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Musings Of q Critics wife.

recall so well longing that had when was
seven
Which. though charged with high ambition. yet
had much OF faith as heaven.
For twas then TO genius worship that my soul did
hrst succumb.
And longed, OH how longed TO wed the famous
General Thumb.
when they took me TO the circus was going on to
eight,
And the dazzling bareback rider considered simply
great.
As In spauEled tights he vsulted nmbly through
the atmosphere.
Or bowed grandly to the people As they sent him
cheer on cheer
A thirteen to paderswsH my young affections
leaned
But when ntts,n brought Kyr, Bsllev all other
hopes careened
A. sweet sixteen heard the voice That almost
broke my heart,
Twas the lie kts1Ges-JeSn, OF course In Faust
that stunning parl.
recall The admiration that assalled me at eighteen
FOR very gifted artist Of most peculiar mlen
Hut worship Of the highest to the King ot this
royal clan,
sacrificed al twenty to a brilliant editor man.
Now I'm married and as merry as sweet marriage
bells In June,
N,yermors will genius lure me meath III, limelTht
nor the moon;
For my husband Is critic, And-althouEh he's
monsrouS bright,
Just 10 show the faults Of genius keeps him huslnG
day and night
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DID LINCOLN WEAR WHISKERS'
A Matter OF History and Of Art That Has
Stirred Up Omaha.

OMAHA, April 25.-The city Of Omaha
is stirred up on the question whether or
not Abraham Lincoln wore whiskers when
he was first inaugurated, So bitter has
! the feeling become that each side 10 the
| controversy threatens 10 resort to the
| courts.
The trouble started when 10000 Omaha
! public school children contributed 10 cents
| each and bought statue OF the great
| emancipator. The order was placed with
| Zelezny in Vienna, and a few weeks ago
the bronze was delivered in Omaha. 1t
was in big packing case, and half hun
dred artists. school teachers and Others
| interested crowded around when the cover
was taken OF and the wrappngs Of the
statue removed.
There we're no whskers on the bronze
! face.
Then the row started ]. Laurie Wal
lace acknowledged by himself TO be the
greatest art critic west Of New York, as
serted emphatically that the statue should
never be erected.
ut will make OF Omaha the laughing
stock Of the entire country said Mr..
Wallace. The idea Of whiskerless Lin
ooln II is absurdl'
Thereupon petition was started asking
the school board to interfere and prevent
the abortion from being placed where
thousa nds Of school children would have
their IDEAS of Lincoln and his whiskers
AZ well as their ideas Of what is true art,
contaminated,
To the rescue Of the statue came Gen.
c. i. Manderson. eI-United States Sena-
tor, general solicitor Of the Burlington
railroad. who has known every President
for fifty years and who knew Lincoln in
tina tely. Gen. Manderson, rs he looked
at the bronze face, took Of his bat and
said: .Itsa d perfect image Of Lincoln the
day he was inaugursted, He had no beard
that day
The newspapers took the matter up and
opened their columns to the public and
the public filled all the space allotted, and
would have gotten out special editions on
the matter il the business managers OF the
papers had consented Everybody in town,
except the school children who paid Tor
the statue wanted 10 write.
People from other States got mixed IN
the fight, Arthur Neil Of Kansas City,
whose uncle. William Denison, was Gov
ernor OF Ohio and at whose house in Column
bus, Ohio. Lincoln stopped on his way to
Washington. made a trip all the way to
Omaha 10 get in the game and TO insist
that there we're whiskers on Lincoln's face
that night in Columbus,
Il stood right by him, and ! ought TO
know, saws Neil firmly.
Half a hundred searchers visited the
Omaha public library seeking old mags'
zines and pictures Of Lincoln made in the
first year Of his administration. Whenever
a print showing whiskers was found the
knockers" emitted a yell OF joy. And
when a whiskerless Lincoln was discovered,
Il told you So was chorus heard in that
end Of town.
After a week Of fussing the statue was
lost sight Of. The statue may be good or
bad nobody cares but the vital question
in Omaha to-day is whether Lincoln wore
whiskers when he was inaugurated.
In the meantime the statue has been
put in place on the high school grounds
and the children who paid for II are we'll
pleased with the result,
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Green Bud and Brown Leaf

In April S prime saw upon bouEh
wherethrough springs vital juice went eourslnG
clear
EcstAtlc harblnger Of June days near,
With buddGge OF frultlon's vernsl vow
Green Wavelets curling from the speeding prov
OF Floras breeze borne barque-All brown and
sere,
One lonely. lingering leaf Of yesteryeAr
And be himself was once As they are now
Green hud-and chor Of the round years youthi
Broad leai-Nnd mystery OF sun and shade
with fellowship OF Hight and air and song
The green leaf, dreaming on the edge OF truth
The brown leaf, reminiscent and dlsmayed;
And green to brown a wondrous way, not lonTl
OWN iHRRT
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LIVED Oh Nenr, In One House. y.

Bdrnssriiie CORES pondsRes Columbus Dt'pdich.
10 have been born and to have lived in the
same house for nlnety-lye and ninety years
respectively Is a record that perhaps few In
diyduals have ever won. but such Is the
record Of Alexander aud Betsy 0gg, brother
and sis'er and venerable citizens OF Warren
township all their long lives.
Roth were born and are still living IN the
house where hey first saw the light OF day
near this city. Mr. ORg and his sister are
perhaps the oldest living persons who were
born in this township away back In the wilder
ness days. and considering the great shift
ing Ol the scenes that has iranspired during
their long lives Il seems remarkable that
they should have remained IN oontentment
nj tho place OF their birth and In the same
house that first sheltered them in their 10.
fancy
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ScAredi

Oh there's trembnn at Chicago,
Omaha an New 0rleenS.
An II hurts New York and Frisco
Tor 10 look behind the scenes
Cause We amt got any army
An our navy amt wuth beans
should a nation want 10 lick us
There amt nothin' we could DO
But 10 take our dose OF bitters
An lay low year or two:
An when we'd Jest get 10 nghtln'
'Tolher nation would be through.
up an al EN- gallant Imply"
lslls the Gen'ral 10 his men,
An they 20 chargin' forward
In an aggregate Of ten,
Amt II swful' OF that army
Only one comes back Sgaln'
An The navy tries It's dsnsdest
But lu turrets are alec,
M liz armors on the bias,
An the helm won't answer gee,
An the Admiral's commission
Bears a date back In b. C.
Drenu stat,' Now spose the zuu'
Take a fancy for night
Or the HotlentotS or Muskles
Why. they'd lam US out OF sight
IN tell you. friends an nelghbors,
Sech wide openness Amt right
M rve polished up the hrelock
Gran'ther used at Bunker Hill,
hn I've got It handy. loaded
with a double buckshol pill.
m they don't get me for nothin'-.
I'm I.wlichln'. ready BlIli
EpWn l. SAIu.
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Inside Of the fence sou may ramble
And bet like regular sport;
outside OF the fence II YOU gamble
You may have to answer al court.
The thing il as old as creation;
Indeed. II began with the race:
Inside was bsSthc auon
Outside Of the fence was disgrace
For Eve was tue very nrSt piker
She bet red apple TO win;
And now there are lots Of US Ike her
We bet. and are caught, and We sin
Just what Is considered a virtue
Depends upon where you may be;
The things that can morally hurt you
Are matters Of geographic.
The fellow who lives In Missouri
May smoke what he pleases, and yet
In Illinois faces jury
lfcauEht With vile cigarette'
Oh let US be glad there are places
where still We may do as we choose,
And nut down our bets on the races
Inside OF the fence, though we lose
\ A. !
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In the marsh lands where the ooIe ls sseplng,
Hark, . tree toad tuning up bis lyrei
Minstrel he who's had enough OF sleeping
Now for some raths music With the cheeplng
Ofthe peCwess chlmlnG. and the peeplnE
Jfths frogs. while maple bOughs are lsaplnE
Into hrel
Al. the mystic magic Of desire!
The old verna
The recuuent magic the eternal
Impulse 10 aspire'
You can feel II. brother, on you creeping
Welcome, welcome, welcome, for the reaplnE
VIII he something nObler, something higher
CLIFTON SCOTLAND.
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McCarren's men however were thrown out.

Somebody II is freely said in Tammany
circles. must get 10 work pretty soon Il state
Engineer Skene is to be renomnaled next
fall. Then come whispers that Mr.. Skene
has somehow overlooked in the conduct OF
his ONCE the friends Of Charles +. Murphy
and has seemed to think that the only Demo
crst alive in the state ia Joseph Cassidy ot
Queens Skene was nominated by Murphy
at Bufalo after Cassidy had been unmercl-
fully beaten at the primaries by Bermel
Murphy ordered Cassidy to put up contest
aud the Bermel delegates were turned out
But for all that It ia said that there is rupture
between Murphy and Skene.
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Charles J. French, president Of the New
Hampshire branch Of the American Federation
Of Labor, has sent throughout the country
hundreds Of thousands Of copies Of a circular
attacking Secretary Of War Taft. The circular
contains these IineS IL should he known
and known now that our objection TO laits
candidacy isunrelenting. is insurmOuntable aud
determined, even To his defeat at the polls
in. November.
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INSTRUCTION.
, ,-~-------.----s z-l
Business Colleges
for Young Ladies

foT Young Ladies'
KinderEarten, Primary Training YORK
froehel Normal and DR. EArles Collegiate Peep.
School for Girls. 59W GOTH, Incorporated Institute
ScholdTShipt,
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Recently there vas published IN your foreign
news an account OF the uneafthlng OF church on
the coast OF Brittany which the drifting sand had
buried In dune out Of sikht and completely out Of
mind. have a dim recollection that long ago
heard Of similar case on the English coast, =
church sunk In the North Sea which have in mind
bnt ~ old church ages ago engulied In sand, and,
still dlnly recalling, feel certain II was on the
Channel coast Can YOU or some reader give some
details LalcKsTGR WARNOCI.
The church Ia mind must be penInsabuOe, though
tits not on the Channel coast but around the Lands
End corner Of Cornwall on the northwestern coast
OF the duchy between St Agnes Head and New
quay In Peusn Ray, about three mllee from Per
ianporth. Al these place names recall 81, Pr
anus, Peuansabuloe being q degraded form Of tho
ancient name Of this very ancient church Of st.
PlrAnus In sabuls, st. Perron In the sands, Archb-
ooglsts ere almost In accord 10 believing this
tO be the very oratOry In which st. Psrran served.
The matter has been carefully elaborated BY stu.
dents Of theological history for the purpose Of
making clear the existence OF Christianity in Eng
land before the hrst mlSslonep arrived In Kent
with commissions from the Roman see. TheO-
logically the priority be comes an Important point
In proving the nationality OF the Church Of Eng
land As . national church OF Independent nstltu-
tuition. Cornwall received Bishop PerrAn only when
he was smlttsn with years and sought q lonely spot
on the severn Sea on which TO make for himself .
hermit cell In which he might die. In his earlier
life he was known A. KlAFan or kenerln. Ossory
and Cork are rival claimants OF his birth. which II
said 10 have been In So. Hearing faint rumors
Of the Christian faith no went TO Rome In H2 to
learn the truth was converted was oonsecrated
Bishop, according TO Irish writer's returned TO his
native land With four holy clerks, LuEicIus, Colum-
ban LuEad and CAssan, In other accounts he Is
named ~ one Of the twelve apostles whom Sc.
Patrick oonSecrated Bishops 10 preach the Gospel
In Ireland IL 10 reasonably clear that be preceded
81. Patrick a. a missioner among the Irisb. A.
FuarAn he built Wsterslde cell and the hamlet
which was attracted 10 the holy man was named
after him Sler. Keun, lie gave his mother the
religious veil and appointed her to cell near his
own and that was known by her name a. Ceall-
Lldaln, her name being Lisdhn. The accounts
yAry slightly a. TO the date OF the building OF Per-
ransabuloe; most say that It was built BY ST. Pr.
anus for his own oratory In the NTH century some
that Il was erected to his memory 10 the siIh cen.
tury, others stlll describe II as a memorial tower.
The calendar dav OF 81. Pirdnus Is March s.
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one OF your correspondent the other day In
dulred for this alphabet, II was contained In a
primer which owned when ] was very little
old helped, OF course by tne Illustrations. one for
sScn letter. 7 remember that although I had a
reasonably correct Idea Of the meaning Of most
OF the words had no notion as 70 what GameSter,
or Nlntner, or a UkuTer might be; they were each
shout an inch high and they looked very much
alike. II Was Of course dlfnoull 70 distinguish
professions within such very narrow limits,
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hav. q spring mattress which | have used 10
my family since 1854. IL had been Ia USE then
several years II il made with spiral springs
fastened on wooden Stats aud covered with canvas,
about twenty hNe years ago II was Necessary To
renew this canvas which had worn through at
ton and In constant USE. LOWnLL.
This establishes date considerably earlier than
the recollection Of the furniture dealer who placed
the Introduction OF spring mattresses In 1877. Ger
talny this Massachusetts bed 10 use for two genera
tions Is a tribute to the honesty Of the craftsman
Who built It. Perhaps a close examination would
reveal some mark upon II OF patent application or
the Ike which might NJ a dehnlte date.
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IN vIsA NobleuAn
Gallant and bold
10 was an Oystermsn
Who went about town
PWSS PArson
And wore a black ToWh
Q was Queen
or highest degree.
r was . Robber
And hung as you see.
SWas Sailor
Who spent all he GOT.
r WIsITnker
And msAdsd . pot
4 WlsAC CSuTer
4 misery elt
V was Nlntner
Who drank all himself.
W NAsI WltchmAn
Who guarded = door
y was expensive
And so became poor
Y Uasa Youth
who dldn't love school
was a Zany
And looked Ike a fool.
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\ was an Archer
Who shot AZ . frog
n was a Butcher.
Who had . great dog
& was . Captain
All covered with lace,
q UISL DruukArd
And had q red face.
2 was an Esquire
With insolent brow
r WGg = Farmer
And followed q plough
& was GGmestsT
And he had IN luck.
n was a Hunter
And hunted . buck.
! was an Inn keeper
Who loved q bouse
j was a Joiner
And built up q house.
x was a King
And he was but man.
l. WasHI.ady
And iiiriei a isn
N was a MlseT
And boarded I'D EOld.
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John p. UlmNed Of Buffalo, recently ap'
pointed BY Gov Hughes TO the vacancy on
the upstate Public Service Commission due
to the retirement Of Charles II. Keep, is the
business partner Of Charles Grelner. brother
OF Postmaster Grpiner President ROoseyet's
Republican leader OF Erie county.
The sun., 1908-04-26

Senator McCauen in submitting his minor
ity report of the committee on credentials 10
the Carnegie Hall convention gave the follow
ing figures Of the results at the primaries III
the following districts in Kings
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Ia what year was the Astor House built
W. ". CoEKloAN.
ItWIs finished early ln ls56 aud opened a. hotel
In June OF that year
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wolf politics" Is the phrase used by critics
OF the acts OF the Democratic state oonyen-
ton 10 Carnegie Hall
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-26
BUY STRIPES WITH DISCRETION.
Present Style Not Adapted for Wom-
ar of Small Means.

One must buy stripes with disere-
ton. This is only another way of say
ing that, attractive as the new pro
n~ouncedly striped fabrics are, there
is nothing that looks so distinctly out
OF it when this vogue is really over,
and they are, therefore, not a fash
ion for the woman whose limited
finances compel her to turn and twist
her gowns until every thread of them
is worn out.
Last summer Paris was beginning
to go wild owe stripes, which means
that by mex season some other g
will be enjoying that tickle city's ap-
proval. And though one doesn't do
just as Paris does, one follows after
sooner or later, with notifications. So
that bizarre and decided striped eff
fects are to be bought with discretion
by the feminine of but one fine frock.
One of the best ways to make up a
black and white striped cotton
smartest of all striped combinations
is in a jumper dress, with a jaunty
little coat to match. Blue and white
and brown and white will also make
admirable little three-piece costumes
of this nature.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-26
sssfM fS4 rs FAM = S.

Serge, cheviot, lightweight cloth
and Panama cloth are among the ma
terials most popular for the snrinr
suit. There is nothing more fashion
able and more useful than serge. This
seasons serges are fine ribbed and
~soft-almost as soft as. although
heavier and closer than. Henrietta
cloth. Very lightweight cloth Of a
soft and dull finish is Used for some of
the finer suits and there are striped
and plaid materials in an exquisite
cloth which is heavy and soft and
Grapes beautifully, but which will be
too warm for a suit that is to be worn
during the summer or ever the very
late spring.
In mixtures of dull brownish red
and white oil dull gray, green and
white this cloth is most attractive.
Some of the patterns are in rather
large blocks, the irregular squares be.
ing marked out in lines of white.
Black and white checks are stir
very fashionable. They are quite
large this season and very handsome
In the good quality English cheviots.
Very attractive also are the black and
white ~cheviots, which are almost all
white or rather the faintest gray. the
black being used only for outlining the
blocks. Striped serges in gray and
black, gray and blue and graz and
green are to be used for girls suits.
and brown and white or blue and
white striped Panamas-either eoual
sized stripes or the hairline of dark
color on a light background.
But while the cutaway coats are
fashionable and very attractive when
loose and straight in effect, the coat
which is not cut away at the bottom is
equally smart for the school girl and
promises to be more correct in style
toward the end of the spring season
than the cutaway.
The coats are many of them quite
short, reaching only to the belt. and
others of them barely reach the hips.
They are trimmed with stitching. and
most of them have collar and cuffs of
contrasting colors or of pongee, velvet.
cloth or linen in a deeper tone Of the
color of the suit. Embroidery is also
used to some extent, but rather spar
ingly, to trim the collars, cuffs and
lapels. 1t is not, however, considered
altogether the most attractive finish
for a girls tailored suit and is only
used on the finer cloths. A favorite
trimming is narrow black braid on
white cloth, which is used in simple
designs to border the coat or for cuffs
and collars. 1t is quite the fashion of
the moment to have a tiny braid of
bright color, preferably red, inside
the facings of the coat. This is barely
a suggestion when the coat is fas-
tened, and even when it is open is
not very obvious.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-26
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.J

In my brief stay in the little mining
camp Of Talbot, Friskiyou county
california, it was my fortune to make
the acquaintance Of Mr.. Peter Walker
guide p%rospector, hunter and racon.
teur. Grizzly Pete" as he was called.
TOLD me several stories of his experi-
ences, after l had won his confidence
oy a disposition to distribute, as re-
sarued tobacco, and a willingness TO
imDloe, as regarded certain intoxi-
cants. Mr.. Walkers stories, some Of
them, seemed to me to be a trife omen
10 criticism, as far as veracity is
concerned, so in selecting the tale
Oh MS adventure with "old Stub-Foot."
And SO" said Grizzly Pete" to me
one windy autumn day, "and so you'd
Ike to hear about old 'S~tub-foot?'"
l acquiesced.
Got any chewin'?" inquired Pete"
silently shunted him a plug of
navy. Biting off in the neighborhood
OF three and one-half inches of this.
he said: We'll 1 reckon there never
was sech a bear hunt before nur after
wards. This here Teller that went
put with me after 'Stub-foot' had
heard Of this bear there back east.
and he'd made up his mind fer to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-26

till him er git killed hisself. His
lame, the f%eller's, not the bears. was
De Pyster, rhymes with oyster.
well, sir, he showed up here one
afternoon in the Mariposa stage, and
be gifts off and asks fer me. Some o.
the boys hunts me up, and we git to
talkin' bear right away. And he tells
me eff l can git him where he can
kill old 'Stub-foot,' and prove be-
yond any doubt that he was the Teller
that lone it, he will pay me $4,000 in
gold.
so the next day l takes my outfit
over to De Pyster, and l says, Here's
my lawyer, and here's my shorthand
reporter, and here's my photograph
Teller. and here's three burros to pack
the camp outfit and grub. Whenn
you be ready?' And this here Teller
he sort O. takes a reel long breath,
and he says, All these fer a bear
hunt?' And l says, On the advice of
my lawyer An he says, You're
the doctor, Mr.. Walker, I'm here to
obey orders
80 we gets out in the mountains
and begins to climb. Old 'Stub-foot'
he lived up so high in the ranges that
the miners there used to put the ore
out on the mountains and let the
spring avalanches take it down to the
shelters in the valley; no railroad err
pack train bein' able to git in to
where they wuz: an they got their
provisions and stuff in by way of
traine= eagles, same as these here
carrier pigeons is learned to carry
mail.
80 one day we got to where old
'Stub-foot' ranged, and l sort o. got
his bearings. So De Pyster he prac-
ticed a little with his gun one mornin'.
1t was the most powerful shootin-iron
l ever e an he was knockin' of
the peaks from along the mountain
ranges inside the first few miles
till | stopped him from spilin' so much
scenery. So he quit that an begins to
pillow up a few new canyons with his
.steelp'inted bullets fer a change. II
was a master powerful shootin' gun,
that there rifle of his wuz. Well. that
evening he blots out the front part of
3 bull elk. as asy as a new blotter
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-26

a few more pictures while we looks
at the bear.
Fer a little while we thinks he's
stone-dead, but bime-by he rouses a
little, and my lawyer he jerks a paper
out of his pocket and a fountain pen
and he says, he'll list be able to sign
the dyin' declaration he saws and
so he sticks the fountain pen in the
bears right paw, my lawyer reads the
declaration to him, and with me help
In, old 'Stub-foot' signs this here
paper with his mark, and then finally
tumbles over, hayin' passed in his
checks right proper.
"Immejitly De Pyster an me we
skins the bear, the picture man goes
pack to camp and develops-that's
what he called it-them picters: nv
lawyer he writes out the afidayids and
fixes up the dyin' declaration all
right, and the shorthand man writes
out and hammers out on a typewritin'
machine a full account of the fight
This dyin' declaration told how this
nere Old Stub-foot,' a monster grizzly
oSoi VI rIlshlyou county, California.
feeln' the e a approach of death. and
havin' no hope of recovery, identified
DE Pyster as the Teller that killed him
and so FORTH Reglar legal. NV law.
yer said, and provin' certain that De
Pyster was the cause of old stub
toots death. And we all signed IL
as witnesses to old Stub-foot's mark
We'll, sir, I got my money and paid
my lawyer. And when De Pyster took
the stage he had old Stub-foot's' melt
the pictures of the affair, the short
hand mans account of the fight. all
a~fidavids. and old Stub-foot's'
dyin' declaration that De Pyster shot
1t was the most convincin' ar.
ray of evidence ever furnished so
my lawyer said. De Pyster shook
hands with me and he seq: Mr.. Walk
er, you're simply a genius And he
sent me from New York his here
watch as a remembrance. Cost a
dollar an keeps as good time as a
hunderd-dollar one. And I'm wearin'
one of old 'Stub-foot's' missin' claws
1t fer a watch-charm."
And he passed the time-piece proud.
ly over to me for a closer inspection