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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

\ r. Clappct OF Weld county has
leru HEpOint.d messenger in the for
est service nt Denver.
I'll" four offices Of assistant post
master general Will be abolished, a di-
rector of posts with seven assistants
provided for. and the entire postal ser
vice "f the United States divided into
fifteen separate districts. II the hill for
the ..vislOn uf tho postal laws which
is being prrparad ny ia" joint postal iu.
v"srisgti"n commission Is passed by
Congress.
Attorney General BuuaparIc has for
maily submitted to the Supreme Court
Of the United States his petition for a
WriI Of CrrtIuTari to the Circuit Court
vi Appeals for the seventh circuit, or.
d"rinG mp for review the Judgment OF
that court reversing the rulings OF
Judge Lands In the rebate case
against tn" standard Oil Company, in
which the company was fined $2a.-
uuu. .Uu"
Tn. annual report of Postmaster
General Mcy r for the fiscal year end
Ing June 30. 1908. gives the total re-
cclpts for the year as Sl9l. S,GG3. and
expenditures as s20S ,35l $50. thereby
showing a deficit of SlG.S73,222. the
largest in the history OF the depart.
ment: with m additional loss from
fire. burglary. etc. OF S37.O56. The
deficit of 1909. It is estimated. again
will exceed sl6.0O0.000.
In decision rendered by Commits.
siOner Lane Gf the Interstate Com.
mcrcc commission in the case Of r. NJ.
Kehoe 4 co. against the Nashville,
Chattanooga & s. Louis Railway Com
l.any and others. It is declared that the
commission would not impose on a car
rier the duty OF tclcEraphins to the
C"rsigner in the event that the ship
n"nt Is refused by the COnsiGnCe, or
! The latter cannot be found.
All fourth class pnstmasters in Inc
| states east OF The Mississippi river and
north of the Ohio river have been
! placed in the classified service by an
executive Urlrr OF the President. Here
after all the uppOint"os TO fourth class
/ postmastcrshipS In those states must
I undergo ciyII service examinations
/ Tu~tmuerrgs uuw holding office will
no, need To TAX, 0hr examinations
over lIuuu IuulA r'ueS rnstmastcrs
. arc affected
Th. United .tutc~ and Germany
have arrange for a postal ratio on let
tors ur rvn.s n-''ad ul > cents. The
new llr. viii uo into rrfrcr on Janu
| AIRY LIST
Chairman SI,IIuta.a ut the inaugu
I Iul committee ha- appointed Maj. Gen
!. franklin 1911. cNinl ul staff. 4. s. \.
In ho grand ur rshaI of TN. UaUGura
parade.
Gu.rIuOr Curry at New M,NIco, who
is in Washington to work for state
hood, says prospects are encouraging
for 1an. '-sIuu during tho coming scs
sion Of Conpr..s of both Now Mexico
! and Arizona
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Ancient Church a. Eeton. England.

lives, and here 1t was that the future
signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendenco acquired the habits of thrift
which, perhaps, as much as anything
else, helped TO frame his future great
ness.
Indeed the whole district is interest
Ing TO Americans, for not far from
Ecton is the home OF the family OF
George Washington, known as Sui.
grave Manor. Ectun and Sulgrave
Manor are visited nowadays by hosts
OF the descendants OF the man who is
said to have said that he could not
tell lie. Aside from the American
Interest OF ECtun, the village itself
has been immOrtalized by IIogarth.
the great painter. 1t was he who paint
ed the sign OF the Worlds End" inn
In that place. Nobody knows today
exactly what Hogarth's idea OF the
end of the world could have been, as
souvenir hunter many years ago
added this interesting sign to his col
lection and ever since that time. the
Worlds End" inn has been without a
sign.
Canon Arthur W. Jepson, who was
member of the famous Mosely COM
mission which toured 1000 miles OF
America to study educational prob
lens few years ago. recently has
been presented by King Edward with
the living OF the beautiful church at
Ecton. He is a great believer in tlse
American system and his report on
the commission strongly advocated
the adoption of American methods.
Canon Jephson. who has many friends
all over the United States, hopes to re
build his church with American
money. He points out that this church
is referred to in Frunklin's autobiog-
raphy and the name Franklin appears
frequently on the register
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HISTORIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND.
Was Attended by Benjamin FrankIIn's
Forefathers.

London.-Few spots in England
have more American interest than the
little village of Ecton, in Northamp-
tonshire, and particularly the church
yard in that quaint town. 1t was here
that the forebears of Benjamin Frank
lin were gathered to their fathers"
and in the little churchyard one may
see to-day many monuments with the
name of Franklin upon them. The
father and mother of Franklin were
born in the village and when Frank
lin visited the place years afterwards
he was able to identify the black:
smiths forge so well known to his
parents. 1t was in this little village
that the Franklins lived their frugal
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LAME BACK PRESCRIPTION

The Increased use OF "TUris" for
lame back and rheumatism Is causing
considerable discussion among the
medical fraternity. II is an almost in.
fallible cure when mixed with GER
tain other ingredients and taken prop
erly. The following formula Is .frec-
tive: To onc-half pint OF good
whiskcy add one ounce Of Toris Com.
pound and one ounce Syrup Sarsnpa-
rilla Compound. Take in tablrspuon-
ful doses before each meal and he
fore retiring
Toris compound is product Of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceu.
tical Co, Chicago. hut II a vol Is the
other ingredients can l." had from any
good druggist.
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GENE RAJ NEWS.

!. r,crpon. MUigIu recently paid
|75UUr for q rare Chinese rug
SamprI L. Clemens MARK Twain
passed his seventy third birthday quiet
ly at his home in R"dding. COnn.. Ne.
yembcr 3Urh. As vas his custom. Mr..
t'I,mrus took his morning ride. passing
he REMAND r or 0hy day win ht.
'pusnbnld
The withdrawal "f llmoJhy T.. Wood
4if, chairman nl tho Republican
,atr committee. l. conceded To prac.
'icaUy insur" III" election uf Secretary.
If State Ellhu Root 10 succeed Thorn.
.r- e.. rlatt as srualul from New Norj..
The A,Ianti. Hatrl,~hlp fleet. which
I.r Hampton Ruai= December 2GIH
Inst. sailed from Manila ON the latter
HtIl Of its world .uri'cIiug voyage Do
.'ulhrT LIST.
u s stated rhaf English and Amer
can tin plate manufacturers I'm Lon
4uu have formed combine which
practically Will control The industry
throughout IN, world
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robert Il. Maddox was elected
mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, on the End
inst, by majority Of more than
5000 votes over James G. Woodward,
regular Democratic nominee and twice
mayor Of the city.
DR.. Andrew J. McCash, the well
known surgeon, and a son of the late
president of Princeton University,
James McCash. who was injured in a
runaway accident in New York City.
died on the End inst.
A Chinese imperial edict pledges the
throne TO continue the policy inagu-
rated by the late emperor, and espec-
tally the program which provides for
the granting of a constitution to the
empire at the end of nine years.
Montreal motorists are urging the
city council TO construct an auto speed
way along five-mile aquoduct. The
plea is put forth that if such speed
way were constructed there would be
less fast driving on the city streets.
Dorando Pietrie, the italian Mara
thon runner, who defeated John Hayes,
winner of the Olympic Marathon. is
matched to race Tom Longboat, the In
dian. for &c miles 1856 yards, In Madi.
son Square garden, New York city,
Dec. 18th.
At q meeting of the Ohio State Fire
Prevention Association held at Colum-
bus, plan was submitted for organ
iZing n national assembly, including
all of the institutions In the United
States interested in the preservation
of lif" and property from fire.
President Nurd Alexis of Hayti has
been dCposcd. He gave up the fight
on the md inst, and took refuge on
the French wurship Duguay, lying at
Port Au Prince. General Lcgitimc,
the revolutionary leader. was at once
proclaimed president.
The expected dividend of I9i per
cent. on preferred stock and one per
cent. on common stock was declared
on the 2nd inst. at meeting of the
board OF directors of the American
Smelling and Refining Company in
New York City. The total amount is
close 10 $5OO.O0o
November fire losses have been
heavy in the United States and Canada,
and tho month will he added TO the
long list OF others in 1908 which have
shown no profit for the companies. The
total for the month is estimated S17,-
900. making the total for the year
10 date s225.0OO,O 900. This compares
with $4,000. .0oo for the first eleven
months of 1907.
Malvern Hill, the historic colonial
residence in Charles. seventeen miles
below Richmond. ON the james river.
belonging to William H. Hall Of New
York. was destroyed by fire on the ith
ms. Malvern Hnl house was built
by Governor Randolph go years ago.
II was occupied at one time during the
Revolutionary war by General I.afay-
cttc and the farm was The scene OF the
battle Of Malvern Hill the last of the
seven days fight during the Civil war.
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TO CURE A COUGH
Or Break a Cold In "a Houra

Mix two ounces of Glycerine and a
half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure with 4 half pint of Straight
Whisky. Shake well and take tea
spoonful every four hours.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine conf
pound pure is prepared only by The
Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio,
and is put up only in half-ounce walls.
each vial securely sealed In a round
wooden case to insure its freshness
and purity.
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MzsI am MRDUESzLL.

eeed Maj. Gen. Weston in command OF
the troops in the Philippines, has had
a long and honorable career in the
army. Born in Maryland, no gradual
ed from West Point in 1869 at % and
was assigned to the Fifth artillery
When the Spanish-American war
came he was captain of the First artil.
lery and was promoted first to the lieu
tcuant coIonelcy of the Twenty-sixth
Volunteer infantry and later colonel Of
the FortyoiGhth Volunteer colored
regiment, recruited In the south. and
in two months time he brought it into
such perfect shape that It received
the highest praise In tho Philippines
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Rewards Constantly Paid.

The rewards OF great living are not
external things, withheld until the
crowning hour OF success arrives;
they come by the way-In the con.
sciousness of growing power and
worth. OF duties nobly met. and work
thoroughly done. Joy and peace are
by the way.--Mabie
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lame, weak, run
down to q mere
skeleton. My back
was so bad | could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
tons much disOr-
dered. \ week after
| b c s an u n s
DOan's Kidney Pills
/ could walk with
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Not Anxious at All.

one word of our language that Is
almost always misused." said the par
ticuIar man. is anxious. You will
hear pcopI" cNclaim how anxious they
are to see a certain play, or anXiOIs
TO get now hat. or anxious to take a
trip TO Europe. when they are not anx-
ious at all, bur eager or dcsirOus. II
anxious were used only in the right
place We wouldn't hear 1t half so
often"
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Work with a VIII.

We are not sent into this world to
do anything into which w. cannot put
our hearts. We have certain work TO
do for our bread and that is TO be
done strenuously; other work to do
for our delight and that is to be done
heartily: neither is to b" done by
halves or shifts. but with a will. and
what is not worth this effort Is not
TO be- done at all.-John Ruskin
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How'S This?

We "ner one Hundred Dollars Reward tor any
case Of tatarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
CatArrh Curc.
=. j. CHENEY a 90. Toledo. o.
We. the undefsigned. have known y. J. Cheney
Ter the last IS years, believe him Perfectly hon.
oFFUt- Ia all business transartipns and financially
abe To rarry out any obltEatOns made by bis nrm.
WsLDiNG. HINNsN 4 MAuyIN,
WhO'c-ae DruEElsts. Toledo, o.
Halls CatArrh Cure ts taken Internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system Testimonials sent free. Prirc IS Per
bottle sold 10y alt UrueEsts.
TaNe Hans Family PIIls for constipation.
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Good Thina to Know.

Those who traverse the alkali plains
of the west and inhabit the sand blown
regions of Texas, find daily need for
reliable eye salvc. They never drug the
eye. but simply appl. externally. the
staple. DIR. Mitchclrs Eye Salve. 1t is
well to know that Mitchell's Eye Salve
l., on sale here also Price % cents.
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Noble Gentleman. This.

No. I do not believe In indisCrim.
Inatc charity-giving. Whenever beg
gar tells me he is starving put him
to the test before believing him. |
tell him to come back in two days"
Well"
Well. il he comes back its clear
that he told lie. so | refuse him. II
Il was the truth, he'd be dead"
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out cane, and as | continued my
health gradually returned. | was so
grateful I made a public statement of
my case, and now seven years have
passed, | am still perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. soc box. Eos.
ter-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y
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Pity She Couldn't.

81 cannot sing the old songs now
she warblcd at the piano.
Then shut up" muttered tho OLD
fashioned CurmudgcOn in the corner
for the new ones are something
fierce."-Judge
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Concrete Boats for the Mississippi.

An engineering company in Kansas
City has been testing concrete ms
material for the hulls Of vessels. The
results have been encouraging. and the
idea of the company Is TO construct
concrete river boats for navigation on
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
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WHAT WOULD HE HAVE sAID7

Get mp. Jack. You mustn't cry
like baby, You're quite Il man now.
You know II | fell down shouldn't
cry, should merely say"
Yes, ! know. pa: but ih"R-f 20 to
Sunday school-and YOU don't"
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The SPLIT Skirt,

Patience sec half OF the peopl~
call them sheath skirts, and the otb"l
half call them dircctoire gowns.
Patricc-Yes: was sure there'd b.,
a split about it.
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When the members OF a standinE
committee meet they usually sit down
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There is nothing more sincere ths.
the sympathy Il defeated candida :
generates for himself
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Fifty feet OF natural gas consumed
in a furnace will develop one boiler
horse power hour
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ENGLISH HUMOR.

She-Pooh. What is a kiss 1t is
nothing.
He-Weli you once said you could
refuse me nothing, you know.-Chips.
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One Thing That Will Live Forever
rETTiT'S EYE SALVE, first box sold ~
lSI1. lH wear, ago. .glcs increase ycarls
All druggists Or Howard Bros, Buffalo, ". y
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PROVED BY TIME.
No Fear of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Corydon, Ia, says: Il
was in the last stage of kidney trouble
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AMONGST THE euLL-RusHEs

Lazy Larry-Woof: Just to think
with all this wasted effort, cou!4
have won the Marathon racei
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oUvALt TO SUCCEED WESTON.
Change in Commander Of Troops ir
the Philippines.

Washington.-Maj. Gen. William p.
Duvall. who has been selected to sue
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A fouI-foot coal soam yields 5000
tons an acre.
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,mportspt to Mo,hore,

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA n safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that II
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To feign virtue is to have its op.
pOsitc observation-disclosures
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
Pretty Close

A certain elderly 'aGy was in a fairlv eood position and lived in one of tho suburbs of large town. One morn mG she went to her butcher wtr D basket filled with wooden skewers. She told him she h: saved them that tlirs had been weighed to her as meat uuG that she had brought them to recei' | their weight back again in meat. r. there q man bold enough to carry eco1 omy so far?
 Perhaps the meannesses of madD people are more often actnated by feelings of aVarice than by those of economy. II would De difficult. for ii stance. to find a worse case than t,a following: An old man once wrote 2 letter 10 q friend, and. wishing to s& |t his stamp, he ordered his servant tc take it to it's address. It was rainiug and the girl wore a new dress that :.he was afraid of spelling. She looked into the street, saw q boy she knew, and calling out to him, she said, Deliver this letter for ne. and I will give you . penny" The miser heard the offer and said, Give mo the penny, and !! will carry the letter myself" What is more, lie did so.1.ondon Captain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
Our pyumy Ancestors,


 The armor of the knights of the mic dle ages Is too small for their moderl descendants. Hamilton Smith recot , that two Englishmen of average a mensions found no suit large enoug to At either of them in the great C" lection of Sir Samuel Meyrick. Tn head of the oriental saber will not n'. init the English hand nor the brace.s of the Kafiir warrior the English arl1l The swords found in Roman tuin:l' have handles inconvenlently small. am the great uediaeval two handed swort is now supposed to have been use' only for one or two blows at the fir onset and then exchanged for a smaii or one The statements made by Ht mer, Aristotle and Vltruyius represel six feet as high standard for fui grown men. and the lrTefutable e..' dence Of the ancient doorways. tsas. steads and tombs proves the nvera.- size of the race certainly not to hay, diminished In modern days Lond," Hospital
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
hookjno the Wary Trout

Trout when hungry usually face fll1 current. This fact should be remern. bered when approaching a bridge c' eddy where the "speckled beauties love to hide" If possible, such spots should be approached upstream. 1t may take . little more time to go around and come back up, but make haste slow ly" Is said to be the first axiom ut trout fishing. AS the stream becoanes warmer. the trout seek the cool poeis and shaded places. They are [" !, found where a cold spring bubbles t. Into the stream or where q mountaii creek enters. Often a number frcqE&H
 he same haunt. Each additional t2i
 ,eans two more eyes to watch for i','
 sherman One trout is all t,nt Is ne'
 ssary to give danger signal i.
 artlng away. The rest iInmediatc',
 pllow suit To catch more than one or even that. in such place take skill in the use of the line. But wht has said that trout fishing is not ar art?-Circle Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
Knew Him Too We'll.

The late President Chester A. Arthur. although he was mau of warm friendships, had high sense of per sonal dignity that would brook no un due familiarites A lifelong friend of MT. Arthur, who had accompanied him on one of his hunting trips, was telling an acquaintance some of the incidents of the hunt.
 "I know It's the general lmpresslon,' he said, "that MT. Arthur is q cold, self centered sort of man, but 1t isn't true He is one of the most genial and com panionable of men when you become well acquainted with him thought already knew him pretty we'll, but l came to understand him better while on that trip than ever before"
 "I suppose you know him well enough now to call him by his first namc," yenturcd the other.
 "On ti.e contrary" was the reioinder, T know him well enough not to call him by his first name "--Youth's Com panion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
Great Musician's Eccenerieities.

Dolls were the idols, after hts is loved instruments. of Domenico Dr; gonettl. the king of the double bar, He had q huge collection of these p,a pets dressed in various national co. tnmes. and wherever Dragonetti Wei: the dolls were sure to go. That "as
 nly one of this eccentric genius peels3 lariticS He would never play nnl,ss= nis dog wcl,. i1 lie orcilestra. anf, n aoiy wu,;.l haze got q note out
 alm nr!nes he had been permitted s;i in lilt. trchestra next to the st"2s door. This was q prscaullon to e!i, !, atm to save his wonderful instrulicf3 In case of fire. The instrument itts. he brought from the monastery of fS}t PietrU when on visit to Eincenztt aEt when he died he bequeathed it 10 <, Marks. Venice, to be used at solea,i services.~London Standard
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
Desert Pianks.

Plants of the desert as a rule. DOS EesS few leaves, the cactus for in stance. being mostly spines. There is n very good reason for the lack Of leaves in desert plants the object iS 10 check the transferatiul of moisture by offering as small a surface aS pos eible to the dry air. For the same re-, son the roots Of desert plants usually run deep into the soil so that t}iey can suck up all the available moisture. ir some instances the leaves aSSulne Il vertical position and thus avoid the direct rays of the burning desert sun On the other hand, the leaves of trees in very wet countries are provided with points as the maple-from which the ratp drops off. Were the leaves fatter the rain would collect and make them rot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
A Surprise.

A cook at cheap boarding house played q little game on grumbling boarder by serving him with piece of sole leather instead of beefsteak
 "You've changed your butcher, Mrs. Hascher?" said the boarder looking up at the landiady after saving two or three minutes at the leather
 Same butcher as usual" replied tht boarding mistress. with a patronizing smile. "Why?'
 "Oh, nothing much," said the board or, trying to make an impressio on on the steak with his knife and fork ''only this piece of meat is the tender est have had in this house for some weeks .'--Strand Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
A Queer Coincidence.

While serial story was running . certain magazine lady i'll Johanne burg wrote to the publisher ashis, whether Christian Lys (the author nom de plume) was assumed or nc She herself was Mrs. Iys, who wa trying to trace an ancestlr of he: lat husband, who was descendant :, Joan of Are. Mir. Brebner, the authe in question, wrote assuring her tn; his pen name was family one, h forbears having come from Aberdeel Strangely enough, 1t came out that h family came also from Aberdeen an their name was Brebner.-Pall Ma Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
In a German Law Court.

:, A German law court was the sotne l.telyA of an amusi' g incident The magistfafc, d t.-,esome and long wlnd- ed person, was deciding small case in which the plaintiff claimed damages for abuse. ITO call man pig or 8 dog" replied the judge. lis certainly an insult, but to say that he is q pig dog Is offensive. for no such animal exists The plaintiff glared at the bench. "Schweine Hund." he remark ed, with bitter emphasis.-T P.'s Lon don Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-19
Pi!crims and Puritana

The pilgrims. or. as they are of.e called. the pilgrim fathers,' we the seventy -four men and the twent. aight women, members of the Jo:. Robinson's churchs who sailed in i. Maytlower froY1 Leyden to No'} America and landed at Plymouth Roc1 whers they founded a colony Dec .: 1920. Tbe Puritans were the Erghs the name being given to them oo | count of their supposed great pnrl of doctrine, life and discipline Ne York American.