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ESTAHUSIiED AUGUST 24. 1852. WHEELING, WEST YA.. MONDAY MORNING. MAY 14, 1883. VOLUME XX-XL-NUMBEK 225. lite futilitytiar Jier: V~ ^?rio* day in the Third District to sorrow. _ ?? Til,,, will be ?? vacant chain in tie JollitoJay. ??<i >b? camp meeting sea >...n'< own?l.??hw American railroad isn't the advance j ol the army of occupation. Miar J^iuMsoii. it is said, ?IU m*k"; ,?mjM 000 to {SO,000 this year. A'atar ld??n'lg.tb? in $20,000. ye? bunt ?0ch lack. -Surely here - . buatne which is not overdone. Ins Government crop re porta lor April t.mnbt 100 much encouragement to the 2r, to suit the "bull." of thegamb L market, who insist that the Govern -nt Is "off" in its estimate. The report It, interfered with aome great scheme for making money by betting againat the food wppiy. ____________ Thi attentive eye catch ea from the State pmB some idea of what is joing on in the Kteral counties in the way of giving the --rseetatment an ejtra lift. In Koane county the Assessors increaaed the valua tion 22! per cent. The high dignltariea at Wheeling looked on tllil "nd Mw " WM act well; whereupon they added 40 wr cent, and Koane is not happy under the increased burden of 621 per rent. In Hardy the increase ia 35 per eeDt,andameetingof farmers ia announced to consider the matter. The Moorefleld ?iamintr, in ita latest issue, remarks that "thia extraordinary rise In real estate ia not understood or appreciated," and it exhorta the farmers to turn out. The Eiamintr ions up the case and givea its party warm in t in these words; Tbe reajaeajnient of lands, the tax on ttroperiv heretofore exempt, tbe addition of tire tenia on Ihe JlOOin tbe rate of tax Mr laioiy ut to be eufflcient to meet tba de mand* np'in tbe Btate Ireaaury. Tbe farm i? of this county, forttieae reaeona, enter enphatic promt aitalnat tbe addition of 35 Mr cent to the burdena tfiey already bear. 11 the Democratic party of tbla 8tate cannot manage lis affairs without the addl Ion of 55 percent tax. then they abould atep down indout-and let the Kepublicana try their hind. Without a channe for tbe better, the todieatioua point to the overthrow of the Democracy of thia State,in,ISM.and we moat add it will be deaerved puniabmenL Oo ilo? gentlemen. Too ranch tax will aronae the people, and neither the cry of Democraty or tbe lies of Kepublicana heretofore will ap p,*ie their wrath. Democacy is doomed to 5,1,?, if the addition of 33 per cent to our taxes necessary to run oar State govern mebt Tbe Webster County Fxho aays that 25 per cent, has hoen put on in that coonty, indadds: "So Lewie county i? not alone in this outrage." The increase from the Wheeling end of the reaaneanment ma chine was 30 per cent, in Lewis, and we have recently seen from the Weston Rt jmMran and the Weaton Dimocrat what Lewia thinks of it The Weston Krpub Iran, just at hand, says: "Real estate in Lewis county ia now valued at more than It could be sold for on three years' time It might not have been thus if Lewia bad rolled np a good Demscratic majority, but, alas I she baa now left the Democracy lor Ia I pebur the increase ia 30 per cent, in Ritchie 40 per cent It ia said that one county baa been Baited 200 per cent We do not hear which county this ia, but if the report be true we shall hear her gentle toice. The cheerful work goes on, with a good deal of myatery about it, but the end willconie sometime, and then we can foot it til up and see bow it looka in tbe lump. The Wheeling friends moved Greenbrier up 50 per cent, and this is the comforting way which the Jndtptndent looks at it in view of the approaching election forCon gros: This action seems to We greatly miaunder itood oy many of our people. The? aisums that an increase in the assessed value of tbe lands urceuarily implies an increase of tax ation. Thia ia an entirely erroneona view ?f the subject. A certain amount of taxes amt be rdied and It ia altogether Imma terial to the tax-payer whether thia amount ii railed by a amell per centum on a high valuation or by a high per centum in a low uJuation of hia property. *'or inatance: mppoee the local aavssora of Greenbrier conntv fixed the assessed value of herlanda at $2,000 000 Then, to raiae $30,000 of taxes, would require an assessment of $1 50 on tbe tlOO But thia valuation having been reised by the Board of Equalisation to $3 000 000, an auesameut of $1.00 on tbe $100, will real* ha the required $30,000. Consequently, the increased valuation baa no effect whatever on the amount which each land owner will hare to pay. But the Legislature flatly refuaed to in create taxes more than five cents on tbe $100, making the present rate twenty-five cents. It refused for fear of arousing tbe farmer, for the same reason that the pre vious Legislature refused to obey the eon stiiution and levy a tax to meet the Stats liabilities, preferring a reassessment, which has since been admitted to be a failure. What the Legialature refused to do by a tax levy the State Board of Equalisation is doing by increased valuation. The Board's method was thought to be preferable, because the taxpayer knows, that a tax is a tax, and he might be deluded into believing, as tbe Greenbrier Independ ent says, that "the increaaed valuation has no effect whatever on the amonnt which each land owner will have to pay." But when the Greenbrier farmercomea to pay his twenty-five cent Stat* tax on a 'arm valued at $1600, nobody can make him believe that it is just the same as though he had paid a twenty-five cent rate 11,000. Tbe rate has been made, and every dollar added to the valuation is an increase of taxatton, whether the increase he just or unjust Perhaps it will be some consolation to tax-payers to realize that the State admin ? iitratiou may by this loft handed method be able to do something towards paying off the State debt?money taken from the school fund and borrowed from bank?for which the Legialature stubborn ly refused to make any provision. The Legislature didn't want to hbrt anybody's feelings, and it ia supposed that nobody's feelinw have been hurt by the genial ventlemen who are so busy supplement ing tbe work of tbe Legislature. Bat the retarns are still coming In. Wesley Chapel M. E. Chstreh at Colum bus, Ohio, burned yesterday. f^om 112,000. Covered in the Springfield, Mass., Hartford sad Lancashire, England, companies. FROM THE CAPITAL. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Idilu-rnrriaii ?f tk# binlM-link Htlli U ArcktUct Blll-Hr?c klalU" Cw?ur rrudi-Tki Ucal kiUU Mwla4l?r? kreifht U Grltf. Washington, May 13.?The following is the programme (or the exercises of the re union of the Society of the irmy of the Potomac, to be held here this week: A parade of the U. 8. troops stationed at Washington, the district militia and the Grand Army of the Republic, will take place at 11 o'clock x. u. Wednesday. The parade will be trader command of Brevet Major General R. B. Ayres, of the army, and orders for its formation and move ment will be published in the news papers. The society will assemble at 10 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, and will be formed-tor pa rade by General A. A. Humphrey's, Presi dent, and his staff. The formation will be by fours. Column will be formed by breaking from the right, to march to the left, and will move by Fifteenth 8 reet, passing the McPherson statue, to Vermont avenue; thence to' Massachusetts avenue, passing the Thomas-itatae; thence to kbode Island avenue, passing the Scott statue; thence to Connecticut avenue, to K street, passing the Farm gut statue; thence to Seventeenth street, to Lafayette Souare, to Pennsylvania avenue, paamng the Exec utive Mansion, at which point the column will be reviewed by the President of the United States; thence to Fifteenth street, where the escort will be dismissed. After the march, and upon leaving the ?line of parade, the Society will march to the Executive Mansion and pay their re spects to the President of the United States. The business meetings of the several corps will be held Wednesday afternoon. The business meeting of the Society will be held at the National Theater. The orchestra and orchestra circle are sec apart for members of the Society. Viaitora will be admitted to the drees circle and gallery. The exercises of Wednesday evening will begin at 8 o'clock, at the National Theater, and will consist of a poem, to be read by Mr. George Alfred Townaend of New York, an oration to be delivered by Major Martin Maginnis. and addresses by distinguished officers and citizen*. The m-mbers of the'Society wilt assem ble at 7:30 p. x., and will march to the the ater, preceded by the Marine Band. The lower floor will be reserved for members of the Society and those holding tickets of admission to the stage. Visitors will be admitted to the dress circle and gallery by ticket only. The dress circle is reserved for ladies and their escorts. The doors of the thester will be opened for admission of visitors st 7:15. On Thursday, the 17th, an excursion will be given to Mount Vernon, to mem bers of the Society and invited guests. The U; 8. steamers Tallapoosa and Ewing and the ateamboat Leary will convey the passen Sirs. The banquet will be given at Abner's arden, st 7 p. m., Tbursdsy. The Riggs House is the only hotel in town that refused to contribute. THE "FAL MIMILfc" t'OMPAST. A HI* Belli KlUic KmuiI Cnearttied Uaaratiiced AotM. Washington, May 12.?The real estate fraud, which was exposed by the press some five years ago, is sgain in operation in a more dangerous form. On the person of members of the ''Fat* Simile" Company, arrested at Bangor, Me., yesterday, were found two letters from George W. Bollock, of Washington, offering to dispose of a quantity of real estate notes at the rate of about two cents on the dollar. Samples of thtse notes were enclosed, and have been returned to the Treasury Department for inspection. They bear so close a re semblance to the National bank bills in paper, size and engraving, that aside from the swindle evident in their issne, thev are a violation of the laws against counterfeiting, and will probably lead to arrests in this city. George W.Bullock ia well known here for bia prominence in connection with the irregularities in the Freedman's Bureau, the Freedman's Bank, and other institutions. He Is now in tbe os tensible occupation of a claim and in surance spent, but bis letters to the Fad Simile Compsny show him to be en gaged in practices that have brought many sharper men to Jail. Ia another letter, evidently an anawer to a reouest for more explicit information, he fncloeed twenty-two notes with a facs value of $3,050, for which he asks $&5, and ex plains that he had large quantities of them on band unsigned, 175 of which he says are of the denomination of $500. He sug gests that they could be need in organisinc a company to operate in real estate, and offers to supply orders In denominations ranging from $2 to $1,000. The ea* graving and vignettes are exe cuted in very excellent style. Arehlifft Ulll'a luTM(lt?(UB. Warhinoton, May 12.?The Secretary of the Treasury has received a letter from Mr. March, requesting that a subpcena duca tecum be toiled to Supervising Architect Hill to produce certain papers which, he says, were not produced in response to his demand. Mr. Hill says that he has fur nished all the documents called for by Murcb, except two; one of these is not in existence, and he knows nothing at all about the other. Secretary Folger aaid he would not act in the matter until he could asccrtajn exactly what papers are needed, and wnat bearing, they had upon the in vestigation. TreJMtirjr NUItroint. Washjhotok, Ma/ 12.?The statement of the U. 8. Treasurer shows gold, silver and U. S. notes in the Treasury to be as follows: Gold coin tod bullion ? 19I.0M.M6 Hllrwdollars and balUon....*-.............. 110.8l4.i37 Fractional allver coin.. ....... vs,ltl,4A0 U. 8. ^ ... 49 47?.4JB ToUL.J. 1171.60^677 Certificate* ouuundlng Gold SUvtr Cumncj.., Coal aad Iron Mliaailoa. I Prmncao, May IS.?The Ltader to-day says: Employers and workmen in the I iron trade seem to be waiting on each' other in hopes that one will abandoned the position taken by each at the conclus ion of the last conference. Both sides re port the situation unchanged. In the coal trade there wss but little change within the last week. The mo-1 notony of the strike is varied by the miues which come out one day to resume work the next, but the general sitastion re mains the same. At a meeting of the Sawmill-run miners held yesterday John Costello was elected delegate to the Inter-State Convention. Gray A Bell gave formal notice that tbev would not pay more than 3 cents for mining, and the men re solved to stand out against the reduction. As both aides bold separate meetings to morrow it is probabls that s joint commit tee will arranged for a resumption of work or an early reconrse to the tribunal plan. BatMoso. Pa^ May ll-Pmotsrw-FIr* and THE WHK4T ('BOH. An Eallmate That khnwi a Shortage ol Neaflj 100,000,1)00 UunlirN. Milwackk, May 12.?H. H. Young, Secretary of the Minnesota State Board oI Agriculture, reports that the acreage oi wheat sown and to be sown in this State will not exceed 2,392,500 acres. The crop is all backward, even that sown earliest; and, taking the area and the condition together, we have no right to expect more than 88 per cent of a good average crop. I estimate the crop of this state at about 23,? 500,000 bushels. The farmers in the southern part of the State have largely changed from wheat growing to dairjing and general farming, and in the northern part the planting hut* been greatly delayed, a considerably portion not having been sown yet. Alexander Heron, Secretary of (he Indi ana State Board, under date of May 9, says: I have but little change to report in the prospect for the wheat crop in Indiana. The improvement is not so much as *aa estimated in the April report, and we place the figures a shade lower as to condition. In the Southwestern part of the State some good wheat is reported, but as a whole the crop is very discouraging. The season is at least ten days late. Mr. Talmadge, of the Chamber of Com merce, has made an estimate on the crop of 1883, giving the following total bushels by States: Ohio, 26 000.000; Michigan, 23,000, 000; Indiana, 30,000,000; Illinois, 24,000, 000; Wisconsin, 10,000,000; Minnesota, 25, 000,000; Iowa, 22,000,000; Missouri, 23, 000,000; Kansas, 25,000.000. Nebraska, 17, 000,000; California, 2$,000,000; Oregon 13, 000,000, Pennsylvania, ^2,000,000; New York, 12,000.000; other States and Territo ries, 05,000,000, making a total of 402,000, 000 bushels, against 503,000,000?laal year's production. Milwaukxx, Wis., May 13.?The Stniinel will to-morrow morning publish* L. Ever ingharn <k Co.'s spring wheat review, giv ing reports from all the counties in the spring wheat section. This section com prises all of Wisconsin, Dakota, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Northerri Nebraska, and a few counties in Northern Illinois, Summed up briefly the reports show the outlook for spring wheat to be favoiable, more so than for a number of years, with a material in crease in the acreage sown. UN TOP. He Seorea Another Victory by Getting Control of i lie school* of the Mate. Richmond, Va., May 12.?The Court of Appeals to-day ousted the Democratic School Board of this city and put in power the appointees of the Coalition, on the plea that the former had not properly taken the oath of office. This action has sounded the keynote of the next campaign in this State. The debt question i9 settled, and the Democrats cannot hope for any popu larity from its settlement. On the Coali tion Board of Trustees, put in by action of the court to-day, are two negroes, the first membeis of that race who ever held a sim ilar position in this Commonwealth, Their appointment by Governor Caraerenon the State Board of Education meets with the unfeigned disgust of the Democrats. In the campaign in this State this fall, these appointments will be made an im portant issue, if they do not crop out in the Presidential contest the year following. The decision of tho court to-day places Ma hone's board in control of the whole pub lic school system of Bichmond, as well as one or two other cities of the State, This patronage is a powerful political leverage, and Mahone will use it for all it is worth. When the Coalitionists came into power in this State, in 1S79, the negroes demand ed that their schools should be taught by their own race. This demand will, no doubt, be renewed now, and, as the Mahoneiteshave the power,will be acceded to here. The Democrats cannot possibly regain the control of the public schools here, which they lost by their own care lessness, in their trustees not qualifying under fifteen months. CAPITAL CULLINGS. Anew counterfeit five-dollar gold coin baa made ita appearance. It purports to be a coin of the United States struck at New Orleans in 1843. It is heavily plated, and ia forty-nine and one-half grains light. A naval court-martial has been ordered to meet in New York next Thursday, for the trial of Commander Frederick R. Smith, charged with scandalous conduct, in making duplicate assignments of hia W- _ The National Board of Health has in-1 formed the local authorities at Memphis that after June 1 next they will have to bear the expense of the quarantine stations on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Memphis. I The resignation of Lieutenant Colonel Gaido Ilgea, W take effect immediately, in accordance with the intimation of the Sec retary of War, telegraphed to him on Mop day last, was received by General Terry at St. Paul. Saturday, and baa been forwarded to the War Department. He would other wise have been court-martialed. A statement prepared by the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, showa the receipts of tho Ppet-oflice Department from July I to December ill, JS8?, being the first two quarters of the current fiscal year, to be $22,033,979; expenditures tor the same period, $20,044,445; leaving a surplus of $1,388,534. A colored man, who had been arrested and imprisoned on the information of Senator Mahone, baa been released, jjo evidence whatever appearing against him. Mr. Mahone had been robbed at Che Ar lington, of fifty dollars. He suspected a certain waiter but bad no evidence. After being in jail four days, the man was dis charged for want of evidence. The Senator ia severely criticised for hia course. The Attorney General has rendered an opinion that the title to the Arlington ee t ite (National Cemetery) ia good, and that tbe amount appropriated by Congress last winter to aatisiy judgments in favor o( the Lee heirs against the Government, $150, 000, may be paid to those heirs, but tfiat $25,000 should be impounded to await a decision as the validity of unpaid taxes now charged against the estate on the as sessment rolls. The Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue decides that the dies, rolls and plates used by the Governmont in the pro duction of proprietary revenue stamps, in all cases where it is practicable to effectual ly cancel the stamps engraved thereon and leave them available for printing wrappers or labels, may be returned upon applica tion to the original owners. All cost in curred in such cancellation must be borne by the original owners of the dies, rolls and platea. Damped ia lb* Silver. Pxkxsbobo, W. Va? May^S.?A passen ger train on the Pennsboro ?fc< Hsrrisville road was precipitated into Hughes river yesterday by a bridge giving away. The passengers were nninjured. Frank Foster, conductor, and W H. King, engineer, are supposed to have been killed. The train fell fifteen feet. BRIEF PORE1CN DISPATCHES* Edmund Leamy, member of Parliament for Waterford City, at a meeting of the Irish League at Duncannon, county Wex ford, yesterday, at which 4,000 were pres ent. denounced the government policy which sought to induce the Vatican to withdraw priests from politics. Despite neuralgia Bismarck continues to attend to affairs of State. His condition is exaggerated. ?? r STATE OF TRADE. UNCHANGED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS, Bit Bailaoaa Btported Fairly SatUfkctorr-Tka Plf Iroa larktt Waak la Split of tha B?dae J tioa?5? Mtw Faataraa la Wool, Kz ctpt that tka Ntocki ara Ligkt. New You, May 12.?The dispatches to Braditnct'i from the principal business centers of the country disclose no marked change in the trade situation, which con tinues in the main fairly satisfactory. Pis* I patches from the cotton growing regions are to the effect that while the season is late the weather is at present good and the prospects of the growing crop are favora ble. Wheat has been pretty firm during the week, being maintained by speculative holding in this country which has made prices relatively higher than in the foreign markets, and has checked the export movement Corn has also been main tained by speculation, the buyers believing that July will show so small an amount in tirat bands that it will command higher prices in that month. I The ocean freights market is stronger and higher. Considerable petroleum has been exported of late, and it is highly probable that the aggregate to date will I equal if not exceed the heavy total shipped at the corresponding time in 1882. Full grain charters have not been frequent, but the ocean freights market has experienced a decided improvement. There wwre 140 failures in the United States reported during the past week, 17 more than the preceding week, 31 more than the corresponding week of 1882 and 05 more than the same week of 1881. iko.v. The American pig iron market is weak, and consumers are looking for lower prices, notwithstanding the reduction of $2 per ton recently made. 8ales during the weefc have been small. 8ome cutting of prices is reported, and there are those who talk about $20 for No. 1. Scotch iron in this market is no better off. Tbe arrivals dur ing the week will not aggregate over one thousand tons, and a part of tbfe was stored. Tde sales to arrive were very meagre. The market for mill iron in the east is somewhat firmer, owing to the prospect for a strike among the puddlers and other workers in the western mill district on June 1. The effortsofa compromise are reported to have fallen through, and a strike ou the lat ultimo is considered almost certain. Tnere is also* more firmness in tbe prices of manufact I ured iron, dependent upon the same caases, but no improvement in prices has been re I corded. The steel-rail mills are, reasona bly well employed, and the products thereof are firmly held at $3S 00*39 00. Old rails are quiet, and scrap iroq is not marked by features worthy of note. wool. Bono*, May 12.?The Advirtwr, in its [weekly review of the wool market, pays: p'THe'ni'aHret'is.firactically unchanged, but each weefc brings mtfr-freat^rominence the fact that the stocks of wool with' dealer? are very light, and manufacturers find it extremely difficult to make any sort of selections. As shearing time approaches more confidence in the future is entertain ed by dealers, though not expressed. Probably all hopes of any permanent ad vance over the present prices have been abandoned, owing to the nearness of alltear ing time and the unsatisfactory condition of the goods market. Another point which has, as we have before stated, considerable influence on the present and luture state of the market is the uncertainty of the in fluence the changes in the tariff on the raw material will have over the relative value of the goods in the manufactured state. Dealers continue to be cautious in re gard to tbe financial condition of manufac turers, and will sell only the most respon sible The market here is almost devoid of aay new feature, and the country is ab sorbing attention. In Texas tbere has come a lull, and tbe market there is easing off. Wool is begfnuing to accumulate in San Antonio, and tbe excitement has greatly subsided all through the State. Good medium wools range from 21a23o.. and a small lot of long staple wool has been sold as high as 25fc Forne of the | best wools have not yet been offered. Most of tbe buyers thus far have been scourers. A Urr Fall of lUmitiu*. Jkbsky Crrr, May 12.?Around the Na tional Storage Co.'a grounds, at Communi-' paw, yesterday men and boys armed with iron-pointed sticks were searching through the ruins. Some of them hardly knew what they epught. Forty boiler makers were set to work early in the morning cut ting up the sheet of boiler iron which was torn from tank No. 7 and lodged at the edge of the bay shore. It was under this that the bodies were thought to be lying, and that this impression was correct was goon proven. In several places after the long sboet of iron had been cut into strips ana raised, were discovered small heaps of ashes ana bits of charred bones. The worst fears were realixsd, and all that was left for the searchers to do was to gather together such of the pieces that did not crumble to dust in being touched,- and place them gently* in a small keg. It is probable that the entire six were crushed under the hot iron. The burning oil when poured over them left nothing hut a small handful of bones to tell the sad story of their fate. All that is left of the Ave men and the boy now lie in the nail keg. ? I A Drnmuier'a Jump. Lafayette, I.nd , May 12.?Yesterday a traveling man registered at the Bramble House as C. Reynolds, of Cincinnati. After dinner he visited one of the stores and purchased a suit of clothes. Atsnpper time he returned and partook of his meal, and went up to his room about 7 or 8 o'clock. The people who live alongside the hotel saw him jump from the window, alighting on nia feet. He gathered himself op, apparently all right, and remarking, "Don't say anything about it," hurried through the^vard and disappeared, and has not since-Seen seen or heard of. He left his old clothes and also his valise in the room. In it at;e samples of the Royal Remedy Company of Dayton, Ohio. The man's conduct is unaccountable, save on the theory that be was demented at the time. Wuinu suit. New York, May 12.?O'Donovan Rosea yesterday received a letter from Utica, signed "Britannia*" "Britannia" wrote to tha'O'Donovan on business. lie wanted to strike a bargain with Jeremiah. He be lieved that O'Donovan was not going to. live long. In fact, his knowledge was cer tain that O'Donovan waa very ahortly to die a violent death. Therefore "Britannia" wrote to O'Donovan making an ofcr to buy the patriot's body, and requesting that a letter statins terms and other partic ulars might be addressed to him at the Utica Post-offlce. O'Donovan is trying to calculate what a dead dynamite patriot ought to be worth in the market Oa?hairerl?ff ftoul iinppj. "If I can seed one tnflToring muI to you," writes Jamas Corbia, of Washington, IlL, "I will bs happy. Samaritan Ksrvlns cured ms, and will cure all eases of fits." $150. ? DEMOCRATIC MAGE. Horatio Sejmonr's Tlewi ou the Poli(< leal ttllaallon. New York, May 12.?The Mail and Ex prcu publishes an interview with ex Gov ernor Seymour regarding the political sit uation. He was asked : "As a Democrat, and one whom you know Democrats revere, do you (eel that Tiiden is a man who could effect the unity of the Democratic elements of New York ?" "Tiiden," answered the ex-Governor, "is an able man, but one whose habits of business have been such as to render him misunderstood by Democrats in the country, or rather difficult for them to un derstand, and the same characteristics may result in a misconception of the man, even by those whose business habits have been similar to his own." Regarding the tariff, he felt that this country was surely entering upon new re lationships with the world. Governor beymour said: "We have seen that both France and Germany have shown an inclination to shot out the products of our countrv. If Gladstone's administration should be overthrown and the Tory party should come infrpowerin Great Britain, it will probably impose tariff! upon our grain and other kind of food far axport, for the land holders of Britain are severely pressed by onr competition. Those who oppose free trade in Britain are aided by the speeches and arguments of indiscreet high-tariff men in this country. All classes now study the prospect of the export of our products in making up their opinions as to the busi ness prosperity ot our country. If the pol icy of our Government aims at cutting off all imports it will end in the destruction of our export trade. I think this will be the principal subject of discussion in the near future. In the Presidential campaign next yearj I think it will be the subject which will most occupy the public mind, without regard to party platforms. I think that the true policy is in adhering to the revenue tariff. I am friendly to the manufacturing interests. I think the great danger to their success grown out of the extreme views of men claiming to be their champions. If it is true that a sound pol icy demands a protective tariff here, then it is true that it is demanded by the inter ests of all other countries. The discussion of this topic will be of good use in leading men from the minor subjects of partisan ship, aad will build up a class of political leaders who will not merely seek the spoils of office. Men do not make discus sions ; discussions make men, as was the case in the days of Webster, Clay, Cal houn, Van Buren and Wright. I conclude that Beck, of Kentucky, is a gentleman who may not be obscure in the discussion of these questions next year." Mr. Seymour further said that he would advocate the law of Congres* making it a crime for any resident within our borders to plan or aid in the execution of violent measures toward persons in this country, or in any other country. This would at once be self protection, and at the same time an npright observance of the rela tions which shonld, if they do not now, ex ist between the United States and all other Powers. ? " ~-ii*overnor Seymour will be seventy-three years old on the last day of this month. NEJIATOK FAIR Loom Ills Wife and Over I'onr Million Dollars. Virginia, Nkv., May 12.?The divorce suit of Theresa Fair vs. James G. Faircarae up in the District Court this morning. R. S. Mesick appeared for the plaintiff, and li. N. Stone, of this city, and Samuel M. Wilson, of San Francisco, for the defend ant Mr. Stone submitted a general de murrer to the complaint, on the ground}that it did not Btate facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was sub mitted without argument, and was at once conceded by the Court. Mr. Stone then said the defense wonld file an answer to the complaint Mr. Mesick atked that the Court appoint a time to-day to hear proof, and also that the examination be conduct ed privately. The Court appointed 12 o'clock for that purpose, and at that time met. In little less than an hour the attorneys came out, and it was soon known that a decree of divorce had been granted as prayed for, and that plaintiff had been al lowed $4,200,000 in money and U. 8. bonds, and the family residence in San Francisco, and also the custody of the minor children, Virginia, Theresa, Alice and Charles. The custody of the eldest boy, James Fair, Jr., ??? mrnriliiil M f^afanilanf A Bit* FlftH ft HOW. International Fiiberlet Exhibition or L >adon Opeuod by Royalty. ' Londok, May 12.?His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, formally opened the International Fisheries Exhibition, South Kensington, to-day, surrounded by a bril liant array of princes, dukes, lords, and high officers. During the ceremonies there was a continuous fall of rain and the weather was dismal. The exhibition build ing was crowded. The Prince of Wales and wife were met at the principal en trance by a distinguished company. The royal party, including the Queen's younger sons with their wives, and the Duke of Cambridge, was immediately escorted over the buildings. The royal Drocesaion was i headed by the exhibition officials, followed by the foreign and colonial commissions. After passing through the British sea fish galleries and foreign courts, and after completing the inspection of the ar rangements, with which the Prince de clared himself highly pleased, the royal party ascended the dais. In the presence of the Diplomatic Corps, Cabinet Ministers and Ambassadors. The Prince in reply to an address read by the Dukeof Richmond, declared the exhibition open. A finely trained chorus of five hundred voices, sup plemented by a band of nearly a hundred pieces performed the national anthem with areat effect. A royal salute waafliedat Hyde Park. The Archbishop of Canterbury made a special prayer, musical selections from Gounod and Mendelsohn were sung and the procession again visited the ex hibits of the foreign courts. The various galleries are not yet in perfect order, but enough has been done to render the exhi bition worthy of its universal character. The horticultural gardens are in a splendid condition. South Kensington is alive with excitement. Wlim Waa It? Baltucokk, May 12.?A shower of somff queer substance, resembling and smelling like sulphur, fell in parts of this city and county late last night, and has aroused the investigation of scientists. There wu a heavy gale of wind blowing all night, and the sky was filled with dark clouds, while lightning indicated the nearness of a thun der storm. Persons who were on the street in the eastern portion of the city about 2 o'clock this morning felt particles of dust, as they supposed, fly in tfteir faces, and afterwards noticed that their coats were covered with the yellow sub stance. It was perceptibl?4or some honrs this morning in the crevices of the pave ments and between stones in the streets. George" W. Alexander, an extensive traveler and scientist, states that the sup posed powder was not sulphur, but wu composed of the almost innniteirimal egg of an insect which had been canght by the wind tad blown over the city. STREET PAYING. THE BRICK AND GRANITE BLOCKS. Tktlr idfiitwii ud DliidiuUin u Ylewcd bj tfco Board of Pablic Worki-tiraalla Parla* U b? Laid oa Sailb Oapllaa Straat oa I'jaditloaa?1 Good lore. In a recent issue of the Iktkluoxkcxr it was intimated that the Board of Pubic Works was contemplating the paviog of two or three squares of Chapline street on the South Side with the granite block. After giving the matter a careful consider ation the Board has decided to pave Chap line from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth street with granite, provided the citizens along that street will subscribe $500. The improvement would be a vast one and of incalculable benettt. Providod th? money is raised, the Water Board will be required to lower the pipes and the Board of Public Works will out the street to its proper grade, and put in new curbing. At ? present the curbing its in a bad condition and the grade very irregular. A .granite pavement once dowu lasts /or years and : needs but little repairing. It would also ] be a great saving to Main and Market street*; for the.hauling from the lower end t instead of turning off at Twenty-fourth , street; would continue on up Chapline. While considering this move the Board paid considerable attention to the brick pavement project, and decided that in the * long run, the granite was by oddi the cheapest. Mr. Waterhouse, a member of the Board, was seen. He is a practical e brick maker. He thought the brick pavement might do 1 on streets where there is light hauling,pro* ( vided the bricks were made out of strong j clay and well burned, but for heavy haul- e ing, in his opinion, they would never do. He also said that they would need much 1 more repairing than tbo granite, and in the < end cost nearly if not as much as the t latter. t A.VI.iS.W. c Arrangement* f?r the Animal Keunion and I'lenlc. The committee appointed to arrange for * the annual reunion and picnic of the J Amalgamated Association, met at Beavtr c Saturday and decided to hold the picnic at c Biaverou the 2d of June. Of this com- f mittee, C. D. Thompson, of Wheeling, is J Chairman; John J. Morgan, of Pitts- i burgh. Secretary, and John W. Lewis, of Wheeling, Treasurer. The following gentlemen were appointed to look after the interests of the picnic in e tbw. localities: I Pittsburgh?P. F. Kenny, Samuel Hick welder, Ed Jones, John J. Morgan, Edward O'Brien Stephen Madden, Lawrence \ Home, Wm. Martin. Wheeling?C. D. Thompson, John W. \ Lewis, Charles Ferguson, D. D. Ingram. Bellaire?Charles Bjmford. Martin's Ferry?(inorge C. Hamilton. ; Sharon?John L Davis, T. J. Buckley, , Benjamin Jones. New Castle?R. E. Evans. Youngstown?Wm. O'Donnell, Peter , Bullock, C. W. Cook. The following list of amusements have J been thus far decided upon: 1. Bicycle race?Five miles; entrance, . $5 00; not less than three to onter. Prize, t $50. 2. Five mile foot rac&?Entrance, $5.00; three to enter. Prize, $25. 3. Half mile foot race?Entrance, $1.50; three to enter. Prize, $15. The Wheeling delegation has secured Mayer's band. The fare for the round * trip will be $1.25. t THK KIVKU. HMmboat Squib* aud Local Levte ? Laconic*. The C. W. Anderson passed up yesterday. All the local packets will do a big circus jusiness to day. The Annie L., Hawk and Monitor pasted jp with ties on Saturday. The Prince came ont in an entire new Ires* on Saturday and assisted the Princess n its big Beliaire trade. Tbe 8cotia pas*ed down early Saturday norning and tbe Katie 8tockdale passed up yesterday at noon. Tbe river is getting down to a very low itage. Tbe marks last evening Indicated a icant six foot depth in tbe channel. Last Friday tbe Katie Timmonda sunk one )f her barges opposite the George street irbarf at Gallipolis. It contained about 10,000 busbels of coal belonging to Walter Edwards. Syracuse Slope Coal Company, and is a total los* Saturday evening, May 26, tbe Diurnal will leave here with an excursion party for Marietta and Parkeraburg. This is to be nv?n under tbe auspices of tbe Nail City todal. Tbe Opera House band is engaged for the occasion. Capt, W. P. Hall, of Memphis, whose ar rival in tbe city was noticed Saturday, has xmiracted with tbe Sweeneys, of this city, [or a boat, tbe sits of which will be about ;hat of the Corona. Saturday Capt Hall ind Mr. John Bweeney went down tbe river ;o Sf-e Knox, the hull builder. Tbe Andes is due to-day from Cincinnati, or which point she will leave to-morrow ifternoen. This popular sternwheeler is :onimand-?d by Captain Charlie Mubleman ind Mart Noll is tbe genial purser. A stead er, more reliable ateamer than the Andes it ivould be hard to And. Tbe dimensions of the new boat to be milt by A J. Sweeney A Son for Capt. W. P. Hall, of Memphis, will be as follows: 123 eet long, 28 feet beam, and iX feet deep, irith cotiou guards. Tbe engines will be 10 nohes in diameter, 4 feet stroke, with side r'alve and puppet cut-off. Tbe boilers will je steel, 38 incbes in diameter, 18 feet long, ind two flues each. Tbe 8t Lawrence at 10 o'clock last night isd not arrived from Pittsburgh, and was )v<r twenty-four hours behind time. What >ccasioned tbe delay could not be learned, tmt it is supposed to be low water and late ness in reaching Pittsburgh. Tbe 8t. Law rence bad twenty big consignments awaiting tier here. Tbe Courier has another excursion booked For next 6unday, the members of the Park srsburg 8:ar Band having secured her. Tbe boat will leave Parkersburg Saturday even ing, arriving bere8unday morning about 10 o'clock and,not returning until 8 in tbe even ing. Tbe Courier is fait and commodious, well suited for sucb tripe. Capt. ElMaddy. who is building the new Chesapeake, tbe bull of which will probably be here by Tbursdsy, bas adopted a sug gestion made by "8taee-plank" Mooney, and is constructing tbe after guard of his boat to work a stags at tbe s'ern in order to obviate tbe necessity of "rounding to" wben coming downstream. The Chesspeake having a mail trade, and being compelled to make a daily round trip of about 178 miles, will be able to savs much valuable time by this srrsnge ment Mutkingum boats are unable to use right angle stsges, owing to a lsokof space in tbe locks, and Capt. Mooney thinks be csn overcome tbs difficulty by making a stage whiob, when swung up, will be perpendicu lar. Sr. Locis. May 11?Elver fallen 1 incb; now 10 feet 7 inches by gaugs. Caibo, May 13.?River 25 feet 6 inches and falling; thermometer 70?; cloudy. Cincinnati, May 13,-Eiver 12 feet 9 inches and falling; weather cloudy and mild. Evarsvilli, Inp , May 13.?Arrived?Car Her. 8t. Louis. Up-8ch*nck. Cincinnati; H. I. Dexter, Cairo; GreyEigle, Louisville. Departed-Carrier, Pittsburgh; Rainbow, Louisville Cloudv and cool: wind east; usreury 76?; river ll)a feet and falling. "Yoc can easily mske your skin white and soft." "How?" "UseGlenn's8ulpburSoap." Pike'* Toothache Drops cure in one minute K1HW Visitors From Mnrlett*. Yesterday morning the good steamer Cour ier touched at the levee about 10:30 o'clock, hiving oq board about one hundred and rtMy excursionists from Marietta. Oa the hurri cane deck a Marietta bran band discoursed lively airs, the strain* of which (bating up the cross streets attracted a large crowd of loungers to the levee and fall harshly on the earaofchurch itoert. The excursionists left Marietta at 10:30 o'clock Saturday evening. After arriving in thisciiy they proceeded to take in what few sights are to be seen on Sunday. A large number took the Elm Grave line and visited Seibert's and Horn brook's. Others visited friends. At 8 o'clock lait evening they left for home. They all ap peared to have enjoyed themsel vm and spoke very highly of the boat and her officers. Run Down By on Engine. Saturday forenoon Mr. William Robb, an old and highly respected citit*n of Wheel ing, living on Seventeenth street, met with a shocking and fatal accidenton the Clereland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad, about two miles west of Bridgeport. He was walking down the track, when an engine approsched very rapidly. He was approaching a bridge, and thought he could cro?i it safely, but when about half way over the engine over took him, and he was struck by (he cow catcher and thrown off the bridge. He was taken up insensible and taken to the Impe rial Hotel, at Bridgeport, where was cared for as well as possible, but in spite of skillful medical attention he died at four o'clock in the afternoon. He was sixty-four years of ige and leaves a Urge family of grown chil dren, as well as other relatives to moarn his ihocking fate. 1XD1AH OI' rUKIiAKH. Uenerol Crook's Big Contract?The Criet About to Cross tbe Line. Chicago, May 13.?A Tucson, Arizona, jpecial Bays General Garcia's engage ment with the Indians in Sonora has demonstrated that the band of renegade &pachea is much larger than heretofore lupposed. The general idei has been that hey numbered about 75. General Garcia Mtimates those on the west side of the sierre Madre Mountains at 150 to 200, and hose on the. east side probably lumber up to three hundred. The :ountry is most abrupt and difficult )( access, and those who remember the Modoc war in the lava beds will appro bate the difficult task before General Jrook. The Indians cannot be starved >ut because the mountains furnish plenty )f game. It is believed, in view of the act of this precipitous country, which is !qtial in extent to the State of Ohio, it will ?equire at least six months to subdue these Ipaches. UPE18I.NO OF TUB CRKXS. Chicago, May 13.?A Helena, Montana, ipecialsaye: Col. Ilgea, commanding at Fort Atsinaborne, has information that he Cree Indians are preparing for a gen eral war. Three hundred lodges under liig Bear, Lucky Man and Little Pin, are amped within twenty-five miles of Fort Walsh, ready to cross into Montana to ivenge the loss of the Crees in the ate horse stealing raid'. Ilgea sent i courier to Fort Walsh demanding the British authorities to take steps to prevent the Indians from crossing the line. Ilges thinks the first attack will be made >n Gros Ventres and Assinaborne, eausiag i general going ou the war-^ath ana iosi ,o Northern Montana stock interests. A party of Crecs a few days ago stole orty horses from the Beaton & St. Louis Uattle Company, and are being pursued jy two companies of cavalry from Fort Assinaborne. A fight will probably result. Four ml of Ueuoral Uraut'a .nollicr. New York, May 12.?The funeral of klre. Hannah Simpson Grant took place bis afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Sorbin, No. 352 Pavonia avenue, Jersey 3ity. The services were simple, in accor lance with Sirs. Grant's request. All the mmediate members of the family were >resent except Col. Fred D. Grant, who raa absent in Chicago and could not reach Tersey City.in time. The principal mourn tra were General Grant and his wife; Mrs. firyinia Corbin and Mrs. Cramer, thdwife if the United States Minister to Switzer and, who are the two surviving daughters >f Mrs. Grant; Ulysaes S. Grant, Jr., and a roung son and daughter of the late Orville jranr. The principal address was made >y Rev. Dr* Ileuderson, the pastor of simpson Methodis'. church, of which she vas a member, who alluded feelingly to ler deep piety and generous charity. He vas followed by Rev. Mr. Spellmeyer, of Slizibeth, whose church Mrs. Grant at ended when she lived in Elizabeth, N. J., ind by Rev. J. S. Chadwick, who was for leveral years her pastor at Covington, Ky. Che seeming baste of the funeral was due o the fact that she desired to be buried jeaide her husband, Jesse Root Grant, in he Spring Grove Cemetery, at Cincinnati, ind it was necessary to send the remains vest at once. The funeral party, among vhom were General Grant, Mrs. Cramer ind Ulysesa *?. Grant, Jr., started for Cin linnati this evening by way of the Penn ylvania railroad. Crimea nnd Accidents. Harboosbubo, Ky., May 12.?In the Thompson murder trial to-day, the testi uomony of James Schuyler, ofthe'Gibeon louse, was that Davis stopped there No ember 20. John Byan, porter at the Bur let House, testified that Thompson on the 4th of April, stopped at the Burnet House, lis baggage had been there all day. "I ook him to the room after midnight He talked the ball till 3 o'clock. He did not urn the bed cover down that night He tad his clothes on, bat and all, when 1 ailed the next morning." This is evi lence as to the state of Thompson's mind. Titusvill*, Pa.,'May 12?Yesterday ifternoon a young man named Wade, liv ng near Guy's mills, entered a store in Trionville and asked lor a revolver. Upon oading it up he said, "Stand back, boys, ind see me commit suicide." He placed he revolver to his right breast, tired and ell. The wound is not considered fatal, tie had been drinking hfeavily. Newarjc, 0., May 12.?Elias Harper, ?nductor on the B. A 0., in jumping from lis train at Spring Mills, yesterday, to look ifter one of his brakemen, bad the mis ortune to strike his foot on a rock, break ng a bone in the ankle. He was brought o his home in this city, where he sutlers considerably from his injuries. Win. liter was arrested vesterday charged with burglarizing Doyle s grocery !ast Christmas. On searching his house iome of the stolen goods were found, to gether with other stolen property. Tionesta, Pa., May 12.?Word has been received here of the horrible burning of t Swede servant girl at the residence of George Warden, at Stowtown. On Wed nesday evening she attempted to kindle a fire with a can of kerosene, when it became ignited and burst completely saturating her body with the burning fluid, which was not extinguished until she bad been burned to a crisp She died after ten hours of terrible suffering. Her parents reside at Triumph, Pa., where her remains were taken for interment. Coxxebctal traveler#, business and profes sional men generally, from all parts of tfct United 8tatei, are now rapidly enrolling themselves as members of the U-?ited Statei Mutual Accident Association, 320 and 322 Broadway, Ns? York. ,, Five and ten thousand dollar b*nefl's paid promptly and In fullat a cost for m?mn?r ?bip of *4 for a 15.000 policy; with 125 week I ly indemnity, which may b?oontinued at ih< rati of $12 per annum. THREE CLOUD BURSTS, AND THE DEVASTATION WROUGHT. 1 Tirrlflo CtcIom Ottr a Portloa o Kuui Cllj, Wneklaf StofM, Diftlllifi Il4 Ckucktt-Lw of Llf?-SIOfl? or W.aSarral KttlMi -OUir lun. Kansas City, May 13.?A destructive cyclone swept across the southern part <Jf the city ahortly after 5 o'clock this evening, unroofing or demolishing building lor a distance of two miles, the track of the Btorm. ranging from a half block to two blocks in width. A number of persona were injured and some fatalities are re ported, but the loss of life is probahly not so great as might be expected in view oj the destruction of property. Nothing defi nite can be obtained, but the loss to proper ty is estimated in the hundreds oi thou sands. NATVKK OT T11S STORK. The day throughout had been stormy. From early morning heavy showers fell at intervals, accompanied at times by gusty winds. At about half past 4 the clouds, which had been especially threatening along the western horuon, withered dense lv over and a little west of Wyandotte. Out of them grew a dark, funnel-el aped cloud which started northward aeroea t le farming lands west ot Wyanduue, and crossing the Missouri River passed into the country northeast of the city. About teu minntes later a second cloud formed near the same place where the first originated and followed the course ot the Kaw River to the Missouri River, and down the latter to Raiidn p'l ? point, five miles, where it seems to have disappeared in the river, throwing large volumes of water to a great height. This cloud did verv little damage, but it was fol lowed a few moments later by a third and more terrific one, which laid waste buildings and trees and lence? in its path acroes the southern portion < f the citv. It seems to have started near the place of the proceeding ones, southwest ol the city, and louching a porlionlol tho suburb ol Armstrong. Across the city, at the s ockyards, the Exchange was unrooted, and omer build iogs damaged or destroyed. Tnen P??!0g on it struck the summit of the blutt which marks the western line of the city proper, at the corner ol Dripps and Six teenth street. Moving southerly, it passed along between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, veering slightly at times. Ibe en tire progress, from the beginning of the first to the endol the third cloud, occupied about half an hour. LOSS OF LIKE AND TROPCRTV. At 11:30 o'clock three deaths had been reported and ae many more not likely to recover. Many persons are more or less ioiured, but as reported only a lew dangerously. Tho loss of prop #rtv is now roughly estimated it $300 000. While none ol the finest residences ol the city Buffered, yet mnnv bouses ol well-to-do cituens are rated ?,d cottages and shanties innumerable lorn to pieccs. The escape of those in the path of destruction is marvelous, and sto nes ol almost miraculous delivery aro beyond number. Theioglish Lutheran, Church, corner ol Oak and Fourth, a brick building, was completely wrecked, the walls seeming literally to tall 1?'? d"? earth. But fifteen minutes before a large Sunday school gathered in tho huilding had been dismissed. Had the scholars been within the church, the loss oi lile must have been learlul. JllHACUlflCS ISC A I'M. At Fifteenth and Campbell streets Joa Ryan, a grocer, was, with his lamil.,, _ supper in the basement beneath the store when the wind struck the building, blow ing away everything above the ground floor is though swept with a broom. Sone ol the lamily were hurt. 3a the vfest Side a gentleman sitting it a window of his residence was blown 'hrougii a window on the opposite side ol the room Into the area helow, and some what hurt, went to the assistance of others. The damage by the first wind across the lountry westol Wyandotte was principally to fruit farms, auu this loss is placed thirty thousand dollars. David Reed a farmer, hurt, may not re cover. P. W. Matthews with a two ye? old child in bis arms was blown 300 leet through the air and dropped unhurt. Mrs. Smith and five others ol the lamily *hjle sitting in a farm house, the bo Id g'was lifted up and earned Wer their heads. None were hurt. Wm. Dudley's house was blown over and caught fire and the wreck consumed. A large number ol families are rendered homeless, as many ol the houses are so dam lued as to be considered unsafe ontil repaired. Speedy shelter has been provided for .H and Mayor Gibson has Issued a proclamation calling a meeting o< citizen* to morrow evening for the organi sation of eyatematio relief work. GENERAL NEWS NOTES At Cassville, W. Va., Saturday night, tea houses burntd. Loss $15,000; insurance $9,000. At Columbus, Ohio, yesterday, the Cin cinuatis defeated the CJulumbua club by a score of 7 to 0. The Jackson Iron Company's furnace at Fayette, Mich,, burned yesterday. Loss $300,000. No insurance. 1 lie motion for a new trial in the case o Lew Honk, at Delaware, Ohio, has been overruled and the prisoner gi ven fifteen years in the penitentiary. The Texas Central Railroad has defaulted in payment of interest and sinking fund due the'State of Texni on loans made to it prior to the war. The amount in default Is about $28,000. The graves of the.Confederate dead at Elmwood cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.. were decorated yesterday with the upual cere monies. Rev. D. C." Kelly, of Nashville, delivered the oration. The Commencement exercises *of the Central Tennessee College (colored) began at Nashville yesterday. The Baccalaureat e lermon was preached by Kev. J. M. Wal den, D. 1)., book agent for the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cincinnati. Advices from the Carriso miningdistrict, Western Texas, say that immense deposits of chloride and horn silver have been dis covered in the section of country lying be tween the Peeos river and the Rto Grande. The surface croppinjj of horn silver is Baid to be the richest on the continent. Fait Work. Tbo hotels at the mountains and seaside resorts have put in etrly and good work this season. Tbey are mostly in readiness for guests and all. of them use Huflt's Insect Powder, which insures the visitors against bed bugs, roaches and all of that class. Pries 25 cents. For sale by all druggists. ?for, r r?t'a Acid I'honphM# fn Dcapon drury, Kle. Dr. W. 8. Powell, Defiance, Ohio, says: "I have used it with satisfactory result* in dy? peptic ailments sssociated with great mental depression or dwpondenoy." ttiuaw DIKD. ng8f!H-Oa8un4ay evening, Mar 13, 18M, at 7 o'cl-ick, Kaw. Dueii, iu the 51it year ol hia ago. Funeral from his late rcaidence, Mo 61 Eigh teenth atreet, on Tueslsy afternoon, a; half pail 3 o'clock, yrlenda of the family are Invited. Inter* m?nt at Peninsular Cemetery, ?