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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
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CHICAGO.

The Weekly Review of Chicago
Trade, compiled by R. G.. Dun & Co.,
says: Operations in the leading ac-
tivities have become so expanded it is
not surprising that the volume of pay
mentS through the banks are now seen
to be averaging almost S50,0O0,000 each
business day. Conditions generally ex-
hibit remarkable strength throughout
the leading industries and there is no
exhaustion in the commitments adding
to the assured accumulation of for
ward work in manufacturing. Increas-
ing demands for money and more eX-
tended movements of breadstuffs, pro-
visions, factory outputs, raw materials
and general merchandise emphasize the
underlying strength and confidence felt
in the future
Fall transactions make 4 notable
comparison with the best previous
years in production and distribution
Lake traffic includes tonnages reaching
new records. while the earnings oil
Chicago steam roads also furnish IA
vorable comparisons Despite the in
stallation of new equipment it is found
more difficult to obtain an adequate
car service in the central West, and
reports indicate that deliveries oil
heavy materials fall behind the date:
promised, owing to the unexpected de
mands upon available facilities. Trans
actions in the wholesale branches o.
staple merchandise present more nu
merouS reservations for distant needs
Bank clearings. $293.915.3 800. exceed
those of the corresponding week IL
1908 by 23.S per cent. and compare
with 249.645,775 in 1907
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number "a. against % last week
% in 1908. and "a in 1907. Those will
liabilities over $4,000 number Z, agains
IL last week. in 1908, and 9 in 1907
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
FOOD QUESTION


Settled with Perfect Satisfaction ~
Dyspeptic.
It's not an easy matter to satisfy all
the members of the family at meal
time as every housewife knows.
And when the husband has dyspep-
STA and can't eat the simplest ordinary
food without causing trouble. the food
question becomes doubly annoying.
An Illinois woman writes:
MY husbands health was poor, he
had no appetite for anything l could
get for him. 1t seemed.
He was hardly able to work, was
taking medicine continually. and as
soon as he would feel better would 90
to work again only to give up In .
few weeks. He suffered severely with
stomach trouble.
Tired OF everything l had been
able to get for him to eat one day
seeing an advertisement about Grape
Nuts. 1 got some and he tried 1t for
breakfast the next morning.
I'VE all thought IL was pretty good.
although we had no idea of using it
regularly. But when my husband came
home at night he asked for Grape
Nuts.
1T was the same next day and I
had to get 1t right along. because when
We would get to the table the ques-
tion. Have you any Grape-Nutsg was
a regular thing. So l began to buy
ii by the dozen pkgs.
My husbands health began to i'm
prove right along. / sometimes felt
offended when I'd make something I
thought he would like for a change.
and still hear the same old question.
Have you any Grape-Nuts?
He got so well that for the last two
years he has hardly lost day from
his work. and we are still using
Grape Nuts" Read the book, The
Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's
q Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine. true, and full Of
human interest.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14

A quaint method of working the
bees overtime was given by one of the
enthusiasts, who claims that the bees
really enjoy the busy life through
out the year. when they find themselves
where honey producing blossoms are
plentiful, the Indianapolis Star says.
my bees now work overtime" he
said. mo alternating for them In
the spring send them down south and
they toll like blazes among the south
ern flowers In summer / bring them
here to the East, working them till
the honeysuckle and the clover are
quite gone. The autumn season finds
them in Florida, where they make a
peculiarly rich and aromatic honey
from the Florida flowers California
gives them all they can do in the win
ter.
Its a splendid idea. got 1t from
those hotel keepers of Europe, who
have winter hotels on the Riviera and
summer hotels in Dinard or Trouville.
My travelling bees yield thrice as much
honey as stay-at-home ones Thank
goodness, there are no labor unions
among these insects"
The beekeepers. who, on the other
hand, are content to have their bees
remain in the same place throughout
the year and work during the blossom
time OF fruits. flowers. the barley and
clover and wayside flowers. were con-
suited as to the best methods of hous.
ing the bees during the winter.
Some experts are in favor of shelter
ing the colony by placing all the hives
in a sort of open pen. snugly Enclosed
on the north and left open to the south
ern exposure. These Enclosures are
preferably long and narrow and but
little higher than the hives, which are
set close together in straight line
Here the summer workers hibernate
during the coolest winter weather, and
so coy and warm are their winter
quarters that they are strong and har-
dy and ready for work at the first pos
sible suggestion of early spring bloom
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
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FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions OF Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Banker Morse Back to Cell.

Fifteen years at hard labor in Fed
eral Prison came one legal stage
nearer Charles w. Morse, the former
New York banker and capitalist, when
the United States Circuit Court of. APP
peals upheld the lower Federal
Courts in sentencing the banker to
such a penalty for misapplying the
funds of a national bank. Morse sur
rendered himself and his attorneys
Immediately began steps to carry his
case to the United States Supreme
Court and to secure a continuance of
his bail bond pending further argu-
ment Morse had been at liberty for
several months on a bond of S125, 900
signed by twenty of his friends, and
In that time is said to have recouped
his fortunes to the extent of $1,000
900 or sS,000,000. He has now returned
to the Tombs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
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Chicago-Cattle, common 10 prime.
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, s4.5(
to $S.O5; sheep, fair to choice, SAFE
to S5.25; wheat, No. 2, $1.16 to $1.1S;
corn, No. 2, soc to Soc; oats, standard,
SIC to 3sc; rye, No. 2, zoe to 73c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to $11.00; butter. choice creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, fresh, 1Sc to FAC; pota.
toes per bushel, Acc to SOC.
Indianapolis-Cattle shipping. $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep. good to choice
$3.50 to $500; wheat, No. 2, SLIP to
s115; corn, No. white. Csc to 66c:
oats, No. white. CSC to soc.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to SITS:
hogs, $500 to S7.75; sheer, $500 to
$475; wheat. No. 2, s1.20 to s1.21
corn, No. 2, 5Sc to Coo; oats, No. 2
CSC to 39c; rye No. 2, zoe to nc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, s117 to s1.19; corn. No
2 yellow, 63c to 64c; oats, standard
4Oc to 42c; rye, No. 1. 73c to 74c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
s1.O2 to S1.O4; corn, No. 8, SIC to 5Sc;
oats, standard, 39c to 40c; rye, No. l,
re to 73c; barley, standard, Csc to
66c; pork, mess, $24.20.
Buffalo = Cattle. choice shipping
steers, $500 to $500; hogs. fair to
choice, $500 to $500; sheep, common
to good mixed. $500 to $3.50; lambs.
fair to choice, $500 to $7.75.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1925:
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 70
$425; wheat, No. 2, $1.19 to S1.22;
corn, No. mixed, Gle to &c; oats
No. mixed, 40c to Ale; rye, No. 2,
nc to 7Sc.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to sS.40; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, Sill to s1.1S;
corn, No. 2, Csc to 69c; oats, natural
white. 42c to 45c; butter, creamery,
&c to Sic; eggs, western, 24c t.
26c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Sl.17
to $1.19; corn, No. mixed, Coo tt
Gle: oats. No. mixed, 40c to 41c;
rye, No. 2, 73c to 75c; clover seed
co IN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
She's the Richest Woman.

The New York Evening World says
that E. H. Hartman left an estate of
1861 100000 to his widow, making her
the richest woman in the world. The
World declares this information comes
from an intimate friend of the FAM
lily. and is authoritative. According to
this friend, Hartman was. until a
short time before his death, worth
30O,000,00O, but he gave S6,000,00O to
each of his five children and 100000
to other relatives, leaving 1851, 100000
TO his widow. 1t is said Mrs. Hartman
knew every business move of her
husband, and will follow out his plans
ling of the vast estate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
6HOOAS
Is+D &IlHeEs

The new compulsory education law
of Minnesota is strict and parents who
ignore it's provisions are liable to fine
or Imprisonment
A deficit of $4,000 to $4,000 has
tenary endowment fund of Allegheny
College, Meadville. Pa.
This years registration at the State
University of Minnesota bids fair 20
surpass that of any previous year in
the history of the institution.
Booker Il. Washington in a recent
address dealt entirely on the subject of
the negro and his future. He said the
sole salvation of the negro lay in prac-
teal education.
Commander Peary, in his report of
his journey to the north pole, tells of
the death by drowning of Prof. Ross G..
Marvin, of Cornell University, who was
a member of the expedition. He was
drowned April 10.
At Iowa City. Iowa, occurred the
death from typhoid fever of Prof. III. E.
Gordon, one of the founders of the de-
batting league of the Middle West uni
versities, including Illinois, Nebraska,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He
was "a years of age.
Mrs. Peter Larson, widow of a once
prominent contractor, banker, lumber
king and mining man of Helena, an
nounces that the high school graduate
in Montana who passes the best exam
nation is to be given four-year
scholarship at Trinity College, Wash
ington.
Ku Chi Ii, the son of distinguish
ed Oriental, is a student at Harvard
who is preparing for consular service.
To Ku Chi Ii belongs the distinction
CT heing the first Chinese student at
Hat yard to enter athletics. Lii" has
joined the track squad and is being
urged by the COACHES to go out for foot
bail.
The Fairmont school building at
West Duluth, Mimi, recently burned
to the ground. The fire, which was
supposed to be of incendiary origin,
started in the basement, and complete
ly destroyed the entire building in less
than an hour. School was not in ses-
sion at the time of the confiagration.
Chicago boys who must earn money
while getting an education are to have
a chance through a plan which ar
ranges for pupils to work in a shop or
factory and attend school on alternate
weeks, the employer hiring his help
i'm pairs and allowing one of each pair
to be at school while the partner
/ works.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
SON FINDS MISSING FATHER.
Louis r. Stensgaard, Former st.
Paul Banker, Orange Grower.

Louis f. Stensgaard, Former ST.
Paul Banker, Orange Grower.
Clinging to hope, discredited by
his mother, that man seen at Pasa-
dena, CAL, resembling his father, who
had left home when he was 10 years
old. was his parent, Thorvald Stems
gard left his home in ST. Paul seven
weeks ago and went to Pasadena. He
has wired his mother that his father
is a wealthy orange grower in south
ern California and wants his family
to join him. Louis z. Stensgaard was
banker in ST. Paul In 1888. He
failed and was arrested on charge
of forgery. After his acquittal he dis
appeared. former resident of st.
Paul hailed a man on the streets of
Pasadena as "Looey" Stensgaard about
six months ago. The man resented
the greeting, saying his name was A.
B. Hill. The visitor wrote home of
the incident This gave the clew to
Stensgaard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
MANY PRAIRIE DOGS DIE.
More than 10000 Killed by Gov
eminent PoisOner I'm Southwest.


More than 100000 prairie dogs have
been killed in the last eight months
by j. w. Holman, the recognized gov
eminent poisoner of the pests in the
Southwestern States. Mr.. Holman has
been in Kansas City to obtain new
supply of strychnine and will start on
a second expedition within few days.
II shall kill at least $500, 900 dogs
in the next eight months" said he.
The prairie dogs are pest in the
Southwest, and especially in Texas.
They are destroying pasture land and
their burrows make 1t dangerous for
horsemen. They cannot be trapped
or shot, but X is easy to. poison them
by placing strychnine on wheat. which
they eat readily" Under Mr.. Hol-
mans direction strychnine is mixed
with wheat and about a teaspoonful
is placed at the entrance of prairie
dog hole. Each teaspoonful kills three
animals. The government pays Hol-
| man IL cents head for destroying
the dogs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
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Livonia easily won the Willow han
dicap at Gravesend, N. Y.
Horsemen are much interested in
the fact that Dan Patch does not seem
to recover from his recent lameness.
Livonia, an added starter, won the
Great Eastern handicap at Sheepshead
Bay. n. Y. The stake is valued at
$4,000.
Emilio Lunghi, an Italian boy. low
cred the worlds half-mile running rec
ord in the recent Canadian champion
ship held in Montreal.
In a very close and exciting race at
Sheepshead Bay. N. Y, Jack Atkin. a
favorite, won the Flight Stakes. valued
at $500. seven furlongs.
Barney Oldfield, the reckless auto
driver, set a new record at Lowell,
Mass. when he made mile in 81 1-5
seconds with standing start.
In Pennsylvania, SureDo 2:0Sb, the
guideless trotter, established a record
for the Point Breeze track by trotting
an exhibition mile alone in 2:13R.
Mike (Twin) Sullivan, of Cambridge,
Mass, had an easy victory over Terry
Martin, of Philadelphia, in a twelve
round bout at the Armory Association
in Boston.
James III. Campbell, well known
horseman, was stricken with acute in
digestion while driving in a trotting
race at Yonkers, n. Y. He fell from
his sulky and died while being taken
to the hospital
AT Sioux City. Iowa, Dan Patch
proved the falseness of the report that
his racing days were over. In an ex-
hibition with Minor Heir he paced a
mile in 2:10R, in the teet., of a veri-
table gale and over a bunny track.
Yale foot ball officials, fearing that
Harvard and Princeton. by reporting
one or two weeks ahead, got the jump
on the Blues, are advocating both
morning and evening practice.
The Harvester, Ed Geer's unbeaten
4-year- stallion, at the opening OF
the Grand Circuit meeting at Syracuse
n. Y, easily won the Chamber of Com
merce, $4,000 stage for 209 trotters
in straight heats.
McMahon's speedy little mare, Sa
nOma GlTl, WHICH Cdiiic Out OI Inc
| West two years ago. won the 2:O6 trot
| for the Milwaukee Hotelkeepers' stake
| at the Wisconsin State Fair at Mil.
waukee. She took three straight heats
The feature of the eighteenth regu.
lar matinee of the Delaware Horse
Show Association, at Wilmington, Del.
was a race between Brookdale Farm.
| Little Lady and Garden Farms Dosi,
Villiers the two most popular horse.
| of the track. Dosie won in heats O
| 2:19h and 2:20.
George Muilin, Detroit's crack pitch
err. who leads the American Leagu,
twirlers, has worked in sc games, al
! lowing 234 hits, giving 6S bases OF
balls and striking out 125 batsmen
| Walter Johnson. of Washington, ha.
| taken part in 81 games, allowing bu
| 200 hits, issuing so passes and strik
ing out 147 men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
GIRL WORKS 8 YEARS AS BOY.

Cleveland Young Woman Employed
in Livery Stable and by Grocer.
After masquerading as boy for
three years, playing boys games, work
ing in livery stable, driving a gro
GERS team and handling heavy boxes
and express packages, Harry Roberts"
has confessed to the Cleveland police
he is Lillian Hoffman, stepdaughter
of Gcttlieb Meters. In 1906 the girl,
then only II: became tired of her
home. She ran away, donned boys
clothing and went into the world to
work as man. Her identity became
known short time ago, when she was
arrested while employed by ID. Martin,
a grocer, on minor charge. Now
her stepfather has brought her girls
clothes. The parent ascribes the child's
conduct to a love for horses.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
HEARST NAMED FOR MAYoRALTY

Independence League Renomfnates
New Yorker Despite His Refusal.
William Randolph Hearst. once de-
feated for mayor of New York City by
George B. Mcclellan, and later beaten
by Charles E. Hughes for Governor,
was nominated for mayor at mass
meeting of 1000 of his admirers at
Cooper Union. This action was taken
despite his authoritative statement
that he would not be a candidate Res
olutions were adopted directing that a
committee of Ave be appointed to take
steps for the naming of an entire city,
county, and borough ticket, which will
be placed in nomination by petition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
1000 IN MOB STORM JAIL.

Led by Girl, Demand Release of
Montana Industrial Workers.
Headed by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn,
an organizer of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, crowd of 1000
threatened the Missoula county jail in
Missoula, Mont. demanding the re-
lease of twenty-five members of the
order arrested while conducting a
demonstration on the streets. An un-
expected show of strength on the part
of the police and the deputies of the
sheriff prevented any trouble. Infiam-
matory speeches were made in the Jail
yard and from the very steps of the
prison. Gurley Flynn was discharged
from the police court. She contends
she will fill the jails of the county to
overfiowing with l. w. w. men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
school to Give Tooth Brushes.

school TO Give Tooth Brushcs.
DR.. E. Irving Cronk, the medical in
spector, has asked the board of edu-
cation in New Brunswick, n. j., to
provide every public school pupil with
tooth brush and the board is in
clined to consider the suggestion ia
vorably DIR. Cronk reports that much
of the ill-health in children comes
from unclean teeth and that it is best
for the public schools to make clean
teeth obligatory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
Judging from Appearances

Il am glad, my dear" mildly observ-
ed the much enduring man as he
glanced on the underdone steak and
the half boiled potatoes. that / now
know our cooks views on the tariff"
why. dear. she doesn't know or
care anything about the tariff" said
the astonished wife.
Doesn't she?" returned the husband.
'She shows a decided tendency for
putting raw materials on the sched-
ules, then."-Baltimore American
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
DUDLEY BUCK DIES, AGED 70.
Famous Organist and Composer Jus
Hame from Eurone

Famous Organist and Composer Just
Home from Europe.
Dudley Buck, organist and compos-
er, died Wednesday at the home of his
son in West Orange, N. ]. He had just
returned from a two years absence
in Europe. Mr.. Buck was 20 years old.
He was born in Hartford and was ed
ucated at Leipsig Conservatory He
composed the cantata sung by 500
voices at the opening of the centen-
NAL in Philadelphia and became famed
as a composer of sacred music. He
was organist at the Church of the
Holy Trinity and retired from all ex-
cept theoretical work and composition
in 1902
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
DRYS LOSE IN CONNECTICUT.
Defeated I'm Fully n Dozen Towns
Republicans Carry New Haven.

Defeated I'm Fully N Dozen Towns
Republicans Carry New Haven.
In 100 of the 1853 cities and towns OF
Connecticut the annual elections were
held Monday. The chief fight made
was upon the liquor license question.
The Prohibitionists lost. Last year
they won ninety-seven towns. They
were defeated in fully dozen of the
ninety-seven Monday, the largest being
Winsted. Elections were held in five
of the cities, New Haven going Repub-
lican by about 500 votes, Frank Joyce
defeating James B. Martin. the Demo
cratic Mayor, by small margin. Wa.
terbury also returned to the Republi-
can column after five years absence.
In the general elections about 10
towns chose Republican officials against
120 year ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
Lone Robber Loots Safe.

Thousands of dollars worth of gold
and silver was stolen by a robber,
who looted the Great Northern ex-
press Office in Seattle. Wash, after
binding and gagging the night clerk
and his assistant. The robber got
away with several sacks filed with
gold and silver. The amount of rIcuey
taken is not stated by the epress
company officials
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
Oldest Ex-Mayor in America Dead.

James s. McCready. ex-Mayo. of In
Annapolis, Ind, and slid to have been
the Oldest ex-Mayor in the United
States, died there at the age of SO
years. Mr.. McCready's life lad been
an unusually active one and until the
physically. At the celebration of his
ninety-third birthday anniversary last
February Mr.. McCready danced for a
considerable time-a custom which he
had maintained for many years. Mr.
McCready was elected Mayor in 1854.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
A Real Consolation.

Little Molly's father can't quite see
where Molly got her information One
iting at the house Molly became i'm
pressed with her aunt's solitary state
Haven't you any husband. Aunt
Molly?" she asked. Aunt Molly's pre-
tended grief over the fact that she was
husbandless was so real to Molly thai
she undertook the task of consolation
Never mind. dear Aunt Molly, hus
bands scold."-The Delineator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14

Once when Lionel Brough gaze his
humorous entertainment at northern
lunatic asylum, he spent the hour he
had to wait for his train in playing
one of Z e inmates. a harmless old gen.
tleman. :, game of billiards.
Mr.. Brough offered the patient 20 in
100, and was beaten easily.
IF you go about giving odds like
that" said the patient. they'll put
you in here with me."-London Opin-
ion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
Last Survivor of the Monitor Dead.

Capt John Joshua Nathaniel Web
Der, who served as an executive Of
dcer on the ironclad Monitor during
her battle with the Merrimac in 1864.
Is dead in Staten Island seaman's
resort at the age of 80 years 1t Is
said he was the last of the officers Of
the famous vessel which was the fore
runner of the modern ironclad fight
ing ship. Diseases incident to old
age caused his death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
ASSASSINS TRY TO KILL CAR.

Plot Is Discovered I'm Palace which
WOrkmen Repair for Ruler.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Standard, who says the
winter palace of the Car is undergo
ing repairs and being put in readiness
for his return, reports that a plot
against the Cars life has been dis,
covered among the workers engaged in
the palace. The eldest son of court
joiner named Michaeloff has been ar
rested, and many compromising docu-
ments in relation to the plot are said
to have been discovered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14
RUSH FOR FREE DAKOTA LANDS.

Heavy Registration for Cheyenne
md Standing Rock Reservations.
Registration for the government
lands in the Cheyenne River and
Standing Rock reservation of the Da-
kotas began with rush at midnight
Monday, and within an hour thereafter
1900 persons had registered at the
six registration centers Land-seekers
are there from all over the United
States, from New York to California.
Mrs. Josephine Reed. of Wabasha,
Mimi, was the first of the sci to reg:
lister in Aberdeen. Judge Witten, who
is in charge of the registration. has
completed arrangements for handling
fully 100000 persons in Aberdeen
alone. Registration began also at Bis
marck. N. D.. Lennon. s. D., and lie
Beau, s. d.