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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Four thousand FIVE hundred employees
of the Pressed Steel Car Company have
gone on strike at McKecs Rocks, Pa.
1t is estimated that the last corn
crop would require $4,000 trains of
thirty cars each to transport all of it.
Benton McMillin, former Governor
of Tennessee announced al Nashville
his candidacy for the United States
Senate, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary June 1, to succeed James Is. Fra
zier.
Tens of thousands OF Americans from
every section of the country will crowd
New York when Theodore Roosevelt
reaches that city in June and will give
him such a reception as ii has fallen to
few men 10 receive.
Percy Van Dyke. a New York visitor,
sat down on phalanx of long, sharp
hat pins in the darkness during a NOV
ing-picture show at Los Angeles, Cal
and was seriously injured.
Robert r. Devlin. United States At
torney for the Northern District Of
California, was confirmed by the Sen
ate for an additional term. The fight
against him continued for nearly two
years and attracted much attention.
James A. Stevenson, head of the
Stevenson Construction Company, a di-
rector in the Corn Exchange Bank and
member Of several clubs and fraternal
societies in New York. ended his life
in that city by shooting himself.
Mary Mannering Hackett, known on
the stage at Mary Mannering, received
n final decree OF divorce from James X.
Uackett. the actor, in New York.
District Attorney Blakely at Pitts
burg has received the registers of the
Hotel Imperial. New York, and win
trv 70 establish the identity Of the
man who paid over the $4,000 bribc
to the graft ring.
Detectives are seeking party of
mischievous boys. who threw rocks at
a crowded New York Central passen-
GER train. near Yonkers, N. Y. one o.
thu missiles striking Frank Burrows,
the engineer. in the temple, knocking
him unconscious.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
WOMAN sTRANGLED IN HOME,
Victims Hair Was Used as Instru-
ment of Death.

Victims Hair Was Used as Instru-
ment of Death.
Mrs. Ridgeway Wilson, wife CT a
wealthy real estate dealer in Denver.
Colo, was found dead in a coal bin
in her home. She had been choked
with her own hair. A mystery has
been added to the crime by the fact that
there was large triangle of skin cut
from the woman's forehead. Running
from the top of this triangle there
were deep cuts extending to the tenn
pies. This strange feature was pointed
out by the japanese consul, who was
called into the case because japanese
servant was suspected of knowing
something of the crime. Several thou
sands of dollars which had been left
In the house by Mr.. Wilson when he
went away for few days visit were
not touched, nor were there any other
signs of robbery
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

The modified long and short haul
amendment introduced by Senator Dix
on as a substitute for the Hepburn
amendment to the railroad bill was
had been perfected by Incorporating
in it portion of the Paynter amend
ment, favored by the Democrats. The
vote on the substitute was sc yeas, 10
nays. The House discussed the sun
dry civil bill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
The Indian Uprising Justified.

The threatened Indian uprising in
New Mexico is over. A report from
Superintendent Crandall to the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs at Wash
ington. ID. c., conveys the information
that the Taos Pueblo Indians were
well within their rights in cutting the
fences of settlers, for the fences en-
croached on the Indian lands. The
courts of the territory refused to pros.
ecute the red men. The militia sent to
the scene of the threatened uprising
was turned back before travelling half
the distance from Santa Fe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

The United States Steel Corporation
announced the establishment of an S.
100000 pension fund. to be consolidat-
ed with the 100000 fund created by
Andrew Carnegie, and the whole to be
administered for the benefit of en-
ployes who are injured in service or
for the dependents of the killed. Pen
sions will also be granted to those who
have grown old in the employ of the
company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Progress of the Pennant Race I'm
Base Ball Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Prison for a Society Man.

Harry L. Morris, a young societ,
man, charged with attempted black
mail, was found guilty by a jury il
the United States District Court il
Cleveland and sentenced to two year.
in prison. Mrs. Dan o. Caswell re
ceived letters and telephone message.
threatening that her home would b.
burned and her two young children
kidnapped il she failed to pay $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

That the men employed in the Beth
lehem Steel Works, who have been on
strike for better pay anti shorter hours,
had 10 work twelve hours a day and
seven days week. at least 1922 of
men, and that g large percentage OF
these earned only 1914 cents an hour,
is the gist of the report made by the
Federal Bureau of Labor to the Senate
wednesday. A large number suppos-
co to be working ten and a half hours
a day were compelled to work over
time on week days and Sundays, and
1T was the protest against this that led
to the strike
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

The Senate Thursday reached an
agreement to begin voting at o'clock
Friday on the long and short haul
amendments to the railroad bill, and
to meet daily at IL o'clock, beginning
Monday. The voting agreement for
Friday provides that all amendments
relating TO the long and short haul
shall be disposed of before the end of
the legislative day, but the under
standing does not preclude the taking
of a recess from one day to another
in case the amendments should re-
Quire more time than can be given
them Friday. All of the speeches
were in support of the Dixon long and
short haul amendment. They were
made by Senators Clapp, Smoot and
Nixon. The Senate passed the House
omnibus lighthouse bill, which, after
receiving the consideration of a con-
ference committee, will go to the Pres
ident for his signature In the House
Representative Payne of New York de-
livered an extended defense of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, arguing that
the recent advance in the cost of liv-
ing was not due to thai legislation.
Representative Cox of Ohio spoke, de-
nouncing conditions in national mill
tary homes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Overstudy Causes Death.

Harold l.. Clark, graduate of Ober-
lin College, died at his grandmother's
home at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, of nerv-
Gus exhaustion caused by Overstudy.
He was very ambitious to practice law
and went from Akron to Chicago to
complete his law studies when he be-
came ILL
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
The Week
i'm Congress
NOO~O~O~~

Previous to adjournment at o'clock
Monday, on account of the death of
King Edward VII. the Senate devoted
two hours to the consideration Of the
railroad bill. Senator Overman of
North Carolina spoke in favor of the
long and short haul clause of the bill,
while Senator Piles of Washington op-
posed that provision of the measure.
Earlier in the day Senator Stone of
Missouri introduced a resolution in
structing the committee on postoffices
and post roads to make inquiry into
the propriety of the use of franks in
circulating a pamphlet in support If
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law The res
olution was referred to the postoffice
committee under promise of a speedy
report, there being some Indication
that the inquiry might take on
broader scope and that the misuse Of
the Thanking privilege generally might
be entered upon. In the House legis-
latlon relating to the District of Co
lumbia occupied the entire session.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Ventilation Defective.

Defective ventilation, the result OF
inadvertence or carelessness, caused
the explosion in the mine of the Young
hiOgheny & Ohio Coal Co. at Amster-
dam. Ohio, April 81, resulting in the
death of fifteen miners. This is the
finding of the Chief Mine Inspector.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
FARMERS IN BIG FOOD POOL.
Body Formed at st. Louis TO Comba,
High Prices.

The American Cooperative Union.
the purpose of which is to aid in the
movement against high food prices. has
been organized by farmers who at
tended the national rally in st. Louis.
The organization was formed secretly
and was announced a few days later.
Thomas G. Nelson, of Indianapolis.
Ind, is president; the Rev. ]. T. Tuo-
by. of st. Louis, secretary. and Thomas
Emmerton. of Bloomer, Wis, treasurer.
The union is to be incorporated for
CT O00 000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
New Court Open June Z,

The Court of Customs Appeals in
Washington has set June as the day
for beginning the hearing of cases on
it's docket, of which there are alres dy
between forty and fifty. The jurisdic-
ton of the tribunal covers appeals
from the board of general appraisers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Mystic Shrine Temple Dedicated.

Most of the imperial officers and
1000 visiting members of the Mystic
Shrine assembled for the dedication
of the new temple of the Shriners of
Indianapolis, Ind, which is said to be
the first edifice of it's nature in the
country. The ceremony was conduct
ed by the imperial potentate, Fred A.
Hines, of Los Angeles. William S.
Brown, imperial secretary, of Pittsburg
and ]. s. McCandless, of the temple
at Honolulu, were among the guests.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Giant Telephone Merger in West.

A dispatch from San Francisco, Cal.
says: Negotiations looking to the
merging of the western interests of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company have been in progress
for the last two days. 1t is understood
the preliminary steps have been taken
toward the absorption of small indie
pendent companies in the western and
northwestern States with the ultimate
idea of consolidating the great compa-
MES that operate from Minnesota to
California.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Typhoid Epidemic at Reform School

Typhoid Epidemic at Reform School.
Fred Izelgrigg, aged 10, of Lafayette,
died of typhoid fever at the Indiana
Boys School in Plainfeld This is the
first death due to the typhoid fever
epidemic ar the institution. There are
between seventy and eighty cases of
typhoid and malaria at the school, and
a few patients are in a serious condi-
ton. The hospital facilities are over
taxed and some of the cases have been
removed to cottages. DR.. ]. F. Simonds,
State bacteriologist, who made an ex-
animation of a spring from which
most of the water supply came, found
that the spring was polluted with
sewage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Breaks Worlds AerooIane Record.

At Mourmelon, France, Daniel Kinet
the Belgian aviator, broke the worlds
record for an aeroplane fight with
passenger, remaining in the air for
two hours and fifty-one minutes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Van Zandt Held as Slayer.

Guilty of manslaughter" was the
verdict of a jury in Cincinnati in the
case of Jesse Van Zandt, who was
charged with having murdered his
wife. whose body was found in their
home, bound and gagged and literally
roasted over lighted gas stove The
verdict was arrived at by a compro-
mise.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Word has reached Chang Sha, China
that riots have occurred at Yuen-Cnow
which is 225 miles from Chang Sha
and that the inland mission has been
destroyed. No details are given, as the
telegraph wires have been cut.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Sells His Wife and Sons.

John W. Wotoski. 23 years old. re-
gliding in Rome, N. Y, sold his wife
and sons, 5 and 3 years, respectively
to a fellow laborer for S25. He told
the authorities he could easily get an.
other wife. but he refused to part with
his daughter, for whom he was Of
fered $25.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Blow Safe and Fire Bank

Three masked men blew the safe of
the First State Bank at Dumont, Mimi.
set the building on fire and fed with
out securing 1900 inside the vault.
No clew to their identity or where
abouts has been secured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Three Men Killed by Boiler Explosion

'f'SS WITT f~'f'cu ny oOIFcF CEpIcSIUn.
A battery of five boilers exploded at
the plant of the Diamond Coal and
Coke Company at Chewtown, Pa, kill
ing three men who were in the boiler
house at the time. Six others, includ-
ing employees and residents in the
dozen or more houses nearby, were
injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
ROCK THE BOAT; EIGHT DROWN
school Children Die In Mill Pond
Boys Try tn Save Girls.

Boys Try to Save Girls.
Rocking boat caused the drowning
of six girls and two boys out of
party of twelve on an old mill pond
at Huntington Mills, Pa. The four
boys who escaped made vain efforts
to save the girls. All Of the party
were members of the graduating or
Junior classes of the high school. The
dead are: Maud Sutliff. II; Caroline
Rooms. IS; Ruth Bonham, II; Iris
Davenport. II; Kathleen Good, 16: Ra-
chel Thompson. II; Robert Minnick.
is, and Ray Dodson. II.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Blow at Trading Stamps

Tee issue of trading stamps by mer
chants was pronounced unlawful by the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
in a divided decision The tradina
stamp companies will appeal to the ST.,
preme Court of the United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Storm Damages Crops in sor,h

Cotton and corn crops in Culverton.
Ga, were practically destroyed and the
peach crop severely damaged by a hail
and windstOrm. In Culverton several
houses were blown from their pillars,
and others unroofed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Wheat Condition Is Fair.

The average condition of winter
wheat on May l, according to the cror
reporting board of the Department OF
Agriculture, was S2.1, compared with
sos on April 1; S3.5 on May 1. 1909
and S6.7. the average for the past ten
years on May l.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
500. 600 for Convict Shoes.

The Ohio State Reformatory at
Mansfield has paid into the State
treasury $4,000. the proceeds of shoes
made by inmates.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Court House DESTROYED.

Fire which broke out in a barn in
the center of town destroyed the court
house and several business houses at
P'acerville, Cal, entailing a loss Of
about 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
KILLS HUSBAND WHO BEAT HER

Young Wife, HumiIiated by Blows.
Retaliates with Rifle.
Smarting under the humiliation at
blows her young husband had rained
upon her in a quarrel, Mrs. John Della
Der. aged "a, met him on the doorstep
of their home in Trumbull Township
near Ashtabula. Ohio, and with a rifle
shot him dead. She stepped over the
body, and rushing to neighbor told
what she had done. She was arrested
a few hours later and locked up at
Geneva
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Forest Fires Spreading.

Forest fires, which have been burn.
ing in the vicinity of Rosebush, Mimi,
are rapidly becoming uncomfortable.
The long spell of dry weather has
made conditions propitious for great
conflagration Farmers for miles
around are fighting the flames.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Army Transport Badly Damaged

The army transport Dix. which ar
rived from Manila via Honolulu at Sc
attic, Wash. was so badly damaged by
storms and by fire in her coal cargo
that it will take two months to repair.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

County Treasurer Matt II. Gormley
forced the Seattle Electric Company to
pay 1857, 900 delinquent taxes by seiz-
ing 125 of the company's cars in Seat
tie, Wash.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Bert Sperry, his three children and
their grandmother were burned to
death in fire which destroyed their
home in Faribault. Mimi. Mrs. Sperry
and two children were saved.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Twelve persons were seriously in
jured and eight others sustained lesser
hurts when Kansas City, Mexico anC
Orient passenger train was deraile6
by spreading rails near Milton. A re
lief train took the injured to Wichita
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
denied the renewed rumor that he con-
templated retiring from President
Taft's cabinet soon after the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigation is concluded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Official announcement has been made
of the appointment of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt by President Taft as specia'
ambassador to represent the Unitef
States at the funeral of King Edward
in London May 20.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
E PLYMOUTH TRIBUNE.

PLYMOUTH, IND.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Negro Slain While AsIeeu

George Burton, negro, was killed
while asleep in a barn two miles from
Utica, n. Y. Joseph Shultz. white, ia
being hunted by the sheriff.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Continuing the consideration OF the
railroad bill, the Senate Tuesday
heard arguments by Senator Bristow
In support of the Dixon amendment
prohibiting greater charge for short
than for long hauls on the railroads,
and by Senators Lodge and Piles
against it. There were many inter
ruptions and much sharp colloquy To-
ward the close of the session resolu-
ton authorizing an investigation into
alleged abuses of the franking privi-
lege was adopted. BY a vote of 200
to 126 the House passed the admins
tration railroad bill, with many of
the original provisions stricken out.
A proposition to revive section II re-
lating to the acquisition of competing
lines was voted down before the bill
was finally placed upon its passage.
Some of the New England Republi-
cans Joined with the Democrats in vot-
ing down that provision The bill now
goes to the Senate, where bill SINH
larly introduced as an administration
measure has been pending for nearly
three months. The House passed sew
eral resolutions calling for identity of
the real purchasers of the Philippine
friar lands and adopted the conference
report on the bill to create the bureau
of mines and mining, which now goes
to the President for approval.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
GIRL INDICTED FOR MURDER
Kate MANI, Sixteen Years Old, Held
for the Death of Her Sister.

for the Death of Her sister.
Katie Manz. 16 years old. was in
dicted by the county grand jury in
Canton, Ohio, On the charge of murder
in the first degree She is accused of
causing the death of her sister Eliza
beth. 10 years old, at their home in
Massillon a sew weeks ago. Cletus
Willaman was indicted on the charge
of murder in the first degree in con-
nection with the alleged murder of
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Rooms recently.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
Mother Gives Life to Save Her Child

Mother Gives Life to Save Her Child.
Celia Rosenberg is dying as result
of her effort to save her 3-year-old
daughter Freda from being run over
and killed by a trolley car in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The
mother seized the girl and tried to
drag her from the tracks, but was too
late, the car striking both of them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

In a personal explanation to the
Senate Wednesday Senator Piles of
Washington disavowed any RESPONSE
bility for the appointment of Richard
A. Ballinger as commissioner of the
general land office or later as Secre-
tary Of the Interior. This action re-
suited from intimations in the Bal
linger-Pinchot investigation that Mr.
Piles had influenced the appointment
In the interest of the CUNNINGHAM
coal claimants. Senator Simmons of
North Carolina spoke in favor of the
Dixon long and short haul clause,
after which the railroad bill was laid
aside. The theory that the President
may withdraw from entry the public
lands without authority of Congress
was combated by Senator Borah in an
extended argument. In the House the
entire session was taken up by the
consideration of bills affecting Indian
lands.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19

Harry Thorn confessed the murder
Of George W. Fassell. a grocer during
a hoid-up in Salt Lake City.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Witch Hazel Run.
a box.

AS winter has come on again We
thought we would write a few lines
to The Reporter.
Miss Hazel Poland called on Mrs
Eliza Vanderpool Sunday morning.
Harry Poland had small run
away Sunday night but fortunately
no one was hurt.
F. A. Greenland moved quite a
drove of cattle over to the Steve
Little place.
W. H. Young is complaining with
rheumatism these days.
Elias Hendrickson and family Wis.
tied with Jim Holmes and family last
Sunday.
lobe Burns is nearly through pillow.
ing.
c. Poland and wife made a trip tc
Grand River Saturday.
Miss Martha Young had business
at Grand River last Saturday.
Benjamin Grimm, of Tennessee
caught six wolves Sunday.
Henry Louthan is feeling pretty
bad. guess it is the bad weather
that makes him feel so bad.
Farmers are getting pretty well
through with their spring blowing
Miss Ada Ramsey, of Van Vert
visited over Saturday night with he1
friend, Miss Blanche Poland.
Ed Hendrickson filled his regular
appointment at Jim Holmes Sunday
night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Woodland.

DR.. McNay, the veterinary of Gar
den Grove, was here on professional
business Monday.
Ray Cox, of Humeston, came Mon
day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cox.
Mr.. and Mrs. NOVA S. Beavers,
Miss Grace Rayn and John W. Mas
sey were Sunday guests at the coun-
try home of Mr. and Mrs r. d. Lock-
wood
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Newlin were
Leon visitors Saturday.
Word was received here recently
announcing the marriage of Miss
Ella Hines and Mr.. Talbot Hartman,
at Des Moines, both being residents
of that city, on Wednesday evening,
April 6, 1910. Their host of friends
here are extending congratulations,
as they both were former residents
of this community.
Miss Cora Beavers spent a few
days last week with her sister, Mrs.
Vivian Lockwood.
A number of farmers in this vicin-
ity have been planting corn.
Dixie Beavers was a Lineville Wis
itor last Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. C. e. Lovett were
entertained Sunday at the H. D..
Richardson home.
Mrs. Clara Smith returned to her
home near Diagonal last Tuesday
after a few days visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. O. Lockwood.
Her sister, Miss Alta Lockwood, ac-
companied her home.
Tony Logan and Edgar Phillips, of
Lineville, were here last week hang
ing paper for N. S. Beavers and sew
eral Others
Miss Grace Rayn has accepted a
position in the Erie L. Beavers store.
John @. Lockwood is suffering
from very sore hand, having blood
poison, caused from slight injury.
DR.. Lovett moved into j. W. King s
home last Monday until his own
home, which is being remodeled, is
completed.
There will be regular meeting of
the Yeomen at their hall next Friday
night, April 22nd. All members are
requested to be present as there will
be initiatory work done.
NOVA S. Beavers is having an in
surance, loan and real estate office
fitted up in the room formerly occu-
pied by the postoffice.
Erie L. Beavers, who has pur-
chased the general store from Novia
S. Beavers, will have big special
sale commencing next Saturday,
April 23rd, and continuing over Sat-
urday, April Goth, at which time he
will offer some great bargains.
While drilling we'll at the Mrs.
Brewer place, Ellis Brewer had his
hand quite severely smashed. DR..
c. E. Lovett dressed the injury and it
is getting along nicely at this writ
n