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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
A MYSTERIOUS CARD.
Dark Twain's Odd Request and How
Mrs. Cleveland Received II.

When was leaving Hartford for
Washington upon one occasion my
wife said 81 have written small
warning and put it in Il pocket of your
dress vest. When you are dressing to
go to the authors reception at the
White House you will naturally put
your fingers in your vest pocket, ac-
cording to your custom. and you will
find that little note there. Read it
carefully and do as it tells you.
cannot he with you, and SO delegate
my sentry duties to this little note II
I should give you the warning by
word of mouth now it would pass from
your head and be forgotten in few
miputes."
1t was President Cleveiand's first
term. | had never seen his wife the
young, the beautiful. the good hearted,
the sympathetic, the fascinating.
Sure enough just as | had finished
dressing to go to the White House. |
found that little note, which | had
long ago forgotten. 1t was grave
little note, Il serious little note. like
its writer. but it made me laugh
Livy's gentle grayities often produced
that effect upon me where the expert
humorist's best joke would have fail
ed, for | do not laugh easily.
When we reached the White House
and was shaking hands with the
president he started to say something,
but interrupted him and said:
"If your excellency will excuse me
will come back In a moment, but now
have very important matter to at
tend to, and it must be attended to at
once"
turned to Mrs. Cleveland, the
young, the beautiful, the fascinating
and gave her my card, on the back of
which had written He didn't" and
asked her to sign her name below
those words.
She said: "He didn't? He didn't
what?"
"Oh," l said, "never mind. We
cannot stop to discuss that now. This
Is urgent. Won't you please sign your
namef" l handed her fountain pen.
why" she said. II cannot commit
myself in that way. Who is it that
didn't? And what is it that he didn't
oh" l said. time Is flying. flying
flying, Won't you take ME out of my
distress and sign your name to it!
It's all right. l give you my word It's
all right"
She looked nonplused, but hesitat-
ingly and mechanically she took the
pen and said:
Il will sign it. l will take the risk.
But you must tell me all about it right
afterward. so that you can be arrested
before you get out of the house in case
there should be anything criminal
about this"
Then she signed, and l handed her
Mrs. Clemens note, which was very
brief. very simple and to the point. II
said. Don't wear your arctics in the
White House" 1t made her shout and
at my request she summoned mes
senger, and we sent that card at once
to the mail on its way to Mrs. Clemens
In Hartford.-Mar Twain's Autobiog-
raphy in North American Review
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow.

Snow, snow, beautiful snow,
Although you can not read.
You cover the girl and her beau,
You cover the plant and its seed.
Snow, snow, beautiful snow,
You fall on the land and the sea,
But the old woman will still sew.
You cannot imagine how nice heI
stitches will be.
Come snow, beautiful snow,
Said one little child to another,
But | know she will say no,
Now let us 90 ask our mother.
Come snow. beautiful snow,
Remember Jane and Bess,
An angel will take away no,
And tell their mother to answer yes.
RUBY BRAswELL.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Christmas Island.

81 spent last Christmas on Christmas
island" said a globe trotter. I'm the
morning l bathed In the sea and in
the afternoon, dressed in white flannel,
| played tennis. Christmas island is
In the Indian ocean. 1t is always
summer there. The thermometer new
er falls below 20 and never rises above
30 in the shade. There's always a
cool, pure wind from the southeast.
Fresh fruit and flowers and vegetables
are as plentiful in January as in July.
This little paradise is nine miles long
and ten miles wide"
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07

Milton Walker spent a few days
in Caldwell county recently.
Ben and Claude brennan went to
Clay last Saturday.
Rev. Oakley preached to a good
sized audience at Sugar Grove last
Sunday.
E. l.. Horning attended church at
Shady Grove last Sunday.
Gabe Towery is seriously i'll with
typ hold fever.
Nick Fox and Henry Simpson fl n,
lshed delivering their pooled tobacco
at Providence last Thursday and be-
gan burning beds the next morning
for another crop.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07

The Press and weekly Courier
Journal one year for 81. 80.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Rising From the Grave

A prominent manufacturer, VIM. A.
Fertwell, of Lucama, N. c., relates a
most remarkable experience. He says;
after taking less than three bottles
of Electric Bitters, feel like one rising
from the grave. My trouble is Bright S
disease, in the Diabetes stage. fully
believe Electric Bitters will cure me
permantly, for it has already stopped
the liver and bladder complications
which have troubled me for years. &"
Guaranteed at Haynes & Taylor
druggist, Price only SOC.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
A Humane APP peal

humane citizen of Richmond. Ind, Mr. L ID
Williams, Io7 west main ST.. says Il appeal TO all
persons with weak lungs to take DIR Kings New
Discovery the only remedy that has helped me
and fully comes up to the proprietor's recon-
mendation." 1t saves more lives than all other
throat and lung remedies put together Used as
cough and cold cure the world Cures
asthma bronchitis, Group, whooping cough, quinsy
hoarseness, and phthisic stsps hemorrhages of
the lungs and builds them up Guaranteed at
J II Orme's drug store, soc sI.oo Trial bottle
free.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
DEANS SCHOOL HOUSE

j. f. Dean and wife attended the
Oratorical Contest at Marion Friday
night.
Jim Cleghorn had the misfortune
to lose a inc mare last week.
Many of our farmers took advan-
tage of the recent pretty weather to
SOW oats.
Billy Shoemaker is on the sick
list.
Homer Morrill,, of Marion, will
work with A. Dean this summer.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Treating the Insane,

In 1906 William luke, a Quaker,
opened the first national asylum for
the insane in York, England. A few
years earlier a Frenchman named Pi-
mel had made similar effort to restore
the mentally deficient to the rank Of
human beings. Pinels plan was that
Of nonrestraint, system then unheard
Of and, Of course, to be ridiculed as a
preposterous heresy. 1t is now being
followed everywhere.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy j:
Both Agreeable and Effective

Chamberlains Cough Remedy has no superior
for coughs, colds and Group and the fact that it
is pleasant to take and contains nothing in any
way injurious has made it favorite with mothers,
Mr.. w. S. Pelham, a merchant of Kirksville.
Iowa. says For more than twenty years Cham
berlains Cough Remedy has been my leading
remedy for all throat troubles. 1t is especially
successful in cases of Group. Children like it
and my customers who have used il will not take
any other" For sale by Orme the leading
druggist in western Ky.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
A Well known Fact

That no Skin disease, whether from
internal or external origin, can long
withstand the two powerful germicides,
ZENIO and ZEMOTONE, they destroy
the germs that cause the disease, they
always cure. Write orsample. E.W. Rose
Med. Co., st. Louis. All Druggists sell it..
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07

He-Do you believe in long engage
ments? She - 1t all depends. He-I
don't understand. She-If he has
plenty Of money and Is inclined to be
liberal long engagement is the thing.
but if he cannot afford boxes at the
opera and such things always make
his regime very short.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07

There are stars so distant that n.y.
Ing machine moving at the rate Of 500
miles an hour would require 500. OOO,-
600 years to reach them.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07

Don't You think you're wasting
your time talking the value of econ
omy to Blank? He hasn't any
money"
81 know, but I have."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-14
Peoples Supply Company
LANCASTER, S. c.

the carrier to take your mor ey
and make purchases for you. The
Government says your merchant
must take such goods as are
mailable to the post office and
have the proper amount of posi-
age put on them.
Uncle Sam has no pets. and
when an employe violates his
rules and regulations, he or she
must pay the penalty. By the
way, | wonder how many of nv
patrons know why the United
States Government is called
"Uncle Sam" and wha, il origi-
mated from? | suppose there are
very few who know the origin.
Well, | will tell you how "Uncle
Sam was named. 1t was be
cause one Samuel Wilson, gov
ernment inspector OF beef and
pork at Troy, N. Y, in 1912,
had a way of marking his barrels
witch his own initials and ~. S."
meaning United States. A work.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-14

White Lingerie ParasoIs at HaIfPrce.
All our White Lingerie Para
soils, embroidered, trimmed,
bamboo handles; special prices,
IS cents, SIPS and $50.
Figured Lawns, Dimities and Organ
dies for Hot Days.
New assortment of summer
lawns and Organdies, II IL cts
quality at 8 12 cts the yard.
1 lot lawns, light and dark
colors, worth 10 cents; your
choice in the lot 5 and 7 cts yd.
Belts.
Tan and brown belts to
match your travelling suit, twen-
ty-fve, thirty-fve and fifty cents.
Embroidered wash belts, 10 cts.
A pretty assortment of gold
Swastika waist pins. Swastika
Pearl Belt Buckles. A new
line Of back combs, ten, fifteen,
twenty-five and fifty cents.
Try the new Hairlight crown
and side puffs. The latest effect
in hair dressing. This artistic
effect obtained in a minute,
price fifty cents.
Mems negligee shirts in good
styles and patterns, slightly
damaged, worth fifty cents;
your choice in the lot twenty
five cents.
One job lot of mems pants,
worth from two dollars to two
fifty; special for this sale, seven
ty-hve cents to one dollar and a
quarter.
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White Lawn Waist for 90 cents,

'''o Io"h Noiol lUI W C6IllS,
Ladies White Lawn Shirt
Waist, beautiful styles in long
or short sleeves, good quality
sheer white Lawn and trimmed
with insertion and val lace, the
best SIPS waist sold: Special
price 90 cents
Ladies White Linonette Wash Walk
ing Skirts.
These Skirts are made of
white linen finish linonette, are
easily washed, several new stv
les in pleated and tucked effects;
prices, o5 cents, $I.35, $I.65 and
SI.o5.
Specials in White Goods.
Wash Chiffons, 4S inches
wide, beautiful sheer quality
and sells for SO cents, special
for this sale IS cents the yard.
Fine Persian Lawn, 45 inches
Wlde' rs CTS. quality, 20 cts. yd.
Fine check Dimities worth X
cents, in short lengths 10 to 20
yards: your choice in the lot 10
cents the yard.
Good white lawn 80 inches
wide, 5 cents the yard.
35 cts fine lingerie at IS cts.
White lingerie, 38 inches wide,
special price for 10 days, IS cts.
yard. White dress linen for
ladies suits, all pure linen, 3o
inches wide, worth IS cts, quick
sale price, IS cts the yard.
Palm leaf Fan free to each
customer.
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man who was something of wag
saw the lettres, and facetiously
remarked that he supposed they
stood for "Uncle Sam" The
joke was retold and retold until
it became common saying, and
the general govKnment has been
so nlcknamed for nearly a hun
dred years.
Now for our trip and | will
close
Our + d TRIP
Down to the office between seven and eight,
There to distribute, and sometimes to
wait,
minute or so for locals past due
These bundles we then must quickly
undo.
When all to pigeon holes has been placed
And then IN the trap-rack securely en-
cased,
1t next is dumped into pouch on the floor.
The word being given, we rush for the
door
Each one to his ig with long rapid strides,
And then through the crisp morning air
he rides.
We carry the news to the farmerss door;
We take his letters and sometimes more
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-14

Get a free sample of Dir. Shoops Health
Coffee at our store. II real coffee disturbs
your stomach. your Heart or Kidneys
then try this clever Coffee imitation. Dr.
Shcop has closely matched Old Java and
Mocha Coffee IA flavor aud taste, yet il has
not a single graiu OF real Coffee In it. DR.
Shops Health Coffee Imitation is made
from pure toasted grains or cereals. with
Malt, Nuts, etc. Made i'm minute. No
tedious wait You viii surely like it. Sold
by Bennett Gro. Co
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-14

C"FPo "A
roads travel sou h TO BETH chem
over the Rocky RIVER
road. Mr.. A. P. Piyler is high
ly commended, especially by this
scribe for going over his road also.
There are other sec ions of road
yet unworked on No. 5, but they
are in fairly good shape, and just
one days good work on them
will put them in fine shape -
Messrs p. A Parker, l.. N. Mont
aud S. j. Funderburk
and others, know just how to
work a road, and just wait until
another rain, and you will! hear
from their sections. Well, l have
travelled now fifteen and one-half
miles to Bethlehem church, nv
turning point. am now just ten
and one-tenth miles from Lancas-
ter. AT this point | go almost
due west, until | reach Lancas-
ter. There are about one hun
dred and forty five families sup
piled by this route and altogether
about four hundred and fifty
patrons who receive their mail
on this route.
Mr.. Editor, am not boasting,
but if you could be with me some
day, and just see the many good
things l get out of the mail boxes
you would probably envy me my
place. A mail box will hold a
good deal, for / have found as
many as four or five heads of
and often nice mess of
Irish and sweet potatoes, beans
and almost every thing good and
substantial in the eating line.
And last season got lots of nice
fruit, such as apples, peaches,
etc. think | have the best lot
of people to serve of any section
in the county. We get along
finely, and never hear of any
complaint from them in regard
to my service; if they have any,
[ never hear the M.
Mr.. Editor, there are some very |
important things, that l wish to
ask of my patrons as we'll as the
patrons on the other different
routes in the county, and they |
can't be em phasized too strongly,
viz: Patrons, don't ask your |
carrier to bring you from town
any kind of merchandise which |
is subject to postage. Any kind
of hardware, dry goods, groceries,
drugs, etc under the weight of
four pounds is subject to postage,
so from this time on. | as we'll as
my brother carriers would appre-
ciate the fact, if our patrons
would write their merchants aud
advise them to send such goods as
they wish, and have the merchant
10 put them up in mailable bun
lies and take them 10 the post
office, have them weighed by the
aud your carrier
would take just "a much care in
and delivering your
ndse as he would your letters.
The carrier has no more right to
carry you a spool of thread, a yd.
IF ribbon, pair ofshoes, pound
'f tobacco, pound of soda, a box
If matches, a package of coffee.
/ box Of tacks, a handsaw file
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Intended for last issue bat re.
ceived too late for pub icatiou. }

oP"SO III ic" llueS III your COL
umns, which, hope, may be of
interest to some, and part of
which may be of information TO
others relative to the duties and
requirements of r. F. D. carriers
by the Government, which will
be spoken of later on.
Mr.. Editor, | believe | have
one OF the best roads of the whole
six &. f. ID. routes going cut
from this place, which makes a
circuit of 251 miles, aud at the
farthest point, am not more
than twelve miles from town.
While my road is not in the best
condition, the people are taking
a greater interest in the condition
OF their roads. doing more and
better work on them. We all
know that a road well worked is
much easier worked and kept up
afterward. Mr.. Jno. l.. Caskey,
who is overseer on section No. !
from Lancaster to Gills Greek
called out his hands last week
and put his road in order, the
first one who called out road
hands after laying by crops. mir.
Jno. II. Bell, second in order,
called out hands on his section,
designated as No 8, covering that
part OF my route from New Cut
to Camp Greek church. Both
Mr.. Caskey and Mr.. Bell should
be commended for their prompt
attention and efficient work on
their roads just at the right time.
Now, section No Q lies between
Gills Greek and Camp Creek
church, overseer being Mr.. L. R.
Roberts. think Mr.. Roberts is
e man who, when be has d duty
to perform goes ahead and does
his part, and he is to be excused
this week, on account of pro
tracted meeting going on at Camp
Greek Church this week. Just
wait till that meeting closes, and
you wilA hear Mr.. Roberts say,
"Boys, we must work the road
now, only a few bad holes to fill
up, and some side bitches to rake
out, just one days work now will
put our road in good shape and
we certainly owe that much TO
our mail carrier, as we'll as our
selves" The carriers don't pick
their days. Did you ever think
about it2 Rain, sleet, or snow,
the poor devils have to go. Now
comes section No 4, from New
Cut to K. X. Plyler's. Mr.. Robt.
l.. l.. Blackmon is its overseer.
but he, too, is attending the pro-
tracted meeting this week, but
just look out after that meeting
is over, and you will hear from
No. d. Mr.. b. actually worked
seven consecutive days on his
road last winter and when he got
his road looked some
what like railroad ready for
cross-ties. MIR. b. says if a thing
is worth doing at all, it is worth
doing right, and that Is just his
idea about working road. We
60 on just one mile from K. X. |
Plyler's and we are at Sapps' X |
roads, just twelve miles from
town, and to reach this point we
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-14
R. F. D. No. 5.

Carrier Hilliard Writes In
terestingly of His Route
Condition Of Roads---Ad-
vice to Patrons---Carriers
Not Allowed to Garry as
Accommodation Merchan-
disc Subject to Postage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
General Shipping News.

 New York, June 7,--Arrived: Steam Naples. Halifax, June 7.-steamer Baltic. Liverpool for New York 766 miles east of Sandy Hook at 1I:S0 D. m. 9th, will fdock early Sunday morning
 Slaseonset, Mass, June 7.-Steamer Hamburg, Naples for New York, 150 miles east of Nantucket lightship at 4 morning.
 Fastnet, June 7.--steamer Lucania. New York for Queenstown and Liver pool 260 miles west at 2.15 a, m. Win probably reach Queenstown about 5 D. m
 Queenstown, June lO:25 a. m.-sail- ep: Steamer Cedric (from Liverpool) New York.
 Queenstown, June 7.-steamer Celtic, New York for Queenstown and Liver pool, 250 miles west at 10 a. m. to- day. VIII probably reach Queenstown about a, m. Saturday.
 Glasgow, June 6.-Arrived: Steamer Astoria, New York via Neville.
 Glasgow, June 6.-Arrived: Steamer Astoria, New York via Neville,
 Leghorn, June 6.-Arrived: Steamer Perugia, New York via Marseilles.
 Boulogne, June 7.--10 a. m.-Arrived: Steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, New York for Rotterdam (and proceeded)
 Lizard, June 7.-Passed: Steamer La Provence, Havre for New York
 Southampton, June 6. - Arrived: Steamer Teutonic, New York via Ply mouth and Cherbourg.
 Libau, June 3.-Sailed: Steamer Id- vonia, New York via Rotterdam
 Genoa, June 4-Sailed: Steamer Re dItalia, New York
 Naples, June 4.-sailed: Steamer Ro- ma. New York.
 Southampton. June ', 5:2O D. m.- Sailed Steamer Amerika, tfrom Ham, burg) New York via Cherbourg.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
DEEDS RECORDED.
Quit Claims, Warrantees, Mortgages and Attach
 ments Filed.

The following real estate transac- tlons were recorded in the town clerks office yesterday:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
9Wamts.
WANTrEn

One caae vs0rd fOg each fnsertfon. s,s. nvs ceAtS word for q fuIl week, seven
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
Mortgages.

Barbara Rosinus to Dowd Fresenius land and building, Redfeld street, $700
 Susie M Hicks to James E. Stetson land and buildings, 67 Charles street, 30 feet, $4O0.
 Susie M. Hicks to Oliver M White, trustee, land and buildings, 67 Charles street, 30 feet, $7G0.
 Mary J. Sullivan to Connecticut Say fngs bank, land and buildings, Win throp avenue, fl 1-2 feet, $45O.
 Magdelena A. Tice to Milton F. Morse, land, sherman avenue, $545.
 James Toole to Connecticut Savings
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
MARINE RECORD. Port of New Haven.
xk:

ARRIVED. Sch Annie Jane, Thomas. N. Y. Sch Henry P. Hams, Walton, Norfolk. Sch Henry Wardell Wardell, -.
 CLEARED. Sch A. M. dagger, N. Y. Sch Olio Edwards. N. Y. Sch c. w. Malleson, N Y. Sch George and Albert, Fairchild,
 RoclSaway.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
IN MILFORD.
To Decorate Graves of Firemen To-
 morrow.


 Foreman Fowler of Arctic engine company, Milford, has issued call for all members of the company to assem- ble at the engine company's rooms Sun day afternoon, June g, at 1 o'clock promptly, for the purpose of attend ing in a body the decoration of graves of deceased brothers. Grenadier drum corps will furnish martial music for the occasion, and before the return of the firemen from Milford and St. Mary's cemetery they will have decorated six ty graves. Contributions of flowers will be gladly received at the engine house early Sunday morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
Warranty Deeds.

James E. Stetson to Susie M. Hicks, land and buildings, 67 Charles street, 30 feet.
 Charles F. Coyle to Frank R. Fogar- ty to Bernard Donegan, land, Everltt street, 50 feet. E Samuel Okeson to Elmer E. and Helen E. okeson, land, Dixwell avenue, 30 feet. Abram Stone to Jacob Cohen, land, Scranton street, 61 feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
WEDDING BELLS.
Henry Kelly Married tc Miss Alice Tn.
 gcldsby.

Henry Kelly, of Oliphant, Pa, a well known young business man of that place, was married at o'clock this morning to Miss Alice Ingoldsby of this city. The marriage ceremony was performed at St. Johns church by the Rev Father Coyle.
 The wedding was attended by large gathering of friends and relatives. Miss Ingoldsby was formerly employed at the office of slade & slade in the First National bank building as steno- grapher. The happy couple left on the noon train for short wedding jour- ney. They will make their future home in Oliphant, Penn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
LenHes.

Antonio Giuliano to Edward R. Keat- ing, land and buildings, 165-169 Woos- ter street, 36 feet.
 Edgar M. Warner, administrator es- tate of Charles E. Jepson, to Mrs. El- len M. J. swentzel, Hill street,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

bank, land and buildings, Jackson street, 50 feet s2,OOO.
 Abraham M Golden to John I Mo- carthy, land Oak street. 50 feet; Day street, 40 feet, $2,5O0.
 Jacob Cohen to Abram Stone, land Scranton street, 61 feet, $500.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
Certificate of Attachment

Benjamin Linsky vs. Ida Gordon. land and buildings, Henry street, S5 feet, $4OO
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Cult Claims.

H. Rose Warner and Elizabeth War ner to Jeremiah Donovan, land and dwelling at 22 Townsend street, 25 feet, $500.
 Abraham R. Perkins to Minnie Hart Hemingway, land, Blatchley avenue, 50 feet. faG
 Theodore s. Woolsey, trustee, to James Toole and Ann Toole, land, Jack son street, 50 feet.
 Oliver s. White to James E. stetson, land and buildings, Charles street, 30 feet
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
NANTEr

A WOMAN as laundress. and rsa4,,, maid. who can go home nights. Want
 ga every day in the week, Cali at S52 Temple street. 5S a+ as