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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-Furnished room, suitable
for two gentlemen, at 720 Thirueth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT Nicely furnished room;
strictly modern; at 1890 Second ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29
FLORISTS.

piaunock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store. fee7
Second avenue. Telephone lilo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-A modern furnished front
room with use of telephone 925 Twen-
ty-Second street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT - Modern furnished room;
also good board; at 2511 Ftfth"and-a-
half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT Furnished room, partly
modern, suitable for gentleman; 81
Sixteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

housekeeping at 2312 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms,
to gentleman only. Inquire 1924
Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

ABSTRACTS of title prepared or con-
tinued to date covering any real es-
tate in the county. Prompt and ac-
curate service at reasonable rates.
- Rock. Island Title q Abstract Com
pany: j. j. Ingram &<esident; w J.
Sweeney. secretary. 20O-2OS, second
floor. Peoples National bank build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-NIcely furnished room. all
modern convSniences, opposite court
house. at BIT Fifteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room at
929 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29
EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB.

RELIABLE STORAGE-On first door;
also manufacturer OF awnings. tents
wagon covers. etc Tents for rent. b.
Roessler & Co., zoe Fifteenth street
opposite the court house. Rock Isiand
INDEPENDENT EXPRESS CO. - For
Express Company, sos Twenty-first
street. Old phone 9S1. Packing and
storage and all kinds of express haul
ing. Also buying and selling second
hand goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-One or two nicely furnish
ed rooms, entirely modern, private
family; 732 Seventeenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms
with first class table board. at 14oO
Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-Large furnished room. en-
tirely modern, near Long View car
line. at iii Sixteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-One large neatly furnish
ed room, suitable for two; rent rea-
sonable; at 1880 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-Nice1y furnished modern
rooms, suitable for light housekeep-
ing. Inquire at 2S45 Seventh avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-Newly and nicely furnish
ed rooms for light Housekeeping; also
sleeping rooms; location very central
on car line; 1927 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-A nice front room. also
one side room entirely modern. with
or without board; phone and BATH
1890 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-A neatly furnished room.
entirely modern, with homelike sur
roundings. suitable for business lady.
Negus .eIatS, 1929 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE-Six-room one and a half
story house, on corner lot, Four
teenth- and-a-half street ana Twelfth
avenue; il is modern. with bath, gas,
furnace, electric light, and floors in
good shape; house is in good repair;
price $500. Ii. *. Walker, agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29


FOR SALE-Cheap, four acres OF land
and house In South Rock Island near
Center Station; good condition, for
market gardener. Inquire Henry
Bendt, South Rock Island.
FOR SALE-Or trade. 100 acres or land
in Aurora county, South Dakota, in
the corn belt; black loan, with clay
subsoil; good title. Address owner
J. II. Sharp, Silvis Ill.
FOR SALE - Eighty eight and three
fourths acres, 80 acres under cultiva-
ton; six-room house, good barn well
large orchard; price $6u per acre, one
third cash, balance at per cent
Eckhart &Buffum.
FOR SALE-In Rock Island county at
a bargain, 400 acres, all under Guilt
walton, good improvement will sell
in one body or divide into so or $50
acre tracts; easy terms Lininger a.
Meyer, 225 Eighteenth street
FOR SALE-A farm of 1870 acres, near
Edgington; the buildings are only
tar. but the land is very good and
is located on a main road; the price
is $50 per acre; would like to show
you this farm. IL X Walker, agent
FOR SALE+Elghty acres OF land in
Minnesota and Dakota: 40 acres Guilt
waited, 40 acres timber and pasture:
school one mile and church. only two
miles away, six miles from st. Cloud
Mimi; free delivery price 81, 400. Ad-
dress w. Q. Jennings, 23lG Nineteenth
avenue, Minneapolis, MINI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished front
room, with all modern coRveniences
on Fourth avenue cor line. six blocks
from postoffice; 1916 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

MONEY LOANED to salaried peoDla
and others, without security; easy
payments; no publicity. Call and get
our terms and methods of doing bus
mess. Office hours, a. m. to 8 %
m. Telephone north gail Victor
Finance Company. room 28, McAdanus
building. Second and Main streets
Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SAI4E-Cheap, nice level lots, ASK
126. corner Twenty-seventh street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track Also for sale or
trade, one acre lot with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of E Thonn. $40
Twenty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE-For 1880, an eight-room
house, cellar, basement, good WELL
city wafer: anu one acre OF GROUND:
one and a half acres OF land for ST.
900. VIII take house and lot in
trade. Inquire at 2S00 Thirty-fiftn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE - A fine lot in Highland
Park; price $1,000. Eclkhart & Buff
fun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE - Three 4o-foot lots, 1924
feet deep, south front F'lfth-arld "a
half avenue and Twenty-seventh
street. Also lots on Fifth avenue
near Twenty-seventh street, suitable
for store and fiat buildings, 124 feet
deep and of frontage to suit purchas-
er. Inquire at $50 Twenty-seventh
street, of of any real estate agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE - Eisht-room house, well
built of Al material; has bath, gas
and hot air furnace; this property Is
well located: every room newly pa
pered and vanished, and house paint
ed outside; immediate possession Civ
en-; look at 1t. J. L. Freeman, agent,
1712h Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29
MONEY TO LOAN.

WE loan money on your plain note: no
security, no publicity; salaried people
and others, your credit is good here
Call and let us explain our new plan
Peoples Loan Company, 400 Lane
building, Davenport, Iowa; corner
Third and Main streets. Phone 2574
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-In Robinson building, well
lighted offices; all conveniences, in
Guiding elevator service, roomy vaults
etc; one choice suite with large pri-
Vate vault Apply room 100. +. K.
RhOads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FC-- RENT--Desirals store room, 1929
Second avenue. Apply Connolly &
Conneliy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

Representatives; we want a
dealer or good reliable man to sell to
people in Rock Island and farmers in
Rock Island county, the National
Cream Separator, the easiest to clean
and most desirable machine on the
market; price reasonable. Write US,
and our special representative will
call on you. Address the Hastings
Industrial Company, La Sale and
Lake streets, Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE = we have a few lots in
Beecher q Walsh's addition on Twen-
Iy-nfth and Twenty-slXth streets be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth aV-
enues. which we viii sell at your own
terms and build houses 1or those de-
string. Reecher Bros. Old phone 307.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR SALE-A six-room modern house,
one block from Long View park Adj
dress m. 100" care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29

FOR RENT-A store at 1910 Third av-
enue. Inquire I25 Nineteenth street
Old phone S19-Y.
FOR RENT-A store room at 100 Tween
tieth street, with fat above. Inquire
721 Fifteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HURST s. STAFFORD-At-
torneys-at-Iaw. ONCE in Rock Island
National bank building.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
His Minus Bank Account.

Secretary of State Knox has, in adj
dition to dignity and a profound
knowledge of the constitution of the
United States, sense of humor
Sometimes he uses it. and he did re-
Gently on a newspaper reporter who
visited his home. The reporter want
ed to know something, and he found
out nothing.
Just as a lawyer, not as secretary
of state. how about this proposition.
Mr.. SecretaryY' he asked finally.
- You have not approached me in
the proper manner to get my opinion
as a lawyer" answered the secretary
of state.
II don't carly my check book on
Sunday ventured the ocular scribe.
where do you keep your overdraft
now?" asked Mr.. Knox as the reporter
started for his hat-New York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Fruitful Investments.

The story of the widows cruise Of
oil Is almost outdone by the expert
ence of Northwestern university. In
1853 the university bought tract Of
land in Evanston. ILL.,, for its campus
and paid $4,000 for 1t. Several hum
dred thousand dollars worth Of land
has been sold from the tract, and the
amount left is worth $2,500.OOO. The
same year it invested $4,000 in Chi
cago real estate. and the plot of ground
is now worth about $2,Oo0,000. AL
though the total amount of gifts re-
ceived has been only $3,O00,00o. the as
sets of the university now amount to
$9.OOO,OOO.-Yo Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

While sitting on the shore of Inver-
ness firth one day correspondent
observed about half dozen seals,
each a short distance from the other,
moving In a kind of semicircle toward
small bay. Curiosity made him fol-
low their movements as the seals slow
ly made for the shore. Each kept his
place well. though occasionally disap-
pearing and reappearing. To his great
surprise. he saw that shoal of salmon
were being herded~ toward the shore,
where there was little chance of es-
cape and where they ultimately fell
victims to the seals. What struck
the correspondent most was the ill.,
telligent way in which the salmon
were chased into the bay. reminding
him of the manner in which a collie
dog brings sheep to fold.-Scotsman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
MacGreuor's Name.

From 1903 to 1861 the name of Mac
Gregor was prescribed in Scotland.
Certain oppressed Scots of that clan
took the name Of a loch. These were
the Docharts Of the Dunblane district,
who were descended from a group of
the MacGregors. Fleeing from their
pursuers, party of the fugitives
saved themselves by swimming the
stream which issues from Loeb Do
chart and in gratitude for their deliv-
erance assumed the name Dochart.
Dean Ramsay tells how lad going
to Glasgow gave his name to minis
ter as Dochart, while his letter of in
PRODUCTION called him MacGregor. 81
fear there Is some mistake about your
identity; the names don't agree" said
the minister. "Weel. sir. thut's the
way they spell the name in our coun-
trV
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Pavino TO Work,

There is no city ON earth where I'll
tip system is more deeply rooted thai
in Paris. and yet, II we are to belieJ
NJ. Jabouynat. secretary of the Chan
bre Syndicat Ouviere des Limon|
diers, the cafe and restaurant waiter
desire nothing better than to see tn
abolition of the pourboire. What tina
day arrives" he says, "our comrade
will realize the necessity Of groupin
themselves together for the purpos
of obtaining a fixed salary from thei
employers. Today we receive no sa
airy. only the pourboire, and not a
ways that. Some employers. fndm
that we make too much. deduct q
much as 40. 80 and even 60 per cen
of our tips. l could tell you of on
cafe where eighteen employees han
over to the house over f2,400 yea
Most employees are paid for working
we others pay for the privilege"
Caterer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

give you my promise that If 1 myself
am spared for sufficient time Cap
tain Asgill shall not die"
The rest is history.
Captain Asgill remained under SEN
tence of death, but the popular outcry
was unavailing to drive him to the
scaffold.
In June, still under sentence, he was
admitted to parole and was for some
time In Philadelphia, where Marjory
was with her father, whose release
she had secured-partly, no doubt.
through influence exerted in his favor
by Washington.
In Philadelphia the lovers met and
plighted their vows and won some
what grudging consent from Thomas
Lynde.
All through the summer Asgill re-
manned in his strange position. prac-
tically a free man, yet under the shad-
ow of the gallows. But a powerful
hand protected him and guided his af-
fairs. and in the autumn he was freed
finally from all restraints. and he and
Marjory were married very happily.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Mahouany Trees.

The observations of FL. N. ThomI
son, conservutor of forests for south
ern Nigeria. indicate that the mahoga
ny tree grows much more rapidly thai
the number of SO called annual ring
suggests. Mr.. Thompson thinks thu
they show three or four we'll marke|
zones of growth each year, correspond
ing to the four seasons. Both fores
trees and those grown in the botanica
garden exhibit the same phenomenon
On the site of the town of Ijaye, de
stroyed sixty years ago, a forest hal
grown up containing mahogany tree
with trunks exceeding ten feet II
pirth
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS.
They Have to Hustle All tho Time to
Raise Money,

They Have TO ftu6tle AZ tno liTno 10
Raise Money.
The day has passed when a college
president was chosen for his shining
example of godly living rather than
for his executive ability. The modern
president is an administrators rather
than a teacher, and, as a rule. he does
not appear In the class room, but keeps
office hours like any other man or
business. In great university he
comes but rarely into close personal
contact with the students. The only
occasions upon which he addresses
them Mt length are perhaps at the be-
ginning of the academic year. when
the freshmen are welcomed, and at Its
close. when on commencement day the
degrees are conferred. Most of his
time and energy must necessarily be
devoted to the unceasing endeavor to
produce the wherewithal for the main
tenance of the diverse beneticent activ-
tiles of the university. The head of
one of our great institutions of learn
Ing. which receives fairly large an
nual appropriation from the state, has
said:
"For every day of my life | am
bound to raise ST 900 for this institu-
ton. If | fall behind at one period
must raise more at another time to
maintain the average"
If the average college president were
free to make confession he would ad-
NIT that abstruse philosophical issues
do not generally give him so much
concern as the concrete problem of
how he is to make living for his uni
versity.
The productive funds at Harvard
university amount to $21 .000,000; Co
lumbia has $23 100000; Yale has So
100000 and the University of Pennsyl-
vania $5.300.0O0. The profitable invest
ment of these great trust funds, which
are always inadequate to the needs of
these expanding institutions. requires
financial and business acumen of the
highest order. The treasurer must be
a man who knows the money market
as the eighteenth century bursar or
steward knew his Bible. The conser-
walton of the resources of the modern
university has become the business of
man of highly specialized training.
and the ideal life of the academic COM
munity comprehends but dimly, If at
all, the magnitude of the fiscal trans
actions incident to the existence and
necessary to the welfare of the insti-
tution.-Philadelph Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
LORD KITCHENER.
He Has Little Personal Vanity q
Hates TO Wear a Uniform.


Hates TO Wear q Uniform.
OF Lord Kltchener's characteristil
when he visited Pekin recently "A ed
respondent writes: Ills personal Al
pearnnce disappointed me. From y
photographs one would Imagine hi
to be handsome man, with faI
rugged and keen. One thinks of hl|
unconsciously as In the prime Of zig
But In reality he is already nearly ST
~ years OF age, and his appearance
neither striking nor unusual. Only
pair of remarkably keen and plercil
eyes give promise of exceptional ped
tration and power. Probably he
the greatest soldier of this age, and n
one might easily pass him by on q
street without remarking him OF, WI
his hat on to cover his eyes. think
him anything but man whose col
plexion by combination of alterna
high living and exposure to wealth
is exceptionally florid.
"That he has little personal vanl
is immediately apparent. He stepp'
of his special train In a worn twe'
suit. a cap and a pair Of brown boo
with holes In them. BY his own Wi
no guards OF honor came to WELDON
him except one small guard of CT
nese. and he had to be reminded
their presence as he was strlding 4
the platform. Englishmen of his tyI
hate any personal show. l am told
Is a real penance for TX. of k to pl
on his uniform. and the one unhapT
hour he spent In Pekin was when
had to get into 1t and go to court. wi
all his orders and his field marshal
ivory baton In his hand.
"At all the other functions In Il
Chinese capital he wore ordina
clothes and at official banquets Dire
clothes and the Order of Merit,
which he is justly proud. When
was I'm India he did all he could
discourage foppery among his Officer
and a good story is told of you
subaltern who drew a lady's lace b'
dered handkerchief from his pock
and wiped his lips with 1t In Kitche
er's presence. VIII you tell me- 81
the field marshal, walking up to t
young man and speaking in Icy ton,
what brand of hairpins you user'
Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

expression OF her face, as Though she
were suffused with some strong con-
trolling spiritual influence.
When hidden to speak she asked for
the life OF Captatn Asgill simply, di-
rectly and with no waste OF words.
"And what is he to your asked
Washington.
'He is to be ny husband" she re-
piled.
This ran counter to Washington's
information and was precisely the sto-
ry which would have been put upon
the lips of spy.
The general looked keenly at this
blue eyed, slender girl who faced him
SO calmly.
1.-THE fate of Captain Asgill rests not
with me, but with the congress-" he
said. Nevertheless my wish might
have it's weight. What has led you to
believe that 1 would intercede for
HIM"
my mother is dead" said Marjory.
my two brothers are dead. My IA
ther, stubborn to the last, has suffered
hardships and prosecutions and the
loss of everything, and he is now in
prison by the order of the loyalists.
He cannot survive 1t. His strength
will not suffice. / shall never see him
again. And when 1 learned that the
only other person on earth who loves
me and whom 1 love had been con-
demned to die by mere chance and
for no wrong that he had done the
feeling came upon me that this passed
beyond the boundaries Of Gods JUS
tice, beyond what he would permit l
feel 1t surely in my heart" And she
laid her clinched hand upon her breast.
at needed only for me to do my part,
which 1 have done. l have come to
you"
This appeal, uttered with that pecul-
lar power which comes from complete
spiritual conviction, affected Wash
ington powerfully, but he was still in
doubt.
an Captain Asgill's circumstances"
said he, at would be natural to ask
leave to communicate with his be-
trothed Permission would have been
granted, but 1t has not been asked"
She drew Asgill's letter from her
bosom.
"a soldier brought me this" said
she. 81 beg you to read it."
"a soldier?" he asked, surprised.
"a British soldier. He had been n
prisoner"
my child" said Washington. "you
! have done me considerable service"
81 beg you to read the letter." said
she again. and Washington read.
"This would touch any human heart"
he said. "There is more in 1t than
even you perceive"
He reflected for a moment and then
resumed:
81 am about to tell you a secret.
The opportunity to send this was not
an accident; it was contrived by me.
I desired that Captain Asgill should
communicate with Carleton; it suited
my plans. And, upon the other hand,
the representations which Captain AS
gill could have made were the surest
possible means for saving his own life.
And this he well knew Some words
upon my own behalf he writes. My
child, they were life to him. But he
believed that he had but the one
chance to write and only few min
utes for the work, and he preferred to
save his honor with you and to serve
your interests and those of your ia
ther.
Lift up your hand and pledge me
secrecy in the sight of heaven. This
man Of honor and sentiment shall not
/ die In the place of such wretch as
Lippincott You have well said that
Gods justice will not permit it. /
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
The Champion Tiahtwad.

A candidate for an exalted position
in the Ancient Order of Mean Men has
been discovered by Simplicissim
He is an apothecary in whose place of
business a young apprentice commit
ted suicide When the weeping moth
err called he said: ~ am really sorry
for you and also that your son died In
my shop. You have my sympathy.
Here is his last weeks pay. OF course
/ deducted 80 pfennigs for the poison
which he took"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
The FIGHT O, Consumption.

Based on reports gathered from all
parts of the United States. the Ma
tional Association For the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis has ISSUED
a bulletin in which it is stated thai
SIS. 1S0.621.5O was expended during thu
year just closed by the various inter
ests fighting consumption in the Unit
ed States. The bulletin shows that u
the year 1909 over 100000 pieces q
literature were distributed and thai
117.312 patients were treated and as
sisted by the sanitariums, dispensarieI
and anti-tuberculosis associations.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Soapstone Eibers.

The discovery few years ago bl
Professor Boys that fused quartz caa
be drawn into exceedingly fine tibersl
which are superior to all others fol
many laboratory purposes. has beer
followed by Professor Shenstone will
similar experiments with soapstone
When highly heated soapstone melt;
Into a clear glass, which can be draw
out into fne fbers. possessing all thd
qualities of elasticity and resistance Y
chemical reagents that characteriz|
quartz fibers.-St. Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

Yesterday was Il midshipman."
said Manuel of Portugal after the as
sassination of his father and elder
brother had made him monarch; ITO
day am king. | know nothing
about reigning. because am very
young and never thought of being
king. Thus beg of you to be my
friends and give me good advice
These pathetic phrases are said to give
the key to the boy monarch's charac-
fer