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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17

ondas, una de las cuales tiene doble
velocidad de propagation que la otrs.
Esto es exactamentc 10 que anotan
dos sismtgrafos cuando ocurre I'm
temblor de TERRA.
Ademas despues de esta segunda
serie de ondulaciones Sc produce
una tercera, que corresponds los
movimtcntos "verticaies" de la cor
tcza tcrrestre, y que Sc propaga con
una velocldad de doso tres kil6me-
|tros por segundo.,
ST Sc tiene en- cucnta estos result
tados de Ia observation en- los calcu-
los de elasticidad. y sipor otra parte
Sc ref1ccciona en4la concordancia no.
table que existe entire las deduction es
de la teoria y la observation direct a
del fen6meno, Sc puedc calcular cual
debc ser la rigidez del globo terres-
tire para que las velocidades de pro-
pagacion sean tan veloces.
Ell calculo nos dice que ia rigidez
del globo terraqueo debe ser, por lc
menos, doble que la del acero'.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17

iDEMASIADOS LIBROS!

Por todas parties Sc escucha la mis-
ma exclamation. Los editores, los
llbrerOS. los autores, los lectores, di-
cen que los libros son demasiados.
Pero, como es logico, en- la categoria
de estas quejas, los motives son di-
ferentes.
No podem6s escoger--exclama el
lector.
No podemos producer 10 que qui-
sieramo -dicen los autores.
Solo de novelas, seg,1n dicen las
estadisticas, aparecen en Francia cua-
trO cinco cada dia. Esto hace ex-
clamar, con sobrada raz0n, IN cri-
iico;
Para escoger las novelas que un
hombre puede leer, serla necesario
que diez individuos traba ajasen sin
descanso.
Pero como no solo Sc publican no
velas, y como no solo de novelas vive
el hombre, serfa precise para esco-
gernos otras lecturas, diez personas
mas. -.
La cifra total de la production de
tomos impresos es formidable seg1n
algnnos, pasan de 10000 al afIo, 10
que da unos 90 volllmenes al dia So
10 para Francia.
Como explica usted esa abun-
daucia que espanta al mundo entero7
lie he preguntado a uno de los hom.
bres que mejor conocen la vida edi-
torial al distinguido seflor D. Eduar-
do Barraque.
-Muy facilmente na dicho.-
En- primer lugar tenemos los libros
"conocidos'' s sea la reimpresion de
los clasicos 6 de obras que han OBJ
tenido TN cierto exito, y otras publi-
caclones analogas. Las declaracio-
mes dc los editores acusan para esta
categoria cifras vcrdaderamente es-
pantosas: 700 millones de ejempla-
res en- los Estados Unidos de Ameri-
ca; 800 millones en- la Europa occi-
dental; 400 millones en- la Europa
oriental; 24o nillones en- Asia, en-
Africa Oceania, & sea TN total de
tres mil doscientos millones de Volt.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17
negocio vino a escape q Madrid,

negocio vino a escape q Madrid
hospedandose en- Ell hotel de Rusia
La policia esper6 la llegada de los
timadores y al POGO tempo Sc presento
en- Ell hotel preguntando por Jorge
Hahn un su jeto no NAL trajeado y de
respect BILE aspecto por su edad, el cual
iba recoger las catorce mi pese es
En- ell acto fue detenido conducido
al gobierno civil en- union del andido
cafetero.
Ell senor MILAN Astray los interrog6
q ambos
Ell detenido dijo llamarse Juan Sibol
Fora y que unos desconocidos le habian
comisionado en- Valencia, de donde
hacia POGO que habia llegado, para
que viniese recoger catorce mil Pc
setas que le entregaria Ell seflor Hahn
en- Ell Hotel de Russia.
De ahi no Sc le pudo sacar.
Ell comisario general dispuso que
Sibol fuese conducido al juzgado de
guardia y que al aleman Sc lie acompa-
1lase al hotel, donde aguardaria dis
posiclon del consul de los Estados Uni
dos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17

fDc "El L1OSTdl QG MdQIlu
Aunque parezca increi,le,~ todavia
hay en- el mundo incautos que Sc dejan
coger en- las redes de los timadores.
Aver, ell comisario general de la po-
licia, don Jose MILAN Astray, tuvo no
ticia de que al Hote, de Russia hab1a
llegado un extranjero de bastante
edad, ell cual desde Ia estacion Sc ha-
bla encaminado directamente en- I'm
carruaje al hotel citado, cuyo nombre
indic6 sin vacilar al auriga.
Despues, ell forastero no volvio q
pronunciar nj una sola palabra, mos
trandose como receloso de cuantos
veia
Ell seflor MILAN Astray, cumpliendo
6rdenes del gobernador, dispuso que
los inspectores senores Villalta y De
Cells fueran al hotel con objeto de
averiguar quien era el extra1lo per-
sonaje.
Ell senior De Cells, asi i'que tuvo de-
lante al extraniero, lie dirigio la pala-
bra en- frances; pero el interpelado in
dic6 por senas que no entendia aquel
idioma. En- vista de este, ell sefIor De
Cells lie hablo en- ingles, y entonces Ell
hom bre comenzo a contestar en- la
misma lengua, aunque con no poca
dificultad y cierta "escama."
Dijo llamarse Jorge Hahn y ser de
nacionalidad alemans, pero naturaliza.
do en- los Estados Unidos. donde resi-
de. Anadio que en- una poblaci6n pro-
xima Nueva York posee I'm cafe
importante y que habia venido Ma
drid desde tan lejanas tierras para rea
liar un negocio.
Tanto y tanto lie dijer on los inspec-
torres mencionados para convencerle
de que no debfa dar nj un centimo
nadie por muchos "dollars que lie otre-
ciesen a cambio, que Ell extrsniero Sc
decidio explicarlo todo.
En- efecto, al buen seflor lie habian
escrito desde Madrid rehriendole la
conocida historic del, banquero conde
nado por quiebra fraudulenta, y cuyos
bienes, que estaban embarg gados, iban
d Ser vendididos sino pagaba catorce
mil pico de pesetas por los gastos del
proceso y algunas indemnizaciones
ST Hahn entreg aba las catorce mil
pesetas, Sc levantarfa ell embargo 4 los
bienes del banquero, que* importa ban
100000 pesetas, y Ia mitad de esta su-
ma serla para 81.
AL cafetero le parscio de perlas el
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17

tre los ingleses de aumentar la Sc
erection lactea en- la "wet-nrrse" en-
la nodriza. La observation es exac-
ia; la cantidad de lechehaumenta con
Ell uso del vino, como Sc, aum enta
tambien la orina en- los beodos; pero
Ell liquido es de mala calidad, POGO
6 NADIA nutritivo y 10 que es peor, to-
xico. Ell aumento es tal,.que la le-
che rezuma de los pechos entire las
tomas del niflo y este sirve de esti-
mulo a la nodriza para seguir bebien-
do sin tasa, pasando de una mera
ahcion q I'm vicio, que Sc hace mas
arraigado por 10 mismo que le sale
gratis; la casa paga. La nodriza que
beba vino, como no sea en- cantidad
mfnima, de una dos cucharatlas al
dfa, criara al nif1o endeble, con dia -
rreas mas que estrefIimiento, con
insomnia. con gran pledisposici6n 4
las afecciones cutaneas, a Ia tubercu-
losis, los ataques nerviosos; la
epilepsia y la locura. Acaso lie lie
CARA 4 producer la muerte. De 10 que
no sc escapara es del raquitismo.
Y los padres que pagan y soportan
las molestias de su nodriza para ase-
gurar el crecimiento sano f1orido
de un hijo, tienen Ell deber de prohi-
bir el vino la nodriza y de cerrar
con doble llave la despensa para evi-
tar tentaciones q hurtadillas que los
demzs criados Sc conviertan en- com
plices de TN atentado infantil.
Lo que deba gastar en- vino la no.
driza que 10 invierta en- leche. en- car
ne, en- paseos 6 EN- jabon para que sea
aseada y practique con esrnero el aseo
del nl1io.
DR.. .NNrf5ne< Vargas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17
COMO YIBRA LA TERRA

Desde la catastrofe de San Fran
cisco y Valparaiso la TERRA no cesa
de estremecerse. Cada dia aparecen
telegramas anunciando nuevos tenn
blores en- este en- aquel punto de
America. La corteza de nuestro glo-
bo parece aque jada de ataques ner-
vioSos.
Sc han explicado las causas pro ba-'
bles de estos cataclimos, atribuidos S
q la accion de Ia masa lgnea central.
Lo que quizas no Sc ha exp1icado es
de que modo Sc trasmiten 4 10 lejos
esas temibles vibrac ZONES, que los
'de1icados aparatos llanlados sisn1o-
grafds registrar 4 distancia enorme.
Para comprender de que modo Sc
transmiten 4 10 lejos las conmociones
nuestro planeta, hay que recordar
que esta tornado por IN "nucleo" de
materias lgneas, 1nuy densas, Y cu-
blerto por una corteza roquef1a cuyo
espesor no puede exceder de unos so
a 100 Kilometres. Como Ia TERRA
tiene TN diametro de I 900 kilome-
tros, la corteza es muy delgada pro-
pOrclonalmente 10 cs menos que la
cascara de I'm huevo con re1aci6n al
huevo propiamente dicho.
Cuando Sc produce una conmocion,
Sc propaga de dos maneras; por la
corteza 6 por la misma masa de Ia
TERRA. La propagation de la corte-
"a Sc verifica con lentitud relativa:
de I3o 500 metros por segundo. Es,
ia Ultima velocidad es Ia de las balas
de los fusiles modernos Lo cual re-
presenta una rapidez que aun no han
podido alcanzar los automobiles. Mu-
cho mayor es la velocidad de la
transm ision por Ia masa'
Cuando ocurre I'm fuerte terremo-
to como en- Lisboa en- el siglo XVIII
como en- San Francisco y Valparai-
so, los observatorios sismografcos
aquellos que estan situados 4 "nueve
8 diez mill kilometres del centro del
fen6meno, sef1alan este, "al cabo de
ulgunos minutos', !por una ligera
agitacion de los si<mografos. Las
observaciones pertinentes han permi-
lido comprobar que la propagation
por la masa Sc verifcaba con una
velocidad de "diez Kilometres por
segundo", es decir 900 veces la rapi-
dez del expreso mas veloz.
Pero la transmission por la masa no
Sc limita a esta primera manifesto
cion: ninutos despues de haber vi
brado por primera vez los sismogra-
fos, vuelven estremecerse con ma
yor intensidad. Sus vibraciones tie
men mayor amplitud y duraclon. 81
sc compare la hora del terremote con
Ell de la vibracion del sismografo sc
advierte que estas segundas ondas sc
han propagado con una velocidad de
"cinco Kilometres por segundo'' es
decir, con una rapidez equivalente 4
la mitad de la que alimaba las pri-
meras ondas.
En- matematicas Sc conoce Ia teo-
ria de la elasticidad, base sobre he
chos comprobados en- los Laboratories
y para los que slrven el marfl, el
acero, ETC., etc.
Esta teorfa ensef1a que 81 Sc pro
duce una conmocion en tn cuerpo
.solido, perfectamente elastico, esta
conmocion da nae cimiento, en- Ell in
terror del cuerpo, dos series de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17
SOClEDAD PROTEC7ORA DE- MENDICOS
CONVOGATORIA

Por disposition de la sefiora Presi-
denta, Sc invita- 4 las sei1oras seno-
ritas socias, para celebrar iunta pc
neral 4 las ocho de la noche del sa-
bado Io del corrlente, en- Ell salon del
Ateneo Puertorriquefio; suplicandose
la puntual asistencia por convenir
asf 4 los intereses de la expresada
sociedad.
La Secretaria
Ambayo FeyndHaes. NdSet.
San Juan ?. r. Enero ~, 1902.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17

En- tai case no sc puede por mcnos
dc formular esta pregunta: .tComo
conciliar la gran rigidez de la Tie
rra: tonada en- conjunto con la hip6-
tests admitida por muchos sabios, de
qae exlste I'm n1cleo central huido2
Esta hipotesis ha sido batida
4 menudo por los ffsicos; pero sus
objeclones basadas Ell experimentos
de la aboratorio, hechas en- pequena
escala sobre liquidos homogGneos, no
Sc pueden aplicar una masa como
Ia del nucleo central, tornado por
una mezcla de muchos cuerpos fun
dldos en- cantldades enormes.
81 sc quieren conciliar los parecc-
res, basta considerar cuan tremenda
debe ser Ia preston ejercida por las
capas superiores sobre este ndcleo,
para que no Sc lie pucda aplicar min
guna de las consequential de los
experlmentos de laboratorio, pues es,
to seria traspa sar los lin ties natu-
rales de la deducci6r4 Es muy pro-
bable Que Ia preston Que Sc cierce
sobre las spartes interiores del nlicleo
lgneo, preston que alcanza millones
de atm6sferas', les comuniea, a Pc
sar de su alta temperature, un estado
que practicamente equivale al .es-
tado s6lido"; de modo que esta $50
lldez expllca la transmission de las
ondas sisnicas 4 traves de la masa.
alfonso Bergex
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-17
Ell ETERNO TtMO
DE NUEYA YORK A MADRID

fDe "El LIBERAL, de Madrid)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14

New York Evening Post: 1t is not
generally known, perhaps, that the
United States army is just completing
a map of every inch of the island of
Cuba for use in case it ever becomes
necessary for the American govern
ment to occupy the country by force.
The engineer corps of the army has
been deyoting most of its attention to
the undertaking since last fall, two of
the three battaliOns having been at
work on the island in the last half of
that period. Not a nook or corner, not
a travelled road or an obscure trail has
escaped the map makers. The strange
part of it is that the Cuban government
has aided the work in every way It
could, giving orders to the rural guards
and local officers in far-away towns to
facilitate the engineers operations
whenever possible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14
DAILY STORY
THE TENDERFOOT.

[)riginall
| confess that when | went to Colo
RADIO to look up mining property l did
not like the term ''tenderfoot" that
was applied to Inc in common with all
who came from civilized countries. !
had been an athlete, a soldier and &
mountain climber both in South Amer
lea and Europe Therefore | did not
see any propriety i'll the term for me.
| met some royal good fellows 81
Colorado Springs and soon after my az.
rival there was entertained by party
at supper. At the table opposite me
sat Mark Dykeman. who had evident
ly been long enough in the country to
be entirely careless of his dress, for,
although from his language and his
manners it was easy To see that he
was at least fairly we'll bred and ed
ucated, he was dressed In the trousers,
boots and wooden shirt of the region,
to say nothing of the revolver and car
tridges strapped TO his waist He had
Il pair of cold gray eyes with bushy
browS over them and wore a perpetual
tAiItSSiolt Oll HIS ldCt.
mentioned having climbed the Matter
horn. in Switzerland. Dykeman's sneer
intensified.
did you go up tenderfoot STYLE"
he asked. with a lot of men to hold
you up with Il rope and cut your steps
for you. or did you do ii yOurself|'
l confess l was irritated when / re-
Piled:
"Oh, the Matterhorn is not 10 be
climbed like these hills about here. It's
a mountain
Il don't doubt" he retorted, that it's
mountain. and steep one. | only
doubt your ability as Il climber
I'm going up Pixies peak tomor-
row." l said, endeavoring to speak
without show of choler. 81 shall
climb it alone"
! do you know the way?"
'Never was on the mountain in my
life
"And you consider yourself able to
go to the top within reasonable
time?"
AZ do"
Tut, mani" he snarled. you're no
climber. You're tenderfoot''
"I'll bet you,'' l retorted, losing my
caution. that / climb the mountain
alone and in a reasonable time-what
| reasonable time is to be fixed by the
members of this party, you and ex-
p, cepted"
What do you take me for? Do you
think I'm here to make sure bet with
a tenderfoot to get his money un-
fairly? l know blind man that can
beat you on race
"BlindY'
"St0ne blind. I'll bet you 500. he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14
The Democratic Position.

A Kansas democratic club asks the
Commoner to set forth briefly some of
the reasons which can be given by
democrats for the support of theic
party's position, and the request is
cheerfully complied with by Bryan
paper as follows:
First-The democratic party be-
lieves in the theory of government
set forth in the Declaration of indie
pendence, namely, that governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed. The party was
fromed by Thomas jefferson. the an
thor of the Declaration of Independ.
ence, and has ever borne the impress
of his personality.
While call parties have until recen.
years to greater or less extent given
adherence TO the doctrines set forth
in the Declaration of Independence,
the democratic party has differed from
the parties which opposed it in that ii
has emphasized the fact that the rep
resentative is the servant of his CON
stituents, while the parties that take
their inspiration from Alexander Hari-
iltOn regard the representative as
more or less Independent of his con.
stituents. 1t makes a great deal Of
difference whether the public official
recognizes it as his duty to give eX
preston to the wishes of those win
elected him or considers himself a
sort of superior being elected to act
for the people, but not to be controllel
by them. The official who assume;
the right to disregard the wishes OF
those who elect him strikes at ths
very foundation of popular govern
ment.
Second-The democratic party be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14

can climb 10 the top of Pixies peak
sooner than YOU"
1T seems to me-" replied. "a bet
like that would be all in my favor"
"Do you take the bet or take water?"
There was a cold blooded, disagree
able look in the mans contemptuous
glance that irritated me beyond
measure.
"Of course / take the bet. He who
dances must pay the piper. If you
insist in calling me a tenderfoot, you
must hand out the cost"
1t was then arranged that l and
half dozen others We're TO start from
the base of Pixies peak the next morn
ing and that if blind man beat me to
the top I was to lose the bet. The
money was put up, and we broke up to
go to bed.
The next morning we met at an ap-
pointed rendezvous. Dykeman was
there, and good nap had evidently
taken away his disposition to taunt
me. for he treated me very civilly. l
vainly endeavored to discover from the
looks of others of the party whether
Tue III IL SeTl-
GUS light or not and made some re-
marks to draw them out. but every
man seemed to have bottled himself
upon the subject. and l got no salts
!. faction. The umpire permitted each
person who was to join in the race to
take position wherever he liked, pro-
vided he was in sight the>lmpire and
/ hpinO in thn Than or 10
firing of revolver we started.
l soon found that had been put on
the usual route taken by those who
assembled the peak. Why this had been
done l could not imagine, but inferred
that it was to give me every advantage
in order that there should be no war
| rant for blame on the part of those
conducting the contest for taking an
| unfair advantage of a stranger Surely
| IL after having been started right |
couldn't beat blind man to the sum-
| init i deserved the opprobrious epithet
| of tenderfoot One thing my expert
| ence I'm climbing did for melt was
easy for me to detect the natural route
before me. Only once or twice did
| delay in selecting the best ground to go
| over, and not once was obliged to re-
trace my steps. l was in fairly good
condition. with springy step. knew
l was making good time. and when |
| saw the goal short distance above me
was sure l would do tie feat in as few
hours as any one could do it.
As l approached the highest point l
looked up TO see If any one was there
Not person was in sight l felt a
thrill of pleasure at having punished
Dykeman for his incivility and pushed
on till stood on what at first thought
was the summit. but glancing aside
saw that needed to go little higher.
Then for the first time l saw a man
lying asleep on the ground 1t was
Dykeman.
Something within me collapsed. /
went to him and spoke. He didn't hear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14
Unpleasant Light on Dark Subject

The investigation of the Hartman
railroads has been going on for some
years by the interstate commerce COM
mission and of course President Roose-
welt was informed of all the stock
jobbing, stockwatering, and other cor
rupt transactions. During that time
My Dear Hartman" was a constant
visitor at the White house he was the
invited guest at the marriage of the
presidents daughter, he constantly re-
ceived letters from the president on po-
litical matters, and was, he said. in
vited to contribute and collect money
from other corporation magnates for
use in the presidential campaign.
Now President Roosevelt declares
that Mr.. Hartman is an undesirable
citizen, because a private letter of his
has been published which exposed this
political and personal intimacy between
him and the president. But was not
the same Hartman and his doings
known to the president as well before
as after that letter was published?
That is the unpleasant light that the
Hartman exposure leaves the occu-
pant of the White house in. and no
linking Hartman with Meyer and Hay
wood. who are innocent until proved
guilty. can change the circumstances in
each case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14
Human ''Steam'';
Keeping 1t Up
The Secret Of That Tireless Energy
Some People Possess.

There is another kind of steam than
that in which the boy James Watt,
watching his mothers tea kettle, first
saw the great possibilities that long
since have become realities.
This other kind of steam is human
steam" And it is most important
factor in our affairs.
Some people call this human steam"
by other names. They call it push"
sometimes, or hustle" or "get-up," or
life" Well, It's all of these, but after
all it's just steam" It's the power
to do things,-a seemingly tireless
power which some people possess
Malta-Vita, the perfect matted whole
wheat food. fills men and women and
children with the power to do things.
1t makes them strong in body and
mind. 1t keeps up their steam"
When Malta-Vita comes from the
ovens, every fake baked crisp and
brown, it is the most delicious and
most healthful food in the world. con-
tanning only one per cent of moisture.
The other 80 per cent is nutrition. di-
gested most readily, even by the weak
est stomach. because the gelatinzed
starch of the thoroughly cooked wheat
has been converted by fine malt extract
into maltese, or malt sugar.
There's no other food like Malta
Vital None Just as good" Sold by
all grocers, 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14

Hon. John c. Spooner of Wisconsin
became private citizen on the first
day of this month, his resignation as
United States senator having taken
place at that time. He has not yet
opened a law office anywhere, nor has
he appeared in the courts, though since
leaving Washington he has been very
busy with several important lawsuits.
1t is said he will not enter into part
nership with anyone, preferring gel-
eral practice to the tempting offers he
has received from various corporations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-14
Rock Island

nature, geographically, commercially.
and iniustriaIIy, the gateway of the
west, northwest and southwest. Favor
ed by situation on the mississippi at the
mouth of the Hennepin canal, connect
Ing river ana lake, IL has the additional
advantages of the main line of the Rock
Island railroad, three branches spring
ing from the stem ut this point
to the northwest and far southwest,
while the main line goes on TO
the Pacific; the Milwaukee, Kan
sas city line, and the BurlInGtOn's ST.
Louis and st. Paul line with direct
communication with Peoria and SPRING
field. IL has three interurbans under
way. IL has miles of paved streets,
beautiful parks, including the historic
Black Hawks Watch Tower, handsome
churches, a Y. VI. c. 4. building. mod
ern school buildings. n college and a
seminary. fOurishing factories and free
sites for more. IL has three first class
hotels, three theaters, and a model sys-
tenn of rapid transit. Ii has six sub
stantial banks, uP-tO-date business
blocks and three more I'm course of
erection, immense department stores
and hundreds of other branches of mer-
camille pursuits. 1t Is the location of
the Rock Island arsenal, the greatest
in the world. II has the head Offices of
the Modern wOOdmen of America. the
largest frnternal society I'm the world.
housed In n quarter of a million dollar
fireprsof building. Its public buildings
are 81 quarter of a million dollar court
house. n city hall, n pOstOfce building
I'm which are the Offices of the govern
ment engineer corps In charge of upper
Mississippi improvements. II has 25,-
900 population. 1t Inns nm Industrial
commission that IL boosting the town
along Legitimate and substantial lines
and everybody IL helping.