stos & Ia superfcie
fueron salvados.
La Befiora Dechoudens fu6 trasladada &
So casa On estado de gravedad, por el aqua
que habfa tragado. y la natural impre'
sion de terror de que estaba poseids.
Los doctores Carbonell La Rosa, Ia
asistieron tan afortunadamente que va sa
encuentra dicha dana fuera' de cuidado.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-03-13
LIsgadn del nusVo ObIspo eat6IIeo

Sc sabe por cablsgrama recibido que Ell
visrneB por Ia mafisna llegar6n este
puerto los Muy Reverendos Ambrosio W.
Jones, Obispo de esta Di6cesis Monsefior
Aversa, DelegadO ApOst6IicO, que vienen
aboEdo del vapOr "Julis" prOCedente de-
la Habana. ~. -
TOdos los cat6licos, todo eI pueblo de
San Juan SO preparad acudir en- masa
recibirlos.
No se sabe IL hora exacta de Ia llegada,
pOr 10 tantO no ha sido possible citar para
una hora determinada. Sc ayiBarS al pue'
bio el momento de desembarcar el Sr. Obs
po, snunci&udose con dos horas de antici-
paci6n por medic de un repiqus general de
campanas en- today las iglesias cat6licas de
la ciudad. Ell sitio de reunion ser6 frente
Ia iglesia de Santa Ana Ia cual SO di.
Eigirdn los iluStres viaieros al desembar'
car, para revestirBe y sRlir de allf en- pro-
cesi6n bajo palio hasta la Cathedral en- dom
de 30 cantaF6 I'm solemne ''Te Deum," di'
rigiendo despues el mismo Prelado Ia pa
labra los fieles.
Be espera un cari1oBo recibimiento del
pueblo cat6licO & 50 nuevo Pastor.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-03-13
CATASTROFE EN- NAPOLES
Dos VsrsIOnss. GFu6 tOTmsnta 8 fut OIa9 GGuau.
taS SsTIan las VLCtlmas2

Roma. Una pavorosa tormenta hs azo.
tado Ia costa de Ia Calabria. En- Ia ma.
rins parte baja de Catanzaro, varias ca
sas fueron derrihadaS y una de elias al
CaeE, aplaBt6 eiete personas que perecie-
ron por las heridag Tecibidas sofocadaH
entire los escombros.
Las autoridadeg, con tods urgencia, han
dispuesto que se spuntalen las casas que
han quedado averiadas y amenazan rui-
ma, las cuales no son pocas.
LondreG. Un despachO telegrafico de
Roma, recibido aquf, dice que la marina de
CatanzarO, ha sidO barrida pOr una inmen.
ga ola, que Ia ha destruidO casi por COM
pleto.
Son muchos los habitantes que han pc.
recido ahogados.
Catanzsro est6 situado en-. una altura
desde la que Sc domina la preciOsa vista
del gOlfo de Squilache y del mar J6nico.
Sus mujeres tienen fama de ser las mas be.
las de la Calabria. Cuenta mas de vein.
to mil habitantes.