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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-04
COSSACK SYSTEM
FOR COLORADO?

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 2-The spe-
cial session of the state legislature is
asked to establish the cossack system
in Colorado. Representative Ardou-
rel has introduced the resolution.
This is the favorite subject Of Mr..
Ardourel. He has introduced the
subject on two previous occasions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-04
WIN EIGHT-HOUR DAY,

PITTSBURG, Kan, Aug. 1.-The
Joplin and Pittsburg Traction COM
pany has signed a union shop agree
ment with its firemen, who struck
against q 12-hour day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-04
WIRE MEN WANT MORE

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug. D.
Electrical Workers union No. SO asks
the city commissioners to pay it's
members employed by tho munich
pality SO a. day. Lamp trimmers,.
now paid 500 g. month, ask a $40
increase. The commissioners have
promised t. provide in the next bud
get for these increases.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-04
o'CoNN0R REFLECTED,

TOLEDO. Ohio. Aug. 2.-At the
convention Of tho International
Longshoremen's association Presi-
dent O'Connor and, Secretary-Teas-
urer Joyce were reelected. Calves
ton was selected as the next conven-
ton city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-04
WANT EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

PENEVILLE, KY, Aug. 2.-An
eight-hour day was demanded by or
gained miners employed in south
eastern Kentucky and Tennessee at
their convention at this place. Other
demands include recognition Of the
union, wage increases, uniform wage
scale for outside and inside work,
check weighmen and pay for all coal
mined.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-04
SHOP MEN RAISE WAGES.

ASHLEY. Pa, Aug. 2:-The Cen
trail railroad Of New Jersey has raised
wages of its shop men 10 per cent,
agreed to recognize grievance COM
mittees and pay time and .one-half
for overtime. These workers are
now Joining the union Of their craft.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
CHAPTER III.
How Carol Spoiled the Wedding.

How Carol Spoiled the Wedding.
A day in June-the kind of day that
poets have rhymed and lovers have
craved since time began. On the side
porch of the parsonage, in wide ham,
mock, lay Aunt Grace, looking Ian
guidly through half-closed lids at the
girls beneath her on the step. Pru-
dence, although her face was all
a-dream, bent consclentlously over the
bit of linen in her hands. And Fairy,
her piquantly bright features clOuded
with an unwonted frown, crumpled a
letter in her hand.
81 do think men are the most ag-
gravating things that ever lived" she
declared, with annoyance in her voice.
The woman in the hammock smiled
slightly, and did not speak. Prudence
carefully counted ten threads, and SOL
emily drew one before she voiced her
question.
"What is he saying now2"
"Why, he's still objecting to my hav-
ing dates with the other boys" Fairy's
voice was vibrant with grie.. "He
does make me wild Aunt Grace, you
can't imagine. Last fall l mentioned
casually that I was sure he wouldn't
object to my having lecture course
dates-I was too hard up to buy a
ticket for myself; they cost four dol
lars and aren't worth it, either And
what did he do but send me eight dol
lars to buy two sets of tickets! Then
this spring, when the baseball season
opened, he sent me season tickets to
all the games, suggesting that my finan-
cial stringency could not be pleaded as
excuse. Ever since he went to Chicago
last fall we've. been fighting because
the boys bring me home from parties.
He wants me to patter along by my
self like a-like-like a hen % Fairy
said "hen" very Grossly
"It's a shame" said Prudence SYM
pathetically. "That's just what IL is.
You wouldn't say a word to his TAX
ing girls home from things, would
your"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
CHAPTER II-continued.


Prudence watched them with painful
solicitude. Her years of mothering
had given her an almost supernatural
intuition as to causes and effects.
On Wednesday morning Mr.. Starr
babe his family goodby and set out on
a tour Of Epworth league conventions.
He was to be away from home until
the end of the following week. A
prospective Presbyterian theologian
had been selected from the college TO
fill his pulpit on the Sabbath.
At ten o'clock the train carried their
father off in the direction of Burling-
ton, and at eleven o'clock the twins
returned to the parsonage. Prudence,
Fairy and Aunt Grace sat sewing on
the side porch as they cut across the
parsonage lawn, their feet crinkling
pleasantly through the drift of autumn
leaves the wind had piled beneath the
trees.
"We're out of potatoes, twins" said
Prudence, as they drew near. you'll
have to dig some before dinner"
For one instant their complacent fea-
lures clouded. Prudence looked up es-
pectantly sure of a break in their Sc
rene placidity.
One doubtful second, then
Certainly, Prudence" said Carol
brightly.
And Lark added genially, "We'd bet
ter fill the box, guess-so We'll have
enough for the rest of the week"
And singing light but unharmonic
snatch of song, the twins went in
search of basket and hoe.
Prudence's brows knitted in anxious
frowns and she sighed few times.
"What is the matter, Prue? You
look like a rainy Christmas" said
Fairy.
ITS the twins" was the mournful
answer.
1.-THE twinsv' calculated Fairy.
"Why, they've acted like angels lately
That's it!-That's just it. When
the twins act like angels I get uneasy
right away. The better they act, the
more suspicious 1 feel"
"What have they been doing?"
Nothing! Not a thing! That's
why I'm worried. 1t must be some
thing terribler'
Fairy laughed and returned to her
embroidery. Aunt Grace smiled and
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began plying her needles once more.
But Prudence still looked troubled,
and sighed often.
There was no apparent ground for
her alarm. The twins came back with
the potatoes, peeled some for luncheon,
and set the table, their faces still
bright and smiling.
In the afternoon they Joined the
little circle on the porch, but not to
sew. They took book, and lay down
on rug with the book before them,
reading together. Evidently they were
all absorbed.
Prudence, in spite of her devotion to
the embroidering of large SIS on as
sorted'pieces Of linen, never forgot the
twins for moment.
"What are you readingT" she asked
at last aimlessly, her only desire TO
be treasured by the sound of their
voices.
There was an almost imperceptible
pause. Then Carol answered-her
chin was in her palms, which may have
accounted for the mumbling of the
words.
"Scianceanealth."
"What2"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

dler's voice shouting "blackberries"
came to his ears like a sweet lullaby.
Mr.. Bowser grew sentimental under
all these things. He thought of his
bOyhood days. He thought how pleas
ant life was. He thought how good
Mrs. Bowser was to him, and how
there was not another cat in the town
who thought as much of her home.
BY and by an umbrella member opened
his gate and walked in and said:
"Boss, have you got any umbrellas
to be mendedY
"NIy dear friend" replied Mr.. Bow
SER show can you view that glorious
moon up there and talk of mending
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

umbrellas? I should think you would
love to take a seat and reflect on what
a beautiful canopy has been made
over the earth for our benefit"
$50 you have no umbrellas to
mend?" asked the man.
"AIy dear sir if 1 had a thousand
umbrellas to mend, such a night as
this is not the night to pass them out.
Think of an umbrella with three ribs
broken, and the ferule missing with
the stars twinkling the way they are.
Il is a saerilege, man--it is sacri-
llegel"
Mr.. Bowser was still admiring the
glorious night, when a vegetable ped
der came to the gate and called to
dim I'm a hoarse voice:
"Say, you'll 1 have got ten cucum-
bers left, and ] want to sell out and
get home. What do you say TO two
cents>apiece for them? l have been
selling them for four cents all day."
Mr.. Bowser heard, but did not an
swer. Just then he thought he heard
the music of harp down the street
and the strains were in harmony with
his feelings.
81 warrant them fresh" continued
the man, ''and they are not chucked
full of water like some cucumbers.
They are solid all the way through,
and are the biggest bargain you have
had offered to you in five years"
did you ever see moon like that"
finally spoke Mr.. Bowser. Look at
its roundnessl Look how she smiles
down on the earth. Look"
ooh, I've seen moons before tonight.
Say, old man, what about them GU
cumbers? You buy me out and I'll
hustle home to my dear wife and
children"
"Man alive, go away with your GU
cunlbersl You ought to be sitting in a
grove Of cypress trees, thanking your
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

over the phone She's going to Chris
tian Science lecture tonight, and she
said she wished / wasn't a minister's
daughter and she'd ask me to go along.
/ told her i didn't care TO, but said
you twins would enjoy it. She'll be
here in the car for you at seven forty
five."
II won't CO." cried Carol. ~ won't
go near their old church. You can't
make me-
Lark shook her head in corrobora-
tive denial.
"Well, that's queer" Fairy frowned,
then she smiled.
Suddenly, to the tempest-tossed and
troubled twins, the tall, splendid Fairy
seemed haven of refuge. And with o
cry of relief and shame and fear, the
twins plunged upon her and told her
their little tale.
'You punish us this time, Fairy"
begged Carol. "We-we don't want
the rest of the family to know. Wen
take any kind Of punishment, but keep
it dark, won't your"
"Pll talk ii over with Prudence"
said Fairy. Butt think Wen have
to tell the family"
Lark moved her feet restlessly.
"Well, you needn't tell Connie" she
said. "Having the laugh come back
on us is the very meanest kind of o
punishment"
Fairy looked at them moment,
wondering if, indeed, their punishment
had been sufficient.
swell, little twins" she said, 81
guess l will take charge of this my
self. Here is your punishment" She
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
HIS PAP HAD A PREMONlTlON
Farmers Son Explained Why Parent
Was Not Surprised When Family
Party Arrived.

A family of eight, in a large automo-
bile, tsOpped at n likely-loolling farm
house in the northern part of the state
recently to get a drink of cold, pure
water, which is believed to Turk about
farmhouses, explains the indianapolis
News. To his surprise and evident
qualification, the driver Of the machine
found In the farmer an Oldtime &C.
quaintance, and plans were made inn
mediately to pay the farmers family
an impromptu visit. The automobile
was put away in the barn and, after
a hustle and hustle, the hard-worked
farmers wife prepared a meal ade-
quate for the sudden increase In eat
ers.
After the meal the visiting children,
In fact the entire family, made free
with the house and premises. The
head of the visiting family noticed the
farmers oldest boy hanging detected
ly about the rear of the house just be-
fore time to do the evening chores.
"'Wel, sonny" said the man, 81
guess your father was surprised to see
us, wasn't he?"
"Wall, dunna, fer sartin, but /
don't think pap was much surprised"
answered the boy.
mot surprised. Why, how is that2
He surely didn't know we were COM
ing, did he?"
mo, l reckon not; leastways he
didn't know 1t would be you. But pap
had been complainin' all morning that
he Jest knew something was goin' to
happen, cause, he said, he felt jest
that way the day he got his leg bust
ed"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

see that moon and how grandly she
moves? That moon is visible in every
land under the sun and millions of
people are looking at the glorious
sight, but you are here to- sell sew
ing machine-a thing of steel and
IRON"
ooh, see the moon right enough"
replied the agent, "but 1 might look
at it for year and it would bring
me no bread and butter. If you hap
pen to be satisfied with the machine
you've got, let me sell you a musical
instrument"
'You sordld wretch !" exclaimed Mr..
Bowser. Listen to that harp and
that song, and let your heart melt, as
mine does"
The song of Buffalo Gals" died
away as suddenly as If grasshopper
had jumped down the throat of the
singer. The harp quit playing and the
crickets in the grass ceased to chirp.
The moon saw red and Mr.. BOwser
rose up and began to descend the
and his eyes looked danger. The agent
moved along and Mr.. Bowser moved
after him. He was reaching for the
mans coat collar when there was a
sudden fit and pursuit. He ran that
agent down to the corner and, though
he did not catch him, he frightened
him until he was as pale as a ghost.
Then he returned to his seat on the
steps and, an hour later, Mrs. Bow
ser found him asleep In a shadow
passed by the moon.
"Don't you know better than to sit
out here in the chilly air7" she asked.
But Bowser only grunted. He had
returned to practically, and all senti-
ment had vanished with the whippoor-
will, which was only a sparrow, any
way.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

Creator for making you such night;
free of expense. How many of those
delicious stars can you cOunt?'
"Tm not a-going to try, but 1 can
count one old chump sitting on his
front steps with cat in his lap. Why
don't you talk plain English, as all
other folks do?"
The peddler had been gone five or
ten minutes when the cobbler came
over with piece Of paper in his hand.
He waited moment to be addressed,
and, as he was not, he said:
II beg your pardon, Mr.. Bowser, but
here is something you have forgotten.
You had a patch put on a shoe about
three months ago and you forgot to
hand me the change. 1t is only
quarter, but l happen to need it.
Here is the bill"
"Cobbler - patch - shoe," repeat
ed Mr.. Bowser. "Why, man, you
should not have come here this eve
ming of all evenings In the year."
"But 1 thought you had forgotten"
Didn't you see that glorious moon
and those bright stars? Didn't you
see that / was plunged in thoughts"
81 saw the moon and stars" replied
the cobbler, "but 1 thought you come
out here to cool off and it wouldn't do
any hurt to speak to you. If you can't
pay the bill now"
"Pay for a patch on q shoe such a
night as this Don't you hear the
crickets warbling their sad notes?
Don't you see the fleeting shadows?
Don't you feel this soft and gentle
evening breezeY
"Why, think do" replied the cob
bier, "and you can stop in and pay
the bill in the morning. l wouldn't
think too much If 1 were you, for it
makes one loose in the head. One
time, / sat and looked at the moon for
about half an hour, and it made me
sleepy. 1 couldn't figure two and two,
and the doctor warned me that 1 had
better look out"
The cobbler went away, and Mr..
Bowser returned to his state of en-
tracement. The harp struck up
again, and this time there was singer
with it. The song was Buffalo Gals"
and the air was meant to be lively,
but struck Mr.. Bowser with a peculiar
sadness. The moon also seemed to
| be sad and the stars no longer shOne
with their former brilliancy. Mr.. Bow
ser felt a tear sadly rolling down his
sad cheek, and his chin might have
begun to culver with emotion, when n
sewing machine agent came along at a
brisk walk and turned into the gate,
and said:
Perhaps you haven't got sewing
machine yet? l am agent for one of
the best and yet one of the cheapest
machines ever brought ont. If you
have no objections, l should like to
speak with your wife,"
"No mind but a sordid and selfish
mind could come around here at this
hour of the night and profane the
heavens as you are doing. Don't you
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

stood up again, and looked down at
them with sparkling eyes as they
gazed at her expectantly.
1--WE caught on that it was joke.
We knew you were listening in the
closet. And Prudence and acted our
little parts to give you one good scare,
Who's the laugh on now? Are we
square? Supper's ready" And Fairy
ran downstairs, laughing, followed by
two entirely abashed and humbled
twins.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
(To BE coNTINUEDJ
Lest We Eoruet.

We too often forget, wrote Herbert
Spencer, that not only is there a sou.
Of goodness in things evil, but very
generally a soul of truth in things err
ronAous.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
BOWSer Is
Sentimental
But, as Usual,
1t Is Not
Appreciated

Mr.. Bowser took a seat on the front
steps the other evening to smoke his
cigar.
The cat was with him and she
purred peacefully. The crickets in
the grass of the front yard sang songs
for his pleasure.
The moon rose, and she rose higher
than usual, as If to challenge his adj
miratiOn.
Now and then a whippoorwill called
for his mate, and the sound of ped
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

They are about to have a we'd
ding In the Starr household, as
you know, but Carol effeetuaIly
spells all plans and makes post
ponement necessary. Tough
luck for Prudence.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06

Athletic training does not get rid Of
''fat" but of the excess water in the
Tissues of the body.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
THE TWINS READ MRS. EDDYS "SCIENCE AND HEALTH"
AND THEIR BEHAVIOR IN CONSEQUENCE UPSETS THE
THE QUIET OF THE METHODIST HOUSEHOLD.

syncpsis-The story the home the Rev. Mr. Starr
daughter feminine head of the house.
consisting the winsCarO and
Lark-and Connie youngest awaiting
Grace Lveness family results dis
astrousy fol appearance.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25

Ave-; secretary, John Vanderburg,
1873 S. Sangamon st.
19-Headquarters. northwest corner
Blue Island Ave. and Taylor St.;
president. Thos. J. Johnson, 1856
w. Congress St.: secretary, John
J. Falvey, 745 Lyle st.
2O-Headquarters, Club House, 1923 w.
18th St.; tel. Canal G169; meets
second and fourth Thursdays;
president. Peter F. Smith. 1908 s.
Union Ave-; secretary, Barth. p.
Collins. 926 W. 10th st.
2lst-Headquarters, 112 Locust
street; tel. Superior 49l; meets every
second Friday; president, Joseph p.
Mahoney, 1446 N. La Sale street;
secretary, Edmund l.. Mulcahy.
22-Headquarters. 1854 I.arrabse St.;
tel. Lincoln 2745; daily meetings
at TIC w. North Ave; president.
Rudolph L. Schapp. l746 Hudson
Ave-; phone Lincoln 1857; secre.
tary, Math. ]. Wagner.
23-Headquarters. Lower Lincoln
Turner Hall, Sheffield and Diver.
sey Aves.; tel. Lincoln 1896; presi.
dent. Jas. H. Poage. SIG Belmont
Ave-; secretary. Bernard Jung,
1941 Mohawk 81.
24-Headquarters, 1904 Barry Ave. !;
tel. Lake View 1904; president.
Frank A. Stadler. 2a08 Lincoln
Ave-; secretary. Gustav Seedorf,
3l3A N Oakley Ave
25-Headquarters. 5401 Broadway;
phone Edgewater 494; president,
John s. Hummer. 1885 Beacon St.;
secretary. John p, Dougherty,
6310 Magnolia Ave.
26-Headquarters, 3943 Lincoln Ave-;
tel. Grace S704; meets every Fri
day; president, Chas. A. Williams
Chas. w. Peters, 3649 N. Hermi
tage Ave.
27-Headquarters. Grace Hall. 1901
Bernard St.. corner Grace. Elstor
and Bernard; phone Irving s9s;
meets last Friday; president
Hans Blase, SOFT Pensacola Ave.
secretary, Geo. ]. Gercken, 404(
N. LeClaire Ave,
2S-Headquarters, 1867 milwaukee,
Ave-; phone Armitage 6471.
29-Headquar,ers. 1910 w. Garfield
Blvd. tel. Drover 4152 president
Frank ]. Ryan. secretary, John r
Cook.
3O-Headquarters. McNally's Hall
4647 S. Halsted St.; president
Martin J. Mentally. 4647 s. Halste'
ST.; secretary. e. J. Kean, 5Sl W
45th st.
Sl--Headquarters, 5GOs S. Halsted st.
meets first Friday; president
Frank ]. Corr. 524 w. Goth St,
secretary. Chas, sener. $3.50 S, Pc
oria st.
32-Headquarters. suites 10 and II
Anderson Bldg. 6S5G s. Halste
St.
33-Headquarters Hodnett's Hal
Armitage and Crawford AYES.
phone Belmont 6991.
s4-Headquarters. 1856 Ogden Ave,
tel. Lawndale 634 president
Harry NJ Christie, 1Si9 s, Lawr
| dale Ave; secretary, Dennis +
Duffy. 1928 S. Lawndale Ave.
35-Headquarters, 4O39.41 w. Madiso
| S.; tel. Garfield 7132; meets frs
and third Thursdays president
| r. w. Larkin, 4l33 Jackson Blvd,
secretary, John S. Clark. Keele
and North AYES.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25

found himself
them and they In
took stock himself lie found he bit
weight but his disposition
for himself in that big military machine and set about finding
department
handed his
Representative secretary. office
work. My chief such and such
allowance for congressional work.
"Step inside" said the officer
That night Bill downtown the
uniform do believe But Bill satisfied
right niche
Dearden has
excellence
Peng the best thing discovered
Bill Darlen. who
pull for everybody that him
without slightest of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25


npoogzed equally
thankful ed for the sake Of
voicng her wall
home wash all tucked under ocoth keep
she couldn't break bill tonight and being
had better the soe clothes back with her and she
both washes
wouldn't
and the Blessed Mother
she m either"
needs scaled the income Of wash
basket so ha all there to that, but
As
centsshe said
herself:
wonder help?
meT
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25
ODDS AND ENDS

With vaccine of his invention
against hydrophobla an Italian sclen-
fist has saved about 90 per cent of his
human patients and even has cured
rabid dogs.
In the Giant Forest, which is n Ia
bleland about two miles in diameter
are trees said by experts to be 1000
years old. One of them, the largest In
the world, has circumference mt It's
base of 200 feet and towers 2I9.0 feet
into the air.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25

Nearly 5000 loaves Of bread day
are turned out by an electric oven In
Toronto bakery.
A carriage has been invented to sup
port one end of large saw so that
one man can handle 1t.
A Californian has patented ham,
mer to which nails are fed from paper
strips, enabling a man to nail laths
ut many times his usual speed.
For sprinkling floors of buildings
lawns or streets one-man wheeled
tank has been invented, from which
the water Is forced by compressed air,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25


the the other occupations directly related
civil
tons have been taken by here and
their
formerly
with something
adamant
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25
COUNTY OFFICIALS

States Attorney,
MACLAY HOYNE.
County Treasurer,
HENRY STUCKART,
Recorder Of Deeds,
JOSEPH f. HAAS.
Sheriff,
JOHN Il. TRACER.
County Judge,
THOMAS +. SCULLY.
County Clerk,
ROBERT NJ. SWEITZER.
Probate Judge,
HENRY HORNER.
Probate Clerk,
JOHN A. CERVENKA,
Criminal Court Clerk,
FRANK j. WALSH.
Superior Court Clerk,
JOHN HIGHLANDER.
Circuit Court Clerk,
AUGUST MILLER.
Coroner,
PETER NJ. HOFFMAN.
President County Board,
PETER REINBERG.
Board Of Review.
FRANK s. RYAN,
FRED w. BlOCkl,
EDWARD r. LlTZiNGER.
Board Of Assessors.
WILLIAM n. WEBER,
ADAM WOLF,
GEORGE X. SCHMIDT,
CHARLES RINGER,
MICHAEL X. SHERIDAN.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-25

made In heaven. Still. the cheapest
blue head carries Its hidden soul Of
fire, which compensntes.
The other evening, for one time,
she had come out Of an all-day storm
into the friendliness Of lamp that
she lighting, with every sense Of be-
ing in for the night, when It suddenly
occurred to her that she had forgotten
to buy peaches for her breakfast and
must GO out ut once and get them.
Not after while. Now. She didn't
,,.n,A IN no hanlr Il, all Tint ,,.oa thar